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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1968
Page
10
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Sammy Blevins shot 68 to lead the Brookhaven golf field with Herschel Owens 74 and Willis Stevens 70 close behind. The second round is set Sunday at 8:30 with the championship flight teeing off at 11:45. In Baltimore, Dave Leonhard allowed three hits as the Orioles beat the Yankees 5 to 1 with Etchebarren and Belanger driving in runs.
Ronald Morgan, vice president of the Worcestershire Union of Golf Clubs, a World War II prisoner of war, drove a self made ball 163 yards from the tee at the Old Course eleventh hole. He used a 4 iron, ball crafted from leather scraps and rubber stuffed into a leather cut from an old football pool.
Yonkers Raceway opens a two day meet as veteran driver John Chapman tops the field with 47 victories in 1968, placing fifth in money won with earnings totaling 144,917 dollars.
The 1968 Burningtree Country Club Men's Invitational starts Friday with top players from North Alabama and across Alabama. Defending champ Joe Frank Terrell is away at the Southern Amateur Championship. Local figures from Decatur Huntsville Florence Birmingham are listed among entrants, with flights and divisions to follow Friday and Saturday.
Al Jackson earned his first starting win of the year behind an 18 hit attack as the Mets beat the Phillies 11-6. Phil Linz collected five hits, driving in multiple runs, while New York erased an 8-2 eighth inning deficit with a rally that included Don Lock’s two RBI double and Linz producing key hits.
The Chicago Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2 and 6-1 in Chicago. Gar Ross earned his first major league start in the nightcap, limiting Pittsburgh to seven hits as Fergie Jenkins allowed just one run in the opener. Jim Hickman and Glenn Beckett drove in two runs each, with six unearned runs in the big sixth inning highlighted by three Cubs errors.
Aurelio Rodriguez broke a scoreless tie with an eighth inning single as the California Angels defeated the Cleveland Indians 2-0. Rodriguez led off the inning with the Angels' first two hits off Sam McDowell, who struck out 14. Two unearned runs in the eighth, aided by a Duke Sims error and a passed ball, sealed the win for California as George Brunet allowed five hits.
The 1968 Liberty Bowl plans to pay each participant 150000 dollars, 30000 more than 1967 payouts to NC State and Georgia. A. F. Dudley, the general manager, says the figure would rank sixth nationally if a sellout occurs and should top last year’s 120000.
George Sage, winner of four Rocky Mountain Conference championships, resigns as basketball coach at Colorado State College due to health concerns but will stay in the physical education department in Greeley Colorado.
The University of Denver's 1968-69 basketball schedule lists 26 games including six opponents that appeared in national tournaments last March.
A notice proclaims a partnership opening at a town address. It advertises a modern plastic bowl service with quick styling for students, bachelors, business men, and children. The ad promises faster service and a conflict free, upbeat tone.
Barber shop located in a basement between Princess Theatre and Loyd's Drug, Shelton's Shop served local patrons in a small storefront area.
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