Sports headlines for Sunday July 25, 1971:

• Palmer's Back! Wire-to-Wire $50,000 Winner
• Ali To Take Step Forward, Finally, In Houston Ring

• Red Sox activated Cal Koonce
• Royals placed Bobby Floyd on the disabled list
• A's activated Ron Klimkowski
• Pirates placed Richie Hebner on the military list
• Pirates placed Milt May on the military list

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Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (53-52) 3 10 0 7 Los Angeles Dodgers (53-49) 1 7 3 7 Win: Phil Niekro (11-8)   Loss: Don Sutton (9-10) T: 2:20   Att: 20,271 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (57-40) 2 4 0 7 Minnesota Twins (44-54) 6 10 1 6 Win: Stan Williams (3-4)   Loss: Luis Tiant (0-4) T: 2:33   Att: 16,188 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (48-54) 6 9 1 6 Baltimore Orioles (60-37) 2 5 1 6 Win: Andy Messersmith (10-9)   Loss: Mike Cuellar (13-4) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:11 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (49-54) 9 16 2 13 Baltimore Orioles (60-38) 6 9 2 14 Win: Lloyd Allen (4-2)   Loss: Orlando Pena (0-1) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 3:57   Att: 19,096 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (54-46) 1 6 2 12 Philadelphia Phillies (44-57) 2 7 0 8 Win: Bill Wilson (2-3)   Loss: Bill Hands (9-11) T: 2:28   Att: 19,572 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (47-56) 3 9 2 7 San Francisco Giants (62-40) 7 9 1 5 Win: Gaylord Perry (9-8)   Loss: Gary Nolan (8-11) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:25 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (48-56) 5 9 0 7 San Francisco Giants (62-41) 2 8 0 8 Win: Don Gullett (11-3)   Loss: Ron Bryant (7-6)   Save: Clay Carroll (11) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:30   Att: 28,792 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (49-50) 6 10 0 13 New York Mets (51-46) 7 15 2 7 Win: Gary Gentry (8-8)   Loss: Ken Forsch (5-4)   Save: Ron Taylor (1) T: 3:06   Att: 28,776 at Shea Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (52-44) 4 5 1 7 Cleveland Indians (41-59) 3 7 2 5 Win: Dick Drago (12-5)   Loss: Ray Lamb (5-8) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:23 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (52-45) 1 6 1 7 Cleveland Indians (42-59) 2 12 1 10 Win: Ed Farmer (3-0)   Loss: Tom Burgmeier (4-4)   Save: Steve Mingori (4) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:14   Att: 12,247 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (50-51) 6 11 0 8 Milwaukee Brewers (40-56) 2 8 3 5 Win: Lindy McDaniel (5-8)   Loss: Ken Sanders (5-5) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:02 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (51-51) 11 10 2 6 Milwaukee Brewers (40-57) 9 12 2 7 Win: Al Closter (1-0)   Loss: Marcelino Lopez (2-5)   Save: Fritz Peterson (1) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:56   Att: 15,006 at County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (62-35) 4 7 1 4 Detroit Tigers (51-48) 7 11 0 11 Win: Joe Coleman (11-6)   Loss: Chuck Dobson (9-1) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:52 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (63-35) 6 14 1 12 Detroit Tigers (51-49) 1 3 3 8 Win: Vida Blue (19-3)   Loss: Bill Denehy (0-3)   Save: Rollie Fingers (10) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:57   Att: 53,565 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (65-35) 1 5 1 5 San Diego Padres (35-68) 2 10 1 8 Win: Fred Norman (1-6)   Loss: Bob Johnson (6-7) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:02 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (65-36) 0 3 1 5 San Diego Padres (36-68) 2 10 0 11 Win: Steve Arlin (5-13)   Loss: Bob Moose (7-6) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:53   Att: 10,342 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (54-47) 4 10 0 7 Montreal Expos (40-61) 5 7 1 5 Win: Bill Stoneman (12-9)   Loss: Reggie Cleveland (9-9) T: 2:18   Att: 20,346 at Parc Jarry Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Washington Senators (40-57) 1 5 1 4 Chicago White Sox (44-54) 5 8 0 8 Win: Wilbur Wood (11-7)   Loss: Dick Bosman (8-11) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:27 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Washington Senators (40-58) 6 12 0 6 Chicago White Sox (45-54) 9 14 1 9 Win: Joe Horlen (5-8)   Loss: Jackie Brown (3-3)   Save: Bart Johnson (9) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:34   Att: 24,318 at Comiskey Park Boxscore