Smith eyes 100 yard dash mark after sprint record
Tommie Smith, who set world bests in 400 and 440, seeks the 100 yard dash record. In Indianapolis, Mario Andretti led a 33 car field for the May 30 500 mile race as J. Marshall Robbins protests Jochen Rindt’s weight. Smith's 44.5 meter and 44.8 yard times highlight a day of fast runs and evolving lineups.
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Tommie Smith
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Dale Burgess
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Mario Andretti
Nazareth
Jochen Rindt
Austria
J. Marshall Robbins
Lucien Bianchi
Belgium
Graham Hill
London
San Jose State
Adolph Plummer
New Mexico
Plummer
Otis Davis
Mike Larrabee
Davis
Middletown YMCA honors top runners and swimmers
The Middletown YMCA will present special awards to 34 runners who exceeded 50 miles and 10 swimmers over 25 miles. Buz Shultz led runners with 279 miles, while Dr. Ted Benseler swam 54 miles. Wills and Shultz receive additional trophies. contests ran Oct 1 to May 1 at Frisch's Germantown Road.
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Middletown
Frisch’s
Germantown Road
Buz Shultz
Ted Benseler
Frank Wills
Shultz
Wills
Yugoslav Jovanovic Wins Sassari Tennis Title
Boro Jovanovic of Yugoslavia upset Australian resident Marty Mulligan 6-4 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 Sunday to win the Sassari Tennis Tournament in Sardinia.
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Sassari
Sardinia
Boro Jovanovic
Yugoslavia
Marty Mulligan
Italy
Amaro's Single Lifts Yankees in Detroit DH
Ruben Amaro's single in the nightcap beat Detroit 6-5, ending a four-game Yankees skid as Willie Horton and Dick McAuliffe homered for the Tigers in the opener. The day featured eight homers overall at Tiger Stadium with Mantle's 504th career blast noted but underplayed by the late winner.
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Ron Rapoport
Associated Press
Tiger Stadium
Mickey Mantle
Mickey
Ruben Amaro
Yankees
Detroit
Tigers
Dick McAuliffe
Willie Horton
Tom Tresh
Joe Penstone
Charlie Smith
Bot m
al Kaline
Steve Whitaker
Smith
Amaro
Chicago
Buckeyes Clinch Big Ten Baseball Title in Close Race
Ohio State wins the Big Ten title for the third straight year after a tight finish, sweeping a doubleheader from Iowa 2-1 and 1-0 to finish 22-17-3 overall. Western Michigan earns MAC title with 17-1. District 4 tournament berths secured. Southern Illinois (26-6) hosts the event. Notre Dame and Valparaiso battle Tuesday for the final spot.
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Buckeyes
Ohio State
Iowa
Nesota
Bucks
Western Michigan
Southern Illinois
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Valparaiso
Reed Shines as Braves Rally for Split with Toledo
Ron Reed, Richmond Braves pitcher and NBA off season player, tossed a one hitter in a seven inning game to beat Toledo 4-0 and salvage a split with the Mud Hens. Toledo earlier handed Ed Rakow his first loss in an 8-1 defeat as Rakow won four games this spring. Other Sunday results included Rochester edging Buffalo 4-3, Syracuse sweeping Toronto 9-8 and 1-0, and Jacksonville defeating Columbus 4-3.
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Boston
Cleveland
Minnesota
California
Kansas City
Chicago
Mente
Horace Clarke
Fred Gladding
Earl Wilson
George Scott
Red Sox
Carl Yastrzemski
Darrell Brandon
Sam McDowell
Associated Press
Richmond Braves
Ron Reed
NBA
International League Baseball
Toledo
Reed
Braves
Mud Hens
Ed Rakow
Rakow
Rochester
Buffalo
Bisons
Syracuse
Toronto
Jacksonville
Columbus
Italian F Three racer injured in Monza crash
Italian driver Franco Conti suffered serious facial injuries when his Brabham skidded off a curve and overturned during an 89 mile international race in Monza Italy. Ernesto Brambilla won the race driving a Birel at an average speed of 90 miles per hour.
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Hart Monza
Italy
Franco Conti
Brabham
Ernesto Brambilla
National League Sunday Results Report
Summary of NL games with St Louis edging New York 3 2 and Philadelphia beating Cincinnati 2 1 in 18 innings. Atlanta defeated Pittsburgh 7 2 while Houston shutout San Francisco 2 0 and Los Angeles won 6 2 over Chicago. Next day schedules show Los Angeles at New York and San Francisco at Philadelphia.
