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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1969
Page
10
Montreal’s Bill Joiner outpointed Bob Cleroux in a tight finish as 4 year olds and up compete in the seventh race at Charles Town. The field included Hope Town and Good Victory in the $1,900 claiming event plus Good Ole Dad among the leading runners.
Presbyterian led by Al Carter with three hits including a home run beat Sunnyside 16 to 11. Doug Toan added two hits, backs from Larry Ambrogi Shep Campbell Scott Butler Dave Burk and Russ Potts. Sunnyside's Ronnie Rinker had three hits including a double as Presbyterian improved to 11 9 while Sunnyside fell to 15 5 this season.
Friday features Charles Town horse racing at 7 15 p m Bodie Grim Field hosts Phillips 66 versus Nichols and Godfrey VW against Buckley Lages at 8 30 p m City League softball. Little League games begin 6 15 p m Rotary versus Rubbermaid Minor League 9 a m Toledo Scales versus Huntsberry 10 30 a m Anderson Metal versus Winchester Electric. Saturday offers Winchester Speedway stock car racing at 8 p m and exhibition softball Godfrey VW versus Moose in Cumberland Maryland Lions Field hosts Midway versus Rubbermaid J W Arthur versus Terry Industries in Major League Green Chemical versus National Fruit at 6 15 p m.
Jets star Joe Namath leads New York against College All-Stars at Soldier Field in Chicago. Namath may play only half as Weeb Ewbank plans to rotate quarterbacks, with Babe Parilli in the second half. The NFL-champion Jets face a strong All-Star team in a national TV telecast by ABC starting 9:30 p.m. EDT.
Three makeup games scheduled on Lions Field in the Church Loop tonight. At 6 30 Baptists vs Brad dock Street Methodist, at 7 30 Market Street vs Wesley Methodist, and at 8 30 Sunnyside vs Gamesboro.
In Harrisonburg Paige Monahan and Terry Morgoglione win the 14 and under Western Virginia Tennis Tourney title. They defeat Barbara Hardy and Sue Baker after dropping the second set, taking the final 6-1. Frank Burkholder and Matthew Hammond lose the boys 12 and under doubles final to Lynchburg’s O Connor and Lazar.
Four Roanoke area players Ray Loy Donnie Oates Billy Phillips and Clayton Anderson enter the Virginia State Golf Association Open at Roanoke Country Club as greens threaten scoring. Vinny Giles of Lynchburg bets even par 288 could win if conditions persist.
The late model division at Winchester Speedway shows Red Nininger leading with 320 points, followed by Chuck Brannon and Jimmy Brown as the top contenders. Season progress hints at tighter, faster racing as rookies gain speed. The Late Model summer championship is set for this Saturday with a 75 lap feature plus heats.
The Associated Press reports National and American League standings with East and West divisions. Teams include Baltimore Chicago Detroit New York Boston St Louis Washington Philadelphia Cleveland Montreal Minnesota Atlanta Oakland Cincinnati Seattle Los Angeles San Francisco California Houston New York San Diego Chicago Kansas City Baltimore and more. Thursday results feature Minnesota 5 Detroit 3 Houston 2 New York 0 Cleveland 3 Chicago 2 Chicago 12 San Francisco 2 Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 1 Baltimore 3 Kansas City 5 Oakland 3 Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 2 Boston 9 California 1 Cincinnati 6 Montreal 1 Washington 7 Seattle 6.
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