Youngsters Triumph at Mackie Tourney
The seventh Thomas Mackie Invitational at Village Country Club ends with Packh Lorenz and Mike McGinnis posting 67 69 70 for 206 low gross. Ben Karsokas and Bill Miller win low net at 183, three strokes clear of H Stafford Jr and Jim Allen, as 22 year olds dominate the three day event.
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Village Country Club
Packh Lorenz
Mike McGinnis
Santa Barbara
Ed Sperber
Village CC
al Greenleaf
Ben Karsokas
Vandenberg Afb
Bil Miller
Montecito Country Club
Karsokas
Miller
H. Stafford, Jr
Jim Allen
Dale Hanst
D. Anderson
Frank Murray
Roy McKenzie
Lorenz
McGinnis
Bud Oxford
Vern Caloudes
Bill Miller
Stan Tatum
George Downing
E. W. Cox
John Wade
Harlan Bratz
Bob Frazier
Frank Young
Frank Warden
Charles Barthuli
Louis Diaz
Louis Poloni
Roger Barthuli
Chick Fuller
Bob Clark
Jack Laimbeer
Fred Baer
Placekicker Eidson loses legs in fireworks blast
Dale Eidson, a 24 year old rookie placekicker for the San Diego Chargers, lost both legs and part of his right hand in a fireworks explosion at his parents home in Concord California. His nephew Clifford Eidson 4 suffered head burns. Eidson remained in critical condition as doctors noted proneness for shock and described the blast as leading to extensive injuries.
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Calif
UPI
Dale Allen Eidson
San Diego Chargers
Charger
Irvine
Lloyd Straughn
Eidson
Clifford K. Eidson
Pacheco
Concord Community Hospital
Joyce Jacobson
Dodgers close in on slumping Giants
Dodgers win 7-3 to cut the gap on the Giants to 32 games after a fifth straight victory. Willie Davis drove in three with a bases loaded triple and Don Sutton earned his ninth win as Los Angeles pursues revenge for the 1951 pennant loss to San Francisco.
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Dodgers
Giants
Bobby Thompson
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Willie Davis
Willie Crawford
Gaylord Perry
Don Sutton
Davis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York
Montreal
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Houston
Cincinnati
San Diego
St. Louis
N.L
Steve Blass
Manny Sanguillen
Kenny Holtzman
Mets
Nolan Ryan
Expos
Ray Sadecki
New York Power
Cleon Jones
Denny Doyle
Willie Montanez
Wade Blasin
Fred Gladding
Wayne Simpson
Nate Colbert
Ollie Brown
May returns to action to lead Angels past A’s
LHP Rudy May, returning from a fractured wrist, earned his first win in two months as the California Angels beat the Oakland A’s 2-1. May allowed six hits over seven innings before Joe Rudi led off the eighth with a double, and Dave LaRoche and Lloyd Allen closed out the win.
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Rudy May
May
California Angels
Oakland A’s
Joe Rudi
Dave LaRoche
Lloyd Allen
Jim Hunter
Tony Gonzalez
Jim Spencer
Boston
New York
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Washington
Player blasts ethic doubts ahead of British Open
Gary Player arrived in Southport from Canada for the British Open at Royal Birkdale and attacked the American press. He cited reports that he skipped the Cleveland Open due to potential protests after threats during the U S Open at Ardmore, saying some reporters have lost ethics.
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Southport
England
UPI
Gary Player
Canada
Little Springbok
Royal Birkdale
Ardmore
Baseball Standings and Night Games Brief
The Daily rundown lists the Dirs standings with Calif at Minn and Oak at Chic as night games. Probables include Drago at Pattin for KC at Mil, Siebert at McDowell for Bos at Cle, Shellenback and Gogolewski for Was at Bal, Bahnsen at Lolich for NY at Det.
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Chic
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Det
Ros
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Pattin
Boston
Siebert
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Shellenback
Gogolewski
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Jackson
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W.W. Lb
W. L. Pet
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Montreal
Clev
West Bus
W. L. Pet. GB
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Los Angeles
Houston
Atlanta
Cincinnati
San Diego
Pitt
Phila
St. Louis
Vandenberg and Lompoc Ruth squads open Babe Ruth playoffs
The Atascadero Southern Section District Three tournament kicks off with Vandenberg AFB and Lompoc Ruth teams joining six area squads including San Luis Obispo Nipomo Arroyo Grande Paso Robles Atascadero to contest a double elimination series. Vandenberg opener vs San Luis Obispo at 1 p.m. today. Lompoc faces Arroyo Grande tomorrow at 1 p.m. Local standout players include Jim Strasler Mike Hetzler Steve Higgason and Jules Hain.
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Lompoc
Babe Ruth
Arroyo Grande
Atascadero
Willard Grossi
Ralph Ochoa
John
Vandenberg Afb
San Luis Obispo
Nipomo
Paso Robles
Vandenberg
County Park
Atascadero Lake
Morro Bay
Jim Strasler
Strasler
Yankees
Mike Hetzler
Steve Higgason
Pete Dennington
Hetzler
Higgason
Dennington
Jeff
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