Macon Hill Ace Tosses No-Hit Game
Macon ace Duane Richards fired a no hitter in a 4-0 win over Portsmouth, striking out 10 to keep the Peaches atop the South Atlantic League standings by a razor edge over Savannah. Savannah battered Charlotte for 16 hits as Mike Dagerick earned his eighth win for the White Sox.
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Asheville
Knoxville
Ron Cox
Tommy Helms
Cox
Savannah
Charlotte
Bob Saban
Bill Felker
White Sox
Mike Degerick
Fred Loesekam
J. C. Martin
Bill Davidson
Sox
Jim Hicks
Pirates ride Coleman double to fourth straight win
Burgess opened a bases loaded eighth with a triple to break a 2-2 tie and lift the Pirates over the Giants in Gene Coleman's clutch game. Haddix earned the win with Face aiding in relief as Johnson took the loss.
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Burgess
Pirates
Jim Pendleton
Bob Aspromonte
Harvey Haddix
ElRoy Face
Ken Johnson
Cards
Bill White
Ken Boyer
Ray Washburn
Braves
Bob Shaw
Lindy McDaniel
Washburn
Tony Cloninger
Hank Fischer
Boyer
Fred Whitfield
Hank Aaron
Firecracker hits 25 mile qualifying pace Sunday
Firecracker shattered the 25 mile qualifying mark with a speed miles per hour, breaking the old record of 156.044 held by Roberts. Pearson endured a tough year with misfortune in major races as an engine failure cost him the Charlotte 600 victory and a misunderstanding dropped him to seventh in the Atlanta 500.
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Savannah Boss considers staying in city amid doubts
South Atlantic League owner Bill Ackerman says Charleston is not a good base for a baseball town and delays any move of the White Sox from Savannah. He cites fan turnout, a $15,000 ad budget, and poor Nashville terms while Savannah fights for remaining games and a possible trial series there.
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Bill Ackerman
Savannah
Ackerman
White Sox
Sam Smith
Sally
Nashville, Tenn
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Nashville
Sulphur Dell Park
Sox
Maris and Yankees Win with 18th Homer in A 8-7 Victory
The Associated Press reports Roger Maris homered twice giving him 17th and 18th long balls and a four RBI day in an 8-7 win over Kansas City. Jim O'Toole pitched for Cincinnati limiting the Chicago Cubs to five hits with 10 strikeouts in a 6-1 Reds victory.
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Yankees
Kansas City
Jim O'Toole
Reds
Chicago Cubs
CGA Field Sharpens Up At Florence
The 48th Carolinas Golf Association Amateur tournament gathers in Florence South Carolina with practice rounds as qualifying begins Friday. Defending champion Billy Joe Patton Morganton NC is the only guaranteed entry into the 64 player championship flight. Top qualifiers play two rounds Saturday two more Sunday with semifinals Monday and 36 hole final Tuesday. Competitors include Charley Smith Dave Smith Dale Morey from Morganton and Sam Marsh Dillard Traynham from Greenville NC.
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N.C
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Sam Marsh
Dillard Traynham
Greenville
NBA ABL Merger Talks Probed Amid Off the Record Discussions
New York AP reports off the record talks between the NBA and the ABL on a possible merger. An NBA spokesman said discussions have not progressed to a definite plan and that unofficial meetings may occur next week. The ABL began play last season and reportedly initiated talks.
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National Basketball Association
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American Susman Reaches Wimbledon Semifinal Bid
Lone American Karen Hantze Susman of Chula Vista Calif reaches the Wimbledon semifinals defending her hopes against Ann Haydon of Britain while Brazil's Maria Bueno dominates as favorite to reclaim the crown. Four Australians remain in the men's semis as Rod Laver faces Neale Fraser and John Fraser plays Martin Mulligan. Susman, 19, pursues the youngest Wimbledon title since 1952 and reflects on past losses to Haydon.
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Chula Vista
Calif
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Brazil
Vera Sukova
Czechoslovakia
Susman
Ann Haydon
Britain
Rod Laver
Neale Fraser
John Fraser
Neale
Martin Mulligan
Miss Hayden
Mrs. Susman
United States
Maureen “Little Mo’’ Connelly
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