Sox Extend Skeins but Lead Holds at Slim One Half
Pittsfield Berksh ire Red Sox beat Williamsport 8 3 at Wahconah Park for their fifth straight win. Lefty Bill MacLeod earned his 16th consecutive win, an all time league mark, with 10 strikeouts, though he allowed 11 hits. The victory widens Pittsfield's lead over Elmira and strengthens the pennant push in the Eastern Baseball League.
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World record holder Matson stars at World University Games
Randy Matson of Pampa Texas showcased his all around shot put form as the track and field segment of the World University Games began in Budapest. The event highlighted his status as a world record holder and featured top competitors across the games.
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Soccer Rules Session Set For Tomorrow Night
The meeting at Spring side House, 874 North St, will start at 7 40 p m with AL Loeffler and Paul Bourdeau of the NCAA conducting. Pittsfield High coach Ralph Gionet says officials, coaches, captains and others may attend. A follow up session at UMass is planned later in the week with Larry Briggs expected to attend.
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Bourdeau
Gionet
Sox Officials Target 75,000 Attendance This Season
Pittsfield Berkshire Red Sox officials plan a 75 000 attendance goal after a 920 crowd last night lifted the season mark to 70 000. With four home games left two with Williamsport and two with Springfield the team must average 1 053 per game. Business manager Pat McKernan said they lead the league on and off the field but risk losing the attendance lead if fans don t support promotions remain.
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Elks and Big N win to meet in city Little League final
The North League Elks and West League Big N advance to the city championship by winning semifinals at Deming Field. Elks beat Moldmaster 7 1 at Wahconah Park with Bob Aitken and Bob Breen driving in all Elk runs. Big N defeated City Savings Bank 5 1 as Aitken threw a one hitter and Breen drove in five runs.
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Tim Petruzella
Belanger Keeps Hit Streak, But Elmira Edges Reading
In an extra innings Eastern League game Elmira Pioneers beat Reading 2 to 1. Mark Belanger led off with a single for Reading but was picked off first by pitcher Bob Wolfe. Belanger finished 1 for 4 with 104 hits in 437 at bats, batting .238. Jerry Kelly homered in the seventh to tie the game. Wolfe's wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh allowed Mickey McGuire to score the winning run for Elmira.
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Cincinnati
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Pirates
Bob Shaw
Giants
Gary Wagner
Rusty Staub
Houston
Don Nottebarl
Tito Francona
Cardinals
Curt Flood
Lou Brock
Bill White
Middletown Plays Final in Region 1 American Legion
Middletown Conn and Berlin N H clash in the Region 1 finals for the right to go to Aberdeen S D in the nationals. Middletown beat Northboro Mass 3 1 on a four hitter by Bill Guida with nine strikeouts and one walk. Berlin beat Northboro 8 3 in the prior round.
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Woitkowski hits boost Appleton. Bradley reaches 2000 points
Ray Woitkowski, former Pittsfield High star, went three for twenty last week with Appleton in the Midwest League, dropping his average to .249 as he totals 83 hits in 342 at bats with 5 homers, 6 triples and 9 doubles and 42 RBIs. In Princeton, Bill Bradley becomes the Ivy League's only 2000 career point scorer.
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Pittsfield High
Appleton, Wis
Princeton, NJ
Princeton
Bill Bradley
Stottlemyre Shines as Yanks Edge Twins 2-1 For 16th Win
Mel Stottlemyre, the Yankees lone bright spot, pitched five high quality innings to beat the AL leading Minnesota Twins 2-1 for his 16th victory. Tom Tresh hit his 20th homer in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie as New York snapped a skid and kept pace with the league leaders amid a season of injuries and weak hitting.
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Mudcat) Grant
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Norm Cash
Denny McLain
George Brunet
Jose Cardenal
Willie Smith
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Tony Conigliaro
Third Stringer Delivers scene winning blow for Mets
Johnny Stephenson, the Mets’ third-string bat, came through with a three run ninth inning double off Bob Miller to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. The Dodgers’ loss kept Milwaukee within a half game of Los Angeles for first in the league standings.
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NE Titlist Featured in Arena Bout
New England light heavyweight champion Marion Conner of Roxbury meets Curtis Bruce of Newark in a 10 round feature at Boston Arena Promoter Sam Silverman announced Conner seconded by a previous knockout loss to Bruce two months earlier Bruce stopped Conner two months ago in their last meeting in the arena
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Bruce
Rubenstein to Announce Races at Barrington Fair
Ralph Babe Rubenstein, veteran racetrack announcer with 31 years at New England tracks, is signed to call races at the Barrington Fair six afternoon meet starting September 13. General manager Edward Carroll confirms the move from Rockingham Park, N H, where Rubenstein announced the sweepstakes race.
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Babe) Rubenstein
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