Twins defeat Washington to cut magic number to four
Zoilo Versalles belted a two run homer and Minnesota pitchers held Washington to nine hits in a 4 2 victory. The win drops the Twins’ magic number to four as they bid to clinch the American League pennant while rain delayed play after the second inning.
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Zoilo Versalles
Minnesota
Twins
Washington
Baltimore
Versalles
Frank Quilici
Earl Battey
Ed Brinkman
Senators
Frank Howard
Buffalo Buffalo Denver Clash Opens Rough AFL Schedule
AFL play resumes with Buffalo facing Denver as two top backs reunite after the off season trade. San Diego visits Oakland and Boston hosts Houston while New York plays Kansas City in the late weekend slate. Denver draws 30 000 plus as Mickey Gholston leads a 330 yard attack though Wille Brown is out on defense.
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Billy Joe
Buffalo
Denver
San Diego
Oakland
Boston
Houston
New York
Kansas City
Mickey Ghter
Wille Brown
Billsaronha
Jackie Kemp
Etvert Dubenion
Speeds
Tne Chargers
Lance Alworth
John Hads
Paul Lowe
Lincoln
Raiders
Dick Wood
Sands
Oilers
Jets
Patriots
George Blanda
Don Truill
Tom Addison
Ketion
Bere Parti
Sul Ross holds off Eastern New Mexico in season opener
Sul Ross Loboes outscored the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 28 to 25 in a hard fought second half comeback. Luz Pedraza accounted for multiple Lobos scores with a one yard plunge and a six yard run, and Jim Stapleton caught a 22 yard TD from Pedraza. Dean Bates added an eight yard TD reception late, while ENMU benefitted from a 39 yard Benji Dial field goal and a late 33 yard fumble return by Ken Herring.
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Alpine
Sul Ross Loboes
Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds
Hound
Benji Dial
New Mexicans
ENMU
Butch Anderson
Dial
Sul Ross
Luz Pedraza
Bill Niccholas
Lul Ross
Jacob. Eaeres
Pedraza
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Jim Stapleton
Lobos
Dean Bates
Hounds
Ken Herring
Dia
Early Baseball Matchups Across The League
The schedule lists multiple intercity games including San Francisco versus Milwaukee, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, New York at Chicago, Los Angeles at St. Louis, Baltimore at Los Angeles, Washington at Minnesota, Chicago at Cleveland, Detroit at New York, and Oakland at Boston with various listed pitchers and records for each club.
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San Francisco
Shaw
Milwaukee
Johson
Philadelphia
Short
Pittsburgh
Veale
New York
Selma
Chicago
Hendley
Los Angeles
Padres
Osteen
St. Louis
Gibson
Baltimore
McNally
Newman
Ashington
Kreutzer
Narum
Minnesota
Perry
Pizarros
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Siebert
Detroit
Wickersham
Aguirre
Beck
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Ila
San Fredo
Pulsbuanes
Washington
Chica - Clevelan
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Kansas City
Houston
Bruce
Lama
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Jay
Nuxhall
Lewiatt
Young
Hunt
Becker
C.jones
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Ockesnger
Hickman Cf
J'kson
Npoteon
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Hiller
Clemens
Mmilan
Kolb
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McGraw
Swoboda
Brock
York
Tolan
Kennedy
Los Arcetes
Eilers
Lows Richardson
B Johnson SR Hreck
Brad
Doryche
Woodeshick
NFL Opens Play Today
The Browns travel to Washington to defend their title as Baltimore hosts Minnesota in a Western showdown. The Colts and Vikings began the exhibition season unbeaten, while Green Bay visits Pittsburgh in Mike Nixon’s coaching debut. Chicago and New York also host and visit opponents.
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Associated Press
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Baltimore
National Football League
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Washington
Minnesota Vikings
Colts
Vikings
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Pittsburgh
Mike Nixon
Buddy Parker
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Harry Gilmer
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago Bears
San Franccisco
New York Giants
Dallas
Giants' Haller McCovey power past Brewers 2-0
San Francisco Giants beat Milwaukee 2-0 as Tom Haller and Willie McCovey homered. Ron Herbel and Frank Linzy combined on a three-hitter to extend the Giants' lead to four games over Cincinnati and Los Angeles. Herbel improved to 11-7 with seven shutout frames.
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Tom Haller
Willie McCovey
Ron Herbel
Frank Linzy
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Reds
Dodgers
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SeaRace
Hace Herbel
Rico Carty
Carty
Herbel
Gene Oliver
Frank Thomas
Linzy
Mack Jones
Hank Fisher
Haller
McCovey
API
Sandy Koufax
Ray Washburn
Los Angeles Dodgers
Wes Parker
San Francisco
Koufax
Bobeaers
Indiana Tops Kansas State in season opener 19 to 7
Indiana blitzed Kansas State, scoring in the fourth quarter to pull away 19 7 in Bloomington. John Ginter sparked the Hoosier ground game and returned a kickoff 61 yards setting up a later Stavroff Malinchak connection for a 35 yard TD pass.
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Ind
John Ginter
Indiana
Kansas State
Hoosiers
Vic Castillo
Art Strozier
Wildcats
Hoosier
Ginter
Frank Stavroff
Bill Malinchak
Romero and Bill Team to Meet Iron Mike and Cane
Romero and Dory Funk Jr. hold North American tag titles and will team to tackle Iron Mike and manager Jack Cane in a main event at Fair Park Coliseum Wednesday night. The best two of three falls match carries a one hour limit with two more preliminaries featuring McClarity vs Lothario, Firpo vs Rene Goulet, Slatton versus Broncho Kelly, and KO Yates versus Alex Perez opening at 8 30 p.m.
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Rapid Ricky
Romero
Iron Mike
Jack Cane
Fair Park Coliseum
Dory Funk Jr
Don’ McClarity
Jose Lothario
Firpo
France
Rene Goulet
Don Slatton
Broncho Kelly
KO Yates
Alex Perez
Amarillo
Yates
Mazeroski bases-loaded bunt caps Pirates rally for win
Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 4-3 after a ninth inning rally. Donn Clendenon scored on Bill Mazeroski's bases-loaded bunt single for the winning run. Jim Bunning held the Pirates to three hits through eight, then relievers faltered as Roberto Clemente homered and Bill Virdon, Manny Mota, and Clendenon contributed key plays.
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Donn Clendenon
Philadelphia
Jim Bunning
Pirates
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Roberto Clemente
Bill Virdon
Gary Wagner
Manny Mota
Morrie Steevens
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