Danville man dominates 100 bird handicap at Check Gun Club
Chester Hoffman of Danville Illinois powered 98 of 100 birds to win the 100 handicap at the Check Gun Club in Clinton Indiana on Sunday. Glen Foltz of Terre Haute was runner-up with Doreta Walker the high scoring woman entrant with 96. Earl Tolliver of Orleans claimed the 16 yard event with a perfect 100. Additional winners included Ed X Allen 99 in Class B and Thomas Curl 99 in Class C. James Milan 98 won Class D while Lee Davidson and Leo Rivers earned a Winchester trap gun prize through a drawing.
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Chester Hoffman
Danville
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Check Gun Club
Glen Foltz
Terre Haute
Doreta Walker
Earl Tolliver
Orleans
Ed X. Allen
Thomas Curl
Momence
III
James Milan
Sullivan
Lee Davidson
Carlisle
Leo Rivers
Hoffman
Dareta Walker
Mitchell
Center
Derrill Hottel
Mooresville
Gimeno Upsets Laver For San Diego Pro Title
Surprising Spaniard Andres Gimeno earned 1000 dollars by beating Rod Laver 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the final after downing top seed Ken Rosewall 9-7 in the semifinal at the San Diego professional tournament in California.
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Calif
Andres Gimeno
Spain
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
Gimeno
Pro Laver
Rosewall
Two Japanese Boxers Ready for World Title Bouts
Two Japanese boxing managers plan trips this month to Manila and Bangkok to seek world title opportunities. Masaki Kanehira aims to fix a bout for Hiroyuki Ebihara with Pone Kingpetch of Thailand. Iwao Wakamatsu targets matches for Hisanari Kawakami and Mitsunori Seki with Sugar Ramos and other contenders.
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Hiroyuki Ebihara
Pone King
Petch
Thailand
Iwao Wakamatsu
Shinwa Boxing Gym
Wakamatsu
Hisanari Kawakami
Japan
Robert Cruz
Freddie Perkins
Las Vegas
Nev
Yamakatsu
Mitsunori Seki
Sugar Ramos
Cuba
Harris Wins in British Amateur Debut at St Andrews
Labron Harris Jr the U S Amateur champion wins his first British Amateur match at St Andrews defeating Paul Coste Jamestown R L 1 up on the 18th green.
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Scotland
Labron Harris, Jr
U. S
Paul Coste
Jamestown
R. L
Pastrano Wins Light Heavyweight Title Bout In Las Vegas
Willis Pastrano of Miami outpointed Harold Johnson of Philadelphia in Las Vegas for the world light heavyweight crown. Irving Thatch of Denver defeated Sonny Hill of Cleveland in another lightweight decision. Flash Elorde of the Philippines stopped Tsunetomi Miyamoto of Japan to retain the Orient lightweight title.
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Willis Pastrano
Miami
Fla
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Irving Thatch
Denver
Sonny Hill
Manila
Flash Elorde
Philippines
Tsunetomi Miyamoto
Japan
Elorde
Orient
Sunday and Monday baseball results with upcoming matchups
Sunday results show Cleveland over New York and Boston defeating Chicago while Chicago beat Boston and Detroit edged Minnesota. Washington beat Kansas City and Los Angeles won against Baltimore. Monday pitchers listed Fischer Turley Stigman Wickersham. Several late scores include New York over Pittsburgh 10 innings and Houston beating Milwaukee 17 innings.
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Farrell
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Angeles
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National League
St.uis
Ferrier Fires 61 in Speedway Festival Golf
Sponsors who put up 550000 in guarantees for the Speedway Festival Golf Tournament faced disappointment as top pros like Palmer Player Nicklaus Littler were absent to challenge Don Finsterwald and Julius Boros who led at 111 under par 200. Jim Ferrier set a tourney and course record with 61 and Tommy Aaron was two behind at 201 as John David complained.
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Indianapolis
Julius Boros
Jim Ferrier
Tommy Aaron
Tony Lema
John David
Indiana
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