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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1971
Page
12
The Washington Senators showed a 138 homer total last year, with the spring roster listing 109 major league homers for the team. The club trimmed power through winter deals.
Sam McDowell, unhappy with pay, left after seven innings with a 2-2 tie as Gomer Hodge plated the decisive run on a ninth inning sacrifice fly for Camilo Pascual and Cleveland beat California 3-2. In other AL action Boston beat Milwaukee 10-3, Washington defeated Minnesota 4-3, Detroit edged Kansas City 2-1 in 10, and Oakland toppled Baltimore 5-4. NL results included Chicago over Montreal 3-2 and Pittsburgh 7-5 at Los Angeles.
The Associated Press notes today's contests include VMI at Richmond and Va Tech at Virginia in baseball. Virginia, Washington and Lee play Hampden Sydney, Lynchburg faces Randolph Macon, and tennis matches feature Tusculum at Emory and Henry. Golf events include Lynchburg at Washington and Lee and Hampden Sydney at Madison. Virginia Tech visits Roanoke.
A sequence of labeled phrases and proper names appears, including multiple person and animal style entries along with place and item like names. The readable text suggests a catalog of names and terms without full context or clear actions.
Winchester Evening Star previews the 1970 racing season with awards for the column and drivers Buddy Armel Elmer Blanchfield and Junior Blanchfield. Hagerstown Raceway Winchester Speedway Mason Dixon Dragway plan shows and sponsor shifts.
American League leaders include McCraw Wash .400 and Oliva .397 with 29 hits and 7 home runs. Carl Yastrzemski leads runs with 19 and Harmon Killebrew drives in 20. In the National League, Garr .425 leads batting and Torre 34 hits top. Stargell leads RBIs with 26 and Stargell also 11 homers.
The standings show East division leaders Baltimore and New York with strong records, while Oakland and California lead the West. Wednesday results include Boston defeating Milwaukee and Washington beating Minnesota, with several night games and Friday schedules across multiple cities and teams.
A sequence of used car ads lists several era automobiles with prices. Notable entries include a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door at 695 dollars, a 1969 Datsun 1600 Convertible at 1995 dollars, a 1969 Datsun Pickup at 1395 dollars, a 1966 Chevy Caprice 4 door hardtop at 1495 dollars, a 1970 Plymouth 9 passenger wagon at 2795 dollars, and a 1965 Scout 4 wheel drive at 1295 dollars.
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