Baseball Preview Launches as Spring Training Opens
The start of spring training finds the Yankees favored at 25 to win the American League crown with the Dodgers and Giants also priced highly. Several trades shake rosters including Pepitone replacing Skowron for the Yankees and Don Zimmer joining the Dodgers. Ten exhibition games are slated Saturday across Florida and Arizona including Cincinnati against Chicago White Sox and Detroit versus Minnesota.
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Giants
Dodgers
Washington
Minnesota
Kansas City
Boston
New York Mets
Houston
Timore Orioles
Joe Pepitone
Bill Skowron
Los Angeles Dodgers
Vero Beach
Cleveland Indians
Tucson
Bob Miller
Mets
Larry Burright
Tim Harkness
Howard Reed
Don Zimmer
Cincinnati Reds
Stu Miller
Mike McCormick
Fla
Milwaukee
West
Palm Beach
St. Louis
St. Petersburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Clearwater
Chicago Cubs
Mesa
Ariz
Orlando
Los Angeles Angels
Palm Springs
Bogus Boggess Quits After 42 Years In Baseball
Dallas AP says Lynton Dusty Boggess is quitting as a National League umpire after 42 years as player owner and umpire. He started in high school in Waco Texas and worked four World Series five All Star games and three of four playoffs. He cites fading sight and weary legs and notes both major league memories and ideas to speed the game including mound visit limits and fewer warm ups.
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Dallas
Lynton
Dusty
Boggess
Waco
Tex
Bogus
St. Louis Cardinals
Rogers Hornsby
Houston
Bill Klein
Don Larsen
Cardinals
Dodgers
Larry Goetz
Babe Pinelli
Beans Reardon
Bogress
Los Angeles
Sally Hemus
Stan Musial
Willie Mays
Tris Speaker
Mays
Winners Duel in Capistrano San Juan Handicap Field of 13 set for $115000 race
Santa Anita presents the San Juan Capistrano Handicap, a 1.4 mile turf test with 13 entrants led by The Axe II for Greentree and Crimson Satan of Peter Salmon Sr. The Axe II carries 136 pounds and is the 9-5 favorite after back to back grass wins, while Crimson Satan rides 125 pounds with Herb Hinojosa aboard. The full card offers $70,600 to the winner from a total purse of $115,000.
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Orlo Robertson
Santa Anita
Greentree
Crimson Satan
Crimson King
Peter Salmon Sr
Satan
Crozier
Axe
Pete Moreno
Herb Hinojosa
C.O. Iselin
Pardao
Mymy Barnes
Juanro
San Marino
San Juan
Llangollen Farm
Game
Lynn A. Boice
San Antonio
Red Wave Golf Slate Unveiled by Troy State Coach
Troy State announces the 63 slate for the Red Wave golf team led by coach Ruby Argenti from Englewood New Jersey. The season opens March 23 at home against Alabama College with sixteen matches planned and six ACC conference confrontations. The ACC tournament runs May 10 and 11 at St Bernard Alabama. Only one Red Wave foursome has posted a winning season above .500.
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Ruby Argenti
Troy State
Red Wave
Alabama College
Alabama
A.C.C. the Wave
Athens
St. Bernard
Florence State
Argenti
Englewood
New Jersey
Phillies pitcher Mahaffey learns hitters read his pitches
Art Mahaffey admitted his pitch delivery tipped off NL hitters and Richie Ashburn, now with the Phillies broadcast team, revealed the flaw. Mahaffey, who won 19 games last season, plans to adjust his delivery as Ashburn calls himself a Phillies supporter.
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Clearwater, Fla
Art Mahaffey
Philadelphia Phillies
Richie Ashburn
New York
Phillies
Mahaffey
Ashburn
Limestone 4 H Basketball Tournament Results
Owens Junior High hosted Limestone County 4 H basketball as scores rolled in for Elementary and Junior High brackets. Notable results: Athens Bible School 20 Elkmont 2, Piney Chapel 24 Clements 17, Ardmore 39 West Limestone 17, Owens Elementary 21 Johnson Elementary 14. Junior High saw Elkmont 63 Athens Bible 38 and Piney Chapel 38 20 over Clements 38. Tomorrow schedule lists Piney Chapel vs Ardmore and Athens Bible School vs Owens Elementary in elementary. Clements vs Ardmore and Elkmont vs Owens in junior high with finals at 7 and 8.
