Buckeystown Dam Repair Effort Draws Local Help
Frederick trips Virginia in a 2 to 1 match. In Ruth Regionals the Buckeystown Dam near the Monocacy River drew frantic work sessions last Saturday and Sunday as about a dozen men waded waist-deep water to repair the structure. Wally Foster of the Monocacy Canoe Club led efforts, hoping for more volunteers next weekend. work includes placing small rocks by hand and using a winch to position large capstones. A large hole at the dam’s lower end needs filling, and volunteers are urged to join at the site at 10 a.m. tomorrow or Sunday afternoon, wearing wading clothes.
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Buckeystown
Wally Foster
Monocacy
Wally
Jack Harris
Predators Call Inspires Fox Hunt Tale In Hancock Md
A Maryland fishing note recalls a topographical map from Johns Hopkins offering river access from Paw Paw and Hancock. Salesman Howard Wachter touts a predator call by claiming it lured a fox to a home for a kill, a boast refuted by the narrator. The piece pivots to Hancock Md fishing along the river for 20 miles upstream with small surface lures and wading.
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Paw Faw
W. Va
Hancock
Washington County
John Hopkins University
Delexe
Howard Wachter
Mo” Beard
Howard
Faulk
Julien Delphy
Crene
Abou
Frederi
Grove’s four-hit rally sinks Front Royal in regional
Frederick Babe Ruth League all-stars trailed 1-0 before Benny Grove delivered a four-hit performance and the decisive eighth inning single off Larry Sawyer. Hart scored the winning run as Frederick beat Front Royal 2-1 to advance to the Mid Atlantic Regional semi final vs Lakeland, N. J. in Parkersburg, Virginia Maryland/Virginia.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Benny Grove
Frederick
Front Royal
Lakeland
N. J
Grove
Ronnie Hart
Maryland Champs
Larry Sawyer
Hart
Ronnie Miles
Reverick
Miles
Sawyer
Kame
Virginia
Steve Curl
Curl
Santo Powers Chicubs Over Dodgers 5-4 in 20 innings
Ron Santo slugged his 20th and second of the game in the 20th inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. The game featured five homers, including three Dodgers in a five-run fifth and Al Ferrara’s rookie first homer. Santo’s second blast came off Larry Sherry. Lindy McDaniel earned the win for Chicago.
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Ron Santo
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles
Dodger
al Ferrara
Frank Howard
Bill Skowron
Dodgers
Santo
Chicago
Larry Sherry
Cub
Lindy McDaniel
Miller
Sherry
Roseboro
Buhl
Elston
McDaniel
Bertell
Ferra
Howard
Skowron
Santa
Top netters matched today for Wightman Cup ties
U S and British women tennis stars were paired for opening Wightman Cup rounds at the Cleveland Skating Club this weekend. Darlene Hard of Long Beach meets Ann Hayden Jones in singles Saturday while Billie Jean Moffitt faces Christine Truman.
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U.S
Cleveland Skating Club
Darlene Hard
Long Beach
Calif
Ann Hayden Jones
Britain
Billie Jean Moffitt
Christine Truman
Miss Hard
Miss Moffitt
Mrs. Jones
Miss Truman
Nancy Richey
Dallas
Deidre Catt
Miss Richey
Donna Floyd Fales
New York City
Miss Catt
Elizabeth Starkie
Giants acquire Larker and Linzy to chase Dodgers lead
Philadelphia AP reports San Francisco bought veteran first baseman Norm Larker from Milwaukee and promoted right hander Frank Linzy from the Eastern League. Linzy, 23, posted a 1.54 ERA with the Giants' class AA Springfield farm team, aiming to bolster the Giants against the Dodgers' six game NL advantage.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
Norm Larker
Milwaukee Braves
Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Frank Linzy
Springfield
Mass
Ami
Hyattstown Wins 93 in Firemen's League Thriller
Hyattstown defeated the Independents 93 in a late inning rally. Earl Lenhart pitched a strong complete game allowing four hits as Mullinix White and Rinehart contributed for the winners.
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Nin Authirst
Hyattstown
Firemen’s
Earl Lenhart
Hyattstewsaw
Lenhart
Mullinix
White
Rinehart
Donovan, Stigman Shine as Twins Sweep Angels and Indians Beat Orioles
Dick Stigman allowed six hits for his 12th win and his third shutout as Minnesota defeated Los Angeles 3-0, with Thyreedanne Bh Bhim topping the Angels. Cleveland’s Dick Donovan pitched a three-hitter in a 2-0 win over Baltimore, scoring on a steal of home with Azcue driving in key runs.
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Dick Stigman
Thyreedanne
Los Angeles Angels
Stigman
Angels
Twins
Angel
Paul Fortack
Minnesota
Battey
Foytack
Osinski
Navarro
W—Stigman
Lem Foytack
Baltimore
Joe Azcue
Cleveland
Dick Donovan
Indians
Donovan
Steve Barber
Arcue
Willie Tasby
Tito Francona
Oriole
John Orsino
Azcue
Luis Aparicio
Tasby
Francona
Aparicio
Russ Snyder
Jack Brandt
Annem
Brown
Donoven
Cheveland
OiMure
Corrigan
Flaherty
Mets Use Homer To Nip Cards
New York Mets defeated the St Louis Cardinals 3 2 as Duke Carmel homered off Bobby Shantz in relief for New York. Ray Sadecki drove in the first Cardinal run with a single in the second, while Charlie James hit his ninth homer off the Mets. Carmel, previously with St Louis, also scored in the Mets fourth as they tied the game on a sequence starting with Ron Hunt and Frank Thomas.
