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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1975

Page

11

Mayberry Keeps Kansas City Hot With Four RBI Day

Kansas City Royals first baseman John Mayberry slugged his 26th homer and drove in four runs in a 9-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. He extended a hot stretch, lifting his RBI total to 81 and his average to .282 while extending his hitting streak to 14 games. Whitey Herzog praised the club’s resurgence as they chase Oakland in the West, with Mayberry fueling the attack.

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Pele Feels Fit After St Louis Exhibition Victory

Pele declared the leg is OK after 90 minutes as 10,180 fans watched the St Louis Stars beat Pele’s New York Cosmos 2 1 in an exhibition. Gene Geimer and John Pisani scored for the Stars, while Mirko Liveric assisted Pele on the Cosmos goal. The Stars’ Al Trost suffered a possible with ankle injury late, and Cosmos trialists Ramon Mifflin and Nessi Morais joined the lineup.

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Reitz Sheds Goat's Role To Keep Cards Moving Up

In St Louis, Ken Reitz hit a 10th inning homer to lift the Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres, ending a late rally and avoiding a squeeze bunt miscue earlier. The win, part of a four-game streak, kept St Louis within striking distance in the NL East as Ron Fairly and Tito Fuentes contributed key hits.

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Cardinals Edge Chiefs 10-3 In Ragged Exhibition

Cardinals coach Don Coryell and Chiefs coach Paul Wiggin voiced disappointment after St Louis won 10-3 in Kansas City. Gary Keithley connected with Eddie Moss for a fourth quarter TD as Jim Bakken added a field goal. Jan Stenerud booted KC’s lone score.

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Pro Baseball Scoreboard From The National League Standings

Daily scoreboard summary lists teams with records and pythagorean style stats. Results include Los Angeles 2 New York 0 Cincinnati 9 Montreal 1 Philadelphia 11 San Francisco Chicago St Louis and San Diego 1 3 2 10 innings and Monday games with matchups Pittsburgh at Atlanta Chicago at Cincinnati San Francisco at Montreal San Diego at New York St Louis at Houston and more details

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Baseball standings and results from AL East and West

The record sheet shows AL East standings with teams Boston Baltimore New York Cleveland and Milwaukee in mixed listings, plus West teams Kansas City Chicago Texas Minnesota California and Detroit. It lists Saturday results Baltimore Chicago Minnesota Detroit Texas Milwaukee Boston Oakland and Sunday results Minnesota Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Baltimore Milwaukee Texas California New York Boston Oakland and multiple pending games with pitchers and records noted for several matchups.

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Swanson and Irion Lead City Golf Qualifiers

Mike Swanson and George Irion led about 65 golfers at Arthur Hills for the city tournament qualifiers. Both shot 77 to share low honors in the 18 hole preliminaries, with Jack Spurrier at 78 and Larry Rose at 79. A final round of 18 holes is scheduled next Sunday at Myr baa byt.

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Blown Gasket Doesn't Stop Sprint Winner

Jefferson City report: Jim Jenkins in the Slater sprinter won the 25-lap super sprint main at Capital Speedway despite oiling and a blown gasket with 10 laps remaining. Jenkins led Bill Utz by over a straightaway. Utz is a former IMCA sprint champ and current Missouri standings leader.

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Nicklaus Aims Higher After PGA Victory Grand Slam Goal Renewed

Jack Nicklaus won his fourth PGA Championship at Firestone by two strokes, 276 total, earning 45,000 and signaling a renewed push for the Grand Slam. He said he remains at his peak and wants five U.S. Open titles, matching Walter Hagen, while acknowledging 1975 may be remembered as the year the Grand Slam slipped away.

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West All-Stars Clinch BJ Game In Slugfest

West Division outlasted the East 11 to 8 in the Central Missouri Ban Johnson League all-star game. Seven Centralia Saints played for the losing side as Paul Kostopolus of Sedalia earned the win and Paul Massman of Huntsville took the loss. Jim Sanders of Sedalia and Lee Millentree of Lexington hit the only homers. Centralia wraps up its schedule with an 8 p.m. home game against Lexington.

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