Phillies Rally In Wind Blown Win Over Dodgers
Cookie Rojas hit a two run homer off Don Drysdale in the fifth as the Phillies snapped a six game losing streak with a 3 2 win over the Dodgers. The Mets and Pirates won at home as Koosman pitched a shutout for New York and Pittsburgh routed Houston 13 4. Cincinnati beat St Louis 4 3 in 12 innings and Atlanta blanked Chicago 2 0.
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Taroura Edges Yamamoto in Las Vegas Bout
Associated Press report notes Tokyo fighter Hajime Taroura 131 outpoints Kaicho Yamamoto 1260/2 in Las Vegas. In Portland Denny Moyer 159% outpoints James Honeybear Savant 1592 in Henderson, Nevada.
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Celtics Fight Back to Even Up Playoffs
Boston earned a 114-106 victory over Philadelphia at Boston Garden to tie the Eastern Division finals 3-3. Bill Russell piled up 17 points and 31 rebounds with John Havlicek adding 28 points as the Celtics dominated the boards and played a strong allaround game before 14,780 fans. Wilt Chamberlain faced Russell in a key matchup as the series shifts to Philadelphia for the deciding game.
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Pro Gridders Announce TV Games
New York AP Los Angeles will play at St Louis and Green Bay at Dallas in two nationally televised Monday night games as part of the 1968 NFL schedule released. CBS will show six national telecasts including Philadelphia at Detroit Day and Washington at Dallas on Thanksgiving. Other big matches include Baltimore at Green Bay and Cleveland at St Louis. Opening weekend features Los Angeles at St Louis on Sept 16, with Green Bay at Dallas set for Oct 28 rematch. CBS begins seven Sundays of doubleheaders starting Nov 3.
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Solunar Tables for Daily Fishing and Hunting Times
The schedule lists Solunar Major periods starting at given times lasting about an hour and four minutes to two hours, with Minor periods in regular type of shorter duration. Times use Central Standard Time. Plan outings to fish or hunt during these optimal periods for best sport.
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Powell Hits Homer As Orioles Beat A's In New Coliseum
Boog Powell homered as Baltimore defeated Oakland 4-1 in the opener at the Oakland Coliseum. Dave McNally limited the A's to two hits, while Brooks Robinson and Mark Belanger also homered for the Orioles. Other AL games included Mantle and the Yankees beating the Angels, and Harmon Killebrew leading the Twins over the Senators in Minnesota’s first home game.
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Casper Leads In Turbulent Champions Open
Billy Casper slams a sequence of drives at Stardust Country Club as top rivals Nicklaus and Palmer skip the Tournament of Champions. Gusty winds and a field of 24 rivals challenge Casper for $30,000 from a $150,000 purse in Las Vegas.
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Former Baseball Figure Lou Barbour Sr Dies
Lou Barbour Sr., a former professional baseball player and once traveling secretary for the Chicago White Sox, died at age 64 in San Antonio Texas. Art McNally, an NFL referee since 1959, was named the league's supervisor of officials in New York.
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Hope High Baseball Starts Strong With Two Wins
Hope High baseball opened the season with a 2-0 and 4-2 pair of wins, led by Mike Monroe and Dwight Galloway. The team also dominated in track with a standout mile relay at Southern State College, while golf heads to the district championships after a sub-par 3-6 record.
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National Owners Discuss Expansion Plans
National League owners meet in Chicago to consider adding two new franchises and aligning 12 clubs by 1970. Dallas-Fort Worth San Diego Milwaukee and Montreal are among applicants with a potential divisional split and World Series scheduling implications.
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Kansas Relays Meet Records in Jeopardy
Lawrence Kansas AP Twelve meet records may fall at the 43rd Kansas Relays as an Olympic year field features six world record holders and stars like Billy Mills Jim Ryun and George Byers. The Julius Marks 10,000 and 5,000 era miler prospects loom with Mills aiming for 5,000 mark and McMahon Murphy contesting the 10,000.
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Canadiens Black Hawks clash in East Division final opener
Montreal resumes playoff action facing Chicago in the East final after each squad needed six games to reach this point. Montreal eliminated Boston in four straight as Chicago ousted New York in six. West matches see Minnesota at Los Angeles and St Louis at Philadelphia in decisive seventh games.
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Celtics Win Game To Tie Best-Of-7 Series 3-3
The NBA playoff game ends Boston 114 Philadelphia 106, tying the series at three games apiece. No games scheduled next. The ABA matchup features Taiia Camac against New Orleans in Pittsburgh as the first game of a best-of-seven series.
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UTEP Boycott Sparks Demonstration at Four-Team Meet
At El Paso Texas University of Texas El Paso faced a boycott by nine track and field Negro athletes. A demonstration by about 25 people demanded reinstatement as police guarded Kidd Field. The event paused twice when 11 Negro women blocked the track. the 440 relay was scratched and the hurdles run a second time. Bob Beamon and six others stated the boycott over a BYU ballet they call racist and insulting.
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Hockey NHL Playoffs Open East Final and West Semis
The NHL playoffs open with the East Division Final featuring Chicago at Montreal in the first game of a best of seven and the West Division Semifinals sending St Louis to Philadelphia in the opening matchup.
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Memphis Blues win on big inning over Travelers 3 1
Memphis tops Arkansas 3 1 as five inning rally breaks a tight game. Hepler wins, Gaspar and Minster key in sequence, Curtis Brown drives in runs. Shreveport, Albuquerque and San Antonio post other league results as Memphis goes to Little Rock to finish series Thursday night.
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Angels First Baseman Don Mincher Hospitalized Again
California Angels first baseman Don Mincher, who was hit on the right cheek by a Sam McDowell pitch in Cleveland, re entered St. Josephs Hospital in Anaheim after reporting dizziness. The club had the line with Minnesota and Los Angeles tied at three games each.
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