Wounded Pride Sparks Turbulent Night Of Wrestling
Al Szasz vows revenge on Gypsy Joe in a tag team main event at Bluefield Auditorium with Billy Fox against Gypsy Joe and Chico Amaros. Mountaineer defends titles against Tony Cosenza in a two out of three falls bout. NWA officials monitor TV incidents including Gypsy Joe’s punch on Ada Ash and possible banishment.
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Bluefield Auditorium
al Szasz
Stappler
St. Louis
Gypsy Joe
Gypsy
Whis-Tv
Channel Six
Stasz
Billy Fox
Chico Amaros
Toots Mondt
Mountaineer
Tony Cosenza
New York City
Mountaineer Cosenza
Toots
NWA
Szasz
National Wrestling Alliance
Ada Ash
Bluefield
Ada
State Commission
Tech stuns GW to reach NCAA district final
Georgia Tech topped George Washington 7 to 2 in Gastonia advancing to the NCAA district 3 final. Eddie Chambless hurled eight hits and fanned several as Tech built a four run second and two more in the fourth behind nine Tech hits.
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Gastonia
N. C
Eddie Chambless
Georgia Tech
George Washington
Tech
Clemson
Florida State
Omaha
Chambless
Frank Campana
George Padgett
Washington
Campana
Padgett
Gatti
R. Toups
Horner Set to Return to VMI Gridders in Fall
Horner, captain of the 1969 Keydets football squad, will resume activities this fall after missing spring drills with a back ailment. The Roanoke doctors cleared the Alexandria native who led the Southern Conference in rushing and punting last season. He sat out spring practice and track on medical orders.
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Lexington
Sam Horner
Virginia Military Institute
Horner
Roanoke
Alexandria
Pheasants Released in Virginia Under Experimental Program
About 2 000 pheasants mostly crosses of Iranian blacknecks and Chinese ringnecks have been released in four Old Dominion locations since last September. No nests or young observed through May. Release sites include Charles City, Surry and others as part of a four year U S Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and Virginia program. If wild-hatched young appear this year it would be the first reproduction of Iranian blackneck blood pheasants in the United States.
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Old Dominion
Charles City
Surry County
Hall Still
U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Virginia
United States
Hoss Races On Tap With Peter Pan and Argonaut
Big Hoss races highlighted by the Peter Pan at Belmont Park with Royal Orbit favored for $25,000 added prize and The Irishman Bagdad Black Hills and others in pursuit. At Hollywood Park Hilldale leads in the C W Smiths Handicap with Terrang Seaween American How Now Whodunit The Searcher and Fleet Nasrullah as rivals in the mile event.
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Belmont
Hollywood
Royal Orbit
Belmont Park
Halina Braunstein
Willie Harmatz
Bagdad
Bob Ussery
Black Hills
Eddie Arcaro
Johnny Ruane
CBS
Hollywood Park
Hillsdale
C. W. Smith
Terrang
Seaween
Richmond Virginians Tour Washington Home To Promote Club
Members of the Richmond Virginians AAA team visited George Washington’s boyhood site, Ferry Farm, Fredericksburg, to promote baseball. Jeff Calamos, George Tyson, and Franklin Powell achieved notable feats by tossing baseballs and washers across the Rappahannock River, with Powell and Tyson succeeding in the crossing.
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Fredericksburg
Richmond
Jeff Calamos
George Tyson
Stafford
Franklin Powell
Powell
Tyson
Calamos
Steve Souchock
Virginians
Rush Envisioned For Motorboat License Rush Envision
Charleston WV August 1 19 conservation director M Lane warned a last minute rush to license motorboats over five horsepower as of July 1 most boats must be licensed by WV and coast guard or other states registered boats exempt first year renewal due Jan 1 with five dollar license and two dollar renewal.
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Charleston
M. Lane
West Virginia
U.S. Coast Guard
Lane
Coast Guard
Conservation Department
Aly Khan's Petite Etoile Wins Epsom Oaks Title
Aly Khan's Petite Etoile ran down rivals in the final furlong to win the 181st Epsom Oaks for 3 year old fillies by three lengths over Cantelo. Rose of Madina finished third with Petite Elvile fourth as the field of 11 completed in 2 35 45 for the mile and a half turf course.
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Epsom
England
Aly Khan
Petition
Star of Iran
Cantelo
Rose of Madina
Petite Elvile
Hawthorn Leaves $191,091 Estate
London AP reports world champion racing driver Mike Hawthorn died in a January crash left a 191,091 dollar estate to his widow mother. Hawthorn was 29 at death and the will names his widow as beneficiary.
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London
Mike Hawthorn
Hawthorn
White Sox tighten AL lead with 5 2 win over Red Sox
Larry Simpson's bases loaded three run double in the eighth broke a 2 2 tie to lift Chicago past Boston 5 2. Gerry Staley earned the win after relieving in the eighth, while Mur ay Wall took the loss. Frank Malzone homered for Boston as the Red Sox dropped, extending their slide.
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Chicago
Larry Simpson
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Simpson
Boston
Leo Kiely
Frank Malzone
Murray Wall
Earl Torgeson
Jim Landis
White Sox
Gerry Staley
Baumann
Monbouquette
Wall
Kiely
Daley
Wynn
Staley
Lown
Arias
Romano
Loliar
W— Staley
L—Wall
Malzone
Frankie Carbo Goes To Jail
Ex-convict and reputed boxing czar Frankie Carbo, 54, is jailed in Camden as extradition to New York proceeds on conspiracy charges. Judge Dzick set a $25,000 bond after denying initial bail. Carbo faces charges of managing a boxing match without a license and U.S. income tax evasion.