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New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Houston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Eww. L. Pet. G.B. Cincinnati
San Fran
Philaphia
Roger Maris
Lew Brock
Cleon Jones
Mets
Mike Quellar
Bob Aspromonte
Scores and results from multiple baseball games and dates
Kansas City beat Chicago 5 to 4 and New York lost to Minnesota 12 to 4 as several other results unfolded across cities including California Baltimore rain Washington at Cleveland and Portland 12 Syracuse 2 Buffalo 3.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Minnesota
California
Baltimore
Washington
W. L. Pet
Wash'n
Phillies Edge Reds 2-1 in 18-Inning Marathon
In a 18 inning duel at Philadelphia the Phillies beat Cincinnati 2-1. Don Nottebart and Dick Hall pitched six scoreless innings for the Phils after Cody Short left with a 1-0 lead. Tony Perez delivered key hits for the Reds and Don Pavletich doubled to spark Cincinnati’s late threats. Rich Allen scored the winning run on Don Lock’s single after a tie at 1-1.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati Reds
Tony Perez
Milt Pappas
Ted Abernathy
Mel Queen
Billy McCool
Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies
Reds
Don Lock
Rich Allen
Lock
Gene Mauch
Dave Bristol
Chris Short
Perez
Bobby Wine
Tom Harper
Harper
Short
Gray
Mauch
Bristol
Cookie Rojas
Phils
Leo Cardenas
Gary Sutherland
Doug Clemens
Queen
Clemens
McCool
Jackie Brandt
Clemens Brandt
Sutherland
Tony Taylor
Tony Gonzalez
Maud McCool
Rojas
Taylor
Dick Hall
Lee May
Don Pavietich
Hall
Art Shamsky
Cardenas
Allen
Don Nottebart
Cincy
John Callison
Tito Francona
Clay Dalrymple
John Briggs
Pappas
Callison
Lock Locked
Brazil Miller In Tag Match At Hara Arena
Bobo Brazil and Big Bill Miller team against the world champions Internationals at Hara Arena on Friday night. The Internationals are Australians Al Costello and Kurt Von Brauner. Other matches feature The Mighty Igor versus Sailor Art Thomas, Chief White Owl versus Bad Boy John, and Ivan Kalmikoff versus Lou Kline. Exhibitions start at 8:30 p.m.
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Bobo Brazil
Big Bill Miller
Hara Arena
al Costello
Kurt von Brauner
Igor
Sailor Art Thomas
Chief White Owl
Bad Boy John
Ivan Kalmikoff
Loun Kline
Aaron Explodes With Two Homers In Braves Win
Hank Aaron powered Atlanta to a 7 2 victory over Pittsburgh driving in four runs with two homers and two singles. He also scored three while a broadcast sparked a flare over comparisons with Roberto Clemente as Clemente struggled 0 for 4 dropping his average to .388. Aaron raised his average to .326 and his homer total to 11 with 29 RBIs, also throwing out Clemente on a steal attempt.
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Cesar Tovar
Minnesota
Harmon Killebrew
Red Allison
Twins
Dave Roswell
Tes
Kanees City
White Sox
Chicago
Jack Aker
Jim Nash
Don Buford
Associated Press
Hank Aaron
Aaron
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Braves
Atlanta Baseball
Pirates
Roberto Clemente
Clemente
Milo Hamilton
Hamilton
Walter Alston
RBI
Pirate
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching Stats
The listing shows top players by batting and pitching across leagues. Key names include Clemente and Cepeda with hits and doubles leaders, Aaron with home runs and RBIs, Kaline and Tovar high in batting averages and runs, and Holtzman Veale Horlen Sparma Peters among top pitchers with high strikeout counts.
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Pitt
Cepeda
Aaron
Brock
St.l
St L
Alley
Williams
Chic
Morgan
Houston
Torre
Atl
Si.l
Harper
Cin
Holtzman
Veale
Marichal
Short
Phil
Kaline
Carew
Minn
Tovar
F. Robinson
Det
Yastrzemski
Bast
Freehan
Killebrew
His—Kaline
Campaneris
K.C
Knoop
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Buford
Chiec
Versalles
Balt
Agee
Chi
Horlen
Sparma
Peters
McDowell
Cleve
D. Chan
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