Gotay Earns Call Up For Astros Two Week Stay
Gotay, 27, Puerto Rican utility man, was recalled from Oklahoma City to fill in for Army Reserve player Joe Morgan. He doubled and had two singles with two RBIs in Houston's 5-2 win over St. Louis, and hopes to extend his stay through September after a strong showing. The game also featured Los Angeles beating Atlanta 4-2 and the Cubs routing Philadelphia 13-3.
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Julio Gotay
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Lesa Rohr
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Joe Coleman
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Ken Holtzman
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Gary Nolan
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Rich Nye
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Baseball Draft Underway Today
By Jack Hand AP the 1967 baseball free agent draft begins with 800 plus hopefuls from schools and colleges as 20 major league teams seek top prospects. The New York Yankees hold the first pick and target Terry Hughes of Spartanburg South Carolina as a potential future shortstop.
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Ken Holtzman
Rick Monday
Joe Coleman
Tom Seaver
Gary Nolan
Rich Nye
Bill Dillman
New York Yankees
Terry Hughes
Spartanburg
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YMCA Church League Scores And Draft Notes
East Side Baptist defeated Dawson 81 to 20 in YMCA Church League action. Baptist No 1 beat Church of God 18 to 7. Standout hitters included Marchant Ford and Cone for East Side and McKinney Maddox Taylor for Baptist No 1. The article also previews the 1965 66 draft, listing notable selections and league rules for regular and special phases.
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Dawson
Baptist
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Church of God
Terry Marchant
Jarold Ford
Gene Clay
Lenwood Whiddon
Kenny Cone
East Side
Marchant
Ford
Clay
Whiddon
Cone
Bobby Jackson
Bill Starley
Mike Borden
Dawgon
Jackson
Starkey
Borden
Lewis McKinney
Mark Maddox
Robert Taylor
McKinney
Maddox
Taylor
Carter Cannon
Larry Alday
Baseball leaders of the majors and top hitters of the season
The AP lists American League batting leaders from 90 at bats held by Kaline and Robinson with Kaline at 58 hits and 49 runs, plus RBIs for Robinson and Kaline. It also notes home run and stolen base leaders and leaders in doubles and triples. In the National League, Clemente and Brock headline batting and RBIs, with Aaron and Brock leading runs and hits respectively, alongside leaders in doubles and triples.
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Balt
Fregosi
Calif
Mineher
Cali
Toves
Minn
Buford
Bic
Knoop
Monday
K.C
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Clemente
Pitt
Cepeda
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Aaron
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Rose
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R. Allen
Phil
Williams
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Peres
Ross
Qin
Pinson
Gin
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Molen
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Auburn Wins District in GASTONIA NC
Scotty Long homered twice total including a 13th inning shot to lift Auburn past Clemson 6-5 in the NCAA District 3 playoff title. Q Lowe pitched all 13 innings as Auburn advances to the College World Series in Omaha. Rusty Adkins homered for Clemson. Pete Myers took the loss in the 10th.
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Scotty Long
Auburn
Clemson
Q. Lowe
Omaha
Neb
Long
Pete Myers
Notable NBA Games Tonight Across Cities
Evening schedule lists Baltimore versus California Detroit faces Kansas City Cleveland meets Minnesota Boston travels to Chicago Washington plays New York all under night and twi light times with two t-i and twi waves noted for match pacing.
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California
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
Minnesota
Boston
Chicago
Washington
New York
Sports Schedule And Scores From Today
Results show Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 2 and Chicago 13, Philadelphia 3, Houston 5, St. Louis 2 with only listed games. Tonight Chicago visits Philadelphia, San Francisco faces Cincinnati, Houston plays St. Louis, New York visits Pittsburgh.
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Junior Piney Woods Tourney At Glen Arven Draws 90 Plus
More than 90 entrants sign up for the first annual Junior Piney Woods golf tourney for ages nine to 18 at Glen Arven Country Club. Players come from Georgia Florida and Alabama with five age divisions and trophies for winners.
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Bob Parsons
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Glen Arven
Jacksonville
Winter Haven
Gainesville
Fla
Dothan
Ala
Pinehurst
N.C
Thomasville
Parson
Cairo
Dave Smith
Jim Haslem
Clayton Blanton
Ricky Miller
Ken Watkins
Lacy
Russie Guy
Rocky Spence
Don Rockwell
Robin Branda
Lou Hudson Returns to Hawks After Signing NBA Deal
St Louis Hawks star Lou Hudson signed the 1967 68 NBA contract after considering an ABA offer from the Minnesota Muskies He previously played for the Hawks as a rookie and helped negotiate a settlement ending a $3 million lawsuit the Hawks filed over the ABA contract Hudson cited money as a key factor in his decision and Hawks officials welcomed his return Ben Kerner and Richie Guerin commented on the move
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Hawks
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ABA
Ben Kerner
A. E. Holman
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Richie Guerin
Top PGA Pros Get the Axe In U.S. Open Qualifying
Prominent players including Ed Furgol failed to reach the U S Open after sectional qualifiers at Detroit Los Angeles San Francisco Washington Atlanta Pittsburgh and Dallas. Sam Snead odds for a 26th Open spot highlighted by a 68 player field with 67 qualifiers already advanced. Bob Verney shot 133 seven under par at Colonial Country Club Memphis to lead the qualifiers.
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Simms
Ed Furgol
Snead
Detroit
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Washington
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Baltusrol
Springfield
N.J
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PGA
Dan Sikes
Tommy Aaron
Bruce Crampton
J C Gnooele
Dave Ragan
Colonial Country Club Course
Bob Verney
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