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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
3
Kemp Ervin achieved a golfer’s dream with a hole-in-one on the 13 yard par three twelfth at Meadowview. He used a nine iron during a threesome with Bill Jackson and C Slone as he shot an 18 hole total of 31.
United Press International briefs recap early standings and Friday through weekend games across the American League with teams including Baltimore Cleveland Boston New York Chicago Washington and others. Highlights mention wins by Cal 4 7 against Baltimore and McDowell 7 6, with several matches scheduled at KEW York and in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Two games were played Thursday night. In the first game midget Jeaguer Dota Hunnicutt hit and pitched the Braves over the Tiales 7 6 with the winning run driven in by a fifth inning single. In the nightcap the Little League Pirates defeated the Braves 6 2 as Tim Shamp and Dell Steadman starved the victory with key hits and a homer.
Summary misspelled OCR shows results from multiple junior leagues. Cumberland defeats Moose, Gar transition scores noted. Sobyne Taylor and Meyers appear among players. another game lists City vs Meyers with a 4 19 score and Sukiva Gol 37m implied.
McDowell, named an All Star by Williams, drew hostility from his Indians teammates in Boston as the Red Sox chased six unearned runs in the first inning and another in the third. Cleveland offered little support, and McDowell exited after enduring a rough start. The Twins shut out the Orioles to seize second place behind Detroit.
City Tennis League action saw the Racoons defeat the Executives 54 in a competitive match. Jack Smith beat Mike Rutherford 62 in a sudden death playoff for his fourth win of the day. Sam Stapleton led the Freculives with 180 wins, followed by Rutherford, Reuel Smith and Rod Shulken with one win each. Paul Fezzie added the Racoons' other singles win. Dobyns Bennett fall tryouts set for Friday June 28 at 1:00 PM on school courts.
Johnson City fans witnessed a chaotic Saturday at Sportsman Speedway with a rare amateur race finish a dead heat as two leaders collided at the checkered flag. Bill DeGroat led the amateur race, Landon McInhariff placed third, 22 cars started and 13 finished after crashes. Mark Hurley lit up the 50 lap feature with a car fire in third, Findie France won the feature for the second week, John A Ulman was runner up and Laymon Ulman finished third.
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