Baltimore Pins Oakland With 6th Straight Loss
Orioles rout Oakland 6 4 as Frank Fernandez angrily threw his helmet at the screen behind home plate. The A’s dropped their sixth in a row on a road trip marked by fireworks incident and muffed calls.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated
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A’s
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Minnesota
Mark Belanger
Oakland City Fire
Gretel To Meet France In America Cup Trial Windup
Newport R I AP The Australian yacht Gretel II leads France three to zero in a best of seven trial to decide a challenger for the cup finals starting September 15 Baron Marcel Rich heads the French syndicate and will take the wheel France meets Gretel II as Intrepid dominates Valiant with a fourth straight win in trials Intrepid extends to seven straight victories since losing its opener to Valiant in the series now 4-5.
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France
Baron Marcel Rich
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Orioles edge Athletics 6 4 behind Robinson homers
Frank Robinson hit his 20th and 21st homers and drove in three as the Orioles defeated the Athletics 6 to 4. Jim McAndrew limited the Braves to five hits in a 5-1 Mets win with no walks and four strikeouts.
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George Mitterwald
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Deron Johnson
Grantjackson
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Cincinnati
Larry Hisle
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Montreal
Mike Wegener
Houston
Jim Wynn
John Mayberry
Astros
Denis Menke
Doug Ryder
Frank Robinson
Orioles
Baltimore
Oakland
Hing
Atlanta
VMI Coaches Unveil New Tricks As Season Opens
VMI coach Vito Ragazzo adjusts with new uniforms helmets and player position switches as the Keydets seek improvement after a poor two season run. Sophomore Tommy Howell shifts to wing back and Vern Beitzel and Randy Kinsey rotate in the secondary.
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Virginia Military Institute
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Furman
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Randy Kinsey
Beitzel
Dave Braine
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Ragazzo
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Lou Holtz
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Groe Pilch
David Knight
Ed Helies
Richmond
Frank Jones
Ray Easterling
Wayne Tosh
Bobby Duch
Pete Roscia
Spiders
N.C. State
Mike McGee
East Carolina
Dick Corrada
Mountaineer Purses Seven in Shenandoah Downs Feature
Seven three year olds contend in a six furlong mountaineer purse at Shenandoah Downs led by Superb Move Proud John and Active Circle. Superb Move seeks revenge after beating Proud John by a length last out and Active Circle arrives from Louisiana with two runner up finishes behind Cut The Deck. Hello Girls The Hungarian and Hanlex also race in the field of allowance performers.
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Shenandoah Downs
Claiborne B. Carter
Ealnor M. Casey
Proud John
Price
Active Circle
Louisiana
Hello Girls
Hanlex
Gulf of Cristo Captures Shenandoah Downs Sixth
Sidn ey Culver's Gulf Of Cristo led from the start to win Shenandoah Downs sixth race and complete the 56 and 96 Big Exacta worth 8631.20 dollars. Admiral Derry set the early pace and finished second. Identified won the fifth race in a hard fought duel returning 23.20 to win, Nearly Lost paid 5.20 for place.
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Shenandoah Downs
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Harold L. Stull
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Kenneth B
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Gioavanni
Major League Baseball Leaders Highlight 1969 Scoring Gems
Major League leaders include Oliva and A Johnson leading batting averages with .324 and .320. Runs top the chart for Yastrzemski and White. F Howard drives in 101, Killebrew 99, while Oliva and A Johnson collect most hits. Bench and Perez pace NL with 42 and 39 homers.
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California
Yastrzemski
Boston
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New York
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R. Smith
Valerie Morgan Wins Allen Award in Evening Star League
Valerie Morgan of the Buckley Lages team is named this year’s Dorothy Allen Award recipient by league president Glenda Cole. The honor, earned through sportsmanship personality courtesy and graciousness, honors Mrs. Allen in the league’s 1959 start and 1936 origin.
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Dorothy Allen
Valerie Morgan
Health Center Lanes
Allen
Evening Star League
Evening Star Ladies League
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League
Frances Crisman
Ruby Boyd
Virginia Larrick
Pat Whitacre
Biddy Smoot
Pearl Ebert
Dorothy Rice
Flo Baker
Helen Elsen
Virginia McCure
Baseball Standings and Schedule for East West Divisions
The standings show Baltimore leading the East with 83 wins and New York 71. Minnesota tops the West with 75 wins while California trails. Thursday results include Minnesota 5 Boston 2 and Baltimore 6 Oakland 4. Upcoming twi night doubleheaders feature several interleague matchups across league cities.
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Shenandoah Downs Entries And Thursday Results
Shenandoah Downs entries listed for the upcoming program. Thursday results show Chicago 5 over San Diego 1, St. Louis 4 over San Francisco 1, New York 5 over Atlanta 1, Philadelphia 6 over Cincinnati 3, Houston 5 over Montreal 4.
Weekend Baseball Matchups Across Cities
Saturday’s games feature Cincinnati at Montreal Atlanta at Philadelphia New York at Houston St Louis at Los Angeles Pittsburgh at San Francisco Chicago at San Diego San Francisco at Atlanta Philadelphia series details show pitcher records and team pairings across eight cities with heavy rosters listed.
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Stone
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Short
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Nolan
Montreal
Stonerman
New York
Seaver
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Reuss
Los Angeles
Sutton
Nicago
Jenkins
San Diego
Kirby
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Aaoose
Francisco
San Francisco
St.Louis
Chicago
San Fran
Bogs Wins European Middleweight Title In Denmark
In Copenhagen Tom Bogs 163 outpointed Chris Finnegan 161 to retain the European middleweight crown. Rene Roque 138 and Boerge Krogh 139 drew in a 10 round bout. In Los Angeles Jimmy Robertson 136 beat Tetsuo Daigen 135. Portland Maine saw Eddie Spence 165 defeat Pete Riccitelli 173 in a 10 round bout.
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Denmark
Tom Bogs
Chris Finnegan
Britain
Bogs
Rene Roque
France
Boerge Krogh
Drew
Los Angeles
Jimmy Robertson
Harbor City
Calif
Tetsuo Daigen
Tokyo
Portland
Maine
Eddie Spence
Pittsfield
Mass
Pete Riccitelli
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