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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1971
Page
10
Associated Press reports McAnally, a 25-year-old converted outfielder, earns his first major league win for Montreal with a 4 2 victory over Pittsburgh aided by Mike Marshall who ends the Pirates rally in the ninth. Cards, Mets, Dodgers, Giants and Reds post wins in a busy N L day.
The National League standings list San Francisco leading the league with a 30 13 record and a .698 winning percentage, followed by Los Angeles Atlanta and Houston in the top division. Sundays brought Montreal beating Pittsburgh 4 2, New York routing Atlanta 4 0, Cincinnati over Philadelphia 4 3, Los Angeles edging Chicago 4 3, St Louis defeating San Diego 6 1, and San Francisco beating Houston 7 4 with one game left scheduled for Monday.
Yesterday's stars include Norm Cash of the Tigers hitting three home runs including a grand slam and driving in seven runs to power Detroit to a doubleheader sweep of Washington 11-0. Bill Parsons of the Brewers hurled a four hitter in a 4-0 win over Kansas City.
Pete Rose, praised for fielding on astro turf at Veterans Stadium, threw out the tying run at the plate in a 4-3 loss for Cincinnati over Philadelphia. Rose's eighth or ninth outfield assist of the season came on a line drive to catcher John Bench, preserving the win as Reds built a 4-0 lead before Philadelphia rallied.
Al Cohn a 43 year old furniture salesman from Chicago captured the regular singles and all events titles in the 68th American Bowling Congress tournament in Detroit. He rolled 226 245 267 738 on May 5 to win regular singles and total 2 063 in all events. Tony Maresca and Bill Haley of Mesa Arizona won regular doubles with 1 330 on May 5. Cohn earned 1 200 for regular all events and 1 200 for singles. Maresca and Haley shared 2 400. Gary Dickinson of Fort Worth fired 2 000 to win the classic division all events 1 000 prize. The classic doubles crown went to Bill Zuben and Barry Warshafsky of Cranston R I for 1 357 and Vic Schen of Kalamazoo Michigan won the classic singles 750. Chester Ila Investments of Houston took 4 000 for the Classic team crown with 3 081. Jim Godman of Lorain Ohio won the Masters tournament with one of four 300 games.
Wilmette Illinois based Koenig and Strey Real Estate won the top prize of 1700 with a 2891 total in the final day of the Women’s International Bowling Congress tournament. Dotty Fothergill and Mildred Martorella led Open Division doubles with 1263 and $1000, Ginny Younginer took 700 for Open Division singles, and Mary Scruggs posted 698 for 500 in Division I amid a record pot of 284090 and 4928 entrants.
In Columbus Ohio AP reports Cincinnati and Ohio University will face out-of-state foes in the NCAA District 4 Baseball Tournament in East Lansing Michigan Thursday. Southern Illinois plays Ohio University with Cincinnati vs Michigan State in the second game as part of a double elimination format leading to Saturday’s final and a bid to the national championships.
Valley View standout Fred Alves earned an invitation to the Ohio High School Athletic Association All-Star series in Columbus this June. He powered the team with 10 homers 39 RBIs and a .435 batting average while leading the Spartans to a 22-15 season and also topped the basketball team in scoring last season.
Dutch Doubles action concludes its third weekend with Cele Graham and Joe Graham of Middletown rising to second after a 947 handicap. Alice Miller and Ernest Miller drop to third as Don Fugett of Middletown leads with 1 021. Final round set for Saturday at the Sports Bowl with entries accepted up to starting time and a 10 pm final shift.
In Santa Monica Ray Windmill White 173 of Ventura outpointed Roger Rouse 172 of Anaconda Mont in ten rounds. In Boston Johnny Coiley 159 of Medford Mass outpointed Tommy Shaffer 165 of Uniontown Pa in ten rounds.
Mike Shannon, longtime St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, has defied a kidney ailment that interrupted his baseball career and now works in baseball, demonstrating resilience and continued involvement with the sport.
A day of strong pitching features Mickey Lolich, Vida Blue and Jim Palmer. Lolich blanked Denny McLain 5-0 as Detroit beat Washington while Cain and the Tigers throttled the nightcap 11-0. Siebert and the Red Sox edged Baltimore 2-1 for a split, Palmer beat Oakland, Blue notches his 10th win, and McDowell earns his first complete game in Cleveland’s 2-1 victory over New York. Parsons shines for Milwaukee with a four hitter in a 4-0 win over Kansas City. California drubs Chicago White Sox 10-5. A Detroit crowd cheered McLain’s return and booed him at his first at bat.
Memphis AP report lists three candidates to plead the NBA ABA merger case before Congress. Lawyer Thomas Kuchel, former Republican Senate minority whip, is among those considered as the spokesman for the merger committee of five owners from each league.
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