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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1985
Page
10
Portland Trailblazers travel to Houston Rockets for an 8:05 p.m. WTBS telecast. The game features two Western Conference rivals seeking a win to boost playoff positioning.
The 2nd Annual Robert A. Brooks Sr. Memorial basketball tournament is set for November 30 at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center starting at noon. Teams must have up to 15 players aged 14 to 17. registration closes for the first eight teams. Admission is 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for under 17. Contact Lee Wills, Willie Fuller or Jerry Green after 6 pm for details.
The Aiken High School Booster Club hosts a rummage sale this Saturday starting at 9 a.m. at Heritage Square. Proceeds fund the under construction weight room. Items include furniture books household items curtains toys and more. For info contact Mrs Jimnies at 648 4319 or Mr Neil Flowers at 648 1339.
The Midland Bassmasters and South Carolina Heart Association sponsor the first Fish for Heart Open Team Bass Tournament at Fishing Village on Clarks Hill Lake on Saturday November 9. Registration is $40 at the ramp by 6:30 a.m. The event runs 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 50 percent payback and top five teams receive trophies and a largest fish mount. An optional Big Fish pot costs $5 per entry. Applications available at Fishin Fools Aiken Widener Arms Augusta Martinez Marine Silver Lake Marine Evans Hiers Outboard New Ellenton. Contacts Terry Rhinehart 649 4533 or 648 0151 and Don Goldman 648 3855.
The Midland Valley Women's Golf Association will hold a business meeting on November 7 followed by a low net tournament.
The BBWAA selects Managers of the Year by league with Tom Lasorda 1983 Dodger, 1984 Jim Frey Cub, and 1985 Whitey Herzog Cardinal. Also racing results from Hawthorne, Laurel, and Aqueduct: Lost Canyon wins $14,000 purse. Willard Scott leads Laurel’s Pompeon Purse. Zoffany wins $124,300 Shergar Stakes at Aqueduct.
Dallas player rush totals include Dorsett 15-65 and White 21-36-1 for 202 passing yards while St. Louis features Lomax 17-32-0-261 through the air. Receivers Comer Hill and Tilley post big numbers, with Tilley at 6-113 and Smith 6-86.
Constantine D Amato died at 77 in Mount Sinai Hospital from pneumonia. He guided Floyd Patterson to become the youngest world heavyweight champion in 1956 and mentored fighters through his Catskill boxing club. D Amato, known for his crackdowns on the sport’s establishment, leaves a legacy of devotion to his fighters and a storied career in boxing.
Whitey Herzog received the National League Manager of the Year honor for 1985 leading the St. Louis Cardinals to the pennant. He edged Pete Rose by one point amid a tight BBWAA vote, noting a better managerial year for his Kansas City Royals in 1979.
A 15-year-old Cumberland Regional student, Charles Carney, was barred from his school's all girl field hockey squad after New Jersey education officials ruled boys should not join girls teams. A judge kept him off for now, with hearings set for January, while the ACLU pursues a possible appeal.
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