Skinner Named Phillies Manager After Mauch Fired
Philadelphia Phillies fire Gene Mauch and name Bob Skinner to replace him. Skinner, 36, led San Diego in the Pacific Coast League and will take over after Mauch’s ninth season with the club. The move follows a long feud with slugger Rich Allen, who has clashed with Mauch over team rules.
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Twins Beat Orioles 3-1 Behind Chance Strong Start
Dean Chance won to end a four game skid as the Twins defeated Baltimore 3-1. Bob Allison led off the second with a homer to break a 1-1 tie while Chance limited the Orioles to four hits over eight innings.
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Pirates rout Houston 13 2 as Patek hits first homer
Pirates explode for 13 runs on 17 hits to beat the Astros 13-2. Rookie Fred Patek belted his first major league homer driving in four in support of Bob Veale who earned his third win after a six hit outing. Jerry May added a homer and multiple RBIs with Matty Alou tallying a two run single.
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Record century dash star Larry Lewis sets 100 yard dash record
Larry Lewis a San Francisco banquet waiter and former circus aerialist who will turn 101 is timed in 17.8 seconds to set a world record sprint for 100 year olds in Berkeley California. He jogs daily through Golden Gate Park to stay in condition. The other man in the photo resembles a star from Mission Impossible.
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Giants Top Mets 9-5 Behind McCovey Homer, Marichal Win
Willie McCovey belted a three run homer as Juan Marichal earned his 12th win despite a 16 hit attack by New York. Alou and Cline produced early RBI, McCovey added a 14th homer to restore the lead in the sixth, with Mets tying briefly in the fifth before San Francisco pulled away. Also notes Griff's Burger Bar seeks hosting for Saturday games in Paducah contact Reuben Keeling.
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Aaron Leads Braves Past Cubs 3 2 in 10th
Hank Aaron's run scoring double in the 10th powered the Atlanta Braves to a 3 2 victory over the Chicago Cubs Felix Millan singled and scored from first on Aaron's winning double Braves reliever Cecil Upshaw earned the win as Atlanta snapped Chicago's three game win streak Deron Johnson hit a two run homer in the fourth to tie the game at two Pappas started for Atlanta and Niekro pitched into the seventh in a tight game
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Spain's Davis Cup duo beat England in five sets
The Spanish doubles team Manuel Santana and Manuel Orantes defeated England's Bobby Wilson and Mark Cox 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in European Zone Class A. Spain advances to face the Italy-Russia winner for the class crown. Italy then led 2-1 in the other European Zone Group A semifinals after beating the Soviet Union.
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Benton judge hailed as Mr. Baseball for youth work
William Eovaldi associate circuit judge from Benton was honored for long leadership of the Benton Baseball Organization that keeps 460 youths active in Little League Khoury League American Legion and Coal Belt play. He opened his land for new fields after I 57 forced the old park closure.
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Berry delivers historic slam as White Sox topple Tigers 7-4
Ken Berry hit the first grand slam of his career to spark Chicago past Detroit 7-4 ending the Tigers five-game win streak. Tommy John improved to 5-0, while Detroit's Joe Sparma suffered his sixth loss. Ray Oyler left with a bruise after being hit by a pitch. Willie Horton was hit twice, and Horton later homered in the ninth.
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