Golden Bear Backs Off Turns To Little League
Jack Nicklaus, fresh from a 66, plans three weeks off after winning the Byron Nelson Golf Classic with a 274 at Preston Trail. He will skip competition next week and take time off as he weighs his record, finances, and family, while Jerry McGee and Frank Beard both finished at 276.
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Golden Bear
Denne H. Freeman
Dallas
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Preston Trail
Jerry McGee
Frank Beard
Snyder Leads BRCC Field in Weekend Handicap
Jim Snyder captured low net honors with a 67 at Brown's Run Country Club in a weekend handicap tournament. Flight A saw Bill McCabe Jr. win low gross with 70 and Bill Barnes take low net at 70. Flight B tied for low gross with 82 by Mike Graney and Pete DeLaup, Ed Mitchell netting 69. Flight C's Virgil Schwarm had 90 gross while Ted Fugate earned low net with 70.
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Jim Snyder
Brown’s Run Country Club
Snyder
Bill McCabe, Jr
Bill Barnes
Mike Graney
Pete DeLaup
Ed Mitchell
Virgil Schwarm
Ted Fugate
Wood duo leads Wildwood action with 74s
Bill Rupp and Bob McCabe each shot 74 to lead Wildwood play yesterday. Fred Ruscher, Bill Ritter, and Jim Ritter shot 75 for a one stroke back. McCabe won the 08 handicap with 68 and top handicappers included Bruce Hall with 67 and Gordon Lindsay with 71.
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Bill Rupp
Bob McCabe
Wildwood
Fred Ruscher
Bill Ritter
Jim Ritter
McCabe
Bruce Hall
Gordon Lindsay
Dick King
Foreman Eyes Title Clash After Peralta Rematch
Oakland AP report notes George Foreman, 27-0 with 24 KOs, aims to prove his worth with a May 15 round bout against Argentinian veteran Gregorio Peralta at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. Foreman seeks a decisive win on a closed circuit boxing tripleheader while remaining the WBA No. 1 heavyweight contender.
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Shearby Hayward
Peralta
New York
Foreman
World Boxing Association
WBA
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
Chicago
Ernie Terrell
Luis Pires
Jimmy Ellis
George Chuvalo
Toronto
Nino Benvenuti Looks to Step Away From Boxing
Nino Benvenuti signals possible retirement at 33 after a ten year pro career. He spoke after losing to Carlos Monzon in Monte Carlo where the Italian failed to recapture the world middleweight title and was stopped in the third round. Monzon reportedly has a $100,000 offer to defend the title in New York against Emile Griffith.
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Rome
Nino Benvenuti
Benvenuti
Monte Carlo
Carlos Monzon
Argentina
Trieste
Nino
Monzon
Victor Avendano
Bruno Amaduzzi
New York
Emile Griffith
Eight games set in rain hampered Oxford AAA baseball tourney
The Oxford Class AAA tournament resumes with eight games after rain halted play last week. Lakota vs Monroe and Franklin vs Lebanon scheduled in Middletown, with others planned in Hamilton Fairfield and Cincinnati. If rain returns, manager Jim Hartman will reschedule for Tuesday.
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Oxford
Monroe
Middletown
Franklin
Lebanon
Jim Hartman
Growing For Haynie
Sandra Haynie wins the Alamo Ladies Open for her third LPGA title in as many weeks finishing 13 under par at 206. Kathy Whitworth places runner-up at 212 with 70 on Sunday. Judy Ranking earns third with 214.
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San Antonio
Tex
Sandra Haynie
Dallas
Indy crash at Indianapolis shreds Eagle- Offenhauser car
Lee Roy Yarbrough survived a fiery crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, escaping with a hand burn while his $50,000 Eagle- Offenhauser was totaled. The incident, first serious crash at the track in a year, occurred as 34 drivers in 32 cars ran three incidents including an oil line failure on Mike Mosley’s Eagle-Ford.
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Indianapolis
Lee Roy Yarbrough
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Dan Gurney
Yarbrough
Columbia
S.C
Mike Mosley
Eagle-Ford
Denis Hulme
New Zealand
Bruce Walkup
Brownsburg
Ind
Racecard from Lebanon Raceway creates crowded pacecard
Lebanon Raceway presents nine harness races listing ponies and drivers for each heat. Entries include Pace speedies such as Indian Powder Time and Sassy Hassy in Race 1, and Trotters like Pearlie B in Race 2. Other races feature diverse names including Miracle Win and Spud Scot with multiple mares and geldings competing across the program.
