Cubs Break Mets String In 2-1 Victory
Cubs stun Mets 2-1 behind winning eighth inning rally as Carmen Fanzone starts and Paul Popovich hits a decisive single off Tug McGraw. Staub and Agee mishap allows a key run. Mets drop first in 12 and still lead NL East by five games.
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Bruce Lowitt
Associated Press
Tug McGraw
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
McGraw
Cubs
Mets
New York
Gary Gentry
Paul Popovich
Ken Rudolph
Ferguson Jenkins
Tommie Agee
Rusty Staub
Carmen Fanzone
Popovich
Fanzone
Staub
Agee
Pittsburgh
Steve Blass
Bucs
St. Louis
Blass
Gene Alley
Dave Cash
Vic Davalillo
Ed Crosby
Manny Sanguillen
Cash
Ted Siezemore
Luis Melendez
Davalillo
Robert Clemente
Phillies
Expos
Mike Jorgensen
Ron Fairly
Bill Stoneman
Jorgensen
Stoneman
Phil Niekro
Braves
Joe Morgan
Marty Perez
Niekro
Dusty Baker
Darrell Evans
Dodgers
San Francisco
Giants
Don Carruthers
Los Angeles
Frank Robinson
Don Sutton
Bob Watson
Astros
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Tom Griffin
Ken Forsch
Padres
Babe Ruth League Opens Fourth Season With Doubleheader
Ottawa Babe Ruth League starts its fourth season next Tuesday with a 6:30 doubleheader pitting Boys' Club against DeMolay at Orlis Cox Field followed by Kiwanis versus VFW. A second slate features Elks vs Eagles and Lions vs Rotary.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa
Babe Ruth League
Boys’ Club
DeMolay
Kiwanis
VFW
Elks
Eagles
Lions
Rotary
Don Sellers
Bob Moore
Swede Carlson
Jim Allen
Roger Casteel
American Swede Tie World Vault Mark In El Paso
Bob Seagren and Kjell Isaksson both cleared 18 feet 4 inches to share the world pole vault record at an El Paso meet hosted by Border AAU. The event, organized by University of Texas El Paso coach Wayne Vandenberg, drew eight other entrants who were eliminated after the 17-4 opening height.
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EL Paso
Tex
Bob Seagren
Sweden
Kjell Isaksson
Seagren
Border Aau
University of Texas-El Paso
Wayne Vandenberg
Isaksson
State Baseball Pairings
Kansas high school baseball tournaments will be played in Pittsburg and El Dorado Thursday through Saturday. Class A and 2A teams compete at Pittsburg, 3A 4A 5A at El Dorado. Thursday pairings list eight games across both sites with semifinals Friday and championships Saturday plus a third place game.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Pittsburg
el Dorado
Wichita Southeast
Liberal
Sedan
Rosville
Victoria
Brontenac
Colgan
Central of Burden
Garden City Reaches Finals in Four Kansas 4A Sports
Garden City Buffaloes finished second in the state 4A football to Ward High School and then again in the 4A basketball final to McPherson. They also placed second by one point in the state track meet to Great Bend, marking a year of high near-miss success across football basketball and track. Brice Durbin of the Kansas State High School Activities Association lauded the school for its top finishes in multiple major events.
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Buffaloes
Garden City
Ward High School
Kansas City
McPherson
Great Bend
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Brice Durbin
Carburetion Runs Set For Indy 500 Final Practice
Indianapolis Racing for the 56th Indy 500 gathers over 250000 fans as final carburetion runs test race day setups. Bobby Unser eyes pole speed while Wally Dallenbach shifts to Granatelli’s STP Lola. Art Pollard wrecks, leaving Dallenbach on the bump list and sixth Indy start potential.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indy
Oval
Bobby Unser
Hopkins
Wally Dallenbach
Andy Granatelli
Mel Kenyon
Roger McCluskey
Dallenbach
Gilmore Broadcasting Co
Cale Yarborough
Pollard
Rozelle Fines Redskins Coach Allen For Draft Missteps
NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reprimanded Washington Redskins coach George Allen and fined the team up to 5000 dollars in two cases involving draft choices the club did not possess. Allen was called before the NFL executive committee and responded curtly as history was declared closed.
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NEW York
George Allen
Pete Rozelle
National Football League
Rozelle
Allen
Washington Redskins
Redskins
NFL
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Montreal
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Houston
San Diego
Uthoxkie
Vandenberg
Santa Monica
Calif
Aker
Nuzman Lumber
Jim Smith
Ottawa, Kansas
Carol Wright
Topeka
Kan
Avis” of Kansas
Southwest Kansas
Lindsey Hopkins
Granatelli
Lola
Art Pollard
Wilson
Murray
Sob—Francis
Chuca
Chuck's Auto Parts
N. Poplar
WLR
Valle Uid
Tawa
American Honda Motor Ca., Inc
N. Main
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