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Charlotte Owings InFive HoosiersTo Go OverseasMisn Charlotte Owing*, 20-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harold 0 Wings of ^535 Dog Wood Dr., has qualified to compete in this year'a World Rollerskaling Championships, to be held Sept, 24-27 in the Palace of Sport a in Madrid, Spain.t She worked her way through local, state and national competition and has become the first roller-skater from Anderson ever to qualify in the world event. Another first for Indiana in the fact that four other Hoosier skaters have also qualified for the coveted honors of skating in the European event.Charlotte will not only represent Anderson In the world event, but will compete as one of the 11 contestants who will represent the United States In the highly - contested events,She also is the only skater in the American group that will compete in two events In Spain.In climbing to the top, Charlotte entered tour Senior events in the Slate Meet at Muncle In June and won first place awards in every event. Winning first place 3n just one event would quality her to compete in the Nationals In Long Beach, Calif., but she went all the way.In Long Beach, she participated in oil four of Ihc events that she qualified for, winning three first place awards and one second place award. She won first place in tJ« Nationals in the Senior Mixed Pairs, Senior Dance and Senior Fours, and placed second In the Senior Ladies Pairs. Senior Pairs and Fours are not recognized In World Championships competition, so Charlotte will compete in the other two events,The Nationals were hold July 11 through 16, which qualified her to appear before a panel of 13 judges for World Champkm-lip trials.The trials were heldshipUse Sunday in Leviltown, NewYork, and she was chosen hands down to compete in Spain soon.All skaters who qualified for the Nationals had to place first or second In their respective events In the si ale meets. Any contestants who participated In the Junior or Senior events of the Nationals were able to face trials at Levltton,The only other Anderson skater who qualified for the Nationals was Delberta Fowler. Miss Fowler captured first place in the Intermediate Ladles Singles at Long Beach which automatically moved her up into the Junior Division ranks. She alsotaped and seen on CBS-TV, following the championships, on the Wide World of Sports program.Here Is the breakdown of events that the U. S. skaters will compete in:Senior Dance — Danny Danner of Muncle and Charlotte Owings of Anderson, aod the couple of LBiry Adtzns and Cheryl Werner, both of New York.Senior Mixed Pairs — Lynn-del Edging I on of Mar km and Charlotte Owings of Anderson, and the brother and sister combination of Bert and Ruth Brink-erhoff of New York.Senior Ladies Singles — June Goodison from Long Beach, Calif., nnd Karen Lutz from Elizabeth, New Jersey.Senior Men's Singles — Larry Joe Dorsett from Indianapolisand Jack Corlney from GasCity.Drivers Try To Stop Jim Brewer At SVparticipated la the trails in New York, but Miss Owings was .theonly Anderson qualifier for Work] competition.Charlotte, who ts a 1963 gradual t of Madison Heights High School, will compete in the Senior Dance and the Senior mixed pairs event tn Spain. Indiana has never had contestants to compete In the World event, which has been hold In Germany, Italy, Spain and Miami,Fla. This Year, lour other Hoosiers qualified in New York.They include Lynndel Edging-ton of Marlon, Danny Danner of Muncle, Larry Joe Dorsett of Indianapolis and Jack Corlncy of Gas City.The 11 members of the United States team will meet in New York soon for a week of practice before leaving from John F. Kennedy Airport Sept. 21 en route lo Spain. There is a chance that some of the members of this group might have a chance to put on exhibitions m other countries, but this has not been confirmed,Charlotte is I he first roller skater in Indiana history lo win her way up from the Junior Division. Many skaters start In the middle or Intermediategroup and compele, sometimes never winning first place. Charlotte started skating when she was eight years old and now has first place championships In the Juvenile (8-101, Sub Nov-Ice (10-12), Novice (12-35) Intermediate 05-over) Junior (no age limit) and Seniors (no age 11ml!) divisions.She, along with many of the other contestants from the U.S. and all over the world will beStop Jim Brewer’1 will be the rally call at Sun Valley Speedway Saturday night, Sept. I.Stock car drivers from throughout Central Indiana will be out in force to pul an end to the Noblesville driver’s siring of successes which reached five Figure 8 triumphs at the Anderson track last Saturday night.Brewer Won both Figure fl main events lo bring his season total even with that of Dick Hinshaw of New Castle. The twin triumphs were Brewer's third and fourth victories In three weeks a I the high-banked Anderson track.The weekly auto racing pro-oldcgram for older model cars Saturday will start with Cime trials at 6:50 p.m. (ESTL The first 10-lap heat begins at 3:30 and the program end* with two Figure 8 features.Soma of the top drivers In action besides Brewer and Hin-shaw will be Art Cox, Bill Lemon, Bob Evans and Elmer Brown of Adderson, Sam Sherman of Morion, Darwin Blank-enshSp o£ New Castle, Bob Fields of GranifieW aiid Herb Hose of Pendleton.The Figure B race programs will continue every Saturday night throughout the season, snys track owner and promoter Joe Helpling.- 4 —TO SKATE IN SPAIN SOON Charlotte Owings, 20-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Owlogs of 3535 Dogwood Dr. qualified in the World Championship RollenVat-Ing Inal* last Sun flay In Levitlon, New York, to represent the Unlied States in the ska1*g championships in Madrid, Spain Sept. 24-27, She bears the ribbon af o world qualifier. The ribbon reads: U, S. World Team 1965 Charlotte is the first Anderson skater ever to qualify for Hie world evenh She Is the only American skater that will compete to two events in Madrid. Four other Hoosiers will be among »ho IT contestants from the U, S. to compete — another ' ! (Bulletin Photo)Athletes Die At PracticeBy Uni led Press International Death visited three of the nation’s athletic fields Tuesday, claiming the lives of two college football players and a high school baseball player . The victims were Bob Pries-tor, 19, of the University ofMississippi. Bill Allen, 18, of Central Missouri State College find Richard Green, 17, of Lewisville High School in tewis-ville, Ind.Priester collapsed while engaging in an informal drill on the football field at University, Miss. It was believed that he suffered a sun stroke. The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Priester of Natchez, Miss., lie had undergone a physical examination Tuesday morning and been re-Big 10 Teams Are To Work s Twice-a-dayBOWUNO CLINIC-by tilly SixtyCHICAGO (AP)—With thee freelotion of defending champion Michigan, Big Ten footballteams will open practice today on a two-a-day* workout basis,Michigan, operating on the trisemester academic schedule, opened its drills a week ago and is down to single practice sessions.But the others will have limited time to get into shapeand coaches plan to make themost of even- minute they have lo work. The reason for the rush is a 10-game schedule this season for all teams except; Ohio State which will have an” extra week of preparation due lo its nine-game schedule.Counting Michigan, there will be 744 candidates out for football In the conference including 288 sophomores, 24B juniors and208 seniors. Also, there will be205 icttermen returning.Iowa, with 86, leads in number of candidates invited; 79 re-parted on opening day. Purdue will have 82, Indiana and Mich* Igflti State 81 each, Michigan nwi Northwestern 73 each, Ohio Stole nnd Minnesota 72 each, Wisconsin 70 and Illinois 84.Illinois also is low in reluming leltermen with 12. Purdue, Iowa and Michigan will have 24 each, Michigan State and Minnesota 23, Ohio State 21, North-TOP STARS WORK ON CONSISTENT STYLETony Sperando, Adolph Car son, Dick Hoover, Elvira Toej fer and Olga Gloor, to nara a few stars, haven’t change a particle since they hit th heights years ago.Sperando, former AB singles king, has fast footwort Carlson and Hoover start thei swings slowly, with good pus!
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
Anderson, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 01, 1965
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