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MAY 12 HEADLINES CLIPPERS ROUT SULTANS AARON HIT BY LESTER PITCH-OUT UNTIL MAY 27 JACKSON ERROR COSTLY IN TERRIFICS LOSS Clippers 9 Sultans 1. The Sultans drew first blood, when George Sisler scored on a Roger Hornsby sacrifice fly in the first inning, but that would be it for them. The Clippers went on to…

MAY 11 HEADLINES HORNSBY, SISLER LEAD SULTANS PAST CLIPPERS KERSHAW BLANKS SKIDDING HAMMERS HOT START BY TERRIFICS HELPS SEAVER TO WIN MAD DOGS POWER PAST PEACHES WITH 4, 9TH INN HR’S Sultans 9 Clippers 6. Rogers Hornsby and George Sisler led the offense in the Sultans, 9-5 win over the Clippers. The Rajah was a…

MAY 10 HEADLINE COMETS, PEACHES BOTH RIDE 8TH INN RALLYS TO VICTORY Comets 5 Terrifics 3 The Comets were losing, 3-2, to the Terrifics, heading into the last of the eighth. Yogi Berra, subbing in for Roy Campanella, hit a homerun off Goose Gossage, after the Goose had retired the first two batters. He then…

STANDINGS Mad Dogs/27/17/10/.630/—W1 Terrifics/27/15/12/.556/2/L1 Naturals/26/14/12/.538/2.5/W2 Comets/25/13/12/.520/3/W1 Sultans/27/13/14/.481/4/L2 Clippers/25/12/13/.480/4/W2 Peaches/24/11/13/.458/4.5/L1 Hammers/21/6/15/.286/8/L4 MAY 9 HEADLINES CLIPPERS SWEEP HAMMERS NATURALS SWEEP SULTANS MAD DOGS/TERRIFICS SPLIT BOYER HR LEADS COMETS PAST PEACHES Clippers 4 Hammers 1; Clippers 5 Hammers 1 The Clippers took both ends of a doubleheader against the last place Hammers. Carl Hubbell notched his first complete…

MAY 8 HEADLINES SHUTOUTS ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE LEGENDS LEAGUE Dizzy Dean, Dazzy Vance and Ed Walsh all tossed shutouts today. Three of the four games were whitewashes. Here are the recaps: Clippers 9 Hammers 0. Dizzy Dean, a good hitting, pitcher; not only fired a four hit shutout against the…

MAY 7 HEADLINES JONES HOMERS TWICE; GLAVINE PITCHES 2ST STRAIGHT CG FOR MAD DOGS NATURALS POWER PAST SULTANS IN 8-2 VICTORY Mad Dogs 5 Terrifics 2. The Mad Dogs got a pair of homers from Chipper Jones and Tom Glavine tossed his second straight complete game, as they topped the Terrifics, 5-2, in a battle…

MAY 6 HEADLINES CHIEF MEYERS OUT A MONTH AFTER BEING HIT IN HEAD BY LOLICH HOMERUNS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE SANDY KOUFAX ALEX GORDON SMACKS PINCH HIT, GAME WINNING TRIPLE FOR NATS ROBERTS GOES DISTANCE TO HAND CLEMENS FIRST LOSS Peaches 4 Terrifics 1. The Peaches won the game, but lost their starting catcher, Chief Meyers,…

MAY 5 HEADLINES GRAIG NETTLES HITS 3 RUN, WALKOFF HR FOR TERRIFICS CHAPMAN HIT BY PITCH PROVES COSTLY FOR HAMMERS CLIPPERS SURVIVE 9TH INNING DRAMA TO BEAT NATURALS KEN GRIFFEY JR. JOINS 3 HOMERS IN A GAME CLUB Terrifics 4, Peaches 1. Christy Mathewson and Steve Carlton each pitched into the ninth inning, to a…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, MAY 4. Mad Dogs/21/13/8/.619/—/W4 Terrifics/21/13/8/.619/—/W1 Comets/21/11/10/.524/2/L3 Naturals/20/10/10/.500/2.5/L1 Sultans/21/10/11/.476/3/L1 Peaches/20/9/11/.450/3.5/L3 Clippers/20/8/12/.400/4.5/W1 Hammers/16/6/10/.375/4.5/W3 HEADLINES GAMES OF MAY 4 HUBBELL BEATS SCHERZER TO STAY UNBEATEN 6 RUN SIXTH, SENDS MAD DOGS TO EASY WIN OVER COMETS RED HOT FOSTER LEADS TERRIFICS PAST PEACHES MCCOVEY HERO; RUTH GOAT, IN EXTRA INNING HAMMERS WIN Clippers 5…

MAY 3 Mad Dogs 2, Clippers 0; Naturals 5 Comets 3 These were the only two games on today’s slate. Tom Glavine earned his first shutout, beating the Clippers, 2-0, allowing just four hits. Mark McGwire ended an 0-16 slump by belting his sixth homerun in the first inning. Pudge Rodriguez added the Mad Dogs’…