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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
6
Chicago Cubs, already leading the league, face a surge of fan calls for tickets. The club announced a new ticket purchase method via charge cards to handle demand and ease sales. Pittsburgh Pirates pay full year salary to Bob Robertson after release citing spring back injury.
A dense table of standings, batting and pitching leaders, and listed results covers multiple leagues. Notable entries include St Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Montreal, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Houston, San Diego, and Chicago at various dates with scores, batting averages, runs batted in, and strikeout leaders.
From the American League race to batting and pitching leaders, the table lists team records, runs, and key players. Notable names include Carew, Fisk, Bostock, Hisle, and Yount with top marks in hits, runs, and RBIs, alongside pitchers with decision tallies and ERA context.
Toronto Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard named 43 year old Roger Neilson as the team s new coach the 13th to hold the position He cited his confidence experience and youth and noted he has demanded discipline and been a teacher Neilson moves up from the Dallas Black Hawks and has coached in junior hockey at Peterborough where he won a provincial title and developed players such as Bob Gainey Doug Jarvis and Craig Ramsay
Britain's Virginia Wade upset defending champion Chris Evert 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the Wimbledon semifinals to reach the final for the first time. She faces the winner of Betty Stove and Sue Barker in the title match.
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley notes Wimbledon’s clash of personas as Nastase and Connors polarize the crowds and courts. Nastase’s antics draw cheers on center court against Borg while Connors, pampered and brash, provokes consternation among British propriety as Bertram and others receive muted applause. Rod Carew earns AL Player of the Week after a .607 run. season mark climbs to .403.
Enslen from Mexico High School signs with Moberly Area Junior College to join the Greyhounds next season. Coach Joyce Campbell also adds Mary Smiley from Wheeling, with six players already and more negotiations underway. Enslen, a 5-4 guard, averaged 8.9 points and led in steals while setting school records for free throws.
Teen rider Steve Cauthen, now a full jockey, won his first three Belmont Park races after losing the apprentice five pound allowance. He rode Crab Grass, Double Gemini, and Smokey Lantern to victories, raising his year total to 287. Fans cheered as the 17-year-old sensation spoke of his early confidence and return from a month injury layoff.
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