Spoilers halt no hit bids in NL action across doubleheader
Denis Menke and Rick Joseph spoiled no hit bids by Dick Kelley and Gary Waslewski as Houston beat San Diego 3 2 and Philadelphia won 13 2 in the opener and 5 0 in the nightcap. Other NL results include St Louis sweeping Chicago, New York over Pittsburgh, San Francisco twin wins vs Atlanta, and Cincinnati beating Los Angeles.
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John Jeansonne
UPI
Houston
Denis Menke
Philadelphia
Rick Joseph
San Diego
Dick Kelley
Montreal
Gary Waslewski
Menke
Joseph
Kelley
Waslewski
Padres
Astros
Expos
Phillies
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Jack Billingham
Billingham
Ed Spiezio
RBI
Jose Arcia
Mackie Invitational Golf Title Retained By Schearing Fouratt
Shooting Sunday's low net round of 60, Ells worth Schearing and George Fouratt captured the fifth annual Thomas Mackie Invitational at Village Country Club. They posted a two day total of 123 to win by two strokes over Biely-Schlegel, with Walker-Havlick finishing third at 126.
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Village
Ellsworth Shhearing
George Fouratt
Santa Maria Country Club
John Drips
Thomas Mackie
Frank Murray
Roy McKenzie
Ellsworth Schearing
Merritt
Smith
Jim Ellis
Ron McGregor
Jack Gaese
Clancy Johnson
Murray
Village CC
McKenzie
Alisal CC
Ed Ganster
Dennis Inouye
John Green
Elden Turner
Turner
Schearing-Fouratt
Biely-Schlege
Walker- Havlick
Gaese
C. Johnson
Merritt-Smith
Ellis McGregor
Gillman-S. Brady
Paoli- Stratford
Flaherty-Frink
Cushman - Ryness
Ganster
Inouye
Fuaile Fisher
D. Johnson-Valfrey
Nakaji- Davis
Pendley- Veine
Petersonbrace
Bratz Frazier
Bardell- Byrd
Eason Falatko
Barthuli- Diez
Resnick-Kerry
Jones- Stoney
Green Turner
Killebrew Drives In Runs. Twins Rally for Series Sweep
Harmon Killebrew continues a hot start, batting .289 with 2 RBIs this season as he hit a 23rd homer and helped the Twins rally in a five-run seventh to beat Oakland 7-6 and sweep the series. Perranoski earned the save, Tigers beat Orioles, and Yankees top Indians in a day of baseball notes.
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Fred Down
UPI
Reggie Jackson
Harmon Killebrew
Harmon
Killebrew
Jimmy Foxx
Twins
Oakland Athletics
Athletics
Ron Perranoski
Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Seattle Pilots
Kansas City Royals
California Angels
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Denny McLain
Tigers
Orioles
Dick McAuliffe
Tom Tresh
Elrod Hendricks
Dave Leonhard
del Unser
Dick Bosman
Senators
Brant Alyea
Eddie Brinkman
Red Sox
Bill Landis
Don Mincher
Seattle
Steve Horley
Gene Brabender
Billy Butler
Royals
Lou Piniella
Bubba Morton
Tom Murphy
Angels
Tommy John
Carlos May
Mel Stottlemyre
Yankees
Bobby Murcer
Joe Pepitone
Sam McDowell
McDowell
Hill wins Buick Open in tense finish at Warwick Hills
Dave Hill captured the Buick Open at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc Michigan finishing 11 under par 277 for a $25 000 prize. Frank Beard tied late but failed to convert birdie chances as Homero Blancas fell back with late misfortunes. Hill credits his wife and caddie Elijah Moore for the steady nerves as he notched his second tour victory this year and moved to near top money list.
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Grand Blanc
Mich
UPI
Dave Hill
Elijah
Moore
Hill
Warwick Hills
Frank Beard
Homero Blancas
Miss Ferrell tops AAU meet with twin sprint titles
Olympic sprinter Miss Ferrell of Sacramento wins both the 100 yard dash in 10.7 seconds and the 220 yard dash in 23.8 at the national AAU Track and Field Championships in Dayton Ohio. Eleanor Montgomery of Tennessee State sets an American high jump record at five feet 11 inches and leads Tennessee to a strong day with relays and javelin wins. Kathy Schmidt of Long Beach wins the javelin with 177 feet 4 inches, defeating Barbara Friedrich of Jersey City. The Tennessee State team tops the meet with 55 points, while Chicago Mayor Daley’s club takes second with 44.
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Ohio
UPI
Barbara Ferrell
Sacramento
Calif
Miss Ferrell
Eleanor Montgomery
Cleveland
U.S. Canada
Tennessee State University
Miss Montgomery
Tennesseans
Chicago
Mayor Daley
Los Angeles Mercurettes
New York Atoms
Kathy Schmidt
Long Beach
Barbara Friederich
Jersey City
N.J
Lompoc Juniors claim two more Legion games in weekend sweep
Lompoc Post 211 Junior Legion baseball beat Santa Ynez 7 2 with Teddy Torres fanning 15 over seven innings and toppled Paso Robles 5 3 as Tom Harmon and Roy Thomas combined on the mound. Grossini Gonzales and Crispin led a 15 hit attack in the Paso Robles win as Landry, Crispin and Thomas contributed key plays. Lompoc sits atop the sectional race after taking control with a Friday win over Vandenberg Village and plans a road trip to San Luis Obispo Sunday with Atascadero to play Wednesday.
