Wilt Leads Lakers to First Championship Since 1954
Wilt Chamberlain, wearing a protective wrist brace, led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-100 win over the New York Knicks for the NBA title. He scored 24 points, grabbed 29 rebounds, and was named MVP as LA claimed their first championship since moving to Los Angeles in 1960. Gail Goodrich and Jerry West also sparked the victory with 25 and 23 points respectively.
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Knees Help Stargell in Pirates 9 6 Win Over Expos
Willie Stargell drove in five runs including two homers as Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 9 6 and lifted his knee recovery. Oliver added three hits while Clemente reached 2,901 and 2,902 hits in a strong Pirates showing as Cincinnati slugged four homers in defeat.
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National League scores and pitching matchups
In a night slate the National League games include Philadelphia 8 San Francisco 8 New York 8 San Diego 6 in 10 innings, Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 6, Montreal 1 Los Angeles 60 13 St Louis 5, Atlanta 4 Los Angeles Osteen improves to 2 1 while Montreal McAnally remains 0 0. A night game is scheduled at Montreal.
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Cubs
Sutton's Best Is Wasted By Dodger Error In 13th
Don Sutton pitched 10 innings of one hit ball for the Dodgers in Chicago, but Montreal Expos won 1-0 on Pete Richert error with bases loaded in the 13th. Sutton walked four and struck out three. only Bob Bailey one‑hit the Dodgers off Sutton.
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Montreal
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Ron Hunt
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Derrel Thomas
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Tommie Agee
Jim Fregosi
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Tony Perez
Joe Morgan
Bob Tolan
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Bob Bailey
Ex Red Wilcox Throws Blanks And Dodgers
Milwaukee end its scoring drought with a 5-2 win over the California Angels as Milt Wilcox links up with Gaylor Perry for top right hander honors. Lolich earns first AL five game win, Detroit beats Texas 5-4, and Indians share AL East second place with Baltimore.
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Newcombe Wins Alan King Tennis Classic in Las Vegas
Australian star John Newcombe defeated South Africa's Chaff Drysdale in straight sets 6 3 6 4 to win the Alan King Classic and earn 10000 dollars. Drysdale finished runner up for 5000 dollars as the World Championship of Tennis tour builds to the Dallas finals.
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Michigan Latte football teams reach historic win tally
Over 75 years Michigan Latte teams amassed 395 victories 212 losses and 35 ties marking a long period of on field results across contests for the program.
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A's rally past Yankees on Epstein hit after Duncan homer
Dave Duncan hit a three run homer in the fourth as Oakland capitalized on four New York errors. Mike Epstein delivered a two run single to put the A's ahead. The Twins extended their West lead with a fifth straight win, while Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew fueled a 14 hit attack against Boston. Pat Dobson sparked a three run rally for the Orioles and Eddie Watt closed as the Royals narrowed the gap with Ed Kirkpatrick's two run homer.
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Allen Wins AAU All-Mr. South Body Building Title
Jim Allen, a 1967 Middletown High graduate, won the AAU All-Mr. South body building contest in Durham North Carolina. He claimed Best Arms Best Legs Best Chess and Most Muscular subdivisions among 16 contestants from two states judged on muscularity symmetry and presentation. His next event is the Junior Mr America contest in York Pennsylvania.
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Penn State Football Clinches 10-1 After Cotton Bowl Win
The 1971 Nittany Lions finished with a 10-1 record highlighted by a 30 to 4 Cotton Bowl victory over Texas. Strong offense and solid defense capped a standout season for Penn State.
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Baseball scores and pitching lines from night games
Minnesota 8 Boston 4 Detroit 7 Texas 4 Oakland 7 New York 5 Cleveland 3 Chicago 0 Baltimore 5 Kansas City 4 Milwaukee 5 California 2 New York Stottlemyre 1-3 at Minnesota Blyleven 44 night.
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching Summary
Top hitters include Tolan of Cincinnati leading in runs and hits with 31, 29 respectively, Bonds of San Francisco and Kingman of San Francisco tied for several categories. Notable pitchers J Ray of Houston and Sutton of Los Angeles lead with 2 decisions and low ERAs, while Carlton and Seaver top strikeouts.
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Kingman
Baseball Leaders And Team Stats Summary
Batting leaders show Braun and Darwin among top averages for Minnesota with .500 and 364. Harper leads runs with 12. Darwin drives in 20 RBIs, Cash 14. Piniella and Thompson top in hits with 24 and 22. Darwin also leads home runs with six while Cash has four. D Nelson and McCraw steal six to eight bases. Pitching notes Elheleven and Woodson each 4-0 with 2.33 and 2.13 ERAs. Lolich tops strikeouts with 38, others tied at 36.
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Roberts brothers skate for Michigan State hockey
Dave Roberts of Detroit becomes the third brother to skate for Michigan State hockey following brothers Jack and Doug who previously earned Spartan letters.
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Pacers Take 1 0 Lead In ABA Finals Over Nets
Indiana coach Bob Leonard cheered the 124 103 win that gave the Pacers a 1 0 series lead against the New York Nets in the ABA championship. Freddie Lewis scored 33, Roche added 28, while Rick Barry led Nets with 34 as Indiana surged late to secure the margin. The second game is set for Indianapolis Tuesday.
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Buckeyes face quarterback depth with Morrison shining
Ohio State coach Woody Hayes weighs a three way quarterback battle after freshman Steve Morrison starred in the intersquad 20-7 win over the Gray team. Morrison completed nine of 18 passes for 158 yards with 18 rushing yards, while Greg Hare and Dave Purdy remain options for the fall.
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Edwards Wins 36-Hole Finals to Defend Amateur Title
Edmond Oklahoma native Danny Edwards defeats defending champion Eddie Pearce 3 and 1 in the all collegiate finals at Pinehurst to become the first repeat winner since 1963. Edwards opened with a birdie on the first hole and secured the victory at Pinehurst N C.
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Laurin Could Have Preakness All To Himself
Laurin plans to run Upper Case against Kentucky Derby winner Riva Ridge in the Preakness at Pimlico with Spanish Riddle possible. No Le Hace and Hold Your Peace will skip the May 20 race, while other Laurin runners faltered in Derby preparation.
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No Le Hace Trainer Contemplates Riva Ridge Preakness Decision
No Le Hace trainer Homer Pardue heads to New York amid debate over a possible Preakness replay with Riva Ridge. Pardue said the colt ran as well as possible but could not catch Riva Ridge in the race, leaving the decision for future days.
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Derby finishers eye Hawthorne after 2 014 pace
Introductive, the 53 1 fourth finisher, will seek other competition now in Chicago, trainer Stan Reiser said. Sensitive Music, fifth in the Derby, heads to Hawthorne. The field also includes Freesex, Big Spruce, Head of the River, Big Brows Bear, Kentuckian, Hassi's Image, Majestic Needle, Our Trade Wings, Napoise, Dr Neale, Pacallo and Riva Ridge. Northern Dancer’s 2 0 1 4 time far from the record pace.
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Racecard for Lebanon Raceway pace and trot events
The listing shows races at Lebanon Raceway with multiple pace and trot events. Notable entries include Bold Melody Miracle Ann M.P Adios Sancho The Miracle Worker in race one and fields across races two through nine with horses like Greenland Beauty X Pert Larry Terri's Filly Linda Loy Ensign Melody Castle Sandy's Boy Scotch Ricky VTH RACE and more.
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Kathy Averill
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Sandy's Boy
Mo Mite
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