Vida Blue Eyes 30 Wins As A's Eye AL West Lead
Vida Blue seeks a 30 game victory as he returns from the All Star break to face Detroit. The 21 year old ace aims to join Lefty Grove as a southpaw with 30 wins, while Oakland holds an 11 2 game edge over Kansas City for the AL West lead. The Orioles lead the AL East, Pirates top the NL East, and San Francisco sits six games ahead in the NL West as a heavy schedule unfolds.
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Ted Meier
Associated Press
Vida Blue
Oakland Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Blue
California
A’s
Angels
Robert Moses
Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
Denny McLain
Detroit
McLain
Tigers
Oakland
Kansas City
Baltimore Orioles
Boston
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco
Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Mets
Houston
Babe Ruth All Star Play Opens In Hartselle
District 1 Babe Ruth Stars begin the double elimination tournament at Hartselle Babe Ruth Field with a tripleheader tonight. Moulton faces Huntsville Northwest in the opener, followed by Huntsville stars from American and National Leagues, and Hartselle meets Florence at 8 p.m. Winners advance to Sylacauga.
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Babe Ruth
Moulton
Huntsville Northwest
Huntsville Stars
Hartselle Stars
Florence
Sylacauga
Wednesday Results Highlight No Thirsty Week Baseball Schedule
Four MLB matchups listed for Wednesday with no games scheduled Thursday. Key performances include Holtzman eight nine for Chicago and Montreal’s Strohmayer two two with Stone man ten nine. Carlton twelve five and Reuss six six for St. Louis. Osteen nine point six for Los Angeles versus Atlanta Reed nine point six. Cumberland five zero for San Francisco at Cincinnati Gullett nine three. Roberts seven eight for San Diego at Pittsburgh Blass ten four. Gentry seven seven at Houston Forsch five point two.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Montreal
St. Louis
Detroit
Oakland
Baltimore
California
Cleveland
Kansas City
Washington
Milwaukee
New York
Minnesota
Boston
Pattin
Stottiemyre
Perry
Tiant
Wise
Holtzman
Strohmayer
Stoneman
Carlton
Reuss
Osteen
Reed
Cumberland
Gullett
San Diego
Roberts
Pittsburgh
Blass
Gentry
Houston
Forsch
Casper Enters Western Open Amid Morocco Crisis
Billy Casper, a top Western Open favorite and 1970 player of the year, plays despite news of a palace coup in Morocco that killed a rival general. He delays plans for a two week trip, joins the Chicago event after the Royal trouble closed the country, hoping to rebound after a quiet season.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Billy Casper
Morocco
Casper
King Hassan II
London
White House
King’s Palace
Lee Trevino
Hugh Royer
Julius Boros
Frank Beard
George Archer
Gene Littler
Miller Barber
Dave Eichelberger
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Gary Player
England
Tony Jacklin
Charles Coody
Death Knell For Forbes Field
Pittsburgh AP reports Forbes Field, a 62 year old stadium once home to the Pirates, will be demolished by the University of Pittsburgh which acquired it in 1958 for a law school and social science complex after Three Rivers Stadium opened. The 1960 World Series win is noted as its high point.
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Pittsburgh
Forbes Field
University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
Pirates
South Surprises NHL's Shinkle in Huntsville training camp
Ken Shinkle, 18-year NHL veteran and Penguins right wing, visits Huntsville Alabama to conduct a week long hockey training school for boys 6 to 16 and receive the keys to the city from Mayor Joe Davis. He praises southern hockey enthusiasm and discusses NHL training programs and player development.
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Larry Canterbury
Huntsville
Ken Shinkle
Shinkle
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joe Davis
Welland
Ontario
Ala
NHL
Dick Gamble, Sr
Rochester
Dick Gamble Jr
Brown University
Gerry Gray
Detroit Red Wings
Steve Siva
U. S
Canada
U.S
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