Speed Edges Mac's 19-18 In City Slo-Pitch Thriller
Hartland Speed Shop edged Mac's Sons Builders 19 to 18 in a marathon late rally. Norwalk Merchants, Midway Garage, and Glenn's Wonder Bar also won, with notable homers by Ray Sizemore Mike Finch Tom Adelman and Paul Hochstedler Jim Rolston Ryerson.
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Dean Berry
Hartland Speed Shop
Mac’s Sons Builders
Norwalk
Midway Garage
Glenn
Wonder Bar
R.E.R. Construction
Mac
Mike Finch
Mike Klading
Jack Buckingham
Dennis McCreary
Hawk Done With Tribe Trade Talk Sparks Indians Spot
Benched first baseman Ken Harrelson says he expects to be traded after the Indians arrived in Minneapolis to open a three game series with the Twins. Manager Alvin Dark calls it unfortunate but necessary as Chris Chambliss takes the everyday duties.
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Minneapolis
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
Ray Lamb
Twins
Burt Blyleven
Ken Harrelson
Indians
Harrelson
the Hawk
Chris Chambliss
Alvin Dark
Chris
Dark
Baseball Standings and Scores From Major Leagues
Major League standings show Boston atop the AL East at 30 20, with Baltimore 28 19 and Detroit 27 23. NY, Cleveland, Washington trail. In the NL, St Louis leads at 33 19, followed by Pittsburgh 31 20 and New York 29 18. Thursday results include Boston beating New York 3 2. in other games, Chicago and Los Angeles posted wins.
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Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Washington
IL Pe
Oakland
Kansas City
Minnesota
California
Milwaukee
Chicago
Blyleven
Cuellar
Krausse
Lolich
Wood
Peters
Culp
Lyle
Bolin
Josephson
Stottlemyre
Aker
McDaniel
Munson
Smith
Cincinnati
Philadelphia Short
San Francisco
Perry
Jenkins
Atlanta
Niekro
Houston Billingham
Pittsburgh
Moose
St. Louis
Zachary
Grimsley
Seaver
Los Angeles
Osteen
Montreal
Stoneman
San Diego
Phoebus
Cubs Blank Reds 1-0 as Holtzman Impressively No-Hits
Cubs right hander Ken Holtzman pitched his second career no hitter to blank the Reds 1-0 at Riverfront Stadium. He earned a $1500 reward after the win, the Cubs sweeping Cincinnati. Holtzman also drove in the lone run on Glenn Beckett's single in the third after Tony Perez error.
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Chicago Cubs
Ken Holtzman
Cincinnati Reds
Vito Stellino
UPI
Holtzman
Chicago Cub
Leo Durocher
John Holland
Cubs
Johnny Bench
Cincinnati
Riverfront Stadium
Vida Blue
Oakland
Bill Singer
Los Angeles
Nolan
Glenn Beckett
Tony Perez
Legislation Clears Winter Harness Racing in New York
The New York Senate approved a bill permitting winter harness racing at four tracks and sent it to the Assembly for action. The measure aims to expand racing opportunities during the off-season and could affect track schedules and local betting impact.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
New York State
Senate
Assembly
Norwalk Legion Team Drops Opener To Sandusky 9-0
Norwalk Legion opened with a 9-0 loss to Sandusky as pitcher Mike Wedeman blanked the Norwalk bats for four innings. Doug Ducsay allowed nine runs on eight hits in four innings, while Mark Mills and Mark Deming homered for Sandusky. Norwalk had eight singles and coach Ted Ickes praised the performance considering the first scrimmage of the year.
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Norwalk Legion
Sandusky
Norwalk American Legion
Mike Wedeman
Wedeman
Maple City Boys
Ted Ickes
Norwalk
Doug Ducsay
Rick Brooker
Ducsay
Mark Mills
Mark Deming
Problems Bother Area Racers At Memorial Weekend Races
Norwalk driver George Friend fought shock absorber issues through the weekend. He placed second in a Lorain heat and fourth in the feature before a drive shaft failure ended his Sandusky race. Wakeman driver Boyd Martin won the Lorain fast heat and led sports stock results.
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Sandusky
Friend
Paul E. Bleile
Wakeman
Boyd Martin
Lorain County Speedway
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Ray Sizemore
Joe Widman
Bill Terry
Garage
Gene Sands
Tom Adelman
Tom Gravenhorst
Midway
R.E.R
Paul Hochstedler
Jim Rolston
Jim Kluding
Kluding
Bob Ryerson
Don Hall
Ryerson
Durocher
USM
United States Auto Raceways
LTV
Speedway
Rts
Hawk
Kendall Mayfield
Tuskegee Institute
New York Knicks
ROYAL
Blue Ribbon
Delmonico
Friendly Family
Benedict Ave
Ran Yi Faa
Elks Country Club
The
New State Rd
BankAmericard
Ohio
Vaif Orb
Breeden
Nolan Gibbons
Bench
Houston
Forsch
Lemaster
Harris
Edwards
Nash
Jarvis
Priddy
King
Pittsbgh
Carlton
Simmons
Johnson Briles
Sanguillen
Johnson
Alou
Reds
Ron Santo
Santo
Ringholz-Meyers
Home Savings
Gift Gallery
Berry's
Battles Ins
Schild’s
Bleile’'s
VFW
Chuck Shullick
Sandusky __ International
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Rawson
Party Center
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Motson
Willard
Fremont Speedway, Inc
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