Alabama Triumphs 5-0 Over Florida In Playoff Tilt
Alabama blanked Florida 5-0 at Thomas Field to even the SEC playoff series at one game apiece behind Eddie Propst's shutout pitching and Stan Moss's two hits including a third inning three run homer. The teams meet again Saturday to decide the championship.
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Jim Wilk
DAILY
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Florida
Thomas Field
Stan Moss
Eddie Propst
Gastonia
N.C
Propst
Gators
Tide
Moss
Elani
Bama
Dennis Stannard
Ava
Courier
Traffenstedt
Cardinals official backs idea of a new third major league
St Louis Cardinals aide Jim Toomey proposes in a Bob Broeg column that 1970 bring a third major league made up of expansion clubs to absorb growth. The plan includes 1969 two 12 team leagues, 1970 three eight team leagues, interleague play and a bye for the world champion. Toomey, a 50 year old former newspaperman, has worked with the Cardinals for about two decades.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Broeg
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jim Toomey
Bing Devine
Cardinals
Toomey
The
Redbirds
National Meet Moves to Chicago From St Louis
National League President Warren Giles announced the league meeting originally set for May 22 in St Louis will be moved to Chicago at the Executive House Hotel on May 27. Club owners will study expansion data mailed May 15 before deciding on expansion plans.
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Cincinnati
National League
Warren Giles
St. Louis
Chicago
Executive House
Giles
Sets New Record Top Flowers Powers Tennessee Ahead In SEC Track Meet
Richmond Flowers of Tennessee set a 120 yard high hurdles record with two 13.6-second qualifying runs and advanced to the finals in the 200 yard dash at 21.7 seconds. Florida’s Mike Burton broke the javelin mark with 234-9. Georgia, Kentucky, and Mississippi State also advanced, while Vanderbilt failed to advance any.
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Ron Speer
Associated
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Richmond Flowers
Tennessee
Flowers
Volunteers
Louisiana State
Florida
Alabama
Auburn
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
Montgomery
Jim Green
Green
Chick McGeehan
Carl Hight
LSU
Mike Burton
Bill Duckworth
Larry Kelly
David Adkins
Vols
Open Competition Race Set At DIR In Open Weather
Open competition will headline the night at Decatur International Raceway with 23 skeeters expected despite heavy rain forecasts. A $1500 purse covers three divisions with $175 awarded to the Modifieds winner. Gates open 5 p.m. and racing at 8 15 p.m. Plans for a Memorial Day race will be announced next week.
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Troy Watts
Watts
Decatur International Raceway
DIR
Earl Roden
Melvin Matthews
Reds Edge Pirates 3-2 on May's bases-empty homer
Reds beat the Pirates 3-2 as Lee May hit a bases-empty homer in the third inning. Vada Pinson, John Bench and Tom Helms singled in the second to push Cincinnati ahead, while Jim Maloney earned the win with a late squeeze bunt. Pirates tied it in the sixth before Mazeroski ended the inning with a double play. The Mets used 27 pitchers that season.
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Lee May
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
May
al McBean
Reds
McBean
Forbes Field
Vada Pinson
John—Bench
Tom Helms
Helms
Pinson
Jim Maloney
Pirates
Maloney
Bill Mazeroski
Indy Time Trials Open with Hill Leonard Favorable Weather
Graham Hill and Joe Leonard are favored to finish one two in the opening time trials for the 52nd Indianapolis 500. A rainy, cool forecast boosts turbine engines while track conditions depend on a dry surface. Major contenders include Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt Jr., Gordon Johncock, Al Unser, Roger McCluskey and European drivers Hulme, Rindt, Gregory. Dan Gurney leads an all around strong field with his Eagle cars and a special engine for qualifying.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Graham Hill
Joe Leonard
U.S. Auto Club
Mario Andretti
Nazareth
Andretti
Bobby Unser
Albuquerque
N.M
A. J. Foyt Jr
Houston
Gordon Johncock
al Unser
Roger McCluskey
Lloyd Ruby
Denis Hulme
Jochen Rindt
Masten Gregory
Dan Gurney
Santa Ana
Calif
Player Leads Colonial National Invitation After Second Round
Gary Player shot 68 to reach 138 for 36 holes and lead by one stroke over Billy Casper at Fort Worth. Casper regained momentum with a 71 after an early struggle, while Marty Fleckman faded with a 76. Ken Still sits at even par 140, Johnny Pott 141, with others like Tommy Bolt and Lee Trevino near the top.
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Mike. Cochran
Fort Worth
Tex
Gary Player
Billy Casper
Coleader
Casper
Marty Fleckman
Ken Still
Tacoma
Wash
Johnny Pott
Tommy Bolt
Lee Trevino
Earl Pers Jr
Pyer
Gary
Johnny Post
Dave Stockton
Earl Stewart Jr
Gene Littler
Tommy Aaron
Lionel Hebert
Harold Hennin
Bob Charles
Gardner Dickinson
Tony Jacklin
Bob Goalby
Dudley Wysong
George Knudson
Erry
Kermit Zarley
R. H. Sikes
George Archer
Kel Nagle
Bruce Devlin
Steve Spray
Jack Montgomery
Res Courtney
Urie Hammer
Rper
Ay Brewer Jr
January
Steve Opperman
Miller Barber
Phil Rogers
Jim Colbert
John Lotz
Ly Maxwell
Fishing Prospects Around Decatur Area Improve Briefly
The column notes mixed fishing around the Decatur Tennessee River area with better action on nearby lakes and streams. It stresses preparedness outlining a first aid kit with bandages gauze pads an elastic bandage handkerchiefs soap and safety pins as essential to safe outdoor fishing.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
SEC Baseball Coaches Meet in Birmingham Alabama
SEC base ball coaches converge at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birmingham for the league's first meeting of the season led by commissioner A. M. Coleman.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Jefferson
A. M. “Tonto” Coleman
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