Petty and Foyt add titles to bulging honors list
Richard Petty and A J Foyt extended their decorated careers with major wins. Petty captured the Gavo Staley Memorial Grand National at North Wilkesboro in 2 hours 46 minutes 39 seconds and his 168th career victory, while Foyt won the Trenton 200 USAC championship race at Trenton Fairgrounds setting a new 1.5 mile track record at 154 625 mph. Petty beat Cale Yarborough by almost four laps. Foyt edged Johnny Rutherford. Petty earned 6675 dollars and Foyt about 15000.
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Local boxing show to have star field
Promoter Frank Gentile and matchmaker Fred Smith present a star packed boxing card at Elyria High Friday night at 8. Ten fighters who recent ly competed in the Golden Gloves championships in Knoxville will appear, with champions from multiple cities in Ohio and Indiana on the bill. A 178 pound bout between Mike Dokes and John McDonough was canceled due to Dokes illness. Proceeds aid amateur boxing and Little League South. tickets are $3 for adults and $1 for students.
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Lowell Nixon
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Kris Conley
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Scott Bainbridge
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Marty Pinter
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Garnett Eanes
Tom Kynnersley
Tom Kratlick
Fremont
John Luis
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Lindel Holme
Hick Nagle
Canton
Pete Rademacher
Pepper Martin
Tom Falvey
Jim Mahony
al Schneider
Earl Kehl
John Dikrna
Haynes Leads Weekend Women's Bowling Mix
Sylvia Haynes starred in weekend area bowling with a 587 in Stoney's Saturday Night Couples Club League. Pat Barnes posted two 500 Club scores including a 210 game in the Grafton Sunday Afternoon Couples League. Joan Scott led Stoney's Mixed League with 554, Nancy Sims had 543 with a 209 in Graf ton Sunday Night, and Mary Lou Marsh shot 542 in Stoney's Hits and Misses.
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Stoney
Pat Barnes
Grafton
Joan Scott
Nancy Sims
Mary Lou Marsh
Doris Johnson
Kathy Cox
Jean Sudnick
Marie Bliss
Amherst drag race crowns first Street Eliminator winner
A brisk opening day at Dragway 42 drew a large crowd and 250 plus cars as the 1975 drag season began. Amherst driver Ron Wood powered a Camaro to top Street Eliminator honors with a 11.22 second run at 122.78 mph, defeating Don Rhode's Camaro. Other local winners included Bill Norton of Elyria in Super Stock and Herb Leighty of Avon in F Stock, with several names from Avon Lake, Parma, Ashland, and Lakewood showing strong early results across multiple classes.
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Bill Norton
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Mante Bawmar
Ashland
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Don Smith
Lakewood
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Elyria bowler 3rd in state
In the Ohio Women's State Bowling Tournament Elyria’s Ruby Ohly leads in several events while Sue Jonston and Sharon Gleason of Greenville swap a lead in doubles. Standings show team, doubles and singles results with Ohly atop singles actual at 646 and advancing in all events with 1.783.
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Oma
Sue Jonston
Sharon Gleason
Greenville
Ohio
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Mansfield
Sharon Meister
Columbus
Ohio Furniture
Cleveland
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Keck Distributing
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Mad River Realty
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Stardust
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Barb Youtz
Massillon
Elseen Shutt
Judy Smolensk
Peggy Marlow
Cincinnati
Terry Brown
Chillicothe
Cody Garrett
Elyria
Betty Sailer
Akron
Ruby Ohly Mansfield
Greensboro Open Golf Scores and Winnings
Fina scores and money winnings reported for the Greater Greensboro Open Gulf Tournament. Details cover final scores, prize money totaling 270 000 dollars, and top finishers. Names of players and exact positions are listed within the readable OCR segment.
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Greensboro
Comstock Leads Men as Bowling Weekend Highlights
Jim Comstock fired a 640 in Evans Lanes h1.8.S. Couples league to top weekend men’s bowling. Bill Wendrell posted 632 at Center Ridge Lanes Twisters League and Reg Poyle 624 in Center Ridge Lanes Guys and Dolts Sunday League were other 600 Club figures. Top games included George Kuteryich 248 Brent Greer 235 and John Van Cuyk 234.
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Evans Lanes
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Center Ridge Lanes
Reg Poyle
Dolts
George Kuteryich
Brent Greer
John van Cuyk
Bill Woodzell
Reg Pyle
Exhibition Baseball Weekend Score Roundup
Weekend exhibition games yielded mixed results with Montreal defeating Boston 6 to 2 and St Louis routing Pittsburgh 18 to 4. Other notable scores include Cleveland 1 over Oakland 6, New York 14 Philadelphia 3, Milwaukee 3 Chicago, and Boston 3 New York 4.
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Ali Lyle begin publicity campaign before title clash
Muhammad Ali and Ron Lyle opened their publicity for the May 16 heavyweight title bout with subdued remarks and a TV-friendly plan. Ali avoided predictions, praised Lyle as a gentleman, and noted plans to scout his opponent. Lyle defended his challenge, contrasting his fighting stance with Ali’s boxer's craft and stressing mutual respect.
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UPI
Muhammad Ali
Ron Lyle
Ali
Las Vegas
Lyle
Chuck Wepner
Jerry Quarry
Jimmy Young
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