Turcotte Ready To Ride In Belmont Trip Now 25 Years
Ron Turcotte looks back as Secretariat seeks a new Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes. Jimmy Jones recalls 1948 when Calumet Farm’s Citation won the title, triggering a 25 year drought despite seven of eight winners since 1926. The Count Fleet era and past Belmonts are noted, with Count Fleet the last survivor.
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Jimmy Jones
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Meadow Stable
Secretariat
Sir Barton
Gallant Fox
Omaha
Eddie Arcaro
Jones Boys
Whirlaway
Count Fleet
Count
Stoner Creek Farm
Paris
King Ranch
Thomasville THS Stadium Expansion Underway
Construction on the East side of THS stadium begins with Reeves Steel of Tampa to build a 100000 plus addition adding 2,500 seats and bringing capacity to about 8300. The project includes restrooms concessions dressing rooms and new lighting to be ready by August 31 opener with the Valdosta Wildcats.
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Jackson Street
Thomasville High School
City Board of Education
Thomasville
THS
Jimmy Keyton
Reeves Steel
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Board of County Commissioners
Valdosta Wildcats
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Expos thump Giants 17 to 3 in Montreal slugfest
Montreal Expos piled up 28 baserunners including 12 walks to rout the San Francisco Giants 17-3. Ron Hunt collected three hits and scored five times as Montreal built an early lead and cruised behind a shaky Giants defense and timely hits.
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Baseball standings and schedules in the National and American Leagues
National League East table lists Chicago Montreal Pittsburgh St Louis New York Philadelphia and others with records and games back as of Friday. American League standings show Detroit New York Baltimore Milwaukee Boston Cleveland Chicago Minnesota California Kansas City Oakland Texas and Minnesota results plus Saturday’s matchups and pitcher notes.
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Associated Press
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Perry
Holtzman
Fisher
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Hands
Cuellar
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Dunning
Beene
Drage
Colburn
Lutz
Bill Kunkel
Chuck Tanner
White Sox
Allen
Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles
Texas Rangers
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Detroit Tigers
Oakland A’s
Milwaukee Brewers
California Angels
Jim Barber Leads Philadelphia Golf Classic After Round Two
Jim Barber shot a five under par 67 to post a 36 hole total of 132 12 under par and lead the Philadelphia Golf Classic by three strokes over Tom Jenkins and Forrest Fezler. Jack Nicklaus Lee Trevino and Tom Weiskopf trailed as Barber drew attention with the lowest two round score in tournament history at Whitmarsh Valley Country Club in oppressive heat.
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Lee Trevino
Tom Weiskopf
Jim Barber
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Weiskopf
Barber
Trevino
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Whitmarsh Valley Country Club
Card
Tom Jenkins
Forrest Fezler
Jenkins
Houston
Fezler
Dave Barber
Larry Ziegler
Haley Irwin
John Schlee
Clearwater
Fla
Bing Crosby
Gabriel Traded To Philadelphia
Los Angeles Rams trade quarterback Roman Gabriel to the Philadelphia Eagles for two players and three draft picks. Harold Jackson and Tony Baker head to LA with Philadelphia sending its top 1972 pick and No. 1 and No. 3 picks in 1975. Rams hope John Reaves develops behind a two-year window while Gabriel seeks a fresh start at age 33.
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Roman Gabriel
Los Angeles Rams
Philadelphia Eagles
Rams
Harold Jackson
Tony Baker
Eagles
Mike McCormick
Briel
Philadelphia
John Reaves
Reaves
McCormick
Gabriel
John Hadl
San Diego
NFL
Allen Delivers 15th Home Run and Sox Win
Dick Allen sparked Chicago to a 5-2 victory over Cleveland as Wilbur Wood earned his 14th win. Allen also got into a benches-clearing incident with Cleveland pitcher Milt Wilcox after objecting to two near rib pitches. Other AL results: Twins 2 Orioles 0, Rangers 5 Red Sox 2, Yankees 8 Royals 1, Tigers 4 A’s 1, Brewers 8 Angels 2.
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Associated Press
Dick Allen
Joe Lutz
Allen
Chicago
Cleveland
Wilbur Wood
White Sox
Milt Wilcox
Wilcox
Indians
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