Aaron Sparks Braves Loss as Milestone Night Fails
Hank Aaron reached his 2,900th career hit and tied for third on the alltime homer list with his 536th, but Atlanta fell 8-7 to Montreal. The night also featured NL results and key early homer feats, with Aaron closing in on 3,000 hits while Mantle and Ruth remain ahead.
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Aaron
Braves
Montreal
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Willie Mays
Atlanta
Mel Ott
Eddie Mathews
Ted Williams
Jimmy Foxx
New York
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Chicago
Philadelphia
Houston
San Diego
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
Red Sox Top Pilots On Gibson Pinch Homer In Seventh
Boston rides a clutch three-run shot by Russ Gibson in the seventh to beat Seattle 7-5 after a back-and-forth game. Goosen homered for Seattle in his major league debut, Nagy left with an injury, and Conigliaro's back issues sidelined him for the series. Stange finished with two innings of relief for Boston as they split the four-game set.
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Detroit
Kansas City
Minnesota
Cleveland
Oakland
Washington
California
New York Yankees
Boston
Seattle
Aaron
Expos
Atlanta
Phil Niekro
San Diego
Joe Niekro
Pittsburgh
Richie Hebner
Pirates
van Kelly
Padres
Bob Gibson
St. Louis
Cardinals
Giants
Gibson
Phil Gagliano
Curt Flood
Cards
Dick Williams
Russ Gibson
Boston Red Sox
Seattle Piets
Sonny Siebert
Fred Talbot
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Mike Nagy
Red Sox
Syd O’brien
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Carl Yastrzemski
Diego Segui
Nagy
John Donaldson
Steve Hoviey
Greg Goosen
Gerry McNertney
Tony Conigliaro
Ron Clark
McNertney
Tom Satriano
O’brien
Andrews
Conigliaro
Joe Lahoud
Bill Landis
Goosen
Landis
Sburg
Satriano
Williams
Lee Stange
Horley
Goossen
Stange
Detroit Tigers
Scarborough Race Results Big night at Scarborough course
Multiple races at Scarborough crowned winners across six six furlong and five furlong events. Dottsie led the first race with Night Deposit and Legal Bounty placing behind, while Paul M and City Owl earned notable showings. Attendance hit 3,035 with handle reported at $132,179.
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Dottsie
Tejada
Zook
Teenie Aoeby
John Baker
Paul M
Fromal
City Owl
Russell
Ski Heil
Humphreys
Marty M
Miss Waldemar
Henry
Nasralla
Sweet Heather
Knowles
el Gancho
Craycraft
Wind Blow
Cooper
I'm Fancy
Texas
Gertie Glink
Man's Reaper
Downs At A Glance Tonight’s Horse Racing Card
A dense rundown lists ten races at five furlong to mile-plus distances. Notable horses include L Unic a, Tuller Greek Ire, Pasquarelli driven entries, with multiple “No Boy” runners and various riders. Post time is 8 p.m. with prize money around 900 to 1,200 dollars per race.
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Tuller
Pasquarelli
Frazer Tiger
Sullivan Silver Beau
Knowles
No Boy
Mr. Rickshaw
Sullivan Chant Herst
Steineman Officer
Vic
Fromal
Black Myth
Anderson Miss Knuckle Head
Sage Firey Kitty
Knowles Galivanting
Thompson
Strong
Senator G
Pasqarelli
Creedon Hy Pat
Sullivan
Admiral Whisker
Gabriele
F. H
Bellenay
Craycraft Letsea
Marshman
Steineman Meeting House
Kelly
Sage Col. Steed
Peacheff
Mr. Laird
Maeda
Steineman
Chanteur Pine
Anne Porter
Walker
Cesere
Hickory Mae Bar
Tuller Battleforth
Struss
Gold Coast Inn
Sullivan Cute Peter
Pasquarelli el Geno
Gabriele Ginreed
Fromal Dromore
Prince Prim Rose
McCracken
Maeda Kooky Cook
Gabriele Solaris
Knowles Metairie Dominic
Rodgers
Tony
Speedy Rich
Maeda Eisert
Pete Alibi
Craycraft
Chi's Folly
Black Angel
Truhan
Gabriele Count Gene
Baribault
Dee Wee
Blocky Prince
Charmaine
Grey Road
Dancing Cloud
Knowles Espada
Caius Julius
Humphrey
Thompson General Action
Ne Fox
Steinman
Royal Staff
Cooper
Maine League Stars Bat Reggie Jackson Seals A's Comeback
Reggie Jackson belted his 38th homer with a man on and two out in the seventh, propelling Oakland to a 4 3 victory over Washington. Andy Messersmith of the Angels shut down the Yankees, allowing two hits in a 6-0 win. Ken Norton of San Diego knocked out mile 200 in Las Vegas ev.
