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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1968
Page
13
Decatur Daily reports weekly grid results from September 15 including scores and standings. Boxed mailout from ICE THE MES ENDIS PR lists winner or tie outcomes for games in Decatur, Alabama.
The coupon instructs how to mark winners and ties for college pro and prep games. It specifies mailing or dropping entries to GRIDIRON FORECAST at The Decatur Daily, with entry limits and pencil prohibition, and lists prize rules including cash bonuses for perfect or regular subscribers and final judge decisions.
Jimmy Wynn delivered a tiebreaking 11th inning double driving in Denis Menke after a walk. Houston then pulled away with Doug Rader's double and Lee Thomas' single to win 6 3. Wynn also hit a grand homer off the upper deck at Atlanta Stadium. The Braves rallied to tie with two ninth inning runs.
The North American Soccer League match between Atlanta and Detroit scheduled for Monday night was canceled as Atlanta has already clinched the Atlantic Division title making the game meaningless.
Billy Casper moved into the lead in the Greater Hartford Open after a four under par 66 in the third round at Wethersfield Country Club. Bruce Crampton slipped to one under after his earlier strong showings, two strokes back at 202. Dave Stockton vaulted into contention with a 67 for 203, while Ray Floyd and Ken Still trailed at 204 and 205.
Pinch hitter Doug Clemens belted a two run homer in the ninth to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4 2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Johnny Briggs and Tony Gonzalez tied the game with solo shots in the sixth while Chicago's runs came in the third and fifth on hits by Adolfo Phillips Billy Williams and Ernie Banks and Glenn Beckett Williams and Jim McMat ha added the Cubs first major league hit.
East Lansing native Lynn Janson, a Michigan State sophomore, captured the 1968 Michigan amateur championship in a decisive victory, asserting her skill on the state’s golf scene.
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