Redbirds Triumph as Foster Nets 12-0 Victory
Alan Foster returned to the rotation with a four hit complete game shutout, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Montreal Expos 12-0. Foster, once with the Dodgers, credited a no-windup delivery for his resurgence as Cardinals bats sparked a 15-hit attack led by rookie Mike Tyson and Foster himself.
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Softball Season To Begin In City League Action
The Slow-Pitch Softball League opens next week at Green Field with an 11 week schedule. Twelve teams compete for four playoff spots, leading to a best of three semifinal and a league championship. Top four earn city trophies. daily results appear in The Ledger. On opening day Satanites meet Moose at 6 30 p.m. Clippers vs Florsheim at 7 30 p.m. Jaycees vs Mexico Recreation at 8 30 p.m.
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Mexico Bulldogs Take Second in District Track Meet
Mexico girls track team finished second at the district meet in Moberly led by Marilyn Maupin with 6:18.0 in the mile and 410 inch high jump as the best of the season. Sharon Farrah won shot put, Wanda Brooks the 100-yard dash, Thelma Miller the 880, with relay teams and other event podiums boosting the squad to 58 points behind Tartans 61.
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Donna Davis
Adele Long
Mayberry powers Royals past Twins with three hits
John Mayberry blasted a homer a triple and a single driving in three as Kansas City beat Minnesota 6-2 behind a standout defense led by Cookie Rojas. Mayberry also extended his strong career figures against the Twins, while Bruce Dal Cantonow backed the win with solid defense and four double plays.
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Indy Drivers Set Lights On Elusive 200 MPH Lap
INDIANAPOLIS AP The race for a 200 mph lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway kicked off as time trials for the 57th Indianapolis 500 began with potential pole contenders. Bobby Unser Swede Savage Gordon Johncock and other veterans aimed for the front row while over 40 cars queued for qualifying on the first of four days with the field narrowed to the fastest 33 for a $1 million prize on Memorial Day.
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Russell Returns as Player Coach GM for Seattle Sonics
Seattle announces Bill Russell will serve as coach and general manager under a five year contract reportedly worth 125000 annually. Russell, a 13 year NBA veteran with 11 championships, joins after negotiations with Sonics President Ian Schulman and a period of turnover that followed the firing of coach Tom Nissalke.
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Nissalke
Colonial National Invitational leads after two rounds
Bruce Crampton shot 69 to hold a two stroke edge after two rounds of the Colonial National Invitational in Fort Worth. Kathy Cornelius led the LPGA Lady Carling Open in Baltimore with a 70, two back. Tennis results include Ilie Nastase reaching the British Hard Court final in Bournemouth and Billie Jean King advancing in Tokyo. Stan Smith beat Rod Laver in Dallas to reach the World Championship final against Arthur Ashe. Vancouver industrialist Jim Patterson bought the Philadelphia Blazers for 1.9 million in WHA news.
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National League Scoreboard Highlights and Pairings
National League scoreboard notes Saturday games across venues. Seaver and Twitchell earn mixed results for New York and Philadelphia while Chicago and Los Angeles face strong pitchers. Montreal, St Louis, Cincinnati, Houston and other teams busy with divisional matchups and key pitcher notes.
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Mexico's American Legion Plans Weekend Practice Session
Mexico's American Legion team manager Bob Kirgan schedules a 6:30 p.m. Sunday practice at Green Field with an intrasquad game to follow around 7:30 p.m. He notes pitchers need work as the squad prepares for a May Memorial weekend tournament hosted by James Bledsoe American Legion Post No. 26 and a June 2 league opener.
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ABA NBA clash crowns deciding championship game today
ABA championship decider Indiana faces Kentucky in a 1 p.m. tip with each side holding three wins. Also on tap Orioles at Yankees 1:15 p.m. pregame Belanger chat, Colonial golf in Ft Worth, and World Championship Tennis finals in Dallas with Riggs versus Court.
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Tennis Hustler Making Big Plans
Bobby Riggs plans a big postmatch tour if he defeats Margaret Court in the $10,000 Ramona challenge. He cites a New York contact and says Forest Hills could host a $20,000 event, with a possible return match and a Billie Jean King challenge, aiming for world-wide exposure.
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Tennis Stars Riggs and Court Set for $7,500 Match
Bobby Riggs and Mrs. Court will play a best of three sets at San Vicente Country Club for a winner take all purse. CBS TV will broadcast the match nationwide starting at 3 30 pm EDT with each player set to receive seven thousand five hundred to ten thousand dollars. They are staying at the San Vicente Valley real estate development and practiced on the phalt court. Margaret Court, winner of thirty national titles and Virginia Slims money leader, arrives with husband Barry and 14 month old son Danny who wears a Bobby Riggs button.
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