Flanders Captures Portland Road Race Record
Ken Flanders a Northeastern freshman wins the 43rd Patriots Day Portland Boys Club five mile road race in 24 48.4 setting a course record. Steve Yness North Windham is second and Gregson Augusta third. 79 runners set a record turnout with three women racing for the first time.
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Portland
Flanders
Uiversity
Steve Yness
North Windham
Per Gregson
Augusta
Voelkner
Elsworth
Diane Fournier
Mford
Eila Podge
Jomas
Quarry Stops Corletti With Left Hook in One Sided Bout
Jerry Quarry crushed Eduardo Corletti with a blistering left hook at 2:58 of the first round in Los Angeles. Quarry improved to 42 wins against five defeats and will fight Larry Middleton in London next, then Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas on June 26. Corletti, 32-10-5, was knocked down twice and stopped before the bell.
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Los Angeles
Jerry Quarry
Argentina
Eduardo ‘Corletti
Corletti
Mal
London
Larry Middleton
Las Vegas
Muhammad Ali
Dick Young
Decary Little League Whist Party Winners Named
Decary Little League Auxiliary chaired by Mrs. Rachel Roy announced prize winners from a recent whist party. Ernest Desrocher took the grand prize, with second prize to Mrs Lucienne Trottier. Proceeds benefit Decary Field upkeep. a fashion show set for September replaces the April 30 event.
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Decary
Little League
Rachel Roy
Ernest Desrocher
Lucienne Trottier
Olivine Gregoire
Laurette Boutet
Ray Tardi
Juliette Quinn
Caron Boissard
Laurette Champagne
Doris Demers
Ray Audet
Bernard Forcier
John Paquet
Barbara Gouin
Lucien Gouin
Ted Clegg
Decary Field
Cox and Harnois Capture Western Maine Doubles Title
Dave Cox and Bob Harnois of Bowl-A-Wire Lanes Gorham won the Men's Western Maine Class A Doubles Championship at 20th Century Lanes finishing with a 2253 total. Second was Maurice Huot and Ralph Petit at 2205, with cliff Easton and Harris Renney Cray third at 2150 in a 24-team field.
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Dave Cox
Bob Harnois
Harnois
Cox
Gorham
Maurice Huot
Ralph Petit
Biddeford
Cliff Easton
Harris Renney Cray
J. Nichols
G. Crochere
S. Ramsdell
J. Killinger
D. Dunn
J. Foster
G. Michaud
H. Paul
L. Schoppee
W. Merrill
R. Maheux
R. Bumford
P. Burnham
G. Loriano
S. Loriano
C. Thomas
P. Wood
B. Bridges
H. Faulkner
F. Glynn
D. Inman
K. Temm
R. Lessard
P. LeBland
J. Flagg
J. Miller
D. Miller
Roll-A-Way Teams Split Sunday Pro League Matches
York County Roll-A-Way wins 80 to Sanford No. 1 on a 1525 total led by Cochrane 324, Lessard 316, and Boyajian 316 while Sanford tops Rankin 324. Gorham defeats Roll-A-Way 1479 to 1380 with Murphy 338 and Hubert 307 sparking Gorham and Roll-A-Way respectively in a bid for third place.
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York County
Sanford
Localeam
Betty Cochrane
Ruth Boyajian
Lillian Lessard
Rosalie Rankin
L. Perron
L. Lessard
B. Cochrane
R. Boyjian
G. Perron
J. Vennell
G. Vennell
R. Fall
B. Libby
Gorham
Goram
Nancy Murphy
Ann Hubert
Hockey Playoffs Begin With Semifinal Matchups
The AP reports no games Monday with semifinal action ahead as St Louis visits Boston for the first game of a best of seven and New York holds a 1 0 leads over Chicago in their series. Wednesday brings more games.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Chicago
Baseball Standings and Schedule Highlights
American League East and West divisions listed with team records and games back. Notable results include Cleveland routing Boston and Baltimore routing New York. Upcoming night games feature Texas at Chicago and Detroit at Baltimore among others.
