Riva Ridge may face few rivals at Preakness
In Louisville a media report says Riva Ridge likely won't be in the Preakness field at Pimlico after a Derby win. Laurin plans possible challengers Upper Case and Spanish Riddle, while No Le Hace Hold Your Peace and others skip or pursue different races.
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Chick Lang
Pimlico Race Course
Churchill Downs
Laurin
Meadow Stable
Upper Case
Roy Anderson
Chenery
le Hace
J.R. Straus
Arnold Winick
Maribel Blum
Homer Pardue
New York
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Pardue
Ron Turcotte
Hold Your Peace
Chicago
Stan Reiser
Sensitive Music
Hawthorne
Hassi
Majestic Needle
Napoise
Dr. Neale
Pacallo
Northern Dancer
Pro Basketball and Hockey Scoreboard Roundup
NBA final score Los Angeles 114 New York 100 as Lakers take a 1 0 lead in series. ABA Indiana 124 New York 103. Indiana leads best of seven 1 0. NHL Boston 3 New York 2. Boston leads best of seven 1 0. Wisconsin college scores include Wisconsin 81 Minnesota 72 and other regional results. The prairie dog note describes North American ground squirrels living in burrow colonies.
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Wisconsin College
Wisconsin
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Uw-Stout
Uw-La Crosse
Stevens Point
Don Iverson Wins First PGA Event at Shreveport
Don Iverson of La Crosse Wisconsin shot 69 Sunday to win the Shreveport golf meet, finishing eight under par at 276 and earning the $5,000 top prize. Iverson, 26, beat runner-up by two strokes at the par 71, 6,954-yard Shreveport course, a PGA satellite event to the Houston Open.
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Professional Golfers Association
la Crosse College
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Houston
Endangered Towns Face Extinction Amid Rodent Control Drive
A historical note highlights towns dwindling outside refuges as extermination programs reduce rodent populations. It recalls estimates of 5 billion towns in the Great Plains a century ago and mentions the Knicks’ 1966-67 season run of at least 100 points in 77 straight games.
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Great Plains
New York Knicks
Major League Leaders National League and American League Batting and Pitching
National League leaders include Tolan of Cincinnati leading in hits with 31 and runs, Bonds and Morgan high in runs, Kingman and Aaron among home run contenders. Stolen bases show Brock Morgan and Tolan with 9. Pitching lists J Ray and Sutton with 2 decisions each and Carlton leading strikeouts.
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Chi
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Kingman
Montanez
Phi
H. Aaron
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Wynn
Hun
Colbert
Brock
J. Ray
Sutton
Carlton
Seaver
Wilt Chamberlain Leads Lakers To First LA Title
Wilt Chamberlain dominated with 24 points 29 rebounds and key blocks as the Lakers clinched their first NBA championship in Los Angeles beating the Knicks 114 100. He earned MVP honors while overcoming a sprained wrist and helped end a decades long title drought for the franchise.
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Wilt Chamberlain
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New York Knicks
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Chamberlain
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lakers Clinch NBA Title in Overtime Thriller
Wilt Chamberlain and the Los Angeles Lakers captured the championship with a dramatic overtime win over the Knicks at the Forum. Gail Goodrich scored 25, Jerry West 23, and four Lakers reached 20 or more as New York’s Walt Frazier led with 31. The game drew 17,505 fans.
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Happy Hairston
Wilt
Walt Frazier
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Knicks
Gail Goodrich
Jerry West
Jim McMillian
Hairston
West
NBA
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Earl Monroe
Goodrich
Chamberlain
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