Baseball and other sports wrap from varied leagues
Baseball notes cover batting leaders and team matchups. Tiant and Williams pace Cleveland and Boston, with twi night games. Basketball gains include Minnesota Pipers naming Jim Harding as coach. Tennis results feature Hewitt and Hall of Fame inductees. Soccer coach fired in Washington, horse racing results across Del Mar and Saratoga.
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ST. Louis
Roger Maris
Babe Ruth
St. Louis’ Cardinals
Minneapolis ST. Paul
Minnesota Pipers
American Basketball Association
Jim Harding
LaSalle College of
Philadelphia
Southhampton
N.Y
Bob Hewitt
South Africa
Ian Hewitt
England
Washington
Washington Whips
Andre Nagy
Pete Haley
Stanton
Del
Delaware Park
Salem
N.H
Red Idol
Rockingham Park
Sinbad
Atlantic City
N.J
Pappa Steve
Chicago
Loco Kid
Arlington
Manassas
del Mar
Calif
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Beaumont Bout Ends in Narrow Light-Heavyweight Victory
Mark Tessman of Houston outpointed Benny Bowser of Austin in a 10 round light heavyweight bout in Beaumont. In Tokyo Kazuyoshi Kanazawa of Japan knocked out Rogelio Penaroya of the Philippines in the seventh round at 118 pounds for the 11842 division.
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Beaumont
Tex
Mark Tessman
Houston
Benny Bowser
Austin
Tokyo
Kazuyoshi Kanazawa
Japan
Rogelio Penaroya
Philippines
Shelton Defends Jaycee Golf Title At Monroe Meet
Robert Shelton returns as defending champion of the Monroe Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament opening Wednesday at Municipal Golf Course with more than 100 youths in the competition. The event is open to players 18 and under with entries still being accepted. Age groups include Boys 13 18, boys 9 12 and a girls division, each with several flights.
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Robert Shelton
Monroe Jaycee
Municipal Golf Course
Ex College Ace Says Magazine Quotes Wrong
Former University of Texas at El Paso star David Lattin denies a Sports Illustrated piece misquoted him about campus race relations. He challenges attribution while the article depicts Negro athletes’ plight at the school and in El Paso.
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EL Paso, Tex
UPI
University of Tecas
el el Paso
el Paso
David Lattin
Phoenix Suns
National Basketball Association
Lattin
Sports Illustrated
Pineville and West Monroe Meet in Louisiana Dixie Youth Final
Pineville versus West Monroe headlines the Louisiana Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament in West Monroe at 8 p.m. as rain forces a one day delay. Audubon and St Bernard produced late rallies and power hitting in Thursday action.
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Pineville
West Monroe
Audubon
Ville Platte
Metairie
St. Bernard
Eagles Aiming for Defensive Leap in 1968 Camp
Philadelphia coach Kuharich stresses a 20 to 30 percent boost in defensive efficiency at Albright College to lift the Eagles from a 6 7 1 record in 1967. The roster reshapes with Tim Roosovich and Adrian Young joining youth from USC, while Haymond and Nelso n bolster the wings.
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Philadelphia Eagles
Albright College
Reading
Joe Kuharich
Eagles
Kuharich
Pennsylvania
Timmy Brown
Baltimore
Alvin Haymond
Southern California
Tim Roosovich
Adrian Young
Trojans
Philadelphia
Dallas
Washington
New York
Cowboys
Packers
Green Bay Wis
Haymond
Wings
al Nelson
Nate Ramsay
Joe Scarpati
Pappas Powers Braves Over Cubs with Eight RBI Night
Milt Pappas pitched six innings and hit a three run homer as Atlanta defeated Chicago 6-1. He credited swinging the bat as key to his success, boosting his 1968 homer total to 14. Cubs had a six game winning streak snapped. other NL scores included Los Angeles 1 Pittsburgh 0 in 10 innings, St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 2, Houston 6 New York 5, Philadelphia 6 San Francisco 4 in 10.
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Chicago
Niekro
Atlanta
Stone
New York
Cardwell
Houston
Giusti
Philadelphia
L. Jackson
San Francisco
Perry
Cincinnati
Maloney
St. Louis
Carlton
Pittsburgh
Moose
Los Angeles
Drysdale
Sutton
St Louis
Philadelphia Seas
Louis
St. Bernard
Metairie
Mark Bruno
Elphage Caillouette
Freddie Arieux
David O'Flynn
Davey Presley
Caillouette
Whso
Ville Platte
Dick Coach
Associated Press
Milt Pappas
Cubs
Pappas
Baltimore Orioles
Jack Lamabe
Braves
Joe
Ernie Banks
Cardinals
Jack Billingham
Don Drysdale
Pirates
Jim Brewer
Steve Blass
Bob Bailey
Versalles
Wayne Granger
Nelson Briles
Joe Hoerner
Cards
Mike Shannon
Orlando Cepeda
Reds
Briles
Lee May
Johnny Bench
Granger
Doug Rader
Mets
Astros
John Bateman
Tony Gonzalez
Phillies
Giants
Juan Marichal
Mike McCormick
Marichal
Rich Allen
Gonzalez
Hardy
Dave Parks
New Orleans
Saints
49Ers
Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Juniors Take on Ruston in Legion Title Series
Ruston faces Dick Bohn Ford of New Orleans in a best of three for the state American Legion baseball championship at Legion Field in Ruston. Game two set for Thursday in New Orleans. a possible third game Friday in New Orleans could decide the title and regional berth.
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Ruston
James Contractors
Dick Bohn Ford
New Orlanne Nnan
American Legion
Legion Field
Billy Henderson
Henderson
DeLaSalle
Johnny Altobello
New Orleans
Crescent City
Arlington
Texas
Dick Bohn
Shreveport
Ford
South Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Chadwick Nets First Hole in One at Muny Golf
Al Chadick aced the 17th hole at Muny Golf Course for his first career hole in one. He used a seven iron and played in a threesome with Willie Jones and Dick Dickerson.
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al Chadick
Muny
Chadick
Willie Jones
Dick Dickerson
Bills Edge Lions 13 9 in Exhibition Tilt
Buffalo Bills defeated the Detroit Lions 13 to 9 in a Monday night exhibition. Rookie Gary McDermott and Ben Gregory stepped in as Keith Lincoln and Wray Carlton were hurt. Gregory scored the Bills only TD on an eight yard pass from Jack Kemp.
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Murray Chass
Buffalo
N.Y
Gary McDermott
Ben Gregory
Buffalo Bills
Bills
Detroit Lions
McDermott
Bill
Joe Collier
Keith Lincoln
Wray Carlton
Lincoln
Carlton
Tulsa
Gregory
Nebraska
Johnny) Mazur
Jack Kemp
AFL
NFL
Detroit
Mel Farr
Mike Mercer
Lion
Third Annual Slow Pitch Softball Tourney Thursday Night
The third annual slow pitch softball tournament will be held Thursday night. It is limited to the first 12 teams. entry fee is $16. Teams may pick up four players from other teams. For more information call Jack Hesketh or Jackie Neal at Benoit Recreation Center.
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Jack Hesketh
Jackie Neal
Benoit Recreation Center
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