St Andrews Nine Defeats Junior Seagulls 11-9 in Close Junior Game
St Andrews of Biddeford defeated Old Orchard Beach Junior High 11-9 in a seven inning baseball game. Gary Adams fanned 15 for the loser. Andrea Drapeau delivered the game’s only extra base hit as St Andrews committed nine errors while Old Orchard Beach had six.
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St. Andre’s
OLD Orchard Beach
St. Andre's
Biddeford
Gary Adams
Andre Drapeau
Seagulls
Beech Ridge Speedway Opens Season Sunday
Beech Ridge Speedway launches the 1968 stock car season in Scarborough with new MSSCRA rules allowing larger engines in Class A and B cars. MSSCRA president Bob Libby notes 65 cars warmed up last week and 80 to 90 expected for the opening. Many local drivers and pairs are anticipated, with Homer Drew defending Class A champ among them. rain would push opening to May 12.
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Scarborough
Beech Ridge Speedway
Stock Car Racing Association
Msscra
Bob Libby
Groveville Notes
Libby
Phil
Don
Pete Peterson
Portland
Windham
Larry
Bob Tanguay
Westbrook
Dick Wolstenhulme
Ray Leach
Arundel
Lee Cluf
Santiago Takes On Pitching Slack For Red Sox
Boston with Jose Santiago filling the pitching gap as Jim Lonborg heals from knee surgery and Ken Harrelson moves to right field in Tony Conigliaro's absence. Boston beats California Angels 4-1 at Fenway Park with Harrelson homering and Harrelson contributing two other hits.
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Boston
Jose Santiago
Jim Lonborg
Ken Harrelson
Tony Conigliaro
Santiago
Harrelson
Red Sox
California Angels
Fenna Park
Jose
Paul Schaal
Reggie Smith
Russ Gibson
California
Smith
Con
Athletics
Oakland
Jerry Stephenson
Jim Hunter
Associated Press
Denny Lemaster
Astros
St. Louis
Houston
Cards
Junior Eagles Defeat Burns In 84 Victory At Home
St Louis Junior High Eagles outpaced Burns of Saco 84 to 4 at St Louis Alumni Field. The Wilbur Bernier coached team stole 13 bases and built a 3-0 first inning lead before pulling away with four more in the fifth. Loranger earned the win, Chadbourne the loss, as St Louis moved to 2-0 in the area junior high league.
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St. Louis
Flying Eagles
Burns Junior High School
Saco
Wilbur Bernier
Burns
Davis
Strickland
Brennick
Letellier
Reggie Regis
Jerry Gosselin
Paul LeBrun
Ray Loranger
St. Mary’s
St. Louis Alumni Field
St. Andre’s
Denis Hall
Alfred
Tiger Freshmen Fall in Opener Against Cape Elizabeth
Cape Elizabeth defeated Biddeford 6 to 4 as White earned the win and Bouthot took the loss. White logged 5 innings with 2 strikeouts and 3 hits allowed, while Bouthot gave up the decisive runs. Key moments included White driving in two runs and Ri baudo and Brooks contributing in the field.
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Tiger
Cape Elizabeth
Cochrane
William
White
POA
Biddeford
RBI White
Ribaudo
SB Brooks
Williams
Caron
Bouthot
BB White
SO White
HO Bouthot
PB Jones
Macomber
Lobier
Jordon
Mike Bouthot
Tme
Gary White
Cape
Mike Macomber
Ken Ribaudo
Bob Caron
Selding
Ab R
Miniutti
Petit
Packs Ane
Tipping
Fordon
Livada
Brooks
Brown
Jones
Miller
Putnam
Fights Last Night Via Associated Press Reports
In Portland Pete Riccitelli 172 beat Barry Andrews 172 in a bout arranged in Maine. In Los Angeles Mando Ramos 142 defeated Phil Garcia 147 by knockout in the ninth round.
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Associated Press
Portland
Maine
Pete Riccitelli
Barry Andrews
Miladelphia
Los Angeles
Mando Ramos
Long Beach
Calif
Phil Garcia
National League Standings and Results Summary
Baseball standings show Cincinnati at 10 9 with a .526 pace and San Francisco at 10 9 .452. Los Angeles 10 10 .500 and Pittsburgh 9 9 .500. New York 8 10 .444 and Houston 8 9 .421. Thursday results include Cincinnati 6 San Francisco 2 in 11 innings and New York 3 Philadelphia 0.
