Tigers Boost Into Contention With Coleman Mastery
Detroit’s Joe Coleman fired a three hitter to beat Boston 7-2, rising to 6-2 and helping the Tigers reach 15-10 while shrinking the gap on Cleveland. Mickey Lolich and Coleman’ve combined for 13 of Detroit’s 15 wins as Haller fueled the offense with a triple and two doubles.
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Vito Stelling
Mickey Lolich
Joe Coleman
Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Coleman
Detroit
Cleveland
Tom Timmerman
Tom Haller
Haller
California
Oakland
Baseball Standings and Tonight's Schedule Across Leagues
Major league standings list teams by wins losses and percentages with Cleveland Detroit Baltimore Boston New York Milwaukee Minnesota Oakland Chicago Texas Kansas City California and more. Thursday games feature Cincinnati San Francisco New York Montreal Chicago St Louis Houston Los Angeles and Atlanta with several matchups and scheduled pitchers for each.
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New York
Montreal
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Los Angeles
Dick Williams
Oakland
California
Syd O’brien
Williams
Bob Locker
Sandy Alomar
Mickey Rivers
Willie Mays
Mays
Ted Martinez
John Boc
W. L. Pet G.B. New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
W. L. Pet G.B. Houston
San Diego
Atlanta
San Fran
Hoys
Los Ang
Inns
Jenkins
Spinks
Capra
Selma
Stoneman
Moose
Wilson
Osteen
McGlothlin
Kirby
Niekro
Bryant
Phila
Cinci
W. L
G.B. Cleveland
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Milwaukee
G.B. Minnesota
Texas
Kansas City
Calif
Cleveland
Perry
Cain
Odom
Splittorff
Ryan
Fisher
Wood
Minnesota
Kant
Hand
McNally
Parsons
Pattin
Stottlemore
Kan City
Milw
Riva Ridge Faces Preakness Challenge From Upper Case
In Baltimore UPI reports Kentucky Derby winner Riva Ridge must beat stablemate Upper Case and seven others in the Preakness Stakes. Trainer Lucien Laurin says he would prefer the best horse win, with Upper Case sent to press early to pace Riva Ridge. The field includes Freetex Eager Exchange Hassi's Image Festive Mood and Bee Bee Bee. Jockeys Ray Broussard and Ron Turcotte discuss riding orders as purses total 189800 with 137300 to the winner and 30000 to second.
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Baltimore
UPI
Riva Ridge
Upper Case
Lucien Laurin
Laurin
Key To the Mint
Freetex
Hassi
Bee Bee Bee
Ray Broussard
Broussard
Ron Turcotte
Palmer loses watch and stalls with triple bogey
Arnold Palmer faced misfortune at the Danny Thomas Golf Classic when his caddy Creamy Carolan reported Arnie’s $1,200 gold watch missing on the 12th hole. Palmer then hit out of bounds and made a triple bogey seven, yet fired a 1 under par 71 to stay two behind leaders Maxwell Gilbert Green as round two began.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPI
Arnold Palmer
Creamy
Palmer
Creamy Carolan
Arnie
Bie
Billy Maxwell
Gibby Gilbert
Hubert Green
Lee Trevino
Charles Coady
Tom Weiskopf
Wei
Race driver Jim Malloy dies after Indianapolis practice
Jim Malloy 37 of Denver died in Indianapolis Methodist Hospital from injuries suffered in a practice crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He crashed on the No 3 turn during a May 27 500 mile event prelude after a long string of high speed laps. Malloy leaves widow Mary and three children Jim Cheryl and Pat.
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Ind
UPI
Jim Malloy
Denver
Colo
Malloy
Indianapolis Methodist Hospital
Speedway
Mike Spence
Great Britain
Columbus
Neb
Englewood
Colorado State University
Pacers Rally Past Nets In ABA Title Showdown
Indiana overcame a 20 point deficit to edge New York 100 99 in Indianapolis to take a 3 0 lead in the ABA finals. Freddie Lewis sealed it with two free throws with nine seconds left as Bobby Leonard’s squad erased a Nets surge sparked by Rick Barry and Billy Paultz.
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Ind
UPI
Lou Carnesecca
Bobby Leonard
Leonard
Indiana Pacers
Carnesecca
New York Nets
Freddie Lewis
Indiana
Nets
Pacers
Dallas
Los Angeles
Pacer
Billy Paultz
Bill Melchionni
John Roche
Billy Keller
George McGinnis
Mel Daniels
Keller
Rick Barry
Lewis
Ollie Taylor
Roche
Demon golfers drop two dual meets this week
Washington High School golfers lost to Fairfield 157 to 166 at Fairfield Country Club and 160 to 152 to Iowa City West at the Washington Country Club. Mike Gatens led West with a 36, while Washington’s best was Mike Young’s 37. Washington JV fell 175 to 173. The Demons head to Class A district at Wapello with Craig Paul, Mike Young, Steve Goff, Kim Walker and Dave Tweeton representing the team.
