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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1965
Page
29
A collage of witty quips and opinions on public figures fashion and society. Observations touch on politicians post office workers actors and writers with playful jabs and cultural references from sports to cinema and literature.
Dick Weber leads the winter PBA tour in earnings and averages after 12 events. He posts a 214.860 pins per game average and $40,340 in prize money, threatening Don Carter’s 1962 season record. Nelson Burton Jr. tops the season average list at 213.550, with Ray Bluth and Billy Hardwick among leaders in the standings.
Four Clark County School District coaches were named to fill baseball and track openings at Valley and Clark High Schools. Clark picks Chuck Lantor and Bill Miller. Valley selects Darrell Wooster and Taft Watts. Each has prior coaching success and extensive careers in education and athletics.
Tod Herring the 6 foot 3 inch Texas heavyweight champion heads to Stockholm on May 14 to fight Floyd Patterson. The 27 year old veteran has 30 pro bouts 19 KOs and seeks a knockout upset amid a grueling training regime and Texas steak diet. Dallas boxer Johnny Moore joins him for pre fight drills and a Swedish partner helps with workouts. Herring is married with two children and once worked as a Houston construction worker and cowpoke on a ranch.
Rudy Clay defeats Levi Forte in a 10 round unanimous decision at City Auditorium in Miami Beach. Cassius Clay shouted guidance from ringside as the Louisville boxer improves to 2-0 in his pro career, following a February 1964 win on the same night Cassius beat Sonny Liston.
The double elimination tournament opens May 17 at Squires Park Las Vegas under Lake Mead Base World Softball Congress Amateur Softball Association and Nevada Softball Association. Eight teams compete for the title with awards for Most Valuable Player and a memorial trophy honoring Max Gutierrez.
Doug Sanders cards rounds of 69 68 137 seven under par in the second round of the Tournament of Champions at Desert Inn. He sits in second place behind Arnold Palmer, tied with Juan Rodriguez two strokes back. Thirteenth annual event ends today.
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