Birdie finish for Pate opens dramatic Open win
Jerry Pate captured the Open at Atlanta Athletic Club with a stunning final birdie finishing 68 to total 277. Weiskopf and Geiberger each shot 279 to finish behind, while Mahaffey tied at 280 after a late bogey run. Pate, 22, becomes one of the youngest champions in the event's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Grimsley
Duluth
Jerry Pate
Bermuda
John Considine
Pate
Thad
Atlanta Athletic Club
Bob Jones
Pensacola
Fla
Tom Weiskopf
Geiberger
John Mahaffey
Butch Baird
Iran
Mahaffey
Lou Graham
Medinah
Chicago
John McDermott
Gene Sarazen
Skokie
Ill
Jones
Bobby Cruickshank
Inwood
Mackanin leads Expos to 5-4 win over Dodgers in Montreal
Pete Mackanin delivered a three run homer capping a five run sixth inning as the Montreal Expos defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4. The game followed a previous Expo 2-1 win that featured Mackanin's decisive hit against the Dodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ByAssocia
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati
Pete Mackanin
Montreal
Mackanin
Expo
Dodgers
Smoky Alston
Arizona Wins College World Series Title in 7-1 Final
Arizona, seeded No. 2 after a tough season finish, defeated Eastern Michigan 7-1 in the College World Series final. Pitcher Bob Chaulk propelled the Wildcats with precise strikes, sealing Arizona's first national championship in any sport. The triumph capped a losers' bracket run that included upsets over Arizona State and Eastern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaulk
Wildcats
Arizona State
Eastern Michigan
Arizona
Indians, Orioles Win, But Averages Stagnant in AL Showdown
The Indians beat the Royals 11 8 to stretch an eight win in 10 run to keep pace with the Yankees in the AL East race. The Orioles defeated the Rangers 2 0 for their sixth straight win as New York extended its lead to seven games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Nissenson
Cleveland Indians
Baltimore Orioles
Indians
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Orioles
Texas Rangers
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
New York
Cleveland
Yankee Stadium
Kansas City
Royals
Jim Bibby
John XXIII Falls 12-3 in CYO Playoff Semi Final
Middletown's John XXIII trailed early after six runs in the top of the first and could not recover, losing 12-3 to Mt. Washington Guardian Angel in the Southern Ohio CYO Regional Playoffs semi final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
John XXIII
Mt. Washington Guardian Angel
Finley aims multi-million suit against Kuhn in court record
Oakland owner Charles Finley plans to file four or five damages actions seeking about 10 million dollars and an injunction to overturn Bowie Kuhn's order nullifying a 3.5 million sale of three star players. The move follows a string of losses in baseball legal battles and ties to Catfish Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rothenberg
NEW York
Charles C. Finley
Oakland
Bowie Kuhn
Finley
Neil Papiano
Los Angeles
Kuhn
Ley
Hunter
Papiano
Califoria Court of Appeals
Seitz
Major League Players Association
Baseball Standings and Weekend Results Brief
Standings include Houston At lanta and Los Angeles at Cincinnati and New York at St Louis. Weekend results show Minnesota over Detroit 6-4 and Oakland over Milwaukee 7-4 with several other scorelines. Monday games list Tiant in Boston at Baltimore and Eckersley in Cleveland at New York among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Andujar
Atlanta
Moret
Los Angeles
Rau
Cincinnati
Zachry
New York
Koosman
St. Louis
McGlothen
San Francisco
Montefusco
San Diego
Freisieben
Minnesota
Detroit
Oakland
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Kansas City
Chicago
Baltimore
Texas
California
Boston
Tiant
Garland
Eckersley
Figueroa
Ruble
Slaten
Barrios
Splittorff
Goltz
Ross
Biglev
Phila
Pitts
Iv'e
Montreal
West Cincinnati
Los Ang
San Fran
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Itsburgh
Warthen
Underwood
Milwkee
Westean City
Californ
Mets Notables From New York Highlight Trio
Mets Ed Kranepool Joe Torre and pitcher Hank Webb are all native New Yorkers, underscoring the team’s deep local roots and ties to major city baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mets
Ed Kranepool
Joe Torre
Pitcher Hank Webb
Reed Saves sixth inning as Phillies beat Reds 6 1
Ron Reed started an emergency relief stint to preserve a 4-1 lead and earned the win as Jim Kaat improved to 7-2. Ed Armbrister and Pete Rose sparked the rally in the sixth. Reed fanned Bench and Griffey while Ollie Brown aided with a ninth inning out. The win snapped Don Gullett’s four-game streak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kaat
Cincinnati Reds
Ed Armbrister
Pete Rose
Reed
Phillies
Danny Ozark
Ozark
Dave Concepcion
Rose
George Foster
Kaat
Tony Perez
Johnny Bench
Ken Griffey
Perez
Bench
Ollie Brown
Doug Flynn
Also Mentioned on This Page
A Press
Omaha, Neb
Arizona Press
Bob Chaulk
Jerry Kindall
Kindall
Padres
Cardinals
Johnny Grubb
Grubb
Bill Grief
Grief
Fred Kendall
Gene Locklear
Bake McBride
Braves
Cubs
Darrell Chaney
Rowland Office
Dick Ruthven
Ruthven
Astros
Pirates
Wilbur Howard
Bob Moose
Tom Griffin
Derrel Thomas
Ken Reitz
Halicki
Jon Matlack
Fidrych
Tribe
O’s
Ray Fosse
Rico Carty
Mike Cuellar
Gaylord Perry
Rangers
Perry
Brooks Robinson
Dave Duncan
Cuellar
Thurman Munson
Ken Brett
White Sox
Rick Burleson
Bobby Darwin
Red Sox
Dick Drago
Bobby Bonds
Homer
Ning
Carl Yastrzemski
Jim Rice
Don Baylor
Bill Travers
A’s
Vida Blue
Joe Rudi
Rollie Fingers
Robin Yount
Jason Thompson
Mark Fidrych
Cnepcion
Bench Bailey
Griffey
Flynn
Geronimo
Guilett
Borbon
Armoprstr
Alcala
Driessen
Hinton
Lum
Bowa
Schmidt
Luzinsk
Hutton
Gmaddox
Boone
Kent
Reed Martin
E-Rose
Maddox
Armabrister
Rose Schmidt
Concepcion
Brown
Alcala Hinton Kaat
Reed Garber
Guilet
John XII
Catfish Hunter
Peter Seitz
Fin
Phils
Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Ron Reed
Don Gullett
Veterans’ Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
The
Bam
Denny Lumber CO
First Avenue
Grimes Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!