Martinsville Wins Connie Mack State Tourney title
Martinsville Pirates claim the Virginia Connie Mack League state title with a 3-1 win over Coca-Cola at Market Garden Field, finishing 3-0 in the tourney. The victory earns a regional bid as Fresco of Danville, Kagsport, and others advance, while Alabama reportedly skips the event.
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Australians Claim Two Swim Records at Empire Games
In Kingston Jamaica AP reports Australia set two world marks as Peter Reynolds won the men's 440 yard individual medley in 4 50.8 surpassing 4 51.0 Ted StIckles 1962 record and Kathy Wainwright clocked 4 39.6 in the women's 440 yard freestyle heat beating Isa Konrads 1960 record. English women Lindy Ludgrove Diana Harris Judy Gegan Pauline Sillott set a world mark 4 40 6 in the 440 yard medley relay.
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George Scott Paces Bosox To 3-1 Win
Rookie George Scott hit a two run homer through fog in a 3-1 Boston win over Cleveland. Jose Santiago earned the victory as the Red Sox won their 11th game behind Scott's 21st homer and key hits from Tartabull and Foy.
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Lonnie Sanders Sidelined With Severe Back Sprain
Carlisle, Pa AP Lonnie Sanders sustained a severe back sprain during a pass defense drill and will be sidelined indefinitely. The Redskins used him as right cornerback in place of Jim Steffen, marking the second defensive back lost for an unspecified period.
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Nash Leads A’s To 6-1 Victory Over Twins
Kansas City rookie Jim Nash pitched seven hits allowed over seven innings to earn his sixth win as the Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-1. Nash struck out six, helped by Ed Charles driving in two runs, and the A’s jumped on Jim Kaat early, seizing a seven place tie in the American League with idle New York. The lineup included Tony Oliva’s solo triple in the sixth for Minnesota and productive hits by Charles Nash and Green, while Kaat took the loss as Philadelphia? No.
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Hearing Set Aug 23 On Clay Draft Status Appeal
In Washington AP report the Justice Department will hold an August 23 hearing in Louisville to consider Cassius Clay request for conscientious objector status. Judge Lawrence S Grauman, a retired Kentucky jurist, will preside for the department's conscientious objector section after months of review.
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New Orleans Favored for Next Pro Football Expansion
Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford and at least four AFL owners say New Orleans should be pro footballs next expansion city. They discuss Sugar Bowl or Rose Bowl as championship sites, merger context, and potential AFL veto power affecting NFL expansion choices.
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Top Ten Pitching Decisions Began 1960s Summary
The list includes pitchers like Perry, Marichal, Koufax, McNally, Sanford, Walt, Palmer, and Boswell with win losses and ERAs, reflecting early-season pitching outcomes and team affiliations such as San Francisco, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minnesota, and Los Angeles.
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Fords to Run Southern 500 at Darlington
Ford officials confirm Fords will race the Labor Day Southern 500 at Darlington and plan a bigger Ford presence in 1967. Jacques Passino notes 1967 stock car rules allow Ford’s new single overhead cam engine with no 400 pound weight handicap this year. He says expect more Ford cars and drivers at Darlington as Ford regroups after withdrawing factory support in spring.
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Tigers Edge Senators in 12th for 5-3 Victory
Willie Horton delivered a two out two run single in the 12th inning to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Washington Senators 5-3. Detroit built bases loaded on a sequence around Jim Northrup and Ed Brinkman error before Horton’s clutch hit off Bob Humphreys. Podres held the Senators to three runs through eight, but the Tigers tied it in the ninth before Horton sealed it in extras. Separately Freehold Raceway filed a federal suit seeking 15 million dollars in damages against two horse owners organizations, alleging interference with management and monopolistic practices in harness racing.
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Reds Split Twin Bill With Giants
In Cincinnati, Willie McCovey belted his 23rd homer of the season in the seventh to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-5 win in game two and complete a doubleheader split with the Reds. The Giants had won the opener 10-6 as Mays hit his 531st career homer. The collision for second place in the NL saw Pittsburgh idle, with the Dodgers slipping after a 10-9 loss to Atlanta. The crowd at Crosley Field reached 32,552, the largest in years.
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Vikings Release Nine Players In Cut Monday
The Minnesota Vikings let nine players go on Monday including Boball a Brown defensive back drafted as their fifth pick. Also released were Wallace Davis Lincoln University Ray Jones Los Angeles State Ron Ternouth Wisconsin State Stevens Point Sam Shivers Alcorn A M F Jesse Stokes Corpus Christi Mel Boehland North Dakota Roger Kramer Kalamazoo Mich Joh McSwaney Minnesota Parsons College.
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