Pagents Swimmers Shatter 12 World Records at AAU Meet
A youthful group led by Gary Hall of Garden Grove set 12 world marks at the National AAU championships in Los Angeles. Hall, Kinsella, and Miss Atwood highlighted a record-shattering four days as Indiana, Santa Clara, and Los Angeles Athletic Club swimmers posted multiple titles and world bests in events from 100-meter butterfly to 1500-meter freestyle. The meet featured coast-to-coast standouts including Debbie Meyer, Mark Spitz, Mike Stamm, and Brian Job, with notable performances in backstroke and breaststroke finals.
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Egelko
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Gary Hall
Garden Grove
Calif
Los Angeles Swim
Alice Jones
Cincinnati
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Hall
Indiana University
John Kinsella
Mike Burton
Kinsella
Hinsdale
Ill
Mike
Indiana
Doc Counsilman
Japan
Italy
Miss Jones
Cinnnati University
Susie Atwood
Long Beach
Miss Dores
Debbie Meyer
Mark Spitz
Mike Stamm
Brian Job
Misa Atwood
Lynn Vidali
Santa Clara
Misa Meyer
Sacramento
Spits
Michael Wenden
Frank Heckl
Stamm
San Diego
Roland Matthes
Job
Stanford
Cindy Schilling
Santa Susanna
Santa Clara Swim Club
Hecki
Don Havens
Michael Weston
Dan Frawley
U.S
Claudia Clevenger
Dropout Pete Hamilton Captures Talladega Victory
Pete Hamilton, 27, son of a former Northeastern dean, drove a Petty Plymouth to win the Talladega 500-mile race in Alabama. His speed averaged 158.517 mph, a track record at the 2.66 mile speedway. He boosted year winnings to $120,560 and his streak to three. Bobby Isaac finished second, earning $11,490.
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Bloys Britt
Pete Hamilton
Northeastern University
Massachusetts
Alabama
Hamilton
Alabama International Speedway
Denis Hulme
al Unser
Tony Bettenhausen
Hulme
England
Mansfield
Ohio
Peter Revson
New York
Dan Gurney
Lothar Metschenbacher
Hollywood
Calif
Unser
Albuquerque
N.M
Roger McCluskey
Tucson
Ariz
Wisconsin State Fairgrounds
Milwaukee
Loud wins Travers Stakes at Saratoga in track record time
Loud, ridden by Jacinto Vasquez, captured the 101st Travers Stakes at Saratoga in a track record 2 01 for the mile and a half. The win gave owner William Haggin Perry a $112,900 purse and boosted Loud to four wins and three seconds in ten starts. Judgable was second by a neck, with Personality and High Echelon faded. Mister Diz and Cougar 2nd scored other weekend upsets at Atlantic City and Del Mar.
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ED Schuyler JR
Associated Press
Saratoga Springs, N.Y
Saratoga
William Haggin Perry
Loud
Jacinto Vasquez
Saul Nadler
Judgable
al Lippe
Ethel D. Jacobs
Personality
George D. Widener
Plymouth
High Echelon
Mister Diz
Red Reality
Atlantic City
Cougar
Quicken Tree
del Mar
Soutar Wins Waukegan Pro Bowlers Meet
Dave Soutar of Gilroy California surged in the final seven games to capture the $3,000 first prize in the Waukegan Pro Bowler's Association event. After dropping to 12th, he rolled 243 to beat Lefty Johnny Petraglia of Brooklyn by 41 pins, earning $1,600 for second place.
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Waukegan
Ill
Dave Soutar
Gilroy
Calif
Soutar
Johnny Petraglia
Booklyn
Wilkinson Wins U S Women Amateur After 34 Holes
Martha Wilkinson defeated Cynthia Hill 3 and 2 to win the U S Women's Amateur title at Wee Burn, after a 34 hole marathon. Hill, low amateur at the U S Women's Open, joins Wilkinson on the victory tour and both will play for the Madrid World Amateur team. Bastanchiury, Hamlin, Ha ger, and Preuss named alternates or past teammates.
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Wilkinson
Hill
Karol Stonger
Associated Press
Darien, Conn
Martha Wilkinson
Cynthia Hill
Misa Wilkinson
U.S
Miss Hill
South Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Martha
Whittier
Calif
Miss Wilkinson
Island Green
Wee Burn Country Club
Cynthia
Muskogee
Okla
Jane Bastanchury
USGA
Madrid
Spain
Mill and
Bastanbhury
Martha's
Shelley Hamlin
Fresno
Miss Bastanbury
Nancy Hager
Dallas
Tex
Phyllis Preuss
Colorado Springs
Colo
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Arkansas
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Shreveport
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Arden Hills
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Hope (Ark.) Star
Hope Cate
Hope
Ark
Aubrey Goodwin
Rosston Rt. 3
Star Office
California
Walter R. Mears
Washington (Ap
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Monnday
Southeast Asia
Jimmie Griffin
Hempstead County
Dean Murphy
Hempstead, Nevada, Howard and Sevier Counties
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