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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1969

Page

20

Boston Red Sox pennant era six decades past feats and records

The 1904 Red Sox used five pitchers in the pennant race, totaling 148 complete games. Cy Young Dinne, Tannehill, Y aebat, Gibson and Winter led a staff with 20 win figures and multiple no hitters. The piece notes evolving pitcher usage, from all out to bullpen specialization, and references Hoyt Wilhelm and Wilbur Wood as later great relievers.

Boston Red Sox Cy Yaebat "Dinnese Jesse Tannehill Norwood Gibson George Winter Young Tannehill Gon Young Dinnesn Tannehill Winter Gibson Red Sox

Familiar Faces Bombs Help Braves Edge St. Louis

A familiar lineup collided with St. Louis as three bombs off the right center kept the Braves in the game. In the fourth, Cepeda lifted a towering homer to left while Aaron and another hit produced two runs to complete the scoring.

St. Louis Sonny Cepeda Braves Aaron

Sox Rookies Learn Life in the Major Leagues

Two 21-year-old rookies share a Fenway dressing room as the Chicago White Sox fall 6-4 to the Red Sox while May racks up 11 homers in the season’s first quarter. Nagy shuts out the Sox on two singles through seven. Harmon Killebrew homers for the Yankees in a 3-2 win.

Sox Nagy White Sox May Dennis Harmon Killebrew Jim New York Yankees

Dodgers Mets Battle Through Injury and Windy Game

The Dodgers and Mets managed a tense contest as Seaver and Hodges reflected on form and past battles. Wes Parker and Sudakis drove runs, while Weis doubled for the Mets as a key winning sequence unfolded, with a windy, wind-blown finish.

Montreal Mets Wes Parker Sudakis al Weis Tine

Arnie Bids Lead Lions in Memphis Golf Sectionals

Lionel Has Spot Arnie bids today to lead a field of 29 touring pros in Memphis Tennessee as sectional goal play at Colonial Country Club. Hebert posted 67 69 136 to top qualifiers while Vicenzo failed to advance and veterans Barber and Fleck exited. Additional sectional rounds move on with Palmer in contention.

Pet Gil Roubeder Louisiana U.S Memphis Tenn Hebert Colonial Country Club Guch Vicenzo Aeanner Te Cea Houston

Unclear OCR Sports Score Fragments From Old Page

Fragmented lines show scattered team names and scores such as Texaco Chiefs 19 Pineanples 13 and WP Se And So's 10 3. Many words are garbled and unreadable. no coherent game narrative or dates can be confirmed from the readable text.

Texaco Chiefs Pineanples Wpse So's Joeis Standard Catering

Old Folks Rosewall Wears Down Stone in French Net

In a long French semifinal match, Rosewall defeats Stone 7-5 7-5 after 70 minutes. The 34 year old title holder advances, with two other semifinal spots undecided.

Rosewall

Computer Corner: Pitchers’ walks impact pennants and runs

Computer Corner shows Cleveland Washington and Boston pitchers walk too many batters. Atlanta limits walks to 8.4 percent and could seize the Western Division pennant. Red pitchers walk 11.4 percent, adding about 180 baserunners per 6000 at bats and 60 extra runs, a major factor in manager stress.

Cleveland Washington Boston Houston San Diego Cincinnati Atlanta Jim Maloney

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