Lebanon Track Regular Feature Returns With $500 Feature
Lebanon Valley Speedway hosts stock cars on Saturday night as the season opens for a $500 win. Saugarties, Van Steenburgh and Doug Garrison lead the field with Garrison winning last week by a half car. Narducci Flach and Rohan also return. Spinouts mar the night with John Ryan and Fred Searing among those involved. multiple cars not yet ready.
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West Lebanon
N.Y
Lebanon Valley Speedway
Saugarties
Stretch van Steenburg
Hudson
Doug Garrison
Garrison
Ron Narducci
East Haddam
Conn
Johnny Flach
South Westerlo
Poughkeepsie
Johnny Rohan
Rip Riley
Narducci
Flach
John Ryan
Albany
Fred Searing
Oak Hill
Dedham Horse Show Heads To Memorial Day Event
Dedham New England horsemen train in early spring for the annual Dedham Horse Show scheduled for Memorial Day. The event at the Dedham Country and Polo Club on Westfield Street near Route 109 and 128 supports the Children's Medical Center. Clarence Honey Graven will serve as ring master for the 33 events featuring children and adult classes, hunters, jumpers, hacks, ponies, and hunt teams.
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Dedham
New England
Children’s Medical Center
Dedham Country and Polo Club
Westfield Street
Route
Clarence
Graven
Secrecy Yacht to Launch May 19 for 1962 Cup Defense
The 70-foot 12-meter design at Marblehead shipyard will debut May 19 under an E. Ross Anderson and Robert Purcell led syndicate. The unnamed vessel will face Columbia Weatherly and Easterner to decide the 1962 Cup defender. Also billing a 100-car demolition derby with a $550 prize, drivers with licenses can sign up through Jim Moffat at the track Saturday night.
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Marblehead
Mass
E.ross Anderson
Robert Purcell
Columbia
Weatherly
Easterner
Jim Moffat
Moffat
Hinsdale Racing Entries First Trot Mile
Racing cards list race entries for Hinsdale events with driver or horse names, bonuses, and weights across nine divisions including Trot and Pace. Notable names include Nash Hanover Purdue Laddie Rexford Hanover Elisa and Parliament Ann's Way, with purses from 400 to 1200 dollars and various drivers.
Championship Doubleheader Sought for TV Theater
Fight manager Marv Jenson says negotiations delay a middleweight title bout between Gene Fullmer and Paul Pender. He expects promoter Norm Rothschild to pair that fight with welterweight champ Emile Griffith vs Ralph Dupas on the same night for closed circuit theater TV.
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West Jordan
Utah
Marv Jenson
Gene Fullmer
Paul Pender
Jenson
Fullmer
Norm Rothschild
Emile Griffith
Ralph Dupas
Priest Swept Over Niagara Falls in Tragedy
Brother Constantine Sandner a 68 year old member of the Brothers of the Holy Infancy was swept over Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls New York on Tuesday. A coroner's verdict was withheld pending recovery of the body.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Constantine Sandner
Order of the Brothers of the Holy Infancy of
Horseshoe Falls
Musial Near NL Hit Record As Cardinals Pursue Three-Team Run
Stan Musial, at .375 for the pennant hopeful Cardinals, edges toward the NL career hit mark of 3,430 after tying Honus Wagner. He notes a tense two weeks ahead against the Giants and Dodgers, with the goal of breaking the record at home if possible. Meanwhile, he has already set NL records for most games played and runs scored this season.
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NEW York
Stan Musial
Cardinal Outfelder
St. Louis
Giants
Dodgers
Bobby Shantz
Musial
Orange College Hosts World's First Intercollegiate Elephant Race
Orange County State College hosts an intercollegiate elephant racing meet with 12 entries and a possible 13th from the University of Washington. Elephants rented from circuses zoos and farms cost 150 dollars and up, with entrants from Harvard Chapman College and multiple California campuses.
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Fullerton
Calif
Orange County State College
Orange County
University of Nevada
California Institute of Technology
California State Polytechnic
Pomona
California Lutheran
Long Beach State
Santa Ana College
Fullerton Junior College
Northrop Institute of Technology
Inglewood
Orange County State
Ernest A. Becker
University of Washington
Feature Race Telecast Planned At Hinsdale Raceway
Hinsdale New Hampshire harness fans will get telecasts of the feature race three nights weekly this year. The races will air Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 30 to 11 p m on Channel 32 with Springfield Channel 22 joining the Friday telecast. Har ness voice Red Widley from Saratoga New York will describe the action in his first Hinsdale year while color duties are handled by Dave Walker of Channel 32 sports staff.
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Hinsdale
N.H
Hinsdale Raceway
Springfield
Voice of Hinsdale
Red Widley
Saratoga
N.Y
Widley
Vermont State Golf Delegates Meet May 19 at Barre Club
The Vermont State Golf Association holds its annual meeting in Barre on May 19. An informal Barre Country Club tournament kicks off the day, run by Bob Brannum. Attendees must show a 1962 handicap card and buy a dinner ticket. an Italian dinner at 7 p.m. precedes the meeting chaired by President Lewis Cheever. Delegates from 32 clubs will elect officers and set policy for the year.
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Vermont
Barre
Vermont State Golf Association
Barre Country Club
Bob Brannum
Lewis Cheever
Bellows Falls
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