Yaz Shows Boston Fielding Charge Forcing 5 Outs In 10 Days
Boston's Carl Yastrzemski threw out Mike Hershberger at the plate in the sixth, helping the Red Sox rally past Kansas City 4-3. Morehead pitched five scoreless innings for the win as Boston cut Chicago’s AL lead to a half game. The Tigers beat Baltimore as Detroit keeps pace. Atlanta crushed Chicago with seven homers while Hank Aaron and others homered in the NL.
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Associated Press
Carl Yastrzemski
Boston
Yaz
Mike Hershberger
Red Sox
Kansas City
Chicago
Dave Morehead
Hershberger
Dick Green
Yastrzemski
Thureday
Detroit
Baltimore
Denny McLain
Atlanta
Cubs
George Scott
Mike Andrews
A Sox
White Sox
Tigers
McLain
Joe Torre
Clete Boyer
Hank Aaron
Tito Francona
Denis Menke
Torre
St. Louis
Defects Show Everywhere as Pirates Return Home
The Pittsburgh Pirates, mired in seventh place, head home for a 60-game stretch in the NL standings. Injuries mild, the club still struggles as the pitching, hitting, and overall cohesion falter, despite standouts like Veale and Blass delivering solid ERAs.
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Pirates
Harry Walker
Bob Veale
Dennis Ribant
Tommie Sisk
Steve Blass
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Joe Brown
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Browns Trade Tackle To Steelers
Off tackle John Brown, part of a Browns holdout, was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers for two future draft choices. Brown will join training camp at St. Vincent College. Steelers face missing linemen Dan James and Charlie Bradshaw after retirements and an expansion draft. Other Browns holdouts include Leroy Kelly Mike Howell John Wooten and Sid Williams.
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Steelers
Syracuse
Brown
Steeler
St. Vincent College
Pittsburgh
Dan James
Charlie Bradshaw
Leroy Kelly
Mike Howell
John Wooten
Sid Williams
Area Eater Junior Fish Program Sees 20 Entries
More than 20 entries were received in the first month of the Fish Commission junior fishing citation award program. Charles Shadley III, age 6, of Meadville, caught a 19 inch smallmouth bass at Keystone Ordnance Works lake on July 19, and Sylvia Jean Zoner, 11, of Harmonsburg, caught a 27 inch walleye on a silver Matfish while fishing Lake Erie. Entries are open to anyone under 16, with catches measured and recorded by a licensed agent or tackle shop.
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The
Fish Commission
Robert J. Biele
Charles Shadley III
Meadville
Keystone Ordnance Works Lake
Recreation Commission
Sylvia Jean Zoner
Harmonsburg
Sylvia
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Eight to be inducted into Football Hall Saturday
Canton will enshrine eight new members on the front steps of the shrine. Inductees include Charles Bidwill Dan Reeves Paul Brown Ken Strong Emlen Tunnel Joe Studahar Bobby Lane and Chuck Bednarile. A national board of 14 selectors from NFL cities votes after rules set at yearly meetings.
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Charles Bidwill
Dan Reeves
Paul Brown
Ken Strong
Emlen Tunnel
Joe Studahar
Bobby Lane
Chuck Bednarile
Lewis F. Atchinson
Washington Evening Star
James G. Conzelman
St. Louis
Arthur Daley
The
New York Times
Art Daley
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Herb Good
Philadelphia Evening and Sunday Bulletin
Charles Heaton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Charles Johnson
Minneapolis Star
Jack McDonald
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
Bob Oates
Los Angeles Examiner
Davey O’brien
Fort Worth
Tex
George Strickler
Chicago Tribune
Jack Sell
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
George Pascns
Detroit Free Press
John Steadman
Baltimore News-Post
10 Day Table Tennis Game Sets World Record
In Pittsburgh at the Penn Hills YMCA two teams of 18 youths played table tennis for 240 hours over ten days. They used 198 balls and six paddles, ending with the A-Bombs defeating the Pulverizers 40 035 to 36 893 and surpassing the prior Morgan town W Va record by two days.
