Lefty Grove Senior Stars Rout Detroit Team in 23-8 Victory
Norwalk’s Mike Berry blasted three home runs and two singles to pace a 23-8 win over Detroit’s McCosky League All-Stars at McGuan Park. Berry drove in four. Steve Barman, Eric Lendrum and Larry Becker also contributed key hits as Norwalk outhit Detroit 17-10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank Heilmann
Norwalk
Mike Berry
McGuan Park
Lefty Grove
McCosky
Detroit
Mich
Berry
Steve Barman
Eric Lendrum
Larry Becker
Charlie Flynn
Scott Colvin
Mike Conley
Eugene Bees
Dave Lichoff
Conley
Barman
Steve Tien
Browns Lose Thom Darden For Season In AFL Exhibition
Cleveland Browns owner Forrest Gregg lamented the 14 6 win over the Philadelphia Eagles as the club learned safety Thom Darden will miss the season after tearing knee ligaments on a punt return hit by Eagles defender Robert Roberts. Darden requires surgery, ending his year. Cleveland’s passing game showed promise with Mike Phipps directing a 63 yard drive capped by Willie Miller’s 32 yard TD and Hugh McKinnis scoring from the one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Spudich
Cleveland
UPI
Forrest Gregg
Cleveland Browns
Philadelphia Eagles
Browns
Thom Darden
Eagles
Robert Roberts
Darden
Gregg
Municipal Stadium
Mike Phipps
Willie Miller
Roberts
Hugh McKinnis
Phipps
San Francisco
Don Cockroft
Cockroft
Phila
Cleve
W. Miller
McKinnis
Phil
Carmichael
Boryla
Stewart Stars On Plate and Mound for Norwalk All-Stars
Michael Stewart dominated at bat and on the mound as Norwalk beat the Detroit McCosky League All-Stars 4-2 at VFW Park. He hit a second-inning homer and added two ground-rule doubles, earning Norwalk’s hitting star honors and a new bat. Marty Roth and Tim Duncan pitched well, with Duncan turning an unassisted double play to end a Detroit threat. Norwalk won the end-of-season contest for the second straight year, keeping the trophy at the VFW Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Duncan
Barman
McCosky
Duncan
Stewart
Detroit
Norwalk
Dan Traczek
Rick Perry
Aaron Kirk
Mike Moyer
Allyn Schnellinger
Marty Roth
Roth
Joe Statzer
VFW Hall
Detroit Tops Teener Stars 9 7 In VFW Park Showdown
Detroit teenage all-stars rallied from a 7 6 deficit to beat Norwalk 9 7 at VFW Park Sunday. Key plays include Norwalk’s five-run seventh and Arlin Witter hits while Russell pitched all nine innings for Detroit.
Street Eliminator and Class Winners Named
Norwalk dragway results list include Street Eliminator winner Larry Titchnell of Amherst and Super Stock Eliminator winner Rick Wojtko of South Amherst. Also noted are Stock Eliminator Pattie Danaher of Lakewood, Selectra Eliminator Mark Zulk, Bike Eliminator James Schoenegee of Norwalk, and 3 Wheel Tri Sports Dwight Edwards of Marysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Donnelley fifth in State Industrial Division and Chatterbox Eighth
Donnelley Corp finished fifth in the state Industrial Division while the Chatterbox women from Greenwich placed eighth in the state slow pitch tournament. The Donnelley squad opened undefeated at Zanesville, beating Copeland 4-3 with triples by Forehand and Stallings, then 12-5 over Republic Steel as Forehand and Stallings again starred. Stallings hit two inside the park home runs in the 21-hit day. Sunday brought two losses 34-2 to Armco Steel and 17-3 to Pabst, with Norwalk Furniture No. 2 also competing but winless. The Chatterbox club dropped 5-0 to Kar-Gard before a four-game win streak and a 7-6 loss to Columbus Redbirds, who finished third in the state. Local Bennett Electric won 6-5 over Lexington American Legion, then fell to Smitty's Electric and the Amvets. Pullman Inn of Willard won one at Elyria, defeating Butler Drywall 5-1 after eight innings, and Worthington Steel beat the area team 12-9 in nine. Bill Marine Ford posted a 20-9 win over Worthington. Ron Brown starred with four hits and two homers in the group finale.
