Jones crushed by turbine car failure at Memorial Day 500
Parnelli Jones sat in tears in his garage after a bearing failure in the turbine engined car cost him victory at the Memorial Day 500. rivals and spectators watched A J Foyt take the trophy as Jones recalled his ill fated run. He led 173 laps and blamed the gear box for the miscue.
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Ralph Branca
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Dolly
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Bobby Thomson
A.J. Foyt
Jackie Stewart
Stewart
Foyt
Slugfest and duel highlight City Slo-Pitch doubleheader
In the City Slo-Pitch League Durable Mat outslugged Janesville Cotton Mills 15-13 while Citizens Bank edged Norwalk Furniture 5-2. Key moments include Ronnie Tuttle and Bill Darling pacing Durable Mat with multiple hits and Tuttle inside the park homer, plus late scoring bursts for Citizens Bank led by Rich Holzmiller.
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Durable Mat
Janesville Cotton Mills
Citizens Bank
Norwalk Furniture
Ronnie Tuttle
Tuttle
Bill Dar
Eagles Edge SC For Conference Title
Monroeville defeated South Central 5-4 to win the Firelands Conference baseball championship. Lowell Phipps pitched for SC and allowed four walks and nine strikeouts, while Tom Miller earned the win for Monroeville with a key three run homer by Phipps thwarting SC’s perfect season.
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Tom Miller
Miller
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Steve Ringholz
Gilkerson
Trojan
Jerry Hunt
Phipps
Ringholz
Eagles
Mike Adelman
Bob White
Carl Pettit
Trojans
Dale Schwanbeck
Steve Miller
Ron Schneider
Schneider
Six WIWC members to compete in world bowling event in Malmo
In Columbus six members of the Women's International Bowling Congress were chosen for the sixth Federation Internationale des Quilleurs world tournament in Malmo Sweden July 3 to 8. Named to compete are Carol Miller Helen Weston Vivian Trumper Eleanor Jones Jean Staley and Alice Nye.
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UPI
Women’s International Bowling Congress
Federation International Des Quilleurs
Malmo
Sweden
Carol Miller
Helen Weston
Vivian Trumper
Eleanor Jones
Jean Staley
Alice Nye
Tiant Hurls 6-Hit Win Over Tigers
Tiant pitched a six hitter and drove in two runs to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 9-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium. Leon Wagner hit a two run homer, Rocky Colavito and Larry Brown added three singles each as the Indians racked up 15 hits. Tiant struck out 13 with three walks, his third win against one loss.
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UPI
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Detroit Tigers
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Indians
Briggs Stadium
Leon Wagner
Rocky Colavito
Larry Brown
Tribe
Sonny Siebert
John O’donoghue
Denny McLain
Siebert
McLain
O’donnoghue
Tiant
Luis
Chuck Hinton
Chico Salmon
Teener League tryouts set for Saturday at VFW Field
Boys aged 13 to 15 seeking Teener League baseball roster spots must attend the final tryouts at VFW Field this Saturday starting at 1 p.m. The event invites eligible players to compete for placement on the team.
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Teener League
VFW
IGA Women Edge Connie's In Slo-Pitch Thriller
In eight innings the Schild's IGA women rally from a 5-2 deficit to lead 6-5 as Marianne Lor cher drives a key two base hit in the seventh. Shirley Mangerdriven IGA delivers a game winning homer in the eighth to seal the win over Connie's in a dramatic late comeback.
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Schild
IGA
Connie’s
Cathy Schaffer
Barb Compton
Pauline Ferguson
Marianne Lorcher
Connie
Shirley Manger
Close Grove League Games Highlight Narrow Wins
Brooker Brothers edged Schilds IGA 4 to 3 and Bob Meyers shaded VFW 6 to 5 in Wednesday Grove League play. IGA top batters were Bill Ewell Dave Calhoun Dave Griffith and Mat Klading. Norb Gross earned the win for Meyers with Walter Wade also contributing, while Mike Pasateri and Jim Freish paced VFW.
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Schild
IGA
Bob Meyer
VFW
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