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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1966
Page
7
Detailed results and entries across eight races at Del Mar style meet. Lists horse names, weights, purses, distances, and outcomes including three and five furlong sprints and long distance claiming events with multiple entrants. includes daily double payout and notes on disqualifications and finishes.
Ninth annual dog racing event at Frederick Izaak airs featured the Rose Hill Commander owned by Austin Baumgardner and Eugene Curtis of KenSington taking top honors in the starter allowance for four year olds and up. Attendance reached 2,901 with receipts around 29 thousand dollars as 17 dogs competed under clear skies and temperate conditions.
In Maryland a sheep shearer shortage leaves flocks waiting years for trims. UM Extension in Howard County hosted a two day Sheep Shearing School led by Dr. E C Leffel and Jack Matthews to train more shearers who can earn 75 cents to $1.25 per sheep and complete a fleece in minutes.
AL Los Angeles beat Houston 6 to 3 while Pittsburgh edged Cincinnati 4 to 3. Multiple postponed or rain games listed including Atlanta at Philadelphia and a long slate of interleague and pennant races with pitchers Jaster Blass and Drysdale noted among others.
Schedule for the Heart Of Maryland league lists pairings and venues from April 24 through August 28 including Lucketts Mt Airy Frederick Mt Lena Pleasant Walk Harmony Todd Steel Mt Lena at McCurdy Field and other combinations. Several dates show not scheduled noted as NI. Standout venues include McCurdy Field and N McCurdy Field. Team matchups feature Lucketts Todd Steel Harmony Mt Airy Frederick Pleasant Walk Mt Lena Mt Lena Mt Airy Mt Lena.
British bookies list Cassius Clay a 41 favorite to keep his world heavyweight title against Henry Cooper on May 21 in London Highbury Stadium. Clay faces potential travel hurdles if his 1-A draft status is upheld, while Cooper carries a recent winning streak after meeting Queen Elizabeth. The bout will be telecast in the United States Canada Mexico and Europe via satellite and closed circuits.
A strong foreign contender lineup, headed by a four-man Japanese team and a two-man Korean pair, is expected to dominate the 70th Boston Marathon from Hopkinton to Boston. Odds favor Japan with Morio Shigematsu the previous course record holder, while U.S. hopes focus on Roger Scharf as Johnny Kelley sits out due to illness. weather calls for 50s and clear skies with 539 entrants.
New York Yankee shortstop Ruben Amaro will miss three months after injuring his right knee in a collision with teammate Tom Trach Anning in a game at Baltimore. He is scheduled for surgery Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Houston firm Loesch Laboratory Consultants claims a treatment can stop hair loss and regrow hair. They invite a 32 day no risk trial, with confidential mail responses, though they warn not all cases respond and dead roots mean loss. They urge those with any remaining hair to act before baldness progresses.
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