Uphill fight to retain place in western league
PHOENIX Arizona United Press International Charkle Fox projects Giants lineup as he presses to defend NL West title for 1972. Mays Fuentes Kingman McCovey Bonds Henderson Diets Speier Loom large while Carruthers Willoughby Cumberland vie for two starter spots. Fox calls division the toughest in baseball and vows not to concede any rival.
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Uphill
Phoenix,ariz
UPI
Charkle Fox
San Francisco Giants
Fox
Willie Mays
Tito Fuentes
Dave Kingman
Willie McCovey
Bobb Bonns
Ken Henderson
Dick Dict
Chris Speier
Hi Lean
McCovey
Sean Marichal
Sam McDowell
Don Carruthers
Jim Willoughby
John Cumberland
McDowell
Cumberland
Jerry Johnson
Don McMahon
John Morris
Steve Stone
Jim Barr
Ron Bryant
Lee Pitlock
Frank Reberger
Giants
Astros
Reds
Dodgers
Frank Robinson
Ni West
Sen
Francisco
Sickle cell cure still finishes first in Durham tale
Myrtle Meriwether recalls meeting Delano Meriwether in Durham North Carolina as he rose to fame in track and medicine. She notes his Olympic ambitions and his work on sickle cell anemia at Harvard Medical Unit Boston City Hospital while he pursues a possible Munich Olympic berth.
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Myrtle Meriwether
Durham
N.C
Myrtle
Flip Bennett
Delano Meriwether
Meriwether
Mitzi
Gallagher's
Ihree Track and Field
Amateur Athletic Union
United
Munich
Harvard Medical Unit
Boston City Hospital
Tft
W.R. Meriwether
Burke High School
Charleston
Sue
Delano
South Carolina
Twins Rock Boston in 4-2 Win as Darin Johnson Shines
Darwin Johnson, rising major leaguer with Minnesota, homered twice including a 450 foot shot as the Twins beat Boston 4-2. Jim Perry earned the win. Other spring results include Dock Ellis going seven for the Pirates in a 5-1 win over the Cardinals and the Mets defeating the Orioles 2-1 behind Jon Matlack.
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Bobby
Darwin
San Jose
Darin
Minnesota: ‘Twins
Twins
Boston Red Sox
Jim Perry
Boston
Dock Ellis
Pittsburgh Pirate
St. Louis Cardinals
Richie Zisk
Pirates
Bob Gibson
Rich McKinney
John Elis
Johnny Callison
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Mike Ruddell
Dérin Johnson
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Ed Kranepool
Jon Matlack
Weaver remains without coach of the year award
In St Petersburg FL Earl Weaver, Baltimore Orioles manager, remains excluded from the manager of the year honor. He reflects on the voting, cites his team’s strong record and stars, and recalls past awards while noting the trophy’s limited impact on his view of managing.
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Weaver
Coach
St, Petersburg
Fla
Earl Weaver
Trever
Baltimore
Dick) Williams
Orioles
Ty Cobb
Hank Bauer
Oakland A’s
Oriales
Lea Durocher
Baseball Writers Association of America
Eto
Pax
Charlie
Wanhington
Will
Barridge
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Stengel
Yankees
Palmers
McNallys
Robinsons
Blairs
Powells
Rettenmunds
Bufords
Belangers
Bone fishing in the Florida Keys record set
Islamorada guides report Arnold Sobel of Chicago caught a bonefish weighing 12 pounds 2 ounces on six pound test line while fishing with Jack Brothers. The fight lasted 28 minutes as Sobel cast to a school off Tavernier Creek and Newsport near Key Largo, using Mickey Maise tackle. The fish was revived and released.
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Islamorada
Fla
Florida: Keys
Mary Frances Dressing
Islamorada Yacht Basin
ASI
Sobel
Florida Bay
Keys
Arnold Sobel
Chicago
Brothers
Tavernier Creek
Rodriguez Flats
Pat
Jack Brothers
Wigler
Fifth Avenue
Arnold
Sabel
Shadow Brothers
Newsport
Key Largo
Sack Brothers
Red Williams
Guide
Williams
Mickey Maise
White Sox face defense doubts with new sluggers
In Sarasota the White Sox weigh 1972 pennant chances with Richie Allen and Bil Melton at power corners while defense at shortstop and catcher raises concerns. Manager Chuck Tanner relies on Johnny Sain to mold a strong pitching staff headlined by Wilbur Wood and Tom Bradley as competition shapes the rotation and bullpen.
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Sarasota
Fla
Chicago White Sox
Richie Allen
Bil Melton
Uni
Melton
Allen
Chisox
Chicago
Baltimore
Chuck Tanner
Lee
Richard
Tanner
Lkes
Red Sox
Alvarado
Jorge Orla
Mike Andrews
Carlos
Pat Kelly
Ick Reichardt
Jay Johnstone
Walt Williams
Ed Herrmann
Tom Egan
Johnny Sain
Sox
Wilbur Wood
Wood
Tom Bradley
Sain
White Sox
Stan Baknsen
New York Yankees
Bradley
Bahnsen
Bart Johnson
Joel Horlen
Terry Forster
Vicente Romo
Steve Kealey
Lowell Palmer
Phillies
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al Gallagher
Dave
Bonds
Hendrson
Diets
Mays
Lotte Orions
Tokyo
Fumio Narida
Orions
Orlando Cepeda
Pat Jarvis
Gary Neibauer
Atlanta Braves
Montreal Expos
Bradford
Onument Plaza
Bennington, YT
Biel al Bse
Heeatche
Jack
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Ted Williams
Essley
Burt Bros
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