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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
4
Bob Murphy shot 68 to finish 277 for the four days at Upper Montclair Country Club, securing his second straight Thunderbird win and $30 000. Bob Lunn tied for second with 280 after a 69, while Arnold Palmer and other stars trailed in a rain disrupted final round.
Pro Charts profiles the Minnesota Vikings as a dark horse, noting quarterback and receiving questions as key. It praises the line, receivers Gene Washington and Paul Flatley, backs Dave Osborn and Bill Brown, with Ron Yary set to bolster the tackle corps and a solid defense led by Alan Page and Carl Eller.
Bob Gibson pitched 10 innings of four-hit ball and struck out eight to record his 20th victory as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Reds 1-0 in a dramatic 10th inning. Julian Javier opened the decisive rally with a leadoff homer off Ted Abernathy after Nolan’s Achilles tendon flared, providing the lone run in a Labor Day pennant chase.
National League results include St Louis 1 Cincinnati 0 and San Francisco 6 Chicago 1. American League leaders list Detroit Baltimore Boston Cleveland Oakland New York Minnesota California Chicago Washington and more. Frank Howard had six hits in eight at bats for the Senators in a doubleheader sweep over Chicago.
Northside Fort Smith grabs all 11 first place votes in the Associated Press preseason poll. The Grizzlies sit atop Class AAAA with 110 points, followed by Hall, North Little Rock, Springdale, Fayetteville, and others. Northside starts the season Friday against Van Buren.
Arkansas and El Paso meet in a best of five Texas League title series at Ray Winder Field Little Rock to start the playoffs Arkansas won the Eastern Division El Paso the Western division game two scheduled for Wednesday in Little Rock before moving to El Paso Thursday to finish the series Jerry Reuss to start for Arkansas Phil Knuckles for the Travs in game two Sun Kings held 12 03 advantage over Arkansas during the regular season going 8 2 at El Paso and 4 6 in Little Rock Memphis Blues defeated by Arkansas 2 1 Monday night in a separate game DiFabio earned his 13th win for the Travelers with 3 0 shutout?
Detroit and Baltimore share wins as Frank Howards six hit spree helps Washington sweep Chicago while Detroit and Oakland split. Datroit's Freehan homers in the 10th to edge Oakland 4-3, Balti more's Robinson also homer in 10th to beat the Yankees. Howard leads AL in homers. Senators stay in the pennant chase with key doubleheader sweep. multiple AL and NL results noted.
Attendance dropped across Major League Baseball as pennant races faded and weather threatened. Labor Day drew 156,250 fans for 19 games, versus 251,469 for 18 games last year. Four National League doubleheaders drew 82,635, down from 128,368 in 1967. American League games attracted 73,615 with three doubleheaders, down from 113,101. Chicago’s Wrigley Field hosted 35,061 for a Giants twinbill. Los Angeles at Philadelphia drew 5,240. Detroit at Oakland had the largest American crowd, 20,464.
Star sportswriter Ralph Bouton notes the Bobcats prepare for a 7:30 Friday night opener at Held Stadium. Despite doubts about strengths and injuries, the team aims to start its winning formula. Hope is growing as Ashdown reports several losses. the Hope Star football edition is nearly ready for Friday’s Star.
Damacus surged past More Scents late to win the $108,200 Aqueduct Stakes at Aqueduct, with Angel Cordero Jr. aboard More Scents faltering inside the final stretch. War Censor nosed Irish Rebel ion for three lengths in the Lindheimer Handicap at Arlington Park, earning $68,636 for Fourth Estate Stable. Three Oh’s captured $160,372.80 first prize in the All-America Futurity at Ruidoso Downs, running 400 yards in 20.06 seconds, ahead of Lady Bug’s Moon in a photo finish.
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