Aaron hits 739th lifetime homer in Brewers win
Hank Aaron batted 3-for-3 lifting his average to .212 as the Brewers beat the A’s 9-7 at Milwaukee County Stadium. Aaron homered off Vida Blue in the fifth, added a double and a single, and drove in two runs. George Scott and Gorman Thomas fueled a late four-run surge.
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Mat Lack Keeps Mets Beating Dodgers 2-0 In NL Clash
Jon Matlack outpitched Don Sutton to earn his seventh win versus Los Angeles, as Felix Millan and Wayne Garrett delivered the offense with back to back doubles and a run each in the sixth and eighth innings. The Mets moved within a half game of Pittsburgh in the NL East.
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San Diego
ABA adopts 24 second clock amid budget cuts but eyes team purge
The ABA board unanimously approved a 24 second shot clock replacing the 30 second format as part of a cost cutting drive led by commissioner Dave DeBusschere and St. Louis president Harry Weltman. A second 20 percent cut is expected to shrink the league from 10 to 8 teams with Memphis and San Diego likely to be eliminated.
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Dairy Queen Gals Defeat Braidwood Devils 9 5 In Stormy Tilt
Dairy Queen Gals, 4 0, beat Braidwood Devils 9 5 at Goodwill Park. Maddy FitzMaurice earned the win with eight hits allowed. Lavoy Webster took the loss. Notable D Q S hitters include Sheryl Garling, Cathy Wawczak, Peg Garling, Nancy Steele, and Denise Zinnel with multiple hits.
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Maddy Fitzmaurice
Cathy Holbrook
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Becky Bollen
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Denise Zinnel
Chris Marschner
Terry Sargeant
Debbie Mitchell
Denise Weigelt
Lavoy Webster
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Feeney's Liquors Rally Beats Newark 12 11 In Wild Game
Mick Peterson doubled home Tom Finland with one out in the seventh to lift Feeney's Liquors over Newark 12 11 in a wild Thursday night contest. Feeney's totaled 17 hits led by Severson two run homer and two hits from Finland Cudato and Severson. Wilbur Neary earned the win with Johnson aiding in relief while Carlson took the loss. Feeney's, now 2-0, meets Gunner's Tap Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the lighted ball park.
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Anderson Realty outlasts Norms Lounge in Morris 12 Softball action
Anderson Realty defeated Norms Lounge 17 to 14 at the Morris 12 league night game. Phil Thouvenin and Mike Englert each doubled four trips with three hits, while Arden Wills Steve Wills and Dan Dransfeldt added two hits apiece. Dave Newland earned the win. Norms Lounge homered three times with Bill Stalker and Smith going deep in the fourth.
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Illinois prep dominates Pan American trials in Carbondale
Bart Conner, 16, a Morton Grove high junior, won the all around with 106.15. NCAA runnerup Tom Weeden of UC scored 106.10 to place second. Peter Korman of Southern Connecticut State totaled 105.40 for third. Conner was the sole high school contestant, representing Niles West High School.
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Giants edge Cardinals in pony league thriller
Giants rally with an eight run fourth inning to beat the Cardinals 16 10 as Zumbahlen Thomp son and Borgstrom lead with two or more hits and Verden adds key doubles Roberts doubles and Kuk man triples. Lions topple Panthers 9 2 in majors and White Sox beat Red Sox 8 7 in minors Braves beat Yankees 13 2 led by Matteson grand slam and Larson three run shot.
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Jeff Hansen
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Rich Stutski
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Scott Kjellesvik
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Gary Larson
Midwestern universities discuss new athletic conference
Six schools Xavier Detroit Loyola Evansville Butler and DePaul held a two day exploratory meeting at Xavier in Cincinnati to discuss forming a Division I conference. No formal agreements were reached but the group favored benefits of a conference while basketball remains the leading sport and football is largely not played. A next meeting is planned for Chicago during NCAA meetings in mid August.
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Apprentice jockey and trainer’s brother barred in Maryland
An apprentice woman jockey and Lawrence M Robb, brother of a trainer, were banned from Bowie Race Course tracks for 60 days over possession of an illegal miniature battery powered prod. The stewards barred them until July 19 and for 20 days after, effective immediately.
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