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Speedy Indian
Powder Time
Sassy Hassy
Babe Senator
Greenland Beauty
Princess Ex
Storm Princess
Silver Til
Pearlie B
Kit’s Pride
My Roscoe
Aldean
Dean Way
Amosson
Cochise
Tim Buck
Traveling Man
Rendezvous Oper
May Vo
E Z Randy
J C Abbe
Dazzle Joy
Lad
Miracle Win
Sharon Dale
Lincoln Land Kid
Thrifty Money
Miracle Roy
David
Sharon Dutchess
JT King
Della Star
Linworth Time
Leavit Lenny
I'S Chief
Naughty Widow
Shanty’s Son
Campus Martius
Mark Up
Jolly Connie
Darby Doll
Wille Knight
Countess Cash
Mack Genoa
Burley Belt
Pilot Away
Barnstormer
Dick Frisco
Irish Duke
Adios Breezy
Edgewood Sam
Angels Boss Down On Tribe
California Angels manager Jefty Phillips said the Indians would not draw in the American League Western Division and would have trouble meeting payroll. His club beat Cleveland 5-2 for the Indians 18th loss in 23 games.
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Cleveland
Ohio
California Angels
Jefty Phillips
Cleveland Indians
Phillips
Indians
Minnesota
Hoosiers Shine at Eldora Speedway Tripleheader
Three Indiana drivers led the Eldora Speedway tripleheader as 83 cars from six states competed. Ray Kennens won the 25-lap spring car race, Gene Petro, in a 1971 Chevelle, took the late model feature, and Wayne Pratt won the 20-lap stock car finale.
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Rossburg
Indiana
Eldora Speedway
Ray Kennens
Gene Petro
Wayne Pratt
Mullen Smith Lead Pack in Key Chase at Dutch Doubles
The Spring Dutch Doubles Tournament opens with Karen Mullen and Simeon Smith leading early action at Sports Bowl. Boots and Don Harding sit second in handicap totals while Henrietta Smith and Robert Leonard of Cincinnati are third. The Harding pair tops actual standings with 723. event runs three more Saturdays ending May 29 with 7 and 8:30 p.m. shifts.
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Karen Mullen
Simeon Smith
Mullen
Smith
Boots
Don Harding
Henrietta Smith
Robert Leonard
Cincinnati
Harding
Boots ‘Harding
Parsons finally wins NASCAR Grand National race at South Boston
Benny Parsons of Ellerbe North Carolina earned his first NASCAR Grand National victory after 60 starts, winning the Halifax County 100 at South Boston Speedway in a 100 mile race driving a 1970 Ford. He finished a lap ahead of Richard Petty as the race paid $8,600 with Parsons taking $1,500.
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South Boston
Benny Parsons
Ellerbe
N. C
Richard Petty
Randleman
N.C
South Boston Speedway
Parsons
Monzon Retains World Middleweight Title
Carlos Monzon of Argentina stopped Nino Benvenuti of Italy to keep the world middleweight title. In other boxing notes, Mack Jones of the Expos hit his first two homers and drove in five as Montreal defeated Chicago 7-1. Bill Parsons of the Brewers tossed a one hitter through 82 innings and finished with a three hit game in a 6-1 win over Boston, striking out 18 straight at one point.
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Expos
Woodland Hills
Calif
Montreal
Mike Nixon
Glendale
Chicago Cubs
Joey Hopkins
Salt Lake City
Bill Parsons
Brewers
Boston
Santo Domingo Boxer Natalie Jimenez Defeats Tony Moreno
Santo Domingo fighter Natalie Jimenez outpointed Tony Moreno in San Antonio Texas in a 10 round flyweight bout.
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Santo Domingo
Domini
Natalie Jimenez
Tony Moreno
San Antonio
Tex
One Way Chase For OOH-Blace Wins Harness Title Rout
Adolf Ableis the Austrian driver has dominated the HTA series winning nine of 17 races, closing the gap with 526 total points to secure the world driving championship. Haughton trails with 263, Wolfenden 280, Filion 177 as the series resumes Tuesday at Hazel Park near Detroit.
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Associated Press
Adolf Ableis
Baden
Austria
Billy Haughton
United States
Herve Filion
Canada
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France
Cencio Ossani
Italy
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New Zealand
Gordon Rotacker
Australia
Karsten Buer
Norway
Ableis
Liberty Bell Park
Philadelphia
Roosevelt Raceway
Greenwood Raceway
Toronto
Officer’s Attack
Blue Bonnets
Montreal
Saratoga Raceway
Haughton
Wolfenden
Filton
Hazel Park
Detroit
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