BoSox Rally Keeps AL East Hope Alive
Boston's Rico Petrocelli and Cleveland's Vada Pinson hit late ninth inning homers as Boston rallied past Detroit 8-7 to pull within 2 1/4 games of Baltimore, while other AL games featured Kansas City over California 7-2 and Washington beating the Yankees 3-1. In the NL, San Francisco toppled St Louis 8-7 and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 5-1.
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Mike Becht
Associated Press
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Rico Petrocelli
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Vada Pinson
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Washington
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Milwaukee
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Reggie Smith
Phil Gagliano
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Dick McAuliffe
al Kaline
Oriole
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Chicago
Kansas City
California
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Montreal
Cincinnati
Houston
Los Angeles
St. Louis
San Francisco
Standings and results from the National League East and West
The Associated Press standings show Pittsburgh leading the NL East at 50 29 with New York 45 30 and Chicago 49 36. West division leaders San Francisco 51 29 and Los Angeles 44 35. Thursday results include Atlanta 7 Montreal 3 and Pittsburgh 3 New York 0 among others.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Diego
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Kansas City
Baltimore
Detroit
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Oakland
California
New ‘York
A Lark for Kaycee Royals but a Drago for Angels
Kansas City Royals battered California Angels 9-4 as Dick Drago threw his third straight six hitter and complete game victory. Amos Otis drove in three with a homer and a double, while Paul Schaal added a two run double. Angels scratched out two runs early and late, but Drago’s win solidified KC’s push in the AL pennant race.
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Orioles
Wand
Jim Palmer
Frank Robinson
Don Buford
Sam McDowell
Frank Baker
Pinson
Palmer
McDowell
Amos Otis
Kansas City
Dick Dragon
Angels
Washington
Jim Shellensback
Yankees
Don Mincher
Senators
Gene Michael
Bil Melton
Rich Morales
White Sox
Marty Pattin
Sox
Brewers
Anaheim
Kansas City Royals
California Angels
Dick Drago
Royals
Oakland Athletics
A’s
Bob Lemon
Drago
Lemon
The
Manttes
Paul Schaal
Fred Lesher
12 Games Are On Tap Tonight
Garden City Recreation Department sponsors 12 games across six fields tonight. Matches include Friday Reservoir Field Chiesa versus Giants at 6 p.m. and Braves versus Aggies at 7 15 p.m. Additional clashes feature Sublette K of C and Lakin Lions, Lillies versus Roses, Pony versus Holcomb, Lobos versus Rangers, Fansler Field finishes with Team Electronic versus Spor at 10 p.m.
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Firday Reservoir
Chiesa
Giants
Braves
Aggies
Clint Lightner
Sublette
K of C
Lakin Va Lions
Garden League
Lillies
Roses
Orohide
Daisies
Pony
Holcomb
Lobos Rangers
Fansler
Team Electronic
Spor
Pappas
Western Kansas Meing Ts
Oswalt
Electronic
Rec Leagues Results Show Wide Range Of Scores
Recreation Department posted last night’s baseball and softball results by league. Notable baseball wins include Dodgers over Raiders 15-14 and Oilers 10-0 over Cowboys, while softball saw Daisies 30-24 Roses and Bears 15-11 over Tigers.
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Garden City Recreation Department
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Raiders
Expos
Padres
Oilers
Cowboys
Yanks
Royals
Shriners
Kiwanis
Daisies
Roses
Carnations
Holcomb
Bears
Tigers
Panthers
Longhorns
Leo
Scorpio
Squirrels
Cottontails
Planet League Holcomb
Jupiter
Ebresman's
Pizza Garden
New Glass
Carmelita’s
Fansler
Standard Supply
Dodge City
Deerfield
Sublette
Red’s Gulf
Donohue Unser Duel at Pocono Stakes Historic Debut
Mark Donohue seeks his first Indy style title in the Schaefer 500 at Pocono International Raceway. He starts on pole at 172.393 mph in a McLaren, challenging Al and Bobby Unser in a field seen as a major PA area event drawing 100000 spectators to the new $6 million track. Bobby, in an Olssonite Eagle, is coming off five runner ups since 1970 while Al Unser arrives as motorsport’s hot driver with two straight Indy 500 wins and $750,000 earned in 45 months, aboard the Johnny Lightning Special.
