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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1971
Page
11
The Laynecrest Bombers surged to the lead in the Men s City Bowling Tournament at Laynecrest Lanes by bouncing Aeronca from top spot.
Riggs Funeral Home led the team division at Sports Bowl with 2744 total, edging Jo’s House of Drugs by 79 pins. Sherry Pennington posted the top handicap series 21 pins ahead of Lula Wireman, while Marge Farkas stood third with 601. Jo Perry and Farkas teamed for the doubles lead, and Farkas topped all-events with 1700. The Bombers scored 3020, and Spencer’s Machine led after week two with 2953.
Gals Pin Leaders list team and doubles pairings from Riggs Funeral Home Jo's House of Drugs and Colonial Ins. Teams include Jo Perry Marge Farkas Flya Saylor Janet Ruppert Mae Long Dot Long Bes Gephart Neda Marchetti Nancy Pfeffer Bea Withers Singles feature Marge Farkas Sherry Pennington All events led by Marty Wombold Nancy Pfeiffer Nita Marchetti with totals 2744 2728 2721 2688 2620 2665 1164 1132 1130 1124 1129.
Nancy Enochs led the Middletown YMCA girls team to fourth place at the Great Lakes Regional in Cambridge. She qualified for event finals on uneven bars vault floor and balance beam and was among leaders in all around.
Readable lane results show men pin leaders from Gene Haney's W lding and Sp ncer's Machine Easter lanes with top scores and standings in the Sorg Paper No. 2 report.
Arnold Palmer, after his second win of the season, tops the money list and eyes Augusta. He, at 41, won the Florida Citrus Invitational at Rio Pinar with a final 68 to finish 18 under par, 270, one stroke ahead of Julius Boros. Zarley, Heard, and Weiskopf tied for third.
Nashville Michigan driver Sammy Sessions won the USAC Sprints 40 lap feature at Tri-County Speedway in Westchester defeating rivals including Rollie Beale and Dick Tobias as a record crowd watched. Ralph Liguori won the first heat with a new 10 lap mark while a four car crash halted the second heat and sent Jerry Poland to the hospital.
Dick Mann of Richmond California won the Daytona 200 at Daytona Beach Florida with an average speed of 104697 miles per hour. He claimed 5000 first prize and 2000 lap money, besting Gene Romero of San Luis Obispo California who finished second and Don Emdee of San Diego who took third. the race also claimed the life of a young Texas rider.
The 61st National Boat Show in New York drew 388 200 visitors including trade and public admissions, marking a 4.4 percent drop from the 1970 total.
The Milwaukee Bucks suffered a 125-113 defeat to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night, their third straight loss. The skid prevents the Bucks from surpassing the 68-win mark set by Philadelphia in past seasons as the race for the NBA record tightens. Connie Hawkins led the Suns with a strong performance.
In Lausanne President Brundage signals skiing may stay on the 1972 Winter Olympic program despite FIS tensions. He alleges the sport is overly commercialized and hints that key Alpine stars could be targeted. Meanwhile Marc Hodler warns Alpine skiing could be cut if stars are barred.
Boston defeated Chicago 117 to 104 while Phoenix beat Milwaukee 125 to 113 and Los Angeles won 110 to 100 over Detroit. Seattle edged Baltimore 124 to 121 Portland triumphed 122 to 112 over Buffalo with Cincinnati 115 at Cleveland 103. No games Monday.
The ABA results show Virginia 139 at Kentucky 121, Utah 126 over Carolina 103, Indiana 131 defeating Denver 121, Texas 132 over Memphis 123, and Floridians 117 beating Pittsburgh 114.
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