Yankees Tune-Up for World Series Prep in Detroit
The Yankees split a Labor Day doubleheader with Detroit as Whitey Ford won his 20th game and Mickey Mantle returned to the lineup. Mantle’s two singles in the second game helped New York maintain a 12-game AL edge, while Joe Pepitone’s three-run homer paced Ford’s 5-4 win in relief. The day also featured Chicago and Kansas City results and other AL action.
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Giants Collapse In Twin Bill With Cubs
Labor Day doubleheader in San Francisco featured Willie Mays fading from exhaustion and the Giants suffering a pennant blowout as the Cubs and Ellsworth dominated the opener and Hobbie sealed the nightcap with a two-hit game. Santo fueled Chicago’s sweep with seven RBIs across both games, while Koufax and the Dodgers kept pace in the NL race.
Kimball Chosen Legion MVP at Saco Public Supper
Bob Kimball was named Most Valuable Player at a public supper honoring the Owen-Davis Post American Legion Junior Legion baseball team. The event at the hall on Beach Street in Saco Saturday night also awarded Most Improved Player to Ken Pike. Coach Bryce Roberts spoke.
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Baseball Scores and Standings Update with Results
Monday’s results show Los Angeles and Chicago posting wins while St Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and others posted various outcomes. The American League leaders include New York at 90 9. Chicago 78 60 and Minnesota 77 60 chase the top spots with Baltimore, Cleveland, and Kansas City also in contention. Upcoming schedule lists Cincinnati at New York, Pittsburgh at St Louis, Chicago at San Francisco, Philadelphia at Milwaukee, and Houston at Los Angeles among others.
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Koufax A Key Reason Dodgers Lead NL By Wide Margin
Los Angeles star Sandy Koufax embodies Dodgers dominance as he tops majors in victories complete games shutouts and strikeouts while carrying a fixed magic number of 32 mapping to his steady season. He struck out 13 in a 7-3 win over Houston to open a doubleheader.
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Holiday Tourney Golf Winners Are Announced
The Labor Day Scotch Foursome Tourney at Biddeford Saco Country Club yesterday saw Bill Mitchell and Justine Harvey win low gross. Will Hughes and Cynthia Polackwich claimed first net, with a three-way tie for second gross among Dr Steve Polackwich Stepha nie Hughes Warren Bagley and Margo Cote. Dave Tousignant and Frances Mitchell earned second net, while Bob Utman and Betty Carr took third net.
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Major League Leaders Reveal Lively 1969 Stats
National League batting leader Groat of St. Louis hits .327 over 350 at bats while Davis of Los Angeles sits at .323. Aaron of Milwaukee drives in 113 runs with 103 runs scored and Pinson of Cincinnati leads with 182 hits. Groat clouts 37 doubles and Pinson adds 13 triples. Koufax tops pitchers with 259 strikeouts and Perarnoski of Los Angeles posts an 15-2 record.
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York Heel Earns Tourney Berth for Presque Isle State Tourney
York Heel will travel to Presque Isle for the state softball tourney on Sept 7 and 8 after advancing from elimination play at Memorial Field Biddeford. In the morning York Heel beat Sportsmen's Grill 11 to 1 as Norm Bernard hit a homer. They then defeated Johnson Drug 4 to 3 in the semi finals as Ray Boudreau scored the winning run in the last inning. Eastern Oil of Portland won the tourney berth with a 16 to 8 victory over York Heel in the final. Eastern Oil and York Heel will enter the state tourney for the season wind-up at Presque Isle.
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Newark Bears Triumph Over Sea Hawks in Portland Clash
Newark Bears defeated the Portland Sea Hawks 43 to 26 at Portland High School Stadium. Julian Malinski threw three touchdowns to Reggie Lee and another to Mike Hagler, with Bob Dodge scoring for Portland earlier. A late surge by Newark, including a 37-yard field goal by Gunderson and a 39-yard run by Munford, sealed the win as 8,300 fans watched.
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Boston Sweeps Twin Bill From Baltimore Orioles
Boston wins a doubleheader 4-3 and 2-0 to extend a four game streak led by Bill Monbouquette's 19th win and Bob Heffner's first shutout. Heffner allows five strikeouts, two RBI singles by Tillman and Stuart, while Monbouquette benefits from Radatz save. Pesky lauds Monbouquette’s prep and Heffner’s improved breaking stuff as Sox remain hot.
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Baseball Major League Season Leaders Summary
Kaline of Detroit and Yastrzemski of Boston led batting with 350 and 318 at bats respectively. Tresh of New York scored 87 runs, Kaline 84, while Stuart of Boston drove in 98 and Kaline 94. Kaline tallied 161 hits, Ward of Chicago 158. Yastrzemski and Ward led doubles with 35 and 31 respectively, Versalles of Minnesota and Hinton of Washington tied with 12 triples. Stuart topped home runs with 35, Killebrew 34. Aparicio led steals with 33, Hinton 22. In pitching, Boston and New York combined for 196 decisions at .760, Pascual of Minnesota had 186 decisions at .750, Peters of Chicago 168 strikeouts, Pizarro 163 with Ford of New York.
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Baseball Attendance Shows Slight Drop on Labor Day
Baseball attendance for Labor Day dipped from 1962 levels as 222,880 turned out for a 19 game program, down about 7,000 from last year’s 229,903 across 18 games. Waning interest in pennant races noted as the season concludes.
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Santo Leads Cubs in Sweep as Mets Fall
Major League Stars batting Ron Santo of the Cubs drilled a grand slam and a bases empty homer in a 4-for-8 day driving in seven runs as Chicago swept a doubleheader 7-5 and 6-0. The Cubs moved within 9 1 2 games of NL leader Los Angeles while Jim Maloney of Cincinnati won his 20th with a three hit 13 strikeout shutout of New York in game two. The Mets won the opener 5-3.
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McKinley weighs pro tennis move after nationals
Chuck McKinley, 22, says he may pursue a pro tennis career after completing key goals this year. He aims to win the national championship and help the Davis Cup team, hoping to attract a strong offer. McKinley won his second round match at Forest Hills despite a back muscle tear and will miss the Denver zone final though he remains available for later ties.
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