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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1969
Page
9
Boston blasts Chicago 82 to fuel pennant chase as Lonborg fires seven hitters for his first complete game since last August. Yaz triples and homers with Petrocelli also connecting, boosting Boston within 3 1/2 games of Baltimore. Other MLB results noted with Cubs Mets and more.
Butch Watterson led the Orioles to a 6 4 win over the Yankees as he pitched four earned runs with two strikeouts and one walk. The victory tied the Orioles for first place with the Mets after the Dixie League game.
Dutch tennis star Tom Okker topped $20,000 in prize money in four months by reaching the French Open semifinals with a five set win over John Newcombe. He can surpass records with Wimbledon and Forest Hills ahead. Okker faces Rod Laver in a planned semifinal while Ken Rosewall and Tony Roche meet in the other half. Laver last won in 1962.
Ed Kranepool hit two homers and Tom Seaver lasted eight innings to lift the Mets 5 2 over the Dodgers. The win puts New York two games above .500 and in second place in the NL East as Hodges hails a promising stretch. The Expos lost for the 17th straight time, tying an expansion mark, while St Louis, Cincinnati, San Diego and Chicago won in the NL. In the AL Baltimore, Boston and Minnesota won, with Cleveland, Kansas City and Detroit also victorious.
Maury Wills, 36, asked Montreal Expos to place him on the voluntary retired list ending a ten year career. He stole 514 bases overall including a modern major league record of 104 in 1962 and had 12 steals this season, the Expos said. General manager Jim Fanning found a simple typewritten letter from Wills requesting retirement.
Joe Frazier, holder of part of the world heavyweight title, labels Cassius Clay a big mouth phony and a disgrace in a telephone AP interview from Kiamesha Lake New York. He defends his six state title against Jerry Quarry at Madison Square Garden June 23. Frazier says Clay dodges fights to avoid serving his country and that he would like to KO him to end the fuss.
Eddie Belmonte, a top jockey, says Majestic Prince and Arts and Letters cannot win the Belmont Stakes. He predicts Caliborne Farm colt Dike will win after a strong seven furlong workout and a fast gallop out.
The Charlotte Hornets ride a 10 game win streak as they beat Birmingham 6-3 and close in on first place Athletics. Montgomery split a doubleheader with Savannah 4-2 then 2-5, Asheville beat Columbus 4-1. Bob Perry and Paul Ratliff homered for Charlotte, Gene Lamont cleared the bases for Montgomery, and Jackie Brown held Montgomery to four hits in the nightcap.
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