Cepeda Hammers Four Doubles In Red Sox Win
Cepeda, aging Red Sox designated hitter, tied a major league record with four doubles in a 9-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. He drove in six runs and joked about liking watermelon over baseball.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1973
Page
5
Cepeda, aging Red Sox designated hitter, tied a major league record with four doubles in a 9-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. He drove in six runs and joked about liking watermelon over baseball.
Standings show Detroit leading with 62 wins and Baltimore at 60. New York 63, Boston 60, Milwaukee 88? and Cleveland 44 lag. Wednesday results include New York 3 Texas 2 and Detroit 3 Oakland 2, other scores across the league. Schedule mentions upcoming Chicago at Detroit and Kansas City at Baltimore with multiple pitchers listed.
The Bengals and Falcons endured fights during hot afternoon workouts. Bears coach Abe Gibron added a fifth quarterback, trading for Randy Mattingly and receiving other signal callers. Redskins turned down a high school girl's watergirl request. Rams acquire Bill McClard from Chargers in undisclosed trade.
Abe Lemons acknowledged filing a NCAA recruiting complaint linked to a long running feud with former OU coach John MacLeod. The Big Fight Conference placed Oklahoma on two years probation and barred assistant Dennis Price from recruiting for a year.
St Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson underwent knee surgery for torn cartilage in a procedure labeled successful by team physician Dr Stan London. He will stay in hospital about three days and then use crutches for a week to ten days before therapy.
Karlstad Sweden AP Steve Smith the only indoor 18 foot pole vaulter cleared 17 10 at an international meet the outdoor season best to date. The 21 year old from Torrance California competing for the San Diego Track Club bettered the 1973 outdoor mark of 17 94 by Finland's Antti Kalliomaki set last Sunday in Yugoslavia.
Local shop The Country Shoppe at 703 Main-Eudora advertises name brand needlework supplies with contact 542-2867.
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Dept with Missouri Valley Masters Track and Field Assn and AAU sponsor a 4 pm Sunday meet at Haskell Stadium. Masters age 30 plus compete in divisions 30 39 40 49 50 59 and 60 plus with AAU medals for top three in each event. Open mile and 100 yard dash prizes also awarded.
Ron Behagen the Kansas City-Omaha Kings No 1 draft choice signed a four year deal. The 6 9 Minnesota standout was the seventh pick in the NBA draft and averaged 18 points and nine rebounds for the Gophers last season. He joins other Kings rookies to report September 5 and played on the U S All Star team coached by Bob Cousy.
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