Legion Post 13 Clinches Southern Division Crown
Bennington Post No 13 wins the Southern Division of the Vermont Junior American Legion Baseball League by sweeping Brattleboro 15 1 and Essex 4 1 at Mt Anthony High School, raising their record to 10 4 under coach Jerry Croft. Scott Racicot led pitching with strong starts and Denny Hart drove in runs as Greg Croft and Greg Jepson contributed offensively. Barre clinched the northern title with a 13 1 mark.
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Bennington
Bennington American Legion Post No
Vermont
Rick Bartholdi
J.J
Greg Croft
Outwater
Brattleboro
Denny Hart
Jerry Jepson
Patriot
Racicot
Essex Junction
Scott Racicot
Essex
Chris Peatman
Steve Rice
Robin Outwater
Barre
Burlington
Bellows Falls
Hartford
Vermont Legion
Denny McLain Favored For Cy Young Honors
Denny McLain admitted he may win 30 games this season while Al Kaline said McLain is a cinch for the Cy Young Award and has a good shot at MVP if Detroit wins the pennant. McLain improved to 22-3 with a 2-1 win over Minnesota as Detroit held a six game lead.
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al Kaline
Detroit Tiger
Cy Young
McLain
Minnesota Twins
Tigers
Denny
Kaline
Tiger Players
Musial Honored With 10-Foot Statue At Busch Stadium
St Louis marked baseball legend Stan Musial as perfect warrior and knight with a 10 foot statue unveiled before Busch Memorial Stadium. Attendees included his mother wife Commissioner Eckert NL president Giles and many former teammates as Cubs edged Cardinals 6-5.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Stan Musial
Busch Memorial Stadium
Musial
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
William D. Eckert
Warren Giles
Carl Mose
Mustal
Brown Returns to Coaching With Bengals in Rugged AFL Debut
Paul Brown’s return with the Cincinnati Bengals showed how much the game has changed as they lost 38 14 to the Kansas City Chiefs. Kevin Garrett and Len Dawson led KC with multiple TDs while the Colts defeated the Raiders 14 12 and the Bears beat the Cowboys 30 24 in other exhibitions. Johnny Unitas led Baltimore’s offense in a 28 14 win.
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Paul Brown
Brown
Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati Bengals
American Football League
Kansas City Chiefs
Bengals
Mike Garrett
Len Dawson
Garrett
Kansas City
Chiefs
Dawson
Frank Pitts
Baltimore Colts
Oakland Raiders
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco Forty Niners
Chicago Bears
Dallas Cowboys
Johnny Unitas
Baltimore
Tom Matte
Jerry Hill
Colt
Matte
Colts
Burlington 1968 Vermont Little League Champions
Burlington defeats Brattleboro 3-1 to claim the Vermont Little League title and earn a trip to the Regional tourney in Concord New Hampshire with 1 200 onlookers watching. Brattleboro led early on a third inning error as Burlington rallied in the fifth behind a Mark Jones homer and timely hits by Dalley King and Donlan to seize the state crown. Jim Luman pitched effectively for Burlington despite trailing, while Pete La Flamme held Burlington hitless for four innings.
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Queen City
Burlington
Concord
N.H
Mark Jones
LaFlamme
Phil Dalley
Bob King
Bob Donlan
Jim Luman
Brattleboro
Joe Hill
Luman
Bob Jones
Hill
Bennington
Norshaft-Arlington
Arne Hammerlund
South
Hopes Flicker In Senior Loop
Lee Elia of the Cubs delivered a two out pinch single in the 13th inning to beat St. Louis 6-5, reviving Cubs pennant hopes as Stan Musial Day featured a statue unveiling and Gibson suffered his first defeat after 11 innings. Elia’s hit was his first RBI since April 19, coming in the same Busch Stadium.
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Elia
Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago
Bob Gibson
Busch Stadium
Stan Musial
Musial
Gibson
Billy Williams
al Spangler
Ron Santo
Standley
Joe Niekro
Atlanta
Mike Kekich
Los Angeles
New York
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Houston
Denny McLain
Detroit
Minnesota
Jerome Zaiken Tourney Victors in Four-Ball Championship
Vermont champion J C Jerome and Johnny Zaiken of Pittsfield defended their Four-Ball title at Pittsfield Country Club. They shot 67 70 67 for 204, six under par, beating runners-up Bob Ahlen and Fred Favreau by five strokes after taking a two-stroke lead. Dixie Daniels and Dick Semple were one back in third.
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J. C. Jerome
Vermont
Johnny Zaiken
Pittsfield Country Club
Bob Ahlen
Fred Favreau
Jerome
Zaiken
Ahlen
Favreau
Dixie Daniels
Dick Semple
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Twins
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Jim Kaat
Mickey Stanley
Bill Freehan
Dick McAuliffe
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Washington Senators
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Orioles
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Tommy Harper
Indians
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Lew Krausse
John Donaldson
Vic Davalillo
Angels
Ken Harrelson
Red Sox
Davalillo
Rick Reichardt
Tommy Davis
White Sox
Jack Fisher
Wilbur Wood
Davis
Ww. L. Pet
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Adams Clothes Shop
Lou Brock
Zaiken Tourney
Walker’s Watt
Small Business Administration
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Louis K. Liggett
Pemchi
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Coca-Cola
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Remington-Rand
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