Baseball sluggers flood AL fences in 5 game stretch
AL action sees 25 homers, Wayne Causey key two game doubleheader swing, White Sox tie or lead but split with Athletics. Lopez argues Causey homer. umpires rule fence play. Orioles beat Indians, Tigers edge Tigers, Yankees win to shrink gap on Baltimore. Red Sox blanked, Mantilla and Conigliaro homer in late innings.
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Imaginary Road Show Highlights Baseball Trend
In a satirical Major League Mudcats meeting, officials joke about team identity and branding. The vice president notes they have lingered in town two weeks and consider whether to sew names on uniforms or keep using disappearing ink. The piece lampoons how teams adapt when things go wrong.
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Bears Back in Harness for NFL Camp and Rivalry
Chicago Bears reopen camp at St Joseph's College in Rensselaer Indiana with early drills and rookies leading the workload. They renew training for the Aug 7 Soldier Field clash with college All‑Stars as other NFL and AFL teams begin rookie camps nationwide. The piece also sketches a satirical exchange about stadium subsidies and a nomadic plan to move a team, highlighting the owners and executive chatter.
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No Contest For Yacht
American Eagle a sleek 12meter yacht built this year for Americas Cup competition threatens a one boat show of trials to decide the U S defender against Britain in September. Eagle swept to a fifth straight easy victory of the current trials after rival Columbia withdrew from the race, sailing unopposed for the last 17 miles of a 20 mile triangular course.
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League Schedules Highlight Rained Out Makeup Games
The weekly schedule lists remaining makeup games in both leagues. National League matchups include Dodgers against Cubs, Giants versus Cardinals, Cardinals versus Cubs, Dodgers versus Braves, and Giants against Pirates. American League games feature White Sox versus Athletics, Yankees against Indians, White Sox against Orioles, Yankees against Athletics, and Orioles versus Athletics.
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Nicklaus Fails to Qualify for World Series of Golf
Jack Nicklaus endures a 10 000 mile trek from St Andrews to London facing a rail scare passport loss missed vaccinations and engine trouble before failing to reach the World Series of Golf in Akron His bid for the PGA title heats up a week after his British Open record effort and sets the stage for a home-course showdown in Ohio with the next big chance at the prize money and world series berth.
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Major Stars Shine as Monbouquette Delivers Shutout for Boston
The Associated Press reports Bill Monbouquette of the Red Sox pitched his first shutout and complete game of the season, holding Washington to four hits in a 7-0 Boston win. In batting, Lou Brock of the Cardinals had seven hits across a doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh, homering in game one and adding a homer, triple and two singles in the nightcap.
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Hogan Seeks Feel for Course in PGA Return at 51
Ben Hogan, 51, returns to the PGA Championship at Columbus Country Club amid reports his competitive drive remains but his feel for the course is missing. He says golf is now driven by instinct and mechanics, hoping practice and study of the course can restore the edge needed to win.
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Umpire Loses Court Suit
New York AP reports that AL President Joe Cronin reaffirmed umpire Jim Honochick after a spitting incident involving Vic Power. The North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh had earlier ruled differently, with Justice Susie Sharp noting fans taunt umpires to feel they get their money's worth.
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Topeka Golfer Fires A 70 In National Public Links Qualifying
MINNEAPOLIS AP Bill McDonald a 20 year old 134 pounder from Topeka Kan shot a 70 in the first round of National Public Links Golf Tournament qualifying The final round is today with 64 low scorers advancing to match play Wednesday William Farkas Jr Phoenix led Monday with a 66 George Welsh Dayton posted 69 and 70s came from Wallace Mizell Bob Smith and Steve Opperman McDonald narrowly missed breaking 70 on No 18 after a tee shot into the trees
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Rodgers Leads French Open With Course Record 66
Phil Rodgers, 26, of La Jolla California, tops the French Open leaderboard with a 66 in the first round to lead Britain's Tony Grubb by one stroke. Rodgers remains ineligible for the U S PGA Championship due to incomplete apprenticeship requirements.
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