Andrews Captures Oswego Speedway Feature In Record Crowds
Ken Andrews of Burlington Ontario led the 16th lap restart and won the 45 lap feature at Oswego Speedway before an all time crowd, claiming the $1,000 prize as Andy Brown, Bob Stelter and Tom York followed. The program saw numerous crashes and a new all time single lap speed record by Jim Shampine.
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Ken Andrews
Burlington
Ont
Oswego Speedway
Todd Gobson
USAC
Andy Brown
Bob Stelter
Tom York
Ronnie Wallace
John Burkholder
Norm Mackereth
Walt Riley
Sam Carista
Warren Coniam
Leon Barnhart
Ken Bartholomew
Neal Tooley
Tony Lavatl
Mark Letcher
Ed Schofield
Jack Greedy
Bentley Warren
Butch Hoffman
Eldon Schrader
Johnny Logan
Nolan Swift
Nick Rowe
Wayne Landon
Lavall
Skhofield
Hoffman
Jim Shampine
Gibson
Shampine
Warren
Wallace
Brown
Landon
Stelter
Andrews
Logan
Rowe
Coniam
Jim Muldoon
Brown Burkholder
Swift
York
East Albany Street
Durocher Attacks Writers For Faint Cubs Praise
Chicago Cubs manager Leo Durocher blasts writers for not crediting players despite a 7 14 game NL East lead. He cites Ron Santo, Glenn Beckett, and Ken Holtzman as examples of overlooked contributions and laments biased coverage from rival narratives. He recalls two New York stories about wins and losses.
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Chicagt
Chicago Cubs
Leo Durocher
Durocher
Associated Press
Ron Santo
Ken Holtzman
Kenny
Beckett
New York
Season's Best Time at Vernon
Italian and North American women split two Monticello races as part of a six race trotting series. Demonic paid $57.40 for a 2 12 4 5 mile and Signorina Mescalchin rode, while Carol Gosman won with a Spider at 2:08 2-5.
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Associated Press
Italy
North America
Monticello Raceway
Atlantic
New York State
Blue Bonnets Raceway
Montreal
Demonic
Signorina Miaina
Carol Gosman
North Vernon
Ind
Armbro Harvey
Buffalo Raceway
Newport Wigwam
Bachelor Miss
Vernon Downs
Sykes Hanover
Squire Pick
Nibbles Benny
Jackhammer
Saratoga Raceway
Smokey Bird
Go Yates
Isaac Wins Macon 300 Grand National Race
Bobby Isaac of Catawba North Carolina powered his 1969 Dodge to win the Macon 300 and his seventh Grand National victory of the year. He moved to first at 227 laps and held the lead to the end, beating defending champion David Pearson of Spartanburg South Carolina by four seconds in a 1969 Ford.
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Macon
Bobby Isaac
Catawba
N.C
Isaac
David Pearson
Spartanburg
S.C
National League East and West Standings and Weekend Results
National League standings show Chicago leading the East at 33 16 with New York 22 23 and St Louis 22 25. West has Atlanta 28 17 and Los Angeles 28 18. Weekend results: New York and Chicago won. Pittsburgh swept Houston. L A and St Louis won big. Montreal and San Diego split. Upcoming games listed with matchups and pitchers.
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Associated Press
W. L. Pet. G.B. Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Philaphia
Montreal
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
San Fran
Houston
San Diego
San Francisco
Chicago
Philadelphia
Santorini
J. Johnson
Osteen
Koosman
Merritt
Veale
Stone
Washburn
Sadecki
Stoneman
Baseball Standings and Scores From Affected Leagues
Standings show Baltimore leading the American League with .700, Boston .652, and Detroit .568. The schedule lists multiple results including New York 8 def Kansas City 5, Washington 9 Chicago 2, Boston 5 Minnesota 2, and Seattle 8 Detroit 7. International League results note Syracuse 12 Rochester 9 and Columbus 6 Louisville 5 with Toledo-Buffalo postponed due to rain.
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W. L. Pet. G.B. Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
Oakland
Seattle
Chicago
Kansas City
California
Washington
Baltimore
Kings
Horlen
Nagy
Bertaina
Nelson
Kekich
Kant
McLain
Murphy
Tiant
Barber
Louisville
Toledo
Columbus
Tidewater
Buffalo
Richmond
Syracuse
Rochester
Pine Mt. Miss Wins Emancipation Purse at Finger Lakes
Pine Mt. Miss surged to victory in the featured $2,000 Emancipation Purse at Finger Lakes Race Track. Sea Salt finished second and Wood Scope took third before 9,349 fans.
