New Castle Sports Scene Honors Pencil Prowess and NBC Tourney
A local feature salutes Fred Marcella the longtime scorekeeper in New Castle who chronicles baseball and softball stats with a thick lead pencil. The NBC Pennsylvania state tournament at Flaherty Field July 12 offers top prize money and pro rata shares, with local organizers Lawrence County Umpires Association and the City Recreation Board co-sponsoring. The piece then surveys a year of local and regional sports from high school football and college teams to pro athletes and upcoming polo and horse events reflecting a year of continuous activity for area fans.
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New Castle
Fred Marcella
Fred
News Sports Department
Freddie
Marcella
NBC
Flaherty Field
National Baseball Congress
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County Umpires Association
City Recreation Board
Lawrence County
New Castle High
Lindy Lauro
Hurricanes
Darrell Dess
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Westminster College
Pitt
Duquesne
Grove City
Slippery Rock
Geneva
Youngstown U
Poland
Yankee Lake
Sandy Lake
Deshon Show Grounds
Smith Leads Carvel By Single Stroke
Marilyn Smith of Tequesta Florida opened the Carvel Open with a one stroke lead in Brookville New York after a first round 70 on the Tom OShanter course. Judy Kimball of Sioux City Iowa was one behind with a 71 while Kathy Whitforth Jal New Mexico and Marlene Hagge Delray Beach Florida posted 72s. Pre tournament favorite Mckey Wright shot 73 despite 17 greens in regulation.
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N.Y
UPI
Marilyn Smith
Tequesta
Fla
Miss Smith
Tom O'Shanter
Judy Kimball
Sioux City
Iowa
Kathy Whitforth
Jal, N.M
Marlene Hagge
Delray Beach
Mckey Wright
Player Eggers Wininger Lead Cleveland Open Field
Gary Player Bill Eggers and Bo Wininger shot 66 to lead the Cleveland Open after the first round at Beechmont Country Club. Jack Nicklaus Tony Lema and Mike Souchak followed two strokes back while Arnold Palmer and Julius Boros tied for 11th at 69 and 70, with Palmer struggling on the greens.
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Gary Player
Bill Eggers
Bo Wininger
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
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Wininger
Lionel Hebert
Moon Mulins
Dave Hill
Beechmont Country Club
Nicklaus
Tony Lema
Mike Souchak
Sam Snead
Jim Ferrier
Gordon Jones
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Frank Boynton
Julius Boros
Jacky Cupit
Art Wall
Bob Goalby
Jackie Burke
Doug Ford
U.S
Gene Littler
Stan Leonard
Billy Maxwell
Jay Hebert
Jim Ferree
Palmer
City Legion Loop Sets Up Playoffs
City Legion League met to set playoff procedure. The straight season champ gets a bye while the second and third place teams play a best-of-three with the winner facing the champ. Playoff games are seven innings. only the final counts as a full seven. A July 10 schedule change was planned. A three-man committee including Charles Cefalo, Bobby Watters, and John Magno was chosen to revise the schedule.
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Charles Cefalo
St. Vitus
Bobby Watters
Post
John Magno
Croton
Million-Dollar Horse Show Set for Deshon Grounds
Deshon Show Grounds near the Armory will host a weekend horse show with over a quarter of a million dollars in horses and equipment. About 300 horses expected, with top entrants Times Square and Mr Magic among others, plus three local champions from Gray Stables New Castle.
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Mahoning County
United States
Lawrence County
Deshon Show Grounds
Armory
Times Square
Lima
Mr. Magic
High and Mighty
Step In Style
Limeliter
The
Gray
Pagani No-Hit Victory For VFW 315 In City League
Lee Pagani pitched a no hitter for VFW 315 to beat Leyde Tanner 8 to 2 in New Castle City County PONY League. Optimist edged West Pittsburg 9 to 7 as Pagani lost the shutout in the seventh with two walks and a bunt error. Larry Fitzhugh had three hits for Optimist. Wynn and Owens doubled for VFW 315. Iannarelli sparked West Pittsburgh with three hits. VFW 315 meets Optimist Saturday at 1 p.m. at Alexander Field.
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Lee Pagani
VFW
Leyde- Tanner
New Castle City County
Optimist
West Pittsburg
Pagani
Larry Fitzhugh
Richard Wynn
Mike Owens
Frank Iannarelli
West
Postponed Game in Lawrence County Slo Pitch League
The Ecclesian Club versus Gaylord Inn match in Lawrence County Slo Pitch League was postponed tonight due to unspecified reasons.
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Ecclesian Club
Gaylord Inn
Lawrence County
Meadows Opens With Synthetic Track Inaugural Harness Card
Harness racing experts gather at The Meadows western Pennsylvania for the first pari mutuel meet on a synthetic surface. Arden Downs Stake for three year olds headlines a 10 race card with expectant sub two minute winning times. Gene Hill driven by Johnny Simpson leads a strong lineup including Majestic Hanover and Diamond Sam in a feature shaping the night.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Pennsyl
Vania
Johnny Simpson
Simpson
Arden Downs
Meadows
Gene Hill
George Shorty
del Insko
Meadow Hal
Lou Huber Jr
Diamond Sam
Bill Haughton
Max Hanover
Stanley Dancer
Majestic Hanover
Harold Warner
Tarpot Doug
Harold Beissinger
Meadow Russ
Majestic
Maxwell, LT 2nd Ward Winners Shine In Close League Tilt
Maxwell Esso edged Augustine Pizza 13-12 in a late rally with four runs in the final inning. Leyde Tanner defeated Haas Heating 14-3 behind nine strikeouts by Lee Shelar and a 3-for-3 by Terry Beck.
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Augustine Pizza
Leyde-Tanner
Haas Heating
Lee Shelar
Terry Beckwith
Matthews
Covert
Murdock
Cowher
Cohen
Todd
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