Mets Giants Split and Yanks Beat Angels Highlight Standings
Major League standings show strong starts with Minnesota and Chicago leading AL and Los Angeles and San Francisco atop the NL. InNew York, Warren Spahn won his 358th, guiding the Mets past the Giants while youngsters Ron Swoboda and Ed Kranepool ignited offense. Willie Mays homered late for SF as Marichal held NY to one run through seven.
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Moye wins Beckley feature in season opener
Ernie Moye of Nimitz led the day’s racing at Beckley Speedway, starting strong with a 301 Chevrolet powerpack. He won the feature on lap 30 after Malin Freeman’s mechanical trouble, earning 1,050 points. Dallas Phipps took second with 550 points, while Jody Clowers earned 335 points. Four crashes sparked excitement, including a wheel loss by Larry Cantley.
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Beard Wins Texas Open in Beating Back Nine Surge
Frank Beard, 25, from Louisville, captured the Texas Open at Oak Hills with a 10 under par 270 and a three stroke margin over Gardner Dickinson. Beard rode a brilliant back nine, including an eagle at the 10th, to move from trailing to champion and earned entry into the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
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Bizzarro Stops Marrie In 4th
Johnny Bizzarro, North American junior lightweight champion, won his 51st pro bout by stopping Bobby Marrie in the fourth round of a scheduled 10 round feature at War Memorial Auditorium Johnstown Pennsylvania. The preliminaries saw Fernand Chretien decision Rudy Richardson, Bobby Simmons decision Clarence Alford, and Jimmy Parsons KO Herman Dunbar.
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Celtics Clinch Seventh Title In Lakers Rout
Boston overwhelmed Los Angeles 129 to 96 to capture the NBA championship, extending their title run to seven in the last nine seasons. Russell and Jones each had 22 points, with Russell grabbing 30 rebounds as Boston dominated the fourth quarter. West led the Lakers with 33 points, while K C Jones set a career high with 20 points.
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Route 41 II Plans Tryouts At Stanaford Ballpark
Route 41 Little League president Baren Atkinson announced registration and tryouts at Stanaford ballpark at 5 30 p m today. Players unable to register must bring birth certificates. A second tryout is scheduled for Friday April 30.
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Floyd Patterson floored 16 times in title fights
Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson was knocked down a record 16 times in heavyweight championship contests, including seven visits in his first bout with Ingemar Johansson.
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