Unbeaten Jim Perry Hurls Four Hitter For 7th Win
Minnesota Twins beat Los Angeles 5-2 behind Jim Perry’s four hit outing as Sam Mele served a five day suspension and $500 fine. Perry won his seventh straight, with Dean Chance giving up the decisive runs and Harmon Killebrew and Jimmie Hall delivering key hits. The game included a fourth inning rally as Bob Allison reached third and scored on a Rollins single.
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Minneapolis
Jim Perry
Tele
American League
Joe Cronin
Mele
Bill Valentine
Hal Naragan
Twins
Perry
Joe Adcock
Jim Fregosi
Dean Chance
Harmon Killebrew
Jimmie Hall
Minnesota
Bob Allison
Rich Rollins
Jerry Zimmerman
Danville Tabs Crush Coke 12-0 in Loop clash
Danville Tabs routed Coke 12-0 at Market Garden Field in a Connie Mack League game. Isom led with two homers and a single in a 12-hit attack, while Atkins, McGuire, and Arnold added multiple hits. Coke managed five singles off Scott.
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Danville
Coke
Market Garden Field
Scott
Abs
Ronald Freeze
Mike Fox
Larry Isom
Bobby Atkins
David Mc‘Guire
Joey Arnold
Dan
Fox
Phillips
Griffin
I Scott
Atkins
Hamlin stars as Senators crush Tigers in Detroit
Ken Hamlin belts two homers driving in four as the Washington Senators rout the Detroit Tigers 8-0. Phil Ortega wins his 10th, limiting Detroit to three hits while Woodie Held adds an 11th homer. Hamlin’s early and fourth inning shots spark the offense, with Joe Cunningham Ed Brinkman players contributing as Washington builds a four run third inning and Cruises past Detroit.
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Detroit
Ken Hamlin
Washington Senators
Detroit Tigers
Phil Ortega
Tigers
Ortega
Norm Cash
Jerry Lumpe
Don Demeter
Woodie Held
Washington
Hamlin
Senators
Mickey Lolich
Frank Howard
Held
Orlando Pena
Joe Cunningham
Ed Brinkman
Ron Nischwitz
Meld
Don Lock
Howard
Kirkland
Kaline Cf
Thomas Ce
Horton If
Zimmer c
Northrup
Dun‘ham
Wert
Erkman
Freehane
Lolich
Brown
Nischwitz
Demeter
Tatals
Los
Hamvin
S—Ortega
Ipoh
Mackinac Race Leaders Near Finish Line
In the Chicago to Mackinac yacht race Blitzen and Mitena led as they passed Ludington. Blitzen a 56 foot cutter owned by William and Thomas Schoendorf of the South Shore Yacht Club Milwaukee held a slight edge about 10 miles north of Ludington, 174 miles from Mackinac Island.
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Mackinac
Mackinac Island
Mich. i
Blitzen
Spahn signs with Giants to bolster pennant drive
Warren Spahn, 44, former pitching star, reaches agreement to join the San Francisco Giants after being released by the New York Mets. San Francisco plans to use the left hander as needed to help in the pennant race, with details of the contract undisclosed and terms expected to be near his Mets 73 500 deal. Spahn, a career 360-241 pitcher and Cy Young winner, would join a rotation lacking left starters as manager Herman Franks weighs usage.
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Jack Stevenson
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Warren Spahn
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Mets
Spahine
Herman Franks
Bill Henry
Masanori Murakami
Franks
New York
Spahn
Charles
Chub) Feeney
Boston Braves
Jefthander
Jefthanders
Phillies
Cy Young
Braves
Casey Stengel
Candlestick Park
Mrs. Jones paints famed horses into ashtrays from hoofprints
Miami AP report on Mrs. E V W Jones who paints portraits of famous race horses and molds their hoofprints into ceramic ashtrays sold at tracks. She started with Nashua after a fan mail boom, creating prints of Nashua's hoof. She notes the venture is low profit but rewarding, with horses like Native Charger and Gun Bow contributing prints. Some works are displayed at the National Museum of Racing in Saratoga and at Hialeah. Citation, Needles, Carry Back, War Admiral, Swaps, Candy Spots, Native Dancer are among her subjects, though some horses pose challenges.
