Decatur Raceway crowds break records in weekend show
Rhea Greenwell wins the Modified Specials feature as 63 cars and 4500 spectators fill Decatur International Raceway. Earl Rhoden finishes 10th. Tonis Michael second. Clay Bryant third. other top finishers include Carroll Mays and Shorty Swann. Late Models feature goes to Wilburn Truitt, with Bill Putman second. Contests and future events teased, including Miss DIR, a DIR Derby, and the Decatur 500 Lapper.
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Ron Tate
Decatur International Raceway
Dir
Rhea Greenwell
Earl Rhoden
Florence
Rhoden
Tonis Michael
Decatur
Clay Bryant
Carroll Mays
Shorty Swann
Bir
Bill Putman
Blountsville
James Knight
Jimmy Quick
Reedus Murah
Athens
Harold Hill
B. C. Terry
North Alabama
Watts
Shakeup planned as Braves face Richmond minor leaguers
Atlanta Braves, humbled by a six game road trip, prepare for an exhibition against their Richmond AAA club as president GM John McHale hints at roster changes. Alou and Torre delivered late heroics in Cincinnati as Torre homered twice in the nightcap and Alou upped his average. Braves miss pitching stability amid injuries.
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Atlanta Braves
Richmond
John McHale
Atlanta
Braves
Cincinnati
Joe Torre
Reds
McHale
al Santorini
of High School
Union, N
Tony Cloninger
Ken Johnson
Eddie Mathews
Jonn Edwards
Vada Pinson
Rico Carty
Dick Kelley
Pinson
Torre
Hhe
Hank Aaron
Innother
Brave
Felipe Alou
Sessies
Two World Records Fell At Los Angeles Games
Frank O'Reilly reports at the Los Angeles Times International Games where John Pennel vaulted 17 feet 6 1 4 inches for a world mark, Ron Clark won 5,000 and 10,000, Jim Ryan led in the half mile, and the U.S. 1 600-meter relay set a new world standard.
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Frank O’reilly
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Times
John Pennel
Ron Clark
Jim Ryan
U.S
Memorial Coliseum
Russ Rodge
Bill Toomey
Loomey
Sali
Bob Frey
Lee Evans
Tommie Smith
Theron Lewis
Smith
Ryan
Berkeley
Calif
Kansas
Conley Wins Western Amateur Upset Over Boddie
Peggy Conley, 19, Spokane, Washington, defeated Barbara Fay Boddie 2 and 1 in a 35-hole match at Barrington Hills Country Club to win the Women's Western Amateur. Boddie, 26, from Shreveport Louisiana, praised Conley as she trailed seven under par to six under for her opponent.
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Conley
Spokane
Wash
University of Washington
Boddie
Peggy
Montgomery is H'ville Champion
The Hooper Rebels of Montgomery won the Rocket City Classic softball title in Huntsville, beating the Birmingham Sheriff's Department 5-0 in the finals after a 6-5 first game victory. The double elimination event saw the Sheriff's Department earlier defeat the Decatur All-Stars 6-5 and Vitro of Huntsville 5-2, while the Rebels beat Huntsville Brick and Tile 7-2.
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Huntsville
Ala
Hooper
Montgomery
Rufus Foster
Birmingham Sheriff's Department
Birmingham
Sheriff's Department
Decatur All-Stars
Vitro
Rebels
Huntsville Brick and Tile
Dartmouth Sophomore Ted Nixon Tops Spring Batting
Sophomore outfielder Ted Nixon led Dartmouth hitters this spring with a .324 batting average, pacing the team’s batting orders and contributing as the top hitter of the season.
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Ted Nixon
Dartmouth
Into Hall Of Fame Thumper Casey To Be Inducted
Casey Stengel and Ted Williams were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Eckert presided the ceremony as Stengel, famed Yankees manager, and Williams, last of the .400 hitters, joined the hall. Williams earned 93.3 percent on 10-year BBWAA ballots and finished his career in 1960 with a .344 average and 9521 homers.
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Cooperstown
N.Y
Casey Stengel
Ted Wilkens
William D. Eckert
Stengel
Williams
New York Yankees
Casey
New York Mets
Baseball Writers Association of America
Ted
World Soccer Cup Semifinal Set Russia vs Germany
West Germany and Russia prepared for the first World Cup semifinal in London with an expected crowd of 10,000 German fans converging on Liverpool. Uwe Seeler led Germany past Switzerland Spain and Uruguay to reach the last four as England faced Portugal in the other semifinal.
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London
West Germany
Russia
England
Portugal
Liverpool
Uwe Seeler
Switzerland
Spain
Uruguay
Belkin Wins Ontario International Tennis Championship
Top seed Mike Belkin of Miami defeats Allan Fox of Los Angeles 6 2 6 2 6 4 to win the Ontario International Tennis Championship. Gordie Howe is named honorary chairman of Canada's national hockey team for 1966 67 season.
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Toronto
Mike Belkin
Miami
Fla
Allan Fox
Los Angeles
Winnipeg
Gordie Howe
Detroit Red Wings
Canada
Goldsmith Delivers Volunteer 500 Victory at Bristol
Paul Goldsmith steered a Plymouth to the Volunteer 500 win at Bristol International Speedway, ending Ford’s four-year run. Petty led most of the 500 laps but Goldsmith surged in the final 80 laps, finishing two car lengths ahead. Race awarded Goldsmith $5,050 with Petty earning $2,925 and Pearson $2,125.
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Birmingham
Troy Watts
Bristol, Tenn
Chrysler Motor Co
Ford
Bristol International Speedway
Chrysler
Paul Goldsmith
Plymouth
Goldsmith
Munster
Ind
Petty
Petty Plymouth
Chrysler Racing
Ronnie Householder
Householder
Maine
Jim Paschal
Carlengths
David Pearson
Paul Lewis
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Truitt
Melvin Matthews
Southeast
Richmond, Va
State Farm
Troy O. Williams
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State Farm Mutual “Automobile Insurance Company
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Pennel
Bob Seagren
Art Walker
Charlotte Cooke
H‘ville
Hall of Fame
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Germany
Richard Petty
Carl Epperson
Barber OF
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