A's and Orioles Set for Tense AL Showdown Series
Vida Blue pitched six shutout innings as Oakland beat Detroit 6-1 while Baltimore lost to California in a doubleheader. Blue eyes a 20th win against Baltimore in the opener as Cuellar and Palmer struggle for the Orioles amid injuries and late-season pressure.
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Vito Stellino
UPI
Vida Blue
Baltimore Orioles
Page Blue
Bill Denehy
Oakland A’s
Tigers
Detroit
Blue
Dick Williams
Orioles
Baltimore
A’s
Mike Cuellar
Jim Palmer
California Angels
Frank Robinson
Cuellar
Palmer
Orlando Pena
Dave McNally
Pat Dobson
Oriooes
Boston
Minnesota
Earl Weaver
Dave Leonhard
Grant Jackson
Oakland
Weaver
Dobson
Jackson
Leonhard
Jim Hunter
Diego Segui
Blue Moon Odom
Kansas City
Cleveland
Chicago
Washington
New York
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Houston
Montreal
St. Louis
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnati
San Diego
Pittsburgh
Dick Drago
Ken Suarez
Ali Ellis Heavyweight Fight Set At Astrodome Tonight
Muhammad Ali weighs about 220 pounds to Ellis 191 for their 12 round heavyweight bout in the Astrodome. About 25 000 fans expected with gate receipts around 270 000 and 400 000 TV viewers in 200 cities and 34 foreign countries. Ali favored at 3 2 to 1, earned 450 000 plus 45 percent of receipts. Ellis trained by Angelo Dundee and holding 30 36 14 knockouts in his record, aims to upset the former sparring partner. Wiley predicts a knockout for Ali.
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Houston
UPI
Muhammad Ali
Jimmy Ellis
Astrodome
Ali
Ellis
United States
Joe Frazier
Frazier
Angelo Dundee
Wiley
Palmer Wins Westchester Classic In Record 18 Under Par
Arnold Palmer 41 in top form with a final 68 to win the $250 000 Westchester Classic by five strokes at Westchester Country Club finishing 18 under 270. He nets $50 000 and a Nixon phone call while Sam Snead 59 ties for fourth showing surprising longevity.
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Harrison
N.Y
UPI
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Gibby Gilbert
Hale Irwin
Nixon
Ligonier
Jack Nicklaus
Akron
Ohio
Sam Snead
Westchester Country Club
Frank Beard
Snead
Cubs Tie Three Way For Lead With 9 1 Victory
The Cubs defeated Huron County Bank 9 1 to forge a three way tie for first in the Lefty Grove junior division. Dave Barman allowed one hit while fanning 12 over seven innings as Jim Arlin and Wayne Mintzlaff hit triples and Greg Haney added a double in a six hit Cubs attack. The game was moved up from July 19. A rainout between A J Baltes and Norwalk Vault remained unplayed.
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Cubs
Huron County Bank
Bankers
Dauch
Dave Gangluff
Bill Thorley
Merchants
Gangluff
Hammersmith 1- Hands Monroeville in Midget Opener
Bruce Hammersmith pitched an efficient one hitter to lead Norwalk to an 11 1 win over Monroeville in the Midget Baseball Tournament opener. Monroeville scored unearned in the fourth on a dropped fly and Randy Myer single.
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Bellevue
Norwalk
Bruce Hammersmith
Monroeville
Randy Myer
Jeff Malcolm
Baseball Night: Probable Pitches Vie in Minnesota Clash
Boston's 14 4 starter Siebert faces Minnesota Kaat in a night duel as leaders collide. Scores mix across multiple games with HRs by Unser Melton and others, detailing late innings, winning and losing pitchers, and key clutch hits. There are numerous line scores across divisions, including Milwaukee and New York, with notable homer bursts by Briggs Murcer and Killebrew.
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Boston Siebert
Minnesota
Chicago
Bosman
Riddlebarger
Pina
Horlen
Lp-Brown
HR Redhardt
Egan
Howard
Mincher
McCraw
Randle
Pec
Milw
Bahnsen
McDaniel
Gibbs
Pattin
Sanders
Morris
Ratliff
Rodriguez
McDan
Oakland
Detroit
Dobson
Roland
Locker
Knowles
Klimkowski
Blefary Coleman
Freehan
Hr-Taylor
Blefary
Blue
Fingers
Tenace Deheny
Kilkenny
Timmerman
Gilbreth
Niekro
Sherman
Chance
Denehy
Bando
Calif
Baltimore
Alomar
Johnson
Cal
Clark
Fisher
Allen
Stephenson
Palmer
Hall
Richert
Leonhard
Jackson
Pena
Dalrymple
Balri
Spencer
McMullen
B. Robinson
Gonzalez
KanCity
Cleve
Drago
Posen Lamb
Colbert
Foster
Hargan
Suarez
Lplam
Hr-Nettles
Chambliss
Sidix
Pore
Paepe
Paul Farmer
Mingori
Nite Life Drops Out Of First After Weekend Losses
Nite Life fell out of a tie for first in the City Slo Pitch League B Division after losses to Frankies Bar 14 2 and Mac's Sons Builders 12 5. Mike Finch sparked Mac's with four hits including a homer while Frankie’s Bar built a 10 run fifth inning to pull away from Nite Life.
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Don Hohler
Nite Life
Norwalk Furniture
Frankie’s Bar
Mac’s Sons Builders
Mac’s Sons
Mike Finch
Frankie’s
Sodermeier
Midway Garage
Firelands Girls Fail To Qualify For AAU Finals
At Wayne State University Detroit four Firelands athletes competed in the six state AAU Junior Olympics meet. Ann Heckleman placed sixth in the shot put with 34 1, Jenny Gill finished seventh in the long jump and tied sixth in the high jump, Diane Pearson reached the semifinals in the 100 and 220 with 11.7 and 26.1 seconds respectively and did not reach finals, Maureen Mushett finished 11th in the shot. Final placements ranged from sixth to eleventh among about 24 competitors per event.
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Detroit
Firelands Track Club
Wayne State University
Michigan
Quaker Oats Company
Firelands
Maureen Mushett
Norwalk
Ann Heckleman
Milan
Diane Pearson
Sandusky
Clyde
Jenny Gill
Kentucky
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
Bill Ream
Heckleman
Mushett
Gill
Pearson
Sanduskian
OSU Tickets Returned For Buckeye Football Fans
Ohio State University is returning tickets to about 5000 Buckeye fans as season seats sold out. The third priority group alumni benefactors Varsity O members and long time buyers were overordered for the 14 000 single game tickets left. Ticket Director Robert C Ries expects all games to sell out due to heavy demand.
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Robert C Ries
Evening Softball and Baseball Schedule in Huron County
Tonight features men's slo pitch with Huron County Bank against Lodermeier's Hartland and Hartland Speed against Bennett Elec. High school girls play Home Savings at 6 with Artesian versus Connie's at 7 15. Teener league baseball has Schild's facing Bleile's at 6, Lefty Grove junior and senior games follow, and VFW events include Brooker Bros against VFW with other local matches.
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Huron Cty. Bank
Lodermeier's
Hartland Speed
Bennett Elec
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West Pet
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Houston Billingham
Lersch
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Wonder Bar
Jack Buckingham
Speed Shop
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Ray Sizemore
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