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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
12
A readable OCR fragment lists horse or trainer style names tied to Charles Town racing. Entries include Dibbryan Drownin Girl Tudor Type Priam's Pet, Royal Forever Ernie's Sickle Sudden Royalty Psychedelic Sue, Hickory Neck Zags Miss Navy Quest, Allisrosey etc.
Drag racing dominates the weekend lineup with the Winchester and Mason Dixon events plus Hagerstown features. Notable drivers include Sutpon Bros. and 70 Camaro bets by Strowbridge and Whitacre, while Joe Gardner returns to stock car ranks after Hare Championship win.
Houston rookie Ken Forsch tossed four innings a four-hitter shutdown of Los Angeles to end the Dodgers five game win streak. Cesar Cedeno delivered a two run single as Roger Metzger started the decisive rally. The Astros tightened in the sixth inning and Metzger Morgan Wynn set the stage for Cedeno's shot.
Fragmentary OCR presents a string of person names and terms such as Tom Thumb Blues, Teds Glow, St. Lucie Princess, Bells and Whistles, St. Bernadette, Good Ole Monte, Fleet Lad, Winnie Roe, Timothy O, Tunnel Turner. No coherent article or event emerges.
Memphis State travels to Utah State on October 16 and to Cincinnati on October 30 marking their only two away football games this season.
Major League standings and results from Wednesday and Thursday include Chicago defeating San Diego 6 to 3 while Cincinnati lost 11 innings to St. Louis 7 to 1, and Montreal beating Pittsburgh 4 to 3. Also San Diego at Chicago, New York at Atlanta, and Los Angeles at Houston were among Thursday night games.
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