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FRONT RUNNER FADES TO SECONDAlthough running In front of the pack at this point of the race, Ron Blackmer, driving No. 4 Jr., faded to second and lost the Sportsmen feature for the second straight week. Blackmer has lot but tile two Sportsmen races at Stateline this season. LyleBrown of Jamestown, driving the yellow No. el, jumped to an early lead soon after Gordon Mahan snapped this picture, and won the race by a quarter-lap. Skip Furlow, In No. 40, finished the 25-lap final race in third place. (Photo by Mahan)Brown and Dill Take FeaturesAt Stateline Speedway Races-It wasn't easy for either Lyle arown or Toro Dill as they laptured the two big feature victories at Stateline Speed-wky Saturday night.Ran. Stanko also battled with dose to 50 hooligans to win that division’s feature event.Brown battled with Ron Blackmer throughout the race and on the last lap remained ahead of Blackmer by only a quarter of ^ lap to take his first feature win at the local track.•’Blackmer finished second in the event with dim Sloan plac# lig third and Slap Furlow fourth.'Bob Schnars gave Dill quite j^race m the new car division.It was a re-start in the middle of the race that gave Dill his wide lead over Schnars. How-ever, Schnars never led off and finished second with Floyd Fan-ale third and Fred Knapp fourth.•Next week’s program will feature the 50-lap new car mid#season championship race aswell as the usual program ctf 13 events. The mid-season championships carries one of the biggest purses of any raceall season.Results of Saturday’s Racesfollow:‘Holligan;First heat, Randy Otanner (0), first; Ray Campbell (27), second; John Smith (89), third. Second heat, Ray House (23), first; Blisky Lipsinger (30), second; Tom Rossow (55),third. _Feature, Ron stanko (5), first: Jay Blum (28), second; Jack Green (10), third; Allen Jordan (51), fourth; Campbell(27), fifth,- Sportsmen:* First heat, John Richie (15), first; Charlie Steinle (71), second; Ed Weaver (1), third.: Second heat, Rod Barton (9), first; Glen Gray (91) second; Bruce Green (22), third.Third heat, Jim Sloan (12), first; Gary Hazz rd (92), second; Ron Blackmer (4), third. Feature, Lyle Brown (61), first; Blackmer (4), second; Sloan (12), third; Skip Furlow (40), fourth; Jay Plyler (79),fifth.Late models;First heat, Ken Shearer (77), first; Dave Turner (68), sec* ond; Bob Bigley (6), third; Clyde Porter (20), fourth; RichMUler (711), fifth.Second heat,StanStevens(45), first: Paul Heilman (15), second; Paul Wilson (28), third; Tom Dill (51), fourth; Kenny See (11), fifth.Third heat, Floyd Fanale(97), first; Fred Knapp (99), second; Squirt Johns (511), third; Bob Schnars (1), fourth; Ed Faulkner (14), fifth.First semi, Porter (200), first; Jim Morgan (29), sec ond; Chuck Yorse (37), third;See (11), fourth; Ji(U-2), fifth.DitchSecond Semi, Faulkner (14), first; Dill (51), second; Blackmer (4), third; John Whitehead (39), fourth; Schnars (10), fifth. Feature, Dill (51), first; Scb-nars (I), second; Fannie (97), third, Knapp (99), fourth; Sam. my LaMacuso (27-L), fifth; Heilman (15), sixth, Marty Rat. er (21), seventh; Whitehead (39) eighth; Jim Scott (5), ninth; Johns (511), 10th,Koehlers Tip Polish NatsIn Northwest TourneyBy J. D. FIRILLO Uncle Jackson Kuhler was watching over his Koehler Collars over the weekend as they slipped into the Northwestern Pennsylvania - District 7 tournament championship with an eleven inning, 2-1 triumph over the Polish National Alliance team.This was the second straight championship for the Erie nine. It took four wins to do the trick. The first came at the expense ctf Warren Beverage on Friday night 1-0. A 6#0 win over Carpettown Saturday morning set them up for their first win over P.N.A, at night and the finale took place Sunday afternoon at 2:30.Warren fans were disappointed when their Beverage team dropped out of the semifinals with the help of a 5-3effort by P.N.A. The only otherWarren team —* the 400 Lounge was the victim of a come from behind 3-2 Beverage win In eight innings on Saturday afternoon.With the title the Koehler squad gets an Invitation to the state finals at Lewisburg the weekend of August 23-24-25. They have made it known that they will represent this district for the state title.Before Koehlers earned the right to carry the district banner, they sat on pins and needles for eleven innings in their final encounter with the Polish National Alliance club. A stingy defense on both sides sent the game into overtime with a 1-1 deadlock.Carl Hultman started for theToo Many Highballs?Koehler team and received re-lief from Tom Raleigh in the sixth. Joe Wronek was tabbed for the loss in working the last seven frames for starting twirl-er, Joe Pierce.KOehlers grabbed the lead in the second inning when TomHersperger opened up with asingle. He then moved to second via a stolen base, where he was in position for Hultman’s run scoring base knock.Zeroes were tacked on the board for the next few frames before P.N.A. came alive in their half of the seventh. Fetner drew a walk from Raleigh and moved to second on a stolen base. He then found himself cn third when Park grounded out.A wild pitch on Raleigh’s part knotted up the game.Again things tightened up for defensive purposes. Three innings more of this sort of ball was all the P.N.A. could stand. Tom Cahill drew a free pass from Wronek to the eleventh to start the beginning of the end. Provanzano fired the ball to first in an attempt to pick off the runner, but first baseman Bob Kenny let the ball getaway. In a desperate attempt to nail Cahill going into second, he fired the ball into left field for the clincher.Tonight the Mineral Well Mets take on Nichols Service in the only scheduled encounter of the evening in the City locp.BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox officials suspended Joe Foy and Juan Pizarro for Sunday’s doubleheader for curfew violations following their 3 a.m. arrest near Boston Common.Boston police charged third baseman Foy, 25, and pitcher Pizarro, 31, with being drunk.They were released on bail for a court appearance Monday.Manager Dick Williams said, “They have been told not to come today. They have been suspended for today.” He declined to say if the suspension would continue beyond the dou. bleheader with Washington.Williams* curfew rules apply at home as well as on the road. He requires his players to be in bed by 12:30 a,m. after day games and within 2% hours following night games.‘ *1 have a fine for that, too. and they will be fined,” Wil liams added, but declined to say how much it would be.However, a Red Sox officii who asked not to be idetifiei said Foy and Pizarro would t* fined $500 each and lose Sun day’s pay while suspended.Police said a car driven if] Foy, in Which Pizarro was rid lug collided with a taxicab neai Boston Common,Sports ShortsStockton WinsST. LOUIS (AP) — Die Stockton, of Garden City, N,Y wan the 18-year, old title Satui day In the St, Louis Invitations Junior Tennis Tournament. B defeated Butch Palmer, Phot nix, Ariz, 6-4, 6-4,Kisty Beats CeciPHILADELPHIA (AP)Kisty Pigeon, Danville, Cal won the Middle States Women Grass Court Tennis Champic shipat the Philadelphia Crict Club Saturday. She beat Clt; Marttoex, San Francisco, 3.6, 1, 6.2.KOEHLERSDeBello SSHill IfAB R 5 0 2 0H11Vermont GolfParmenter If2 0ORLEANS, Vt. 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