Lewiston Maine Hosts Boxing Bonded City in 1964 Fight Build
Lewiston a mill town with shuttered plants and big plans for Cassius Clay against Sonny Liston in a rink repurposed from high school hockey. The city framed as resilient, with a mix of French Canuck culture, historic churches, and a local scene around the ring and snowshoe events.
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Ringling Brothers Circus
Venturi
Washington
Bob McKinlay
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Nottingham Forest
U.S
Boston Fight
Sam Silverman
Ted Whitfield
Gaspar Ortega
Boston Garden
Billy Conn
Sam
Whitfield
New York Mets
Brooklyn Dodgers
Casey Stengel
Met
Purdue Defends Big Ten Golf Title At Home
Purdue hosts the Big Ten golf championship on its 6 856 yard north course beginning Friday. The Boilermakers seek a second straight title after winning 1964 by 18 strokes. Ohio State Indiana challenge with strong averages and a tight schedule of 30 matches this season.
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Lafayette
Ind
UPD
Purdue
Ohio State
Indiana
No-Hit Trouble for Ken Johnson in Astros Win
Houston pitcher Ken Johnson carried a no hitter into the seventh before a line drive down the first base line deflected off the bag and rolled into right field for a double by Ron Fairly. Two more hits followed as Los Angeles built a scoring threat in a 4-1 Houston victory.
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Houston
UPI
Houston Astro
Ken Johnson
Astro
Los Angeles
Johnson
Ron Fairly
Bob Aspromonte
Autocross Tomorrow at Convention Center Draws Crowd
The USAC Autocross event at the Convention Center expects a good crowd with top drivers and cars entered for championship points. Las Vegas International Speedway via Bruni Construction Co will award trophies to the top three in each class. Entry is $2. technical inspection Saturday or Sunday morning. spectators admitted free.
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USAC
Convention Center
Shim Wiede
Las Vegas International Speedway
Bruni Construction Co
Sport Cars Ltd
Indy Saturday and Vanderbilt Cup Sunday for Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen attempts to qualify at Indianapolis Saturday for the Memorial Day 500 then flies to Long Island for Sunday's Vanderbilt Cup Road Race. The piece notes the Vanderbilt Cup's origins in 1904 and the shift to a modern 2.86 mile closed circuit. It mentions Jim Hall as 1965 favorite and reviews related sports notes across golf, football, and boxing.
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Walt Hansgen
Indianapolis
Long Island
Jim Hall
Sebring
Lopez Wins Unanimous Ten Round Decision In LA
Jose Petrillo Lopez of Los Angeles defeated Zorrito Valdez of Mexico City by a unanimous 10 round decision at the Olympic Auditorium. Both weighed 119 pounds with no knockdowns as they exchanged fast punches throughout.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jose
Petrillo) Lopez
Zorrito Valdez
Mexico City
Olympic Auditorium
Patterson and Johansson split picks on Clay Liston fight
Floyd Patterson favors Cassius Clay to win the heavyweight title bout with Sonny Liston next Tuesday, while Sweden's Ingemar Johansson predicts Liston regains the crown. Top matchmakers Bolan and Ahlqvist also back Clay, though Bolan hedges on confidence.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Patterson
Clay
Johansson
Liston
States
Sonny
al Bolan
New York
Eddie Ahlqvist
Bolan
Ahlqvist
Old Hat Invades Aqueduct for Top Flight Handicap
Champion handicap mare Old Hat ships to Aqueduct for the 26th Top Flight Handicap race worth 50000 added. Stanley Conrad trains the 1964 star as she seeks another strong showing in New York.
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New York
UPI
Stanley Conrad
Aqueduct
Trapshooter Cited Here on 1965 All America Team
Paul Syphus of Las Vegas named to 1965 Sports Afield All America trapshooting team. He posted strong scores last year and won several major championships. Also named were Dan Orlich Wythe Everhart and Nadine Lyuth of Reno for Nevada honors. Nadine won the North American Women s Clay Target Championship in Vandalia Ohio and the Women s Champion of Champions title after a shootoff.
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Las Vegas Shotgun Star
Jimmy Robinson
Syphus
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Golden West
Reno
Dan Orlich
Arnold Riegger
Seattle
Wash
Nadine Lyuth
Nadine
Vandalia
Chameions
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