Lefty Grovers Dominate Junior League Opener
Citizens National Bank leads Lefty Grove Junior Division 12 to 0 over Jaycees in five innings under the ten run rule. Chuck Hillman had the Jaycees lone hit while John Stower and Perry Stein doubled and tripled for Citizens. Finance System 15 Home Savings 1 in another junior contest.
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Lefty Grove
Jaycees
Citizens
Chuck Hillman
John Stower
Perry Stein
Finance System
St Pauls Girls Finish Tennis Season With Victory
The St Pauls Girls tennis team closed with a 3 2 record after a 6 1 win over Huron High School Tuesday night. Singles winners were Pat Fleming Sally Kocher Janet Fisher and Mary Ann Meesig. Doubles teams Fisher Meesig and McGuckin Mushett also won. Chris Matthews won for Huron.
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St. Paul’s
Huron High School
Pat Fleming
Sally Kocher
Janet Fisher
Mary Ann Meesig
Janet McGuckin
Michele Mushett
St Paul Golf Season Ends With 9 2 Loss to St Marys
St Paul finishes 4 9 on the season after dropping to Sandusky St Marys 9 2. Medalist Jim Hug shot 39 for St Marys. Dale Nardecchia earned St Pauls lone win. Mike Sullivan and Dave Heyman close out their high school careers.
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Sandusky— St. Paul’s
Sandusky St. Mary’s
Jim Hug
St. Mary’s
Dale Nardecchia
St. Paul
Mike Sullivan
Dave Heyman
Baseball Scores and Standings From Openers and Night Games
Box scores and results across leagues. Epilogue of notable HRs by Epstein Fuller Buford and Robinson. NL East and West standings align with Chicago New York Pittsburgh St. Louis and others. Monday results include 15 innings game and various pitchers noted.
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O Culeman
Casanova
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Paepke
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McDowell
Williams
Fosse
Marshall
Talbot
Gelnar
Bouton
O Donoghue
Haney
Fuller
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Hunter
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Roseboro
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Hundley
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Singer
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McBean
Mikkelsen
Haller
DiLauro
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Taylor
Grote
McCormick
Linzy
Hiatt
Wegener
McGinn
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Brand
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Alou
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Calif
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Minn
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McDowell Carries Big Stick In Indians 10 4 Win
Sam McDowell pitched strong for Cleveland striking out 10 and scored a run while adding three hits in a 10 4 victory over the Seattle Pilots. Don Mincher drove in the first Pilot run with a fifth inning single. The Indians exploded in the third with McDowell’s infield hit and three walks, Lee Maye drove in two with a double, Horton added a two run single, and three more came in the sixth on an error Harrelson single and Maye grounder. The win sends Cleveland home for a four game weekend series against the California Angels.
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Seattle
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Sam McDowell
Tribe
Indians
Seattle Pilots
California Angels
McDowell
Don Mincher
Lee Maye
Horton
Ken Harrelson
Maye
Park And Rec Notes Softball League Opens Play
The Boys High School Softball League began May 13 with scores from 1 to 40 as games use a one hour and fifteen minute limit. A ten-run lead after five innings ends a game, while regulation is seven innings. The fast pitch league features several strong pitchers.
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Austin Shadle
Ray E. Watts Dies at 73 Former Panthers Coach and Baldwin Wallace AD
Ray E. Watts age 73 died at his Berea home of a stroke on Wednesday nine years after retiring as athletic director of Baldwin Wallace College. Watts coached Cleveland's first professional football team the Panthers in 1926 and remained a sports figure in Ohio.
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Ohio
UPI
Ray E. Watts
Cleveland
Panthers
Baldwin Wallace College
Flying showman pilot dies in Reading air show plunge
Capt Dick Schram a famous stunt flyer died in a power dive at the Reading air show as 10,000 spectators watched. His son Lt Dick Schram Jr Navy public affairs officer assisted by PA system tried to guide him but the Piper Super Cub crashed 100 yards from the crowd. The Blue Angels cancelled their act.
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UPI
Dick Schram
Navy
Dick Schram Jr
U.S. Navy
Blue Angels Precision Flying
Schram
Blue Angels
Glenview
Ill
Schramm
Air Show
NBA Owners Consider Changes After Fouling Push
Detroit UPI reports NBA owners and Commissioner J Walter Kennedy ended a three day meeting with no solution to excessive late game fouling. They weigh reducing team fouls before bonus from six to five and announced draft changes including coin flip and telephone conference for 1970. Attendance surpassed four million for the first time, Kennedy said.
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Detroit
UPI
National Basketball Association
NBA
J. Walter Kennedy
Kennedy
Remembering Decoration Day Catfish Duel in 1939
Andy Wargo recounts a fishing trip with his brother Mike along the Huron River near Fries Landing. A big catfish rips the line, Mike wades chest deep to spear the catch, net absent, and the fish is hauled to shore and butchered at home with a dramatic head mounted on the granary.
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Andy Wargo
Lake Erie
Mike
Fries
Huron River
Andy
Tennis Star Rafael Osuna Killed in Monterrey Jet Crash
Mexican tennis figure Rafael Osuna, 30, died in a Monterrey plane crash. The Davis Cup champion led Mexico to a 3 2 upset over Australia, defeating Bowrey and Ruffels in singles and partnering with Zarazua to win the doubles, ending Australia’s 32-year cup run.
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UPI
United States
Australia
Europe
Rafael Osuna
Monterrey
Osuna
Mexico
Bill Bowrey
Ray Ruffels
Vicente Zarazua
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Mark Cross
Citizen Jaycees Finance
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Chris Matthews
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Hugs McCoys
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Macks
Shamrock Sportsman World &M
Certified Oil Company
Norwalk
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Pearl St
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Willard
Lorain
Madira Lauan
Impala Khaya
Wickes
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