Mexicali Wins Pacific Southwest Regional Babe Ruth Title
Mexicali, Mexico captured its second straight Pacific Southwest Regional 13-year-old title by beating South Sacramento 5-2 in the final. The Mexicali squad used aggressive base-running and timely squeezes to dominate the four-game tournament, with Alejandro Ezquer earning the pitching win and Bill Boughton earning MVP honors for South Sacramento.
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Mexico
South Sacramento
Alejandro Ezquer
Alberto Gutierrez
Gustavo Valenzuela
Gutierrez
Hugo
Reno
Boughton
Boughton named MVP in Pacific Southwest 13year-old Regional
Bill Boughton of South Sacramento earned MVP honors with a .589 batting mark as he helped lead his team in the Pacific Southwest regional. Kirk Dalton of Lompoc was honorable mention pitcher and first baseman, the tournament’s lone Lompoc all star, while Alejandro Ezquer of Mexico was the M V P pitcher with a 2 0 record.
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Bill Boughton
South Sacramento
Pacific Southwest
Kirk Dalton
Lompoc
Dalton
Alejandro Ezquer
Mexico
Salvador Rangel
Jeff
Hall
Washington
Armando Lerma
Rocky Cordova
Sacramento
John Oluts
Manuel Lajos
Steve Caruthers
South
Bob Volk
Westchester
Volk
Adlai Alexander
Twins End Nine-Game Slide With 9-6 Win Over Red Sox
The Minnesota Twins snapped a nine-game skid by beating the Boston Red Sox 9-6, narrowing their AL West lead as Oakland fell to Baltimore 2-1. Milwaukee’s Bernie Brewer celebration drew 44,387 fans after the Brewers edged Cleveland 4-3. Other AL games saw Detroit top California 7- while Washington beat Chicago 2-1 and New York defeated Kansas City 5-1.
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Baltimore Orioles
Milton Mason
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Detroit
California
Washington
Chicago
New York Yankees
Kansas City
Boys' Club wins first softball game of the season
The Boys' Club edged Phillip's 66 66 to 43 on Wednesday as Joe Blas earned the win with eight hits allowed. Blas also added a single with Tom Melain. Rick Thompson and Dave Green had two singles for Phillip's 66. The Doctors beat Phillip's 66 5-3 and Pizza Palace 3-1 with Ed Wallace winning both games. Other results include J-M 12-0 over Employees, Calvary 5-4 over Nazarene, and 1st Southern 10-2 over 4-square.
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Blas
Tom Melain
Rick Thompson
Dave Green
Doctors
Ed Wallace
Curt Wade
Tommy Heter
Bill Carson
Wallace
Jim Sasany
Trini Chavoya
Pizza Palace
Ted Hofmeister
Ed Renfroe
J-M
Calvary
Nazarene
Southern
Jerry Hartley
Horace Owens
Charles Battles
Ron Constad
Nolan Penner
Ron Barber
John Mulligan
Tom Freehan
Leon Grow
Phil Polston
Cecil Arnett
John Holland
George Viltrakis
Tom Cook
Williams Lifts Cubs Past Dodgers in 5-2 Victory
Billy Williams in his 1103rd consecutive game sparked two early runs with a double and a single to fuel the Cubs 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Williams collection includes 34 homers 105 RBIs and a .313 average as he extends his iron man status with another superstar performance.
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Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Williams
Bobby Bonds
San Francisco Giants
Tony Cloninger
Johnny Bench
Reds
Victory Cloninger
Wayne Granger
Hal Lanier
Ken Henderson
Giants
Cards
Lanier
Dick Dietz
AMA urges water and salt during football practice
The American Medical Association joins the NCAA and NFHS in urging football players receive adequate water and salt during pre season conditioning. Water lost through sweating should be replaced at least hourly with small salt additions as needed. Coaches should schedule cooler workouts with rest breaks and limit full equipment use in the first week.
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UPI
American Medical Association
AMA
National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
Meador Returns from Retirement to Boost Rams
Eddie Meador, 33, all pro free safety, announces return to Los Angeles Rams training camp in Fullerton California after leaving the NFL to run an insurance business in Dallas. He holds the Rams interception record with 44 and plans to balance his insurance duties with playing this season. Coach George Allen hails him as an all pro on and off the field.
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UPI
Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Meador
Ram
George Allen
Fullerton
Calif
Meador
Rams
Dallas
Tex
Allen
Eddie
Menely wins main event at Santa Maria Speedway
Santa Ynez driver Bob Menely took the lead on lap six of the main event in his 1954 Ford and held off Gene Preast and Del Tekaat to win the jalopy race. Darrell Walker and Tekaat also noted among top finishers with Charles Paxson and Charles Justice in the field. Don Day won the semi main and heat race winners included Day and the Claborns. A second item notes the Cleveland Browns selling out a Sept. 5 exhibition doubleheader with the St Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers followed by the Browns Vikings.
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Santa Ynez
Santa Maria Speedway
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Menely
Gene Preast
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Charles Paxson
Lompoc
Charles Justice
Darrell Walker
Tekaat
Santa Maria
Don Day
Santa Barbara
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Day
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Les Claborn
Jim Claborn
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Cleveland Browns
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