Laver Leads Way In Cleveland Classic Start
Laver tops Phil Dent 6-5 6-4 to open the $50,000 Cleveland Classic at Public Hall as World Championship Tennis tourney begins. Eight first round matches, including Okker vs Leonard and Rosewall vs Stillwell, highlight a field with Riessen, Raffles, El Shafei, Philip, Drysdale, Raipais among winners.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Red Laver
United States
and Harmoon Rapais
Pakistan
John Alexander
Australia
Promoter seeks court action in WCT anti trust suit
Promoter Jack March filed a federal anti trust suit against World Championship Tennis charging it blocks rivals from signing top players. The Cleveland Classic opened with stars such as Rod Laver Ken Rosewall Arthur Ashe and John Newcombe under WCT contracts. The suit alleges WCT controls event coverage and holds exclusive contracts with about ninety percent of top pros, seeks plus treble damages and voiding contracts with the International Lawn Tennis Federation.
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Cleveland
UPI
Jack March
World Championship Tennis, Inc
WCT
Rod Laver
Ken Rosewall
Arthur Ashe
John Newcombe
March
U. S
International Lawn Tennis Federation
Lorain County to join new Ohio Semi-Pro Basketball League
Lorain County will host a team in the newly formed Ohio Basketball Semi-Pro League with two weekly games. A local rep through Tim Johnson says coaching GM and players are sought, with about 30 dollars per game paid. Other teams will represent Youngstown Canton Akron Mansfield and Columbus. Interested men should contact Tim Johnson or write Ohio Basketball Association Inc Lexington OH 44904.
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Lorain County
Chronicle Telegram
Tim Johnson
Lake Ave
Johnson
Youngstown
Canton
Akron
Mansfield
Columbus
Ohio Basketball Association Inc
Lexington
Ohio
Saints edge Eagles on late field goal by Linhart
New Orleans escapes Philadelphia 13-10 in an exhibition as Austrian rookie Toni Linhart wins it with a nine yard kick with nine seconds left after a 20 minute fan protest and a broken clock.
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Philadelphia
UPI
New Orleans Saints
Philadelphia Eagles
Toni Linhart
Saints
Linhart
Eagle
Indians rally past Red Sox as Brohamer returns to drive win
Cleveland wins 6-2 at Boston on Brohamer’s bases-clearing double in the eighth after a knee injury kept him out. Tom Hilgendorf scattered seven hits for the Indians, Lynn McGlothen fanned seven in six strong for Boston, with Eddie Kasko’s bullpen work failing to stem the rally. The setback follows Petrocelli urging more run production and consistency from the Red Sox lineup.
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John Brohamer
Cleveland Indians
Ken Aspromonte
Brohamer
Cleveland
Indians
Boston Red Sox
Aspromonte
Don Newhauser
Red Sox
Lynn McGlothen
Tom Hilgendorf
Omaha
American Association
Doug Griffin
Luis Aparicio
Carl Yastrzemski
McGlothen
Tom McCraw
John Lowenstein
Frank Duffy
del Unser
Eddie Leon
Eddie Kasko
Kasko
Bill Lee
Lee
Newhauser
Graig Nettles
Ben Oglivie
Rico Petrocelli
Fisk
Yogi Berra Leads Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Yogi Berra batted leadoff and spoke emotionally as eight baseball greats were inducted into Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame. Koufax, Gibson, Gomez, Harridge, Leonard, Wynn and Youngs joined Berra posthumously alongside living honorees. Dodgers beat Yankees 3 in the day’s shadowed game.
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Cooperstown
N_Y
Yogi Berra
Berra
Sandy Koufax
New York Yankee
Hall of Fame
Bowie Kuhn
Josh Gibson
Lefty Gomez
William Harridge
Koufax
Buck Leonard
Early Wynn
Ross Youngs
Gibson
Harridge
Youngs
Los Angeles
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Joe Becker
Dodger
Roy
Campanella
John Roseboro
Doubleday Field
New York Yankees
Los Angeles Dodgers
Mathews faces rough pitching as Reds rout Braves in six-run second
Eddie Mathews new Braves manager watched a 9-1 loss to Cincinnati highlighted by a six-run second inning. Joe Morgan and Denis Menke homered for the Reds while Ron Reed struggled on the mound. Other MLB results include the Cardinals edging the Mets in 13 innings and Orioles, Twins also winning. Foreman faces Frazier shot if he beats Bonavena in Boston Garden on Oct 11.
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UPL
Eddie Mathews
Mathews
Braves
Atlanta
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Ron Reed
Joe Morgan
Denis Menke
Mike McQueen
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Montreal
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Oakland
Minnesota
Texas
Cleveland
Boston
Ted Sizemore
Cardinals
Mets
Sizemore
Tug McGraw
Cleon Jones
Diego Segui
Bob Gibson
Wayne Garrett
Mark Belanger
Orioles
Mike Cuellar
Brooks Robinson
Royals
Jim Hunter
Athletics
Dick Drago
Drago
Cookie Rojas
Amos Otis
Joe Rudi
A's
Chicago
Jim Perry
Bobby Darwin
Twins
Rangers
Perry
Bill Fahey
Fahey
UPI
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Oscar Bonavena
Boston Garden
Frazier
Yank Durham
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Bob Maud
Saints Edge Eagles
Petrocelli
Carlton
Pudge” Fisk
Pudgie
Marty Pattin
Dick Tidrow
Jerry Moses
Eddie
Walt Harry
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Foreman
Stoneys Rainbow
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