Minor Leaguers Launch Baseball Slate July 5
City recreation chief Mike McCrobie announces Minor Baseball League play to begin July 5 with over 300 youths participating and totals exceeding 500 including Little League and Babe Ruth programs. Plans call for 18 to 20 teams, daily games at 9:30, and weekly standings and schedules. Fields include Diamond Match Fort Ontario and Kingsford Park with supervisors listed.
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McCrobie
Danny Williams
Fran Cutro
John Hogan
Bill Shaffer
West Bridge St
Hillside Ave
Kingsford Park
Fort Ontario
East Side
Little League Stadium
Speedway Offers Added Attraction Tomorrow Night
Oswego Speedway fans await Bill Brown the Hollywood stunt driver in a second appearance at East Albany Street tomorrow evening. Tickets for the USAC show Sunday afternoon July 16 go on sale tomorrow and Saturday with Mario Andretti and A J Foyt among expected visitors. Todd Gibson won last week’s 45 laps. the event features a $5,000 purse and a 7 45 start time with gates opening at 6 p.m.
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Bill Brown
Hollywood
East Albany Street
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United States
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Mario Andretti
A. J. Foyt
Oswego
Todd Gibson
Cloonan Returns To Marine Duty
Oswego serviceman Mike Cloonan sails from Hancock Field to rejoin his U S Marine Corps base in California. Promoted to corporal after being drafted in 1965 he serves in clerical duties and injured a knee on base but did not seek discharge. He plans to pursue college studies after discharge in December.
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Hubert P. Cloonan
West Schuyler St
Hancock Field
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California
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Oswego Catholic High
Oswego High School
Oswego
Shaki Patch
MacArthur Stadium
Syracuse Chiefs
Perfect Freight Upsets Roquepine to win United Nations trot
In Yonkers New York Perfect Freight the 14-1 longshot beat Be Sweet by three quarters of a length with Style Setter third. The 5 year old Star's Pride stallion covered 1 1 16 miles in 3 07 3 5 earning 31.80 12.40 and 10.60.
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N.Y
United States
Roqueline
France
United Nations
Yonkers Raceway
Perfect Freight
Jim Dennis
Be Sweet
Jim Hackett
Stanley Dancer
Style Setter
Fresh Yankee
Canada
Roquepine
Rodney
Italy
Lord Gordon
Eillen Eden
Star’s Pride
Pebble Hanover
Samuel Huttenbauer
Cincinnati
Valdovinos Knocks Out Cowboy Billy in Los Angeles Fight
Jose Luis Valdovinos from Mexico City delivered a knockout win over Cowboy Billy in Los Angeles. The bout ended with Valdovinos securing victory by knockout in the stated round.
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Jose Luis Valdovinos
Mexico City
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Smallidge Delivers Winning Run in Brown's Express Victory
Bill Smallidge's single after two walks cycled the ninth inning run as Brown's Express beat Davis Bros. Packers 7 to 1 in City League Class B at Fort Ontario. Johnson earned the win with two singles and strong support from Lester and Crisafulli, who homered earlier in the game. Rich Edwards and Jim Coniski led the losers with two singles each.
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Nunzie
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Harvey Jenkins
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Jim Coniski
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Fatigarf
Smailidge
Kessler
DiMiero
Seaway Supply
Tony DiGaetano
Don Baker
Mark AuClair
Kevin Lyons
Tom Murray
Goldberg
Dan Sullivan
Baseball Standings And Thursday Results In The National League
The Associated Press charts standings led by Chicago with 42 wins and 29 losses. Cincinnati follows 43 and 32, San Francisco 39 and 34, Atlanta 37 and 35, Pittsburgh 35 and 35, Philadelphia 34 and 36, Los Angeles 32 and 40, Houston 27 and 46, New York 25 and 43. Thursday games: Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 4 3, Cincinnati beat Los Angeles 14 0, Philadelphia beat New York 1 0, San Francisco beat St Louis 12 4, Houston played Atlanta in rain. Upcoming games include St Louis at New York and San Francisco at Philadelphia.
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Atlanta
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Phila
Phia
Los Angeles
Houston
New York
Five-Run Rally Propels Lions to Narrow Baseball Win
The Lions beat the Lojos 6-5 after rallying five runs in the fifth inning before darkness halted play. Lions share first with Father & Son Enterprises after week one in the Babe Ruth Baseball League at Fort Ontario. Segal Enwright Dunsmoor led the offense with two hits each, Bennett starred on the mound, and Rinaldo Stark pitched for the Lojos.
