J Simpson Signs Four Year Bills Contract For 80 000 A Year
USC All America halfback J Simpson ends holdout by accepting a four year deal worth about 80 000 dollars annually with the Buffalo Bills. He plans to return to Niagara Falls camp and may play in Friday’s exhibition against Detroit. Other rookies include Ron Sellers and Ted Kwalick. AFLNFL exhibition results are reported with several interleague wins by the AFL.
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UPI
J Simpson
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Niagara Falls
John Rauch
Detroit Lions
Motor City
Ron Sellers
Florida State
Ted Kwalick
Penn State
Leroy Keyes
Purdue
Keyes
Philadelphia Eagles
AFL
NFL
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Buffalo
San Diego
Chiefs
Len Dawson
Frank Pitts
John Hadl
Keith Lincoln
New Orleans Saints
Washington Redskins
Chicago
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Minnesota
Baltimore
Oakland Raiders
New York Jets
Denver
Miami
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
San Francisco
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Giants
Los Angeles
Dallas
Still claims GMC golf title and Ryder Cup glory
Ken Still won the Greater Milwaukee Open with a final total of 277, two strokes ahead of Gary Player. The Chicago Cubs outfielder and Ryder Cup hopeful credited the win for fueling his pride, while noting the chance to compete in England as his career peak.
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UPI
Chicago Cubs
Ken Still
Britain
Cubs
National Baseball League
Still
Gary Player
England
Lee Elder
Washington
Jim Wiechers
Atherton
Calif
Bob Lunn
Sacramento
Babe Ruthers Trip Host Nine In Extra Inning Duel
Lompoc's 13 year old Babe Ruth all star team kept its high scoring pace as pitcher Mike Bratz earned a 7-0 victory over East Anaheim in seven regulation innings of an opening round Pacific Southwest regional Babe Ruth tournament game.
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Roberts
Bratz
Lefty
Scooter Henderson
Mark Wobken
East Anaheim
Utah
California
Brawley
Ochoa
Gary Adair
Drake
Grafton
Danny Guerra
Hain
Wobken
Cooper
Anaheim
Fremont
Disneyland
Dodger Sta
Mikkelsen saves win for Sutton
Dodgers beat Cubs 4-2 as Pete Mikkelsen earns the save after Don Sutton wins his first career decision against Chicago. Sizemore fueled the offense with three singles and two runs, while Sutton improved to 14-11 with a knuckleball mix that confounded the Cubs.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Pete Mikkelsen
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Mikkelsen
Don Sutton
Cubs
Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Ted Sizemore
Dodger
Sutton
Sizemore
Manny Mota
Willie Davis
Jim Lefebvre
Davis
Andy Kosco
Bill Sudakis
Randy Hundley
Jim Hickman
Don Kessinger
Hickman
Walt Alston
Subton
Alston
Jim Brewer
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
Handley
Brewer
Paul Popovich
Banks
Bill Heath
Lefebvre
Ken Holtzman
Bench backs Nolans bid with big four RBI game
Johnny Bench drove in four runs with a single and homer as the Cincinnati Reds crushed the Philadelphia Phillies 10-0 behind Gary Nolan's three hitter. Nolan, back from a sore arm, improved to 3-3 with five strikeouts and no walks. The win moved Cincinnati 25 games clear of Atlanta in the NL West race.
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Fred Down
UPI
Johnny Bench
Cincinnati Reds
Bench
Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Gary Nolan
Nolan
Larry Hisle
Richie Allen
Don Money
Atlanta Braves
New York Mets
Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Montreal Expos
Pittsburgh Pirates
Weight men and distance runners dominate Allan Hancock meet
In Santa Maria two shot put rivals set records. Gene Kanavel launched the 16 lb shot 51 ft 10 in to break the All Comer mark, surpassing Junior Olsen. Terry Record and Timmy Sanford chased a 2 mile duel with a 9:50.8 meet mark by Record and 9:55.9 by Sanford. Ken Machado set two records in discus and javelin as Cuesta collected several new marks.
