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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1968
Page
8
Detroit moves atop the league with Denny McLain earning his second win as the Tigers beat Washington. Elsewhere the Athletics White Sox Yankees and Orioles pulled off ninth inning or late comebacks and each game featured key clutch hits and home runs shaping the AL standings.
LATROBE Pa AP three Pittsburgh Steeler regulars sidelined by injury in a scrimmage will miss the intra squad game Saturday night. Linebacker Bill Saul sprained knee ligaments and defensive tackle Ken Kortas sprained left ankle will be out two weeks and miss the Aug. 9 pre season opener at St. Louis. Safety Paul Martha suffered a five stitch cut above the eye and will be out for a week.
Corry Little League All Stars beat South Clarion 5-2 in Grove City to reach the Sectional clash in Clarion Saturday at 5 p.m. Vanderhoff pitched and hit a solo homer in the fourth. Lamendola Armstrong Crage and Daniels contributed key runs on miscues as Corry jum made two runs in the fifth for insurance. South Clarion struck first on an error and a single, but Vanderhoff earned the win to move to 2-0 in tournament play. South Clarion, defended by Bliss and Mortimer, were hampered by errors as Corry exploited chances to compile five unearned runs.
The top baseball standings show St Louis leading the National League with 70 wins and 38 losses while Detroit trails the AL with 69 wins and 85 losses. Amid varying records, Chicago and New York post notable results. Wednesday’s games include Chicago 6 Houston 1 and New York 7 Boston 3. Altoona tops the Teenager Baseball Tournament with a 7-6 win over Chester Vernon, guaranteeing at least second place. Sid Wagner stars for Juniata in a 4-1 win over Lebanon Valley.
Pro football kicks off the exhibition season with Washington at Houston under the Astrodome and New Orleans visiting the Rams in Anaheim. College All-Stars duel Green Bay as four more games follow Saturday including Bears at Canton and Ravens at Oakland. Redskins miss Sonny Jurgensen. Gary Beban stars for the College All-Stars.
In July 1978 the St Louis Cardinals built a 14 game NL lead after a 22-1 win over Philadelphia. They went 24-6 in 30 games, with Lou Brock stealing bases and Hank Aaron delivering for Atlanta. Pete Rose, Tony Perez, and Johnny Bench sparked Cincinnati as Pittsburgh and Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston posted results across the league.
Chicago AP report says coach Norm Van Brocklin debuts as All-Star mentor with 50 college stars facing the Green Bay Packers. Beban and Landry lead the quarterbacks as Packers are 19-point favorites to end the collegians’ winless drought in the Tribune Charities game airing on ABC at 9 30 EDT with no radio broadcast.
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