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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
9
Shenandoah Downs lists entries for upcoming racing card featuring horses Tri Tiller Omegene Southern Tune New Legend Christeen Towmarks Caladrous Cut The Deck Just Up among the contenders.
Wilbur Wood earned his 21st victory in Chicago as the White Sox beat the Brewers 8-6. The knuckler was high but Wood still logged six innings of work, extending his run of good form to five straight wins and contributing to Chicago’s surge in the American League West race. Manager Chuck Tanner defended Wood noting his right to a bad day and praising his durability.
A collage of quirky names and phrases appears to list multiple items or personas. The fragmentary text mentions Heather, Exclusive Princess, French Cakes, Rhymatic Tune, Miss Red Donut, Secret Engagement, Determined Chips, Charming Monte, Tourlanx's Christy, Pat Garvey, Take A Spin, Claire Mintess, and Super Rich in a jumbled sequence.
Ed Kranepool and Ron Swoboda co own a restaurant in Amityville joined by designer Mark Gindi to produce a Let's Go Mets lingerie set. Mrs Kranepool pledges to wear it when the Mets win.
AP standings announce Thursday and Friday games across the leagues. Notable players named include Lemonds, Dobson, Perry, Goltz, Fryman, Slayback, Messersmith, Hilgendorf, Pattin, Paul, Reed, Seaver, Pappas, Barr, Grimsley, Carlton, Reuss, Moore, Wise, Kirby, Moose, Downing. Matchups cover Chicago at Baltimore, Minnesota at Detroit, Oakland at Cleveland, New York at Texas, Boston at Chicago, and more across major cities.
Avery Brundage, 84, prepares to step down as IOC president amid a rising African boycott threat over Rhodesia. He warns of disqualifications for participating nations and flags heavy political interference as the pre-Olympics session nears. Potential successors include Lord Killanin and Count Beaumont.
American League leaders include Scheinblum and Rudi atop batting with 317 and 316 at bats. D Allens 28 homers lead. Rudi hops 140 hits and 27 doubles. National League leaders show Cedeno 348 at bats and B Williams 144 hits with Stargell 91 RBIs and Bonds 88 runs.
Adonis Brown, an 18 year old from Rosewood State Hospital in Baltimore, won the mile at the International Special Olympics in Los Angeles with a 5 minute 12 second time. Coach Joe Holman praised his growth and discipline as Brown aims for home someday. The games feature 2600 competitors from all 50 states plus D C Puerto Rico and more.
Nancy Miller of Elkhart Indiana wins a national contest organized by Red Barn collecting money from 20 000 participants ages 10 to 16 She earned a trip to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with two runners up Keith and Kevin Schleicher from Fort Lauderdale The prize includes a Washington visit to observe the first U S Olympic stamp dedication and a White House meeting Nancy raised 4092 76 dollars for South Bend restaurants as the top contributor among teams after five weeks of fundraising
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