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Washington High School
Fairfield
Fairfield Country Club
Iowa City West
Washington Country Club
Mike Gatens
Chad Dore
Tom Huber
Rick Thompson
Mike Young
Demons
Craig Paul
Dave Tweeton
Steve Goff
Gatens
Washington JV
Bane
Steve Greene
Rusty Tschantz
Washington
Mike van
Cleaven
Greg Fenno
Jeff Laing
Rusty Bannister
Mike van Cleave
Tom Louden
Jeff Winfrey
Tom Gamrath
Rich Saddler
Ken Hovey
Demon
Washington Jv’s
Rick Garrett
Rusty Tschantzel
Streetar Cameron
Ken Allen
Rich Wulff
John Higgins
Bob Coutts
Louden
Wapello
Kim Walker
Hawkeyes in Summer Meet Opens for Three Players
Iowa center Kevin Kunnert will join 27 other NCAA players at the Olympic Develop Camp starting June 12 as he and two Iowa teammates pursue U S Olympic team berths. Jim Collins, 6-9, will tour Australia Tahiti and New Zealand for four weeks beginning June 10 as part of the Big Ten squad. Neil Fegebank, 6-7, plans a summer at Willis Reed camp in New York.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa
Kevin Kunnert
Iowa
NCAA
Kunnert
U.S
Jim Collins
Big Ten
Australia
Tahiti
New Zealand
Neil Fegebank
Willis Reed
New York
Juco signee Candy LaPrince joins Iowa roster
Iowa coach Dick Schultz announced the signing of Candy LaPrince, a 6-1 transfer from Arizona Western JC who averages 19.1 points per game. The New York native played at Evans Hughes High School and helped his JC team place fifth in this year’s national tournament.
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Iowa City
UPI
Iowa
Dick Schultz
Candy LaPrince
Arizona Western Junior College
LaPrince
New York
Evans Hughes High School
Kristy Dill Honored At Cloyce Dill Shower
Kristy Dill was feted at a May 6 miscellaneous bridal shower hosted at the Cloyce Dill home in Keota. Guests assisted her with gifts. decorations were pink and lavender. Kristy will wed John Linnekamp on June 3.
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Kristy Dill
Cloyce Dill
Kristy
Cheryl Dill
Linda Linnenkamp
Tammy
Dawn Dill
Laura Stewart
Keith Kinnenkamp
Francis Linnekamp
John Linnekamp
Maurine Peiffer
Phil
Boulder
Colo
Leonard Sonday
Roger Greiner
Francis Romine
Earl Chambers
Chambers
Don Shannon
Houghton
William Shannon
Bob Becker
Jim Lutz
Mike
Martyn Osweiler
Davenport
Iowa City
George Lutz
Wellman
Everett Jones
Waukegan
Bill Yoder
A.I FitzSimmons
Earl Leitsinger
Keosauqua
Bill Walker
Fairfield
Neb
Government Livestock Research Center
Hoskins
Ron Golgert
May 19 in history and notable birth
The Almanac notes May 19 1972 as day 140 with Mercury and Jupiter visible. It marks Taurus births incl John Hopkins born May 19, 1872. It recalls an 1885 Chicago ad offering modern dancing lessons for 25 cents for 32 hours.
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United Press International
Venus
Mars
Saturn
John Hopkins
Chicago
Southeast Seven Conference Meet At Case Field
Washington hosts the Southeast Seven Conference outdoor track meet at Case Field this afternoon and evening with preliminaries at 4:30 p.m and finals at 6:45 p.m. Conference junior high teams arrive Saturday. Auction tomorrow begins at 12:30 p.m.
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Washington
Case Field
Case
Plans Set for 1972 Washington Jaycee Junior Golf Meet
Larry Wells announces the 1972 Washington Jaycee Junior Golf meet for youths through 17 at Washington Golf and Country Club starting 9 a.m. Monday June 12. First place earns state qualifying, entries due June 8 via Wells at Washington State Bank. meet administered by Phil Busley Gary Swartzendruber Harold Kerr Bill Whittenberg Marty Chebuhar.
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Washington Jaycee
Larry Wells
Washington Golf and Country Club
Wells
Washington State Bank
Phil Busley
Washington High School
Gary Swartzendruber
Mid - Prairie
Harold Kerr
Bill Whittenberg
Chamber of Commerce
Marty Chebuhar
Evening Journal
Specialist Dennie Smith Aids 82nd in Exercise Exotic Dancer
Army Specialist Four Dennie W. Smith of Brighton Iowa and the 82nd Airborne Division take part in Exercise Exotic Dancer from May 15 to 25 near Camp LeJeune North Carolina. The drills involve 50 000 personnel from multiple services with a parachute assault May 18 and joint navy marine operations. Smith serves as fire team leader with Company B 2D Battalion 505th Infantry Ft. Bragg. He is a 1969 Washington High School graduate.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Dennie W. Smith
Joesph O. Smith
Brighton
Iowa
82Nd Airborne Division
Camp LeJeune
North Carolina
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
82Nd
Atlantic Command
Norfolk
Spec. Smith
505Th Infantry
Washington High School
Safety rules highlighted for bicycle riders in Des Moines
Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sellers urges defensive riding and adherence to ten safety rules after noting most serious bicycle crashes stem from rider error. He says homes, schools, and communities share responsibility for teaching safety as 300000 bicycle safety booklets become available from patrol offices.
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Des Moines
UPI
Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Sellers
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