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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1967
Page
24
Cassius Clay tunes up for his March 22 fight with Zora Folley, boasting on air that Wilt Chamberlain would have no chance in a fair fight and predicting dominance across sports and media figures. The piece also covers Doug Sanders earning $20,000, plus Saint Louis Saints talks and other sports notes.
A dense racing summary details multiple races with horses and owners, odds, and outcomes. It highlights winners like Count Charles and Back Again, mentions jockeys Pincay and Lambert, and notes purse figures and final mutuel pools. The text blends race narration with odd fragments and misreads.
A compact odds listing for Lucky Louise Mason and related horses and bets. Includes Best Bet Maintem and Best Chance Khaled, with several names like White Bird Miss and Fleet Treat. Intermixed are parlay and special bets notes and trainer hints in a period racing card voice.
Alamitos announces a five day racing week for the 21 day season starting Friday March 3, marking the first five day schedule since 1933. President and GM Frank Wessels Jr says the 1955 meet runs Tuesday through Saturday with Sundays dark, and ends around May.
Johnny Green of the Baltimore Bullets fainted and collapsed in a Detroit hotel lobby while awaiting a Wednesday NBA game with the Pistons. Doctors reported a slight concussion at the back of his head and tests were ordered. He recently had dental surgery and a severe cold and is hospitalized at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. Meanwhile Dave Stallworth of the New York Knicks faces days of tests after a posterior heart attack suffered last Saturday in Fresno. Team doctor Kazuo Yanagisawa said further evaluation is pending.
Forgiving, a gray filly by Fleet Nasrullah, wins the fourteenth annual SAnita trial at Santa Anita, beating Gleaner by a clear length. The race, part of a daily program with nine races, carried a $10,000 purse and featured a field of eight aged three and older. Jockey Jerry Lam rode Forgiving to victory as Amprigo Lady held third, with the day highlighting the start of a spring season of quarter horse racing.
California State College at Long Beach and University of California at Santa Barbara to meet Friday at 2 30 p m in an alphabetic track title duel. Notables include Gerry Wygant Joe Cantrell Jerry Durfee Rich Aches and Clark Chelsey as Long Beach battles Santa Barbara with a focus on field events. Other weekend action features the 49er Track Club vs San Diego State UC on the Aztec track UCLA at Arizona State and USC in Detroit nationals.
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