Rain Threat Looms Over Indy 500 Time Trials
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway rain risk shadows the 53rd Memorial Day 500 trials. Andretti leads with high speeds, aiming for pole amid strong contenders such as Foyt Unser McCluskey and Johncock. Turbine cars are limited. final qualifications occur next weekend.
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al Unser
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Gordon Johncock
Larry Dickson
Granatelli
Parnelli Jones
Leonard
Graham Hill
Austria
Jochen Rindt
Art Pollard
Destruction Derby Slated At Pan American Speedway
The 1969 auto racing season opens with a destruction derby and Australian pursuit race at Pan American Speedway in San Antonio. Ten events fill the card with gates at 6 30 p m time trials 7 30 p m and the main super stock races at 8 30 p m. Admission is 2 for adults and 50 cents for children with Judson Road exit from Austin Highway guiding spectators.
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Judson Road
Austin Highway
Speedway
Funeral services for Ogle P Heikens set for Monday
Funeral services for Ogle P Heikens a former amateur baseball star and motorcycle racer who later served as a motorcycle policeman and city detective will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Roy Akers Chapel with interment in Mission Burial Park.
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Zuger Signs 1969 Contract With Hamilton Tiger Cats
Joe Zuger committed to a seventh season with the Hamilton Tiger Cats as he begins his third year as the regular quarterback after signing his 1969 contract in Hamilton Ontario.
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Missions Open Series At Shreveport
The San Antonio Missions open a four game Texas League series in Shreveport aiming to seize first place in the Eastern Division. Dean Burke and Ray Newman will start the doubleheader, as San Antonio endures rainouts and ticket policy adjustments for future home games.
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Ray Newman
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Dallas
Worth
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el Paso
Ailiday
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Bollesco Worth
Amarillo
Arkansas State Rumored to Seek MVC Membership
Arkansas State University officials say reports of an active bid to join the Missouri Valley Conference are premature. Athletic director Don Floyd notes the board resolution urged inquiry, not a formal move, and clarifies ASU remains a Southland member amid MVC openings.
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Jonesboro
MVC
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Arkansas State
Cincinnati
MWC
Southland
Horse racing results across tracks with purses and winners
At Golden Gate Fields International Order of Foresters Purse shows Sherri Ruler and Bazoo with winners time 1 10 for six furlongs. Aqueduct Breakfast Club Purse lists Retaliate Full Speed Tea Money with times 1 11 for six furlongs. Pimlico Black Eyed Susan Stakes results name Process Shot Loyal Ruler Around the Horn with times 1 44 for a mile and one sixteenth. Garden State Savings Bond Purse records Northern Native i Story Please Behave. Hollywood Park features Dagmar's Boy Bargain Day Pasquariello with time 1 43 for a mile and one sixteenth. Suffolk Downs Feature Equi lond The Means March Saverneign with time 1 12 three-fifths for six furlongs. Arlington Park Ahoy Purse Santiago Road Chief Sun Dance Hamlet's Ruler with time 1 10 two-fifths for six furlongs.
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Chief Sun Dance
Jets Sign Tackle Ezell Jones From Minnesota
The New York Jets announced their first 1969 signing of a high draft choice tackle Ezell Jones from Minnesota.
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Minnesota
Australian pair reach Madison Square Garden final
Rod Laver and Roy Emerson won all their Friday matches to finish unbeaten in the round robin stage and book an all Australian final in the $25,000 Madison Square Garden Invitation. Laver defeated Fred Stolle 8-2 and Marty Riessen 8-4, while Emerson beat Tony Roche 8-3 and Dennis Ralston 8-3 to move to 3-0.
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Roy Emerson
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Fred Stolle
Marty Riessen
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Ill
Netter
Tony Roche
Dennis Ralston
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Horton Suspended Indefinitely By Detroit Tigers
Willie Horton, the Tigers slugging left fielder, was suspended indefinitely for not joining the team in Minneapolis for a series with the Minnesota Twins. The Detroiter disappeared after Thursday’s game with the White Sox and failed to report to the airport.
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Eagles Hire Former Player as Offensive Coach
Philadelphia Eagles announce the hiring of Charlie Gauer as offensive coach. Gauer, a former player, coach and scout, was signed by general manager Pete Retzlaff on Friday.
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Johnny Valentine to defend Texas heavyweight title at Municipal Auditorium
In a main event titled wrestling program, Texas heavyweight champion Johnny Valentine defends against Jose Lothario in a two falls out of three match with a one hour limit. A semi final tag team match features Dusty Rhodes and Baron Raschke versus Reggie Parks and Young Bull Curry. Opening matches include Gorilla Lopez vs Wahoo McDaniel, Joe Blanchard vs Pedro Valdez, and Buster Loyd vs Pepe Gomez.
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Reggie Parks
Young Bull
Meet a Leader Olen C Green of Metropolitan San Antonio
Olen C Green of Metropolitan's San Antonio local office was honored among the select group of Metropolitan representatives at the 1968 Business Conference in Los Angeles. He qualified by creating future assets totaling one million dollars or more in 1968 through tailored insurance programs. He began with Metropolitan in 1952 and has been civic active in San Antonio, member of the Optimist Club Estate Planners Council General Agents and Managers Association and Life Underwriters Association.
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