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Father & Son Enterprises
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Lions
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Dick Johnson
Gary Day
Chip Segal
Jim Enwright
Bruce Bennett
Segal
Enwright
Dunsmoor
Chuck Rinaldo
Kevin Stark
Bennett
Mike Skinner
Billy Lester
Dick Fox
Sam Lazzaro
Lassiter Qualifies For U S Open Pocket Billiards Final
Luther Lassiter of Elizabeth City North Carolina reached the U S Open pocket billiards final by overwhelming Irving Crane Rochester New York 150 to 44 in a double elimination format. Crane drops to the losers bracket while Lassiter awaits the winner of that bracket in Friday’s final. Remaining in contention are Jimmy Carras Dallas West and Crant.
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ST. Louis
Luther Lassiter
Elizabeth City
N.C
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Rochester
N.Y
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Dodgers name five right handers to NL All Star staff
Los Angeles manager Walter Alston selected Drysdale Marichal Jenkins Gibson Seaver to the NL pitching staff for the Anaheim All Star Game. Osteen Lemaster Cuellar were the left handers joining the nine man squad leaving Cincinnati without a pitcher initially.
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Chicago Cubs
Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
Tom Seaver
New York Mets
Osteen
Denny Lemaster
Atlanta Braves
Mike Cuellar
Houston Astros
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Reds
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Lemaster
Cuellar
Marichal
Gibson
Maine Lightweight Title Fight Result
Henry Wickham of Portland outpointed George Gosselin of Lewiston to win the Maine lightweight title in a Portland bout. In Seattle, Doug Jones stopped Boone Kirmman of Renton in the seventh round.
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Henry Wickham
George Gosselin
Lewiston Maine
Wickham
Maine
Seattle
Doug Jones
New York
Boone Kirmman
Renton Wash
Union pass leads wire to wire in Finger Lakes feature
Union pass captured the $1,200 feature race at Finger Lakes Race Track by length over Miss Arrowpoint. Ball Puff finished third as a crowd of 3,165 wagered $209,375. The winner paid $7.20 $3.80 and $3.20 for a six furlong 1:13.4 clocking.
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Don Bosch Nears Power Then Called Safe on Three-Run Single
Don Bosch, an outfielder for the Suns, nearly cleared the bases with a three-run homer on a bases loaded at bat in Columbus. An umpire ruling negated the homer as a three-run single, keeping Suns’ 5-3 win over the Jets intact. The day also saw the Richmond Braves crush Toledo 6-1 for a 10th straight win, Rochester closing in on top, and Syracuse defeating Toronto 3-0.
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Syracuse Chiefs
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Jim Shellen
Jerry Koosman
Seaway Supply Clinches LL Loop Divisional Title in rout
Seaway Supply defeated Elks 11 to 3 at Lagoe Field to clinch the National Division first half title in Little League play. Goldberg's blanked Firemen 5-0 in the American Division finale as first half action concluded.
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Goldberg
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Chip Wallace
Wallace
Pete Reidy
Paul DiMiero
John Rando
Reidy
DiMiero
Rando
Jim
Santos Defeats Roma 3-1 in Italy Tour Finale
Santos of Brazil beat Roma 3-1 to finish its Italian tour unbeaten. The score stood 2-0 at halftime as the Brazilians held on for the win in Rome.
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Buckpasser Topweight for Suburban Handicap at Aqueduct
New York AP reports Buckpasser carries 133 pounds as the topweight for the $100000 added Suburban Handicap on July 4 at Aqueduct. The race features major thoroughbreds and is anticipated as a key summer stakes.
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Aqueduct
Dick Stuart hits two homers for Taiyo in 4-3 win
Dick Stuart slugged two home runs as the Taiyo Whales defeated the Hanshin Tigers 4-3 in a Central League game in Tokyo. The Ducky-era slugger continued his strong hitting for Taiyo.
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Dick Stuart
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Ottawa Rough Riders Sign Rush and Jones
The Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League announce the signing of guard Steve Rush from West Virginia and guard Charlie Jones from Kent State.
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Ottawa Rough Riders
Legue
Steve Rush
West Virginia
Charlie Jones
Kent Tate
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