Bench's 17th homer lifts Reds past Phillies 2 1
Bench slugged his 17th homer of the season driving in a run with a sacrifice fly as the Reds beat the Phillies 2 1 to complete a twinbill sweep. Billingham earned the win, Carroll closed it out for his 13th save, while Lersch took the loss. The Reds extended a seven game winning streak and Rose commented on wanting to keep playing.
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Johnny
Bmch
Oklahoma City
Son
Neinnati
Philadelphia Phillies
Reds
Phils
Phillies
Joe Morgan
Jack Billingham
Willie Montanez
Tommy Hutton
Alex Grammas
Sparky Anderson
California Angels
Harold
Phillips
Billingham
Philadelphia
Grammas
Clay Carroll
Lersch
Frank Lucchesi
Pete Rose
Sam McDowell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Pirates
McDowell
Giants
Three Rivers Stadium
New York
Mets
Atlanta Braves
Central Materials Leads 8th Straight Golf League Win
Central Materials and Saving Hardware remained unbeaten in the Men s Golf League at Hocking Hills Country Club with Central clipping Armco 18 5 and Saving defeating Logan Daily News 12 11 to run records to 8 0. Jim Blanton led Geil with 34, while Scenic Lanes won the weekly prize with a 135 team net.
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Central Materials
Hocking Hills Country Club
Central Golfers
Armco
Logan Daily News
Carborundum
Elberfeld
Geil Motors
Hocking Valley
Johnson
Goodyear
Logan
Marion Riggs Ford
Smead Manufacturing
Schultheis Insurance
Thomas Party Shop
College Pitcher Robert Grossman Signs With Cleveland
Robert Grossman a 21 year old right handed pitcher and second choice of the Cleveland Indians in the last week's draft has signed with the club for a substantial bonus. The Solano Beach California native passed up his senior year at the University of Maryland and is ordered to report immediately to the Portland farm team in the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Robert Grossman
Cleveland Indians
Grossman
Solamo Beach
Calif
University of Maryland
Portland
Fleet Countess Wins Featured Scioto Trot
Fleet Countess trotted five-eighths mile to win the featured eighth race at Scioto Downs in Columbus Ohio It was her third straight victory this year at the track The winner paid 5 360 360 Lippe Hanover paid 2180 920 and Paint Her Pretty 760 The nightly double 4 7 paid 1240 Attendance was 4934 and the handle 228600
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Columbus
Fleet Countess
Lippe Hanover
Paint Her Pretty
Sun Devils Face NCAA Title Bid in World Series Game
Arizona State carries a 64-4 record and 24th shutout of the season into a potential title clincher against Southern California. Craig Swan allowed two singles with 12 strikeouts as ASU beat Temple 1-0, while USC edged Texas 4-3 in 10 innings to stay alive.
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Omaha
Neb
Arizona State
Southern California
Sun Devils
Temple
Southern Cal
Texas
Jim Brock
USC
Jim Crawford
Craig Swan
Ohio Wesleyan Tennis Coach Calls It Quits
Delaware Ohio Glenn Fraser longtime OWU football boss and tennis coach retires as assistant athletic director. Aug J Dick Gordin will become OWU assistant athletic director and take over as tennis coach with no replacement named yet. Gordin now mentors swimming and golf.
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Delaware
Ohio
Glenn Fraser
Ohio Wesleyan University
Aug
Commission Probes Two Derby Day Races
The Kentucky State Racing Commission opened inquiries into two Churchill Downs races run May 6 the same day as the Kentucky Derby. Each race was won by a long shot on the morning line that attracted heavy betting support at the track.
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Lexington
Kentucky State Racing Commission
Churchill Downs
Billie Jean King Reaches West of England Final
Billie Jean King from Long Beach California defeated Laura Rossouw of South Africa 6-0 6-3 to reach the West of England Championship final in Bristol. The 1973 U.S. Open golf championship is scheduled for June 14 to 17 at Oakmont Pennsylvania.
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England
Billie Jean King
Mrs. King
Long Beach
Calif
Laura Rossouw
South Africa
Oakmont
Lolich Earns 10th Win As Tigers Rally Past Twins
Detroit edges Minnesota 3-2 as Mickey Lolich overcomes flu with a five hitter and nine strikeouts. He scores the tying run on Gates Brown's single, keeping Detroit in a virtual tie with Baltimore in the AL East. Sparky Lyle earns his 12th save for the Yankees in a 3-0 win over Chicago.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Mickey Lolich
Sparky Lyle
Lolich
Detroit
Minnesota
Cleveland
Gaylord Perry
Wilbur Wood
Chicago White Sox
Yankee
Tigers
Gates Brown
Bobby Grich
Oakland
Catfish Hunter
Orioles
Dave McNally
Baltimore
Dave Johnson
Grich
Hunter
A’s
Joe Rudi
Reggie Jackson
Sal Bando
Chicago
Yankees
White Sox
Kekich
Lyle
Johnny Callison
Bobby Murcer
Tom Bradley
Rick Reichardt
Bill Melton
Sox
Bush's Defeats Eagles 14-5 In Women's Softball Opener
A nine run burst in the fifth inning powered Bush's Restau rant to a 14 5 victory over Logan Eagles in the 1972 Women's Slow Pitch League opener. Eagles led 3-0 early, but Bush's took control with two runs in the third and fourth.
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Eagles
Logan Eagles
Peewee and Midget League Baseball Practice at LHS and City Park
Peewee League teams Tschudy's Paints and Saving Hardware Elberfeld's and Shaw Realty will hold practice games at LHS diamond 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday. Midget League H S Firestone will practice at City Park 9 30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. In the prior game Bush rallied in the fifth to beat opponents 5 4 as Norma Myers and Lois Burgoon led with two hits and two baggers.
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Tschudy’s Paints and Saving Hardware
Lhs Diamond
Elberfeld’s and Shaw Realty
H&s Firestone
City Park
Bush
Norma Myers
Lois Burgoon
Joan Mundy
Wilson
Jackson
Eagles
Tansky
Hilltoppers
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Lhs
Leffler
Marathon
Logan Insurance Agency
Fairgrounds
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Lee Stanton
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Dave Colliton
Chuck Maniskas
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Colonial Restaurant
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