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Penn Hills
Morgantown
W. Va
Namath Knee Tests As All Stars Open Exhibition
Namath to test right knee and left tendon in first exhibition game as Jets face College All-Stars in Chicago, while Packers return after 10 years with Starr leading offense. A mix of NFL and AFL games across Bridgeport and Canton highlight a busy opening weekend of 1967 pre season.
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Bart Starr
Joe Namath
Chicago
Green Bay Packers
Jim Taylor
Paul Harnung
Starr
Soldier’s Field
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New York
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Bubba. Smith
Michigan State
Pete Duranko
Alan Page
Notre Dame
Carel Stith
Nebraska
George Webster
Jim Lynch
Paul Naumoff
Tennessee
Green Bay
Elijah Pitts
Donny Anderson
Taylor
Hornung
New Orleans
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Bridgeport
Conn
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Cleveland
Canton
Ohio
Buffalo
Miami
Memhis
Tenn
Kansas City
Houston
San Diego Trav
Oakland
Detroit
Denver
Baseball Standings and Thursday Results Snapshot
National League standings show Saint Louis atop the table with 41 wins and 60 losses, Chicago 59-48, Cincinnati 57-50, San Francisco 56-50, Atlanta 53-49, Philadelphia 50-51, Pittsburgh 49-53, Los Angeles 46-57, Houston 47-60, New York 40-39. Thursday yielded Atlanta 19 Chicago 3 and listed games include San Francisco at New York and Houston at Philadelphia among others. American League shows Cleveland leading with 57-45, Baltimore 77-19, New York 45-57, Kansas City 46-61, and Boston 55-38.Thursday slate mentions Boston 5 Kansas City 3, Detroit 5 Baltimore 0, with several rain-affected or twilight games across divisions.
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Baltimore
Kansas City
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Detroit
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Minnesota
Top Five To Battle At Stateline Speedway
Five top drivers led by Bobby Schnars Fred Knapp Johnny Whitehead Squirt Johns and Emory Mahan will race in a special match at Stateline Speedway Busti New York. The 13 event program also features two 25 lap features for 1964 87 new car division and 1992 63 sportsmen division plus other notable entrants and a 150 lap sportsmen event.
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Stateline Speedway
Bobby Schnars
Fred Knapp
Johnny Whitehead
Squirt Johns
Emory Mahan
Busti
N.Y
Knapp
Schnars
Whitehead
Johns
Mahan
Jim Scott
Garland
Ford
Marty Rater
Jamestown
Eric
Tom Dill
Youngsville
Ronnie Blackmer
Blackmer
Skip Furlow
Blackville
Courtwright Road
New York at Kansas City Detroit at Cleveland
Sports brief lists four matchups with teams New York versus Kansas City and Detroit versus Cleveland plus Chicago visiting Baltimore in a twilight schedule note.
Keystones and Legion Nine Prepare Sunday Doubleheader
The Keystones face Kennedy, N Y in the second regular season game of Chautauqua County Baseball Association action while the Savings and Loan meet Ashtabula, Ohio in an independent game at Ireland Field. Roy Swanson and Tom Morton will pitch for the Savings and Loan and Keystones respectively. Swanson earns a formal honor before the Ashtabula game. A joint practice follows with arrivals and times set for Sunday.
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Keystones
Kennedy
N.Y
Chautauqua County Baseball Association
Savings and Loan
Ashtabula
Ohio
Legion
Tristate
Ireland Field
Jim Hammond
Tom Morton
Roy Swanson
Corry
Chamber of Commerce
Keystone and Savings and Loan
Keystoners
Indians Down Pirates In Sandlot Exhibition
Cleveland Indians defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-7 in a sandlot benefit exhibition. Gordon Lund's eighth inning double broke a 7-7 tie as Lee Maye and Frank Healy led a 16 hit attack accounting for all Pittsburgh runs.
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Cleveland Indians
Pittsburgh Pirates
Gordon Lund
Lee Maye
Frank Healy
Pittsburgh
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