Baseball Standings and Tonight's American League Schedule
A compact recap shows the American League leaders Minnesota and Chicago amid standings. Monday results show no games. tonight Kansas City at New York and Boston at Baltimore lead a slate across the league, with twilight and night doubleheaders listed for several matchups.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Los Angeles
Stafford
Oston
Wilson
Morehead
Roberts
J. Miller
Kant
Tiant
Washington
Daniels
Horten
Brunet
Lolich
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Houston
Gibson
Washburn
Jay
Tsitouris
Koonce
Blasingame
Short
Bruce
Cisco
Padres
Law
Perry
Golfer Gary Player Wins U S Open in Openly Historic Finish
South African star Gary Player fired a one over par 71 to defeat Australia’s Kel Nagle by three strokes in an 18 hole playoff. He becomes the first foreigner to win the U S Open in 45 years. The event marks a landmark in golf history.
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ST. Lous
Gary Player
South
Ica
Australion Kel Nagle
New York
Atlanta
Middleweight boxing results from various locations
Report summarizes boxing bouts with fighters including Ray Patterson from Oslo and Juergen Blinn from Germany, Marion Conner of Worcester facing Clay Thomas of Paterson, Don Fullmer of West Jordan defeating Gene Bryant, listing weights around 176 to 1854 and noting the middleweights category.
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Norway
Ray Patterson
New York
Juergen Blinn
Germany
Worcester
Mass
Marion Conner
Boston
Clay Thomas
Paterson
N.J
West Jordan
Utah
Don Fullmer
Gene
Honey Bear
Bryant
League Leaders Batting and Pitching Standings Summary
League leaders include Davalillo and Mantilla sharing batting honors with .325 to .365 marks, Horton pacing home runs for Detroit with 16, while Campaneris and Versalles lead steals. Pitching leaders feature Fisher and Pascual at 8-1 and 82, plus Koufax atop strikeouts with 147. This list also covers RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, and other top totals across AL and NL players.
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Davalilio
Cleveland
Horton
Detroit
Mantilla
Boston
Hall
Minnesota
Robinson
Baltimore
Green
McAuliffe
Killebrew
Versalles
Wagner
Tresh
New York
Howard
Washington
Colavito
Kaline
Hits
Davalillo
Cardenal
Los Angeles
Oliva
Ward
Chicago
Richardson
Yastrzemski
Campaneris
Kansas City
W. Smith
Blasingame
Conigliaro
Thomas
Alvis
Aaron
Milwaukee
Mays
San Francisco
Torre
Allen
Philadelphia
Clemente
Pittsburgh
Harper
Cincinnati
Rose
Pinson
Banks
Johnson
Callison
Stargell
Pitttburgh
Williams
J. Alou
Alou
Santo
Cardenas
McCovey
Wills
Brock
St. Louis
Wynn
Houston
Ellis
Koufax
Jay
Cloninger
Farrell
O'Dell
Gibson
Veale
Drysdale
Marichal
Bunning
Crash Claims Life Of Astro Farm Pitcher
Gary Marshall of the Houston Astros organization remains hospitalized with severe injuries after a fatal single vehicle crash that killed teammate Jay Dahl and Patti Troutman in Salisbury North Carolina. Marshall suffered critical facial trauma, possible loss of an eye, and multiple fractures. Dahl, 19, from Bloomington California, and Troutman, 20, of Salisbury, died when the car ran into a tree at high speed. Marshall had just pitched Salisbury to first place in the Western Carolina League earlier the same day with his fifth straight win.
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N.C
Gary Marshall
Houston Astros
Jay Dahl
Bloomington
Calif
Patti Troutman
Salisbury
Marshall
Dahl
Houston
Dad
Gastonia
Durham
Frick apologizes for Braves clubhouse ban
Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick apologized to Milwaukee reporters for a one day ban on Lou Chapman from the Braves clubhouse calling it thoughtless and ill considered. Braves official Jim Fanning said Chapman was barred for a negative nature of his stories but the action drew protests from Milwaukee Baseball Writers Association. The ban was lifted after the writers denounced it as an infringement on press freedom and Frick offered support to prevent repeats.
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Milwaukee
Ford Frick
Milwaukee Sentinel
Lou Chapman
Braves
Sosa Eee
Baseball Writers Association of America
Frick
Lloyd Larson
Sentinel
Milwaukee Writers Chapter
Chapman
Jim Fanning
Atlanta
Milwaukee Writers
Fanning
National League
Warren Giles
Joe McGuff
National Baseball Writers
St. Louis
Bobby Bragan
the Sentinel
Ralph Delforge
Osteen Loses 2 Hitter as Mets Break Through
Dodgers suffer a 1-0 defeat to the Mets after Claude Osteen loses a near no hitter. Joe Christopher bunts for a leadoff hit in the seventh, Billy Cowan homers in the ninth, while New York gains a second straight win over Los Angeles. Astros top Phillies 6-2 as Farrell wins. crowd records 931,508 in 36 home dates.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Claude Osteen
Dodger
Los Angeles
Osteen
New York Mets
Joe Christopher
Billy Cowan
Mets
Houston Astros
Philadelphia Phillies
al Jackson
Met
New York
Dodgers
Lou Johnson
Davis Boys
Willie
Tommy
Don Drysdale
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Dick Farrell
Astros
Lee Maye
Farrell
Ray Culp
Phillies
Astrodome
Houston
Junior Golf Lessons Move Up To Friday At Municipal
Junior golfers eight to seventeen will hold their weekly instruction one day early this week at Municipal Golf Course. Johnny Meyers the municipal pro says Friday lessons run from 9 to 10 a.m. Classes are free with clubs and balls furnished by Municipal.
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Municipal
Johnny Meyers
Ramblers Claim Three Winners At Cycle Event
Twin City Ramblers, a local motorcycle club, entered five contestants in the Gulf States Dealers Rally at Lafay ette and produced three winners while earning the club trophy for travel distance. J. W. Jackson won bantamweight, Charles Hampton took middleweight, and Danny Jackson placed third in bantamweight. The club plans a September rally and a Tourist Trophy Scramble at Selman Field next Sunday.
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Lafayette
Twin City
J. W. Jackson
Charles Hampton
Danny Jackson
Ramblers
Selman Field
Monroe Dixie Senior Legion tilt ends in 4-3 finish
In a Dixie Seniors battle at Memorial Stadium Haddad Equipment faced Krauss and Cann. Peoples Homestead scored the decisive run in the bottom of the seventh to edge Lakeshore 4-3. Pardue collected three hits for the winners, Moore and Brown added two apiece for Lakeshore, with Pardue earning the win.
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Legion Memorial Stadium
Haddad
Krauss and Cann
Peoples Homestead
Lakeshore
Dixie
Pardue
Moore
Brown
NFL Puts Okay On Atlanta Site
New York AP reports Atlanta will gain an NFL expansion franchise in 1966 led by Rankin Smith Jr. with a lease on a new 18 million stadium as a condition. Rozelle will screen applicants, AFL commish Joe Foss salutes NFL, and Atlanta celebrates as 28,402 watch exhibition baseball. Also notes 1967 NFL expansion and schedule details.
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Atlanta
Rankin Smith Jr
Pete Rozelle
American Football League
Cox Broadcasting Corp
NFL
Arthur Montgomery
Georgia
Rozelle
Joe Foss
AFL
Cox Group
Milwaukee Braves
Atlanta Braves
Minnesota
Vetera
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