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W. L. Pet. G.B. Tome
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Phila’phia
New York
Houston
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Atlanta
Philadephia
San Francises
Hawkins Stops Ishiyama In Tokyo Bout
Dwight Hawkins, 126, of Los Angeles, defeats Roku ro Ishiyama, 128, of Japan, in Tokyo. The match ends with Hawkins securing a victory on the global stage.
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Tokyo
Dwight Hawkins
Los Angeles
Rokuro Ishiyama
Japan
Major League Leaders overview in batting and pitching stats
American League leaders include Etchebarren Balt .387 and Carew Minn 27 hits, Killebrew Minn 16 runs and 15 RBIs, with several ties for hits and doubles. Pitching leaders show Hardin Balt 3 0 and Santiago Bost 3 0 with 1.000 ERAs, McDowell Cleve 49 strikeouts, and others listed.
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Associated Press
Etchebarren
Balt
Carew
Minn
Killebrew
Johnson
Unser
Wash
R. Smith
Bost
Uaender
Repoz
Calif
Campaneris
Oak
White
N.Y
Hardin
Santiago
McLain
Det
Warden
McDowell
Cleve
Phoebux
Baseball statistics from the season leaders
Batting leaders show Rose of Cincinnati at .405 with 30 at bats. Kessinger of Chicago leads with a .377 average. Perez of Cin. has 18 RBIs, Flood leads in hits with 31. Pitching leaders include Koosman 4-0 and Washburn 3-0. Singer 39 strikeouts and Ryan 36.
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Rose
Cin
Kessinger
Chic
Flood
Perez
Swoboda
N.Y
N.L
L. Johnson
Ceinter
Clemente
Pitt
Ewenete
H. Aaron
Atl
Wits
Koosman
Washburn
St.l
Singer
Ryan
Longest natural gas pipeline spans Roo Grande to New York
A 30 inch pipeline runs from Roo Grande in south Texas to New York City covering about 1840 miles making it the world’s longest natural gas line. The project highlights vast cross country energy infrastructure.
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Roo Grande
South Texas
New York City
Sanford Team Wins In Schoolboy Golf
Sanford High blanked Old Orchard Beach 6 to 0 in a schoolboy golf match. Bourque and McLeod posted 38 and 39 while Bourque defeated Stevens 5 and 3. Morin beat Brann and Rioux, Best ball Sanford won 5 and 3, and McLeod beat Rioux 4 and 3.
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Old Orchard Beach
Sanford High
Sanford
Bourque
McLeod
Redskins
Stevens Oob
Morin
Brann
OOB
Best Ball Sanford
Rioux
Faye
Celtics Triumph in Finals to Take Series Four Two
Boston defeats Los Angeles 124 109 to clinch the NBA Finals and win the championship in six games. Boston seizes control after a strong second half as the Celtics secure the title.
Winners Listed In Pepperell Lane Rolloff
At Pastime Lanes Pepperell Girls First Shift League held a handicap rolloff with 14 bowlers. Bea trice Patenaude won with 323 total aided by a 48 pin handicap, followed by Reinette Poisson 2nd and Laurette Oliver 3rd with 302 and 21 pin handicap, Elaine Robida 4th with 300 and 36 pin start. Other prizes went to Lila Marinello and Lillian Pruneau. banquet planned for Saturday May.
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Pepperell Girls
Beatrice Patenaude
Reinette Poisson
Laurette Oliver
Elaine Robida
Lila Marinello
Lillian Pruneau
C. Cote
Gagne
L. Mariello
Mar
G. Laverriere
G. Brown
L. Pruneau
S. Collins
R. Gendron
A. Poitras
Beach II Tryouts Date Changes by League President
The Little Town League announces a revision to its Beach II tryouts. Tryouts move from Saturday morning to Monday night, with 3 previously announced times affected. President Irving Hertz states any boy not yet signed up may register today.
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Old Orchard Beach
Little Town League
Irving Hertz
Minnesota at St Louis Game in West Division tied 3-5
No games played Thursday as Minnesota and St Louis finish a best of seven tied at three games to five. No game scheduled for Saturday.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
St. Louis
Norman Binette Captures Industrial League Rolloff
Norman Binette of the champion Pauls Diner team won the Industrial League handicap rolloff at Century Lanes last night with 651 including an 85 pin bonus. Paul Montpas of Lumberjacks was second with 634, Herve Paul third with 627, Gerry Raymond fourth with 606, and Bill Poisson fifth with 590. The league banquet is set for May 16 at 6 30 PM at the Wonderbar Steak House.
