Ex-Local Bowler Richard Robinette Wins Petersen Classic
Richard Robinette, 27, of West Virginia defeats 11,840 entrants from 46 states and Canada to win the Petersen Bowling Classic in Chicago, earning $25,000 plus a $2,000 medal and a diamond ruby piece. He led from January 26 to the finish with a 1698 total, marking only two open frames.
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Silver Springs
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Hershey
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Rahway
Stanford Track Sets New AAU Records in Bakersfield
At the Bakersfield meet Stanford focuses on pre Olympic action as Ira Davis of Philadelphia Pioneer Club sets a new national hop, step and jump mark at 53 feet 4 4 inches, beating Al Andrews 1959 record. Jim Grebe of Oregon Emeral Athletic Assn. clocks 3 42.7 in the 1500 meters, surpassing Cyrol Burleson’s 3 47.5 from last year.
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Pirates Lose Doubleheader to Cubs Despite NL Lead
Pirates drop both ends of doubleheader 7-6 and 7-5 to last-place Chicago, narrowing their NL lead to three games as Milwaukee and San Francisco also stumble. Ernie Banks key in Cubs ninth inning comeback. Smoky Burgess belts pinch-hit homer for Pirates. Cubs' Santo drives in three in opener. Freeman and Morehead win for Chicago. Phils top Cardinals in 12 innings. Cepeda and Post homer in Cincinnati loss.
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Frank Howard
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Bob Purkey
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Wally Post
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Joe Cunningham
Stan Musial
Tony Gonzales
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Crowd records race day at Beckley Speedway
A record crowd of 2200 watched Beckley Speedway Sunday as Paul Prince drove a 1960 Pontiac powered roadster to first in the Modified Australian Pursuit and the 35 lap Modified Feature, with second in the Modified car. W Mitchell won the top Modified Heat, Prince second, Pete Deck third. Mitchell also second in Australian Pursuit, Ernie Moye second in Feature, Frank Prince fourth. Ronnie Harshbarger new to the track won the 1st Stock Heat, with Frank Prince second and Jay Bradley third.
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Charleston Faces Minneapolis Again In Makeup Game
Charleston Treated to another meeting with Minneapolis as Earl Wilson to pitch for Minneapolis and either Jim Kaat or Ted Sadowski for Charleston in a makeup game. Series notes show Minneapolis leading 11 of 12 games. Versalles and Yastrzemski provide key hits for Minneapolis while Gile and Mann spark Charleston in a hard fought doubleheader. Racing update notes a 35-lap Stock Feature with Harshbarger exiting early and Frank Prince taking the title, plus plans for a July racing weekend with Go-Kart and night racing.
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Thompson Drugmen take early lead in Warren Williams League
Thompson Drug swept a weekend doubleheader, beating Home Insurance 7-1 on Sunday and Duncan Catron 4-0 on Saturday, seizing first place. Post 70 won 5-4 over Home Insurance, Schiff's 13-4 over Post 32 boosted its and Duncan Catron’s ties for third. John Quintier pitched five hits allowed, seven strikeouts, guiding the Dragmen to a fifth straight win after an opener loss.
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Birdie, No Snake Murfreesboro Golf Dare Ends
In Murfreesboro Tennessee a 10 mile golf match along U S Highway 41 produced one dead snake and 45 lost balls. Mason Tucker and Robert Richardson won a $100 prize after eight hours and 15 minutes of play. Tucker won by one stroke 173 to 136. The event began as a dare with a $100 prize if they could finish under 300 strokes. Richardson used a 4 wood when a chicken snake crossed their path and Tucker noted he used a 5 for most of the way.
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Boxing results from three city bouts reported
In Buenos Aires Federico Thompson beat Charlie Smith on points after 10 rounds. In Havana Pedro Miranda defeated Wilfredo Hurst by knockout in 4th round. In Kingston Jimmy Beecham stopped Alan Harmon in 4th round.
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Coach Mertes cites fortitude in Des Moines move
Drake University's new football coach Bus Mertes, freshly from Kansas State at Manhattan, told a Des Moines group he moved 1300 miles closer to his mother in law to prove he has intestinal fortitude. His wife's family resides in Iowa City at Iowa.
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Beckley semi pro wins two at Marmet Field
Beckley base ball team swept St Albans 6 1 and Kanawha City 10 0 at Marmet Field Sunday. Backus pitched a two hitter shutout over Kanawha City with 11 hits for Beckley. McGraw connected for a sixth inning homer as Beckley scored six in the fourth. Ballard went the distance for Beckley in the St Albans win, allowing four hits and five walks. Perry doubled and Cerrito drove in runs as Beckley pulled away late.
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