Fullmer Faces Strongest Left Since Robinson Match
Gene Fullmer, the NBA middleweight champion, prepares for a 15 round ABC televised standoff in Ogden Utah against Cuban left hander Florentino Fernandez. Fernandez claims a 30 2 record with 24 knockouts and a brawling style designed to pressure Fullmer inside.
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Griffith Beats Yama Bahama In 10 Round Non Title Fight
Emile Griffith outweighed and outboxed Yama Bahama at Madison Square Garden earning a unanimous decision over 10 rounds. Griffith, 22, improved to 25-2 while Bahama dropped to 6-12-3, with Griffith cutting Bahama once and scoring a leaping right that drew crowd reaction. Judges had Griffith ahead 8-2 and 7-2-1 with the referee scoring 6-5 in Griffith’s favor.
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Airmans Guide Keeps Easy Handicap Win
Angelo Dundee calls Fernandez a time punch as the Cuban handles Fernand ez' kaye blow. Fullmer fights for sixth defense of his NBA title won in 1959. Record 53-4-2. Bout at Ogden Stadium with 22 000 seats, tickets $20 to $3, potential gate $230 000. Fullmer prize $60 000 plus TV and 40 percent of gate. Fernandez $10 000 plus TV and 20 percent of gate. Promoted by Intermountain Boxing Club and Norman Rothschild of Syracuse.
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Red Shield Teener Race Becomes Two-Team Battle
The Red Shield Boys' Club-VFW Teener League title chase narrows to Mercury and Exchange, separated by half a game. The Exchange beat Rotary 3-1 while Mercury lost 4-3 to the Elks, setting up two rained-out makeup games next week. The Elks leveraged two-base hits and walks to seize a 4-2 sixth-inning lead and held on as Mercury rallied. The Exchange trailed Rotary 1-0 in the second, then tied in the fourth and won in the seventh to keep hopes alive.
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Cepeda's Grand Slam Drives Giants Past Phillies 4-3
Orland Cepeda hit the first grand slam of his MLB career in the first inning off Don Ferrarese, lifting the Giants to a 4-3 win over the Phillies. Mike McCormick pitched seven innings for the victory, improving to 2-7, as Philadelphia’s Bobby Gene Smith accounted for all three Phillies runs with a homer and a sacrifice fly.
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East West all star basketball picks tough lineup
Coaches Paul Jones and Gray Cartwright face a roster of top juniors intermediates and seniors as they select starting guards forwards and centers for the East and West teams. Double practices finish with all squads in Greenville and Winston-Salem before this weekend’s games at Armstrong Park High Point College and Wilmington.
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Ridan Wins Fifth Straight at Arlington Park Futurity
Ri dan, unbeaten at two, captured the $211,750 Arlington Park Futurity in 6 furlongs in 1 09, setting up a fifth straight win for trainer-owner connections. Green Ticket ran second as 2 year olds closers, with Admiral's Voyage third and Obey fourth in a field of eight. Hartack rode the favorite, paying $2.80, $2.20, and $2.20. Guerin’s Green Ticket paid $2.80, $2.40.
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Kannapolis Beats Richmond County 3-0 to Even Series
Kannapolis scored three eighth inning runs to defeat Richmond County 3-0 and tie the American Legion Junior baseball finals at 1-1. Herkey Doster doubled, Warry Mills and Ron Woodward drove in runs, while Gray Clark held Richmond to four hits with 10 strikeouts before relief.
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U S Track Team Leads Poland in Warsaw Meet
In Warsaw the U S track team led 68-49 at halftime of a two day international meet after victories in Russia England and Germany. Wilma Rudolph won twice as the Americans trailed Polish women by one point after five events. Jim Beatty beat Witold Baran in the 1.5 meter mile, tying Burleson for an American record share. Rudolph won the 100 meters in 11.5 seconds and Willye White finished second at 11.9. The American 4x100 relay also won in 45 seconds beating the Polish 46.5.
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Timing and rhythm in golf by Bob Rosburg
Timing is the process of bringing the left shoulder hands and clubhead to impact in proper sequence. Pressing ruins timing by hitting too soon, causing hands or body to get ahead of the clubhead and spoil the shot.
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Top Seeded Tandem Takes Women's Doubles Crown
In Asheville North Carolina Sally Seeibeck of Charleston and Becky Birchmore of Athens won the women's doubles title 64 64 defeating Harris of West Palm Beach and Pearl? Harris. The 39th annual North Carolina Open saw Poore of Belton and Farle of Greenville win junior doubles 6-2 2 over Cleveland and Dial. Shackleford and Jarrard advanced in men's singles. Braselton and Birchmore reached the women's final.
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Lee J. Stone Named Coach of Tar Heel Shrine Squad
Lee J Stone named head coach of the Tar Heel Shrine squad for the Shrine Bowl charity game set for Dec 2. The selection pairs North Carolina coaches from Asheboro High Clyde Walker Needham Broughton High Raleigh and others with South Carolina coaches Oates Shelton Giles. Stone has long coached at Greenville and Asheboro High, guiding many stars to fame.
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Kimball Captures Lead In Women's Golf Open
Judy Kimball, 23, Sioux City Iowa, surged into the lead at the Hiawatha American Women's Open at Municipal Course with a late 60-foot chip on 18 to card a 73 for a 54-hole 221. Mickey Wright sits two behind at 223, Betsy Rawls at 224 entering final round.
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Glenn Wood wins sixth Bowman Gray feature at Winston-Salem
Glenn Wood from Stuart Virginia started on the pole and held off challenges to win his sixth Bowman Gray Stadium feature race of the season in Winston-Salem. Perk Brown finished behind Wood by about three car lengths with Leaks and Curtis Turner also in the final group after three wrecks triggered restarts.
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All-Star Clash At Finch Field This Afternoon
The Central League's annual All-Star game will be played at Finch Field Sunday afternoon at 2 30 p m. The Winston-Salem Pond Giants, winners of the first half season, will play the All-Stars composed of players from other league clubs. A beauty contest will be held during the game with a queen from every league city. Preliminaries include a midget league game between High Point squads.
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Fair Lanes College Village Series Preview
Fair Lanes faces Carson's Inc in a best of five college village series. The first half winner is noted as Carson's Inc, with the outcome to be decided across the remaining frames.
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