Rookie Kingman launches four run duel against Ellis in 11th
Giants sweep Pirates as rookie Dave Kingman belts two homers off Dock Ellis. He drove in four runs and powered San Francisco to a 3-1 win in the nightcap, completing the doubleheader sweep after Willie Mays and Willie McCovey homered in a 11-7 opener. Kingman, making his big league debut after Phoenix, said he faced Ellis with respect, impressed by the All Star ace. The sweep tightens San Francisco's NL West lead to nine games while Pittsburgh falls further in the East race.
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Neil Hemonpenu
UPI
Dave Kingman
Phoenix
Ailstar
Dock Ellis
Pittsburgh
Kingman
Elis
Pirates
San Francisco
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey
Giants
Ellis
Ken Henderson
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Houston
Montreal
San Die
Atlanta
St Louis
Philadelphia
Braves
San Diego
Padres
Nate Colbert
Leron Lee
Ollie Brown
Wade Blasingame
Seaver
Pizzaro
Cardinals
Phillies
Hemsted wins third straight feature in MVSC race
Ron Hemsted swept to his third consecutive Mississippi Valley Stock Car feature win, claiming a tough victory over John Moss and Pokey West after a back‑and‑forth duel lasting thirteen laps. The night featured fast heats and a strong showing by Larry Jenkins before an early accident shuffled the lead.
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Ron Hemsted
Mississippi Valley
Oskaloosa
Hemsted
John Moss
Pokey West
Larry Jenkins
Jenkins
Ray Cox
John Noble
Wad
West
Moss
John
Est
Ron Jackson
Ron Prymek
Ron Perdock
Bill Hopp
Shorty Bennett
Don Morgan
del Abney
Stan Crooks
Prymek
Jackson
Bill Neuman
Bud Darting
Thomas
Darting
Dave Dodder
John Nobel
Alan Jones
Pan Am Games Surprises Cuba Upsets U S Basketball
Cuba shocks the United States with a 73 69 upset in Pan Am basketball as U S hopes of a easy title fade. Track stars led by Marty Liquori and John Smith boost U S to eight golds while Cuba earns three in weightlifting and fencing.
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John G. Griffin
Call
Colombia
UPI
United States
Cuba
Winnipeg
Marty Liquori
John Smith
Fidel Castro
Haiti
Mirabal Leal
Russ Hodge
U.S
Brazil
Surinam
Jim Gudger
Pedro Chappe
Jim Chones
Marquette
Liquori
Canada
Bill Smart
Smith
Los Angeles
Patty Johnson
San Clemente
Calif
Goetz Klopfer
Larkspur
Rick Drescher
Baltimore
Donald Quarrie
Lennox Miller
Delano Meriwether
Abby Hoffman
Stephanie Berto
Brenda Eisler
Bertino de Souza
Hershel Anderson
Anderson
Margarita Rodriguez
Ruth White
Standings and Probable Pitchers for Tonight’s Baseball Games
Milwaukee Pattin 911 visits California Murphy 6 11 as Oakland Dobson 10 1 at Kansas City Splittorff 4 3. Minnesota Perry 12 11 at Chicago Bradley 99. Washington Broberg 23 at Detroit Coleman 116. New York Peterson 9 7 at Cleveland Paul 1 1. Boston Tiant 0 5 at Baltimore Leonhard 20. Tuesday matchups list and Saturdays results show Minnesota 5 New York 4 Washington 4 Milwaukee 3 Boston 6 Chicago 0 California 3 Detroit 2 Oakland 9 Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Milwaukee
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
California
Minnesota
New York
Kansas City
Baltimore
Pattin
Murphy
Dobson
Splittorif
Perry
Bradley
Broberg
Coleman
Peterson
Paul
Tiant
Leonhard
Clevela
United Press International
V. L. Pet
Balti
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W. L. Pet
Kan City
Calif
Local swimmers set three state AAU marks at Muscatine meet
Washington, Iowa and Davenport swimmers set three state AAU records and helped Davenport win the team title at the state senior championship and age group meet in Muscatine. Rod Maggert set a new 25 meter freestyle mark at 17.5 seconds and led a 118. In senior girls, Kathy Schmidt and teammates lowered the 200 meter freestyle relay record to 2:09.6. Coaches Maxine and Milo Steele Jr praised the hard work and noted winter programs begin late October for both boys and girls.
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Washington
Iowa
Kathy Schmidt
Rhonda Martin
Patsy Porter
Lisa Lemley
Kalona 7 over Washington All Stars in Sigourney game
Kalona defeated the Washington Little League All-Stars 7 to 4 at Sigourney. Bontrager earned the win with three of Kalona’s eight hits, while Hochstedler relieved on the mound. Be ckle y contributed two hits as Kalona pitchers combined for seven strikeouts.
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Kalona
Washington
Little League All-Stars
Sigourney
Bontrager
Hochstedler
Scott
Kin
Young
Rich
Beckley
R. Hochstedler
T. Miller
W. Kaalberg
David Cousins
Kelly Gipple
Doug Black
Marty Young
Roger Williams
Accident Briefs Involving Jones and Crawford In Washington
Cars driven by Robert M. Jones and Dewain William Crawford of Washington collided at the South Ninth Avenue and East Adams Street intersection on Friday. Jones faced a charge of driving without headlights. Estimated damage totaled $600.
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Robert M. Jones
Dewain William Crawford
Washington
South Ninth Avenue
East Adams Street
Jones
Accident on East Washington Involves Schneider Bailey
Steven Edward Schneider of Brighton and Howard Kenneth Bailey of Kington were in an East Washington crash Friday. Damage was estimated at 250 dollars. Schneider drove a pickup owned by the Iowa State Highway Commission. Bailey was charged with an unsafe lane change.
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Steven Edward Schneider
Brighton
Howard Kenneth Bailey
Kington
East Washington
Schneider
Iowa State Highway Commission
Bailey
Palmer Nicklaus win PGA team event in rain soaked finish
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus captured the PGA team championship with a final 72 holes 257, 27 under par, besting Boras Collins and others by six strokes. The win came despite heavy rain delays at Laurel Valley, with both players posting 65s in the final rounds and taking $20,000 each.
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Ira Miller
UPI
Ligonier
Bruce Crampton
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Palmer
Nicklaus
Mike
Dave Hill
Crampton
Orville Moody
Moody
PGA
Laurel Valley Golf Club
Lee Trevino
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Johnny Bench
Manny Mota
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Bill Buckner
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Crooks
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Walt Carney
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P. Jasperingen
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J. Walker
Gebhardt
Harris
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J. Harris
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R. Martin
K Schmidt
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Lemley
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P. Porter
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C. Hanson
Rick Murphy
R. Maggert
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McAvoy
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R. Smith
M. Ross
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Osincup
Justice of the Peace Court
Ambrose N. Jaeger
Keota
Timothy Gene Swift
Thomas R Thompson
Shirley B. York
Betty
Lance
Bob Mann
Thermogas
Ashington
Washington Area
Bob Marie
H & F. F. A. Boys & Girls
Washington County
Fair Board
Purina
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