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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1967
Page
3
Sports editor notes Bobby Dodd launches the largest freshman schedule ever with a six game slate. Four charity games lead off in Columbus against Gordon Military October 7 for the Elks Charity Fund and October 14 in Jacksonville versus Miami for the Jaycees benefiting the Gator Bowl fund.
The third charity game will be in Valdosta on November 10 with Tech facing Florida State to benefit the United Fund. A season finale debate has Tech meeting Georgia at Grant Field on Thanksgiving Day with proceeds going to Decatur Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children. Freshmen schedule pits Tech against Clemson in Clemson October 27 and Tennessee in Atlanta November 3.
Friday results show Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 4 Houston 8 Louis 2 Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 5 Los Angeles 3. Several games listed with upcoming matchups including New York at San Francisco and Philadelphia at Houston.
Vada Pinson delivered a decisive fourth hit driving in Tommy Helms for a 5-4 Cincinnati victory over Atlanta. Jay Ritchie stranded Reds on third in the ninth before Pinson ended the game with a single in the 11th. Tony Perez sparked the comeback with a double and Deron Johnson’s triple tied it.
Atlanta coach Phil Woosnam says the Atlanta Chiefs lead the NPSL in average paid attendance at 7 743 per home game and expect a big crowd for the Chicago Spurs visit. He notes St Louis tops the league in attendance but Atlanta aims for a 40 000 to 50 000 momentum if a major match occurs.
Valdosta hosts a 36 hole Valdosta Open with 200 entrants. Richard Beckmann leads a four man team to win the pro-am prelims with a best-ball 64, two strokes ahead. Amateurs Bunky Henry Charles Layton and Frank Eldridge share top individual score. Henry shoots 68 with an eagle and three late birdies. Palmer Newton Fleming Conner of Tifton place second at 66. Beckmann earns 250 dollars.
Bobby Ussery, riding Patrice Jacobs' Reason to Hail, chooses to race in the Belmont at Aqueduct amid a field led by Damascus and Proud Clarion. Post time 5:30 p.m. EDT with CBS coverage.
Report of multiple dog races with grades D M C and A including winners such as Kan Kan Furphy Likely Agent Greater Rock and Cindy Jo with times and payoffs and quiniela results across twelve races with explicit money figures and bettor outcomes.
Baltimore rookie Tom Phoebus pitched his third straight shutout to improve to 4-1 as the Orioles blanked the Washington Senators 12-0. Frank Robinson drove in five runs with a homer and a double, while Etchebarren also homered. Detroit beat New York 9-5, Kansas City outlasted Chicago 6-4 in 1% innings, and Boston edged Cleveland 2-1 as Minnesota fell 2-0 to California.
Dave Hill from Jackson Michigan held a 9 under par 131 after Friday’s third round of the Memphis Open golf tournament. Gary Player Bruce Crampton and Chuck Courtney trailed by four strokes at 128 as 79 players qualified for the final two days. Hill compared his form to Dave Stockton’s earlier Colonial Invitation run.
Jim Ryun clocked 3:53.2 for the mile at the Coliseum Compton Invitational, the second fastest ever, while saying he is still experimenting as he plans a peak later in the season. Ron Clarke won the 5,000 meters. Jimmy Hines beat Tommie Smith in the 220 and earned Athlete of the Meet honors. Ryun to run next week in Albuquerque at the U S Track and Field Federation meet.
Softball action in Cairo features Cairo Stars versus Ga. Crate at Cairo Field and Sing Oil against Sunnyland at Coats and Clark Field in the South Georgia Slow Pitch League.
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