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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1972
Page
13
A disjointed collection of names and scores from an alley box score fragment. The readable items include players such as Marearry and Grown, with partial numbers and team references, but the overall outcome and context are lost in transcription errors.
Tom Bradley beat Dave McNally on six hits for a 4-1 White Sox win completing their first three game sweep of Baltimore since 1967. Rich Morales drove in runs with a second inning single and a sixth inning homer, while McNally lost his streak against Chicago. Orioles manager Earl Weaver signals impending changes.
MAYS. Mets' rons' with a grand slam homer dominates a Sunday slate. Houston snapped a losing streak by beating Pittsburgh 7-6 with Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson back-to-back homers. Montreal halted a four-game skid as Bob Bailey drove in three on two hits in a 9-3 rout of San Diego Padres. Tony Perez homered twice and drove in six for Cincinnati in a 2-0 and 4-3 doubleheader sweep of St. Louis. Tom Hall fanned 12 in a three-hitter after a midseason trade. Darrell Evans hit a ninth-inning homer to break a Niekro-Pappas duel as Atlanta edged Chicago 2-1.
The United States Olympic soccer team secured a place in the 16 team final round at Munich by defeating Jamaica 2 1. Manny Hernandez scored the opener on assists from St Louis players John Carenza and Archie Roboostoff. Carenza added a second on a Mike Seerey assist. It marks the first time an American team reaches the Olympic finals.
Olga Connolly shattered the U S discus record with a 179 feet 2 inches throw during a women's meet at Compton. She and Hal Connolly, brother of the record holder, had previously held the 176 10 mark set by Har Tene Brown in 1960. Olga and Hal also linked to their 1956 Melbourne Olympic appearance representing Czechoslovakia.
Maury Wills, 39, remains ready for playing time with the Dodgers as Russell leads the NL with a .440 average. Wills mentors Russell while staying in shape and backing the youngsters, insisting the manager plays the best hitter. He notes his own tough times and his plan to help the team win.
In the upcoming schedule, teams including Adin V4 and SEAA Oil face AS 08 Altos while California League teams prepare for key matchups. The weekend slate highlights local rivals and potential scoring battles across several venues.
Branko Jovicevic and Sergio Mora scored to lift the San Pedro Yugoslav-Americans to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Lions for the Western United States Open Cup at the Coliseum. San Pedro repeats as Western Cup champions and will face New York German-Hungarians in the national final in New York City next week. Jovicevic opened at 10 minutes, Mora added at 71, Roy scored Chicago's lone goal in the 7th minute.
Unclear OCR text notes CIF playoff action with references to Brethres Langan and Desebal. Details about teams, dates, and outcomes are unreadable, making a precise summary impossible from the fragment.
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