Astros Open Nine-Game Road Trip At Mets Tonight
Houston visits New York at Shea Stadium with Larry Dierker facing Gary Gentry in the opener. In the NL, Willie McCovey hit his 31st, lifting San Francisco past Pittsburgh as St. Louis and Washington won, while Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Boston also won.
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Washington
Jim Hannan
Kansas City
Paul Sehal
Royals
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Tom Murphy
Sam McDowell
Alex Johnson
California
Cleveland
Jaycees Fall 7-1 to National Motor Club Victoria
Cuero Jaycees lose 7-1 to the National Motor Club of Victoria at Mission Valley. David Ohrt earned the win for NMC with five hits allowed one walk and three strikeouts. Preston Preiss took the loss for Cuero after seven hits two triples and a double. The Jaycees wrap up the season Thursday at Cuero Little League Park against Weesatche at 8 p.m.
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Little League Park
Dallas Cowboys New Stadium Set for 1971 Debut
A large Dallas facility in Irving Texas named Texas Stadium will be ready for the Cowboys 1971 preseason. The 65 000 seat stadium sits outside Dallas city limits near State Highway 114 and Loop 12 with 7 500 parking spots plus 8 000 more by SH 114. The design promises theatre style seating with a roof over all seats and no glare lighting. Synthetic turf will cover the field and escalators will move fans to the upper deck.
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Oilers Show Promise In Early Test Against Saints
The Houston Oilers lost 19 10 to the New Orleans Saints in an exhibition game but showed potential with Charley Johnson directing the offense and Jerry Levins emerging as a threat. Johnny Peacock and Ken Houston stood out on defense as the club aims to compete in the 1970 season.
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Campbell
Granger
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Richardson
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Dempsey
Saints
Jerry Rhome
Bob Naponic
Naponic
Roy Garcia
Bossas
New Orleans
Ken Houston
Satvos by LIM shows work life fatigue and armadillo woes
The column vein reveals a narrator questioning long tenure at a single job and laments low pay and little appreciation. A companion complains of a rough day and a neighbor, MTH, injures himself while mowing after being startled by armadillo holes.
Astrodomain sets attendance records over Aug weekend
Attendance at Astrodomain events on Saturday and Sunday August 15 16 reaches about 150000 with 96754 on Saturday and 44781 on Sunday. Top draws include Houston Oilers New Orleans Saints Astros Montreal circus and Astroworld tours with two day total 141535 and prior one day high 73333. Joe Namath passes physical and joins Jets training camp amid mixed reactions from Weeb Embank.
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the Circus
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Major League Standings and Tuesday Games
Standings show Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 3 St Louis 11 Los Angeles 8 Chicago 7 San Diego 0 San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 4 Other clubs not scheduled. Tuesday night games include Houston at New York San Diego at Chicago and San Francisco at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Atlanta Montreal at Cincinnati Los Angeles at St Louis.
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Los Angeles
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Dierker
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Foster
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Washington
Cleveland
Minnesota
Oakland
California
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Milwaukee
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Kaat
Fitzmorris
Bosman
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Culp
Lolich
Chance
Wright
Namath Returns as Jets Prepare for Camp
New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath passed a physical on Monday and is expected at NFL training camp. Broadway Joe has missed two exhibitions, with Weeb Ewbank welcoming him back. Jets host Giants in New Haven after two early games featuring Woodall and Parilli.
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New York Jets
Weeb Embank
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New York
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Joe
Weeb Ewbank
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Conn
al Woodall
Babe Parilli
Buffalo
Atlanta
Record scorers in major college basketball and World Series RBI
Baton Rouge reports Pete Maravich scored 3 667 points in three LSU seasons but Bob Hopkins with 3 756 points in four Grambling years remains college history’s leading scorer. New York notes Bobby Richardson drove in six RBIs in a 1960 World Series game against the Pirates, a single-game record.
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Pete Maravich
Louisiana State
Bob Hopkins
Grambling
NEW York
UPI
Bobby Richardson
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
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