Stone's Mound Debut Turns To Humorous Night
San Francisco rookie Steve Stone lasted four innings in his major league debut as San Diego rallied to win 7 6 on Nate Colbert’s ninth inning sacrifice fly. Willie Mays hit a grand slam for the Giants in a seven run seventh, while Pittsburgh, Montreal, Houston and Cleveland posted other opening day results across the leagues.
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Associated Press
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Chris Cannizzarro
Cannizzarro
Steve Arlin
Willie Mays
Don Mason
Dave Campbell
Stahl
Carrence Gaston
Colbert
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Montreal
New York
Houston
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Kansas City
California
Willie Stargell
Luke Walker
John Bateman
Steve Renko
Mets
Renko
Expos
Jack Hiatt
Jack Billingham
Hiatt
Young Reliever York Delivers Royals Victory Over Angels
UCLA product Jim York pitched two scoreless innings in relief to back a 3-2 Royals win at Anaheim. Bob Lemon praised the rookie as speed and control spark this bullpen. Kansas City benefited from four Angels errors with three unearned runs, while Messersmith homered for the Angels. Cookie Rojas drove in both Kansas City runs with a bases loaded double in the third.
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Astro
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Anaheim
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Oakland Athletics
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Oliver
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Cookie Rojas
RBI
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Herrera Nil Roma Coach Dismissed After Season End
The club in Rome fired Helenio Herrera known as The Wizard of soccer coaches immediate dismissal and not renewing his contract as it expires at season end. In Monte Carlo tennis, Briton Roger Taylor and Ion Tiriac win in quarterfinals while Okker and Nastase lead halted matches. In The Hague, Lt General Pa Hard de Mortanges dies at 75. he was IOC member and four gold medals Olympic rider across Paris 1924 to Berlin 1936.
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Helenio Herrera
Roma
Italy
Herrera
Monte Carlo
Roger Taylor
Britain
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France
Ion Tiriac
Romania
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Tom Okker
Holland
Boro Jovanovic
Yugoslavia
Ilie Nastase
Dick Crealy
Australia
the Hague
Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
Pahud de Mortanges
Paris
Amsterdam
Los Angeles
Berlin
OU Golfers Netters Lose at William Jewell College
Ottawa University lost a tennis dual to host William Jewell College 6-1 and finished last in a four‑team golf quadrangular at Liberty Missouri. Drury College won the golf event with 426 strokes beating Bethel 451 Jewell 454 and OU 505. Drury's Tom Doyle earned medalist honors with 82 while OU's Dave Creed shot 83.
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William Jewell College
Liberty
Jewell
Braves
Drury (Mo
Bethel
Drury
Tom Doyle
Dave Creed
Palmer Falters At Masters As Coody Surges With 66
Arnold Palmer, famed Masters master, opened with atrocious play and blamed himself for a poor round. Charles Coody shined with a six-under-par 66, taking a three-stroke lead over a pack including Lunn, Murphy, Floyd, Irwin and January. Jack Nicklaus and Doug Lass settled at 70 as the field bunched at even par.
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Texas
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Bob Lunn
Bob Murphy
Ray Floyd
Hale Irwin
Don January
Jack Nicklaus
PGA
Dale Douglass
Art Wall
Bert Yancey
Tom Weiskopf
Billy Casper
Gary Player
Gene Littler
Casper
Palmer
Steve Melnyk
Lanny Wadkins
Frank Beard
Wilt Alcindor Battle Heads NBA Playoffs
Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers prepare for a four game series start at the Milwaukee Arena with Wilt Chamberlain facing Lew Alcindor as the teams meet in a best of seven Western Conference showdown. ABA broadcast by ABC as Knicks win East finals.
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Knicks
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Oscar Robertson
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Jerry West
Los Angeles
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