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Pine MT. Miss
Canandaigua, N. Y
Finger Lakes Race Track
Sea Salt
Wood Scope
Braves Youngest Player Bob Didiers Baton Rouge Pitcher?
The Braves youngest member is catcher Bob Didiers from Baton Rouge Louisiana. He turned 20 last February 16.
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Atlanta Braves
Bob Didier
Baton Rouge
Kennedy Games Marred By Mishaps and Surprises
The Kennedy Invitational track meet in Berkeley faced many setbacks as star athletes withdrew or faltered. Jim Ryun was replaced by an unusual crowd moment while Jim Ryan addressed the crowd before the mile. Winners included Chuck La Benz and Sam Bair in the mile, Mel Gray in the 100, and Bruce Wilhelm in the shot put, with notable javelin and hurdles battles and strong performances from Southern California and other rivals.
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Berkeley
Calif
Bob Seagren
Randy Matson
John Carlos
Carlos
New York
Charlie Greene
San Jose State
Southern California
Karl Salb
Kansas
Wade Bell
Leon Coleman
Willie Davenport
Modesto
Los Angeles
Edwards Stadium
Jim Ryan
Ryan
Jim Ryun
Jorma Kinnunen
Finland
Frank Covelli
Mark Murro
Murro
Kinnunen
Chuck LaBenz
Arizona State
Sam Bair
Bob Day
John Lawson
Mel Gray
Oliver Ford
Lee Evans
Pat Collins
Juan Martinez
Mike Manely
Ron Whitney
Chi Cheng
Doris Brown
Southern Cal
Rice
Jay Silvester
George Freen
Dick Railsback
Stan Whitley
Otis Burrell
Pertti Ponsi
Bruce Wilhelm
Dave Hill Tops Field to Win Memphis Open
Dangerous Dave Hill won the Memphis Open Golf Tournament at Colonial Country Club with a 72-hole total of 265, finishing two strokes ahead of Lee Elder. Hill weighed 140 pounds after starting the year at 165 and revealed a doctor visit is upcoming, while noting past PGA suspensions totaling two months and one week.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dave Hill
Jackson
Mich
Hill
PGA
James Dean
Lee Elder
Bert Yancey
Colonial Country Club
Elder
Charles Coody
Tommy Aaron
Steve Reid
Don January
Yancey
Wolcott Post 881 to Install New American Legion Staff
Newly elected commander Charles Hilliker will lead Wolcott Post 881 officers in an 8 p.m. installation at Wolcott Legion Hall on Wednesday June 4. Installing officer is Howard Bushart with staff including Richard Palmer Calvin Hall Adrian Hollenbeck Milton Tallman Raymond Hallett Lawrence Stone and Richard Laney.
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Wolcott
Charles Hilliker
American Legion
Wolcott Legion Hall
Howard Bushart
Richard Palmer
Calvin Hall
Adrian Hollenbeck
Milton Tallman
Raymond Hallett
Lawrence Stone
Richard Laney
Braves Veteran Ken Johnson Opens Spring Training Nearby
Veteran pitcher Ken Johnson of the Atlanta Braves begins spring training near his West Palm Beach home base. He resides in Florida as the Braves start workouts in the sunlit training camp.
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Ken Johnson
Atlanta Braves
West Palm Beach
Fla
Braves
Fumbleball routs highlight Fort Ontario doubleheader Saturday
VFW Post 5885 pounded out 44 hits led by Baker, Cloonan, and Day with six apiece to crush VFW Post 2320 37 to 3. American Legion edged Broadwell's Best 11 to 9 as teams combined for 29 hits in two games.
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VFW
Fort Ontario
American Legion
Broadwell
Baker
Cloonan
Day
Cook
Reidy
Jaynes
Dougherty
Casey
Russ Day
Kruchko
Legionnaires
Potter
Roach
RH Vesico
Lagoe
Haynes
Rossi
LeBlanc
B. Day
Menter
Alton
Daugherty
Sf Searor
Carey
Burniss
Amico
R. Day
P V Budd
P Shnatrau
American Legion AB
Johnson
Germain
If Fantom
Sharkey
Tesoriero
Victory
Sheltra
North
Hogan
Ritz
Br'shaw
Brown
Regano
McCarthy
Williams
Tynan
Crisafulli
Fair Haven Bay Association to Discuss Weed Control
The Fair Haven Bay Betterment Association will meet at 8 p m Saturday June 7 at the Fair Haven Yacht Club to decide whether to combat weeds by chemical treatments of Little Sodus Bay on a large scale basis.
