Seaver Wins NL Cy Young in Near Unanimous Vote
New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, 24, claimed the 1969 National League Cy Young Award with 23 of 24 votes. He led the Mets to the pennant after winning 25 games this season, while knuckleballer Phil Niekro received the lone dissenting vote. Seaver began with the Braves after USC draft rules were voided, then moved to the Mets via a hat-draw offer.
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Atlanta
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USC
William D. Eckert
Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians
Cy Young
Don Newcombe
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Keeps Hex Over Boston Icers in NHL Action
The Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 4-2 marking Boston’s 23rd straight winless visit in Toronto in NHL play. Murray Oliver and Jim McKenney scored on power plays to start Toronto, with Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman replying for Boston.
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Toronto
Maple Leafs
Bruins
Boston
Murray Oliver
Jim McKenney
Jead
Ron Ellis
Ken Hodge
Wayne Cashman
Minnesota North’ Stars
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
David Oropeza Remains Unbeaten With TKO Victory
David Oropeza of Phoenix stays undefeated at 10-0 by stopping Floyd Blevins of San Francisco at 1:42 of the second round in a scheduled 10 round bout. Blevins was counted out after being knocked down by a left hand. In a separate 10 round bout, Ronnie Wilson of San Diego defeated Chuck Hamilton of San Francisco by unanimous decision.
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Floyd Blevins
San Francisco
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Blevins
Ronnie Wilson
San Diego
Calif
Chuck Hamilton
Kaiser International Open Opens Amid Old Guard Charge
Veterans led by Gene Littler Arnold Palmer and Lionel Hebert posted low scores on both Kaiser north and south courses as the 140000 Kaiser International Open began with pro-am play. Young stars like Dave Hill Ray Floyd and Bobby Lunn also competed while Orville Moody and Dave Hill sat out.
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Ray Floyd
Bobby Lunn
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Dale Douglass
Larry Ziegler
Steve Spray
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Lunn
Silverado
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Littler
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Arnold Palmer
O ‘Miller
Barber
Tommy Jacobs
Deane Beman
Hebert
Palmer
Orville Moody
Australia
Dave Hill
Hill
Florida
Jack Nicklaus
Jack
Billy Casper
Local PGA Club Professional Championship Qualifiers Named
A field of 248 for the second annual PGA Club Professional Championship includes Missouri’s Joe Jimenez of Jefferson City and four more qualifiers. Veterans Dutch Harrison and others advance as the event moves to Roadrunner Golf Resort Scottsdale and San Marcos C C Chandler November 13 to 16.
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Dutch Harrison
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Roadrunner Golf, Resort
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Chandler
Jeading
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al Chandler
Columbia
Milan Marusic
Glendale
Dick Sharper
Pion
Merle Backlund
Grand
Island
John Frillman
Gene. Johnson
Omaha
Tom, Weekes
Sioux City
Towa
Gibson leads Kansas State to rising football success
Kansas State coach Vince Gibson reflects on a conversion from a hesitant hire to a rebuilding plan. He recalls inheriting a program with 800 season tickets and a 21 game winless streak, then guiding the Wildcats to a 5-1 start and a 59-21 upset of Oklahoma, earning United Press International Coach of the Week. The administration backed bold improvements including an athletic dormitory and new football stadium.
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Houston
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Jets
Denver
San Diego
Chargers
Broncos
Floyd Little
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Oakland
Paul Brown
Bengals
Lynn Dickey
Missouri
College football results round up across major rivals
A fragmented recap lists numerous college football outcomes with teams like Tennessee over Georgia and Ohio State over Northwestern. It notes Arkansas over Texas A M Notre Dame over Navy Florida over Auburn Southern California over California Penn State over Boston College Army over Air Force Syracuse over Pittsburgh Purdue over Illinois Indiana over Michigan State Michigan over Wisconsin Alabama over Mississippi State LSU over Mississippi Tulane over Vanderbilt Texas over SMU Miami over Houston Texas Tech over Texas West Stanford over Oregon State Colorado over Nebraska UCLA over Washington.
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