Kentucky Derby a grand pagan celebration beyond a race
The Kentucky Derby, held the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs, is seen as a grand celebration of spring and a social phenomenon. Crowds mix Old Bourbon culture with revelry, pricey lodging, and vibrant Week activities, while the race itself remains a link to tradition with a changing cast and enduring spectacle.
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Jerry Greene
Orlando Sentinel
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Royalty
Grandstand
Kentucky
Millonaire
John Wolfson
Wolfson
America
Wayne Lukas
Jose
Ocala
William Faulkner
Wet grounds force postponement of Lorain County Speedway opener
Wet grounds at South Amherst forced postponement of Lorain County Speedway season opener Friday night. The program was reset for next Friday night with pit gates at 3:30 pm, main gate at 6:00 pm, and racing at 8:00 in the supermodified, sport stock and street stock divisions.
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South Amherst
Lorain County Speedway
Chronicle Telegram May 14, 1984 Page Note
Local edition dated Saturday May 14 1984 features editor Jerry Rombach with brief notices and community items. Read alongside other Chronicle Telegram sections for updates on events, obituaries, and notices from area organizations.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Jerry Rombach
Force ousts Pittsburgh from MISL playoffs in Richfield
Cleveland Force defeated the Pittsburgh Spirit 4-3 at the Richfield Coliseum to sweep the best-of-five Eastern Division playoff series three games to one. Vic Davidson scored a hat trick with assists from Furphy and others as Cleveland held on after a tense final period, with ejections and bench-clearing incidents marking the finish.
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Karoly Molnar
C-T
Richfield
Cleveland Force
Pittsburgh Spirit
Richfield Coliseum
Force
Spirit
Cleveland
Vic Davidson
Keith Furphy
Tan Sybis
Adam Topolski
Pittsburgh
John O'Hara
Davidson
Furphy
Alex Tarnoczi
Drew Ferguson
Benny Dargle
Peter Millar
Paul Child
Drago Dumbovic
George Nanchoff
Kai Haaskivi
Liekoski
Bench clearing brawl ends Force Spirit series
MISL quarterfinals at the Coliseum ended with a bench clearing brawl as Force and Spirit clashed in the final seconds. Peter Millar and Paul Child sparked the melee, police separated the teams, and the Force won 5-3 to take the series. Vic Davidson and Keith Furphy starred on offense for the Force as goalkeeper Chris Vaccaro left hurt late.
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Paul Child
Force
Peter Millar
Millar
Child
Pittsburgh
John Kowalski
Ian Sybil
Paul
Comedy of Errors sinks Indians in Detroit loss
Cleveland manager Pat Corrales blamed a night of miscues as the Indians committed five errors and stranded 12 runners in a 9-2 defeat to Detroit. Howard Johnson homered for Detroit, while Mike Fischlin and Brook Jacoby each made multiple errors for Cleveland. Detroit improved to 20-4 behind Dan Petry, who allowed two runs over five innings.
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Indians
Detroit
Steve Herrick
C-T
Cleveland
Pat Corrales
Tribe
Boro
Bozo
Ron Hassey
Corrales
Baltimore
Howard Johnson
Mike Fischlin
Julio Franco
Brook Jacoby
Chet Lemon
Jacoby
Carmen Castillo
Castillo
Fischlin
Brett Butler
Dan Perry
Petry
Petty
George Vukovich
Perry
Lance Parrish
Butler
Parrish
Larry Herndon
Herndon
RBI
Togeth
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Lukas
Althea
Spirits
Chris Vaccaro
Vaccaro
Blast
Michael Kaham
Bob Vosmaer
Kaham
Vosmaer
Bernie Noble
Jim Jablonski
Coliseum
Force-Spirit
Vic
Keith
Krys Sobieski
Jordan
Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Michael Jordan
National Basketball Association
Associated Press
Philadelphia
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