Royals Split Labor Day Doubleheader With Win Over White Sox
Nelson Briles left with knee trouble as Doug Bird held Chicago to one run after Hal McRae rib injury sparked a rally. Harmon Killebrew delivered a clutch two-run homer in KC’s 3-1 victory, sending the Royals to a split while Oakland pulled ahead in the AL West. Yankees topped Red Sox 4-2 and Twins beat Rangers 5-4 as Detroit edged Milwaukee 5-4 in other action.
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Nelson Briles
Chicago White Sox
Doug Bird
Bird
Hal McRae
Harmon Killbrew
Claude Osteen
Royals
Killebrew
Oakland
California
Kansas City
A’s
New York Yankees
Boston
Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
Doe
White Sox
Chuck Tanner
Chicago
Steve Busby
Bill Melton
Jorge Orta
Angels
Billy Williams
Reggie Jackson
Jackson
Vida Blue
Yankees
Rick Dempsey
Rick Black
Fred Stanley
New York
Roger Moret
Dick Polo
Doc Medich
Tippy Martinez
Stanley
Dempsey
Black
Walt Williams
Roy White
Sandy Alomar
Twins
Rangers
Phil Roof
Ferguson Jenkins
Roof
Lyman Bostock
Rod Carew
Jenkins
Tigers
Brewers
Bill Freehan
Milwaukee
Three pitchers shine in big day across majors
Three pitchers dominated the scene as Seaver, Gibson, and Jones starred. Seaver blanked the Pirates on four hits with 10 strikeouts to reach 20 wins and a major league best 2.07 ERA, while Gibson was feted on Bob Gibson Day amid retirement talk. Jones improved to 18-9 with a 2-1 Padres win over the Reds, and other NL scores included Expos over Phillies, Dodgers over Giants, and Astros over Braves.
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Alex Sachare
Tom Seaver
Bob Gibson
Randy Jones
Jones
Seaver
Gibson
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
Busch Stadium
St. Louis
Bowie Kuhn
Cards
August A. Busch
Ford
San Diego Padres
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Houston
Atlanta
Pirates
Baltimore
Jim Palmer
Manny Sanguillen
Rube Waddell
Walter Johnson
Mets
Phils
Cubs
Lou Brock
Busch
Padres
Reds
Dave Winfield
San Diego
Expos
Tim Foli
Dale Murray
Dodgers
Giants
Burt Hooton
Lee Lacy
Astros
Braves
Cesar Cedeno
Doug Konieczny
Dave Roberts
Joe Niekro
Open tennis drama as Chris and Connors win in New York
At Forest Hills Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors advanced to the quarter finals as Eddie Dibbs and Bjorn Borg upset Arthur Ashe and Rod Laver respectively. Evonne Goolagong and Valarie Ziegenfuss were among others winning to keep the Open field tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
N.Y
Chris
Connors
Ashe
Laver
Wendy Overton
Miss Evert
Clay
Evonne Goolagong
Cincinnati
Miss Overton
Jimmy Connors
Harold Solomon
Solomon
Eddie Dibbs
Miami University
Arthur Ashe
Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Rod Laver
Australia
Andrew Pattison
Rhodesia
Bob Hewitt
South Africa
Kerry Melville Reid
Kazuko Sawamatsu
Katja Ebbinhaus
Virginia Wade
Boston Lobsters
Greer Stevens
Miss Stevens
Miss Sawamatsu
Japan
Linky Boshoff
Miss Ebbinghaus
West Germany
Pam Teeguarden
Los Angeles
Beth Norton
U.S
Fairfield
Valerie Ziegenfuss
Mission Viejo
Calif
Baseball Standings and Results Report
Standings show Houston 7 Pittsburgh 4 in second game postponed by rain. Cincinnati 3 St Louis 2 in 10 innings. Los Angeles 7 New York 0. Montreal 5 San Diego 1. Sunday's results include Atlanta 3 8 Chicago 1 9 in 10 innings and Pittsburgh 9 Houston 6 with the second game postponed by rain. St Louis 5 Cincinnati 3. San Diego 6 Montreal 0. San Francisco 5 Philadelphia 2. Los Angeles 5 New York 2. Monday results: St Louis 6 Chicago 3. New York 3 Pittsburgh 0. San Diego 2 Cincinnati 1. Montreal 6 Philadelphia 5. Los Angeles 3 San Francisco Houston 5 Atlanta 3. Tuesday games list multiple matchups with pitchers records in parentheses and several n games noted. Wednesday schedules show remaining matchups across teams.
