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...racial in character. Frustrated by the failures of core city school systems and their unresponsiveness to demands for change, black parents no longer regard central school authorities as legitimate. The School Committee got an undiluted taste of the explosiveness of the issue in early September when blacks boycotted the Gibson elementary school in Dorchester. The boycott cut attendance in half for ten days when many black students attended a "liberation school" in a nearby neighborhood center...
...Gibson, who yielded five hits, also set a series mark by pitching his sixth consecutive complete game and tied an-other by recording his sixth consecutive victory...
...Cardinals gave Gibson all the runs he needed when they scored three times off McLain in the fourth. Lou Brock completed the scoring when he homered off Pat Dobson in the seventh...
McLain was victimized by three Tiger errors and his own wildness before he left the game for a pinch hitter in the sixth. The Detroit ace was no match for Gibson, who displayed a dazzling mixture of speed, curve and change-up. McLain could not be reached for his usual post-game rebuttal...
...sure starter in the Tufts game is George Gibson at goalie; and even that is definite for only the first game...