VFW Beats A J Baltes In Senior League Action
Tom Becker and Bruce Hammersmith propelled the VFW to a 12-2 win over A J Baltes as Hammersmith pitched six hits and one walk. Becker added a two run homer and a single. Bleile's vs Lawrence Battles was halted after 62 innings with Bleile's leading 13-11 at darkness.
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Tom Becker
Bruce Hammersmith
VFW
Lefty Grove
A.J. Baltes
Hammersmith
Becker
Home Savings and Loan
Jaycees
Sheller Globe
Huron County Bank
Bleile
Lawrence & Battles
League Board of Directors
John Kacmarsky
John Christopher
Joe Missler
Gene Stollard
Jeff Reitzel
Kacharsky
Shelter Globe Leads Tight Race With Nine Wins
Sheller-Globe ties for first with its ninth win in 13 outings as Jim Chapin shines with two doubles and a single. Home Savings and Jaycees split the scoring with multiple extra base hits while key players Todd Walker Todd Moore and Reineck’s squad contribute in a high hitting game.
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Todd Walker
Jaycees
Home Savings
Gene Bees
Bill Seitz
Dennis Cutnan
Andy Heyman
Mark Brinker
Scott Irwin
Dick Simon
Scott Brinker
David Burton
Jim Frank
Pat Rinner
Jayce
Bob Osborn
Scott Colvin
Mike Berry
Vince Leber
Randy Kraft
Shelter Globe
Kim Starkey
John Lover
Lover
the Bank
Don Ryan
Brad Thornton
Mark Winland
A's fall to Red Sox as Griffin stars in twinbill
The Oakland Athletics lost both games of a Thursday doubleheader to the Boston Red Sox as Doug Griffin belted seven hits in nine at bats. In game one his squeeze bunt produced the winning run in the seventh, and in game two four hits helped spark a late rally. The A's also walked Griffin with two on and two outs in a key moment, only to see Carl Yastrzemski fail to foil Boston.
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Oakland Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Doug Griffin
Griffin
Twinbill
A’s
Red Sox
Danny Cater
Oakland
Ken Holtzman
Sal Bando
Angel Mangual
Ben Oglivie
Carl Yastrzemski
Darold Knowles
Yastrzemski
Carl
RBR
Jim Kinsman
Mike Carter
RKR
Dan Rospert
Culligan
Fischer Dances From Hall After Winning 2nd
World chess title challenger Bobby Fischer wins his second straight game against Boris Spassky in Reykjavik. Fans cheer as Spassky concedes after a decisive tactic, leaving the match tied 22 points each and setting up Game Six.
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Hall
Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Bobby
White
Spassky
Baseball scores and standings from a busy multi-game day
Box scores from games across the majors include Minnesota beating Detroit 6 to 1 in a rain-slowed affair, Oakland defeating Boston 4 to 3, and Texas tying 1-1 with a later 3-3 in extras. National League leads show Pittsburgh New York and St Louis atop divisions with various pitchers and hitters listed. A Thistledown feature notes Senior Bonito winning the mile and Blaize Brucato taking a daily double payoff of $25.
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Texas
Baltimore
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minnesota
New York Mets
Los Angeles
Atlanta
St. Louis
Cleveland
UPI
Bonito
Lexilon
Thistledown
Rattlin Money
Blaize Brucato
Boston
New York
Oakland
Chicago
California
Baltimore Dobson
Kansas
Cal
Canton
Lolich
Broberg
Tidrow
Bradley
Big Seven
Parsons
Stottlemore
Allen
May
Peterson
Hamilton
Curtis
Indians to open weekend series in Chicago against White Sox
The Cleveland Indians travel to Chicago for a weekend set with the White Sox after an idle day. Dick Tidrow, 6 9, is slated to pitch tonight for Cleveland as the team sits 13 games behind the division leaders.
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Chicago
UPI
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Indians
Dick Tidrow
Tribe
Jets drop Ohio State kicker Fred Schram from roster
UPI reports in Hempstead New York that Fred Schram a rookie kicker from Ohio State was dropped from the New York Jets roster on Thursday Schram had signed with the Jets as a free agent earlier this season and did not appear in regular season action.
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Jets
Schram
Cerrudo Takes Narrow Lead At Akron Classic
Ron Cerrudo grips a one stroke lead after carding a five under par 65 in round one of the American Golf Classic in Akron. Arnold Palmer struggles with putting as he shoots 68 with several close misses, while Ray Floyd and Kermit Zarley post 66. Palmer hopes neck issues from the British Open are behind him.
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Ron Cerrudo
Napa
Calif
Akron
Cerrudo
UPI
Akron, Ohio
Arnold Palmer
Ray Floyd
Kermit Zarley
Palmer
Milan Nine Dumps Teener Stars 12-5
Milan outhit the Norwalk Teener League All-Stars 15-5 and outscored them 12-5 Thursday night. Milan led 3-0 after one, then 3-1 in the second, and iced the game with six runs in the fourth and four more in the seventh. Norwalk added two in the fifth and single runs in the sixth and seventh.
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Milan
Norwalk
Rick Hupp
Slo Pitch Schedule Featuring Reinecks Wonder Bar and More
Saturday action lists senior and junior Lefty Grove games at VFW with Bleile's Ites Citizen's National Banana WVU and Eagles Hug Boys high school matchups. Morning pairings include Slo-Pitch Reineck's vs Wonder Bar and Bennett No. 1 vs Furniture No. 2, followed by a midday slate and evening showdowns.
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Lefty Grove
VFW
Citizen's National
Banana
WVU
Eagles
Hug Boys High School
Beach
Huron Cty. Bank
Home Savings Bombs RKR Increases Eastern Bulge
Home Savings & Loan moved to 13-1 with an 11-5 win over RKR Construction in Slo-Pitch action. Culligan Soft Water beat Bennett Electric No. 2 12-11, and Frankie's Bar defeated Norwalk Merchants 10-8 as seven make-up games were set for Sunday on Diamond No. 3.
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Home Savings & Loan
RKR Construction
Culligan Soft Water
Bennett Electric
Frankie’s Bar
Norwalk
Don Stoll
Dave Welfle
Sonny Sickinger
Welfle
Merchants
Gene Sands
Dale Marker
Dick Nestor
Reineck's
Furniture No
Reineck’s
Connie's
Frankie's
Independents
Speed Shop
Norwalk Merchants
Culligan
Wonder Bar
Bennett No
Home Savings
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