Major League Baseball Opener Amid Riot Tensions
The 1968 MLB season starts amid rioting after Dr. King’s assassination with 20 teams set to play but city outbreaks in Chicago Washington Baltimore Cincinnati raise postponement risk. White Sox, Senators, Orioles, Reds tee off as guards patrol streets and presidential openings hinge on safety.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Cincinnati
White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Comiskey Park
Ed Short
Presidential Box Will Be Vacant in Washington Civil Unrest
Washington opening day for the Senators and Twins proceeds with no certainty on the Presidential box selection as President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey attend to national crises. The crowd nears four decades in size but likely falls short. The game follows city turmoil and King funeral postponements.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Vietnam
William Howard Taft
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Martin Luther King
Bosox Open 1968 Season Against Ex-Teammate Wilson
Boston, the American League champions, begin the 1968 season Friday against Detroit and former Sox pitcher Earl Wilson. City lifting its emergency curfew after King death. Dick Ellsworth to start for Boston while Wilson, 22-11 last year, has beaten Boston five times since 1966 trade. Dalton Jones starts at third. Joe Lahoud in right field, replacing Conigliaro.
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Boston
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Petrocelli
Dalton Jones
Joe Foy
Joe Lahoud
Tony Conigliaro
Williams Names Football Aides
Williams College fills three of four football coaching vacancies headed by Larry Catuzzi. Carl Falivene will be defensive coordinator and freshman baseball coach, Renzie Lamb an assistant in football and lacrosse head coach, and Dennis Fryzel a defensive backfield coach and track head coach. Remaining appointment to be wrestling head coach.
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Iowa Preparatory School
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New York
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Columbia
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UPI
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Syracuse
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Albany State University
New York State
Ohio
Half Name High School
Cleveland
Anthony Plansky Jr
North Adams State College
Lamb
Manhasset
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Worsley Leads Canadiens Past Bruins in Playoff Start
Montreal star Gump Worsley, aged 38, backstops the Canadiens to a 5-2 win over Boston in Game 3 to take a 3 0 series lead. Claude Provost and Ralph Backstrom each score twice as Worsley’s first period defense, Giacomin’s 36 saves, and late Don Marshall goal secure the victory.
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Ranger
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Denis DeJordy
Celtics Harden Lead as Siegfried Returns in East Showdown
The Boston Celtics resume the NBA Eastern Division playoff with a four day layoff that favored Boston. Larry Siegfried may rejoin tonight, boosting depth as Philadelphia nurses injured stars including Wilt Chamberlain and Billy Cunningham. The 76ers trail after a 127 118 loss. Boston holds home court for two of the next three. The Lakers host the Warriors in the West with Games 3 and 4 set for the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
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Wally Jones
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Lakers
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Flying Scot Buried Today
Jimmy Clark two time world champion and 1965 Indy 500 winner buried in Edington Mains Scotland where he was born. Clark died Sunday in a race crash at Hockenheim Germany. Body flown home on chartered jet for funeral at Chirnside church near his Edington Mains sheep farm. He was 32 and known as the Flying Scot after career speed titles in 1963 1965.
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UPI
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Germany
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Berwickshire
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Mains
British Champ Far From Pigeon At Masters
Roberto DeVicenzo the 44 year old British Open champion from Buenos Aires visits Augusta to try the Masters. He values people over money and says thirty to thirty five thousand dollars is enough for him, explaining he plays golf to meet friends and earn a living, not to get rich.
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Palmer Sees Masters As First Summer Condition Test
Arnold Palmer says the 1968 Masters at Augusta National will play under summer conditions after recent thunderstorms. He notes lush, thick Bermuda grass will slow the course, affecting big hitters less, while favoring steady precision. Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf are among early favorites as the tournament opens.
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Young
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