Baseball Deadly Weapon Jamie Murray Reflects on Chapman Death
A 1968 Los Angeles Times essay recalls Ray Chapman killed by a pitched ball at the Polo Grounds in 1920. The piece examines safety, helmet debates, and baseball culture versus football, noting players like Kaline and Conigliaro and questioning rules and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo Grounds
Carl William Mays
Ray Chapman
Indians
Yankee
Aaron Ward
Wally Pipp
Chapman
Raymond Johnson Chapman
League
Detroit
Jim Northrup
Los Angeles Times
Sunny Janene and R. K.'s Rev Jet win Amado feature races
Sunny Janene and R. K.'s Rev Jet captured feature races at Amado Greyhound Park. Racing resumes Thursday night at 8:15 with diverse heats, show payouts and attendance tallies including public and state shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny Janene
R. K.’s Rev Jet
Amado Greyhound Park
Blue Reyou
Amado
fAlle
Cookie Gee
T. Righth
Hanpy_ Agathe
P.H
Willie
Peateral Klown
T. Ai
Swill Matale
T. AL
Harris's Tears
Wild Dog
Poins Design
C.E
Bob McCain
Ste Mile
Laddy Pegoy
Pam Ann
R.K
C.K
Timmy Skanemont
Hello Banna
T Jan Sof
T. Ninth
Sunny Jianene
Castle’s Pilgrim
Buster Fire
Mystic Sain
Dinah
Tiny Los
Abe Prat
W. A
Sally June
L. B
Nellie
Medley Spotles
Smooth Echo
Clancy Can
Pal
Ai G. R. Kats
White Lantern
el Brulo
Debra Spencer
Red Stonewall
Castle
Yanks Face Rod Laver As Wimbledon Opens
Three American top ten players stand in Rod Laver's path in the opening round at Wimbledon. Laver, the top seed, opens on center court against Eugene Scott as Smith Riessen and other U.S. stars loom in later rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanks
Rod Laver
Wimbledon
England
Laver
Eugene Scott
New York City
U.S
Stan Smith
Pasadena
Calif
Marty Riessen
Evanston
George MacCall
Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson
Fred Stolle
Australia
Pancho Gonzales
Los Angeles
Andre Gimeno
Spain
Tom Okker
Queen’s Club
Britain
Peter Curtis
Charlie Pasarell
Santruce
P.R
Paul Hombergen
Belgium
Big
Clark Graebner
Roy North
San Diego
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
Tex
Barry Phillips-Moore
Rookie Post Wins LPGA Championship in Playoff
Sandra Post, a 20 year old Canadian rookie, becomes the first rookie and first foreign winner of the LPGA Championship. She defeats defending champion Kathy Whitworth in an 18 hole playoff at Pleasant Valley CC after a 5 under 68. Post earned 3000 dollars, Whitworth took 2300, with Gerda Whalen in third on 295.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
Mass
Sandra Post
Kathy Whitworth
Miss Post
Miss Whitworth
Sandy
Pleasant Valley Country Club
Germany
Gerda Whalen
Recreation Roundup sports scores and standings note
Recreation Roundup highlights local youth leagues with varied results across United Colt League United Pony League and Little League. Pirates left a mark with Riesgo HR while Krugers and Statler Hilton show competitive play as teams like Meadows and Mead’s tally points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League Ameriran
NTS
Pirates
Nunez and
Martinez
Riesgo and
Barquez
Riesgo
Krugers
Statler Hilton
Marvin
Clifton
Gray
Antone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim Murray
Amelia Earhart
Red Sox
Cardinals
Lou Brack
Lou
San Francisco
Juan Marichal
John Roseboro
Maury Wills
al Kaline
Tony Conigliaro
Paul Schaal
Amado Eourats
Briq Lawman
R. K
Tered
Lamar Hunt
John Newcombe
Tony Roche
Dennis Ralston
Bakersfield
Earl Buchholz
St. Louis
Cliff Drysdale
South Africa
Roger Taylor
Nikki Pilic
Yugoslavia
Pierre Barthes
France
Manuel Santana
U.S. Lawn Tennis Association
Center Court
Gonzales
Forest Hills
Ramanathan Krishnan
India
LPGA
Recreation Roundup
Baseball United Colt League Solar Pools
Casas Adobes CO
Bustamante and Daniels
Connor
Williams
United Pony League Exchange Club
Mead
Armstrong
Blackwell
S. Williams
Mayle
Jacobs
Nicolay
Jack Ellis Sporting Goods
Texaco
Assi
Firestone
Fed
Firestone Batteries
KING
Nicklaus
Tach. Neckbaut
Firestone Stores
Eastside
Wilmot Plaza
Northside
Grant
Ford
TIKI
E. Speedway
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