Fourth Thoroughbred Season Opens At Green Mountain Park
Green Mountain Park starts its 1966 thoroughbred meet tonight at 7 45 with a 27 night session through June 4 no racing on Wednesdays. VP GM Bartimo says the season gains popularity and adds the nueva perfecta to appeal to fans. Friday’s inaugural purse features nine runners in a mile race led by Cousin Joe fresh from New Orleans with strong betting support.
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Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Vincent J. Bartimo
Green Mountain
Boots Kauffman
Cousin Joe
Special Football Committee Releases 1966 High School Schedules
Vermont high schools reveal 1966 grid plans with Mt Anthony Union hosting Bellows Falls West Rutland Hartford and Bennington Catholic while away games include Brattleboro Springfield Rutland and Spaulding. Burr and Burton vies for top division play and the schedule follows seven guidelines including two year home and away balance and a late September start.
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Northfield
Vermont
Mt. Anthony Union High
Bellows Falls
West Rutland
Hartford
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
BCHS
Burr and Burton
Woodstock
Poultney
Fair Haven
Windsor
Winooski
Bulldogs
Southern Vermont
South Bellows Falls
Rice Memorial
Brattleboro
Rutland
Mt. St. Joseph
Cath
Springfield
Spaulding
Bennington Catholic
Hoosick Falls Hopes Ride On New Team Outlook
Hoosick Falls enters the 1965 Washington County League baseball season with only two returning starters from last year. Coach Don Roy builds around youth led by sophomore Paul Cipperley and 110-pound Billy Miller. The team opened with a 16 to 3 win over Tamarac and faces Greenwich next as part of a home and away schedule against eight league rivals.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosier
Don Roy
Tamarac
Hoosiers
Greenwich
Salem
Steve Taylor
Rick Dowling
Taber
Dowling
Paul Cipperley
Billy Miller
Bill Waterhouse
Bob Evans
Waterhouse
Pat Young
Bruce Lingner
Young
Bob Whitter
Ronnie Eddy
Tom Beckstein
Dan Scott
Bob Scott
Dale Noble
Dick Smith
Paul Waythus
Tim Moore
Ron Danforth
Bulldogs Defeat Arlington 12-6 in cold weather finish
Burr and Burton defeated Arlington 12 to 6 in a game called after seven innings due to cold. Burr and Burton led 12-6 at the end of the sixth when the official score was recorded, with five Bulldog hits including a home run by Mike Bentley. Dennis Edson contributed a key two-run single in the sixth. Coach Carl Rice blamed cold weather for the team's hitting slump and noted Aaron Hill may start on the mound in the next game at Wallingford.
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Arlington
Burr
Burton
Bulldogs
B&b
Carl Rice
Mike Bentley
Dennis Edson
Brad Taft
Mike Kilburn
Eagles
Corey
Webb
Wallingford
Rice
Aaron Hill
Streams Ready For Opening Day
Most streams have dropped after last week’s rains and should be suitable for fishing season opening tomorrow. Bennington Fish Hatchery Manager Robert Keir notes good conditions for anglers.
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Bennington Fish Hatchery
Robert Keir
Open Day stocking reports list Bennington streams stocked
Baseball Leaders predicted Thursday from reports by men stocking streams. South Stream near the hatchery is clear while most streams in Bennington County are so, but the Battenkill remains high from melting snow. Open Day planting largely finished by midweek, with Furna ce Brook Jewett Brook Paran Creek Dorset Hollow Kirkby Hollow Mettowee River Red Mill Pond Searsburg Dam Ladd Brook Gardner Brook Wilson Brook Shaftsbury Hollow Cold Spring Brook Dufresne Dam Green River Lye Brook West Battenkill East Battenkill Toll Gate Brook. Fish planted are seven to ten inches and ready to catch.
