League Leaders By The Associated Press
American League stats show Oliva and Murcer leading in batting and runs with sparse other names. Pitching leaders include Dobson and Blue. National League batting features Beckert and Torre with Stargell and May leading in homers and steals by Brock and Morgan.
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Minn
Murcer
N.Y
Buford
Killebrew
Bando
Oak
Petrocelli
Bast
Tovar
R.smith
Bost
Beckert
Chic
Torre
St.l
Brock
Bonds
Stargell
Pitt
Cedeno Houst
W.davis
L.A
Dodgers front-runners hold off Cards on Brewer gem
In a tense late game, Jim Brewer shut down St Louis in the eighth and completed the ninth to preserve a 6 5 Dodgers win. Bob Montgomery fueled Boston’s 12 11 victory over Detroit with six RBIs including his first major league grand slam.
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Associated Press
Jim Brewer
Dodgers
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Bob Montgomery
Red Sox
Boston
Detroit Tigers
Standings Highlight and Cardinals Player Return
Major league standings show Boston and Detroit atop the pack with 12 to 11 records as schedule details list nightly games across divisions. Roy Shivers of the St. Louis Football Cardinals returns from camp for knee surgery and faces a six to eight week absence with five backs available.
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Roy Shivers
Cardinals
Lake Forest
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Shivers
Mae Lane
Cid Edwards
Johnny Roland
Charlie Pittman
Paul White
Exhibition Football Scores and Schedule Summary
Monday results Houston 35 New York Giants 25 and Philadelphia 25 Oakland 24. Friday Cleveland at Los Angeles and San Francisco at Miami. Saturday Chicago at Baltimore and Cincinnati at Detroit night Houston at St Louis night Atlanta at Kansas City night Pittsburgh at Green Bay New Orleans at Dallas night Washington at Denver night New York Jets at Oakland Minnesota at San Diego. Sunday's New York Giants at New England night.
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Hedlund
Washington
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Thompson
Cleveland
Colbert
Chicago
Bradley
California
Wright
New York
Bahnsen
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Odom
Hunter
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Peters
Culp
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Milwaukee
Pizarro
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Stone
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Houston
Forsch
Cincinnati
Simpson
Philadelphia
Lersch
Los Angeles
Singer
Gentry
San Diego
Kirby
Montreal
Stoneman
San Francisco
Marichal
Associated Press
W.L Pet
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Ait
Francisco
Miami
Green Bay
New Orleans
Dallas
Denver
New York Jets
Big Eight Seeks Commissioner to Replace Wayne Duke
The Big Eight Conference forms a search committee to hire a new commissioner as Wayne Duke plans to leave for the Big Ten. The panel, chaired by Arthur W. Nebel, includes officials from Missouri Nebraska Kansas State Kansas and Iowa State, with Stinson and McCullough as athletic directors.
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Wayne Duke
Duke
Arthur W. Nebel
University of Missouri
Keith Broman
University of Nebraska
Clyde Jones
Kansas State University
Wade Stinson
University of Kansas
Lou McCullough
Iowa State University
Stinson
McCullough
Big Eight race seen as Nebraska Oklahoma favorites
Kansas State coach Vince Gibson signaled a tough season with a purple pledge of red for the Big Eight. Nebraska and Oklahoma loom as the top teams, with Nebraska returning key stars and Oklahoma predicting a demanding schedule and improved passing game.
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Robert Moore
Associated Press
Kansas City
Vince Gibson
Kansas State
Gibson
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Gipson
Bob Devaney
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