Baseball Standings and Probable Pitchers for Friday Games
New York Seaver 10-3 faces Philadelphia Johnson at 3:45 p.m. Montreal Stoneman 3-8 at St. Louis Washburn 2-7 at 1:30 p.m. Cincinnati Merritt 6-3 at San Francisco Perry 9-5 at 4 p.m. San Diego Santorini 3-4 at Houston Wilson 5-6 at 9 p.m. Night games: St. Louis at New York Pitts at Philadelphia Montreal at Chicago Cin at San Fran. Final scores: San Francisco 2 5 1 Cloninger 4-8 and Bench Sadecki 3-6. HRs May 2 19th 20th Per ez 13th.
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New York
Seaver
Philadelphia
Johnson
Montreal
Stoneman
St. Louis
Washburn
Cincinnati
Merritt
San Francisco
Perry
San Diego
Santorini
Houston
Wilson
T. Louis
Pitts
Phila
Chicago
San Fran
Cloninger
Bench
Sadecki
Herbel
Kline G. Bolin
Dietz
Perez
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Bankers and Builders Tally Grove League Wins
Barman and Seitz Construction and the Huron County Bank earned Lefty Grove League victories Wednesday night. The Builders beat I G A 10 4 in a senior loop game, while the Bankers toppled Reineck's Cafe 15 10 as Jeff Anderson contributed two hits in a 14 hit effort. Jim Schepers earned the win on a three hitter, and Gary Hansberger homered and singled in the loss.
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Barman & Seitz Construction
Huron County Bank
Lefty Grove
Builders
I.G.A
Bankers
Reineck
Ed Ceisezwski
Barman and Seitz
Jim Schepers
Jeff Anderson
Greg Russell
Gary Hansberger
Tie Home Savings For "AA" Slo-Pitch Lead
On the basis of a 30-5 record the City Slo-Pitch League likely chose the top four in the "AA" division. Huron County Bank tied for first with its seventh straight win by routing V.F.W. 13-0 as Beamer earned the win. Nite Life defeated Schild's I.G.A. 12-3. Suhr Kitchens stayed above .500 with an 8-1 victory over Good Guys. A makeup Huron County Bank vs Home Savings game is moved to 5 30 p.m. Saturday.
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Don Hohler
Huron County Bank
Home Savings and Loan
Bankers
V.F.W
Nite Life
Pound
Pound Schild’s I.G.A
Suhr Kitchens
Larry Sanders
Bob Spettle
Bill Beamer
Duane White
Roy Dendinger
Jackson Extends Torrid Homer Pace in A's rout
Reggie Jackson received a presidential telegram from Nixon and blasted his 25th and 26th homers as the Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City 16-4 in the opener and 9-2 in the nightcap. He tied Ruth and Maris pace and led a three RBI effort for Jackson, Haney, and Green.
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Reggie Jackson
Nixon
Babe Ruth
Roger Maris
Jackson
Athletics
Kansas City Royals
Washington, D.C
Royals
Ruth
Maris
Larry Haney
Dick Green
Mansfield hosts 11th Mid-America Junior Open rounds
At Possum Run Golf and Swim Club the 11th Mid-America Junior Open moved into its third round with 56 players remaining from 259. Quarterfinals and semifinals were set as 10 players contended for five division titles in Saturday's 36 hole finals. Sampson of Hudson High posted Wednesday’s best with 4 and 3 wins over Bettendorf and Hunter.
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Gary Murray
Jackson
Ohio
Doug Mowery
Oak Park
Mich
Todd Crandall
Ashtabula
Steve Groves
Lancaster
Neil Gerhart
Lexington
Don Kepple
Akron
Hudson
Curt Sampson
Greg Poston
Logan
Sampson
Hudson High School
Fairview Park
Ray Bettendorf
Dan Hunter
Huron
Speedway Triple Set for Lorain County Speedway Showdown
This Saturday night at Lorain County Speedway the program includes the fast sprint speedsters the Rat Racers and the Demolition Derby crashes. Up to 60 Rat Racers are slated plus the usual bumper to bumper action and a rain-delayed Derby finale.
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Lorain County Speedway
Indians survive Red Sox as Harrelson homers big night
Ken Harrelson hit his ninth homer of the season and Sam McDowell pitched a strong game as Cleveland edged Boston 2 1. Russ Snyder drove in the decisive run in the seventh on an infield grounder scoring from third while McDowell moved closer to 1500 career strikeouts with eight wins and seven Ks.
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Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Russ Snyder
Cleveland
UPI
Ken Harrelson
Hawk
Rico Petrocelli
Indians
Harrelson
Boston
Sam McDowell
McDowell
Tony Conigliaro
George Thomas
Versalles
Kesling Construction Dominates Brooker Brothers In Grove League
Kesling Construction scored three runs in the sixth to beat Brooker Brothers 14-11 in a Lefty Grove League senior circuit game. Ron Johnson had two doubles, with Chuck Hohler and DeWayne Traves adding a double and a single.
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Kesling
Dawley
VFW
Ross Raider
Citizens National Bank
Eagles
Browns add four rookies to 1969 contracts
The Cleveland Browns announced the signing of four more 1969 draftees: Larry Adams from Texas Christian, Joe Righetti from Waynesburg, Greg Shelly from Virginia, and Dick Davis from Nebraska. The club has seven unsigned rookies remaining. In a junior circuit game, Brett Smith pitched a no hitter for the Eagles to beat Hug Concrete 13 0 with Bleile and Barron doubling.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Browns
Larry Adams
Texas Christian
Joe Righetti
Waynesburg
Greg Shelly
Virginia
Dick Davis
Nebraska
Brett Smith
Eagles
Smith
Mike Bleile
Bill Barron
Jim Smith
Jim Amato
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Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Oakland
Minnesota
Seattle
Kan City
California
Wash
Sea
Calif
Talbot
Horlen
Culp
Ellsworth
McNally
Coleman
Bahnsen
California Brunet
Boswell
Jarvis
Gibson McDowell
Suarez HR
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Hug
Martin
NBC Saunders-Stivers
Norwalk Furn
Vincent Sohio
Albrights Manuak Ford
Kuhlman Mach
Home Savings
Saginaw Wire
Norwalk
Maple City Ice
Deeble’s Shell
Low Gross
L. Carpenter
G. DeBolt
W. Kuhlman
N. Ross
M. Silcox
J. Heaston
R. Flanagan
H. Welfle
Grove
Jerry Steinke
Vets
Beamer
The
ILGA
Ralph Sommers
Andy Luxon
Sommers
Luxon
Bill Hoffman
Bob Perkins
Mike Reitzel
Dave Gangluff
Don Thompson
Pheiffer
Huron County Bank and Home Savings and Loan Co
Bosox
Russ Gibson
UPI Telephoto
Homer
Chuck Dobson
Dick Drago
Speedway
Tribe Shades
Sox
Kesling’s
Finance System
Matt Smith
Ted Skinn
Bob Meyer
Ross Raiders
A.J. Baltes
Barman & Seitz
Kesling Const
Schilds Iga
Brooker
EAG
CITZ
Nat'l. Bank
CUBS
Finance System Home Savings
Reineces
HUG Concrete
Saginaw
Jaycee
HUR. County Bank
Frost
Rollers
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Hannel
Zehner’s
Norwalk Rd
Lloyd R. Hannel
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