Baseball Scores and Standings Across Leagues
Today's baseball results include Houston beating Chicago 4 to 2 and New York 6 to St. Louis 3. Montreal routed San Diego 7 to 6 while Los Angeles edged Philadelphia 5 to 1. Standings show Arkansas leading the East with 23 wins, 16 losses, and a .590 percentage. West sees El Paso at 24-16, .600, atop the division. Monday and Tuesday results feature multiple city matchups and postponed games notes.
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Pittsburgh
Houston
Cincinnati
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
St. Louis
Atlanta
Montreal
San Diego
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Arkansas
Memphis
Shreveport
Alexandria
el Paso
San Antonio
Midland
Amarillo
Associated Press
W.W. L. Pet
W. L. Pet. G.B. Detroit
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Boston
Cleveland
West Chicago
California
Kansas City
Minnesota
Oakland
Sly
Texas
Corn Belt beats First National in Babe Ruth League action at Legion Field
In Legion Field action Corn Belt defeated First National 12 to 1 in the first game. Mike McCorkle pitched for the winners with eight strikeouts and no hits allowed. Artis Perry added two doubles while McCorkle had two singles. In the nightcap Ren Townsend won for Optimist 8 to 7 over Citizens as Curtis East took the loss.
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Legion Field
Corn Belt
First National
Optimist
Citizens
Mike McCorkle
Cliff Coleman
Wayne East
Richard Wilson
Artis Perry
Mike Wilson
Solunar Tables Plan Your Day For Best Sports Outlook
The schedule of Solunar Periods printed below is taken from Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES. Plan your days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during these times to find the best sport each day has to offer.
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Richard Alden Knight
Fiery Indy 500 crash delays the race rescheduled
The 57th Indianapolis 500 was halted after a massive on track crash on the main straightaway involving nine cars. David Walther was hospitalized in critical condition with burns and injuries. nine spectators injured. The race was postponed to 10 am EDT with a 30 percent chance of showers.
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Indianapolis
Speedway
National Weather Service
David “Salt” Walther
Dayton
Ohio
Walther
Thomas Hanna
Infield
Mike Hiss
John Martin
Saints sale heats up as Mecom under pressure
New Orleans lawyer Ben Toledano reports his group of 11 Louisiana timber and oil magnates offered to buy the Saints and keep ownership in Louisiana. He sent telegrams to NFL Commissioner Rozelle and owner Mecom Jr. while Mecom indicated willingness to listen. A Times-Picayune note cites a price around $20 million with any deal needing NFL approval.
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NEW Orleans
NFL
Pete Rozelle
New Orleans Saints
Rozeille
Ben Toledano
Rozelle
Saints
John Mecom Jr
Toledano
Louisiana Timber and Oil
Mecom
Louisiana
New Orleans States
Rain Halts 57th Indianapolis 500 Restart Delayed
Indianapolis AP reports rain stopped the 57th Indianapolis 500 for a second day after a fiery nine car crash on the pace lap. One driver seriously burned. several spectators injured. Race postponed from Monday due to wet track and crash aftermath.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Driver safety push after deadly Indy crash spurs cages call
Indianapolis AP report details Gary Bettenhausen demanding protective cages after Salt Walther suffers burns and a broken wrist in a nine car crash at the Indianapolis 500. Walther flown to hospital as 350000 spectators await a rescheduled race. Bettenhausen cites past fatalities and notes headrests exist but cages are absent on Indy cars.
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Indianapolis
Gary Bettenhausen
David
Walther
Methodist Hospital
Bettenhausen
Art Pollard
Milwaukee
Evert advances to French Open quarter finals
Chris Evert, 18, slugged past Renata Tomanova of Czechoslovakia 6 2 6 3 to reach the French Open women's quarter finals. She is the last American woman remaining and is seeded to meet Margaret Court in the final. Court is also in the last eight, having dropped 19 games. Meanwhile, the 92 member Association of Tennis Professionals met to discuss strategy before a possible boycott of Queens Club Wimbledon warmups at Eastbourne and Queens Club, with Cliff Drysdale as president.