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Schaefer
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Media
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McLaren
U.S
Unsers
Bobby
Donchue
Dan Gurney
Deming Leads Canadian Open After First Round
Rolf Deming tied with Rod Funseth Phil Rodgers and Lou Graham at five under par to lead the $150,000 Canadian Open after an opening round at Richelieu Golf Club. Knudson Curl were one stroke back at 68 with Hebert Kem at 69 along with others. Deming, a former Minnesota math instructor, holed two chips and needed 26 putts for his 67.
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Montreal
Rolf Deming
The
University of Minnesota
Deming
Rod Funseth
Phil Rodgers
Lou Graham
George Knudson
Little Rod Curl
Lionel Hebert
Ben Kem
Yaard Richelieu Golf Club
Arnold Palmier
Gary Player
Harrelson Leads NL All Star Shortstop Balloting
Bud Harrelson of the Mets pulls ahead by about 45 thousand votes for the NL starting shortstop spot with 393,708 votes. Don Kessinger trails with 238,820. Maury Wills is third with 311,208 as over 1.6 million ballots have been cast. starting teams for Detroit will be announced next week.
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NEW York
Bud Harrelson
New York Mets
Don Kessinger
Chicago Cubs
Bowie Kuhn
Harrelson
Kessinger
Maury Wills
Los Angeles Dodgers
Hank Aaron
Atlanta Braves
San Francisco
Willie Maye
Cincinnati
Johnny Bench
Aaron
Mays
Bench
Pittsburgh
Willie Stargell
Stargell
Willie McCovey
Glenn Beckett
Chicago
Joe Torre
St. Louis
Detroit
Cycle Buffs to Meet Wednesday
Motorcycle buffs of all kinds who enjoy riding and racing are invited to attend a meeting Wednesday of the Garden City Scramblers Motorcycle Club. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. at 1201 N. Taylor, one block north of Five Points. This club is a member club of the American Motorcycle Assn, and the Kansas Motorcycle Sportsman Assn. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served and Motorcycle films will be shown.
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Garden City
U S Thinclads Set to Beat Reds in World Meet
BERKELEY Calif AP United States men track forces aim to lead Russia at the USA USSR World All Star Meet opening at Edwards Stadium.US stars rely on the 100 meters 110 hurdles and shot put with strong showings by Delano Meriwether Jim Green Randy Matson Karl Salb and Rod Milburn. Russians counter with Borzov Isakov Gusyev and rivals in jumping and throwing events.
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Berkeley
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Dave Maggart
University of California
Edwards Stadium
Russia
Delano Meriwether
Johnson
Kansas
Roberts
Rice
Yuriy Isa‘kov
Gennadiy Gusyev
Isakov
Randy Matson
Matson
Karl Salb
Romas Plunge
Valeviy
Volkin
Salb
Iris Davis
Tennessee State
Pat Hawkins
Brooklyn
Nadyezhda Besfamilnaya
Marina Niikiforova
Frank Shorter
Gerry Lindgren
Mikolay Sviridov
Valdimir Afonin
Juan Martinez
Mexico
John Farrington
Australia
Lindgren
Uncle Sam
Pair of Softball Tourneys on State Weekend
Weekend action opens with first-round games in the Garden City slow pitch tourney for girls 15 and under and the League A adult men’s invitational. Tonight’s girls schedule includes Heinemann Agency vs Hopes Truck Line at 7, Holcomb vs Marecy’s Radio at 8, and Gifford Hill West’em vs Smith Land Co at 9. Men’s play starts tomorrow at 7 with Triple-S Steel vs Weeden Aviation, 8 sees Carmelita’s vs V. J. Mixers, and 9 features Ehresman’s vs Granada, with Flora Drugs vs Cimarron closing the night at 10.
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Garden City
Heinemann Agency
Holcomb
Marecy
Scott City
Gifford Hill West
Smith Land Co
Fansler Field
Triple-S Steel
Weeden Aviation
Carmelita’s
V. J. Mixers
Dodge City
Granada
Colo
Ehresman's
Flora Drugs of
Samar
Cimarron
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Joe McMullen
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Ton Gonzalez
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Roderick
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Henry Hall
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