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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1968
Page
9
Lakers rout Seattle 105 94 for eighth straight win and a four game division edge as Chamberlain Baylor and West combined for 62 points. Hewitt added 14 as Boston, Indiana also posted victories in the NBA actions.
NBA Sunday results show Los Angeles 105 Seattle 94 and Boston 130 Phoenix 98 with Indiana 114 New York 91 as the other listed game. Today's schedule features Houston at New Orleans in Monroe Louisiana and Kentucky visiting Miami.
At Toronto AP report notes the U S equestrian team building a lead in six national horse shows this season. Carol Hofmann on Outlate and Neal Shapiro on Blue Plum won the Lt Col Stuart C Bate Memorial Trophy with first and second place as the U S extended its margin to 51 points. Hofmann cleared 14 obstacles for 28 points. Shapiro earned 26 points from 13 jumps. Shapiro was eliminated in the final of the Puissance on Trick Track. Hofmann withdrew from the first jump off after a perfect preliminary.
The ABA trustees meet over two days in Minneapolis with talks on the All Star game site and a foul rule change. Commissioner George Mikan favors limiting the parade to the free throw line and would vote for the change now if owners agree. Possible All Star sites include Las Vegas Indianapolis Louisville and Miami.
John McHale then president of the Montreal Expos, played in the 1945 World Series and pinch hit three times for Detroit without a hit. He later led the Expos in the National League.
Emile Francis watched as the posts saved the Rangers in a 3-2 win over Montreal keeping New York atop the East Division. Montreal hit the posts twice late as Giacomin withstood the pressure and Boston, Philadelphia, Minnesota, St Louis, and Toronto results are also listed.
Dayton earns a 3-0 victory over Columbus with Duncan Rousseau scoring the lead in the first period and Gordon Malinoski adding a third in the final frame. Sid Garant added a late goal as icing. The Gems posted their second shutout of the season behind strong goaltending.
Toledo Sunday night seven players scored for the Blades as they beat the Muskegon Mohawks 7 2 in an International Hockey League game. Jim Sanko led the Blades with one goal and two assists.
National League standings show New York Montreal Boston Toronto Chicago St Louis Minnesota Philadelphia Oakland Pittsburgh with varied wins losses and points. Recent game results include New York 3 Montreal 2 Toronto 1 Chicago 1 and Boston 6 Oakland 3. Buffalo 4 Quebec 1 Providence 6 Cleveland 4 Rochester 3 Springfield 1. International League games Port Huron 6 Fort Wayne 7 Toledo 7 Muskegon 2 Dayton 3 Columbus 0.
Erieview Lanes in Cleveland records an early 2 957 in the Five-man Handicap Tournament as Ray Heisner tops the field with a 626 series. Second is J J Lane's Clayton's Classic of Middletown at 2 928, followed by Long's Hi Hats and Club 61 of Toronto. Dallas Collins leads the Journal Sweeper with 792 four game score. event runs through Jan 19 in its 13th year.
Steve Davidson anchored the Sports Bowl Junior Five to a 1,935 to 1,894 victory over J J Lanes Juniors. Davidson rolled a 551 series, with Dale Pfeiffer 495, Steve Banks 493 and Bruce Taylor 406 for the winners. Barry Landrum led the opposing team with 516, followed by Steve Caudill 495 and Ray Webb 417.
The USTA board adopted a safety wheel discs mandate for harness racing nationwide and approved a record 1969 budget of 1,769,182 dollars. Corwin Nixon of Lebanon Ohio was re-elected board chairman with Stanley Bergstein, Perley Gale and Kay Ward re-elected to officer posts. The meeting honored Frank Wiswall and Lawrence Sheppard for founding and leading the association.
Dave Davis of Phoenix won the Durham Open after a three day event posting an 8740 total and earning 3000 dollars. He finished with 10 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie in the final rounds. Don Johnson of Kokomo finished second.
Riverside California hosts the American Road Race of Champions to crown amateur drivers. The ARRC features 20 classes of production sports cars sedans and Group 7 racers. Qualifying based on points across seven regions. 3 from each class invited, with alternates.
Olympic gold medal swimmer Dan Schollander will marry Penny Stark a 22 year old Yale senior from Saratoga California on December 28 in her California hometown. Schollander’s mother confirmed the engagement noting he holds more Olympic gold medals than any other swimmer.
Al Balding and George Knudson edged the United States and Nationalist China to capture the World Cup at 569 after Balding shot 67 in the final round. Trevino and Boros finished second at 571 while Italy and Nationalist China trailed. Balding earned individual honors with a 14 under, two strokes shy of the record.
Kathy Whitworth conquered a bulky putter to finish the last nine in par and win the Pensacola Invitational. She shot 216 for 54 holes to beat Jo Ann Prentice by three strokes, earning $1,875 and padding this year’s LPGA winnings to over $50,000. Prentice took second with Betsy Cullen and Sybil Griffin tied for third.
Virgil Carter scored 69 touchdowns for Brigham Young University between 1964 and 1966 breaking the 64 TD collegiate mark set by Johnny Bright of Drake in 1951.
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