Bench Delivers Two Homers As Reds Beat Pirates
Johnny Bench hit his 23rd and 24th homers of the season to power Cincinnati past Pittsburgh 6-3 at Riverfront. Bench’s grandparents Verda and Lon Chaney watched, while batting instructor Lou Fonseca helped point out any mistakes as Cincinnati maintained its NL lead.
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Brown urges NFL to sever ties with College All-Star Game
Cincinnati Bengals coach Paul Brown argues the NFL should drop participation in the College All-Star Game citing injury risk and lost training time for rookies. He notes three Bengals rookies will still play in Chicago on July 28 and warns sponsors may bear financial losses if players are injured. Brown says unsigned rookies can decline but signed ones must play.
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Hull barred from Canada versus Russia series in bid
Bobby Hull laments being excluded from Team Canada training camp unless he signs an NHL contract. He argues the exhibition series is now NHL versus the Russians, with Hull accusing NHL of retaliating against the WHA. Hull, 33, notes his WHA Winnipeg Jets deal and calls Sinden’s stance a broader conflict between leagues.
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Three Games Set Tonight in Kansas NBC Tournament
Three games will be played tonight in the Kansas National Baseball Congress tournament with Newton against McConnell Air Force Base Manhattan facing El Dorado and Halstead meeting the Dodge City Rangers The schedule was moved up after rain postponed two Tuesday games Bowers of Wichita beat Wichita Model Cities 12 to 1 and Hays defeated Pleasant 8 to 0 Wednesday night Bill Cook of Bowers hurled a three hitter with 10 strikeouts and drove in two runs Cornelius Holiday hit a homer and two other hits Steve Hammerschmidt of Hays limited Pleasanton to two safeties Pat Ames had three hits scored twice and drove in two Rick Dreiling contributed a double and a home run
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Search Ends For Man In Bat Incident In Topeka
Topeka Kansas AP report says health officials found a bat rabid after receiving three bats from a man whose name and address were unknown. He was later located in Colorado on vacation and assured no bites or scratches occurred.
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Float Fishing Pioneer Dies in Branson Missouri
Jim Owen, 68, famed for Ozark float fishing, died of a heart attack at his Branson home. He served 12 years as Branson mayor and helped found Peoples Bank and Trust Co. He started float trips in 1933 with six boats and six guides, growing to over 40 boats and 35 guides by 1958.
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Standings and schedule from the baseball league week
Standings show New York 4 San Francisco 0 Houston 10 Chicago 6 Cincinnati Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 9 Philadelphia St Louis 7 Atlanta 6 San Diego 6 Montreal 5. Thursday Houston at Chicago Jenkins 11 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Nolan 12 at St Louis Cleveland 10 4. Friday Atlanta Chicago Houston Pittsburgh Cinci St Louis New York San Diego Montreal Los Angeles Philadelphia San Francisco 10 innings Minnesota 7 Milwaukee 1 Detroit 3 Texas Huston 7 Oakland 6 New York 4 California. Thursday Boston at Minnesota Corbin 4-2 Cleveland at Texas Fland 6-6 Kansas City at Detroit Coolich 4-0. Friday Oakland at New York Chicago Baltimore California Milwaukee Boxston Minnesota Cleveland Texas Kansas City Detroit.
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