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Donnelley Corp
Chatterbox
Greenwich
Donnelley
Zanesville
Copeland
John
Jerry Stallings
Republic Steel
Forehand
Stalling
Columbia Gas
Stallings
Donnelley’s
Armco Steel
Pabst
Norwalk Furniture No
Furnituremen
Custom Sounds
Warren
Dayton Frigidaire
Terry Meagrow
Mike Seitz
John Dials
Keith Rakosky
Bennett Electric
Lexington American Legion
Mansfield
Jim Kern
John Francisco
Bennett’s
Smitty
Electric
The
Amvets
Mike Grose
Francisco
Pullman Inn
Willard
Elyria
Butler Drywall
Dave Buss
Ron Brown
John Lofland
Monk Adams
Pullman
Worthington Steel
Bill Marine Ford
Dayton
John Hosang
Worthington
Buss
Lofland
Brown
Bob Phipps
Randy Santoro
Talladega Tragedy Dampens Talladega 500 Victory
Buddy Baker won the Talladega 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway by under three feet ahead of Richard Petty. Dewayne Tiny Lund, 43, died in a 200 mph six car pileup on the eighth lap. Baker earned $23,790 in prize money.
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Talladega, Ala
UPI
Buddy Baker
Dewayne
Tiny’ Lund
Baker
Lund
Alabama International Motor Speedway
Buck Baker
Ford
Richard Petty
Petty
Driver injured in Sandusky speedway crash during stock feature
Frank Potter of Berlin Heights suffered minor injuries after losing control and hitting the guard rail at Sandusky International Speedway during the Action Stock feature. He was treated and released. Jim Ward of Sandusky won the race. In the 50 lap Stock Car Classic Dave Shullick of Lorain won with Bill Stauder of Wakeman fourth and Gary Pope of Greenwich seventh.
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Sandusky
Frank Potter
Berlin Heights
Sandusky International Speedway
Dave Shullick
Lorain
Bill Stauder
Wakeman
Gary Pope
Greenwich
Pro Standings and Results From Saturday Baseball
Boston and New York posted wins while Detroit routed California as Texas and Baltimore led a night schedule. Key games featured Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles with multiple decisive scores and late-inning drama across the leagues.
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Boston
Chicago
Oakland
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Cleveland
Kansas City
New York
Texas
Baltimore
Detroit
California
Pittsligh
Phila
St. Louis
Montreal
West Cinci
Los Ang
San Fran
San Diego
Atlanta
Houston
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Hooton
Stone
Spillner
Folkers
Warthen
Fryman
Carlton
Niekro
Gullett
Forsch
Tate
Richard
Kison
Brett
Dyer
Sanguillen
Darcey
C. Carroll
McEnany
Eastwick
Plummer
Darcy
Freiseleben
Johnson
Tomlin
Frisella
Handley
Underwood
Garber
Denny
Hrabosky
Peers Odom
Sosa
Beard
Sadecki
Leon
Correll
Crawford
Granger
York
May
American Lrasss
West Oakland
Girls Dominate All American Soap Box Derby in Akron
Karen Stead 11 from Morrisville Pa led a girls sweep of the top nine in Akron as she won the All American Derby title with a 27.51 second best time and a 10 speed bike. Damon Papuga of Boston took second on elapsed time while Lloyd Watson of Salem Ore earned a $2,000 grant.
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Akron, Ohio
UPI
Karen Stead
Morrisville
Derby Downs
Damon Papuga
Boston
Lloyd Watson
Salem
Ore
Papuya
Karen
Kimberly Watts
Kanawha Valley
W. Va
Kathy Lewis
Elk Grove
Calif
Shelly Brower
Conejo Valley
Troy Jonas
Fort Worth
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Lefty Grovers
Barney McCosky
Berry Sparks
Lefty Grove League
Michael Stewart
Hank Heismann
VFW Park
Eric Bright
Randy Witter
Jim Arlin
Witter
Arlin
Larry Goudy
Rick Zureich
Jim Laughton
Goudy
Zureich
Gregg Russell
Jim Spettle
Russell
Jeff Reitzel
Wes Douglas
Stan
Sun
Chatterbox Ladies
Kar-Gard
Springfield
Dee Hammer
West Milton
Mansfield Challengers
Black AC
Dayton S&s
Donna Davis
Robbie Dudte
Davis
Hammer
Sue Scibley
Lenny Coe
Dudte
Jan Aitcheson
Carolyn Wynn
Kim
Vanderpool
S&s
Columbus Redbirds
Aitcheson
Coe
Redbirds
Columbus
Sandusky Hospital
Jim Ward
Jenkins
Hargan
Hood
Harrison
Torrez
Goltz
Hausman
Travers
Singer
Coleman
Blue
Perzanowski
Thomas
Sundberg
Palmer
LP Perzanowski
N.Y
K.C
Hunter
Munson
Splittorff
Stinson
Mayberry
Bos
Wise
Burton
Segui
Fisk
Forster
Hamilton
Gossage
Downing
Lpwise
Lee
Willoughby
Montgomery
Blackwell
Kaat
Wp-Willoughby
Hr-Evans
Det
E-Miley
A. Rodriguez
Figueroa
Ruhle
Freehan
Hassler
E. Rodriguez
Hr-Veryzer
Milw
Broberg
Porter
Bahnsen
Lindblad
Fingers
Tenace
Haney
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