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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
11
The legislative council ruled teams and athletes won’t be penalized if a player is accidentally left off eligibility lists, provided the error is reported. The change benefits prep athletics and schools facing costly penalties for clerical mistakes.
Jerry Quarry and Jimmy Ellis weigh in for the WBA title bout at Oakland Coliseum Arena. The fight airs worldwide on ABC Sports Action starting at 7 30 p m PST with Quarry the 7 5 favorite and each man guaranteed 125 000. Quarry and Ellis bring 26 1 4 and 25 5 records with 15 and 12 KOs respectively.
Saguaro High's swim team improved to 5-1 with a 53 37 victory over Mesa in a dual meet. The Cats won five individual events and two relays led by Ned Robertson Phil Taber Ricky Chynoweth Joe Rich with wins in medley and freestyle relays plus multiple individual victories. Scottsdale High lost to Westwood 63 23.
The Chicago White Sox fell 3-2 to the Minnesota Twins in ten innings, the seventh straight setback after opening with a 9-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Eddie Stanky and company again failed to mount a comeback as Minnesota's three-hit inning sealed the result.
The page lists numerous greyhound style race records with distances, trainers, and payouts, followed by Major League baseball notes. It highlights the Chicago White Sox trailing Detroit by eight and a half games, plus Ron Santo’s two homers and Ferguson Jenkins complete game for the Cubs in a 5-2 win over Atlanta. Henry Aaron reaches 4 716 total bases, moving past Rogers Hornsby.
A dense OCR of horse racing entries shows multiple races with graded fields, horse names, jockeys, and payoff figures across Mile and Grand races. It lists entrants such as Gentle Miss Night Frost and Apache Crs in various grades, with results and odds like 5-2 and 8-2, along with track sections including 5-16 Mile Gr. 2 and Gr. 3 events.
Local doves in Paradise Valley and north Scottsdale are dying from trichomoniasis a contagious disease spreading through fed and watered bird sources. Birds spill undigested feed spreading infection to other birds via contaminated feed and water. Authorities urge removing all feeds and dumping standing water to curb the outbreak. The disease does not affect humans and this outbreak is the worst in several years.
Arizona State University defeated Albuquerque 7-0 as Joe Miller hurled a three hitter and Sun Devils backed him with 11 hits. ASU capitalized on six errors for three unearned runs while Dave Grangaard collected three hits. Bonnilla was hurt by a line drive and taken to hospital for observation. The series starts tonight with ASU at 30-8 overall and 3-0 in conference, while New Mexico stands 3-3 in the WAC.
Tacoma 6 Spokane 5 and Seattle 1 Vancouver 0 led by strong offense in PCL play. Hawaii 5 Portland and Chicago 2 highlighted NHL action. Montreal 5 Minnesota and St Louis x featured in ABA results with Pittsburgh 106 New Orleans 105.
The Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam received a planting of 20 000 rainbow trout. Last year similar stockings led to July fishing in the area between the dam and Verde River junction. Jim Bruce of the Arizona Game and Fish Department notes most rainbows were found from below the dam to Bluepoint Bridge, with occasional fish further downstream to the Verde confluence. In May 1968 about 7 000 rainbows weighing 2 000 pounds will be stocked in the Colorado River at Bullhead City and 500 pounds weekly near Willow Beach. Willow Beach Hatchery will plant these trout under a state cooperative, with larger fish than March and April stockings. Keepers are expected this summer. statewide, May 1 begins the first fish plants of 1968 for inland lakes and streams. Over a half million catchable trout will be stocked statewide this summer. The Colorado River Technical Council’s Las Vegas meeting on April 17 ended with an agreement to stock striped bass in Lake Mead and Lake Powell as soon as possible and authorized stocking white bass in the lower Colorado River.
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