Aiken All Stars Meet Batesburg In Western District Play
Aiken's Pony League all star team meets Batesburg Leesville in the Western District tournament with kickoff set for 8 p.m. Tuesday in Batesburg. Front row players include Bobby Zion Pete Sampson Frankie Loudermilk Billy Hughes Paul Rideout Ricky Meyer Martin Foster Artie Procter. Managers are Earl Tate and Wes Hussey with a cast of Jeff Roberts Jerome Bell Steve Dufour Scott Warther and others.
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Aiken
Batesburg-Leesville
Batesburg
Bobby Zion
Pete Sampson
Frankie Loudermilk
Billy Hughes
Paul Rideout
Ricky
Nicklaus and Trevino Withdraw from Philadelphia Classic
Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino exited the Philadelphia Golf Classic after the first round. Murphy Massengale and Labron Harris led with 67s at Whitemarsh while Nicklaus and Trevino cited fatigue and a need to focus on other obligations.
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Philadelphia
Jack Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Bob Murphy
Don Massengale
Labron Harris
Murphy
Massengale
Harris
Whitemarsh Country Club
Dave Hill
Billy Casper
Art Wal
Dick Rhyan
Charles Coody
Trevino
Nicklaus
el Paso
Tex
Europe
PGA Championship purse boosted for August at Southern Hills
The purse for the 52nd PGA Championship rises from 175600 to 200000 for the August event at Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club. First prize will be 40000. Leo Fraser president of the PGA of America announced the changes. Last year's winner Ray Floyd earned 30000.
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Tulsa
Okla
Southern Hills Country Club
Leo Fraser
PGA of America
Ray Floyd
Glimpse At Sports Fun Night At Ball Park
In the last home game of the season Aiken American Legion Post 26 faces Columbia tonight at Eustis Park field. Game starts at 8 p.m. with a pregame player participation program and an egg throwing contest for prizes. WLOW FM covers the event from 7 40.
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Aiken American Legion Post
Columbia
Eustis Park Field
Wlow-Fm
Flying Tiger Press Party at Clemson Coaches Schedule
The Flying Tiger party of Clemson football coach Hootie Ingram and basketball coach Tates Locke will hold a nine hour meet the press event in six cities across three states. Starting at 8 A.M. in Charlotte and ending in Greenville, the spokesmen will travel to Florence, Charleston, Columbia, Atlanta and back to South Carolina with athletic staff and university officials.
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Clemson
Hootie XN
Flying Tiger
Hootie Ingram
Tates Locke
Meet the Press
Charlotte, N. C
Florence
Charleston
Columbia
Atlanta
South Carolina
Greenville
ACC Seeks Weaver's Replacement
The Atlantic Coast Conference will begin selecting a new commissioner after the death of Jim Weaver last week. Eight team representatives meet in Greensboro to form a screening committee and interview potential successors. Weaver led the ACC for 16 years before dying of a heart attack.
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Greensboro
N. C
Atlantic Coast Conference
Jim Weaver
Weaver
Bad Greens Change Schedule
The Carolina Golf Association announced schedule changes in North Carolina. Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro postponed its one day event to August 9. Southern Pines canceled its August 23 tournament due to greens work.
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Southern Pines
N. C
North Carolina
Carolina Golf Association
Walnut Creek Country Club
Goldsboro
Fish Census Underway in North Carolina Estuaries
Dr. Thomas Linton announced a census by the Department of Conservation and Development as biologists count finfish shellfish shrimp and crabs in North Carolina estuarine waters. The study supports an estuarine-use plan for coastal waters and uses net catches to estimate total populations.
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Raleigh
Department of Conservation and Development
Thomas Linton
North Carolina
General Assembly
Linton
Whitener to Return for Senior Year at Furman
Furman basketball coach Joe Williams announced that 6-foot-6 forward David Whitener from Hickory North Carolina will return for his senior year. Whitener played in 1967-68 averaging 12 points and 8.8 rebounds over 27 games before joining the Army and being released at Fort Carson Colorado. He previously transferred to Furman from North Greenville Junior College.
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Furman
Joe Williams
David Whitener
Hickory
N.C
Whitener
Army
Ft. Carson
Colo
Corn Off the Cob Sires Stakes Run Mixed Year
Corn Off the Cob finished second in a series of stakes races this year and is owned by Theodore Gary a Kansas City native.
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Theodore Gary
Kansas City
Baseball Standings and Saturday Games
Kansas City with Johnson 3 5 faces Detroit and McLain 0 2 in Chicago with John 7 12. Minnesota Zepp 5 0 vs Baltimore Palmer 12 5. California Wright 12 6 at Washington Cox 5 6. Oakland Hunter 13 7 at New York Stottlemyre 9 8. Milwaukee Brabender 5 11 at Boston Siebert 8 5. Saturday games list Cleveland at Kansas City Detroit at Chicago Minnesota at Baltimore California at Washington Oakland at New York Milwaukee at Boston.
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McLain
Chicago
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Minnesota
Zepp
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Palmer
California
Wright
Washington
Cox
Oakland
Hunter
New York
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Milwaukee
Brabender
Boston
Siebert
Cleveland
Oakland Kansas City
Baseball matchups headline style for current games
Cincinnati hosts Pittsburgh as Merritt faces Nelson while Atlanta comes to St. Louis. Chicago travels to Houston and New York meets Los Angeles in National League action. Philadelphia visits San Diego and Montreal plays San Francisco in the listed early games.
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Merritt
Pittsburgh
Nelson
Atlanta
Stone
St. Louis
Briles
Chicago
Jenkins
Houston
Wilson
New York
Seaver
Los Angeles
Sutton
Philadelphia
Wise
San Diego
Kirby
Montreal
Morton
San Francisco
Reberger
L. Pet. G
L'E
St. Louis Philaphia
Il Montreal
San Fran
Orioles overwhelm Twins as rough day ends on lapse
In Baltimore the Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 amid a series of throwing and fielding errors by Minnesota. A late Glove miscue and misplayed plays sealed the setback as Baltimore widened the division lead while other AL and NL games produced varied results.
Harness Racing Records Menaced
New York reports Del In sko Herve Filion and Carmine Abbatiello chasing all time driver records as of mid July 1969. Insko driven trotters and pacers have earned 738 562 placing ahead of 1968 leader Bill Haughton. Abbatiello 685 616 and Filion 592 569 also ahead of Haughton’s pace, while Filion nears a 400 win crown and Abbatiello holds the season high with 185 race wins.
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del Insko
Herve Filion
Carmine Abbatiello
Trotting Association
Bill Haughton
Haughton
Abbatiello
Filion
USTA
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