Baseball's all time greats picked by Daley
Arthur Daley names a Top Ten of all time with Honus Wagner at short, Willie Mays in center, Babe Ruth as lone non Hall of Famer, and Roger Hornsby at second. He selects Walter Johnson as the best pitcher and joins Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell, Sandy Koufax, Eddy Plank and Warren Spahn as lefties, with John McGraw as manager.
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Arthur Daley
New York Times News Service
New York
Baseball Writers Association
Washington
Honus Wagner
Hall of Fame
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Mays
Tris Speaker
Willie Mays
Willie
Joe
Dimaggio
Mel Ott
al Simmons
Paul Waner
Ted Williams
Terry
Eddy Collins
Frank Frisch
Charlie Gehringer
Rogers Hornsby
Napoleon Lajoie
Jackie Robinson
Frisch
Hornsby
Rajah
Cochrane
Mickey Cochrane
Bill Dickey
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Grover Cleveland-Alexander
Matty
Johnson
Lefty Grove
Carl Hubbell
Sandy Koufax
Eddy Plank
Warren Spahn
Grove
McGraw
Arts and Letters wins Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont
Rokeby Stable's Arts and Letters, the only 3 year old in the field, drew clear in the stretch to win the 116500 Metropolitan Handicap in 1 34.2 over Locust Hill Farm's Promise and King Ranch's Out Of The Way. The victory sets up a rematch with unbeaten Majestic Prince in the Belmont Stakes as Arts and Letters aims for the Triple Crown. Jean Cruguet rode the winner as Elliott Burch praised the colt's plan and confidence built after recent runner up finishes.
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New York
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Arts and Letters
Majestic Prince
Prince
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Bobby Ussergi
Promise
Elliott
Burch
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Dancer
Quadrangle
Chisox and Senators Split Doubleheader Thriller
In Washington, Chicago’s Bobby Knoop homered twice and drove in three as the White Sox beat the Senators 8-5 in the nightcap after Washington won the opener 5-4 on a 10th-inning throwing error. Ed Stroud keys Senators rally. 12 pitchers used to tie a major league record.
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Tom Seppy
Associated Press
Washington
Bobby Knoop
Chicago
Senators
Walt Williams
Ed Brinkman
Carlos
May
Pete Ward
Jim Shellenback
Duane Josephson
Knoop
Dennis Higgins
Ed Stroud
Luis Aparicio
Aparicio
Mike Epstein
Stroud
Ed Herrmann
Bill Melton
White Sox
Frank Howard
Hutters
Phillies crush Dodgers 13-6 behind four homers
Richie Allen Mike Ryan Larry Hisle and Deron Johnson hit home runs as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-6 on Friday night.
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Philadelphia
Richie Allen
Mike Ryan
Larry Hisle
Deron Johnson
Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles Dodgers
Padres Rally Past Expos 3-2 On Sipin Home Run
Montreal Expos drop their 14th straight as John Sipin hits his first major league homer in the 10th inning for San Diego. The game was tied 1-1 after eight innings and the Padres earned run came on a wild pitch in the extras.
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Montreal
John Sipin
Dan’ McGinn
San Diego
Montreal Expos
Cash Powers Tigers To Win
In Seattle the Detroit Tigers defeated the Pilots 8-5. Norm Cash homered twice and added a run forcing a tie in the fifth with a two run single. Jim Northrup drove in three as Detroit swept the final two innings with power.
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Cash Powers Tigers
Seattle
Norm Cash
Detroit Tigers
Cash
al Kaline
Tigers
Pilots
Wayne Comer
Gerry McNertney
Mickey Stanley
Dick McAuliffe
Kaline
John O'Donoghue
Marty Pattin
Jim Northrup
Detroit
Mike Hegan
Cubs Defeat Braves 2-0 in NL clash
Chicago Cubs beat Atlanta 2-0 as Bill Hands hurls a five hitter in a first place showdown. Randy Hundley opens the seventh with a bunt single, Don Young is hit by a pitch, and Hands bunts to load the bases after Reed fumbles. Beckett, Kirschner drive in runs, Aaron stranded after seventh inning double.
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Chicago
Bill Hands
Chicago Cubs
Atlanta
Hands
Ron Reed
Cubs
Randy Hundley
Don Young
Reed
Handley
Don Kessinger
Glenn Beckett
Hank Aaron
Felix Millan
Aaron
Orlando Cepeda
Clete Boyer
Boston Wins 3-2 as Petrocelli Drives In Two
Rico Petrocelli drove in two with a bloop double and Tony Coniglia delivered the deciding run with a broken bat single to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 win over Minnesota. Woody Fryman allowed two in the first then was chased as Boston rallied.
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Boston
Rico Petrocelli
Tony Conigliaro
Boston Red Sox
Minnesota
Woody Fryman
Phillies
Alan Foster
Foster
Tony Taylor
Cookie Rojas
Allen
Johnny Callison
Don Money
Callison
Andy Kosco
Money
Ryan
Joe Moeller
Hisle
Rojas
Johnson
John Purdin
Pete Mikkelsen
Kosco
Dodgers
Len Gabrielson
Fryman
Mets Rally Past Giants 4-3 on Gaspar Home Run
Rod Gaspar hit his first major league homer igniting an eighth inning rally as the Mets beat the Giants 4-3. Ron Swoboda had opened the seventh with a homer and Joe Gibbon gave up the go ahead run after a Dyer infield single capped the scoring.
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Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Rod Gaspar
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
Cleon Jones
Ron Swoboda
Joe Gibbon
Duffy Dyer
Hal Lanier
Oakland and Indians split twin bill in day’s baseball action
In Oakland, rookie George Lauzerique pitched five hitters to beat Cleveland 5-1 and split the doubleheader. Reggie Jackson and Bert Campaneris powered the Athletics with homers and three RBIs combined, while Jose Cardenal sparked Cleveland’s 9-2 win in the opener with an eight-run first inning including a grand slam.
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George Lauzerique
Cleveland
Jose Cardenal
Lauzerique
Campaneris
Jackson
Indians
Tiant
Cardenal
Ed Sprague
Yanks Win 13 9 In II
The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 13 to 9 in the Decatur Little League American majors game. Winning pitcher Hargrove allowed five hits with 10 strikeouts. Averitt took the loss, surrendering 17 hits and two strikeouts.
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Yankees
Red Sox
Decatur
Hargrove
Averitt
Strick
Houston Divides Pair With Pirates
In Pittsburgh, John Edwards sparked Houston to a 9-6 win in the second game with a two run single in the ninth after grounding into the season's first triple play in the opener. Den dismiss Menke doubled and scored as Doug Rader doubled, sending the Pirates to a 9-3 opener win and spoiling Houston’s bid to sweep.
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Pittsburgh
John Edwards
Houston
Pirates
Astros
Jim Bunning
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Gary Geiger
Edwards Fol
Geiger
Julion Goray
Edwards
Rader
Jesus Alou
Oliver
Alou
Richie Hebner
Yankees Sweep Doubleheader
The New York Yankees sweep a marathon holiday doubleheader with a 6-2 win in the opener behind Murcer and White. In the nightcap Jerry Kennedy and Roy White drive in the 15th inning run to beat Kansas City 5-4 as Pat Kelly's night features four hits and four steals for the Royals.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Kansas City
Jerry Kennedy
Roy White
New York
Yankees
Bobby Murcer
White
Pat Kelly
Royals
Bill Robinson
Robinson
Kenney
Kennedy
Mike Fiore
Mike Kekich
Yanks
Joe Pepi
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