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Vandenberg Village
Lompoc Post 211
Junior Legion
Santa Ynez
Paso Robles
Teddy Torres
Tom Harmon
Roy Thomas
Bobby Grossini
Carlos Gonzales
Thomas
Monte Bolinger
Rod Crispin
Harmon
Marc Landry
Crispin Simgled
Neal Porter
Landry
Grossini
Gonzales
Crispin
Torres
Lompoc
Roy Howell
Bobby Howell
Howell Brothers
San Luis Obispo
Atascadero
Ak Roberts
S. Bebernes
Fitzgerald
Howell
Ge Harmon
Lamdry
Pendergrass
Osman
Staltonberg
Hunt
Ernie Martin
Mac Fisher
Martin
Fisher
Hillmen
Leone
Moore
Rick Martinich
Dave Dunn
Bruce Atkins
Martinich
Ervin
Mike Davis
Atkins
Bob Fields
Rod Laver Aims For Second Grand Slam In Tennis Year
Rod Laver headed for Boston to pursue a second career grand slam after winning Wimbledon. He would become the first player to complete the grand slam twice if he wins the U S Open at Forest Hills in September. Laver planned a three week rest in California before Forest Hills. He earned 7200 dollars at Wimbledon as 315000 spectators attended. Ann Jones defeated Billie Jean King to win the women’s singles and was to be honored by Queen Elizabeth II.
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UPI
Australia
Rod Laver
Boston
Laver
England
California
Forest Hills
Britain
Ann Jones
America
Billie Jean King
Queen Elizabeth II
Village Legion nine captures nods over San Luis Ynez
Vandenberg Village Post 211 Junior Legion moved into a tie for first in the Northern Section with Lompoc after weekend wins over San Luis Obispo and Santa Ynez. Pitcher Tony Mason and Ray Moore starred in the Saturday game, with Moore driving in two runs.
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Village Legion Nine
San Luis
Santa Ynez
Eric Jackson
Vandenberg Village
Junior Legion
Lompoc
San Luis Obispo
Hillmen
Samta Ynez
The
Village
Tony Mason
Ray Moore
Mason
Moore
Pat Dampier
Terry Leone
Dampier
Bill Hunt
Mark Ervin
John Silveria
Hunt
Silveria
Lompoc Riders Lead in Lompoc Slo Poke Scrambles
Lompoc trio Al Davis Ray Marshall and Ronald Nash swept their classes at the Santa Maria Speed way Friday in the Lompoc Slo Poke motor cycle scrambles. Davis won the 250 amateur expert trophy while Nash topped the rookie division and Marshall placed in 375 amateur expert. Other winners included 375 novice Tom Schumard and Open John Bass with multiple regional riders earning top spots across Novice and Amateur events.
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al Davis
Ray Marshall
Ronald Nash
Santa Maria Speedway
Davis
Suzuki
Vandenberg
Chuck Strohmenger
Nash
Joe Cashaway
Santa Maria
Honda
Marshal
Mario
Tom Schumard
Santa Barbara
Ronnie Johnson
Salinas
John Bass
San Luis Obispo
Jon Shaffer
Morro Bay
Mike Hartwell
Avila
Carol Davis
Grover City
Mike David
Solvang
Larry Greer
Jerry Chandler
Fresno
R.E. Robertson
James Ward
Tom Davis
Ron Tobey
Bakersfield
Albert Nystrom
Clovis
Art Carter
Ventura
Ronald Rothwell
King City
Mike Beanway
Camarillo
Robert Moores
Kring dominates all comers at Santa Maria meet
Santa Maria High senior Kenny Kring led Allan Hancock College’s summer all comer meet with wins in the 70 high hurdles pole vault long jump and triple jump plus a share of the high jump title at 5 feet 8 inches Debutant Debbie Chapin of Lompoc won the girls 220 in 27 2 and the long jump 17 feet with Ed Olson of Cal Poly posting the day's best mark in the 16 pound shot put at 51 feet 9 inches The next meet is set for Saturday at the Allan Hancock all weather track at 10 a m
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Santa Maria
Allan Hancock College
Kenny Kring
Santa Maria High School
Kring
Cabrillo
Ray Benson
Ed Olson
Cal Poly
Debbie Chapin
Lompoc
Mile — Cummings
Ramirez
K. Kring
B. Kring
Ford
Brumana
Chapin
Meyer
Guerrero
Vogt
Mile — Stradzini
AHC
Poovey
Dave Lord
Kring & Benson
Cummings
Olson
Murphy Ends Win Drought With Angels 2 1 Victory
Murphy earns his first win since June 6 as California Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 2 1 on a wind driven day. Bubba Morton belts a two run homer in the sixth, giving Murphy support as he improves to 5 7. Morton’s blast follows Jim Fregosi’s infield hit, despite Murphy’s control issues.
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Seattle
UPI
Lom Murphy
California Angels
Angels
Chicago
Detroit
Anaheim
Bubba Morton
Murphy
Euclid
Ohio
Kansas City
Marty Pattin
Andy Messersmith
Morton
Tommy John
Jim Fregosi
Meredith ends Cowboys era with Don Meredith retirement
Dallas based report notes quarterback Don Meredith announces retirement ending his 12 year run with the Dallas Cowboys. The move shocks coach Tom Landry, Boo Birds, and football magazines including Texas Football, which pulls pages and reassesses the team’s prospects for the season.
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UPI
Don Meredith
Tom Landry
Dallas Cowboys
Don
Meredith
Cotton Bowl Stadium
Texas
Texas Football
Cowboys
Zephyr High School
Dave Campbell
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