Indians Hit 15 Safeties In 11 5 rout Of Tigers
Cleveland downed Detroit 11 5 as Duke Sims launched a three run homer and Vern Fuller added a solo shot. Sam McDowell earned win with help from Sonny Siebert as Cleveland improved hitting form with 15 hits off six Detroit pitchers.
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Bechstein Meyer's Winners Dominate In Slow Pitch Game
Bechstein's Asphalt defeated Schild's IGA 17 to 7 as six runs in the first inning set the pace. Pam Comer homered and doubled, Marty Vattorella tripled, Carolyn Mathews doubled, while Marianne Lorcher and Pat Sehle contributed for Schild's. Pat Brown earned the win over Thelma Gordon. In another game Bob Meyer's beat Connie's Laundry 19 to 1 with Joan Ringholz hitting two homers.
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Pam Comer
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Marianne Lorcher
Pat Sehle
Packers wallop All-Stars in 27-0 victory
The Green Bay Packers defeated a tough college All Stars 27 to 0 in Chicago. Bart Starr threw two TD passes for 212 yards in the first half and guided a 20-0 lead before reserves finished the game. Vince Lombardi later let Starr sit, using Zeke Bratkowski and Don Horn at quarterback.
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Meyer, Citizens Bank win Lefty Grove League games
In Norwalk Friday night action Dan Missler pitched a four hitter for Bob Meyer in a 5-3 senior circuit win over VFW. Kirk Mason limited the losers to two singles but errors doomed VFW. Kenny Rex led the VFW offense with three straight hits. Bob Blair and Citizens won the junior game 12-7 after a 7-1 Eagle start. Blair had three hits, with Fannin and Suchar adding two each. Craig Traves and Kevin Goodside had Eagle safeties.
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Lance O’ Dell
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Clint Fannin
Jeff Suchar
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Mikkelsen Joins Cubs For 20 000 Waiver Price
Righthanded relief specialist Pete Mikkelsen was acquired by the Chicago Cubs on Friday for the $20,000 waiver price from the Pittsburgh Pirates. The move adds depth to Chicago's pitching staff as teams shuffle rosters in late-season play.
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Standings and schedule preview with Friday results
Friday results show Cleveland 11 Detroit 5 Kansas City 2 New York 1 Minnesota 3 Boston 0 California 5 Washington 4 Chicago at Baltimore postponed Today's probable pitchers include Downing Dobson Moore McGlothlin Stange Perry Peters Horlen Tiant Wilson and others with multiple matchups across the American and National Leagues Sunday games include New York Kansas City Washington California Boston Minnesota Chicago Baltimore Detroit and more with evening games in EDT
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Two Anglers Reel Long Stringers From Lake Erie
Ken Kinnel of West Clarksfield and Nebb Haskins of Wakeman loaded two long stringers of catfish up to eight pounds and sheepsheads to five pounds from Lake Erie near Joppa Road. They used large crawlers and shrimp, smoked leftovers into three batches, and shared fishing outlooks for local streams and reservoirs with fair to good conditions and bait recommendations.
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LaGrange Wins Big In District Slo-Pitch Showdown
LaGrange Screw Leeds remains undefeated after a three run second inning to top Schlessman Leeds in the standout district open game at McGuan Park. Ridgeville Merchants pounded Elyria United Polish Club 13-2 while American Loan beat Pit Lounge 5-1. Ford 1216 1 exploded for 12 runs in the first inning to defeat New Departure 13-4.
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NBC to Televise World Series and All Star Games
NBC will pay MLB clubs 50 million dollars to televise and broadcast the World Series All-Star games and 28 weekly games for three seasons starting in 1969. The pact raises NBC’s annual outlay to about 16.7 million and covers television and radio rights for World Series games and weekly broadcasts.
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