Middletown Eyes Upset in GMC Track Meet
Middletown High coach Bob Mucha says Princeton is the team to beat in the Greater Miami Conference meet at Edgewood. Star Todd Bell, state record holder and junior, competes in long jump and sprints as Middletown aims to challenge with several strong runners including Dan Simpson and Geoff Mucha.
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Middletown High
Bob Mucha
Princeton
Greater Miami
Mucha
Todd Bell
Ohio
Mansfield
Bell
Doug Mayer
Dan Simpson
Geoff Mucha
Simpson
Pete McCartt
Les Rhoads
Terry Howard
Scott Patrick
Middletown
Edgewood
Bold Forbes Leads Derby After Close Win Over Honest Pleasure
In Louisville jockeys and trainers react to Bold Forbes's one length Derby victory over Honest Pleasure with Laz Barrera predicting a Preakness bid. Jolley, Bitter after the loss, vows focus on best for each horse as planning begins for the Triple Crown races.
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Pimlico Race Track
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Jolley
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Honest Pleasure
Bert Firestone
Foolish Pleasure
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Cojak
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Life
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Rich Series Opens Tonight at Lebanon Raceway
The Rich Ohio Stakes Series launches at Lebanon Raceway with 19 three year old trotters racing in two divisions and over 21 thousand dollars in purses. Top horses seek points toward an August 10 championship worth 53000 with only 10 qualifiers. Five heats planned statewide for three year olds. trotting fillies and pacing horses for both ages follow.
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Ohio
Lebanon Raceway
Gene Riegle
Claff
Frank Todd
Skipper Hill
Fenwick achieves fourth straight team shutout in baseball
Fenwick Falcons extend shutout streak to four as Jeff Weikert, Gary Carlson, Steve Rossi, and Pete Esposito combine for four consecutive games without scoring. The team improves to 8-14 with two 3-0 and 2-0 wins over Dayton Dunbar and Saturday opponents. Other local scores include Garfield 3 Seaman 2 and Madison Middletown 4 Lakota 4.
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Fenwick Falcons
Butch Rossi
Dayton Dunbar
Jeff Weikert
Lakota
Gary Carlson
Springboro
Steve Rossi
Pete Esposito
Fenwick
Elder Wins Houston Open to Earn Masters Bid
Lee Elder captured the rain-delayed Houston Open with a weathered victory to secure a Masters berth in 1977. He finished 10 under par, 278, after rounds of 67 and 68, denying George Burns and Forrest Ferler with late dramatic momentum.
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George Burns
Miller Barber
Barber
Forrest Ferler
Burns
Armstrong Armstrong
Ed Hopple Scores Hole in One at Wildwood Course
Ed Hopple capped Wildwood No 10 with a 185 yard ace yesterday using a five iron. He played with Ruth Ritz Phyllis Minor and Jim Sexton as witnesses. This marked the third Wildwood hole in one this year and the eighth locally, with prior aces on March 6 and 7.
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Wildwood
Hopple
Ruth Ritz
Phyllis Minor
Jim Sexton
World record in discus at San Jose meet 232 ft 6 in
Discus thrower Mac Wilkins set a world record for the second time in eight days with a 232 feet 6 inches throw at the San Jose Bicentennial Invitational. Chris Evert won $25,000 first place with a 6 2 6 2 victory in Amelia Island tennis. European Davis Cup action saw Italy, Hungary, West Germany, Romania claim leads or wins in Europe.
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Amelia Island
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Kerry Melville Reid
Brussels
Belgium
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Germany
West Germany
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Soviet Union
Local golf results at Brown's Run and Wildwood
A readable golf roundup lists players at Brown's Run in a best 18 of 34 event led by Paul Smith and teammates with scores around 56. At Wildwood the closest to pin was Otis Grant with Mary Merritt second, and handicap standings show Bob McCandless at 73.67, with 18 and over winner Bill Wilmer posting 63. Major names include Smith Maxwell Tenore Coleh Weinman Davidson Tutt Haller Saunders Crawford Lee Nerenberg Nelson Darragh Grim.
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Ted Lazarow
Bob Nerenberg
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Sam Nelson
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Wildwwood
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Mary Merritt Lownet
Bob McCandress
Larry Dwiggins
Bill Wilmer
Bill Rupp
Bob McCandless
Harlan Romans
Guthrie earns driver's praise in Trenton debut
Janet Guthrie, in her Indianapolis cars debut at the Trenton Speedway, finished 14th in the Trentonian 200. She qualified 156.886 mph, two hundredths behind teammate Dick Simon, earning praise from winner Johnny Rutherford who hailed her as probably the greatest lady race driver.
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N.J
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Miss Guthrie
Indianapolis
New York
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Trenton Speedway
Dick Simon
Johnny Rutherford
Rutherford
Victory Circle
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Turner Gems win Turner Cup in Port Huron despite finances
The Dayton Gems captured the Turner Cup with a 5-2 win over the Port Huron Flags, sweeping the series in four games. Off the ice the club faces a $40,000 deficit with stockholders set to meet within a week to discuss control of the team. Jim Powers drew a game misconduct late in the third period for a third man in a fight.
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Gems
Port Huron
Jim Powers
Cottage Inn Franklin Champs In Franklin Invitational
Cottage Inn Franklin rose from the losers bracket to beat Moose Lodge of Middletown twice and claim the Franklin Class B Invitational title. They won 7 6 in the first game and 23 16 in the second. Gary Moore of Cottage Inn captured the home run trophy with six dingers.
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Cottage Inn of
Moose Lodge of
Middletown
Gary Moore
Cottage Inn
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