Cardinals Start Stirring as NL East Leaders Hold Edge
St Louis climbs within 9 1/2 games of the NL East leaders after winning 11 of 13 and Steve Carlton’s five-hitter over Philadelphia. The Mets beat the Cubs 9 5 as Pittsburgh topped Montreal 8 7, Cincinnati crushed Atlanta 10 7, Dodgers edged Houston 3 2, and Giants beat Padres 4 3.
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Coco Laboy
Bob Bailey
Willie Stargell
Jimmy Stewart
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Atlanta
Bobby Tolan
Reds
Clete Boyer
Braves
Willie Davis
Los Angeles
Houston
Claude Osteen
Jimmy Wynn
Astro
Willie Crawford
Dodgers
Davis
Bobby Bonds
Gaylord Perry
San Francisco
San Diego
van Kelly
Padres
Sooners Pick For Top Spot In Big Eight Race
Oklahoma led the 1969 Big Eight football poll with 135 first place votes from a record 202 voters. Missouri and Kansas trailed, with Missouri second and Kansas third as Colorado Nebraska Kansas State Oklahoma State and Iowa State followed.
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Don Pierce
Rengnaatos Ererts
Chiefs State First Session This Summer
Liberty Missouri AP The first session of the Kansas City Chiefs summer camp was scheduled this afternoon as 42 players on the AFL team reported Wednesday. Veterans Len Dawson E J Holub Curtis McClinton and Fred Arbanas were welcomed by Coach Hank Stram. Six more players including three draft choices signed 1969 contracts Wednesday.
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E. J. Holub
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Fred Arbanas
Hank Stram
Mike Stroud
Clark
Skip Wupper
Iowa
W. Post
N.Y
al Bream
National Wednesday Baseball Results and Schedule
National Wednesday scores show Los Angeles 3 Houston 2 New York 0 Chicago 5 Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 7 St. Louis 4 Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 0 Montreal 7 San Francisco 4 San Diego 38 Pittsburgh. Tonight features New York at Montreal Chicago at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh San Diego at Atlanta Houston at Cincinnati Los Angeles at San Francisco. Tomorrow schedule includes Oakland at Seattle Chicago at Minnesota Cleveland at Baltimore Detroit at Washington Boston at New York.
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Hawks Win With Wyrick Brothers Highlight Clincher
The Lawrence Hawks beat Osawatomie 8-6 in 10 innings as the Wyrick brothers drove in runs. Dan Wyrick had four hits, Ken Wyrick added three, Jackie Schmitz reached on an error to start the 10th, and Butch Jeltz earned the win as Lawrence improved to 17-10 with a next game in Manhattan.
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Pentathlon Slated At LHS on Saturday
Lawrence Track Club plans a pentathlon at Lawrence High School track this Saturday in three age groups. Entrants are expected from Kansas City Topeka and others with medals awarded to the top three in each division. Events include shot put high jump long jump 100 yard dash and mile run.
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Liberal Stays Perfect In State Tournament
The Liberal BeeJays extended their tournament record to 3-0 by defeating the Beech Flyers 5-0 in Wichita. Tony Barbosa tossed a two hitter as Liberal, defending state and national champion, remained undefeated. Losers bracket results saw McConnell MoJets beat Wichita Royal 2-1 and Chanute James down Kansas City Fielders 2-1.
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Kansas City Fielders
Piaskowy Wins European Super Welterweight Title
In Las Vegas the Italian Remo Golfarini was outpointed by Italian Eich Piaskowy of West Germany to claim the European super welterweight title. The bout featured Jones against Porett in a separate Los Angeles card with points decided.
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