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Houston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Los Angeles
New York
Montreal
San Diego
Atlanta
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Sutton
Halicki
Carruthers
Christenson
Spillner
Gullett
Brett
Koosman
Burris
McGlothen
Morton
York
Philphia
S.francisco
Saturday Baseball Results From Detroit and Other Cities
Detroit beat California 9 to 2 while Minnesota faced Cleveland in a rain ruled game. Oakland topped Boston 7 to 6 in 10 innings and Kansas City defeated New York 5 to 2. Milwaukee beat Texas 8 to 3 and California was canceled at Detroit due to rain. Chicago and Baltimore were rained out. multiple noon and late games listed with postponements and scheduled matchups through the day.
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Detroit
California
Minnesota
Cleveland
Baltimore
Chicago
Oakland
Boston
Kansas City
New York
Texas
Milwaukee
Eckersley
Bibby
Alexander
Cuellar
Dobson
Colborn
Coleman
Fitzmorris
Kant
Hughes
Horgan
Holtzman
Tanana
Aces Dominate Travelers In Texas League Finale
LITTLE ROCK AP Alexandria Aces beat the Travelers 17-2 to close the Texas League season. Scott Brown and Jerry Stone each had four hits as Alexandria totaled 20 hits against Arkansas eleven, while Arkansas committed five errors and the Aces scored seven in the ninth. John Young saw his nine game hitting streak end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Alexandria
Arkansas
Aces
Travelers
Scott Brown
Jerry Stone
John Young
Arkansas Cup Matches Formed by Golf Associations
The Arkansas State and State Professional Golf Associations form the Arkansas Cup Matches with ten players from each side. First match Sunday September 7 at Little Rock Country Club, medal four ball nassau worth three points per match. Pro team chosen by weekly pro-ams. amateur team by four low medal finishers, four semi finalists, and two low regional qualifiers.
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Arkansas State Golf Association
The
State Professional Golf Association
Little Rock Country Club
Dick Goetz
Professional
Cliff Calderwood
Pleasant Valley Country Club
Goetz
Greater Little Rock
Maumelle C. C
Dean Wingert
Pleasant Valley C. C
Tommy Hanson
North Hills C. C
Peter Barker
Western Hills C. C
Larry Campbell
Hardscrabble C. C
Fort Smith
Pete Fleming
DeSoto C. C
Hot Springs
George McKeown
Pine Bluff
Dave Bennett
Red Apple C.C
Heber Springs
Ed Tallach
Caddo Creek C.C
Bismarck
Larry Watson
Helena Country Club
West Helena
Monk Wade
Texarkana
Wade
Jack Stephens
Little Rock
Jerry Breckenridge
Ed Harris
North Little Rock
C. W. Knauts
Piggott
Stan
Louis Lee
Eddie Post
Roland Richard
Don Shock
Conway
Mike Morrison
David Thornally
Hawaii
Calderwood
Stephens
Bass Club to Sponsor Fly Fishing Film for Public Viewing
The Arkansas Game and Fish and the Hope Bass Club Inc sponsor a fly fishing film at Red River Votec School on Wednesday at 7 00 PM open to the public with no admission. Local Game Wardens will answer questions on new fishing and boating laws.
