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S I V I K II \SKH VKey simi*Snap piPARKERSBURG, W Va FI» Sophha wrecked de-iding champion Keyser s 28 me winning streak and Par* rsburg, Wheeling and Ripley n other first round games in ? State High School Baseball urnament here Thursday. kphia, 22-2. and Parkersburg. 2, clash at Noon Friday and leeling. 18-2, meets Hiplev, 10, at 2:30 p m in semi-als.Phe afternoon winners re-n for the championshipme at 7 p m.iiplev scored five runs in the *ond on two hits, three walks i three errors to hand littleiissir.oati nsriiIDIANAPOI.IS. Ind iUI’Ii-ralia's Bruce Crampton,hasn’t won a tournamente his 1965 triumph here.i a four-under-par 68 rsday for a two-stroke, first id lead in the $100,000 “500” i va I Open golf championampton. 32. toured the•dway course in 32-36 under hot sun and in humid iitions, with four birdies on front nine and a scrambling rt on the back side which he ihed with a 10-foot putt for a ie four.lat gave him a two-shot lead • seven others, including nding champion Frank rd. who posted 70s Seven rs tied at 71 and 11 more even par 72.hn Livelv of Canton. Tex . e up with the first hole in in the tournament s nine history to tie six others ati. (pr•.v;*'■ asf.iJiSfcs'' 'SSiY-sP—yavelv smashed a 3 iron 204 Is and into the cup on thei hole.so tied at 70 were Masters npion Bob Goalbv. Don field. Beard, two time nament winner Billy Casp-and relative newcomers 3v Cole and Jim Grant.e CramptonFairfieldGoalbyLively32 36-6834 36* 70 35-35™ 70 37*33“ 70Union of Monroe County a 5-1setbackDon Neff clubbed a 350-foot home run in the last inning to provide Sophia, now 22-2, its 7-6 triumph over Keyser in thefirst game Dave Eaton of Parkersburgallowed Huntington only three hits in a 7-0 shutout and unbeaten Dick Kettler of Wheeling gave Buckhannon only one hit ina 2-1 victory.After Neff’s blast far overthe left field fence at City Park. Sophia left hander Kent Martin struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh to sew up the squaker over 1967 champion Keyser.Martin, now 10-1. struck out 10 batters but walked seven to stay in constant trouble. Keyser. getting two hits apiece from Dan Mosser. Tom Sirk and Jim Fuller, scored in live of theseven innings.Bill Coleman was the losing pitcher for Keyser. working three innings in relief of Dale Salter and giving up one hit — Gibson’s winning homerParkersburg’s 12-hit offensewas powered by Jeff Roberts and Bob Johnston, who hit a double and two singles apiece. Johnston saved Eaton's shutout in the fifth inning when Huntington got two ol its three hits.Larry Lewis pinch hit a double and Dave Johnson hit a hot grounder through the middlewhich Johnston speared to hold Lewis at third Eaton struck out a batter and then picked Johnson off first base for the thirdout.Wheeling shortstop Mike Krv-stv scored both his team’s runs against Buckhannon In the second inning Krysty tripled and scored when Buckhannon pitcher Rick Starkev made an error on a squeeze bunt.Krysty scored the winning run in the fourth inning when he walked, was sacrificed both to second and third and went home on Jim Moore’s single.Buckhannon had tied the score 1-1 in the third inning when Kettler gave up his only base on balls and Wheeling made two errors. Kettler fanned five batters while Starkev. the loser.:■ if■,struck out 12 and walked one.Sophia 0303001— 782Kevser 21101UF 662
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Fri, Jun 07, 1968
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