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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1968
Page
12
Billy Casper led the Colonial National Invitation by five strokes at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth finishing 275 on a 68 final round. He became the first golfer to top $100000 early in a season and claimed a $25000 prize.
Junior dominated all star selections as SEC coaches pick 14 players for Eastern and Western divisions at Birmingham. Alabama leads Western with five picks. Florida and Tennessee top Eastern with four each. Eight Western and six Eastern players named. key picks include Baldasare, Trapp, McBride, Leake, and Parker from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, LSU, Miss. St. and Tennessee.
Weather woes aside the Brav es Tigers and Indians top their leagues with strong 4 0 and 3 15 records. National League leaders Braves 4 0 clear. Tigers Indians tied for second at 2 2. Dodgers sit 0 4. Cardinals Cubs Giants chase 2 4 2. American League sees Tigers Indians tied at 3 15, Red Sox Yankees at 2 2 2. Orioles 0 4 in last.
Alabama coach Joe Sewell, nearing 70, was voted SEC Baseball Coach of the Year by fellow coaches at the Birmingham meeting. In his fifth season, he transformed a last place Western Division team into a division winner and SEC champion, after a division playoff. Sewell previously starred as Crimson Tide shortstop before his major league career with Cleveland and New York.
Calumet Farm eyes a Belmont Stakes win to complete a Triple Crown bid after Forward Pass’s Preakness victory. Dancer's Image faces a potential Belmont fate if disqualified again. Urinalyses for top finishers were negative. No Double faced unlikely change from disqualification history.
Sonny Siebert pitched a one hitter for his third shutout of the season as Cleveland swept Baltimore. How ard sparked a four run tying rally in the top half with a double. Tommy Harper and Tony Horton added key runs in support as Duke Sims hit a three run homer and Cleveland carved out 15 hits against four Baltimore pitchers.
Florida captures its first Southeastern Conference golf championship since 1956. The Gators total 848 strokes, beating Tennessee by two shots as Steve Melnyk shoots a 66 final round to finish nine under par and edge out Tommy McGinnis.
Tiger 38 prepares for his third light heavyweight title defense against 29 year old Bob Foster at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Foster is the 2 1 underdog while Tiger carries a height and reach disadvantage as he seeks to extend his ruling reign in a major boxing weekend.
Ron Reed, a 6-foot-6 former Pistons pitcher, pitched Braves to a 3-2 win over the Mets in the first game, improving to 5-0. Nolan Ryan struggled as Reed and Ryan each tired in the eighth inning.
Sammy Ellis pitched a five hitter with Minnie Rojas closing out the game. Andy Kosco homered and collected three hits driving in five, while Tom Tresh added four RBIs after a four-error previous night as New York battered Boston.
Chicago White Sox won 6-2 and 7-3 to sweep Oakland in a four game set. Eddie Stanky cautioned that the team must improve hitting and pitching and recover from a slow start as they try to prove they can beat top teams.
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