Pursie Pipes Leads SI golf tourney final round at Centralia
Defending champion Pursie Pipes, a Mt. Vernon amateur, holds a two stroke lead entering the final round of the Southern Illinois Golf Association event at Life Meadow Wood. He shot 68 Saturday to reach 214 total with strong challenges from Dean Wilson, Jim Mitchell, and Dick Foulk among others as play continues for 18 more holes.
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Pursie Pipes
Southern Illinois Golf Association
Centralia
Pipes
Bill Barnett
West Frankfore
Life Meadow Wood Country Club
Gene Carello
Southern Illinois University
West Frankfort
Eagle Pipes
Eace
Dean Wilson
Carmi Country Club
Jim
Dutch
Bluescope Wins Chicagoan Handicap at Washington Park
Bluescope, owned by Mrs. Mary H. Hunter of Lexington Kentucky, won the $33,575 Chicagoan Handicap at Washington Park over Bass Cleff and Nashua Blue. The one mile race drew 22,216 and Bluescope paid $14.50, $5.60, and $4.90, earning $20,075 for Mrs. Hunter as the Arlington Park seven day meeting begins.
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Lexington
Washington Park
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Jockey Club
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Sandinol Armandez
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Hitting Away Wins Richards Stakes at Delaware Park
Hitting Away narrowly outfinished rivals to win the Leonard Richards Stakes at Delaware Park. Jockey Hedley Woodhouse rode the feathery-footed victor for trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons as Orleans Doge chased in second, Tutankhamen third, and On His Metal fourth. Time 1:51 1-5. Wager returns were $12.60, $6.80, and $4.80.
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Tutankhamen
J. Graham Brown
Metal
Hitting Away
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Orleans Doge
Tulankhamen
Taabou
Kane Schmidt Dietrich Win At Elkhart
Three 100 mile races opened Road America s two day June Sprints. Winners were Bil Kane Ollie Schmidt and Dietrich Dietrich led in the 190 mile events while Hap Sharp set a 90.070 mph single lap record in Formula One Cooper before dropping out after 36 miles. Dietrich won the junior formula 0 0 race in an Elva with 79.72 mph average. Schmidt led the second race for modified and production cars at 73.43 mph in a Lola. Kane led the G and H production race at 67.965 mph in an Alfa. Crowd reached 15 000 the largest ever for a Saturday program.
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America
Lere Bil Kane
Albany
N. C
Ollie Schmidt
Winetka
Ill
Dimek Dietrich
Sandusky
Ohio
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Pabst
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Schmidt
Kane
Hoad Amwr
Chuck McKinley Wins English Tennis Meet
Chuck McKinley of St Louis won the West of England tournament men's singles by defeating Bob Mark of Australia 6 8 6 2 6 4 in Bristol. Sandra Reynolds from South Africa did not win the women's title.
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St. Louis
West of England
Bob Mark
Australia
Sandra Reynolds
South Africa
Lille
Disroice Catt
Britain
TS Isa
Littler Wins U S Open in Blazing Oakland Hills Finish
Gene Littler, calm and precise, fired a 68 final round to finish at 72 holes with 278 and capture the U S Open in Birmingham Michigan. Doug Sanders tied for second with 279, while Jack Nicklaus was low amateur and Don Souchak faded after a bold start. Palmer failed to fire a late surge as Ball 70 course at Oakland Hills yielded a dramatic finish for the championship.
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Ules
Littler
Ed Sirgel
Ballus Lringe
Sanders
Doug Sanders
Bob Goalby
California
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Doug
Oakland Hills
America
Palmer
Denver
Stiller
Nicklaus
Jackie Nicklaus
Sealo Ue
Mike Souehak
Lgwest
Souchak
Burly
Mike
Dever
Don Finsterwald
Eric Montill
Doug Ford
Gary Player
Burleson Budd Triumph as USC Wins NCAA Track Title
Cyrol Burleson edged Frank Budd in a mile duel at Franklin Field as Southern California claimed the NCAA track and field title. About 18,000 witnessed five meet records fall, with Burleson’s mile meet record 4:03.8 and Ron Delany’s 1958 marks noted. John Lawlor and John Thomas starred for Abilene Christian and Boston U in distance events, while Luther Hayes and King Burleson posted top jumps for the Trojans.
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Henry Jerome
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Villanova
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Jerome
Oregon
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California
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Abilene Chess
Intoltion
Chase
John Thomas
Bos
University
King Burleson
Luther Hayes
Southern
Southern Illinois on Sport Talk column preview
Readers learn this will be the writer’s last column for six weeks due to cataract surgery. Lon Exbanks will run the sports section with Jim McDowell assisting as the writer undergoes hospitalization at Holden Hospital, Carbondale, then home for recovery.
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Carbondale
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Banks
Jim McDowell
Carbondale Legion Wins Amid Slugfest Rally
Carbondale routed Zeigler 19 to 4 in a Thursday night amateur showdown as Carbondale’s team built a 4-2 record on the east side. Bob Goalby of Belle led with a 142 round while Keller and Brown each had three hits. the contest featured a busy offensive barrage and multiple pitchers for both sides.
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Moore
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Joe
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