Rain Halts Cardinals Bid After Big Fourth Inning
National League action saw St Louis storm for six runs in the fourth before a rain delay washed out Bob Gibson’s bid for a 10th straight win against San Francisco. Houston’s Danny Coombs earned his first win of the season, and Jeff James starred for Philadelphia in a doubleheader split with Chicago. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh also posted wins while the Mets rallied to beat Pittsburgh in the nightcap.
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Heat and salaries mix at NFL camps with Staubach lift
Pro camps heated to 100 degrees at Carlisle as Redskins coach praises Navy Lt. Roger Staubach in Thousand Oaks workouts. Quarterback Sonny Jurgensen uses ice after elbow rehab while salary talks loom for Dave Parks with the Saints and Nemiah Wilson with the Jets. Weeb Ewbank comments on Wilson demand as contract talks continue.
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Mud Delays Ottawa Lawrence Legion Tilt
Weathered grounds at Lawrence postponed Wednesday night’s Ottawa versus Lawrence American Legion baseball game. The match may move to Saturday if scheduling shifts. Ottawa, 6-3, sits a half game from first in District II. Paola leads with 7-3, Garnett at 4-3. Ottawa to host Garnett in a Sunday doubleheader at Garnett starting 2 p.m. with a 30 minute intermission.
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Boxing Results From AP Report Across Multiple Fights
Ismael Laguna outpointed Vic Melendez in Panama Puerto Rico Jersey City and New York matchups while Jimmy Dupree beat Charlie Green and Frankie De Paula stopped Rocky Rivera in Jersey City Puerto Rico New York. Tetsuro Furuyama knocked out Ray Yalong in Tokyo and Pete Gonzalez outpointed Rene Macias in Las Vegas.
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Los Angeles
City Junior League Scores Show Tight Race Across Teams
Junior League standings show Orioles and White Sox leading with strong totals across players including Kersley Bristow Thrasher Latimer Yohe and Burgoon for Orioles and Soph Killough Mueller Jones and Elliott for White Sox. Tigers Athletics Yankees Indians totals reflect balanced scoring and close margins.
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Nixon's pinch hit shocks Twins in AL roundup
In a spring training round up Russ Nixon, former Minnesota catcher, drove a three run pinch double in the ninth to lift the Boston Red Sox 6 5 over Hubert Humphrey’s Twins at Metropolitan Stadium. Other AL results included Oakland over Detroit 3 2 Chicago White Sox 1 0 over Baltimore Cleveland 4 2 over California and Washington 2 1 over New York. San Francisco at St Louis was rained out. Nixon, signed to Boston after being released by Minnesota, said he wanted the big hit against the club.
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Weaver
Phoebus
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Big Name Pros Fault Crowded Club Pro Field at PGA
In San Antonio AP reports touring golf pros voice criticism that the PGA field is overloaded with club professionals. Jack Nicklaus calls the field absurd and weak, noting nearly two thirds of the 168 entries are club pros. Arnold Palmer says the field size is unfair and early starts hurt players. Noble Chalfant outlines a plan for a club pro tournament feeding next year’s PGA field.
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Major Stars Pitching Seals 8-0 Win for Philadelphia
Jeff James and Phil lie powered a four hit shutout as Philadelphia blanked the Chicago Cubs 8-0 in game two of a two night doubleheader.
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