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Limestone County
Clements
Belle Mina
Athens Bible School
Elkmont
Piney Chapel
Ardmore
West Limestone
Bible School
Tanner
Owens Elementary
Johnson Elementary
Owens
Johnscer
Cuban Migs Could Attack if Needed in Ground Roles
A USAF general told senators Soviet MiG fighters in Cuba are mainly set for air defense but could perform ground attack if required. Breidweis er noted absence of bombs yet presence of air-to-air rockets and said operational needs could shift some MiGs to ground strikes. The Cuban defense network includes SA air defense, AAA and radar systems.
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Washington
Cuba
John Stennis
D-Miss
Robert A. Breidweiser
Senate
Fidel Castro
Breidweiser
Air Force Staff
Congress
Three rebel leaders plead guilty in North Borneo revolt
In Miri Sarawak three local rebel chiefs admitted taking part in the December abortive uprising in North Borneo. They received prison terms of up to six years.
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Miri
Sarawak
North Borneo
Mars life question lingers as Venus ruled out
In a Capitol Hill hearing room NASA officials discuss whether life exists on Venus or Mars. Mariner 2 findings showing Venus at 800 degrees F lessen habitability, while balloon experiments hint at microbes in the stratosphere. NASA plans to send life-detecting instruments to Mars using Gulliver, a new sticky string device.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Venus
Mars
Homer E. Newell
Space Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Newell
Earth
Red Planet
NASA
Lanier leads Tuscaloosa in AA tourney win over Tuscaloosa County
Sidney Lanier of Montgomery poured in 61 points to defeat Tuscaloosa County 61 44 as Emma Sansom beat Central of Phenix City 60 58 in overtime. In other quarterfinals Tuscaloosa defeated Parrish 62 38 and Opelika edged Pisgah 31 25.
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Tuscaloosa
Sidney Lanier
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa County
Emma Sansom
Gadsden
Central
Phenix City
Parrish
Selma
Opelika
Pisgah
Doug Houlyhand
Richard Milling
James Carter
Larry Meadows
Tommy Dodd
David Tiffin
Lanier
Randy Thomas
John Bricken
Ronnie Know
Ronnie Moore
George Elrod
Terry Harris
Daniel Jones
Harris
Sansom
Knockout Artists Set For Miami Beach Title Fight
Two knockout specialists meet in a 10 round main event at Convention Hall Miami Beach Cleveland Williams 6 ft 3 from Houston ranked four in WBA and Billy Daniels 25 from Brooklyn and East Arcadia NC ranked sixth in WBA Williams has 45 knockouts in 59 fights Daniels 11 KOs in 19 starts Daniels recently stopped Mike DeJohn in 10. The bout will be aired on ABC at 10 p.m. EST.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Cleveland Williams
Georgia
Houston
Tex
Billy Daniels
New York
Williams
World Boxing Association
Daniels
Mike DeJohn
East Arcadia
N.C
Brooklyn
ABC
Three-Way Tie At Midway Point In Pensacola Open
Jimmy Clark shot a 7 under par 65 to reach 136 and join Johnny Pott and Bobby Nichols atop the Pensacola Open midway after two rounds. Arnold Palmer and Julius Boros followed at 137 while Doug Sanders and Al Lan Henning struggled with high scores.
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Clark
Don Fairfield
Pensacola
Doug Ford
Ken Venturi
Jim Tur Clark
Doug Sanders
Allan Henning
Johannesburg
South Africa
Henning
Gary Player
Palmer
Pete Runnels Aims to Duplicate Delahanty Batting Feats
Apache Junction Arizona AP Pete Runnels former Red Sox star now with Houston Colts hometown hero seeks to become first player since Ed Delahanty sixty years earlier to win batting titles in both leagues. He notes need to adjust to new pitchers and cites talks with Harvey Kuenn Roy Sievers while reflecting on his long major league career and trade move.
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Apache Junction
Ariz
Pete’ Runnels
Boston Red Sox
Houston Colts
Houston
Ed Delahanty
Harvey Kuenn
Roy Sievers
Runnels
Washington
Boston
Red Sox
Pete
Colts
Roman Mejias
Dick Stuart
Pittsburgh
Pensacola Open Second-Round Leaders
In Pensacola the Pensacola Open moved into the second round with Jimmy Clark and Mason Rudolph tied atop the leaderboard at 138 after Clark 71 45 and Rudolph 67. Bobby Nichols, Johnny Pott, Julius Boros, Gay Brewer Jr and Arnold Palmer followed close behind with 136 to sit in a pack.
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Pensacola, Fla
Jimmy Clark
Bobby Nichols
Johnny Pott
Julius Boros
Gay Brewer Jr
Arnold Palmer
George Bayer
Frank Boynton
Jack McGowan
Mason Rudolph
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