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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
9
Directors of the U S Auto Club meet in Indianapolis in closed session to consider Rules Committee recommendation to ban turbine engines in USAC racing with Indianapolis type cars effective Jan 1 1969. The turbines have yet to win a USAC race despite earlier near misses by STP Turbocars.
Multiple games across the majors note results from 11 innings in Pittsburgh at St. Louis and night games including Seaver for New York and Carlton for St. Louis. American League shows Detroit Cleveland Baltimore Oakland Boston California New York Chicago Washington with records and recent results. Monday’s results include Detroit 14 Cleveland 3 and Oakland 3 California 2 amid rain delays and upcoming schedule notes across leagues.
The St Louis Blues of the National Hockey League signed former Montreal and New York goaltender Jacques Plante on Monday in St Louis.
New York AP Cincinnati and Chicago two second division teams each placed two men on the National League starting lineup for the All Star game against the American League in Houston July 9. Pete Rose led with 236 of 258 votes and Tommy Helms was named at second base. Don Kessinger and Ron Santo added Cubs infield spots. Willie McCovey, Jerry Grote, Curt Flood, and Hank Aaron filled the remainder of the lineup. Flood had 166 votes. Matty Alou led NL hitters with 44 votes as the rest of the squad was to be announced later. The American League starters were to be announced Wednesday.
Joe Frazier defeated Manuel Ramos at Madison Square Garden in six minutes of action to retain his heavyweight title in a second round technical knockout. Ramos endured a brutal body and head assault, being down twice in the round before referee Art Mercante stopped the bout after the bell. The winner hinted at facing Buster Mathis or Floyd Patterson in a future title bout.
Kathy Farrar of Decatur, now Birmingham resident, shot 71 to take medalist honors at the WAGA state tournament at Decatur Country Club. She led Beth Barry of Mobile by five strokes, while Joyce Ann Jackson of Birmingham and Judy Jehle of Montgomery also posted strong scores as 16 players enter an 18 hole match format through Thursday with finals Friday.
Lee May debuted a new batting stance and hit a three run homer in the sixth, lifting Cincinnati past the New York Mets 6 5. A three run rally in the ninth kept the Mets alive but May’s long ball and a run scoring triple from an earlier inning proved decisive as Cincinnati halted New York’s drive to the .500 mark.
San Francisco 49ers obtain linebacker Harold Hays from Dallas Cowboys for a future draft pick. The trade announcement came Monday and involves a NFL team move between two longtime franchises.
Detroit outfielder Jim Northrup belted two grand slams in a 14-3 Tigers win over Cleveland. Denny McLain improved to 13-1 with eight RBIs from Northrup and Jim Price supporting. Reggie Jackson led Oakland past California 3-2, while Minnesota edged Chicago 1-0 as Dean Chance pitched a rain-shortened win.
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