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icondyear busies he ition.ville, elder r thea 16-Tonylastmadosportshortwhen:s.incer; Sat-Redsuc-rd of fromthishad ome-don’t s per , butKeyame,d his imi-;dianper-Tony es of wasa de-nvprElmira Sets League MarkFor Margin of Flag WinEastern League RoundupUnited Press InternationalThe champion Elmira Pioneers ended the Eastern Baseball League season with a 20-game lead over the pack.The margin set a record in the 44-year-old history of the league for the game spread between the two top teams, surpassing the I8V2 game edge by Scranton in 1946, The Aug. 22 clinching of the pennant also bettered the record set by Scranton in 1946.The Pawtucket Indians and the Pittsfield Red Sox tied for second place with the Williamsport Mets only a half game behind them. The Waterbury Giants wound up in fifth place, four games in back of Williamsport and the York White Roses ended in the basement 26 gamesoff the pace.Waterbury and Williamsport split a doubleheader. Waterbury won the opener, 5-1 on a three hitter by A1 Stanek but three Williamsport pitchers combined to shut out the Giants 5-0 in the nightcap. Nolan Ryan, an 18-year-old righthander, pitched hitless ball and struck out six in the first four innings of the sec-U,w/Ll;ond game and Carl Nelson and Don Shaw allowed four hits but no runs the rest of the way.A two-run homer by Frank Healy in the third inning and a solo blast in the seventh by Sam Parrilla gave Pawtucket a 5-2 victory over Elmira in the first morning game in the modem history of the league. Steve Cosgrove hurled a four-hitter as Elmira won the afternoon contest, 3-0.HoustonWith LaddLooks StrongOilers LeadIn Five of SixKey StatisticsNEW YORK (UPI) —SanDiego’s loss is Houston’s gain and the presence of defensive tackle Ernie Ladd perks up the prediction the Oilers could go all the way in the American Football League’s Eastern Division.Ladd and Pat Holmes.an
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Sep 06, 1966
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