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Associated Press
Reggie Jackson
Oakland
Washington
Andy Messersmith
Angels
New York
California
Yankees
San Diego
Ken Norton
Las Vegas
Major League Leaders Summary Baseball Stats
Major League Leaders list batting leaders with Carew and Oliva of Minnesota and Blair of Baltimore. R Jackson leads in runs and home runs with 38, Ollvia 122 hits, Killebrew 93 RBIs, Harper 47 stolen bases. Pitching leaders include Lolich and McDowell in strikeouts, with Lolich 164 and McDowell 161.
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Carew
Minnesota
R. Smith
Boston
Oliva
R. Jackson
Oakland
F. Robinson
Baltimore
Blair
Killebrew
Powell
Blair Baltimore
Arew
Olivia
F. Howard
Washington
Harper
Seattle
Campaneris
Kelly
Kansas City
Lolich
Detroit
McDowell
Cleveland
National League Batting and Fielding Highlights
Key NL leaders include M Alou Pittsburgh batting .354 and Stargell .344 with 148 hits for Alou and 31 doubles for Alou. Bonds San Francisco tops runs, steals, and power lists. Santo and Banks appear in various mentions. McCovey and May lead home runs. Brock and Bonds pace stolen bases. Seaver and Marichal top pitching with win totals and ERAs. Gibson and Jenkins lead strikeouts.
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Pittsburgh
Stargell
Bonds
San Francisco
Chicago
Santo
Chica
San Apamene
L. May
Cincinati
Brock
St. Louis
Seaver
New York
Marichal
Gibson
Jenkins
Japan’s Auto Industry Produces Millions in 1968
Japan’s automotive sector, the world’s second largest, produced 4,089,500 passenger cars and trucks in 1968. Passenger cars reached 2,058,400, trucks 1,922,700, and buses 38,400. Exports totaled 605,000 cars.
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Japan
Baseball Standings and Friday Results From The Major Leagues
The East and West divisions show Chicago leading the East with 61 wins, New York 54, St. Louis 51, Pittsburgh 49, Philadelphia 56, Montreal 66 in the North, and Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Houston, San Diego, Montreal challenging in the West. Friday results include New York 4 Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 13 innings, Los Angeles 4 Chicago 2, Philadelphia 7 Houston 3, San Diego 3 Pittsburgh 1, Montreal 8 Atlanta 7. Today's games feature Cincinnati at New York, San Diego at Pittsburgh, Los Angeles at Chicago, San Francisco at St. Louis, Montreal at Atlanta, Philadelphia at Houston, and San Francisco at St. Louis among others, with several doubleheaders and weathered matchups noted.
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Houston
San Diego
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Seattle
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California
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Washington
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Holdouts Taboo On Eve Of College All Star Tilt
CHICAGO AP The 1968 college All Stars face Joe Namath led Jets with missing top draft picks like OJ Simpson and Leroy Keyes unlikely to join. Coach Otto Graham dismisses holdouts as not contributing to true performance. The Soldier Field game airs 9 30 p.m. EDT on ABC with Northwestern in Evanston hosting practice.
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J Simpson
Joe Namath
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Soldier Field
Southern California
Simpson
Buffalo Bills
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Leroy Keyes
Otto Graham
George Strickler
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Seymour
Washington
Hinton
Jerry Levins
Southern Methodist
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Northern Illinois
Mike O’shea
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Strickler
American Broadcasting Company
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Evanston
Ill
Keyes
Ron Johnson
Michigan
Joe Greene
North Texas State
Ron Sellers
Florida State
Ted Kwalick
Penn State
George Buehler
Stanford
George Kunz
Notre Dame
Greg Cook
Cincinnati
Terry Hanratty
Bobby Douglass
Kansas
Beach II All Stars Doubleheader Set
Officials of Old Orchard Beach Little Town League announce two games at the League field behind the High School. At 1 p.m. Beach II All-Stars face Lewiston Whiz Kids and at 5 p.m. play Pease AFB Little League Team of Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Little Town League
Lewiston “Whiz
Pease Afb
Portsmouth
N.H
English Pope Hadrian IV and England’s pope
Only one Englishman has ever been Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Nicholas Breakspear of England was elected Pope in 1154 and took the name Hadrian IV.
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Nicholas Breakspear
England
Hadrian IV
Patriots Set For Full Scale Scrimmage
AMHERST Massachusetts AP The Boston Patriots push to a full scale scrimmage at preseason camp with offense versus defense in a game like a regular contest except kickoffs and punts are removed to prevent injuries. Mel Hein lectured officials as Jim Nances status would be decided at scrimmage time. Head coach Clive Rush notes the big fullback is being eased back from a ankle injury and may be held out if pain returns.
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Boston Patriots
American Football League
Mel Hein
Clive Rush
Jim Nance
Rush
Moss agate details its mosslike markings and origins
Moss agate is a variety of agate with brown black or green mosslike or dendritic markings caused in part by manganese oxides. The branching designs give moss agate its distinctive gem appearance.
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