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Paris
Chris Evert
Renata Tomanova
Czechoslovakia
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Miss Evert
Margaret Court
Australia
Mrs. Court
Association of
Tennis Professionals
International Lawn Tennis Federation
South Africa
Cliff Drysdale
London
Queens’ Club
Queen’s Club
Eastbourne
Messersmith K's Six to Lead Dodgers Past Phillies 5-1
Dodgers pitcher Andy Messersmith inspired a modern NL first by striking out the first six batters, finishing with 12 K's as Los Angeles defeated Philadelphia 5-1. The column also notes several other MLB games, including Giants over Mets 6-5 and Reds over Cubs 6-5, with late-game heroics by Dock Ellis and Clyde Mashore.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Andy Messersmith
Joe Ferguson
Los Angeles Dodgers
Messersmith
Dodgers
Phillies
Ferguson
Greg Luzinski
Billy Robinson
Mike Schmidt
Pepitone on Disqualified List and Trade Tie
St Louis AP reports Joe Pepitone flew toward Chicago after Braves official Eddie Robinson said Pepitone is on baseball's disqualified list for conduct not conforming to his contract. Robinson hinted Pepitone could end up in Japan as talks follow a May 19 Cubs to Atlanta trade.
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ST. Louis
Joe Pepitone
Atlanta Braves
Braves
Eddie Robinson
Pepitone
Chicago
Robinson
Pittsburgh
Japan
Chicago Cubs
Atlanta
Little League Night at K-Park Results and Schedule
James Motor Co. beat Sheriff s 8 to 3 in the opener while C B C powered past Greening Ellis 15 to 1. Regan allowed three hits with seven strikeouts for James Motor Co. Honeycutt homered. Jones Leim combined on the mound for the second win. Bishop Cobb pitched for the losers. Tuesday’s doubleheader features Lions versus Barry s at 6 30 and Hope Auto against Walker s Refrigeration in the second game.
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K-Park
James Motor Co
Sheriff’s
C.B.C
Greening-Ellis
Regan
Tee Powers
Honeycutt
Jones
Leim
Bishop
Cobb
Lions
Barry
Hope Auto
Walker
Wilbur Wood wins twice as White Sox beat Indians
Wilbur Wood worked six innings across two games to earn two victories in a doubleheader against Cleveland. He allowed two hits and one unearned run in the suspended first game and tossed a four hitter in the regular game to improve to 13 3 on the season. Minnesota Twins and several other AL and NL games followed with notable performances from Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, and Stan Musial amid a full day of baseball results.
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Wilbur Wood
Detroit
Oakland
California
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Boston
Minnesota
Baltimore
Bobby Bonds
Tommy Moore
Giants
Mets
Juan Marichal
New York
John Milner
Ken Rappoport
Wilbur Wonderful
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles
California Angels
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit Tigers
Oakland A
Kansas City Royals
Boston Red Sox
Harmon Killebrew
Tom McCraw
Winton Illenas
Norm Cash
Tigers
Oak
Mashore hits pinch homer number two to lift Expos
Clyde Mashore belted his second pinch homer in two games, a three run shot with two out in the ninth, giving the Montreal Expos a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres. Ron Fairly homered for Montreal, while San Diego's Mike Corkins hit two solo shots to chase the game.
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Zinski
Bob Boone
Messersmith
Unser
Ferguson
San Francisco Giants
New York Mets
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros
Rick Wise
Cardinals
Braves
Mashore
Montreal
Hal Breeden
John Boccabella
SAN Diego
Clyde Mashore
Montreal Expos
San Diego Padres
Gary Ross
Rich Troedson
Padres
Mike Corkins
Ernie McAnally
Leron Lee
John Grubb
Ron Fairly
Washington, D.C
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Hope
Ren Townsend
Curtis East
Larry Huff
Huddleston
Harris
Davis
J. Townsend
Optimist Corn Belt Citizens Merchants
First National Blevins
Johnny Rutherford
Bobby Unser
Mark Donohue
A.J. Foyt
Mario Andretti
al Unser
Tom Smith
Sun Kings
Amarillo Giants
Horace Steed
Thor Scogan
Salt Lake City
Kings
Craig Settles
RBI
Aces
Memphis Blues
Bobby Bartlett
Jim Tyrone
Evert
Joe Morgan
Reds
Cubs
Dock Ellis
Pirates
Philadelphia Phillies
Larry Bowe
Johnny Bench
Dusty Baker
Little League Baseball
Wood
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Kaat
Bobby Grich
Steve Braun
Twins
George Mitterwald
Joe Coleman
Coleman
Sal Bando
Cookie Rojas
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