Fearsome Pair Shine as Damascus Wins Malibu Stakes
Damacus ridden by Willie Shoemaker won the Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita, clocking seven furlongs in 1 21 1 5. Sword Dancer colt increased earnings to 871 656 with 27 850 for the Malibu win. In Chicago the Illinois Racing Board deferred Arlington Park’s request to run 103 nights in 1968 amid harness racing protests.
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Santa Anita
Damascus
Shoemaker
Imbros
Edith W. Bancroft
Chicago
Illinois Racing Board
Arlington Park
King and Court Reach West Australian Final Double Victory
Billie Jean King of Long Beach California defeats Margaret Smith Court 6 2 6 4 in the singles final to win the West Australian championship. She teamed with Rosemary Casals of San Francisco to capture the doubles title.
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Perth
Australia
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Calif
Margaret Smith Court
Rosemary Casals
San Francisco
Rams Dominate Browns in Playoff Bowl 30-6
Rams coach George Allen said the team played as seriously as in any game as Los Angeles defeated the Cleveland Browns 30 to 6 in the NFL Playoff Bowl at the Orange Bowl. MVP Roman Gabriel led scoring with two TD passes and a 2-point boot, while the Fearsome Foursome pressured Browns into a weak first half.
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Miami
George Allen
Los Angeles Rams
Rams
Cleveland Browns
Allen
Green Bay Packers
Oakland Rac
Ers
Roman Gabriel
Browns
Art Modell
The
Gabriel
Bernie Casey
Billy Truax
Tommy Mason
Willie Ellison
Burns Final Bowl Story Marks End of an Era
Jimmy Burns, longtime Miami Herald sports editor, died at 65 from a cerebral accident after retiring in October. He kept writing three columns weekly, including a Last column on the NFL Playoff Bowl’s rise in Miami. Rozelle led a crowd of 37,102 in tribute to Burns in the press box empty gold seat. Burns began in Atlanta and Miami journalism careers, becoming Herald sports editor in 1944.
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MIAMI
Jimmy Burns
Miami Herald
Burns
the Herald
NFL
Pete Rozelle
James Hanna Burns
Burns, Miss
Atlanta
Daytona Beach
Miami News
Miller leaves NFL players association counsel post
Creighton Miller, longtime legal counsel for the NFL Players Association, resigns to represent college and professional football players individually in contract negotiations. The 45-year-old former Notre Dame All American halfback cites demands of his Cleveland legal practice and role with Telerama as factors. He will join James Morse and Associates for the new work announced at the NFLPA convention in Hollywood Florida.
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Cleveland Browns
National Football League Players’ Association
Hollywood
U.S. Department of Labor
Fla
Creighton Miller
National Football League Players Association
Miller
Notre Dame
Cleveland
Ohio
Telerama
James Morse
Best Of All Is Best In Ohio Harness Horse Of The Year
Best of All, a 3-year-old bay colt, was voted Ohio Harness Horse of the Year 1967 by the USTA. Owned by Samuel Huttenbauer of Cincinnati and trained and driven by Jim Hackett, the pacer won 13 of 25 starts and earned $214,210. He led the field with 135 first-place votes and claimed the Little Brown Jug after two fast Delaware heats. Huttenbauer and Hackett will accept the award at the District One banquet in Columbus.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
United States Trotting Association
Fleet Pacer
Samuel Huttenbauer
Cincinnati
USTA
Prom
Batman
True Duane
Ole Hanover
Easy Prom
Delaware
Huttenbauer
Lexington
Jim Hackett
Hackett
Needles
Dudley and
Heath
Hugh Fontaine
Fontaine
Dave Erb
D and H
America
Ski School with Frank Covino at Sugarbush Valley VT
Ski instruction notes common errors in Christie, parallel, and stem Christie turns. It explains crossing skis during the turning phase and delaying weight transfer. It advises moving the forward knee to adjust lead before the turn begins.
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Frank Covino
Sugarbush Valley, VT
D and H Stable to Close After 13 Years with Needles
D and H Stable owners Jack Dudley and Bonnie Heath will auction 69 horses including Needles on January 31 in Hialeah Florida. The pair started with a $20 000 bet on Needles, built a $1 million appraisal, and earned over $1.5 million from 10 years of racing and breeding before exiting the sport to focus on other ventures.
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Hialeah, Fla
D and H Stable
Needles
Jack C. Dudley
Bonnie M. Heath
Oklahoma
Dudley
Heath
Hialeah
Ritger Wins Phoenix Open in Pro Bowling Finish
Dick Ritger of Hartford Wisconsin defeated Eddy Patterson of Dallas 179 to 166 to win the Phoenix Open and collect 40000 dollars, his fourth PBA Championship.
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Ritger
Phoenix
Ariz
Dick Ritger
Hartford
Wis
Eddy Patterson
Dallas
Yocums Five Closer To Top In Five Man Handicap Bowls
The Five Man Handicap standings show Yocums Five in fifth with 3045, two Middletown teams in the top five as Stidhams Five sits fourth at 3048. Leaders Travelling All Stars of Detroit hold 3091, Suburban Lanes Bucyrus 3078, and John F Ivory of Southfield third at 304? with Jim Anrue advancing in the Journal Sweeper. The event, begun in November, has two weekends left.
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Yocum
Middletown
Stidhams
Carroll Yocum
All- Stars
Detroit
Surburban
Bucyrus
Whire
John F. Ivory
Southfield
Mich
Jim Anrue
Russell
San Guarino Jr
Jim Brown
Springfield
John Houchins
Doyne Atkinson Jr
Rosevile
Chuck Buehning
Indianapolis
Norwegians Cup Jumping Crown at Bischofshofen
Bjoern Wirkola of Norway won the Austrian West German ski jumping tournament with a total 876.8 points, edging Czechoslovakia’s Jiri Raska and East Germany’s Dieter Neuendorf. Americans fared poorly with John Ballant 36th, Jay Martin 57th, and Jerry Martin 63rd.
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Bischofshofen
Austria
Bjoern Wirkola
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Wirkola
Jiri Raska
Dieter Neuendorf
East Germany
John Ballant
Minneapolis
Jay Martin
Jerry
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