West Virginia All State baseball honor winners announced
Huntington Brooke High School and Barboursville led the West Virginia High School All-State baseball team with two and three selections respectively. Captain Joe Pettini and pitcher Mark Schwertfeger anchored Brooke, while Barboursville’s Joe Waugh Mike Morgan and Dave Maddox starred as the Bruins and Barboursville both claimed multiple spots on the 11 man squad.
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Blind Manager Guides Blind Coach Builds Team Spirit
In Fairmont West Virginia AP a 26 year old blind Babe Ruth Teague team coach Ton Furbee leads players by hearing and coaching with a single minded emphasis on effort and character. He credits his school for the blind Romney with enabling independence and skills. Assistant coach Mike Hall notes Furbee’s quick eye for sincerity and fairness wins the players’ respect. A player highlights Furbee’s equal treatment of all team members.
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Fuzzy" Fillier
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Homers lift Cubs past Braves in seventh inning rally
Jim Hickman's two out two run homer in the seventh after a passed ball gave the Cubs a 4-3 lead. Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth for fourth on the all time hit list with 3,430 after his 18th homer of the season. Frank Tepedino's pinch single added an insurance run in the ninth.
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Twins Blank Detroit 5-0 in four-hitter by Blyleven
Bert Blyleven tossed a four-hitter for his fourth shutout of the season as Minnesota defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-0. Rod Carew opened with a homer, Harmon Killebrew drew a walk for a fourth-inning run, and key hits by Jim Holt Jerry Terrell Larry Hisle paced the rally. The Twins also beat Joe Coleman 10-6 for Detroit in the same day.
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Rod Carew
Harmon Killebrew
Jim Holt
Jerry Terrell
Larry Hisle
Steve Braun
George Mitterwald
Dick McAuliffe
Oilers Sign Williams as Kicking Specialist
Houston Oilers announce signing of veteran kicker Mark Williams selected in the ninth round from Rice University. Williams joins the team as a standout specialist, noted as one of the all time greats from the Southwest Conference.
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Napoles Set to Defend Title Against Menetry in Grenoble
Napoles of Mexico defends his world welterweight crown against Roger Menetry of France in Grenoble. Menetry, 28, leads a sellout crowd at Palais des Sports while Napoles promises a sharp right hand counter as he seeks to extend his title reign.
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Mexico
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Ralph Charles
Britain
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Montrey
Arthur Kettles
Asbury Park
N.Y
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Curtis Cokes
Los Angeles
Billy Backus
Syracuse
Backus
Ernie Lopez
New Statistical Profiles Determine Player Salary
Los Angeles AP reports La Rue Harcourt, a Cerritos College instructor, runs Athletes Financial Services Inc. Counseling and managing finances for about 400 clients, he represents many pro players including Dan Sutton, Andy Messersmith, John Roseboro, Bill Buckner and Claude Osteen. Harcourt describes his role as counselor and details plans to create statistical profiles to determine salaries, averaging five figures via outside accountants to set objective salaries.
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Tommy Jahn
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Bill Grabarkewitz
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Athletes Financial Services, Inc
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Jim Lefebvre
Los Angeles Dodger
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Claude Osteen
Snead Appears in Floppy Rain Hat at U S Open
In a rainy third round at Oakmont Sam Snead wore a floppy rain hat, making him unrecognizable to spectators and officials. Golf director Fred Corcoran says the sight breaks a prior contract he arranged with a hat company.
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Sam Snead
Sam
Fred Corcoran
International Golf Association
Boros Wrist Wrinkles Reveal Swing Face at Top
The golfer Julius Boros explains how wrinkles on his left wrist signal proper top‑of‑swing position. Wrinkles under the left thumb indicate a square face and normal downswing. Wrinkles on the back signal a vertical clubface and possible slice, while no wrinkles suggest a closed or hooked face.
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