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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1971
Page
8
The Jefferson Aiken Mile Track Training Center hosts the four race sulky meet sponsored by Abraham Schultz as part of Aiken’s Triple Crown. Two heats per race drew about 4,000 spectators on a warm sunny Saturday.
Harness racing at Aiken featured standardbreds held to slower speeds amid mid training. Leroy Copeland delayed by travel, Schultz Stable rep by wife received a 1937 painting. Jefferson Painter won USC Aiken Pacers Cup. Jefferson Bret topped Aiken Air Force Base Cup in 2 23. Ranger Express claimed Fort Gordon International Cup in 2 16 and 2 18. Minnier dominated with Ranger Express and Aiken Cup wins, Miss Honey placed in 2 27.
In New York, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali traded taunts ahead of the Madison Square Garden bout to crown the heavyweight champion. Vegas favors Frazier 6-5, while overseas odds tilt Ali 11-8, with 300 million viewers expected on closed circuit in 370 US sites and Canada.
Al Stevens won both All Events and Singles in scratch and handicap divisions at the 17th annual Aiken Bowling Association Tournament at Aiken Bowl. Marvin Tanner and Ned McClain captured handicap doubles. Dave Lawrence and John Harden won scratch doubles by one pin. C Forming team won handicap team. Aiken Bowl won scratch team. Buddy Hart had high scratch game 267. Stevens had high scratch series 674.
Joe Williams leads Furman to a 68-61 playoff win over Richmond securing a first round berth against Fordham. The Paladins finish 15-11, after beating the Citadel and Davidson in the Southern Conference tournament as BYU and St Josephs also win their way in.
The opening of the New York season at Aqueduct and the running of the 145000 Santa Anita Handicap at Santa Anita highlight the national thoroughbred racing program this week. Prominent stakes include the 75,000 New Orleans Handicap and 35000 Canadian Turf Handicap among others with notable winners listed from Gulfstream to Santa Anita.
Overall winner Miss Honey drives the Aiken Cup events at different heats with owners and drivers listed. Jefferson Cloud and Ranger Express appear as leading horses in separate cups and heats with times near 2:18 to 2:27. Multiple titles named for Abraham Schultz and Fred Bradbury appear across heats.
George Henry Miller, 93, of Anaheim, Calif., set the age record for a hole in one in 1970 with a 116-yard Lith hole at Anaheim Municipal. The feat joined 20,512 total aces registered that year, surpassing previous 91-year-old holder T S South of England.
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