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Allan Hancock College
Gene Kanavel
Hancock
Junior Olsen
Cal-Poly
Olsen
Terry Record
Cal- Poly
Santa Maria High School
Timmy Sandford
Poly
Sanford
Ken Machado
Cuesta College
Machado
Boswell Rejoins Twins After Wild Fight With Fowler
New York report says Dave Boswell returns to discuss the incident with Minnesota President Calvin Griffith after a brawl involving Boswell, pitcher Art Fowler, manager Billy Martin, and outfielder Bob Allison. Boswell chased Fowler, punched Allison, and was subdued by Martin.
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UPI
Dave Boswell
Minnesota
Calvin Griffith
Billy Martin
Minnesota Twins
Boswell
Mr. Griffith
Martin
Bob Allison
Allison
Art Fowler
Fowler
Twins
Detroit
Tigers
Billy
Baltimore
Yankees
Griffith
Tovar ruins Cuellar s hopes for no-hitter
Cesar Tovar spoiled Mike Cuellar s no-hitter in the eighth as the Orioles won 2-0 behind homers by Elrod Hendricks and Boog Powell. Cuellar earned his 15th win of the season. Duffy Dyer was recalled by the Mets to fill Ken Boswell s roster spot.
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UPI
Duffy Dyer
New York Mets
Tidewater
Dyer
Ken Boswell
United Press International
Baltimore Orioles
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Mike Cuellar
Tovar
Mark Belanger
Orioles
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Boog Powell
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McNally
Cuellar
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Washington
Seattle
New York
Oakland
California
Boston
Mickey Lolich
Norm Cash
Tigers
White Sox
Sam McDowell
Tony Horton
Ken Harrelson
Duke Sims
Jose Cardenal
Indians
Royals
Ed Stroud
Paul Casanova
Darrold Knowles
Senators
Bobby Murcer
Thurman Munson
Gene Michael
Yankees
Fritz Peterson
Bill Voss
Angels
Red Sox
Tom Murphy
Ken Tatum
Hancock to play College of the Desert at Lompoc in non league tilt
Allan Hancock College Bulldogs schedule a non conference game at Huyck Memorial Stadium in Lompoc on Sept 27 against College of the Desert. The 1969 season opens Sept 11 at Santa Maria with Santa Barbara City College, and home games shift between Lompoc and Santa Maria venues.
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Bulldog
Lompoc
Huyck Memorial
Hancock
Barney Eames
College of the Desert
Bulldogs
Cal Poly
Huyck Stadium
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Maria
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Santa Barbara
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Rich Christie
Carlson
Lampoc’ High
UCSB
Cristie
San Luis Obispo
Muang
Eames
Frank Bentz
Bruno Brunello
Santa Maria High
Don
El Cajon Wins Divisional Little League Final 2 1
El Cajon defeated Santa Maria Northside 2-1 in the championship game as they scored one run in each of the first two innings and held off threats. Santa Maria stranded 12 runners and could not rally after a second inning tally. El Cajon had advanced by beating San Bernardino 2-1 in nine innings the day before to reach the title tilt.
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Nevada
Arizona
Brawley
Lompoc
Roberts
Jules Hain
Anaheim
Kevin Drake
Randy Cooper
Ralph Ochoa
Frank Navarette
Ochoa
Teddy Grafton
Cooper
Eddy Hall
Bobby Jacobs
Henderson
el Cajon
Santa Maria Northside
San Diego
Bob Edie
Santa Maria
San Bernardino
Sprinter Linda Snyder Leads Allan Hancock Summer Meet
Linda Snyder of Lompoc set two spike marks and tied a record at Allan Hancock College meet. She broke her marks in the long jump and 220 and tied the 100 record, with nine meet records in the event. Other local youths posted records across 7-12 age groups as the seventh meet was announced for next Friday at 10 a.m.
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Linda Snyder
Lompoc
Allan Hancock College
Linda
Denise Black
Sam Garcia
Jeff Devine
Audrey Alvarado
Jesse Garcia
Chuck Brannon
Jan Lundberg
Cheryl Lundberg
Margie Phipps
Barbara Snyder
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