Golf Revolt Materializes No Boycott Planned
Major League roundups show Rod Carew and Tony Oliva pacing Minnesota’s 8-4 win over Washington as Carew climbs to .309 and Oliva nears .300 with three-hit game. Cleveland edges Detroit 1-0. Baltimore narrowly defeats Oakland 6-5. Boston tops Chicago 4-3. New York beats California 3-2. Oliva returns from hamstring injury to fuel 12-for-32 since Aug 4. Carew extends hitting streak to 12 games.
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Detroit
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Chicago
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Giants Blank Pirates as Marichal wins 21st
San Francisco defeated Pittsburgh 3-0 on a two hitter by Juan Marichal who improved to 14-1 on the road and moved to 21-5. Willie Mays hit his 579th career homer and moved within 21 of 600, while Marichal notched his 37th career shutout, second on the club list behind Hubbell. Cubs beat St Louis 10-3 as Santo drove in four. Mets, Dodgers, Braves, and Astros also won in NL action.
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Willie Davis
Gil Hodges
Billy Short
Tom Haller
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Asheville Keeps slim lead in Southern League race
Asheville remained one game ahead of Montgomery after a four hit shutout over Evansville. Montgomery ended a six game slide by beating Charlotte 5-2 as Matt Hoar worked eight plus strong innings with 12 strikeouts. Savannah edged Birmingham 4-3 highlighted by Larry Bittmer’s tie breaking double and Bob Lucas’s two run homer.
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Detroit
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Cleveland
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al Kaline
Don Buford
Orioles
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Eddie Watt
Oakland
Baltimore
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Steve Blateric
Tourists
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Hoar Bae
Buzz Stephen
Montreal Backers Prep Major Press Conference
Montreal sponsors of the new National League baseball team set a late press conference in the Windsor Hotel to announce details ahead of a 1,120,000 dollar payment due within 24 hours. Bronfman led expectations for a potential general manager reveal and new backers as three of the original sponsors withdrew support since the franchise award alongside San Diego for 1969.
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Windsor Hotel
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San Diego
Defending Champ Jones Medalist In State Tourney
Fifteen year old Martha Jones of Decatur led medal play in the 6th Alabama Junior Golf Championship at Montgomery with an 85. Patricia Bayer Birmingham was second with 91, followed by Jan Jehle Montgomery and Sandra Thrasher Montgomery. The top four in qualifying begin match play with Jones facing Martha Terry Mobile. Gwen Hadding Mobile led the younger division with a 58 while Leah Oldacre Prattville qualified for the 18 hole division to meet Terry Waldron Prattville.
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Enterprise
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Leah Oldacre
Prattville
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