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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1968

Page

6

Baseball Scores and Schedule Across Cities

A compilation of night results and upcoming games covering Chicago Atlanta Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburgh Los Angeles New York Houston Philadelphia San Francisco Baltimore Minnesota Detroit Boston California Cleveland Oakland Washington Chicago Baltimore New York Detroit Minnesota Chicago Washington Boston California Oakland Cleveland Today's matches include Morehead at Chicago and McNally at New York with night games listed The schedule also notes Tuesday games Boston at Chicago Cleveland at Detroit California at Washington Minnesota at Baltimore with night and twi night designations.

Chicago Atlanta Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh Los Angeles New York Houston Philadelphia San Francisco Baltimore Minnesota Detroit Boston California Cleveland Oakland Washington Morehead John McNally Bahnsen Blass Drysdale Koosman Lemaster Fryman Marichal

Weekend Minor League Baseball Scores From Saturday

Pacific Coast League matchups include Hawaii at Phoenix rain, Spokane 5-8, Vancouver 4-3, Portland 5-0. International League showers Buffalo at Louisville, Syracuse 8-0, Richmond 3-3, Jacksonville 5, Rochester 4. Texas League results show Arkansas 2, San Antonio 0 and Dallas-Fort Worth 4, Albuquerque 2. Southern League notes Charlotte 4, Birmingham 3 and Savannah 6, Evansville 1. Eastern League Elmira 5, Binghamton 2 and York 5-1, Reading 0-4. Additional games include Indianapolis 3-5, Portland 2-1 Tacoma 34, Seattle 1-2 and others with late scores listed.

Hawaii Phoenix Spokane Vancouver Portland Indianapolis Tulsa Oklahoma City Seattle Tacoma Denver San Diego Buffalo Louisville Columbus Toledo Syracuse Richmond Jacksonville Rochester Arkansas San Antonio Shreveport el Paso Dallas-Fort Worth Albuquerque Amarillo Memphis Charlotte Birmingham Savannah Evansville Asheville Montgomery Elmira Binghamton Reading York Waterbury Pittsfield

Unclear regional boxing results from Ventura and Manila showdowns

Lonnie Harris of Los Angeles outpoints Miguel Aguilar of Guadalajara while Sakdioni Eto of Manila defeats Rudy Somedio in Manila in a pair of 10 round bouts.

Ventura Calif Lonnie Harris Los Angeles Miguel Aguilar Guadalajara Mexico Manila Sakdioni Eto Thailand Rudy Somedio

Football and AFL NFL Scores on Sunday

Detroit faces Buffalo in a night AFL game at Buffalo. Other AFL and NFL matchups listed include San Diego vs San Francisco, Kansas City at AFL, Chicago vs Dallas, and Cincinnati, Baltimore, Oakland, and Chicago show games with NFL or AFL affiliations. No Sunday games scheduled locally for some leagues.

San Diego San Francisco Baltimore Oakland Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Dallas Detroit Nfl Buffalo Ken Willard 49Ers Unitas Willie Richardson Raiders Don Shula Green Bay Willie Derion Bears

Dodgers blank Mets as Kekich fans 11 in strong outing

Mike Kekich of the Dodgers held the Mets to one hit through seven innings and struck out 11 in a 2-0 win. Vic Cavaiello of the Angels collected four singles and drove in the eighth inning to fuel a 12-6 victory over the Red Sox.

Associated Press Mike Kekich Dodgers Ron Swoboda New York Mets Vic Cavaiillo Angels Boston

Nicklaus Wins Western Open for Second Straight Year

Jack Nicklaus captures his first tournament victory in over nine months by three strokes over Miller Barber with a final round 71 to finish 11 under par 273 at the Western Golf Open in Chicago. The roundup lists multiple sports results across golf hydroplanes auto racing tennis and horse racing with winners including Kathy Whitworth Danbury and several international venues.

Golf Chicago Jack Nicklaus Miller Barber Danbury Conn Kathy Whitworth Marlene Bauer Hagge Gino Paoli

West Monroe Hosts Day of State Dixie Youth Title Games

The Louisiana Dixie Youth Baseball state tourney in West Monroe features four games including two eliminations at Dixie Youth Park. Audubon faces Springhill with Ville Platte meeting Vidalia, St Bernard vs Metairie, and Pineville vs West Monroe in the second round. Metairie defends its title as the 13th annual event nears its conclusion.

West Monroe Dixie Youth Park North Seventh Street Audubon Springhill Ville Platte Vidalia St. Bernard Metairie Pineville Audubon - Springhill Ville Platte - Vidalia Ronny Blazier Vic Slaven Slaven Paul Maxey Blazier Darrell Craft Jeff Gallo Randy McMahon Freddy Arieux Gary Commander Commander

Monroe Defends Title in Dixie Senior World Series opener

Monroe Louisiana clashes with Hueytown Alabama in a 12 30 p m Dixie Senior World Series game as the defending champion begins its bid for a third straight title. Monroe brings a 4 1 mark into the tournament after a 10 2 state final win, with Tommie Peters likely starting on the mound.

