New Fields Dedicated Today for Decatur Dixie Youth Baseball
Larry Canterbury reports on Decatur Dixie Youth Baseball inaugurating three new major league like diamonds in a first year after 16 years in Little League. Gale Montgomery, president of Decatur DYB, says the ceremonies will showcase the improved facilities and draw community interest. Dixie Youth Baseball ranks as a major youth baseball organization nationally, second to Little League.
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Dixie Youth Baseball Eyes Decatur World Series Bid
Decatur hosts morning ribbon cuttings and speeches with DYB officials praising local plans. Teams aged 8 to 12 from three leagues will play at Aquadome and Point Mallard fields as a national convention targets Decatur for a 1973 World Series bid.
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Derby Field Of 20 Readies For Race's Richest Renewal
Churchill Downs on Friday neared the Kentucky Derby as 20 horses prepared for the 5:30 p.m. EDT post. Solo Mio defected due to an old injury, lowering the purse to 185000 with 145000 to the winner. Eastern Fleet and Bold And Able, the favorites, took it easy while Jim French and Unconscious turned in workouts under jockeys and trainers eyeing a swift two minute run.
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Bucks Clinch NBA Title Sweep With Robertson Alcindor Show
Oscar Robertson and Lew Alcindor combined for 57 points as the Milwaukee Bucks routed the Baltimore Bullets 118-106 to sweep the NBA final. Robertson scored 30 with 9 assists, Alcindor 27 with 12 rebounds, earning the MVP car from Sport Magazine. Fred Carter led Baltimore with 28 points as Wes Unseld added a 23-rebound, 10-assist double.
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Merger Talk Rises as NBA ABA Frame Merger Meeting News
The NBA Board of Governors will meet in New York next Thursday as merger rumors intensify. Commissioner Walter Kennedy rejects imminent merger and cites court injunction, while ABA leaders publicly push toward a 28 team merged league with indemnities and no ABA disbandments.
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Kentucky Derby Field Drawn as 97th Run Looms
The Louisville report lists entrants for Saturdays Derby with odds for 19 horses led by Unconscious at 8-1 and Eastern Fleet at 2-1, prize money split 145000 to the winner and 188000 total purse. Times show 5 30 p m EDT with COS television and radio coverage noted.
Braves End Dodgers Rally With 7-2 Victory
Sonny Jackson credited with a single and a double fueling Atlanta's six run fifth inning as the Braves snap a three game skid by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2. The offense totaled 11 batters to the plate with four singles two doubles a walk and a sacrifice fly.
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White Sox top Senators as Johnson tosses five-hitter
Bart Johnson pitched a five-hitter and Carlos May drove in two runs and stole home to fuel the Chicago White Sox 8-1 win over the Washington Senators on Friday night.
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LSU Tigers sweep Alabama in SEC baseball twin bill
Louisiana State swept a Southeastern Conference doubleheader from Alabama in Tuscaloosa, winning 3-2 and 11-1. LSU trailed 2-0 entering the sixth inning of the opener before a bases loaded rally sparked by Jack Burns. The Tigers jumped to a 5-0 lead with a four-run second inning and cruised in the nightcap.
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Final game ends with Tide two from title
Tide finishes the final game with two points from victory in a close contest. The outcome hinges on late plays and clutch moments by key players.
Vanderbilt and Auburn Split Twinbill in Nashville
Vanderbilt held its half game lead in the SEC Eastern Division by splitting a twinbill with Auburn. The Commodores won the opener 5-1 and lost the nightcap 6-1 in Nashville.
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