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Ben Funk
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Nashua
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Charger
Gun Bow
Bald Eagle
Kelso
Needles
Stallard Turns Corner for Cardinals Pitching Jinx
Tracy Stallard, long tagged with blown chances, won seventh decision as St. Louis beat Philadelphia 3 1. The 27 year old Virginia native has not had a winning season in five major league seasons but is now a steady part of the Redbird staff. Manager Red Schoendienst credits a revived bullpen led by Hal Woodeschick and notes relief ace work as key to possible repeat NL title.
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ST. Louis
Tracy Stallard
Stallard
Roger Maris
Jim Bunning
Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
Phillies
Virginia
Redbird
Cardinal
Red Schoendienst
Hal Woodeschick
Houston
Schoendienst
Bob Gibson
Chicago
Johnny Callison
Tim) McCarver
Tim
Cardinals
Judge Rules Grid Coach Not Public Official
Seattle. Judge James W. Mifflin ruled that University of Washington basketball coach John Grayson is not a public official in his $300,000 libel suit against Curtis Publishing Company. Grayson, 48, said the December 31 1962 Saturday Evening Post article Basketball Bullies destroyed his coaching career. Curtis argued coaches are public figures. Grayson’s attorney said public eye parity does not make him a public official.
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Seattle
James W. Mifflin
University of Washington
John Gray
Curtis Publishing Company
King County Superior Court
Grayson
Saturday Evening Post
Curtis
Samuel B. Bassett
Jayne Mansfield
Mifflin
Nicklaus Tops PGA Earnings in 1969 Standings
Jack Nicklaus leads PGA money list after earning 12,000 for a Canadian Open runner-up finish. He has 69,700 official and 80,488 overall in 14 events, ahead of Tony Lema at 56,605 official and 63,384 overall and Bruce Devlin in third with 55,595 official and 58,859 overall.
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Palm Beach Gardens
Fla
Jack Nicklaus
Professional Golfers Association
Nicklaus
Sony Lema
Lema
Bruce Devlin
Bruce Crampton
Tony Lema
Gene Littler
Dan Sikes
Doug Sanders
Gary Player
Billy Casper
Johnny Pott
Mitena Leads Early In Mackinac Yacht Race
Mitena, a 72 foot yacht owned by Paul D. Brown of Macatawa, took the lead as the race passed Sleeping Bear dune about 105 miles from the finish. Blitzen and Gypsy trailed by roughly four miles, with lighter-weight section leaders and other yachts holding positions across divisions.
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Mitena
Johnny Callison Surging Toward Top In Hitting Race
Johnny Callison rises in the NL home run and RBI race after a week with three homers and six RBIs. He has 20 HR and 66 RBI, three behind Willie Mays for the lead, and leads NL with 11 triples while batting .262.
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Ben Olan
Associated Press
NEW York
Johnny Callison
Philadelphia
Phillies
San Francisco
Willie Mays
Deron Johnson
Cincinnati
Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh
Callison
Phils
St. Louis
Ken Boyer
Boyer
Giants
Mays
Roberto Clemente
Clemente
Donn Clendenon
Milwaukee
Hank Aaron
Rich Allen
Carl Yastrzemski
Boston
Minnesota
Jimmie Hall
Yastrzemski
Hall
Felixi Mantilla
Vic Davalillo
Cleveland
Brooks Robertson
Baltimore
Stargell
Reds
Johnson
RBI
Rocky Colavito
Detroit
Willie Horton
Mantilla
Colavito
Stengel says Spahn can help Giants in pennant race
Casey Stengel said the San Francisco Giants have nothing to lose by adding Warren Spahn after the left hander joined the Giants from the Mets. He noted Spahn could win two or three games, praising the move as advertising value and potential impact in a tight pennant drive. Bobby Bragan of the Braves echoed the assessment.
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Milwaukee
Casey Stengel
San Francisco Giants
Warren Spahn
Stengel
Giants
Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Bragan
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Danville Tabs
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Svare
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Moscow
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E.V. Jones
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J. Nicklaus
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Sleeping Bear Dune
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Chicago Yacht Club
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Robert Blackwood
South Shore Club
Redjacket
Robert Ferguson
Yankee Doodle
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Grosse Pointe Yacht Club
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Northcape Yacht Club
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