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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
11
The Grand Circuit harness program at Du Quoin State Fair runs Saturday to Wednesday this year with 275000 in standardbred stakes. Four Illinois breeder stakes open the card on Saturday while Hambletonian for three-year-old trotters shifts to Sunday for the first time. Post time is 1 30 p m daily.
Nevele Pride, favored to win the Hambletonian at Du Quoin, rests in a shaded Hayes Fair Acres stall with a screen entrance. Groom Andy Murphy notes his good appetite, strict routine, and calm in victory lanes as plans call for Stanley Dancer to race him as a four-year-old. The piece also mentions Cardigan Bay nearing a million earnings, and various local coaching changes and prep football notes.
SIU adds shortstop Bill Stein from Brevard JC in Cocoa Florida who hit .364 with 13 doubles 2 triples and 8 homers. Fellow Florida JC recruits include John Naigle pitcher and Jim Gruber outfielder who hit .343 with 6 homers 35 RBI at Seminole JC in Orlando. A softball tournament in Marion September 9 will use blind draw single elimination with $15 entry and trophies for top four teams at Poe Field.
John Erikson, a 13 year old from Chicago, started a cross channel swim from Calais toward England. He is the son of Ted Erikson who holds the record of 30 hours for swimming the channel both ways.
Rich Allen hit two homers as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis 7 3. The outfielder urged a trade after a barroom incident and owner Bob Carpenter criticized his conduct while hoping he remains with the Phils. The game marked Allen’s fifth multi homer effort this season.
Dick Dietz delivered a two-out ninth inning single to spark San Francisco to a 3-1 win over Los Angeles. Gaylord Perry and Don Sutton each pitched well as Dietz and Alou provided the decisive hits. Cincinnati rallied in the seventh with Tony Perez tripling in two and Bench scoring on a sacrifice fly. Pirates opened with a 2-0 lead before Cincinnati’s late surge.
In Longwood finals chase, unseeded Bob Lutz and Jim McManus challenge Graebner and seek an all US final for the 88th national championship as Ashe prepares to meet Alan Stone in a quarterfinal while Maria Bueno pursues a fifth title after defeating Ste Court’s earlier rounds.
Trade in and purchase options at KARR Chrysler Plymouth featuring a 1964 Jeep Wagoneer six cylinder standard shift a 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport with power and air conditioning a 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air four door sedan eight cylinder automatic drive priced right a 1965 Ford Ltd four door hardtop with power steering a Kleen Kar four door sedan with power and a 1964 Pontiac Star Chief listed for sale.
Nevele Pride heads a nine horse Hambletonian field as 1-9 favorite led by Dancer and Slutsky Resnick group. Snow Speed risks upset 5-1 with Larengo Hanover Keystone Spartan also in mix for the $116,190 purse and top prize of $56,933. Heat format run Sunday with single start, no radio or TV coverage.
Earl Laird, an 8 year old gelding with a swollen right front knee, won the $50,000 United Nations Trot at Yonkers in 3:17 2/5 on a muddy night. Driver Jimmy Cruise steered the Billy Haughton trainee past Carlisle and Sir Faffee to collect the purse, boosting 1968 earnings to $82,764 and lifetime to $242,449.
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