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Keir
Bennington County
Battenkill
Furnace Brook
Jewett Brook
Paran Creek
Dorset Hollow
Kirby Hollow
Mettowee River
Red Mill Pond
Searsburg Dam
Ladd Brook
Gardner Brook
Wilson Brook
Shaftsbury Hollow
Cold Spring Brook
Dufresne Dam
Green River
Lye Brook
West Branch
Battenhill
South Stream
Walloomsac River
East Branch
Toll Gate Brook
Twilight Golf League Opens Registrations in Bennington Area
Y Secretary Loomis Dana says registrations for the Bennington area Twilight Golf League are still being accepted at Oakerwood Golf Course April 30 to May 1 or at the YMCA by May 3. Play is set for Wednesday evenings at Oakerwood with handicaps to include all players. Teams consist of four men plus substitutes, with additional fun tournaments planned during the season.
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Bennington Area
Ymca Twilight
Loomis Dana
Oakerwood Golf Course
YMCA
Dana
Oakerwood
Golfers tie in Mt Anthony Scotch foursomes opener
More than 50 golfers turned out for the Mt Anthony Country Club Scotch foursome opening round on a Wednesday night. Despite mid-40s temperatures, ties dominated the low gross of 46 with Ed Studwell and Alma Paquin, David Blair and Marie Stafford, Lou Ligget and Helen Gibney sharing honors and each pair earning two balls. Harold and Ben Kramer led with the low net, four couples tied for second net, and Dot Chapin won a maple syrup door prize donated by Marshall Cross.
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
Ed Studwell
Alma Paquin
David Blair
Marie Stafford
Lou Ligget
Helen Gibney
Harold
Ben Kramer
Red
Dot Capin
John
Jane Wiengard
Bud
Betty Riley
Lloyd
Rosemary Bernheimer
Dot Chapin
Marshall Cross
Union School Board Debates Track Around Mt Anthony Field
At a regular meeting the Union School Board reviewed estimated costs from George A Fuller Company for a graded track with drainage and wooden curbs around Mt Anthony High School football field. Proposals ranged to 62500 with curbs and surface, or 50000 without curbs and surface.
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Union School Board
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George A.fuller Company
Boston
Union School
Fuller
Union
Red Sox Face Off Weekend Series After Day Off
Boston, stalled by cold rain, takes a second day off before a weekend series with the California Angels. A postponed Chicago White Sox game makes three rescheduled games. Earl Wilson to start Saturday against the Angels, with Dick Stigman and Jerry Stephenson in Sunday doubleheader. Dennis Bennett undergoes surgery for a calcium deposit in his left shoulder at Santa Maria Hospital.
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UPI
Boston Red Sox
California Angels
Chicago White Sox
Earl Wilson
The
Angeles
Dick Stigman
Jerry Stephanson
Dennis Bennett
Santa Maria Hospital
Major League Standings Do Saturday Games
New York visits Pittsburgh while Philadelphia travels to Chicago. St Louis hosts San Francisco as Houston plays Atlanta at night and Cincinnati meets Los Angeles in a late game.
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Chicago
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Houston
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Los Angeles
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Washington
Kansas City
Cleve
Norshaft L L Ls Tryouts For North Bennington Arlington
Norshaft L L organizes tryouts for North Bennington Arlington Little League teams this Saturday April 30 at 2 p m on the local field. Eddie Armstrong says a stronger turnout is hoped after last week. Attendance of 50 percent is required for eligibility and the league relies on donations and concessions with no team sponsors. Volunteers are urged to help locally and in Arlington. contact Armstrong at 442 5678 or League President Joe Cros s man at 442 9498.
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North Bennington
Norshaft - Arlington
Eddie Armstrong
Armstrong
Arlington
Joe Crossman
Retiring Auerbach Clinches Celtics Ninth Title in Ten Years
Boston defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 95 to 93 in a tightly played final to claim the NBA championship. Coach Red Auerbach earned his 1,037th victory and began his transition to general manager, while Bill Russell's last season as a player concluded with 32 rebounds and 25 points. Jerry West led the Lakers with 36 points as Los Angeles earned $19,000, totaling $46,000 in playoff payoffs.
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UPI
Red Auerbach
Bill Russell
Celtics
Los Angeles Lakers
National Basketball Association
Auerbach
Russell
Boston Garden Court
Lakers
Jerry West
Jim King
Leroy Ellis
K.C. Jones
Los Angeles
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Laker
Fred Schaus
Schaus
Sam Jones
Celtic
Elgin Baylor
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