Twins win pennant and Calvin Griffith’s quiet rebound
New York reports detail the 1965 Minnesota Twins pennant race, manager Sam Mele’s steady leadership, and Tony Oliva’s batting crown. Calvin Griffith’s memories of past teams color the triumph as he replaces Bill Rigney with Frank Quilici, while other clubs reshuffle front offices and a veteran writer reflects on Ty Cobb and baseball’s political era.
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Cobb
Trevino and Nicklaus Tangle In Open Duel At Scotland
Nicklaus laments short putt as he arrives early to fine tune his game in Scotland. Trevino and Jacklin chase the final pairing on a bright day, Trevino delivering a pivotal 18 foot birdie and a 20 foot birdie while improvising a dropped grip and a tricky bunker shot that rolled into the cup.
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Palmer battles neck pain in British Open round
Arnold Palmer, 42, carded a two under par 69 in the third round at Muirfield as three physicians and a physiotherapist rushed to aid him after a severe neck pain that began on the practice tee. He described a pain shooting from his left shoulder to his left ear during the round.
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Arnie
Arnold Palmer
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Scores and lineups from boys club T Ball league action
A dense scoreboard style item lists Senators, Orioles and Red Sox players with positions and counts, plus Saturday games and matchups across MLB teams. It includes player names Chad Alfred Lavonne Collier Tim Mote and Tim Hamilton, Tim Farish, Bobby Kelso, Greg Stephenson, and notes on game times and venues.
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Palmer Blalock Lead In Four Ball Championship
Sandra Palmer and Janie Blalock shot an eight under par 64 to lead the Angelo's LPGA four ball at New Seabury. Kathy Ahern and Peggy Wilson were second at 68, with Mary Mills and Pam Barnett at 69. Defending champs Whitworth and Kimball posted 75 as rain shortened the event to 36 holes. Arnie Palmer, sidelined by a sore neck, offered comment on his condition during the round.
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Miss Blalock
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Arnie
Lifter Sets New World Record in Riga Balcony Cup
Russian weightlifter Yuri Kozin set a world heavyweight record by pressing 470.6 pounds at the Ballic Cup in Riga Latvia. He surpassed the previous mark by 5.5 pounds held by Yan Talts of Tallinn Estonia.
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Estonia
Falcons Have Excellent Day in Greenville Camp
Atlanta Falcons rookies completed their first real practice in Greenville as coach Norm Van Brocklin praised an excellent first day of NFL training camp. The session focused on fundamentals and conditioning with new players showing promise ahead of the season.
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Atlanta Falcons
Norm van Brocklin
Nicklaus eyes grand slam after near miss at Open
Nicklaus, aiming to complete the calendar Grand Slam with a British Open title followed by the U S PGA, praised his final holes after birdies at 16 and 17 and a par at 18. He optimistic about shooting a 65 tomorrow and delivering the decisive round.
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Nicklaus
U.S. Pga
Colbert Post Leads After Second Round at Tripoli Club
Colbert posted a 68 to stand nine under and share a two round total of 134 with Billy Ziobro Chuck Courtney Rod Funseth and Tom Alozas in pursuit at Tripoli Golf Club. Courtney shot 65 amid 20 mph winds improving the field on a tough front nine while Ziobro and Funseth added 67s and Alozas 69. Brian Allin moved to 66 for 135 with Don Iverson Gibby Gilbert at 135 another two first day co leaders Bruce Fleischer 137 Labron Harris Jr. 138.
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Lee Trevino
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Patterson Stops Agosto In Six Round Heavyweight Bout
Floyd Patterson battered Pedro Agosto at the Singer Bowl and stopped him after six rounds. The win clears the way for a August 28 title bout with Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden. Ali fights next Wednesday in Dublin, Ireland. Agosto had a brief edge early but Patterson dominated until the stoppage.
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Hamadhad Ali
Madison Square Garden
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Patterson
Ali
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Arthur Mercante
Edwin B. Campbell
Orioles top White Sox in nightcap to sweep twinbill
Doyle Alexander pitched a two-hitter and Bobby Grich hit a two-run homer as the Baltimore Orioles completed a twi-night doubleheader sweep with a 4-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Mark Belanger walked, advanced, and scored on a sacrifice, finalizing Baltimore's win in the late game.
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Orioles
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Boog Powell
Bobby Grich
Johnson
Grich
White Sox
McNally
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Terry Crowley
Brooks Robinson
Chicago
Dick Allen
Rick Reichardt
May
Ed Spiezio
Doyle Alexander
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Tony Muser
Paul Blair
Dave Lemonds
Vicente Romo
Mark Belanger
Merv Rettenmund
Harmon Killebrew Walks With Bases Loaded Delivers Twin Win
In Minneapolis a ninth inning rally, sparked by Harmon Killebrew drawing a base on balls with the bases loaded, pushed the Minnesota Twins past the Boston Red Sox 74 on Friday night. The decisive walk forced in the tying and winning run as Minnesota scored three in the ninth.
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Harmon Killebrew
Minnesota Twins
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Blue Jays Take third in Decatur Women’s Softball League
Decatur’s Women’s Softball League standings show the Blue Jays finishing third this year. Team members pictured include bottom row Valerie McBee Pam Nelson Doris Middlebrooks Vicki Worley and Sue Brazier with top row coach Hogan Stephanie Penney Carolyn Walker Judy Westmoreland Sue Miller Libby Chuna Lera Steele Betty Tapscott and manager J A McKee Joyce Barber is not shown.
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