ABC to televise 13 NFL games weekly starting 1970
Pro football and ABC announced a three year hold on 13 regular season games to air Monday nights in color beginning the first Monday of 1970. Rozelle and Arledge said the price was realistic and that contracts for remaining games would follow after the current deals with NBC and CBS expire.
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Herring Paces Boston Methodists to 31-2 Softball Win
Josh Herring had six hits including two triples and a double to lead the Boston Methodists to a 31-2 victory over the Assembly of God and Church of God. Charles Pittman added four hits, Terre and Jamie Murphy three each, as the team amassed a large scoring margin. Zeb Reeves homered for Church of God in a late surge, while First Baptist fought to a 54 in the bottom of the seventh.
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Assembly of God
Church of God
First Baptist
Herring
Charles Pittman
Terre
Jamie Murphy
David Lamb
Assembly
Zeb Reeves
Snake Cannon
David Cannon
David Ellis
Ronnie Dixon
Jim Turner
Mark Smith
Donohue Heads Rookie Pack For Friday Indianapolis 500
Mark Donohue tops the rookie field for the Indianapolis 500 with car No. 66 after securing the fourth starting spot a week into qualifying. Peter Revson and George Follmer also figure among the five rookies, with Bruce Walkup and Sonny Ates completing the group. The field includes drivers from Britain, Australia, and the United States, all facing the 300,000-strong crowd.
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Ind
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Media
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Jack Brabham
Australia
Walkup
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Calif
Sonny Ates
Sellersburg
Niekro blanks Cards as Braves beat St Louis 3-0
Phil Niekro shut out the Cardinals 3-0 as Atlanta?s knuckleballer dominated. Rod Carew batted in two home runs for Minnesota in a 7-1 rout of the Senators, while Chief Nok-A-Homa's smoke-bomb mishap ended his tepee celebration.
Braves Blows Out Cardinals as Noc-A-Home Teepee Fire Sparks Crowd
In Atlanta the Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3 0 as Chief Noc A Home's smoke bomb caused a teepee fire near left field. Clete Boyer hit a two run homer, Felix Millan scored on a fielder s choice, and Hank Aaron notched his 500th double. Phil Niekro improved to 7 3 while Nelson Briles took the loss. The game lasted 1 hour 39 minutes, the quickest at Atlanta Stadium this season.
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Paul Casanova
Frank Howard
Washington
Jim Perry
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Noc-A-Home
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Levi Walker
Braves
Clete Boyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Joe Torre
Brave
St. Louis
Atlanta
Noc-A-Homa
Boyer
Charlevoix, Mich
Cardinal
Felix Millan
Cepeda
Torre
Cardinals
Hank Aaron
Atlanta Stadium
Pesa Standings and Monday Baseball Results
The National League and American League actions include Atlanta defeating St. Louis 3 to 0 in the only game scheduled. Minnesota topped Washington with a 7 run output in their matchup.
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Atlanta
St. Louis
Minnesota
Washington
Americus Captures South Georgia Class A Baseball Title
Americus beat Evans 8 to 3 to win the south Georgia Class A high school baseball title. Marty Seller threw a three hitter in the championship game, backed by Sandy Barfoot’s four RBIs on a homer, triple and single. Evans had tied the series with a 1-0 win in Game 2, helped by a ninth inning squeeze bunt.
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Marty Seller
Sandy Barfoot
Bill Quinn
Bill Ollerich
Jumbo Shrimp and Gizzards Combo Offer
Ad lists seafood and fillet options with box quantities 12 16 28 32 pieces. Prices shown 1 65 and 2 45 for the larger sizes. Add 65 cents for each additional four pieces on larger orders, includes slaw fries and rolls.
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