Hope X Star Baseball standings and Friday games
Baseball standings and upcoming schedule show Hope X Star leads with Oakland and New York matchups. National League East features St Louis Montreal Pittsburgh Chicago Philadelphia New York and others in tight battle with Los Angeles Cincinnati San Francisco Houston Atlanta San Diego and San Francisco also active.
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Hope tourney adds high stakes as DeKalb tops Magnolia
DeKalb Texas defeated Magnolia 13 to 11 at Legion Field. Charlie Seay earned the win while Ruess took the loss for Magnolia. The tourney resumes with Ledwell & Son of Texarkana vs DeKalb at 8 p.m. Pat Cauley, ex New York Yankee draftee, will pitch for Ledwell. Magnolia meets the tournament loser Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and Hope Angels play the semifinal winner at 8:30 p.m. with finals Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Magnolia
Charlie Seay
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Ledwell & Son
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New York Yankee
Pat Cauley
Aggies Field Freshmen For 1969 Season
Texas A M coach Emory Bellard jokes Playboy picked the Aggies 18th based on age. He says a young team requires early good breaks as they open against Wichita State and then face LSU. Most starters will be freshmen and sophomores.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Texas A&m
Emory Bellard
Playboy Magazine
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Bellard
Broyles Insists Morale May Carry Razorbacks
Arkansas coach Frank Broyles says high morale could offset lack of experience as the Razorbacks prepare for the season. He cites only three bona fide starters returning and outlines a plan to use a faster, more youth-driven defense with possible freshmen contributing to speed.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville, Ark
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Orioles back in first with wild pitch foul tip ruling
Orioles surge to first in AL East with 2-1 win over Minnesota. Tommy Davis homered and scored the go ahead on a wild pitch. A controversial foul tip strikeout in the ninth inning helped Baltimore seal the victory as Frank Quilici recalls similar calls. Other scores included White Sox over Tigers 5-4 and Royals 3-2 over Red Sox. Sixty two rookies started the National League season.
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Associated Press
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Frank Quilici
Baltimore
Orioles
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George Mitterwald
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All-Star high school football set for gridiron clash
East squad selects top two players from each league for a nine quarterback unit and shifts to versatile roles against the West in War Memorial Stadium. Notable names include Richard Kyle Sam Coleman Mark Rogers Scott Wallace and Matthew Buck leading a transition to new positions.
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Sam Coleman
Mark Rogers
Scott Wallace
Matthew Buck
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Beebe
Bo Busby
Monticello
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Marked Tree
Eddy Peters
Little Rock Hall
Westin War Memorial Stadium
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Coleman
Kyle
Rogers
Wallace
Blytheville High School Coach Cleared To Return
Judge J Smith Henley in Little Rock rescinded the Arkansas Activities Association probation ban on Blytheville High School head football coach Larry Wright. Wright praised the ruling allowing him to focus on the football program as the AAA was found to lack specific due process in its rule book and penalities. He had been barred from coaching this season and Blytheville placed on probation after the AAA ruling June 22 citing out of season practice violations.
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Blytheville High School
Wright
J. Smith Henley
U.S. District Court At
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Aces sweep Cubs in Texas League doubleheader
Alexandria’s Dave Hilton hit two run homers in both games as the Aces shut out the Midland Cubs 5-0 and 3-2. San Antonio Brewers widened the West Division lead by sweeping Memphis Blues 3-1 and 2-1. Shreveport Captain Rick Richardson belted his 18th homer, a two run shot in the seventh, to beat Amarillo 4-3. El Paso at Arkansas game postponed due to rain.
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Alexandria
Dave Hilton
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Shreveport
Rick Richardson
Amarillo Giants
Marshall Saves Expos Victory Over Giants
Montreal reliever Marshall earned the win after entering with one out and runners on first and third to shut down San Francisco as the Expos, aided by two-run homers from Jim Lyttle and Ken Singleton, held on 5-3. The win moved Montreal into second in the NL East, four percentage points ahead of Pittsburgh and four games behind St. Louis. Dodgers 1 Mets 0. Braves 8 Cardinals 6. Padres 10 Phillies 9 in 11 innings. American League scores: Milwaukee 6 California 5. Chicago 5 Detroit 4. Kansas City 3 Boston 2. Baltimore 2 Minnesota 0.
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Knowles
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Perry
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Chicago California
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Associated Press
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Redskins Broncos Exhibition Game Signals Returns
Redskins meet the Denver Broncos tonight as Duane Thomas starts his first game in over a year after a 1972-absent season. Sonny Jurgensen aims for a late- season return, while Coach Waller compares Thomas to a newly tuned Cadillac.
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Tom Seppy
Associated Press
Washington
Duane Thomas
Sonny Jurgensen
Thomas
Redskins
Denver Broncos
Charlie Waller
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Jurgensen
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Geiberger Leads PGA Journey At Canterbury
Al Geiberger tied the competitive course record with a four under 67 at the PGA National Championship first round at Canterbury Golf Club. Don Iverson matched 67 after a tip from Lee Trevino, with Bob Dickson and Mike Hill tied for third at 69 as heat and humidity affected early play.
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George Strode
Associated Press
Cleveland
al Geiberger
Don Iverson
Lee Trevino
Canterbury Golf Club
Geiberger
Iverson
Bob Dickson
Mike Hill
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