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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1975
Page
9
Mary Shank of Eaton faces a bank robbery and bowls for Welcome Pontiac Oldsmobile in the Ohio Women’s Bowling Association Tournament at Eastern Lanes and the Sports Bowl. Peggy Marlowe leads singles with 4694 while Carone Bowling Supply ties for top in team with Stardust Lanes.
The Dayton Gems beat the Fort Wayne Komets 4-3 in overtime to finish 46-26-3 and advance to the IHL playoffs. Pistol Gaw scored the overtime winner at 3:27, while Fort Wayne goalie P J Flaherty stopped 61 Gems shots and Gems goalie Jim Pettie faced 31 attempts.
Ken Kuhfuss of Sheboygan Wisconsin wowed crowds at the American Bowling Congress tournament by stringing seven straight strikes in doubles and ten straight in singles. He finished with 637 in doubles 636 in singles and 567 in team for an all events total of 1840 despite pressure. He carries 214 and 212 averages in Wisconsin leagues and notes multiple perfect games and early strings this season.
The Sixth Annual Middletown American Junior Bowling Congress Tournament concluded at Laynecrest Lanes with champions in boys and girls across Class AAA AA and A. Keith led boys with a 627 series while Hogg topped girls with 514, and next regional action heads to Columbia Lanes in Hamilton with April 19 and 20 events.
Forest Hills hosted its St Patrick day style handicap tourney with 70 players. Jim Gibbs and Bob Scheibert shot 68 to tie for low gross in the championship flight. Lownet went to Bill Hasselbach with 58. Flight A saw Denny Stitsinger 74 as low gross leader and Henry Cornett top low net with 59. Flight B had Martyn Hackney and Fred Duane sharing low gross at 84 and John Harbaugh taking low net with 63.
The NHL games featured Boston routing Washington 8 to 2 while NY Islanders defeated Chicago 4 to 2. Philadelphia beat Minnesota 4 to 0 Detroit won 7 to 4 over the NY Rangers Buffalo tied Kansas City 4 to 2 Toronto prevailed 6 to 4 over Montreal Los Angeles and Pittsburgh squared 4 to 0. In WHA action San Diego edged Vancouver 1 to 0 Minnesota beat Edmonton 4 to 2 Winnipeg won 4 to 3 at Chicago Phoenix defeated Indianapolis 5 to 3.
Dick Muffick, a 24 year official from Helena Montana, was an 11th hour replacement in the NCAA Mideast Regionals in Dayton. He drew No 1 ranked Indiana in his first major assignment as Indiana beat Oregon State 81 71 and Central Michigan edged Oregon State 88 87 in the consolation game.
Leaderboard shows team and individual rankings across handicaps and actuals. Notable teams include Sharon Meister's 5 Columbus 3 089, Irene's Marietta 3 079, and Stardust Lanes Cleveland tied 2 771, with top singles and doubles results for Poorman McConnell and Schutt Smolenski respectively.
In Canton Ohio Whiteway Carpet Cleaners moved ahead in the team handicap division during week five of the Ohio State Bowling Association tournament. The Columbus squad posted 920 1015 1008 and a 366 pin handicap for 3309 total while Shelby Dixon led with 244 214 and 217. Action resumes April 6 after an Easter break for the sixth of 11 weeks.
Theodore J. Zornow, president of the U S T A, warned at the 36th annual meeting in Columbus that off-track betting endangers harness racing. He outlined a publicity drive as 17 states with pari mutuel racing posted nearly $182 million in revenue, 27 million in attendance, a $2.427 billion mutuel handle, and purses around $134 million for last year.
Norman Hecht sues the Washington Redskins claiming an exclusive RFK Stadium lease harms NFL competition. The $10 million suit seeks to void exclusivity, alleges impact on all publicly funded stadiums, and could prompt appeals to the Supreme Court. Hecht says he has backers for a new Washington franchise and expects a five week jury trial.
The program lists entries for races at Lebanon Raceway including 1st race Pace lineup with Mahone and Miss Pattie among others, 2nd race Trot entries such as Flora's Kid and Fi Fo, 3rd through 9th races feature horses like Miracle Street, Fancy Dear, Scotch And Sherry, Julie Rosette, Demona's Dream, and Andy's Rod joined by jockeys and horse names.
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