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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1966
Page
3
New York report shows Bob Farrington moving past Del Insko 173 to 168 as the leader in the National Harness Race Driving title standings. Insko trails with $583,322 to Farrington’s $610,656 in money earned.
The Green Bay Packers face the Chicago Bears in the Midwest Shrine game, a high profile August exhibition billed as a potential 1966 title showcase. Gale Sayers stars for Chicago while Dick Butkus is sidelined. both teams prepare for a likely televised showdown with other NFL and AFL games on Friday and Saturday.
American League pacesetters Baltimore Orioles were misdirected by a bus driver en route to Yankee Stadium. The Yankees defeated Baltimore 4-1 as Joe Pepitone and Roger Maris hit two run homers, narrowing the Orioles lead to 10 games. Detroit beat Washington 8-3. Cleveland shut out Boston 5-0. Chicago edged Kansas City 2-1. California beat Minnesota 2-0. In the NL Pittsburgh edged New York 2-1 and Cincinnati beat San Francisco 3-2.
237 players vie for 31 berths in the Western Junior. Jack Bieber of Kankakee Illinois shot 66 with a hole in one on the Cascades Course to lead qualifiers, while Dan May of Kokomo posted 70 at the IU course. Final qualifying round and match play start Thursday with defending champ John Richart exempt from rounds.
Jacinto Vasquez drives Second to None to win in the second, Penny Royal in the fifth, and Amerjack in the ninth at Atlantic City. The trifecta yields payoffs of $6.00, $9.60, and $4.80 respectively for the Tuesday card.
Ralph Terry arrived to a Shea Stadium ovation not for himself but for Ron Swoboda. Swoboda made a spectacular backhand catch of a line drive in the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Cardinals. The 49,157 in attendance marked the largest crowd of the year.
GE beat Western Auto 14 to 4 to force a deciding game at 7 30 p m with Brad McIntyre and Jim Stockrahm collecting two hits each for GE while Steve Ballard allowed five hits for Western Auto. Western Auto had won Monday 10 1. All star game set for Aug 20. Parents must sign permission slips at Citizens National Bank for trip to St Louis to see the Cardinals.
Billy Hitchcock was announced as the new Atlanta Braves manager after Bobby Bragan was fired. He pledged to lift a seventh place NL team and led the Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers with a strong late-season start.
Tulsa swept a doubleheader from Indianapolis, 3 2 and 8 4, to overtake first place in the Eastern Division of the Pacific Coast League Tuesday night. Tracy Stallard started the opener for Tulsa and allowed two Bill Voss homers, while Erio Chacon hit a ninth inning homer for the Oilers' winner. Bill Fischer took the loss in game one. Tulsa built an 8 2 lead in game two as Indianapolis rallied but failed to complete the comeback.
In Greensboro North Carolina Hoosier entrants trailed leaders in the Jaycees International Junior Golf tournament Don Denger Lebanon was medalist for Indiana with 38 37 75 Other Hoosier scores included Ross Riddinger Westport 37 39 76 Rick Suttor LaPorte 39 38 77 and Randy Denny Warsaw 43 40 83 The lead was Marshall Garvey 17 Waukesha Wisconsin with a two under par 69 in the opening round.
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