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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1972
Page
9
Boston, led by a late surge, defeated New York 4-1 to move 7 points ahead in the East Division. The game featured typical playoff intensity with Orr producing standout moments as the Bruins broke a 1-1 deadlock in the final period.
Charlie Moir of Roanoke College accepted AP honors as College Division basketball Coach of the Year after guiding the 28 4 team to a 19 game winning streak and a strong NCAA College Division tournament run in Evansville Indiana last week.
Camden duo Jim Creed and Bob Dargon faced Charlotte pair Jerry Brock and Pete Parker in the opening round of the Carolina Golf Association Four-Ball championship in Camden. Creed and Dargon later edged Billy Goodale and Dan Law in a playoff for medal honors amid a tight Thursday competition.
Logg Jackson of Wake Forest shot 70 to lead by two strokes at Orangeburg Country Club as second round prep for Palmetto Intercollegiate. Bob Painter of Georgia State and Jeff Heilman of East Tennessee State tied for second after 72. Team standings list Georgia Southern and Wake Forest at 375 atop a six team field with East Tennessee State 380 and others.
Mack Calvin sparked a late burst for the Floridians, scoring 15 points in the final eight minutes to turn a 98-96 deficit into a 126-115 win over the Pittsburgh Condors. Utah outscored Memphis 137-117 in the other ABA game.
Joe Inman Jr. of Greensboro North Carolina and Mark Hayes of Fort Jackson South Carolina shot a first round nine under par 63 to lead the Men's International Four-Ball championship. Inman who was a 1969 Walker Cup player had six birdies in Thursday's opening round as the four day event heads into its second round.
Spring turkey hunting awaits as over one million acres of game land open. Hunters over 14 need a license and game management permit. Gobblers must be brought to check stations to aid population surveys. Season runs March 31 to April 22 in the Western Piedmont unit.
Defending 1972 Atlanta 500 champion A J Foyt criticized his No 4 starting position after his Glen Wood Mercury qualified. Bobby Allison captured the pole at 156.245 mph for the 1100000 race on the 1.5 mile Atlanta International Raceway oval.
The USCA golf team of nine players and Coach Randy Clarke camp on an island off Florida during a Pensacola tournament. Three hundred teams from two year and four year colleges compete over three days, with tents and a TV for comfort.
The article traces early meets in Maryland Virginia and South Carolina. It notes the 1897 amalgamation of two associations and the 1899 first American Grand National at Morris Park won by Trillion. It details the 1910 Hughes Law curbing betting, the exodus of top owners to Europe, and the survival of hunt meets. It culminates with 1938 Battleship’s English Grand National win and 1960s flourishing hunts.
Across Belmont Aqueduct and Saratoga in New York and Delaware Park in Delaware regular steeplechase programs were run at four major tracks. In October 1970 the Colonial Cup an international steeplechase valued at 100 000 dollars was held at Camden.
The NHL East shows Boston atop with 52 wins and 114 points followed by New York Montreal and Toronto. In the West Chicago leads 43 13 as Minnesota and St Louis chase. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh also appear in the table with mixed results. Thursday’s results include a Boston win over New York and several ties and low scoring games.
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