Harvard Baseball Draft Draws Varney and Prospects
Harvard star Pete Varney, known for a college football catch, enters a two day major league draft. He joins other top hopefuls Glen Borgmann Bert Hooten Pete Broberg and Mike Pazik in the process begun today with the regular phase led by the Chicago White Sox as 1970 draft history unfolds.
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Mike Ratcher
Associated Press
New York
Pete Varney
Harvard
Varney
Glen Borgmann
South Alabama
Bert Hooten
Texas
Pete Broberg
Dartmouth
Mike Pazik
Holy Cross
Chicago White Sox
Danny Goodwin
Peoria, Ill
Yaz Tops Early AL All Star Balloting in 1st Counts
Yaztrzemski leads the American League with 31 645 votes in the first All Star balloting. Oliva and Robinson follow in the outfield, Powell and Brooks Robinson lead at first and third, Carew Aparicio and Freehan top other positions. About 65 000 votes cast for AL starters for the July 13 game.
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Carl Yastrzemski
Boston
Bowie Kuhn
Yastrzemski
Minnesota
Tony Oliva
Baltimore
Frank Robinson
Orioles
Boog Powell
Brooks Robinson
Rod Carew
Luis Aparicio
Bill Freehan
Detroit
Powell
Norm Cash
Aparicio
California
Jim Fregosi
Shortstop
Ex star Bruce Gardner dies at USC baseball field
Former USC All American and Dodgers minor league pitcher Bruce Gardner, 32, was found dead with a pistol at Bovard Field near the pitcher's mound. Police ruled it an apparent self inflicted death pending a coroner's report. Gardner played at USC from 1958 to 1960 and later with the Dodgers until 1964. He worked as a physical education teacher at Dorsey High School.
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Bruce Gardner
Los Angeles Dodgers
University of Southern California
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Bovard Field
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Dodgers
Spokane
Dorsey High School
Pirates Rally Past Cubs as Stargell Stars Lead
Willie Stargell tied or led the league with 19 homers and 52 RBIs as the Pirates erased a 6-3 deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 11 to 4. Dave Giusti earned his 12th save with over four scoreless innings of relief while Bob Veale and Al Oliver added key hits. Manager Danny Murtaugh, recently out of the hospital, praised Giusti's work and noted Stargell's continued hot hitting and healthy season outlook.
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Associated Press Chicago
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Pittsburg Pirates
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Pirates
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Cub
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Willie
Bucs
Giusti
Cubs
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Veale
Packers old guard backs Devine transition with continuity
Starr Bratkowski and Nitschke, veterans from Green Bay's glory years, say Dan Devine will keep much of the Packers system while adding his own touches. They discuss coming changes, injuries that affected last season, and optimism about a swift return to contention.
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Associated Press
Lake Geneva
Wis
Green Bay Packers
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Zeke Bratkowski
Ray Nitschke
Dan Devine
Packers
Devine
Bratkowski
Starr
Nitschke
National Football League
Playboy Club
Brian Piccolo
Bears
Phil Bengston
Black Hawks' McLeod Drafted by St. Louis Blues
Montreal AP The St. Louis Blues drafted Chicago Black Hawks farmhand James McLeod to bolster goaltending and placed 39 year old Glenn Hall on reserve with the Denver WHL farm team as Hall signals retirement. The team had also acquired Pete McDuffe from the Rangers to back up Ernie Wakely.
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St. Louis Blues
Chicago Black Hawks
James McLeod
Blues
Glenn Hall
Denver
Hall
New York Rangers
Pete McDuffe
Ernie Wakely
McLeod
Portland
Linfield Advances in NAIA Baseball Tourney
Linfield College Oregon defeats Lewis College Illinois 7-2 to reach the NAIA tournament final. Linfield will face David Lipscomb College Tennessee in Tuesday night’s championship.
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Lewis
Phoenix
Ariz
Linfield College of Oregon
Lewis College of Illinois
David Lipscomb College of Tennessee
Major League Standings Snapshot from Wednesday Games
Detroit visits Minnesota Cleveland plays Milwaukee Baltimore meets Chicago California travels to Washington Boston faces New York in night games with key standings implications across the league.
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San Francisco Wester
Los Angeles
Houston
Atlanta
Cincinnati
San Diego Esubs
Holtzman
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