Grove Reflects on Being Named All-Time Greatest Left Handed Pitcher
Lefty Grove recalls the honor of being chosen as baseballs all time greatest left handed pitcher. He notes the award process, the Nixon White House party, and the era gap in comparing players. Grove cites Ty Cobb Babe Ruth and Nine Men as tough opponents and discusses recent near records and media questions.
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Lefty Grove
Grove
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Lefty
Jo DiMaggio
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Joe Sewell
Baltimore
Dave McNally
Rich Reese
Minnesota
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Mets
Oakland
108Th General Assembly of
Ohio
Loanmen Increase AA Circuit Lead in Softball Showdown
Home Savings & Loan erased a 2-0 deficit to beat Midway Garage 3-2 in a top North division clash. Ken Didion opened with an inside the park homer as Midway built the early lead. Framing another Monday night slate, Halfway Inn defeated Frankie's Bar 5-3 and Maple City Tarp widened its B loop lead with a 16-2 rout of Saginaw Wire.
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Maple City
Saginaw
Monroeville
Midway
Ken Didion
John Gravenhurst
Harry Gordon
Arden Rakosky
Verne Gordon
Darrel Braden
Roy Braden
Mike Natoli
Frankie
Maple City Tarp
Lonnie Oney
Ed Prior
Roy Yoder
Ted Heitsche
Febel Crum
Indians blank Orioles 2 0 behind Hargan pitching and Baker homer
Cleveland's Steve Hargan allowed four hits as the Indians topped Baltimore 2 0. Rookie Frank Baker hit his first major league homer and Ken Harrelson added his 21st to back the shutout with timely support.
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UPI
Cleveland Indians
Baltimore Orioles
Frank Baker
Ken Harrelson
Steve Hargan
Indians
Standings and schedules in a busy baseball season
The American League East standings show Baltimore leading with 73 wins and 34 losses, followed by Detroit Boston Washington New York and Cleveland. National League results include Chicago edging New York as St Louis and Pittsburgh chase, with multiple games and pitcher lines listed.
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Washington
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
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Chance
McLain
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McDowell
Ellsworth
Nelson
Hardin
Brabender
Culp
Stottlemore
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Montreal
San Fran
Phila
Cincinnati
Houston
St. Louis
San Diego
Pitts
Los Ang
Jenkins
Hundley
Griffin
Womack
Blasingame
Guinn
Edwards
Stone
Neibauer
Tillman
Robertson
Brand
Staub
Cepeda
Singer
Brewer
Haller
Briles
McCarver
Javier
Schild's Lose, VFW Auxiliary Advances Into Teener Loop Lead
Battles upset Grocerymen 15-9 as Schild's I G A. lost first place. VFW Auxiliary moved to the top with a 9-8 win over Chapin & Chapin. Schild worked seven innings for Battles while Steve Hughes earned the win for VFW Auxiliary.
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Schild
VFW
I.G.A
Battles
Grocerymen
Auxiliary
Chapin & Chapin
Denny Schild
Steve Hughes
Swift
Army Blue sets national pistol record at Camp Perry
Sgt. William B. Blankenship of Richlands Virginia led the Army Blue to a new national mark 1189-68x in the .22 caliber opening round at Camp Perry. teammate Monnie Harmon of Columbus fired 299-18x for a new National Match Course record while Elwynn Burnett won police class 887 and Ray Tourigny led civilians 889.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
UPI
William B. Blankenship
Richlands
Army
Monnie Harmon
Columbus
Ray Tourigny
Glendale
R.L
NBA Plans Cage Twin Bill In Astrodome
New York UPI reports the NBA will host a doubleheader in the Houston Astrodome on January 22 1970 as part of a 574 game schedule ahead of its 24th season.
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New York
UPI
Houston Astrodome
National Basketball Association
NBC Announces AFL TV Schedule With 68 Games
NBC unveils a season slate of 68 American Football League games including 13 national doubleheaders, 12 on Sundays and one on Thanksgiving Day. Coverage starts Sept 14 with the Bills vs Jets and runs through post season playoffs Dec 20-21, AFL title game Jan 4, 1970, and All-Star Game Jan 17 at the Astrodome.
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UPI
National Broadcasting Company
Buffalo Bills
New York Jets
Inter
Houston Astrodome
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