Orioles Rally To Split Doubleheader In Early Season Push
The Baltimore Orioles, led by Moe Drabowsky reliever work and Dave McNally's early spark, beat Boston 4-3 to climb to third in the AL standings. Across the league, Cleveland, Minnesota, Detroit and California posted wins as the season unfolds, while NFL AFL merger talks continue with a Cleveland office in charge of NFL matters.
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Baltimore
Hank Bauer
The
Birds
Boston
Moe Drabowsky
Cleveland
New York
Minnesota
Kansas City
Detroit
Washington
California
Chicago
Dave McNally
Red Sox
Reggie Smith
Mike Ryan
Drabowsky
Dave Johnson
NFL
American Football League
Rozelle
Modell
Milt Woodard
AFL
Cincinnati
Modell Named President of National Loop
Art Modell owner of the Cleveland Browns will serve as unpaid NFL president in a temporary role under Commissioner Pete Rozelle as the league centralizes authority. Modell doubles as a public relations figure while overseeing his club until February league meetings.
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NEW York
National Football League
Pete Rozelle
Art Modell
Cleveland Browns
NFL
Rozelle
Major League Leaders Summary Chiefs and Stat Leaders
Major League leaders list batting pitching and fielding leaders for both leagues. Key names include Kaline Det and Clemente Pit with top averages runs and hits, plus pitchers Holtzman and Veale each 5-0 or 6-0 1.000. Limited by OCR, figures show Kaline 366 and Clemente 386 batting averages and 10 home runs.
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Det
Carew
Min
Tovar
Minn
McAuliffe
Killebrew
Campaneris
K.C
Triples
Knoop
Calif
Buford
Chic
Versalles
F. Robinson
Balt
Agee
Horlen
Sparma
Peters
Lonborg
Bost
Clemente
Pitt
Cepeda
St. Lis
Aaron
Atl
Perez
Cin
Brock
St. L
St.l
Alley
Williams
Morgan
Houst
Karon
Harper
Holtzman
Veale
Marichal S.F
Nolan
Latins Edge Americans in Davis Cup Open
Mexico City AP Latins have faster reflexes than Anglos and may gain a slight edge in the opening day of the American zone semifinal Davis Cup matches with the United States. Rafael Osuna leads Mexico with Arthur Ashe headlining for the U S as singles.
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United States
William “Little
Billy Miller
U.S
George MacCall
Miller
Rafael Osuna
Osuna
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
Tex
Arthur Ashe
U.S. Army
Martin Riessen
Evanston, Ill
Clark Graebner
Beachwood
Ohio
Baseball Standings and Friday Results National League
National League standings show Cincinnati two games behind St Louis and Pittsburgh two and a half behind. results included Houston 17 Chicago 4 and Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 5 in 12 innings. Today's games feature Atlanta New York and Los Angeles San Francisco with key matchups.
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St. Louis
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San Francisco
Chicago
Atlanta
Zig Moe
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Los Angeles
New York
Il Houston
Houston
Kings
Louis
Major League Stars Deliver Multihit Night for Astros
Joe Morgan Astros slugger hit a homer a double and two singles driving in four runs and scoring three times as Houston crushed Chicago 17 to 4. Don Cardwell Mets pitched a three hitter with eight strikeouts to beat Atlanta 1 to 0.
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Joe Sparma
Sparma
Wickersham
Don Mincher
Pete Cimino
Angels
Whit Sox
Mincher
California
Chicago
White Sox
Ron Hansen
Associated Press
Joe Morgan
Astros
Houston
Don Cardwell
Mets
Atlanta
Braves
Rusty Staub
Jim Wynn
Ron Davis
Boxing results from Cocoa Beach and Seattle shows
George Chuvalo stopped Willie Besmanoff in Cocoa Beach to move to 216 pounds for the Toronto fighter. Boone Kirkman stopped Eddie Machen in Seattle to reach 197 pounds for the Renton born athlete.
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Associated Press
Cocoa Beach
Fla
George Chuvalo
Toronto
Willie Besmanoff
Seattle
Wash
Boone Kirkman
Renton
Eddie Machen
San Francisco
Franklin's Harmonica and Adams Stamp Portraits Noted
Franklin's 1761 experiment produced a water-powered instrument described as a harmonica with treadle rotation and self-tuning glasses yielding different notes. Separately, John Adams and John Quincy Adams are the only father and son whose portraits appear on U.S. postage stamps.
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Benjamin Franklin
Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
U.S
Marichal Leads Giants past Dodgers for eighth straight win
Juan Marichal pitched six hits over eight innings as the San Francisco Giants topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 to extend his unbeaten stretch to eight. Roberto Clemente delivered a bases loaded single in the 12th to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds 6 5 and end a 11 day scoreless stretch with Cincinnati.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Candlestick Park
Roberto Clemente
Cincinnati Reds
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Dodgers
Clemente
Cincinnati
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St. Louis
Don Uock
New York
Atlanta
Don Cardwell
Houston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Jim Hart
Ollie Brown
Willie Davis
Reds
Tommy Harper
Leo Cardenas
Pirates
Cardenas
Cincy
Darrell Osteen
Lock
Philadelphia
Music Scholarship Awards Presented
Kennebunk High School hosted a midweek pop concert featuring the school bands glee clubs and majorette routines under Alexander Economos and Miss Eunice Fitton. Two summer music scholarships were awarded to Theodore Steele of Kennebunkport and Marilyn Pitman of West Kennebunk, with the Schubert Club and Arundel Yankee Belle Chapter sponsoring respectively.
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Kennebunk High School
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Eunice Fitton
Ralph McLean
Arundel
Sweet Adelines Inc
Theodore Steele
James Steele
Kennebunkport
Richard Bibber
Marilyn Pitman
Arthur Pitman
West Kennebunk
Red Sox Fall Short In Baltimore Series Opener
In Baltimore the Red Sox waste two fine relief jobs and drop a 4 3 decision to the Orioles. Moe Drabowsky wins his third of the season while Tom Phoebus faces Darrell Brandon in the nightcap.
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Lee Stange
Don McMahon
Dan Osinski
Brandon
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Stange
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Johnson
McNally
Joe Foy
Mike Ryan
Reggie Smith
Mike Andrews
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Osin
Ski
Tony Horton
Boston
George Scott
Youth Fellowship Heads to Expo 67 in Montreal
About 54 members of Christ Church Youth Fellowship plus chaperones left Kennebunk early Friday for a weekend at Expo 67 in Montreal. Funds were raised by suppers and car washes. They plan to return Sunday night.
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Kennebunk Area
Notable Memorial Day tributes and entertainment notes
Worcester scene recalls Maj. Gen. Foley’s 46 year Memorial Day address as 600 students march to his home and his grandson presents a flag. Tremayne divorcees split assets in Los Angeles. A Somerville youth on probation for motor vehicle charges follows a historic arm injury. Spurrier embarks as a country music entertainer in Tampa with Minnie Pearl and others. Farley predicts Johnson victory with Humphrey. critiques Romney and Reagan, Nixon praised as potential nominee.
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Worcester
Mass
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Columbus Park Grammar School
Foley
Mark E. Foley
181St Infantry
Somerville
Everett Knowles
Dist
Alan Roy Kingston
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Fla
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Sonny James
Lefty Frizzell
Skeeter Davis
Spurrier
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