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Arkansas Game and Fish and the Hope Bass Club, Inc
Red River
Solunar Tables Guide for Daily Fishing and Hunting
Solunar Periods printed from Richard Alden Knight's Solunar Tables help plan days for peak fishing or hunting. The schedule guides activity times to maximize success by identifying periods of better sport in each day’s territory and cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Alden Knight
Allison wins Southern 500 for third time
Bobby Allison, the Hueytown, Alabama driver known as the Matador, captured the 26th Southern 500 at Darlington, finishing ahead of Richard Petty who battled illness and a lap loss. The race endured rain delays and nine cautions, with Allison leading 119 of 367 laps and Petty twice as strong earlier, as the field saw a dramatic finish despite wrecks and mechanical woes.
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Darlington
S.C
Bobby Allison
Hueytown
Ala
Allison
Cale Yarborough
Buck Baker
Herb Thomas
Richard Petty
Dave Marcis
Petty
Dave Sisco
Jim Vandiver
Bruce Hill
Razorbacks
Bruce Jacobi
Waltrip
Benny Parsons
Hylton
Darlington Raceway
Arkansas high school poll results by class and region
AP reports the latest state poll standings for large, AA and A divisions. Parkview leads the large school ranking with 150 points from 10 first place votes, followed by Central and Texarkana, with many schools listed as receiving votes. Class AA shows Van Buren atop with 39 points, while Class A lists Nashville and Earle among top finishers with Harding Academy also noted. The list includes alphabetized alternates such as Blytheville, Dumas, and Lakeview among others.
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Little Rock
Associated Press
Parkview
LR Central
Texarkana
Southside
Hot Springs
LR Hall
West Memphis
LR McClellan
van Buren
Blytheville
Dumas
Earle
el Dorado
Forrest City
FS Northside
Jonesboro
Lakeside
LA Catholic
Magnolia
Nashville
Pine Bluff
Rivercrest
Russellville
Springdale
Harris
Ashdown
Batesville
Stuttgart
Harmony Grove
Berryville
NLR Northeast
Bonneville
Des Arc
Walnut Ridge
Harding Academy
Farmington
Mt. Ida
Bradley
Danville
Gentry
Gillett
Mountain Pine
Norphlet
NFL Exhibition Scores Report Early Games
National Football League exhibition results show the Giants 24 over Pittsburgh 7, Jets 16 over Atlanta 13, St. Louis 14 over San Diego 9, Denver 13 over Chicago 0, New England 20 over Green Bay 17 in OT, Dallas 17 over Houston 14, Los Angeles 14 over Kansas City 6, New Orleans 27 over Baltimore 3, Oakland 40 over San Francisco 21, Buffalo 34 over Cleveland 20, Minnesota 20 over Miami 7. Schedule notes list games for Sept 5–8 across multiple venues including Dallas, Detroit, Tampa, Cleveland, and Washington.
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New York Giants
Pittsburgh
New York Jets
Atlanta
St. Louis
San Diego
Denver
Chicago
New England
Green Bay
Dallas
Houston
Los Angeles
Kansas City
New Orleans
Baltimore
Oakland
San Francisco
Buffalo
Cleveland
Minnesota
Miami
Cincinnati
Detroit
Tampa
Fla
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Herschel Nissenson
Kansas City Royals
West Oakland
Bass Club
A.M
Fayetteville, Ark
Arkansas Razorbacks
Frank Broyles
Broyles
Ron Calcagni
Nance
Jim Nance
AFL
Shreveport Steamer
Jim
Marshall Taylor
Steamer
Smith
Syracuse
Portland
Mage
Ron Fulcher
Air Force
Russ Tribble
Steve Imhoff
David Pearson
Buddy Baker
Yarborough
Darrell Waltrip
Marcis
James Hylton
Pearson
Baker
Chevrolet
Southern California
Birmingham
Hope
Ark
Jim Harris
Hope High
Nora Cole
PFPA
Memphis
Birmham
Jacksonv
Charlotte
S. Calif
San Antoni
Shropt
Portind
Jacksonville
Shreveport
San Antonio
Washington
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