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Norman Binette
Paul
Binette
Paul Montpas
Herve Paul
Gerry Raymond
Bill Poisson
Paul's Diner
Wonderbar
R. Moreau
E. Jennison
A. Milliard
C. Grenier
L. Milliard
D. Smith
G. Binette
W. Cote
J. Clark
R. Binette
Ladies' Summer Bowling League Opens At 20th Century
The Ladies Summer Bowling League begins its 1968 campaign at 20th Century Lanes next Wednesday at 6 30 PM. Six to eight five girl teams will contest a 15 week schedule with prizes. Captains should submit complete lineups soon and interested bowlers may contact Nick Gillis at 20th Century Lanes for entry.
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Nick Gillis
Eagles York High In 3-3 Deadlock
ARUNDEL The St. Louis High and York High golf teams played to a 3-3 deadlock at Dutch Elm Golf Course yesterday. R Grenier of St. Louis defeated D Bracy of York 2-1, P Guertin of Biddeford defeated G Bracy 2-1 with best ball halved, L Patton of York defeated R Belair of St. Louis 5-4, and R Bergeron of St. Louis halved M Hatto with York best ball 3-2. St. Louis has 8% points of 12.
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M. Hatto
York
St. Louis
Biddeford Junior High Dominates First Track Meet
Biddeford Junior High scored 100 points to 67 for Westbrook in the Greater Portland Junior High Track League. The Tigers earned 13 firsts, eight seconds and 11 thirds, winning intermediate and senior 100 yard dashes, the 220s, both 440s, the senior 880, all shot puts, all relays, the mile and the low hurdles, with multiple top positions in key races.
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Biddeford
Westbrook
Greater Portland
Young Tigers
Brockton coach named baseball head at MIT
Cambridge Massachusetts AP reports Francis O'Brien Jr. of Brockton, longtime Randolph High School baseball coach since 1957, was named to a similar post at MIT. He will also be assistant basketball coach and serve as assistant professor of physical education. O'Brien formerly coached at Tufts and Stonehill College during 1960s.
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Cambridge
Mass
Francis O'Brien Jr
Brockton
Randolph High School
MIT
O’brien
Tufts
Stonehill College
Beacons field new starters in NAPS game at Yankee Stadium
New York AP reports the Boston Beacons will start two new players in tonight’s NAPS match against the New York Generals at Yankee Stadium. Tony Gulin of Yugoslavia moves to inside right replacing released Peter Simpson, while Jorge Henriksen of Denmark reclaims the goalkeeping role from 19 year old American Orri Banach who played last Monday’s 3 3 draw at Chicago.
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NEW York
Boston Beacons
New Yorkenerals
Yankee Stadium
Tony Gulin
Yugoslavia
Peter Simpson
Jorge Henriksen
Denmark
Orri Banach
Chica
Rolloff Slated By Components Girls League
The Components Inc Girls league bowls at Pastime Lanes for an annual handicap rolloff on three strings. Nine teams in two units combine for this event with 10 a.m. start. Bowlers listed include B Pairier 92 average with 18 handicap and V Langevin 81 with 39 handicap.
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Components Inc
B. Pairier
M. Parker
D. Dube
T. Morrison
V. Brackett
H. Gelisle
I. Goulet
P. Ballard
I. Daigle
S. Grenier
L. Girouard
L. Desrosiers
E. Boissonnealt
J. Roy
S. Ball
L. Gagne
D. Hagers
J. Douville
D. Lemay
S. Bergeron
Y. Langevin
C. Monroe
L. Gervais
J. St. Ouis
V. Bergeron
Men’s Special Rolloff At Local Lanes
A special rolloff for 100 average and under men bowlers will be held at Roll-A-Way Lanes Elm Street Biddeford Saturday at 1 30 p m. Open to all in the category. prizes depend on entries. Entries accepted until 15 minutes before rolloff. for information call Maurice Huot at the lanes.
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Elm Street
Biddeford
Rollo
Calll
Maurice Huot
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Rolloff
York High
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Components Girls’ League
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Kennebunkport
Melrose Symphony Orchestra
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R. Wagner
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