All-Star Game divides AL on risk vs. reward stance
AL starter Gaylord Perry defends win at all costs approach while teammate Reggie Jackson warns against injuring players. NL pitcher Andy Messersmith downplays AL attitude as rosters for the 45th All-Star Game list Mayberry, Yastrzemski, Perez and more across both leagues.
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Baseball players they're funny people review
All Star time prompts reflections on major league players who skew contradictory. They praise experience yet want rest, crave rain for a day off, brag about love of baseball but avoid walks, and joke about autographs while lamenting criticism. Rain threatens tonight's All-Star game with Perry vs Messersmith on an artificial field.
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NFL owners offer bait to veterans
Mediation talks on the pro football strike stalled as owners boycotted further bargaining and players planned pre season pickets. The owners proposed exhibition pay for veterans in camp with per week and season totals, while rookies would receive a weekly per diem. Righetti summer league note follows with Cabrillo 14-0 and game details.
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Hunter Safety Course At Lompoc Club
The Lompoc Rifle and Pistol Club with the Lompoc sportsman association will hold a hunter safety course on July 29 and 30 at sportsman field from 7 to 10 p.m. Attendance on both evenings is required to complete the course. Call 736 7223 for details.
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Village Hills clinches District 50 crown in 10-2 win
Village Hills Senior pitchers dominate Morro Bay as Dan Petry pitches a complete game with eight strikeouts and one walk. Elliot and Petry drive in runs in a five-run sixth inning while Morrow key plays help seal the 10-2 victory. VH advances to Van Nuys to join the Section Five tournament field.
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Babe Ruth All Stars Set for Northern Cal Sectionals
Babe Ruth skeds Lompoc undefeated teams in Northern California sectional play. Seniors aged 15 to 18 face Peninsula at 8 30 p m in Mountain View with winner advancing to Thursday title game. 14 15 year olds meet San Leandro at five p m with KNEZ radio broadcast and Thursday title fate on the line.
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Keeping track Thomas Howell named all-stars
Reading's Phillies defeated Waterbury 3 0 at Municipal Stadium as Roy Thomas pitched a two hit shutout with 6 strikeouts in 96 pitches. Thomas prevented walks, improved to 9 2 with a second shutout, and credited solid command and fastball slider and curve.
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Hargis and Drake Shine in Cabrillo Kids Baseball Ties
Hargis of Niagara Falls Pirates is batting .371 with 39 hits in 105 at bats and named Player of the Week twice in three weeks by a local TV station. Drake of Cedar Rapids Astros hits .309 with 17 hits in 55 at bats as one of the league’s youngest players. Cedar Rapids, despite last place, swept Waterloo, the first-place club, in a two-game set.
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Stegman Shines in Harlem Baseball Week Hit Frenzy
Stegman of the University of Arizona went 4-for-5 with two home runs as his Wildcats defeated the U S Air Force Europe All-Stars in International Harlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands He homered on the first pitch of the game and added a second long ball in the eighth inning Bolinger of the Arkansas Travelers Texas League Bats .277 with 11 doubles four homers and 28 RBIs
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