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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1969
Page
15
In the NBA finals Elgin Baylor scored the Lakers last 12 points to erase a 108 106 deficit and secure a 118 112 win over the Celtics before a Forum crowd of 17 559. Baylor finished with 32 points after a playoff drought filled with doubts about his age and form.
Teams listed for tonight include Oakland led by Dobson and Seattle with Barber. Other matchups feature Angeles Giurony visiting Kansas City, Chicago hosting Boston, Detroit versus Boston, New York against Baltimore, Cleveland with Moore and Cleveland.
A clutch playoff style affair saw Baylor score 18 in the final period to rally the Lakers against Boston. Havlicek poured in 43 for the Celtics while West added 41 and Egan 26 as Russell and Chamberlain battled on defense and rebounding.
Steve Hug of Chatsworth High and Joyce Tanac of Seattle captured titles at the U S Gymnastics Federation Championships in Long Beach. Hug totaled 54.60 for six events, edging Bob Emery of Penn State while D Thor of Michigan State faltered on parallel bars.
Steve Hug led by scoring 9.3 on parallel bars and 9.0 plus on most events. Joyce Tanac dominated women’s all around with 36.0 total, beating teammate Janet Boyd 35.0 to 34.0. first World Cup Invitational Gymnastics meet opens tonight with tickets priced 1 2 and 3 dollars.
The listing shows multiple broadcasts including Red Sox vs Tigers on KNBC at 11 15 am and Angels vs Royals on KMPC at 5 30 pm. Dodgers versus Braves on KFI 8 pm and Padres versus Reds on KOGO 9 pm headline an active day of sports across stations.
Dodgers star Bill Singer pitched a four hitter to beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1, becoming the first NL pitcher to win four games this season. The win with 42 051 in attendance at Dodger Stadium on Cap Night put Los Angeles in sole first place in the West. Singer, age 25, improves to 4 0 while Phil Niekro falls to 3 1.
Holmberg of Dallas, 31, upset Roy Emerson in the opening round at the Anaheim Convention Center as a new table tennis style scoring system debuted. Laver defeated Olmedo, Gonzales beat Segura, and Ralston eliminated Buchholz in other first rounds. Semifinals set for tonight with Laver vs Ralston and Gonzales vs Holmberg. finals Sunday night.
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