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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
2
Fragmentary text lists multiple cities teams and results with unclear formatting. Mentions Cincinnati Atlanta Chicago Detroit New York and other places. includes scattered scores and game notes. Reads like a rough standings page with mis-OCR’d names and lines.
City Aee Howard Buck singled in the bottom of the seventh to lift PAY to a 65 win over Dobyas Taylor. Moore doubled in the tying run. Buck scored the winner. Gary Hale earned the victory for VFW. McConnell and Eldridge led VFW with 2 hits each. Dobyns Taylor pitcher Bray worked the loss. Tuesday schedules show rain impacted only VFW vs Dobyns-Taylor in City Recreation play.
United Press International reports Columbus powered 16 hits in a 14-4 rout of last place Syracuse, boosting its offense while Toledo closed within a half game behind after two strong outings by Jack DiLaura and Jim Hooker in a doubleheader sweep of Jacksonville. Richmond defeated Buffalo 4-2 and Louisville blanked Rochester 7-0.
Church Hill Little League defeated Citizens Bank 3 to 1 on Monday. Randy Ferrell delivered three hits in four plate appearances to pace the winners, while Randy Harkeroad delivered the game’s key early run and Jim Dykes added two hits for MIL in a tight contest.
Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves faced slim odds to match Babe Ruth's 714 career home runs, needing two more in the season to reach Ruth's total. At 34, Aaron trails Ruth by 226 and Willie Mays notes Aaron is likely to finish second, with Ruth's record remaining out of reach.
In a Monday night game at Candlestick Park the Braves beat the Reds 4 3 as Hank Aaron hit his 15th homer of the season and Felipe Alou drove in the deciding run on a double. Pat Jarvis pitched a six hitter for Atlanta while Ted Abernathy took the loss. Matty Alou and Willie Stargell led the Pirates past the Astros 4 3 with a three run double and Stargell 11th homer. Jan Angeles at Philadelphia was rained out and other games were postponed.
League leaders clash in a muddled recap with scattered player names such as Pacer Rade Machorays and others. Sparse details mention teams Cubs Sox Tigers and Braves with various players cited in an unclear box score or league summary.
Sub makes Twins tick as Frank Quilici guides Minnesota to their first victory in Milwaukee home venue. Bill Voss lines a seventh inning triple scoring pinch runners Sandy Almour and Baily Bradard. Jack Fisher pitches for White Sox in Milwaukee crowd of 28,081.
PD in the Twins pennant drive re emerged last Friday night starting a game at second base for the U.S. Marines. Quilici, 29, who had seven hits in 12 at bats since coming off the scrap heap, doubled and tripled and scored a run as Minnesota beat Washington 4 1.
As June ends coaches bid goodbye to many stars led by USC and Notre Dame. The UP I All America list features departed players including Yary Taylor Crane and Homan among seniors from Oklahoma Purdue and Miami who have exhausted eligibility and move toward pro careers after a landmark season.
New York UP I reports pitchers Jim Hunter of Oakland and Don Drysdale of Los Angeles shared the Van Heusen Outstanding Achievement Award for April. Hunter pitched a four year AL first perfect game against Minnesota on May 8, while Drysdale posted a streak of six straight shutouts, five in April and May. Other vote recipients included Pete Rose, Willie Stargell, Billy Williams, Larry Jaster, Sam McDowell, Luis Tiant, Tom Phoebus, and Frank Howard.
Baltimore Orioles say centerfielder Paul Blair will not report for Army reserve duty on June as orders revoked by the Army due to dependency. Blair became a father again on May 29 and may request inactive status. Orioles traded Bruce Howard to Washington for Fred Valentine as outfield insurance if Blair left.
Kingsport student Stranch son of Mr and Mrs James G Stranch was selected for the Rata Interscholastic Tennis matches at Baylor School in Chattanooga. A Lenox Prep School sophomore in Massachusetts has led his tennis squad the past season. About six players from across the United States are expected to participate.
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