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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1970
Page
8
Dawson and Owens speak at the sixth annual Sports Breakfast Friday at 9 a.m. at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. Jack Fretwell and Schaefer Brewing Company sponsor Dawson's visit.
Handley golfers beat Loudoun Valley 11 to 7 at Winchester Country Club with three Handley players winning. Whit Whitham and Steve Boettner each shot 64 to win, while Pancoast 63. Judges beat Valley 4-1 in individual matches. next action at Fauquier Springs.
Washington beat Milwaukee 6-5 as Ed Stroud's sacrifice attempt went wrong in the 10th, letting the winning run score. Sam McDowell struck out eight Twins to lift his career total to 1,703 as Cleveland topped Minnesota 5-1. Boston beat Oakland 4-3 in the other AL game.
Clarke County baseball beat Broad Run 2-1 after a seventh inning error allowed Dickie McDonald to score. Mike Jenkins earned the win on the mound while Oswald took the loss for Broad Run.
Russ Potts profiles Len Dawson and Jesse Owens as record setters. Dawson, AFL star and 1969 All-Star MVP, led the Chiefs to Super Sunday glory with a 23 7 win and set passing marks and a 57.7 He completed 15 straight passes in 1967. Owens rose from Ohio to Olympic legend with four golds in Berlin 1936 and set multiple world marks in sprints and jumps.
Jockey Jesse Davidson, riding only three mounts, won three races including Picnic Fare in the Inaugural feature to open Charles Town Turf Club's 1970 season. Picnic Fare paid $2.40, the shortest win price here this year, as Davidson also won with Compensation and One Sunday. The crowd of 4559 saw a new clubhouse and a near full terraced dining room.
The Opequon Saddle Club holds its first overnight trail ride of the season starting 9 a.m. Saturday from the Robert Patterson home in Opequon and ending Sunday at Mr. Frye's home in Wardensville. Riders welcome. for directions call 662-0932 or 869-9847.
Virginia Tech crushed East Tennessee 14 to 0. Furman beat Richmond 6 to 3. Hampden Sydney defeated Lynchburg 6 to 0. Richmond won 8 to 6 at Gancoph Macon. The Citadel at W M was cancelled due to rain. Virginia and Virginia Military tied 9 to 0.
Trainer John Jacobs readies two hopefuls Personality and High Echelon for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He credits Hirsch Jacobs for the breeding success as 18 to 20 contenders shape the 1 1/4 mile classic while Personality’s lineage is highlighted as a powerful line for Derby glory. Native Royality and Holy Land also clocked Derby Trial workouts ahead of the big race.
Tom McCue shot 85 for James Wood Colonels but Fauquier won 9 14 to 84 at Warrenton.
In Monday finals the West Division matchups saw Pittsburgh at St Louis tied 2-2. Colonels split with Falcons 3% 3% in team points, but Falcons led in individual results with 412. McCue topped Colonels with a 24 14 win over Scotts Lawrence. Williams defeated Wood’s Bob Shellburn 24 4.
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