Belmont Stakes Opens Century Run with Contenders
Age 101 Belmont Stakes begins at Belmont Park with Majestic Prince the Derby and Preakness winner among rivals Arts and Letters Dike Rooney's Shield Distray Prime Fool and others. Past Derby winners entering the Belmont have struggled to win the mile and a half race as The Test of the Champion has historically swallowed Derby and Preakness victors.
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New York
Belmont Park
Frank McMahon
Rokeby Stable
Arts and Letters
Wallace
Citation
Tim Tam
Carry Back
Calumet Farm
Cavan
Ohio University leads Central Collegiate Meet in Bowling Green
Ohio University moved to the top of the Central Collegiate Conference standings at Bowling Green as the Bobcats earned 30 points on hammer throw placements and the 3 000 meter steeplechase. Dave Leitch set a hammer mark at 176 9 and Criss Somerset added a fourth place 167 5, with Ron Hungarter second. Art Coolidge of Kent State clocked 28 55.0 in the six mile.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Bobcats
Kansas
Western Michigan
Kent State
Lincoln Missouri
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Notre Dame
Ised
Dave Leitch
Ron Hungarter
Hungarter
Criss Somerset
Hungry Cats
Jerry Marshall
Craig Maul
Don Fish
Tony Crawford
Bob Bertelsen
Art Coolidge
Arjan Gelling
North Dakota
Australians Seek French Open Wins
Parisians host the French Open at Roland Garros as Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver prepare for the $7,000 final while Australia can still dominate the world open tennis scene despite Davis Cup exit.
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Paris
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
Roland Garros
Big League Baseball Draft Chooses 1192 Players
New York AP reports major league teams drafted 1,042 players in the regular phase and 150 in the secondary phase of the two day free agent draft, ending Friday. The record selection spans national scouting results and team needs across the league.
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New York
Baseball Standings And Results From Friday And Schedule
National League East led by Chicago 36 16 with New York 26 23 and Philadelphia 18 29. West features Atlanta 30 19 and Los Angeles 29 21. American League standings show Baltimore 38 15 and Boston 32 18, with Detroit 26 22 and New York 25 28. Friday results include Chicago 14 Cincinnati 8 and St Louis 6 Houston 3.
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New York
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San Fran
Houston
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Blass
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Bolin
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California
Washington
Baltimore
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Brabender
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Horlen
Peterson
Bunker
Nelson
Nagy
Midget Managers To Meet Monday
Managers of Midget League teams will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the LHS cafeteria. Harry Westfall city recreation director urges all managers to be present for this important meeting.
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LHS
Harry Westfall
Logan Legion to Play Meigs Here Sunday
Logan's American Legion Post 78 hosts Meigs for a nine inning home opener at the fairgrounds diamond Sunday at 1 30 p m. Meigs has split with Grove City and beat Belpre. Grove City split a twin bill with Cincinnati Bentley.
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American Legion
Post 78
Meigs
Fairgrounds
Grove City
Belpre
Cincinnati Bentley
Newark
Lancaster
Local Youth Baseball Practice and Games Schedule
Elks of the Midget League practice 4 30 p m Monday at LHS diamond. GE and H S Firestone in a practice game 5 30 p m Wednesday at GE diamond. Lions Peewee League practice 6 p m Monday at Kiwanis. Midget League practice 9 30 a m Tuesday at City Park. American Legion Peewee League practice 5 30 p m Monday and 7 p m Thursday at LHS diamond. VFW Midget League practice 5 30 p m Monday at City Park. Shaw's Realty and Acker's Dairy on Carborundum diamond 5 30 p m Monday. GE Midget League practice 5 30 p m Monday at GE plant diamond.
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LHS
General Electric
H&s Firestone
Lions
Peewee
Kiwanis
City Park
American Legion
VFW
Shaw’s Realty and Acker’s Dairy
Jerry Proctor Wins NAIA Long Jump
Jerry Proctor of the University of Redlands won the long jump on a rain soaked final leap to highlight opening day action at the NAIA track and field championships in Billings Montana.
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Billings
Mont
Jerry Proctor
University of Redlands
Calif
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Gay Brewer Opens Lead in Western Golf Tournament
Gay Brewer, seeking his first regular tour win since 1967, holds a one stroke lead at Midlothian over Frank Beard and two others after a Friday 136 in the Western Golf Tournament. Brewer credited improved putting after adjusting his stroke following home-film review, describing a slump spanning a year and a half.
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Midlothian
Ill
Gay Brewer
Frank Beard
Dick Rhyan
Rocky Thompson
Beard
Rhyan
Thompson
Ken
West All-Stars Triumph 9-3 Over East In All-Star Game
In Columbus Ohio Dave Coleman went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored as the West All-Stars routed the East 9-3 in the opening game of the 14th annual high school baseball tripleheader. Bob Bruno of Lima Bath doubled twice and Gary Cooper of Dayton Belmont hit a 365 foot homer.
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Ohio
Dave Coleman
Coleman
Bob Bruno
Lima
Bath
Gary Cooper
Dayton
Belmont
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