Prayer for Gil Hodges Revered Priest Reflects on 1953 Slump Turnaround
In Brooklyn Father Herbert Redmond recalls pausing his 1953 sermon to urge prayers for Gil Hodges. Hodges, then with the Dodgers, lifted his slump with two homers that day, later dying at 63 after golf in Florida. Mets vs. Montreal exhibition was canceled by a players strike. Potential successor names include Yogi Berra Rube Walker Whitey Herzog Alvin Dark Hank Bauer.
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West Palm Beach
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Montreal
Yogi Berra
Rube Walker
Whitey Herzog
Alvin Darkl
Hank Bauer
Bauer
Tidewater
Magnolia Classic Lures Hattiesburg Rabbits for $7000 Prize
In Hattiesburg Mississippi the Magnolia Classic tees off at Hattersburg Country Club on Thursday with a 144 man field for a 7,000 dollar first prize. Notables include Bob Lunn Marty Fleckman rookie contenders Billy Ziobro and Tom Ulozas defending champion Roy Pace and former champions Larry Mowry and Mac McLendon.
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Hattiesburg Country Club
Bob Lunn
Marty Fleckman
Lunn
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Tom Ulozas
Ziobro
Ulozas
New Orleans
Roy Pace
Larry Mowry
Mac McLendon
McLendon
Louisiana State University
Allison Schedules Own Ford for Thursday Grand National 200
Bobby Allison will drive his 1972 Ford Mustang in the Grand National 200 at Columbia Speedway. He had been set to race Junior Johnson's Chevrolet Monte Carlo but the car will stay in Bristol as Johnson’s team cannot repair it in time. Allison previously won the Citrus 250 at Daytona in this car. The event was postponed last Thursday due to weather.
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Jim Seay
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Allison
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Daytona
Penguins Win Stiff West Semifinal Start in Chicago
The Pittsburgh Penguins earn a playoff berth by narrow margins and open the West Division semifinal against the Chicago Black Hawks in Chicago on Wednesday. Rookie Dave Burrows predicts the Penguins will feel playoff pressure after making the post season, while Chicago held first in the West by 19 points. The East semifinals also begin with Boston hosting Toronto and New York hosting Montreal as Minnesota meets St Louis in the other West series. All series are best of seven. The Penguins had a late-season run with only one loss in their last 11 games, five wins and five ties.
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NHL Playoffs Set With Penguins Surviving Final West Bid
The Penguins earned the final West playoff berth by beating St Louis 6 2 after tying Philadelphia 4 4 with 47 seconds left on Greg Polis goal. Buffalo upset Philadelphia 3 2 as Gerry Meehan netted a 30 foot winner with four seconds left. Montreal and Toronto brace for East action. Chicago hosts Pittsburgh in a key West clash.
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