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Fair Haven
Fair Haven Bay
Sunday’s Stars Batting Power for Red Sox in 5-2 Win
Tony Conigliaro of Boston slugged his 10th homer with two doubles and a single, driving in two and scoring once in a perfect day. Baltimore’s bullpen trio held California to no runs in 11 innings as the Orioles edged the Angels 4-3.
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Associated Press
Tony Conigliaro
Red Sox
Boston
Minnesota
Dave Leonhard
Dick Hall
Td Watt
Pete Richert
Jim Palmer
Orioles
Baltimore
California
Long Preseason Schedule Listed For Pro Gridders
The 74 game preseason schedule features 33 interleague games between AFL and NFL teams with the Jets, Colts and other clubs. Jets play six games including a trip to Chicago and an AFL opponent only in Oakland. Montreal host matchups and telecast plans by CBS noted.
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NEW York
New York Jets
Chicago
Jets
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
New York Giants
New Haven
NFL
Green Bay
AFL
Montreal
Detroit Lions
Boston Patriots
Pittsburgh
Columbia Broadcasting System
Cleveland
San Francisco
Seattle
Milwaukee
Washington
Detroit
Tampa
Fla
Minnesota
Baltimore
Dallas
Hockey overtime woes hit NCAA championship field
In Colorado Springs the NCAA hockey tournament saw two overtime games this season, a first for the event. Michigan Tech lost 4-3 to Cornell in overtime of the first round and 6-5 to Harvard in double overtime of the consolation final.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Michigan Tech
Huskies
Cornell
Harvard
Nagelschmidts Share $480 In State Tourney
Oswego bowlers finish strong in the state men’s bowling tournament ending Sunday. John Nagelschmidt and George Nagelschmidt place second in handicap doubles with 1386, earning 480. Tom Ryback and Joe Leiser of Buffalo win handicap doubles, 1417, 600 prize. Lawrence Tonelli wins handicap all events with 2055 and 500. Tournament drew 15 000 bowlers, prize fund near 146000. next year in Kingston.
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Buffalo
Oswego
John
George Nagelschmidt
Tom Rlybak
Joe Leiser
Extended forecast for upstate New York June 2 1969
The Weather Bureau issued a five day outlook for upstate New York from Tuesday to Saturday. Temperatures are forecast to run below normal with highs and lows mainly in the 60s to 40s. Wet spell expected with moderate to heavy rain, especially Tuesday Friday and Saturday.
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Upstate
N. Y
Albany
N.Y
U.S. Weather Bureau
New York
Truck Hits Deer Injures Three People in Wolcott
Three people including a 7 month old infant were injured when a van struck a deer on Red Creek Road east of Wolcott. El lery T. Roberts Jr. 24, his wife Sandra and their son Mark were treated at Myers Community Hospital and released after suffering cuts from flying glass.
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Wolcott
Red Creek Road
Myers Communit Hospital
Ellery T. Roberts Jr
Wolcott RD J
Sandra
Mark
P. D
Patrick
Washable pipe shown at tobacco distributors show
The Venturi Co. displayed a phenolic, dunkable smoking pipe at the National Association of Tobacco Distributors Show. The unit can be submerged in water and features a liner made from space age missile nose cone material that cleans with a sponge.
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Chicago
Venturi Co
National Association of Tobacco Distributers
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Mike Shannon
Vernon
Monticello
Nevele Holiday
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Kammy
A. Oakley
Yonkers Raceway
Peerlessankee
Speedy Play
Rick Mount
Purdue
Rudy Tomjanovich
Michigan
Dave Sorenson
Ohio State
Joe Cooke
Indiana
Rich Allen
Philadelphia Phillies
Willie McCovey
San Francisco Giants
Top Knight
Hialeah
Gulfstream Park
Brigham Young
Doug Howard
Seneca Street
Frank M, McDonough
John J, Wright
Nagelschmidts
the Palladium
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Reiman Morin
Morin
Oswego, N. Y
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
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