County Fair Harness Racing Growers Through Time
Harness racing returns to the Huron County Fair in Norwalk marking the 95th fair year of trotters and pacers. Historical notes cite Captain Crapo’s early 1877 record and Deception's 2:29 mile, while modern records show fast times such as Betty Worthy 2:04 pacers and Frisco Don 2:04.5 trotter.
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Huron County Fair
Norwalk
Wallace
Captain Crapo
W. P. Kinzer
County Fair Course
United States Trotting Association
Betty Worthy
Hidden Pleasure
Frisco Don
Spaar Leads Jim's Over Rotary 30 to 7 in Softball Clash
Spaar starred for Jim's Auto Body with two singles and a home run as Norwalk High School league action saw Jim's defeat Rotary Printing 30 to 7. Berry's Restaurant routed Bleise 17 to 0 behind Glen Higgins and Kim Risner, while Battles Insurance beat Erie Supply 7 to 3 with Dan Hipp and Scott Schillig delivering key blows.
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Mark Spaar
Jim
Rotary Printing
Norwalk
Spaar
Rotary
Tom Lewellen
Scott Twitchell
Bob Borisch
Dan Kerkhoff
Kirk Mason
Clark Dawley
Berry’s
Bleise
Glen Higgins
Kim Risner
Berry's
Doug Reitzel
Kerry Egle
Keith Smith
Matt Gross
Kevin McCrain
Battles Insurance
Erie Supply
Dan Hipp
Jim Nickols
Battles
Scott Schillig
John Reese
Fischer Claims Lead In World Chess Championship
American Bobby Fischer, leading Boris Spassky 8-5 in the $250,000 world match, won the 13th game after a Spassky blunder. The next game is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. EDT as Fischer seeks decisive advantage.
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Jim Ward
Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
U.S
Larry Evans
Dragway results feature multiple racers and times
Norwalk Dragway results show Bruce Winters delivering 17.68 seconds at 76.53 mph in 3N SA, Steve Hoover with 13.79 seconds and 98.79 mph in 3G SA, Coy Crose 20.11 seconds at 61.72 mph in G/PS, Roger Basil 14.60 seconds at 100 mph in B Stock Prod, Fred Rader 12.73 seconds at 105.26 mph in A Stock Prod, Dean Riedy 15.04 seconds at 93.16 mph in OA, and Tom James 11.61 seconds at 120.16 mph in A Stock Prod.
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Bruce Winters
Bellevue
Steve Hoover
Norwalk
Coy Crose
Mansfield
Roger Basil
Fred Rader
Dean Riedy
Milan
Over-The-Hill Gang Dominate Broncos In 41-0 NFL Exhibition
Washington Redskins rout Denver Broncos 41-0 in a Friday night exhibition. Sonny Jurgensen aged 38 shows he remains a threat with a 65-yard touchdown to Tommy Mason and a 16-yard pass to Jerry Smith. Robert Brunet gains 136 rushing yards as the defense shuts down Denver.
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United Press International
Sonny Jurgensen
Robert Brunet
Denver
Washington Redskins
Broncos
Jurgensen
Tommy Mason
Jerry Smith
Brunet
Dunning Tops Detroit in Seven-Hitter for Indians
Cleveland right hander Steve Dunning pitched a seven hitter to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 and move Cleveland into a share of first in the American League East. Detroit dropped a half game behind Baltimore after its fourth loss in five games as Mickey Stanley homered to avoid a shutout.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Tigers
Steve Dunning
Cleveland
Indians
Tigers
Baltimore
Mickey Stanley
Mickey Lolich
Dick Tidrow
Buddy Bell
Craig Nettles
Dunning
Someody
Gaylord Perrys
North All-Stars Win 13-6 With First-Play TD
The North All-Stars defeat the South 13-6 in the 27th Ohio High School All-Star game at Fawcett Stadium. Dave Buckey of Akron Kenmore connected on a 65-yard touchdown on the opening play. Buckey added a five-yard TD run in the second quarter. The South outgained 12-4 in first downs but could not cross again. Estimated attendance was 14,000.
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Bent Larsen
Spassky
Yefim Geller
Fischer
Geller
Lothar Schmid
North All-Stars
Canton
Ohio
UPI
North
Dave Buckey
Akron
Kenmore
Dough Stubbs
Warren Harding
Ken Kuhn
Louisville
South
Rick Slager
Upper Arlington
Archie Griffin
Columbus Eastmoor
Greg
Schwarber
Cincinnati
Moeller
Buckey
Tom Batta
Dave Hurst
Cincinnati Sycamore
Fawcett Stadium
Baseball scores and suspensions from a long afternoon of play
Multiple MLB games reported with 19 innings in one suspended contest. Crowley Grich Scheinblum Otis and other sluggers homered as Boston Milwaukee Chicago and other teams posted varied results.
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Todd Brown
Reinecks
Lefty Grove
Brown
Jim Chapin
Sheller- Globe
Bob Warner
Tester
Ford
Sheller-Globe
Tim Amato
Hug Concrete
Fred Beer
Tester Ford
John Soisson
Eagles
Bill Seitz
Home Savings
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Moose
Tom Albright
Jaycees
Jeff Wiedemann
Scott Colvin
Shelter-Globe
George Haines
Curt Blakely
Joe Hintz
BES
Quacty
Wakeman
Route
Oakland A
Joe Rudi
Chicago White Sox
Extreme Left
Dick Williams
Catfish Hunter
Don Denkinger
Campy Campaneris
UPI Telephoto
Norwalk Dragway
Over-The-Hill
Billy Kilmer
Sam Wyche
Kilmer
Roy Jefferson
Mason
Curt Knight
Wyche
Bill Malinchak
Stanford
John Ralston
Redskins
ST. Louis
Moe Drabowsky
St. Louis Cardinals
Stayl
Bankamericard
Jim Soushn Mar
Norwalk Tire & Alignment
Lodermeier’s
Linwood Garage, Inc
Linwood
Sohio Products Bankamericard
Boston
Ball
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Newhauser
Fisk
Cuellar
Hendricks
Newbageer
Hrs Crowley
Grich
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Lockwood
Linzy
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Kekich
Klimkowski
McDaniel
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Seelbach
Lagrow
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Stephenson
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Hrs
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