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Carmel
Cardinals
Mets
Bobby Shantz
Ray Sadecki
Javier
Charlie James
Ron Hunt
Frank Thomas
Duke Carmel
al Moran
St. Louis
New York Oes
Sadecki
Jones
Shantz
Ami McCarver
Jackson
Colman
W-Jackson
L-Shantz
James
New York
Ralph Terry Hurls Yankees Over Nats 3-1
Washington reports Ralph Terry held the Senators to six hits as the New York Yankees won 3-1 for their third straight over Washington. Phil Linz hit his second homer in the fifth off Ren Rudolph to give NY a 2-0 lead, with a late insurance run in the eighth. Jim King notched his first hit in 27 at-bats, but Don Lock flew out to end a late rally.
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Washington
Ralph Terry
New York Yankees
Senators
Phil Linz
Clete Boyer
Ren Rudolph
Yankees
Yanks
Terry
Don Blasingame
Chuck Hinton
Jim King
Don Lock
Lock
New York
Washington Betoes
Howard Rudolph
Burnside
Kline
Retzer
L-Rudolph
Lanz
Banks Released From Hospital to Rejoin Cubs
Veteran Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs was discharged from a hospital after a three day stay for a checkup and a minor blood infection. The first baseman, 32, will fly to New York to join the Cubs for a series with the Mets, with restoration to the lineup uncertain.
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Chicago
Ernie Banks
Chicago Cubs
Banks
New York
Cubs
Mets
Bob Kennedy
Frederick Recreation Track Meet Set for August 16
The City of Frederick Recreation Commission announces a Fun and Fitness Track and Field Meet at Frederick High School on Friday August 16 for boys and girls 18 and under. Participants must register at all city playgrounds and attend track instruction on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. or Saturdays at 10 30 a.m. Details available from playground leaders starting August 12.
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City of Frederick
Frederick High School
Ary Bor
All City
Nigerian government backs Saturday prize title bout
In Ibadan the Nigeria government and regional officials back Dick Tiger versus Gene Fullmer in a 15 round world middleweight title fight. The event includes government underwriters of 290.08 dollars and Tim Johnson appoints a fight doctor amid plans at Liberty Stadium.
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Nigeria
Dick Tiger
Gene Fullmer
West Jordan
Utah
Tiger
Organization of African Unity
Tere Ee Boat
Moia
Ghint Joseph Modupe Johns
Bryant Denies Receiving Game Secrets in Trial
Alabama coach Paul Bear Bryant testified in the libel trial over an article that accused him and Georgia's Wally Butts of rigging the 1983 Georgia Alabama game. Bryant denied receiving plays or formations from Butts and said he would go to jail if they had.
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Atlanta
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Alabama
Georgia
Wally Butts
Bryant
Butts
Curtis Publishing Co
Curtis
Saturday Evening Post
Wallace Butts
Post
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Maryland
Kentucky
Texas A&m
George P. Burnett
Less Bounce To Ball This Season For Major Leagues
Tests reported by Sports Illustrated show 1963 major league baseballs are about 5 percent less lively than those used in 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61 homers. Dr F A Wallace of Plainfield New Jersey notes 1963 balls are lighter and deader with differences in weight compression and rebound after repeated drops from 26 feet 8 inches onto a steel concrete platform.
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New York
Roger Maris
New York Yankees
F. A. Wallace
Plainfield
N.J
Late baseball score Chicago 20 OE 100-5 101 Kansas City 396
Chicago defeats Kansas City 396 to 5 in a game featuring Peters and Carreon for Chicago with Wicker sham and Bowsfield pitching. Peters earns the win at 11-5, Wickersham takes the loss at 8-10, and Nicholson hits his 17th homer for Chicago.
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Kansas City
Peters
Carreon
Wickersham
Bowsfield
Wyatt
Edwards
W—Peters
L— Wickersham
Nicholson
Liston Seeks December Title Fight Opponent
New York AP Sonny Liston phoned Madison Square Garden matchmaker Teddy Brenner from Philadelphia seeking a December title bout likely on home television. Brenner said no concrete match yet but hopes to stage Doug Jones versus Ernie Terrell in Las Vegas on Sept 30. winner could face Liston.
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New York
Sonny Laston
Teddy Brenner
Madison Square Garden
Philadelphia
Brenner
Doug Jones
Ernie Terrell
Las Vegas
Liston
Clay Liston bout set for 1984
Clay backers tentatively approve a title fight with heavyweight champion Liston, aiming for April 1984. Gordon Davidson said meetings with Liston’s group in Philadelphia concluded with tentative approval and a possible April date for the bout.
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New York
Cassica Clay
Louisville
Lenny Listen
Cartier
Gordon Davidson
Tentaive
Philadelphia
Liston Brenner Talks Promoter Fight Impasse in New York
Liston apologized to Brenner for missing his Wednesday office meeting. Under New York rules, a club official cannot negotiate with the champ without a New York license. Terrell, rated high by Ring and the WBA, beat Zora Folley while Jones fought Clay at the Garden, with Clay winning. Lawyers for Liston and Clay reportedly still negotiating a match as tax issues and Liston’s promoter role complicate the process.
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Brenner
New York
Terrell
Ring
World Boxing Association
Zora Folley
Jones
Cassius Clay
the Garden
Clay
Billy Daniels
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