Bitz Captures Archery Title in Tomah Meet
Keith Bitz of Tomah won the barebow championship with 491 points while Dale Anderson scored 488 for second. Tomah swept the top three in men’s barebow, with Frank Rasch third at 468. Grace Whitlock of Trempealeau took the women’s barebow champion class with 401. The event crowned multiple class winners across freestyle and junior divisions.
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Trempealeau
Jim Webb
Tomah
Steve Loiselle
Black River Falls
Ssecond
Bill Kreng
Jean Loiselle
Reds Heat Up as NL West Battle Tightens
Reds win 7-2 over St. Louis to extend winning streak to five and nine of ten. Pete Rose hits a key second inning double to spark Cincinnati’s offense as Sparky Anderson’s club chips away at the Dodgers’ narrow division lead.
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Hal Bock
Associated Press
August
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
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Dodgers
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Sparky Anderson
Philadelphia
Pete Rose
Cardinals
Redbirds
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Pitts
Lundblad Captures Third Gymkhana Crown in La Crosse
Jim Lundblad of La Crosse posted the day’s fastest gymkhana time 96.9 seconds to win class A at the North La Crosse Speedbowl as the La Crosse Sports Car Club hosted its third event. Eric Molzahn and Karl Brickl followed in Corvette times 98.6 and 98.8 respectively.
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Jim Lundblad
la Crosse
North la Crosse
Wayne Critzman
Volkswagen
CAI
Eric Molzahn
Karl Brickl
Richfield Leads Legion tourney amid tight race
In St Paul Minnesota Richfield moved to 3 0 and Pipestone 2 0 in the double elimination Minnesota American Legion baseball tourney with Park and Rochester both 3 1 as the field narrows to four after 11 started. Richfield beat Morris 12 4 Park edged Morris 5 4 and 1 0 over Marble Rochester eliminated Breckenridge 7 3 while Bemidji fell to Breckenridge 3 2.
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ST. Paul
Marble
Mike Bruss
Richfield
Mike Vin
Rochester
Richard Dean
Breckenridge
Chuck Meyers
Bemidji
Phillies acquire George Culver from Dodgers
Philadelphia National League club announces the purchase of right handed pitcher George Culver from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phillies
George Culver
Los Angeles Dodgers
Brewers Rally Past Twins in 10th Inning Thriller
Milwaukee, down 9-8 in the 10th, capitalized on two outs as Dave May and George Scott delivered RBI singles to cap a 10-9 comeback win over Minnesota. May batted .324 with 11 game-winning hits. Scott added key run production. Rod Carew scored for the Twins on a double by Tony Oliva, capping a late rally.
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New York Mets
Ron Bryant
New York
John Milner
Garry Maddox
Fuentes
Astros
Cubs
Chicago
Jimmy Wynn
Houston
Wynn
Cesar Cedeno
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Brewers
Dave May
George Scott
Brewers
Minnesota Twins
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Bane
Scott
Bill Hands
Twins
Ollie Brown
Darrell Porter
Rod Carew
Tony Oliva
Pedro Garcia
Frank Quilici
Bobby Mitchell
Mitchell
John Briggs
Bob Coluccio
RBI
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Boston
Carl Yastrzemski
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E—T. Johnson
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Garcia
Terrell
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Oliva
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Bcmpbell
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Designated Bats Rip AL Pitching
Summary of AL games with designated hitters led by Boston's Cepeda five for five and Frank Robinson two homers in Red Sox 14 Angels 8. A's edged by Yankees 13 12 as both DH Deron Johnson and Jim Hart homered and doubled. Tigers top White Sox 6 2. Orioles beat Royals 10 6. Indians 7 Rangers 6 in 11th with Walt Williams scoring.
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Fred Rothenberg
Associated Press
Joe Cronin
Boston
Orlando Cepeda
California
Frank Robinson
Red Sox
Angels
Cepeda
A’s
Yanks
New York
Sam McDowell
Yankees
Deron Johnson
Jim Ray Hart
Tigers
White Sox
Gates Brown
Jim Northrup
Detroit Tigers
Jim Perry
Chicago
Orioles
Royals
Earl Williams
Tommy Davis
Kansas City
Indians
Rangers
Walt Williams
Chris Chambliss
Cleveland
Texas
Hawks Edge Lab In Trane Fast Pitch Finale
Harry Czechowicz delivered a two run double in the first inning to spark the Hawks to a 2-1 victory over the Lab in the Trane Fast Pitch Softball League Tournament final. Ed Johnson had two Lab hits as they fell short of defending their title.
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Harry Czechowicz
Hawks
Lab
Czechowicz
Bernie Mysliwiec
Ed Johnson
Jim Halverson
Tom Wuest
Dan Leaver
Trane
Nite Owls
Hornets
Willard Tauscher
Bill Tauscher
Derrick Whitehead
Bill Banasik
Bruins
Bruin
Jim Hammes
Pistons
Tom Hammes
Jim Goodman
Harold Kennedy
Joe Shear Wins Dells Speedway Feature in Wisconsin Dells
Beloit racer Joe Shear won the Dells Motor Speedway feature ahead of John Zigler and Tom Reffner with Necedah’s Jim Sauter and Stevens Point’s Richard Somers close behind. Buck Linhart captured the 20 lap semifeature while New Lisbon’s Bob Agan placed second in that event. Harold Oaks won the hobby race and Ron Waters took the road runner class. Norm Bartnick won the consolation. Shear also posted fastest time 14.561 and won the fast dash. The 100 lap event is set for Aug 25 with a purse over $6 000.
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Beloit
Dells Motor Speedway
Madison
John Zigler
Tom Reffner
Rudolph
Necedah
Jim Sauter
Richard Somers
Stevens Point
Buck Linhart
Wonewoc
New Lisbon
Bob Agan
Rich Bickle
Edgerton
Harold Oaks
Ron Waters
Norm Bartnick
Portage
Shear
Ed Nichols
Homer Spink
Baraboo
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Grace Whillock
Dee Raese
Joanne Thurston
Evwart Cisee
Fran Snyder
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Dorothy Dutton
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Roger Ellingson
Jerry Bloom
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Ron Duncan
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