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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1968
Page
19
Chiefs in mid season form led by Len Dawson aim to beat the Rams at the Coliseum in the 17th inter league game. Rams try to rebound from recent losses as Los Angeles hosts Kansas City with kickoff at 8 05 night fielded by Tracks of injuries and lineup changes.
San Diego rookie Dennis Partee nailed a 30 yard field goal with 14 seconds left to lift the Chargers over the Denver Broncos 6-3 in an AFL exhibition. Denver led early after Jack Abendshan booted a 37 yard field goal, but Partee answered for the decisive points.
Cleveland rallies in fourth quarter led by Leroy Kelly and Charley Harraway to beat Buffalo 22 12 in an NFL exhibition. Darragh and Anderson shined for the Bills with a rookie strong showing before 45 448 fans at Buffalo. Kelly scored earlier and Harraway sealed the drive with a one yard TD run.
Rookie Dewey Warren directed a 70yard scoring drive to lift the Cincinnati Bengals past the New York Jets 13to9 in an exhibition clash. Warren replaced John Stofa late in the game and connected with Safford Saint as teammates Essex Johnson and Estes Banks powered a 76yard drive to seal victory.
Five exhibition games highlight the schedule with key matchups in Houston Milwaukee and Kezar Stadium. Dallas and Houston remain undefeated in four games as Green Bay faces Pittsburgh in Milwaukee while Oakland meets San Francisco in a Bay Bowl at Kezar Stadium drawing an anticipated 59 000 fans. Minnesota heads to St Louis and a Labor Day tilt pairs Boston AFL against Philadelphia NFL in Cambridge Massachusetts.
The International Handball Federation 13 12 vote to relocate women world championships slated for Moscow Leningrad and Kiev due to Eastern bloc teams. The IHF also cancels this year’s European Cup for women and men amid boycotts. Hans Bouxann cast the tiebreaking vote.
Fairfield reports that the New York Giants sent linebacker Bill Swain and running back Bill Triplett to the Detroit Lions in exchange for safety Bruce Maher and two future draft choices. Swain, 27, had been the Giants’ regular outside linebacker since 1965 after joining from Minnesota.
UPI reports NFL AFL discussions with Montreal representatives about placing an expansion team in the Canadian city. Pete Rozelle cautions the move could damage Canadian football and notes a potential 28 team expansion in the early 1970s if scheduling issues aren’t solved.
In York Pennsylvania on Friday a Los Angeles youth set two weight lifting records on opening day of the U S Olympic trials. Featherweight champion Walt Imas hara of New Orleans failed to score as Dan Cantore of the Los Angeles YMCA won with 75414. Middleweight champ Russ Knipp of Pittsburgh finished second to Fred Lowe of the Duncan YMCA in Chicago, both scoring 968 but Lowe winning on body weight by a fraction.
Mine Force defeated Isle Royale 1 to 0 in a district contest in San Diego. The win aligns Mine Force with USS Kearsaree in district play.
Jack O'Brien of Santa Monica and Chuck Jones of Arcadia headline the main event with Sonny Nutter also listed from Santa Monica. Trophy Dash features Paul Consierre of Pacifica and Rick Woods of Los Angeles with DeWayne Keeter of Santa Monica.
Baseball scores list PCL results with Denver 3 Oklahoma City 2. Tulsa 7 Indianapolis 2. Phoenix 5 San Diego 4. Vancouver 6 Portland 2. Spokane 4 Seattle 1. Hawaii 5 Tacoma.
Ram players Irv Cross Tony Guillory George Burman Jon Kilgore and Bruce Gossett will conduct a football clinic for Long Beach youngsters and their dads Monday morning at Poly High School on the athletic field. Allen will divide the youngsters into five groups with stations for defensive play linebacking center play punting and place kicking. The clinic starts at 9 a.m. and admission is free.
The Philadelphia Eagles announced a five member grievance committee to address race issues. Owner Jerry Wolman said the group aims to set an example of color blind policy with meetings every two weeks to discuss improving the NFL club’s handling of racial matters.
Gennady Bliznetsov of Kharkov cleared 17 feet 2 1 4 inches to establish a Soviet Union pole vault record at the Ukrainian championships on Friday in Kharkov.
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