Waite Hoyt silent reply to Mantle’s 500th homer tale
Waite Hoyt writes from the past defending Babe Ruth as the true standard in the home run race. He contrasts Ruth’s 714 with today’s milestones, notes how the press magnified feats, and offers a measured look at at bat per homer across stars. Hoyt praises Mantle Mays Williams but argues Ruth’s record remains the benchmark.
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Willie Mays
Ted Williams
Babe Ruth
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Mickey
Babe
Ruth
Williams
Mays
Harmon Killebrew
Willie McCovey
Rocky Colavito
Henry Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Frank Robinson
Bobby Feller
Willie
Red Sox Clinch Fifth Win Over Indians
Boston defeats Cleveland for the fifth time in six meetings as Scott drives in runs, homers, and the Red Sox offense capitalizes on Indians errors. Bennett earns his fourth win as Pena and Santiago finish relief. In Nebraska, Bob Cerv begins his first year as head baseball coach at John F. Kennedy College.
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UPI
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Boston
Scott
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Chuck
Hinton
Santiago
Reggie Smith
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Orlando Pena
Mike Andrews
Tonny Conigliaro
Gary Bell
Pico Petrocelli
Conigliaro
Red Sox
Petrocelli
Joe Foy
Dennis Bennett
Indians
Rocky Colavito
Pedro Gonzalez
Larry Brown
Foy
Bennett
Max Alvis
Jose Santiagos
Wahoo
Neb
Bob Cerv
New York Yankees
John F. Kennedy College
Killebrew Hits Record Homer to Lead Twins
Harmon Killebrew belted an 11th homer, a three run shot 430 feet, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 6- over the California Angels. The game featured a four run fourth inning and a sixth inning Angels rally, with key plays from Cesar Tovar and Rod Carew, and defensive stops by Sandy Valdespino.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Harmon Killebrew
Metropolitan Stadium
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California Angels
Killebrew
Lew Burdette
Twins
George Brunet
Cesar Tovar
Rod Carew
Tovar
Burdette
Rich Rollins
Angels
Rick Reichardt
Tom Satriano
Bobby Knoop
Jim Ollom
Jim Perry
Pery
Bubba Morton
Paul Schaal
Knoop
Sandy Valdespino
Rollins
Bob Allison
Schaal
Jim Fregosi
Minnie Rojas
California
Don Mincher
Satriano
Allison
Mincher
Queen Defeats Braves in Reds Rally at Cincinnati
In Cincinnati, Mel Queen singled to start the ninth and scored on Pete Rose's fielder's choice as the Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 8 to 7. Clete Boyer tied the game with his sixth homer in the ninth after a five homer game battle.
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Cincinnati
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Mel Queen
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Atlanta Braves
Reds
Clete Boyer
Draft Set In Majors
New York based report on the third annual MLB free agent draft, with teams seeking talents like Nolan Holtzman Niekro and Seaver. Regular phase tops the picks led by the Yankees, Cubs, and Orioles in the secondary draft.
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UPI
Gary Nolan
Ken Holtzman
Rick
American Legion
Nolan
Cincinnati Reds
Kansas City Athletics
Holtzman
Chicago Cubs
Joe Niekro
Cubs
Tom Seaver
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
Dickson Captures British Amateur
Dickson of Muskogee Oklahoma captured the British Amateur title at Formby by defeating Walker Cup teammate Ron Cerrudo 2 and 1. The Army-bound 23 year old sank key puts including a 45 foot chip and a late eagle three, becoming the first American winner since 1962 and the first all American final since 1959. Cerrudo praised the foe as unbeatable as Dickson looked to a future in golf.
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England
UPI
Bob Dickson
Muskogee
Okla
Ron Cerrudo
San Rafael
Calif
Dickson
Cerrudo
Elpaso
Tex
San Jose State College
Dick Davies
Deane Beman
Hyndmann
Ben Dickson
Regional high school golf qualifiers set for four sites
PARKERSBURG West Virginia regionals begin Monday at Oglebay Park Wheeling Bridgeport Country Club Bridgeport Kanawha County Club South Charleston and Big Bend Golf Club Tornado to determine the state field. The top two teams at each site advance along with the three lowest individual scorers.
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Wheeling
Bridgeport
Kanawha Country Club
South Charleston
Big Bend
Tornado
Verbanic Debut Wins Yank Victory Over Tigers
Joe Verbanic earned his first major league win in his first start for the New York Yankees as Detroit’s bats were held to four hits through six innings. The Yankees scored all three runs in the fourth inning with Mickey Mantle’s walk and Steve Whitaker’s triple setting up Tresh’s fifth homer. Al Kaline drove in Detroit’s lone run in the sixth.
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Tresh
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Steve Hamilton
Joe Verbanic
Hamilton
New York Yankees
Mickey Teague
Detroit Tigers
Dooley Womack
Bill Freehan
Yankees
Earl Wilson
Mickey Mantle
Steve Whitaker
Dick McAuliffe
Mantle
al Kaline
Deve
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Carlen Leads WVU Players to FCA Camp in Black Mountain
Coach Jim Carlen and assistant Jack Fligg head six West Virginia players to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes camp at Black Mountain North Carolina. Carlen serves as dean and Fligg returns to staff for the fourth year as about 600 college and high school athletes attend the eight annual FCA camps nationwide this week.
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Jack Fligg
West Virginia
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Black Mountain
Carlen
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WVU
George Henshaw
Pete Adrian
Gary Thall
Scott Criss
Ron Publish
Tom Thayer
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