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Camden
N.J
Frankie Carbo
Underworld
New York
Carbo
Benjamin Dzick
New York City
Dzick
U.S
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Kaline's ninth inning hit lifts Tigers past Washington
Kaline lined a game winning single in the ninth after Eddie Yost opened with a single, as Detroit edged Washington 7 to 4. Bob Allison homered twice and drove in four runs for Washington, while Camilo Pascual took the loss.
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Detroit
Kaline
Detroit Tigers
Washington
Eddie Yost
Camillo Pascual
Charlie Maxwell
Tigers
Bob Allison
Allison
Pascual
Dave Sister
Tiger
Committee postpones vote on foreign aid bill
Washington AP reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed decisive votes on President Eisenhower's $3.93 billion foreign aid bill until next Tuesday. The closed session focused largely on military assistance to Latin America.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Latin America
Unknown Rebel Officer Burial Set
MANASSAS Virginia A Confederate soldier will be buried with military honors at 2 3 p m Saturday nearly a century after the Civil War. The interred officer aged about 25 to 30 was found buried in 1954 during Osbourn High School site excavations.
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Manassas
Osbourn High School
Interior Department funds approved by Appropriations Committee
The Appropriations Committee approved a $478.785 million money bill to fund the Interior Department for the coming year. The figure is about $10.679 million higher than the House vote and roughly $1 million below the President's budget request.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
House
Eisenhower
Tiger and Calhoun Battle To Draw In MSG Thriller
In New York, Dick Tiger and Emile Calhoun fought ten rounds to a draw at Madison Square Garden. Calhoun led early, Tiger surged midfight, and Calhoun finished strong to earn the stalemate on the cards. The AP score tied 5-5 with official judges listed.
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New York
Dick Tiger
Madison Square Garden
Calhoun
Tiger
Bill Recht
Bill Frost
Mark Conn
Associated Press
Pac McAteer
Roary
Wytheville Lads Lose In Marble Tourney Finals Bid
Four boys advanced to today’s finals in the regional marble tournament in Greensboro North Carolina. Larry Wicker of Greensboro upset rivals 8 to 1 to lead League 2 with Charles Jones of Roanoke Virginia close at 5 to 4. Ralph Davis Brown Summit led League 1 at 10 to 2 with Ted Brackett Greensboro second and others following. Wicker Jones Davis and Brackett will clash for the title with the winner advancing to the Nationals in Asbury Park New Jersey later this month.
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Greensboro
N. C
Larry Wicker
Wicker
Charles Jones
Roanoke
Bobby Clay
Bristol
Tenn. Va
George Davis
Danville
Ralph Davis
Brown-Summit
Ted Brackett
Frankie Carter
Danny Turner
Wytheville
George Evans
Jones
Davis
Brackett
Asbury Park
N. J
Bulla And Sweeny Lead 17 Americans In Open
At Muirfield Britain Open golf starts June 29 with 204 players. Bulla a Phoenix teaching pro and Sweeny of Palm Beach Florida lead a field lacking top U.S. professionals. Two 16 hole qualifying rounds cut entrants to 100 for a 27 hole schedule July 1-3.
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ST. Andrews
Bulla
Phoenix
Ariz
Palm Springs
Sweeny
Palm Beach
Fla
Arnold Palmer
U.S
Muirfield
Podres Hurls 5-Hitter As LA Downs Braves Redlegs Pound Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers beat Milwaukee 5-1 as Johnny Podres limited Warren Spahn to seven hits. Spahn took his 254th NL loss while Podres earned his sixth win against two defeats. Dodgers jumped with runs in the first, second and fifth innings. Casey Wise doubled for Milwaukee’s early run and Hank Aaron drove in a run.
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Yanks
Indians
Art Ditmar
Billy Martin
Rocky Colavito
Cleveland
Mickey Mantle
Tony Kubek
Milwaukee
Los Angeles Dodgers
Warren Spahn
Johnny Podres
Braves
Dodgers
Spahn
Podres
Casey Wise
Wise
Hank Aaron
Los Angeles
Charlie Neal
Gil Hodges
Padres
Pignatano
Roseboro
Jay
Crandall
W—Podres
L—Spahn
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago
Pirates
Cubs
Dale Long
Ernie Banks
Long
Banks
Dick Stuart
Forbes Field
Glen Hobbie
Don Elston
Hobbie
Standings and Scores From National League Encounters
Yesterday results include Los Angeles 5 Milwaukee 1 and Chicago 10 Pittsburgh 5. San Francisco beat Cincinnati 7 2 while St. Louis at Philadelphia was rained out. Key pitchers listed with up to date records.
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Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Koufax
Rush
S. Jones
Purkey
Hobbie
Daniels
Blaylock
Roberts
W. L. Pet
G.B
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Richmond V’s
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Elston Howard
RED Sox
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Martin
Podbelan
Ditmar
Cicotte
Aviva
Anal
York
Howard
Siebern
Meid
Tin
Colavite
Garcia
SENS
Naragon
Davie
Morgan
Sisler
Berberet
W—Sisler
L—Pascual
Harris
Interior Dept
Tony Venton
LA Dodger
Charlie Dressen
Junior Gilliam
Gilliam
del Crandall
Joe Adcock
UPI Telephote
By Jack Hand
Wytheville Lads
Antonelli
Worthington
Zanni
Shipley
Landrith
Newcombe
Dotterer
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Kirland
McMillan
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BUCS
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T. Taylor
Elston
Mareroski
Groat
Hoak
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Smith
REDS
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Don Newcombe
Johnny Temple
Roy McMillan
Big Newk
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Dom Zanni
Gus Bell
Redleg
CHICA
Bi T.taylor
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Moore
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