Pele Makes Grand US Soccer Debut in Exhibition
Pele, the Black Pearl, starred for the New York Cosmos in a 2-2 exhibition tie with Dallas Tornado. His goal and assist drew a global crowd, signaling growing interest in the NASL and pro soccer in the United States.
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Midstate Quik Shoppe clinches Tournament of Champions crown
Midstate Quik Shoppe defeated Decatur 4-1 to win the Mousey's Tournament of Champions in Capital City. Harvey Idel and Larry Sparks starred as Sparks worked 21 2 3 innings, allowing two runs while striking out six. Nine Midstate players hit .500 or better in a 26-team field, led by Jack Dawson with a .706 average and six homers.
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Park Board Softball Evening Schedule At Duensing Field
Softball action at Duensing and Coume fields lists multiple games from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with local teams including Crown Drug, BCD Inc, Boyce and Schrimpf, Reinsch TV Sales, Roger Mertens, Fran Her Insurance, People's Choice, Soph Sox P, Pals Realty, Shikles, First Baptist Church, Midstate Vending, United Methodist, Wild Bunch, Unidextual Maintenance Services, Memorial Baptist, and Calvary Baptist among others.
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Astros rally past Cardinals on Cliff Johnson grand slam
Houston supporters celebrated a dramatic 8-7 win as Cliff Johnson hit a decisive pinch hit grand slam in the ninth after two Cardinal errors helped spark the rally. Mario Guerrero fumbled a grounder and Al Hrabosky issued a key walk before Johnson delivered.
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Greg Gross
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Roger Metzger
Cesar Cedeno
Bob Watson
Ron Fairly
Garman
Skip Jutze
Los Angeles Dodgers
Baseball scores and Tuesday schedule from major leagues
Baseball results show New York 6 San Diego 9 and Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 3 with Cincinnati 11 3, Chicago 8 4. Monday games list Philadelphia Carlwon 6 5 at Chicago Burris 6 5 and San Diego Bradley 0 0 at San Francisco 2 2 along with St. Louis Bryant 0 0 at Pittsburgh Kison 6 2 and Atlanta Niekro 6 4 at Cincinnati Gullett 83 and Houston Dierker 6 6 at Los Angeles Sutton 10 5. Tuesday matchups include Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Montreal St Louis at Pittsburgh Atlanta at Cincinnati Houston at Los Angeles San Diego at San Francisco.
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Coy's Moving Sweeps Two in Senior Babe Ruth Non- League
Coy's Moving and Storage of Jefferson City swept a pair of five inning games from Brazi to Sunday in a non league test. Jerry Steinbeck relieved Mike Merrick for a 6 4 win in the opener as Baldwin hurled the distance in a 4 0 second game on a four hitter. Steinbeck went 3 for 3 with two doubles while Merrick collected 2 for 2 and Alberts drove in three with a two run double and sacrifice fly.
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Exchangé National Bank
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Rusty Philbert
Midstate
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Gary Weber
Matt Sloan
Scott Clark
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Redbirds shuffle roster before 25-man deadline
The St Louis Cardinals made moves Sunday night placing Don Hahn and Danny Cater on waivers for unconditional releases while promoting Doug Howard from Tulsa. They traded Jim Dwyer for Mike Barlow and expect another addition to reach the 25 man limit.
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Luck on Boston's side as Blackwell hits lucky bloop
Boston tops Kansas City 8-7 after Tim Blackwell tapped a pitch from Steve Mingori that dribbled eight to ten feet, scoring two runs in the eighth to break a 4-4 tie. Rico Petrocelli and Dwight Evans drove home runs, amid a four-run uprising that handed Lin dy McDaniel his first defeat.
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Legion Splits Weekend Games In Missouri Dirt
Jefferson City Legion baseball split a pair of games, losing 5-1 at Fulton Saturday and winning 6-3 at Centralia Sunday. Schatz earned the Sunday win with a seven hitter, 10 strikeouts, and a key four-run fourth inning powered by Wayne Sommerer. Clarkston led Jefferson City at the plate with two hits, while Phil Smith took the Saturday loss.
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Alan Epperson
Jefferson City
Curt Wilbers
Smith
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Pitcher John Curtis Shuts Down St Louis in One Hit Effort
John Curtis hurled a one hit game for St Louis last year and added the lone single in Jon Matlack's one hit victory over the Cardinals, underscoring Curtis's rare run support and the era’s strong pitching battles.
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St. Louis
Jon Matlack
Baseball attendance rises with population in 1970s study
A survey comparing attendance to population shows major league baseball drew about 14 percent of the U S population around 211 million, with 30 million paid fans, contrasting earlier decades when hits hovered near 8 to 10 percent.
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