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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1965
Page
11
Champagne Tony Lema tied his irons for a 67 to finish at 209 and share the 54 hole lead with rookie Homero Blancas who shot 67. Jim Ferree remained two back as Arnold Palmer Gary Player Mike Souchak and Joe Campbell at 212. Nicklaus slipped to 221 after a 74.
In Vandalia Ohio the 66th Grand American Trapshoot opens with a record 627 on the firing line. Defending champion Hiram Bradley Bu ford Bailey and W C Everhart each posted 50 straight targets after a perfect 200 on Sunday. Harold Janofsky and P J Smith also posted perfect scores. Punkin Flock won the women's title with 198 and Fred Hansen claimed the veterans title after the first 100 targets.
Third baseman Ed Mahews is the sole Milwaukee Braves player to have appeared with the team during the 1952 Boston tenure.
Don Turner, a vacationing Armco foreman and golfer of four years, scored a 185-yard hole in one on No. 10 at Wildwood using a five iron. He played with Bob McCabe Dan Baker and Bill Baker as the ball rolled into the cup unseen by the group. It was the second ace at Wildwood this year.
Don Osborne shot a 12 handicap for a net 64 to win the weekend handicap at Brown's Run Country Club. Bill McCabe had low gross with 69. Claude Jones and Tom Benny tied 65 for low net in First Flight. Stu Art Hatch was third at 66. Jack Hagan led Second Flight gross with 79. Jay Irvin won low net at 67. Ties at 69 included E. D. Levey, Walter Evans, Milton Stork, John Darragh, and Adam Bridge. N. J. Downing and Ray Leedom shared low gross in Third Flight with 87. Charles Beeler captured low net at 67, with Butterfield, Rentschier, and McClure at 72.
Creed from Alexandria Louisiana wins the Jaycee Open with a 54 hole total of 208. Jo Ann Prentice of Birmingham Alabama closes with a 67 to finish at 210. Creed maintains the lead throughout the final round with a par 70.
Halas, 70, says the Chicago Bears will improve over last season after a 5-9 finish in 1964. He touts rookies Dick Gordon and Jim Jones, hopes for stronger defense with Dick Butkus and Joe Fortunato, and notes returning stars Mike Ditka, Johnny Morris, Jon Arnett, and Gale Sayers on offense.
Cleveland Browns back Jimmy Brown rushes for a 21-19 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in an NFL exhibition. Brown ripped off 28 and 16 yard runs, setting up the clinching touchdown as Cleveland extends its preseason winning streak to three.
Wilsman's Trucking rockets toward the title in the Beavercreek USA Slo-Pitch Tourney finals two wins from the crown. Beavercreek Merchants await after rain paused play. Cosby pitched all three wins, while Harrison collected nine hits in 11 trips and seven runs.
Tom Rolfe, the Preakness winner, aims at the 1 1/16 mile $100,000-added Arlington Classic at Arlington Park on Saturday as Hail to All dominates the Travers field with a five-length win at Saratoga. Hail to All, jockey Johnny Sellers, pursues more after earnings near $358,000 this year, while Lucky Debonair and other contenders loom for Derby and Derby-tide glory.
Terry W. Parsons 25 is named head basketball coach at Mount Union College in Alliance Ohio succeeding Wayne Ashbaugh who becomes registrar Parsons a Denison University graduate has coached at Otterbein College and serves as an assistant there.
Cleveland Browns beat an unnamed opponent 21-19 for their third straight exhibition victory. Gary Collins caught two touchdown passes and totaled 103 receiving yards on four receptions, including a 25 yard TD from Frank Ryan and a 12 yard score from Jim Ninowski. Jim Brown added a two yard rushing TD.
Middletown’s Municipal swim team placed eighth of 33 at the Greater Cincinnati Junior Olympic Swim and Diving Meet over the weekend, earning 55 points with a 21-member squad. David Hughes set a meet record in the Boys 11-12 50 yard freestyle, Janice Haker won the 200 yard breaststroke in the 15-17 group with a meet record, and relay squads posted multiple top finishes including a second in the Boys 11-12 200 yard medley relay and a fourth in the 200 yard freestyle.
Greta Andersen of Los Alamitos Calif was forced off the water eight miles from France during a nonstop bid to swim to France and back. She had completed seven hours of swimming before cramps struck in her arms ending the attempt.
Euclid Ohio defeated Stratford Connecticut 10 to win the Pony League Eastern Division baseball championship. The winning run scored in the 10th when Tim Whalen singled with two outs. Euclid advances to the Pony League World Series in National City California later this week.
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