Luzinski’s two homers lift Phillies to 5-4 win over Giants
Greg Luzinski hit two solo home runs to raise his average to .334 and push Philadelphia into second in the NL East with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Luzinski added a grand slam Saturday night and has 10 career two-homer games. The day’s NL results saw Cubs, Braves, Dodgers, Reds, Mets, and others win.
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Fred McMane
UPI
Greg Luzinski
Phillies
Ich
San Francisco Giants
Luzinski
Giants
Gary Lavelle
Hillies
Ubes
Chicago
Houston
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Cubs
Astros
Ray Burris
Jerry Morales
Bobby Murcer
Steve Ontiveros
Burris
Braves
Pirates
Jeff Burroughs
Vic Correll
al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dodgers
Expos
Dave Lopes
Montreal
Dusty Baker
Reggie Smith
Reds
Cardinals
Joe Morgan
Ken Griffey
Doug Capilla
Pedro Borbon
Bob Forsch
Mets
Padres
Steve Henderson
John Milner
San Diego
Randy Jones
Rutherford wins Texas 200 in heat of Texas World Speedway
Johnny Rutherford wins the Texas 200 after a heat soaked duel with Gordon Johncock at Texas World Speedway. Bobby Unser suffers a foot injury in a second turn crash. Pancho Carter finishes third as 10 finishers remain. Rutherford misread the running order before leading the final stretch.
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College Station
Tex
UPI
Johnny Rutherford
Dick Simon
Gordon Johncock
Texas World Speedway
Bobby Unser
Unser
Bryan
Rutherford
Johncock
Hastings
Midh
Pancho Carter
Johnny Parsons
Tom Sneva
Rick Mears
Jim McElreath
Larry Dickson
Bobby Olivera
Tom Bigelow
A.J. Foyt
Wally Dallenbach
Danny Ongais
al Unser
Major League Standings and Probable Pitchers Summary
Major League standings show Los Angles 8 Montreal 2 and Atlanta 8 Pittsburgh 3 among top results with other games listed. Probable pitchers include Twitchell for Montreal San Francisco at Montreal and Sutton for Los Angeles at New York with several night matches and doubleheaders noted.
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Los Angeles
Montreal
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
San Diego
Boston
California
Oakland
Seattle
Baltimore
Toronto
Milwaukee
Chicago
Kansas City
Minnesota
Cleveland
Texas
Detroit
Los Ang
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Houston
San Francisco
Montefusc
Twitchell
Underwood
Capra
Sutton
Zachry
Jones
Lemongello
San Fran
Phila
Calif
United Press International
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Pittsbgh
West Wa
Pet
Cinci
Philadelphia
Baltimoe
Miln
Clevelad
Kan City
Cleve
Balt
Ist
Lions win city tournament with dramatic 16 15 final
Lions capture the city Little League title after three straight wins. They opened 10-6 over Brighton with Dave Gorham tallying three hits and Chris Leyden notching 11 strikeouts. A late 16-15 championship win over State Bank featured Gorham Leyden and Evans leading the attack.
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Lions
Brighton
Dave Gorham
Chris Leyden
Arnold
Boxwell
Messinger
Kiwanis
Ryan Gipple
Hill
State Bank
Moorman’s
Y’s
Terry Evans
Leyden
Gipple
Gaffey
Escher
Fish
Cavin
Venzke
Hazelett
Urbandale Faces Title Defense At State Softball Tourney
At Fort Dodge Iowa Urbandale seeks a second straight title as it opens the state girls softball tournament with a 40-0 season and a 64 game winning streak built by five starters dating to 1972. Ottumwa follows with 28-0 and notes Paula Stufflebeam hitting .487 Connie Fogle .367 and pitcher Kathy Hugen with a 138-0 career mark.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
UPI
Urbandale
Kim Wright
Carol Sinn
Jo Fraser
Mary Bartusek
Jeri Cunningham
Ottumwa
Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
Paula Stufflebeam
Connie Fogle
Kathy Hugen
Steffe back in winner's circle at West Liberty
Duane Steffe regained the lead late to win the late model feature at West Liberty on Saturday night as Steve Becker claimed a fourth straight sportsman feature. Kepler pressured Steffe with Dake in pursuit while 31 late models ran four heats and Becker surged from the third row to capture the sportsman title. Current standings show Hearst leading the late models with Steffe closing in and Becker atop the sportsman list. Kenny Fenn lost over 1,000 sportsman points due to a race at another track.
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Gale Reed
Duane Steffe
West Liberty
Steve Becker
Steffe
Steve Kepler
Darrell Dake
Kepler
John Simonec
Ron Prymek
Ron Hemstead
Larry Jenkins
Larry
Pop) Rummelhart
Duke
Tom Hearst
Ron Weedon
Dave Birkhofer
Simonec
Prymek
Hemstead
Jenkins
Becker
Sportsman
Ron Boyse
John Brumley
Johnny Johnson
Dave Dodder
Mike Niffenegger
Mel Morris
Mike Elliot
Rick Payne
Bill Douglas
Bill Schwader
Niffenegger
Hearst
Mellecker
Wedon
Rummelhart
Birkhofer
Bill Brewer
Boyse
L.B. O’brien
Darrell Walker
Kenny Fenn
Multiple Auctions Across Iowa This August
A compilation of public auctions runs through August with sales in Kalona Washington Brighton Ainsworth Columbus Junction Kinross Richland and Richland Iowa. Highlights include a quitting business antiques sale at 611 B Avenue Kalona a machinery and tool auction near Washington a large salvage yard auction north of Ainsworth a trailer and personal property sale in Brighton a Columbus Junction furniture and collectibles auction an Elmer Derby estate machinery and land auction near Richland Kinross household goods auction a complete closing out auction near Richland and a Washington area single family home sale plus a Washington County fairgrounds sale of household goods and vehicles. Each sale lists date start time location and owner or auctioneer.
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B. Avenue
Kalona
Clarence Miller
Washington
Brighton
Everette Lewis
Ainsworth
Hwy. 218
Haskins
Tom Martin
Iowa
Mullikin Standard Station
Gary Humston
Columbus Junction Fairgrounds
Jerry
Keokuk County
Richland
Hopewell Church
Elmer Derby
North Sixth Avenue
Ike Yoder
Washington County Fairgrounds
Georgia Martin
Clifford Campbell, Jr. Humston
30-Game Winners Open Iowa State Baseball Meet
The 1977 state boys summer baseball tournament begins at Marshalltown High School with six teams holding 30 or more wins. MFL leads 1A with 37-10, facing St Albert. Bancroft St John and Mason City Newman also contest 1A, while 2A includes Heelan, Rock Valley, Fort Madison Aquinas, and Davenport West. Semis Wednesday, finals Thursday, IBP TV coverage planned.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
UPI
MFL
Council Bluffs
St. Albert
Bancroft St. John
Mason City Newman
Breda St. Bernard
Fort Madison Aquinas Bancroft
Johnston
Breda
Dubuque Senior
Benton
Davenport West
West Des Moines Dowling
Fort Dodge St. Edmond
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
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U.S. Army Reserve
Burt
Burt’s Appliance
Rutherford Powers
Simon
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Chi
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Sorensen
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Perry
Wood
Colborn
Goltz
Mitchell
Journal
Kinross
Sallie Kirkpatrick
Hennigan Inc
East
Wenneco
Henneco Inc
Dubuque
Washington County Fair
Office Education Association of America
Beefburgers
Dr. Scholl
Gibson Shoe Center
Washington Park
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