Spring Baseball Roundup Astros win seventh straight
The Houston Astros beat the St. Louis Cardinals 15-10 for a seventh consecutive spring win. John Bateman led with four hits including a homer as Houston built a 12-4 lead with a seven-run fifth inning in St Petersburg Florida. Cincinnati topped Oakland 7-3 in Tampa while Harmon Killebrew drove in the winning run for Minnesota in a 2-1 victory over Washington in Orlando. Ray Fosser’s bases loaded single sparked Cleveland past Chicago, and the White Sox held on for an 8-7 win over Philadelphia in Sarasota. The Braves toppled Boston 5-2 in Atlanta as Mickey Mantle fueled the Yankees 6-2 win over the Mets in Fort Lauderdale. California beat San Francisco 5-4 in Palm Springs as Detroit and Baltimore played a night game.
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Bryant Resets Alabama Spring Practice Dates
Coach Paul Bryant postponed the start of spring training from March 27 to April 1. The 20 days of practice will end with the Red-White intra squad game on May 4 at 3 p.m. Alabama will drill on Mondays Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, citing better weather later in spring.
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Prize Money Raised for Pensacola Open Golf 1969
Pensacola Open officials announced prize money will rise to 100000 dollars in 1969 up from 80000 this year. First place will increase from 16000 to 20000 dollars as top players like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus did not participate this year.
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Baseball box scores from Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale games
At Sarasota Philadelphia defeated Chicago 7 to 6 behind runs from Hisle and Josephson with Fryman and Dalrymple contributing. In Fort Lauderdale New York beat New York 6 to 2 as Bouton and Fernandez led the attack while McGraw took the loss.
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Oklahoma State Wins Mat Title in NCAA Wrestling
Oklahoma State wins the 26th NCAA wrestling championship by three points over Iowa State after a dramatic final day surge. Dwayne Keller defeats Rick Sanders to spark the Cowboys, while Dale Bahr clinches the title for Iowa State with a 145-pound victory over Mike Grant. Gable of Iowa State defeats McGuire in the 130-pound final.
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Auburn Splits Twin Bill With Florida
Auburn and Florida split a doubleheader in snowy 35 degree weather. Florida won the first game 2-1 behind Jim Courier and George Simmons took the loss. In the second game Auburn won 3-2 after Johnny Stranton homered in the third and George Simmons delivered a late homer to force extras.
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UCLA Edges Oregon In Riverside Baseball Clash
UCLA beat Oregon 43 to keep hope in the Riverside National Collegiate Baseball Tournament. UCLA and UC Riverside both 4-2 could enter a three way tie with Mississippi State and Brigham Young after Saturday victories. Oregon clinched a share of the crown with a 5-2 record. Alan Hoops pitched seven innings, homered in the fifth, and yielded to Guy Hansen with two outs in the ninth.
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Vines Holds Two Stroke Lead In Hong Kong Open
Australian golfer Randall Vines held a two stroke lead after 54 holes at the Hong Kong Open. He shot four under par 66 on Saturday to reach a 54 hole total of 201.
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Athletics to Open Spring With Tigers in Bradenton
The Oakland Athletics finish last in the AL last year and begin spring training with a exhibition series against the Detroit Tigers in Bradenton Florida. They schedule 10 home games at Bradenton and 16 on the road in Florida with three closers against Cincinnati on April 5 6 and 7 in Birmingham Shreveport and Indianapolis.
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Pitchers Reach 200 Strikeouts in 1967 AL Derby
Seven American League pitchers struck out more than 200 batters in 1967 led by Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox with 246. Sam McDowell of the Cleveland Indians was runner up with 236.
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