HITTIN' THE HIGH SPOTS AND SPORTS BUZZ
A collage of sports items covers gambling raids on baseball rings led by Miami and eight cities, Lombardi film sales surpassing 9 million, Namath acting hype, and Tigers late inning struggles with Nicklaus Bailey financing a San Francisco club amid Pistons contract news.
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Miami
Atlanta
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
Newark
Louisville
Miami International
Comoe
Bowie Kuhn
Detroit Tigers
Tigers
Jack Nicklaus
F. Lee Bailey
San Francisco
Detroit Pistons
Terry Driscoll
Boston College
Candy
Bolgna
Italy
Pistons
Driscoll
Terry
DEPT
Braves
Houston Astros
Felix Millan
Bradford wins Virginia Junior golf title 16-17 division
Jim Bradford a Warren High Downey graduate fired a two under par 69 at the 6200 yard Virginia Country Club course to win the 16 17 year division of the 11th Southern California Junior Bradford Moore League event. He beat Cris Carlson of Riviera CC by two strokes and will attend Houston University in the fall.
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Warren High
Downey
Virginia Country Club
Southern California
Bradford
Houston University
Cris Carlson
Riviera CC
Cubs Snap Mets 1 0 Behind Williams RBI Single
Billy Williams drove in the lone run as the Chicago Cubs edged the New York Mets 1-0 at Shea Stadium. Bill Hands worked 82 2/3 innings before handing to Phil Regan with the tying run aboard as Donn Clendenon lined out. Kessinger opened the scoring with a bunt single and Williams followed with Seaver’s second pitch to center for the decisive RBI.
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Bill Hands
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
Billy Williams
Williams
Donn Clendenon
Leo Durocher
Chicago
Hands
Regan
Skip
Durocher
Clendenon
Glenn Beckett
Mets
Don Kessinger
Cubs
Seaver
Beckett
Kessinger
Shea Stadium
Laver Outlasts Rosewall In U.S. Pro Tennis Title Match
Rod Laver, after a 60 hour rain pause, defeated Ken Rosewall in four sets at Chestnut Hill Massachusetts to capture the U.S. Pro championships. The match lasted 2 hours 5 minutes total with scores 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3.
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Chestnut Hill
Mass
UPI
Rod Laver
Ken Rosewall
Angels Rally With Solid Defense and Key Plays
Aurelio made a clutch tag at third and a quick relay to second to erase Ellie Rodriguez, a turning moment praised by teammates. Johnstone hit his sixth homer as the Angels edged the competition, while other games saw Montreal Expos’ Herrera drive in a run and Washington blank Detroit on Coleman’s shutout.
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Jim Fregosi
Aurelio
Ellie Rodriguez
Lefty
Brunet
Rodriguez
Johnstone
Jay
Sandy Alomar
Bru
Reggie Jackson
Jose Herrera
Bob Bailey
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Philadelphia
Dodgers
Houston
Joe Coleman
Washington
Joe Sparma
Detroit
Leo Cardenas
Tony Oliva
Aone
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Local League Results Mixed With Pro Baseball News
A jumble of small score updates and team names from a local league, plus an MLB note. Cleveland Indians recall Dave Nelson from military duty and assign Gary Kroll to the Portland AAA club. Nelson last season hit .233 in 88 games. Other lines list varied minor matches and schedules with numerous abbreviations and stray names.
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UPI
Cleveland Indians
Dave Nelson
Gary Kroll
Portland
Ore
Nelson
Tribe
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