Sudden Sam McDowell Wins 14th as Tribe Sweep Twins
Cleveland Indians win 3-1 behind Sudden Sam McDowell who retired 24 straight before Rich Reese’s infield single in the ninth. Nettles hit a two run homer for the decisive offense as McDowell notches his 14th victory, tying for the AL lead with Jim Perry.
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Twins
Cleveland Indians
Sam McDowell
McDowell
Cesar Tovar
Tony Oliva
RBI
Minnesota
Rich Reese
Reese
Cleveland
Harmon Killebrew
Jim Perry
Graig Nettles
Rudy May
Tom Murphy
New York
California
Yankees
Angels
Minnesota Twins
Detroit
Kansas City
Baltimore
Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Oakland
Washington
Milwaukee
National Guardsman
May
Air Force
Murphy
Elyria Legion still unbeaten in district tourney action
Elyria American Legion coach Bob Rieth holds a strong position as Elyria remains unbeaten in District 5 double elimination. A 6-5 win over Wadsworth highlighted by Kuhn’s ninth inning double and Slavin’s homer follows five homers in the game and positions Elyria for the finals against a loser-bracket opponent.
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Elyria Legion
Bob Rieth
Elyria American Legion
Elyria
Sandusky
Tiffin
Mansfield
Wadsworth
Dave Kuhn
al Heighberger
Upper Sandusky
Rieth
Cliff Zunis
Don Kowaleski
Kuhn
Tom Szabo
Todd Butt
Tony Korzan
Keith Slavin
Szabo
Heighberger
Gary
Ashland
Galion
Lorain County hot stove teams vie for state tourney spots
Lorain County districts enter final week with multiple clubs still in position for state berths. In Class D Elyria Telephone and North Eaton Elyria Telephone winners advance. Grafton eyes Class E final with Wooster Pierce. Wellington and North Ridgeville Investment contest for a finals berth. Class F matches feature Blacktop, Valley City, Guern Heights, and others vying for finals and state slots. Class G includes Convenient Food Mart, Union Savings, and Litchfield in tense bracket play with weather tests. The day saw several scorelines: Litchfield beat Columbia 7-3, Union Savings over Sport Shop 5-2, Convenient drubbed CTC 8-2. Class F results include Blacktop 2-4 Hi-Land Merchants, Valley City 8-1 Baksa, Guern Heights 1-0 Shoreway, Sterling 12-0 Rural Furniture, Wellington 4-2 Farmers Exchange, North Ridgeville 10-8 Weston. Finalists set in H and D brackets with multiple district matchups completed.
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Grafton
Wooster Pierce
Lorain County
Wellington
North Ridgeville
Griffith Blacktop
Guern Heights
Valley City
Pate
North Ridgeville Iga
Convenient Food Mart
Union Savings
Litchfield
Sohio All-Stars
North Eaton
Sport Shop
Ct.c
Hi-Land
Baksa
Shoreway
Fairview
Holy Name
Sterling
Farmers Exchange
Weston Orioles
Bodnar wins Lorain City golf title in comeback
Mike Bodnar edged Bob McConahey 5 and 4 to claim his first Lorain City championship after a strong front-nine at Willow Creek. Jim Tomaszewski took the Class A crown 7 and 5 over Paul Attie while Ted Jacobs beat Dennis Keating 3 and 2 for Class BB. In Class B Carl Innocenti defeated John Simsik 3 and 2 and Irv Beary beat Fred Hutchinson 5 and 4 for Class C.
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Mike Bodnar
Bob McConahey
Lorain City
Bodnar
Willow Creek
Anouner
McConahey
MccConahey
Jim Tomaszewski
Paul Attie
Ted Jacobs
Dennis Keating
Carl Innocenti
John Simsik
Innocenti
Irv Beary
Fred Hutchinson
Casper wins Philadelphia Golf Classic with a tournament record
Philadephia AP reports Bill Casper won the Philadelphia Golf Classic by three strokes with a 72 hole total of 274 a new tournament record. He led by two at the start of the final round and finished 14 under par after a back nine 32 with four birdies.
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Don Wert
Tigers
Kansas City
Ellie Hendricks
Merv Rettenmund
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore
Chicago
White Sox
Bill Melton
Earl Weaver
New York Mets
Lou Dimore
Weaver
Dimure
Orioles
Boston
Oakland
Rico Petrocelli
Billy Casper
Casper
Terry Wilcox
Philadelphia
Bill Casper
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Dick Crawford
Crawford
Arkansan
Bunky Henry
Frank Beard
Wilcox
Siwanoy
Bronxville
N.Y
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Sam
Minneapolis
UPI
Indians
Ta Twins
Sandy Alomar
Alex Johnson
Ken McMullen
McMullen
Norm Cash
Tom Timmerman
Joe Niekro
Niekro
Timmerman
Jackie Hernandez
Lée Maye
Foster
Tovar
Nettles
Blyon
Williams
Barber
Barber Pinson
Barber Balk - Blyleven
Loram County
North Eaton - Elyria
Columbia
Waynesdale Legion
Wooster - Pierce
Medina
Wooster Tri-Way
North Ridgeville Investment
Owens - Illinois
Elyria Telephone
Brunswick Red Sox
Roger Hale
Mike Mayhew
North
Eaton
Kiwanis
Orville
Don Beal
Avon Lake
Buckeye
Hi-Way Gold
Schilather
Waynedale
First National
Clearview
Brunswick Mets
Oberlin Powers
Dawley
Alliance
LaGrange Hornets
LaPorte Balogh
Powers
Grafton V.F.W
Espie
Grafton Ladies Shop
Balogh
Lorain
Midview Sunoco
Fremont
Elyria Wadsworth
Abe Khab
Kowaleski
Venner
Havens
Q Bullocks
Wihelm
Zums
Kish
Slavmn
Lang
Butt
Sweigard
Otamear
Korzan
Wheeland
Dull
Olson
Hhbigr
Helms
Team
Elyna
Elynia - Szabo
Wadsworth - Havens
Wilhelm
Rbi-Kuhn
Slavin
Ghysbl
Broad ST
Wewspapy
Deetz, Inc
Mercedes Benz
Triumph
FIAT
America
W. Broad Street
O. Ph
Baltimore Orioles
Lou DiMuro
Gail
Hopkins
di Mare
Petting
Augusta
Sears Auto Center
Sears
Sears Auto Centers
Elyria-Lorain
Sears Roebuck and CO
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