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Associated Press
W. L. Pet. G.B
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Detroit
Milwaukee
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Kansas City
California
Minnesota
Oakland
Texas
Oak Chicago
Iday
Gogolewski
Chicago
Wood
Hedlund
McLain
Perry
Ryan
Coleman
Palmer
Lonborg
Kline
Tidro
National League Baseball Matchups On The Schedule
Tuesday’s games feature New York at Montreal, San Francisco at San Diego, Houston at Cincinnati, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Chicago at Pittsburgh, Los Angeles at Atlanta, with several night games. Early records show Montreal 9-1, New York 1-1, San Francisco 2-1, San Diego 7-2, and others near .500.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Houston
Atlanta
Osteen
Kelley
Celtics Promise Comeback in Eastern Semifinal Clash
The Boston Celtics, down 2-0 to the New York Knickerbockers, vow to rebound after a 108-105 loss at Madison Square Garden. Coach Heinsohn says the team played well, with defense improving, and aims to win three home games and steal one in New York with key contributions from Kuberski and Havlicek.
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Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
New York Knickerbockers
Boston Garden
Celtics
Madison Square Garden
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Knicks
Walt Frazier
John Havlicek
Tom Heinsohn
Frazier
Heinsohn
Bill Russell
Abc-Tv
Ou 'Hawk
Russell
Don Nise
Steve Kuberski
Kuberski
Bucks and Lakers face crucial must game in West finals
In a tied 2-2 Western Conference final, the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers square off in a nationally telecast Forum showdown. Milwaukee seeks key road win after Los Angeles flipped a 93 72 first game advantage into a 135 134 thriller on Sunday.
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the Forum
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Knicks
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Stars
Bucks
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Indanawaukee
Lakers
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Ind
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Virginia
New
York Nets
Warner Garners Honors From Maine Court Star
Thornton Academy's Bob Warner, a 6-5 standout, led his team to the Western Maine Class A final and was named one of the top 100 high school players in the nation by Coach and Athlete Magazine and Sunkist Growers with US Basketball Writers Association support. He was the lone Maine representative, while South Portland's Jim Beattie earned honorable mention.
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Thornton Academy
Bob Warner
Warner
Coach and Athlete Magazine
Sunkist Growers
Basketball Writers Associati
Maine
South Portland
Jim Beattie
Grant Extends Lead In Twin City Title Contests
Champion Dick Grant, leading Ron Lacasse by 244 pins, posted 1 162 to 918 in the first half at Twin City title chase. The final 18? frames roll Saturday at Roll-A-Way Lanes at 3 p.m. Grant totaled 27 spares and six strikes for 235 bonus pins. Lacasse had 46 extras on 1 strike.
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Dick Grant
Twin City
Ron Lacasse
Grant
Lacasse
Hal Grant
St Francis College Drops 14-11 Baseball Tilt
St Francis College lost its second game of the baseball season in cold rain and hail 14-11 to the University of Maine at Farmington on the Red Knight diamond. The second game of the doubleheader was halted in the fourth inning with UMF leading 3-3. UMF opened with a 14-0 burst in innings two and three, then added two in the fourth before St Francis rallied with three in the fifth and six in the sixth.
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St. Francis College
University of Maine At
Farmington
Red Knight
UMF
Red Knights
Red Sox Fall to Indians as Early Season Pitching Dominates
The Red Sox offense struggles as Milt Wilcox, a 21 year old righthander, blanked Boston through nine innings allowing only two hits. Tom McCraw belted a homer off Bill Lee for Cleveland’s only big swing while Ray Culp pitched well before fatigue.
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Fenway Park
Culp
Eddie
Eddie Kasko
Kaska
Bill Lee
Tom McCraw
McCraw
Texas Rangers
Grandstand
Lee
Wilcox Impresses in First AL Start Against Red Sox
Milt Wilcox, newly acquired from Cincinnati to Cleveland, hurled a nine inning shutout as the Indians beat Boston 4 0 in the home opener. He allowed two hits both to Duane Josephson and struck out eight with three walks. Josephson earned both Boston hits.
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Boston
Milt Wilcox
Wilcox
Cincinnati
Cleveland Indians
Ted Ahaender
Boston Red Sox
Duane Josephson
Cleveland
Kenspromonte
Aspromonte
Rightlander
Righ
Wicox
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