Birmingham Ala Monroe Manina'c Ananina Waumaus O UG Fense Alabama Hueytown Texas Mississippi Jefferson County Huffman Center Point Louisiana Kilgore Tex Florida Georgia Tennessee South Carolina Jefferson Parish Elbert Via Tommie Peters Danny Street Eddie Holman

American League and National League Batting Leaders Summaries

Player stats show leaders in batting runs and hits across leagues with names like Carew Uhlaender and K Harrelson highlighted. Key categories include runs batted in home runs doubles triples and stolen bases with top pitchers and strikeouts listed for each league.

Carew Minn Uhlaender K.harrelson Bost Monday Oak Oliva McAuliffe Det Yastrzemski White N.Y Cardenal Cleve Tovar Bando Campaneris Aparicio F.howard Wash R.smith B.robinson Balt Oliv Fregosi Calif McCraw Chic Macauliffe Stroud W.horton Powell R.jackson Davalillo McLain Tiant Wright Santiago Pascual McDowell D.chance Phoebus M.alou Pitt Rose Cin A.johnson Helms Flood St.l Brock Santo Beckett McCovey S.F Perez R.allen Phil H.aaron Atl F.alou Wills Staub Houst Stargell Hart St.j W.davis L.A C.jones Marichal C.short

Lutz Wins Bancroft Trap Shoot at Pine Hills

Gene Lutz, Monroe businessman, captured the Bancroft Challenge Cup by hitting 48 of 50 targets at 20 yards in Sundays feature at Pine Hills Gun Club. He and Roy Pittard shared second with 46x50 as Lutz family posted perfect runs in practice events.

Gene Lutz Monroe Pine Hills Roy Pittard Howard Lutz Lee Williams Lutz Gene Howard Wooders Marvin Williamson

Ruston Juniors Open Louisiana Series Tuesday

T. L. James Contractors of Ruston meet Pete Bohn Ford of New Orleans at 7 45 Tuesday night in the first game of a best two of three series for the state American Legion championship. The Contractors stand 26 1 and the New Orleans club 28 3, with the South division title. Winners advance to the Region Four tournament in Arlington Texas.

Ruston T. L. James Contractors Pete Bohn Ford New Orleans State American Legion Arlington Tex

Forward Pass back in action in American Derby at Arlington Park

Forward Pass won the American Derby at Arlington Park by three lengths over Nodouble in 1 1/16 miles, boosting his 1968 earnings. Valenzuela steered him from behind to the lead near the 116th pole as Dancer's Image and Stage Door Johnny have retired.

Stanton Del Chicago Forward Pass Nodouble Arlington Park Oceanport Monmouth Park Iron Ruler Saratoga Springs N.Y Dr. Fager Spoon Balt Whitney Salem N.H Finance King Fearless Lee Rock Ingham Park del Mar Calif River Riuuch UY Iwliu Vaie EreZuela Stage Door Johnny Dancer’s Image Poleax Henry Forrest Dancer Saratoga Aspidistra Blue Streak Stable Spoon Ball Bi Jay Acre Fort Drum Bohemian Stable Politely Angel Cordero Delaware Park Plucky Pan Lazy F Ranch Balustrade Eric Walsh Walsh Funny Fellow Rockingham Park San Diego del Mar Turf Club Rivet Vale of Tears

AFL Exhibitions Stir NFL Rivalry With Bills Lions Showdown

Buffalo Bills host the NFL's Detroit Lions in a War Memorial Stadium exhibition as AFL teams press early season balance. Bills rest few starters while Lions' Bill Munson sits out with illness. Lions turn to Karl Sweetan and John Hadl noted performers as 49ers, Bears and Chiefs win and lose in other interleague games.

Mike Becht Associated Press American Football League Buffalo Bills Detroit Lions NFL War Memorial Stadium AFL San Diego San Francisco Oakland Baltimore Johnny Unitas Houston Washington Chicago Bears Dallas Cowboys Canton Ohio Kansas City Cincinnati Detroit Paul Costa Dick Hudson Bobby Crockett Jack Kemp Eobert Dubenion Wray Carlton Keith Lincoln Lions Denver Bill Munson Karl Sweetan

Nicklaus Captures Western Open In Steady Victory

Jack Nicklaus played a conservative final round to win the Western Open at Olympia Fields. He finished 11 under par totaling 273 for 72 holes to earn $26,000, ahead of Miller Barber, Bob Stanton, and Julius Boros.

Olympia Fields North Nicklaus Miller Barber Bob Stanton Julius Boros

Hugus wins Daytona feature at 96.2 mph

Ed Hugus of Jacksonville Florida drove a Tricor Special to win the feature Paul Whitman Trophy race at Daytona International Speedway with an average speed of 96.207 mph.

Daytona Beach Fila Ed Hugus Jacksonville Fla Daytona International Speedway

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