Winter Wins Olympic Rifle Gold at Munich Games
John Winter of Chicago captured the three position small bore event with a world and Olympic record 1166 points, giving the United States its second shooting gold. Lanny Bassham of Texas won silver, Vic Auer had earlier earned silver, and the U S team also dominated in basketball with an undefeated run. Bob Seagren faced pole vault controversy over a new fiberglass pole before a rebound in broader Olympic action.
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Munich
John Winter
Chicago
United States
Winter
Lanny Bassham
Comanche
Tex
Ft. Benning
Doug Collins
Illinois State University
Brazil
Collins
U.S
Tom Henderson
New York
Ed Ratleff
Long Beach State
Ratleff
Henderson
Cuba
Bob Seagren
America
Darold Knowles
Wilbur Wood
Boston
Red Sox
Rob Gardner
Texas
Clemente and Rose Tie Marks in 11-0 Pirates Win
Roberto Clemente tied Honus Wagner by collecting two hits in the Pirates 11-0 victory over San Diego at Three Rivers Stadium. Pete Rose matched Cincinnati's era record with his 1,881st hit as the Reds beat the Mets 4-2. Other NL results featured Houston over Philadelphia 5-3, Cubs over Dodgers 9-8, Giants over Cardinals 3-2, and Expos over Braves 4-2.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Roberto Clemente
Cincinnati
Pete Rose
Clemente
Pirates
San Diego
Honus Wagner
Rose
Reds
New York Mets
Vadav Pinson
Wagner
Three Rivers Stadium
Ed Sudol
Dave Cash
Willie Stargell
Manny Sanguillen
Bruce Kison
Padres
Pete Jr
Mets
Dave Marshall
Tony Perez
Denis Menke
Hal McRae
Joe Hague
L. Pet. GB
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Montreal
Philadelphia
Houston
Los
Angeles
Atlanta
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Osteen
Reuschel
Twitchell
Dierker
Orioles fall to Twins as Dobson struggles after rain delay
Pat Dobson was knocked around by Minnesota after a 34 minute rain delay, giving up four runs in the seventh inning as the Orioles lost 7-1. Bert Blyleven pitched seven strong for the Twins, who stayed tied for first in the AL East with Detroit after the Angels beat the Tigers.
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Ken Rappoport
Associated Press
Pat Dobson
Earl Weaver
Golden
Baltimore Orioles
Weaver
Minnesota Twins
Dobson
Twins
Minnesota
Bert Blyleven
Orioles
Detroit
Tigers
California Angels
Oakland A’s
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Andy Messersmith
Vada Pinson
California
Messersmith
Angel
Standings and results from the American and California leagues
The standings show Baltimore 67 57 and Detroit 67 57 in the American East with five hundred plus winning percentages. Wednesday results include Boston 4 Chicago 2 and New York 3 Texas 1.
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Baltimore
California
Detroit
Oakland
Cleveland
Texas
Hand
York
Peterson
Kansas City
Jackson
Milwaukee
Lockwood
Coleman
Alifornia
Ryan
Chicago
New York
Boston
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Seagren
IAAF
Federation
Monterey Park
Calif
Sweden
Astrous News
Kjell Isaksson
Vladimir Vasin
Moscow University Economics
Craig Lincoln
Hopkins, Minn
Italy
Franco Cagnotto
East Germany
Shirley Babashoff
Fountain Valley
International Olympic Committee
Avery Brundage
Lord Killanin
Ireland
Roland Matthes
Jim Brewer
Cubs
Dodger
Jose Cardenal
Bob Gibson
Ken Henderson
Dave Rader
Tito Fuentes
Gibson
Bernie Carbo
Cardinal
Expos
Phil Niekro
Ron Woods
Ernie McAnally
Tim Foli
Ken Singleton
Ralph Garr
Earl Williams
Braves
Sox
Jose
Rod Carew
Dick McAuliffe
Chuck Seelbach
Mike Epstein
Epstein
John “Blue Moon
Odom
Rangers
Sparky Lyle
Rich Billings
Lindy McDaniel
Luis Arroyo
Amos Otis
Otis
Ntil
Photography
Knight's Studio
Morris
Colonial House
Louis
Economics
Armstrong Bros. Lumber Co
Streator
Ottawa
Drive In Theatre
Borg-Warner
Owens-Corning
Wayerhauser
Kentile, Frantz
Certainfeed
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Armstrong Bros
Lin
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