Bennington Legion Faces Hartford in Junior Baseball Opener
Bennington Post No 13 travels to Barre to meet Hartford in the three day state tournament opener. Barre is the favorite with a 14-2 season mark, while Bennington, the 1968 Southern Division champions, is billed as the dark horse. Munson starts for Hartford against Racicot for Bennington in today’s 1 PM opener, with double elimination shaping the bracket and a regional berth at stake.
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Hartford
Springfield
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Dark Horse
Spaulding High School
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Rutland
Burlington
Mentor Croft
Monument
Munson
Bradford High School
Choate Prep
al Chase
Win Spencer
Scotty Phillips
Paul Vanier
Dave Fogg
Dan Reed
Frank Ota
Dave Mall
Fred Daley
Phil
Racicot
Croft
Denny Hart
Jerry Jepson
Steve Rice
Greg Croft
Bill Church
Jepson
Mt. Anthony
Woodard
Moore
Post No. 13
Robin Outwater
Fran Maynard
Ted Bitensky
Dick Cesaroli
Francis Moriarity
Fair Haven
State Legion
John Angwin
Department of Vermont
Middletown
Conn
Manchester
N.H
Trick Knees Fell Eddy Namath By Carnicelli
Nick Eddy a Notre Dame star from 1966 eyed a renewed backfield with Lions before knee cartilage surgery. Joe Namath hobbled by tendonitis ruled out of a Jets game. John Wooten joined Washington, Giants waived Gary Wood and Don Davis amid roster moves as Minnesota trimmed three players.
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Eddy
Detroit
Lions
Buffalo
Richard A. Thompson
Mel Farr
Joe Namath
New York Jets
Namath
Houston
Weeb Ewbank
Jets
Boston
Richmond
James A. Nicholas
John Wooten
Cleveland Browns
Washington
New York Giants
Gary Wood
New Orleans Saints
Don Davis
Wood
Cornell University
Earl Morrall
Giants
Morrall
Baltimore
Timmy Brown
Colts
Eagles
Minnesota
Pro Tour Newcomer Sets Torrid Pace
Bob Murphy the UPI reports as a fresh pro on the Westchester Classic lead with an eight under 64 and 23 putts in round one at Westchester Country Club. Dan Sikes sits one behind at 65 as Art Well and Nicklaus trail, while Trevino and Palmer hover in the packed field.
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N.Y
UPI
Bob Murphy
U.S
Jack Nicklaus
Murphy
Dan Sikes
Westchester Country Club
Sikes
Art Well
Nicklaus
Water Carnival Returns Shine at YMCA Pool Meet
The annual water carnival at the YMCA Pool crowned the Pool team with 90 points, edging Memorial Playground with 43 and Camp Y Woods with 24. Master of Ceremonies Greg Mears led the opening ceremony as S Whitney Dickey spoke for Camp Y Woods. events included a clown act, lifesaving demonstrations, canoe jousting, greased watermelon races, and numerous age-banded races with names like Mike Fusilado and Susan Daconick achieving top finishes.
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Ymca Pool
Memorial
Stark St
Camp ‘Y’ Woods
Greg Mears
S. Whitney Dickey
YMCA
Dave Ordway
Greg Croft
Steve Berard
Gene Warner
Ed Ballance
Gary Allen
Stephen Jesseman
Alfred Field
Mike Fusilado
Cindy Wallace
Brian Becker
Scott Darling
Susan Daconick
Jennifer Strand
Gail Corey
Don Loveland
Harriett Eddington
Mantle and Jackson Clash As Slugger Legacies Grow
Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle, star sluggers of the Athletics and Yankees, poised near 500 and 534 career homers respectively. Mantle trails Foxx by one homer for third all time after a three-run shot. Jackson, at 22, belts his 22nd homer as Oakland defeats New York 4-3. Other AL games show Orioles split with Minnesota, Boston blanked Chicago, and California beating Washington.
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Mickey Mantle
Jimmy Foxx
Reggie Jackson
Mantle
New York Yankees
Jackson
Oakland Athletics
Foxx
Oakland
A’s
Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
Jim Pagliaroni
John Odom
Bert Campaneris
Tom Tresh
Jake Gibbs
Gibbs
Joe Pepitone
Red Sox
Ken Harrelson
Boston
Jim MacGlothlin
Angels
Tom Satriano
Standings and Tonight’s MLB Schedule Across Leagues
National League standings show St Louis leading with 78 wins and Chicago second with 64. American League features Detroit atop with 76 wins and Baltimore at 69, with schedules listing today’s games and probable pitchers for Cincinnati Chicago Atlanta St Louis San Francisco Philadelphia Houston New York and more.
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St. Louis
Chicago
S.F
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Phila
New York
L.A
Houston
Maloney
Hands
Pappas
Carlton
San Francisco
Sadecki
Philadelphia
L. Jackson
Atirysdale
Biateret
cBean
Dierker
Seaver
Los Ang
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Cleveland
Oakland
California
Peterson
Odom
Washington
Coleman
Harrelson
Phoebus
Minnesota
Perry
Fisher
Williams
McLain
Lonborg
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John Balch
Moochie
Maxwell
Keystone
Vanier
Mike Hey
Doug Thomas
Wayne Chapman
Reed
John Petercuskie
Fogg
Jim St. Jean
Scott Racicot
J.J.’" Moore
Rick Bartholdi
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
White Sox
Carl Yastrzemski
Mike Andrews
Rico
Reggie Smith
Aparicio
Petrocelli
Andrews
Fenway Park
Burt Bros
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UPI Sports
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Bob Charles
Bruce Crampton
Lee Trevino
Bob Goalby
Doug Sanders
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Julius Boros
Billy Casper
Arnold Palmer
Tom Weiskopf
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Baltimore Bullets
National Basketball Association
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Earl Monroe
Monroe
American Basketball Association
Colleen Harrison
Ricky House
Joe Rivers
Joe Baker
Jeff Hanson
Gabriella Gray
Wanda Gerity
Karen Daconick
Matt Broomhall
Judy Harrison
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Jeff Knapp
Kurt Becker
Chris Barney
Debbie Earnhardt
Georgia Davis
Mike Watson
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Rene Savory
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Dale Gerityscilla Sweet
Gerry Moore
Cliff Becker
Debbie Wilkins
Catherine Fuscalado
Diane Devignon
Burt Lane
Karen McNaney
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