Lipon earns managerial win in debut as Tribe top Blue
Cleveland defeats Oakland 4 1 as Johnny Lipon wins in his first game as manager after replacing Alvin Dark. Vida Blue fails to become first 20 win pitcher this season, curving ball trouble and two run singles by Heidemann and Uhlaender sparking the Indians. Lipon praises his players and notes Blue throws strikes, urging aggressive swings on good pitches. Alan Foster and Ray Lamb outduel Blue with help from Hennigan in the ninth.
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Ken Suarez
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Rob Thomas
Austintown North pitcher throws no hitter vs Elyria South
Al Gonzales fired a no hit game for Austintown North, defeating Elyria South 10 to 0 at South Field in a youth baseball tourney. He struck out all batters he faced and homered, while Austintown built a 5 4 lead by the fifth inning and added unearned runs to complete the win.
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Joe King
Bill Walters
Jim Winterburn
King
Winterburn
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DeTillio
Jim Gilbert
DeTulio
Bill Porter
Indians Boxscore Highlights and AL Leaders
National League stars Stargell of Pittsburgh and Aaron of Milwaukee lead with 34 and 29. May of Chicago and Johnson of Philadelphia add 27 and 24. Pitt tops AL list with 21. Melton of Chicago 25 and Cash of Detroit 23 pace American League scoring with Oliva Minnesota 20 and Murcer New York 19.
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UPC Opens Tourney With Impressive Win
Elyria's United Polish Club defeated defending champion Havana Merchants 9 to 6 at Ellis Field Willard in the District Five Slow Pitch Softball Tournament opening round. Den Kaminski earned the win, Wayne Davis homered, and UPC had 13 hits to take a 6-1 lead after three innings. UPC faces Norwalk Merchants today at 6 p.m. in lower bracket play.
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Tidy House
Woolsey to play for Milton College after Lorain stint
Former Avon Lake basketball veteran Kim Woolsey, 5 11 guard at 170 pounds, will continue playing for Milton College Wisconsin after a spell at Lorain County Community College. He was the 1969 Southwestern Conference MVP with 19 ppg and Avon Lake’s outstanding athlete of the year. John Elliott of the New York Jets signed his 1971 contract in New York.
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Wisconsin
Lorain County Community College
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Indians Fire Dark and Abolish Stouffer Committee
Cleveland owner Vernon Stouffer announced the abolition of the Stouffer committee after Alvin Dark was dismissed as general manager and field manager. Johnny Lipon will replace him, with Paul regain GM duties, amid a low attendance and a $5,000 fine levied for illegal performance bonuses.
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Johnny Lipon
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Paul
Lipon
Indians
Bowie Kuhn
Sam McDowell
Ken Harrelson
Graig Nettles
Vada Pinson
Kuhn
Lipon takes over Indians to fix communication and unite team
Cleveland manager John Lipon vows open lines of communication with players after Alvin Dark's firing as the Indians sit last in the American League. Owner Vernon Stouffer and GM Gabe Paul defend the change, while players express mixed feelings about the move and Dark's dismissal.
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Lipon
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Indians
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Paul
Vernon Stouffer
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Elyria City Golf Tourney Ends Tomorrow
The Elyria City Golf Tour ends tomorrow with final matches in four divisions at Cherry Ridge Country Club. Semi finals wrap today as 10:30 a.m. tee times near the final foursomes. Class AA features Jim Couch versus the Fritz Koehn winner. Couch shot 66 to Sito’s 70 and won 3 and 1.
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Cherry Ridge Country Club
Jim Couch
Ron Fritz
Ed Koehn
Couch
Ken Sito
Anthony Cirigliano
Rob Noren Sr
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