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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1969
Page
6
Joe Frazier crushed Jerry Quarry in seven rounds at Madison Square Garden to defend his heavy title. Quarry fought hard despite a deep eye cut and a ruined right eye, but Frazier overwhelmed him with relentless body and head shots, earning about $350,000 to Quarry’s $250,000.
Reports for fourth to sixth graders to join at 10 AM and seventh to ninth graders at 6 PM tomorrow at Clifford Park. Seniors and adults may sign up all week at Clifford Park or May Street field. Rosters and schedules will be posted Saturday. first half schedule noted.
The property at 284 Elm Street Biddeford owned by Mrs. John B Delorge and heirs Irving F Doyle and his wife Plaistow N H sold to Mr and Mrs George A Mercian of Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach for investment. Sale negotiated through Hiram V Parish real estate broker.
The Constitution centralized the power to coin money in the federal government. The first Congress authorized the Fugio cent in 1787, also known as the Franklin cent because of its inscriptions. The sun dial and Latin motto Fugio meaning one fly appear on the coin with the admonition Mind your business.
VANCOUVER AP Three American football players have been cut from the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League. Linebacker Jiggy Smaha of Georgia tackle Jim West of Washington State and halfback John Cybruch of the University of Oregon were released.
A dense recap lists standings by division for East and West with teams like New York Pittsburgh St Louis Philadelphia Montreal and Los Angeles plus results from Mondays games. It shows scores for St Louis at Montreal Chicago over Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Atlanta Cincinnati San Diego Houston San Francisco and more, with upcoming fixtures including Pittsburgh at Chicago and Los Angeles at Atlanta and other late games.
AP report from Kansas City details NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle’s claim that Joe Namath may return to play football this fall. Rozelle aims to meet Namath, discuss his future, and notes Namath’s withdrawal from Jets ownership is a factor. Namath has not yet agreed to a meeting. Also mentions Namath’s ties to Bachelors III and Namath’s retirement decisions. Cleveland State names Ray Dieringer head basketball coach following McLendon’s move to Denver.
Boston fans waited for Ken Harrelson to return to Fenway Park as part of the Indians after a trade, but an all afternoon rain postponed the game. The make up doubleheader is set for Wednesday and the day-night schedule continues with Harrelson’s return planned weather permitting. The condensed series features Tiant Ellsworth Hargan Williams and Pina for Cleveland and Culp Stange Siebert Nagy Jarvis for Boston.
AP notes from the golf tour report Trevino uses a new iron set after retiring his old one post U S Open Moody explains why he didn t trumpet his Ft Hood loss to Payne while reflecting on past triumphs Baseball leaders are cited with Alou McCovey Brock May and others Also listed are stats for home runs stolen bases and pitching while the Kaiser event moves to late October and Snead shares vintage advice
Rain postponed Wimbledon’s opening day causing top stars to wait in dressing rooms. Arthur Ashe seeded No 5 faced Riessen in a tough first round clash while Cliff Richey and Bob Hewitt were set for a center court duel. Pancho Gonzales, 41, met Charlie Pasarell as John Newcombe faced Nicky Pilic and Rod Laver headed the list of favorites despite the weather delays.
Pitcher Jim Merritt of Cincinnati spun a two hitter and retired the first sixteen San Diego batters as the Reds defeated the Padres 5 to 0. Jim Price of Detroit belted a two run pinch homer in the ninth to lift the Tigers to a 6 to 5 win over the Yankees.
The Associated Press reports Joe Frazier of Philadelphia stopped Jerry Quarry in Bellflower California to retain six state share of the world heavyweight title. In London Jack Bodell of Great Britain stopped John Speedy Jordan of Norfolk Virginia in the heavyweight bout.
Batting leaders include Carew and Robinson with high averages and Blair leading in hits and runs. Pitching standout McNally tops with 10 wins and a .000 era. Other notable stat leaders include Jackson, Campaneris, Petrocelli, and Lolich among key categories.
A fragment highlights batting figures with M Alou at 175 at bats and 365 runs, plus Stargell and Houston. It also notes runs and runs batted in for Banks of Chicago, indicating a summary of offensive leaders and team performances from the season.
Kiamesha Lake New York AP Frank Mathers of Hershey receives the American Hockey League Coach of the Year honor after 12 seasons guiding the Bears to the Calder Cup championship during the league meetings. Davison Michigan Glenn Stuart posts five under par 139 to win the Michigan PGA event. defending champ Mike Souchak ties for 14th at 149. A note advises priming sash channels before replacing a window pane to prevent putty from drying and cracking.
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