Colavito Homers Lift A's in 7-4 Victory Over Angels
Rocky Colavito hit two homers to lift the Kansas City A’s past the Los Angeles Angels 7-4 for their third straight win. The blasts, his seventh and eighth of the year, sparked Municipal Stadium’s horn and light celebration as KC moved within a half game of the idle Yankees.
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Hillsboro Edges Cashton In Scenic Central Clash
Hillsboro defeated Cashton 6-5 in Scenic Central Conference play. Bob Darcy tripled and Jack Fish doubled for Hillsboro, while Ron Simonson added two singles for Cashton. The game featured a seven run scoring burst and marked Hillsboro’s narrow victory in a tight league contest.
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Jacques Laperriere wins Calder Trophy for rook of the year
Jacques Laperriere of the Montreal Canadiens is named Calder Memorial Trophy winner as NHL rookie of the year after tallying 117 points in six-city voting. He led both halves with 53 and 64 points, earning 1500 dollars including 1000 for the trophy and 500 for leading each half. only the second defenseman to win the award.
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Lemaster Shuts Mets in 2-1 Braves Win After Scuffle
Denny Lemaster pitched a two hitter as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the New York Mets 2-1. A bench clearing brawl erupted after Ron Hunt plowed into Ed Bailey on a grounder with runners aboard, Bailey saving the double play and prompting punches from both dugouts.
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New York
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Spring Grove Beats Mabel In Dual Meet 77 to 41
Spring Grove defeated Mabel 77 to 41 in a dual track meet on Tuesday. First-place finishers include Mel Homuth of Spring Grove in the 100 and 220, Don Krome in the 180 Low Hurdles, Dennis Wiste in Discus, Bill Buxengard in High Jump, and a Spring Grove 880 relay victory.
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Two Million Watts To Light Mets Night Game at Shea
New York AP reports the Mets will play their first night game at Shea Stadium against the Cincinnati Reds. The park will use about two million watts of lighting with 1,600 bulbs, half mercury half quartz, hung around the roof rim. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. will press the lights on before kickoff.
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Cassius Clay Sets Africa Tour With Muhammad Ali Name
Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay plans a six week tour of Africa, visiting 14 nations. He said he will depart within a week by plane to accept invitations from African leaders and that no fixed itinerary is set yet.
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Russ Women Clinch World Cage Crown
Russia’s women’s basketball team defeated Bulgaria 72-55 to win the Women’s World Championship in Lima Peru. The victory gave Russia a 6-0 record in the final round robin as Czechoslovakia placed second at 5-1 and Bulgaria third at 4-2.
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Aquinas Golf Edges La Crosse In Rain Abbreviated Meet
Aquinas edged La Crosse 128 to 129 in a rain shortened intra city golf match at Coulee Country Club. Medalist was Tom Barton with 40 for Aquinas. counting scores included Koeller 41 Johnson 41 Kraft 49 Pynn 41 Stuhr 46 Facteau 46 for La Crosse and Seitz 41 Quillin 42 Papacek 49 Barton 40 Hinytzke 46 Anderson 45 for Aquinas.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule Update
Basebal standings show Los Angeles at Minnesota and other matchups with teams like San Francisco Philadelphia Milwaukee Chicago and Pittsburgh. Monday results include San Francisco over Houston and St. Louis over Philadelphia.
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Major League Leaders Summary of 1969 Season Leaders
Baseball leaders list shows Mays of San Francisco atop batting with .468 and 35 at bats. He also leads in runs 22 and RBIs 25, with 29 hits. Other top names include Williams Chicago, Boyer St. Louis, and Clemente Pittsburgh. Pitching leader Marichal San Francisco 4 0 1.000, with strikeouts 31.
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Baseball Leaders Highlight 1963 ALNL Stats and Standouts
Batting leaders include Freehan Detroit 35 at bats and Oliva Minnesota with 32 hits. Fregosi Los Angeles hits .425 and Rollins Minnesota 25 runs batted in among top performers. Pitching notes feature McNally Stock Baltimore and Lamabe Radatz Boston with 20 wins, Penn Kansas City 29 strikeouts, Kaat Minnesota 27.
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Dwyer fires hole-in-one at Hillview Course
Thomas P. Dwyer of 2213 Coulee Drive aces the 135 yard No 1 hole at Hillview Course on Sunday. No further details were released.
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King) Dwyer
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Kialoa II Wins Ensenada Yacht Race
Kialoa II a 73 foot aluminum sloop owned by Jim Kilroy of Newport Harbor Yacht Club was officially named winner of the 17th annual Newport Beach California to Ensenada yacht race.
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White Sox topple Twins 10 5 in home run heavy loss
Chicago defeated Minnesota 10 to 5 as Bob Allison homered twice and drove in five, while the Twins again rode the long ball yet failed to win. Eschewing power for timely hits, Minnesota struggles to reach .500 with three straight losses and an open date before a midweek game with Los Angeles.
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Counts Boost Celtics With Pick Of Mel Counts
New York AP Celtics select 7-foot Mel Counts of Oregon State in the first round to back up Bill Russell. The NBA draft opens with territorial choices and reverse-order picks as teams added height and scoring to their rosters.
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Twins Triumph Over Chicago In High-Scoring Clash
Minnesota plates five runs while Chicago stacks ten as Battey and Cunningham drive early offense. Allison and Robinson pace the Twins with multi hit efforts, while Horlen suffers the loss as Stange earns relief victory.
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