Baseball Standings and Schedule Update
The standings show New York leads the East with 11 wins and .733, Philadelphia 11 wins and .647, Montreal 9 and .600, Chicago 7 and .412, Pittsburgh 6 and .400, St. Louis 6 and .375. West division lists Houston 11 5 .688, Los Angeles 12 6 .667, Cincinnati 7 9 .438, Atlanta 7 11, San Diego 7 11 .389, San Francisco 6 13 .316. Thursday results Cincinnati 9 St Louis 5 Chicago 8 Atlanta 0. Friday night games include Houston at Chicago, San Francisco at Philadelphia, San Diego at New York, Los Angeles at Montreal, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Atlanta at St Louis. Sunday matchups feature Los Angeles at Cincinnati and Chicago at Cleveland among others.
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W. L. Pet. B.B. New York
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Montreal
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Houston
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Atlanta
San Diego
San Francisco
Dierker
Hooton
Marichal
Arlin
New York
Koosman
John
Stoneman
Moose
Nolan
Niekro
Gibson
Major League Leaders Baseball Stat Highlights
Major League leaders across American and National Leagues are listed by batting average runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases with players such as Darwin Min, Cash Det, Piniella KC, Tolan Cin and Kingman SF among leaders and marks like 438 batting average for Tolan and 20 RBIs by Kingman.
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Darwin
Min
Freehan
Det
D.allen
Chi
D.nelson
Tex
Cash
Piniella
D.johnson
Bal
McCraw
Cle
Kaline
P.kelly
Bando
Oak
Tolan
Cin
Hickman
Kingman
Garr
Atl
Bonds
Montanez
Phi
Santo
Wynn
Hun
Morgan
Nets shock Squires to win ABA East title in seven
The New York Nets beat the Virginia Squires 94 to 88 in game seven to claim the ABA East Division crown. Rick Barry and rookie John Roche combined for seven of the final eight Nets points to seal the victory, sending New York to face Indiana in the 1st game of the ABA finals.
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Norfolk
New York Nets
American Basketball Association
Nets
Virginia Squires
New York
Indiana Pacers
Bloomington
Ind
Kentucky
Colonels
Squires
Virginia
Rick Barry
John Roche
Barry
Roche
Grundy County Olympics entry deadline announced
The Grundy County Olympics set for June 3 at Morris Community High School invites all Grundy County students from fifth grade to 12th grade to enter. No entry fee, with classes 5 and 6 through 11 and 12, and a coaches meeting May 9 at 7 p.m. at Monson Sports Center.
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Grundy County
Morris Community High School
Monson Sports Center
Morris
Monson’s
Pappas blanks Braves as Cubs sweep in Chicago
Cubs rout Atlanta 8-0 behind Milt Pappas who improved to 2-2. Cardenal Hickman and Monday led at the plate as Chicago ran its streak to four wins in six games. Durocher praised the club while noting strong pitching and hitting, with Pappas earning his 40th career shutout and a 9-2 lifetime mark against the Braves.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Leo Durocher
Chicago Cubs
Atlanta Braves
Durocher
Braves
Cubs
Milt Pappas
Pappas
Cub
Atlanta
Pittsburgh Pirates
Monday
Hickman
Joe Pepitone
Donald Davidson
Houston
Astros
Burt Hooton
Larry Dierker
Riva Ridge Favored In Derby At Churchill Downs
Riva Ridge, Meadow Stud's 1971 2-year-old champion, heads a 16-horse field for the 98th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Dr. Neale faces five-figure earnings and a sore heel as a late entrant. Post positions place Riva Ridge at No 9, Hold Your Peace at No 3, No Le Hace No 5, Head of the River No 14, Freetex rail, with a $182,800 purse and $140,300 to the winner if no scratches. Weather forecast calls for no rain. Riva Ridge timed five furlongs in 1 01 2-5.
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Louisville, Ky
Dr. Neale
Meadow Stud
Chuck Nicholas
Churchill Downs
Riva Ridge
Maribel Blum
Poise
Max Gluck
Louisville
Mellon
Key To the Mint
Ron Turcott
Carlos Marquez
Phil Rubbicco
le Hace
Mike Hole
Freetex
Chuck Baltazar
Bobby Kotenko
Majestic Needle
Napoise
Lucien Laurin
Thorpe Leads Houston Open After First Round
Chuck Thorpe rookie pro and former Pirates farmhand shot 66 at Westwood Country Club to lead by one stroke over Don Bies and Hale Irwin. Thorpe, 6 foot 3, 190 pounds, rose from greens keeper son and Negro tour player to PGA Tour hopeful with Walter Burkemo sponsorship.
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Houston
Chuck Thorpe
Pittsburgh Pirates
Thorpe
Westwood Country Club
Don Bies
Hale Irwin
Doug Sanders
Jack Ewing
Jim Ferriell
Bruce Devlin
Lanny Wadkins
Bob Menne
Frank Beard
Roxboro
N.C
Walter Burkemo
Canada
Pop Warner League Sponsors Widely for Junior Football
Pop Warner Junior League receives support from Salvation Army YMCA Boys' Clubs of America and the Police Athletic League as community sponsors.
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Pop Warner
Organizations
The
Salvation Army
Ymca, Boys’ Clubs of America
Police Athletic League
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By Joe Mooshil
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Echo Lanes
Bedford Road
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Scotty
Plainfield
Rad
Fleischmann’s Vodka
Strohs Beer
Tyrolia Wine
Meister Brau Draft
Burgemeister
Bozo’s
Coal City Ill
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Black & Decker
Melnor
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