Otto Graham to headline Martinsburg Sports Breakfast May 5
Otto Graham will be guest speaker at the third annual Martinsburg Sports Breakfast on Friday May 5 at Lees Jackson Restaurant. Advance sales already exceed last year and 1965, with Graham set to appear and be shown in action from the 1954 title game where he led the Browns to a 56 10 win over the Lions.
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Otto
Otto Graham
Bob Scrivener
The
Martinsburg Journal
Lees Jackson
Sammy Baugh
Jack Dempsey
Cleveland Browns
Browns
Detroit Lions
Virginia Tech Fans Rally Behind Claiborne Plans
Hokies back Claiborne as season ticket orders surge with the 1967 season book set at 22.50. Home slate at Lane Stadium includes William and Mary, Villanova, Richmond, Miami, and a homecoming October 21. Also adds 1969 schedule with Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida State.
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Claiborne
Alabama
Kentucky
South Carolina
Florida State
Gobblers
Lane Stadium
William & Mary
Villanova
Richmond
Andy Gustafson
Miami
Hokies
Virginia golf courses likely to double in decade says expert
John F. Shoulders of Virginia Tech predicts Virginia will add about 170 new golf courses in ten years, noting current total near 169 and ongoing construction. He cites rising athletic fields and recreation spaces needing large, intensively managed grounds with maintenance costs around 60 million dollars annually for turfgrass establishment and management.
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Virginia
John F. Shoulders
Exeension Agronomist
Virginia Tech
Old Dominion
Shoulders
Improved Parking At Air Show
Arrangements are completed for ample spectator parking for the Air Show next Saturday May 6.
Airport Air Show Parking And Race Results Tangle
Parking options surround the Bufflick Road Airport Speedway with fees of 1.00 per car plus air show tickets on private property across from the airport entrance. Free Armory lot parking with shuttle to the airport starts at 11 a.m. The day also lists horse race results and boxing matches in multiple locations with names and scores from events in Jersey City Trinidad Stockholm Genoa and rapid schedules for a busy air show. The air show schedule runs from 8 a.m. breakfast to 2 p.m. Apple Blossom Air Show with Navy exhibit Cesna arrivals Gyrocopter shows and unusual aircraft displays.
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Bufflick Road
Armory
Millwood Avenue
Air Show
Bens Son
Stanley Cup Playoffs Finals Friday Schedule
No games scheduled in Fridays schedule with Toronto at Montreal listed for noon after a 2-2 tie in the best of seven. Sundays games noted but not detailed.
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THE
Associated Press
Toronto
Montreal
Gore team seeks Sunday exhibition game in Apple Valley League
The Gore team from the Apple Valley League invites interested opponents to contact Keith Lupton at WHPL via 662 5101 or 662 5509 to schedule an exhibition this Sunday.
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Gore
Keith Lupton
Kratz Brothers Rival Each Other in Charles Town Racing
Charles Town Race Course hosts Fred W. Kratz and his younger brother James, a five pound apprentice, riding as a brother father team under trainer Jim Simpson. The piece notes racing families, past siblings like Hanford and Ycaza, and recalls Ira Ycaza’s Derby win. It also mentions a Sonny Randle Football Camp and a baseball record by Galvin.
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Charles Town
Charles Town Race Course
Fred W. Kratz
James
Jimmy
Jim Simpson
Kratz
Fred Kratz
Broher
Cook Boys
Kentucky
Garner Brothers
A.J. &L. Fernandez
Gomez Boys
Panama
Ycaza
Manuel
Alex
Valenzuela
Hanford Brothers
Carl
Ira
Buddy
Maryland
Mac Hirsch
James Kratz
Lonborg dominant in 3-0 win over Kansas City
Jim Lonborg fired a season high 13 strikeouts and a six hit shutout for Boston, retiring without a walk and pitching the fastball to perfection. The Red Sox supported him with a fifth inning rally as George Scott and Mike Andrews drove in runs.
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Associated Press
Jim Lonborg
Boston Red Sox
Dick Williams
Lonborg
Kansas City
Athletics
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Catfish
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Detroit
New York
California
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
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Washington
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Red Sox
Big Jim
George Scott
Boston
Hunter
Mike Andrews
Scott
Reggie Smith
Andrews
Don Mincher
Yanks
Curt Blefary
Orioles
al Kaline
Tigers
Blefary
Bob Allison
Harmon Killebrew
Walt Bond
Senators
Twins
Dean Chance
Don Buford
White Sox
Indians
Wayne Causey
Sonny Siebert
Buford
Tony Lema to Enter California Golf Hall of Fame
The late Tony Lema, touring pro killed in a summer plane crash, is voted into the California Golf Hall of Fame. Nelson Cullenward of the California Golf Writers announced the posthumous honor to be presented at the writers’ awards banquet at Los Altos Golf and Country Club.
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Tony Lema
California Golf Hall of Fame
Nelson Cullenward
California Golf Writers
Lema
Writers
Los Altos Golf and Country Club
San Leandro
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