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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1993
Page
9
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway the 58 year old Foyt announced plans to retire after the May 20 race. He fought tears before telling about 200000 spectators that he cannot be in a race car if he is to run a team, ending a record streak of 35 straight Indy 500s and holding 67 Indy car wins.
Television guide lists events across tennis golf basketball baseball auto racing and cycling with times from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. on Sunday May 16 and 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday May 17 including the Italian Open Paine Webber Invitational Knicks at Hornets Phillies at Braves McDonald’s Championship Save Mart 300 Suns at Spurs Byron Nelson Classic Indianapolis 500 Giants at Padres Tour DuPont Expos at Braves Bulls Cavaliers boxing match Wagener Salley softball and more.
Prairie Bayou, ridden by Anthony and trained by Tom Bohannon, upset Derby winner Sea Hero’s bid and clinched the Preakness at Pimlico by a half length over Cherokee Run. Sea Hero finished fifth as Union City suffered a fatal injury on the backstretch. The race clocked 1 4/16 miles in 1:56.61 amid 85,495 fans.
Sea Hero, Derby winner at Churchill Downs, finishes fifth in the Preakness 4 lengths behind Prairie Bayou, which takes the lead near the eighth pole to defeat Cherokee Run. Jockey Jerry Bailey notes Sea Hero never leveled off after a strong Derby start, while owner Paul Mellon and trainer Mack Miller consider Belmont Stakes ahead.
In Atlanta Ron Gant doubled to tie the game with two outs and Bill Pecota delivered a two run double in the eighth as the Braves beat Philadelphia 5 to 3. Greg Maddux earned the win in eight innings while Mike Stanton closed for his 15th save and Curt Schilling took the loss.
Irmo High School defeated Aiken High School to win the Class AAA state tennis title at Park Lane Tennis Center. Thurmond and Goetzman won both singles in the final, with Rhett Johnson also winning at No. 3 singles. Irmo’s doubles teams added a win, ending Aiken’s season 42.
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