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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1967
Page
8
Martinsburg’s West Virginia Pony League All-Star squad fell in Stratford Connecticut, losing 5-3 to New Bedford and 7-1 to Cayce, ending their bid for the Pony League World Series after upsetting Massillon in Regionals. Ed Ritter praised for leadership as Church Softball League ends season with Presbyterian victory.
Charles Town High School football coach Doug Lutman says the Panthers have a 29 man squad after several players quit, affecting preparation for the Sept. 29 game against James Wood.
Ron Rice says every position is up for grabs as Handley Hilltop squads push veterans and lettermen to the limit before the season opener with Martinsburg.
First Presbyterian scored four runs in the top of the eighth to beat Braddock St. 8 to 4 and claim the tournament title. Bill Stine delivered a bases loaded single to break a 4-4 deadlock as Presbyterians rallied after Braddock tied it in the seventh. Harold Buckner and Bunny Benham had two hits each for Presbyterian. Ronnie Bageant led Braddock with three hits. Tom Quigley earned the win for Presbyterian while Ronnie Bageant took the loss. In the consolation game First Brethren defeated First Baptist 4 to 1 behind Dave Sisler Rol and Donnie Unger.
Kathy Scully and Billy Gentry won the Mixed Doubles 6-2 6-2 to claim the first local Triple Crown, adding Ladies Singles and Ladies Doubles titles. Scully, a Brockport Teachers College senior, resides on Wilkins Drive and has played since youth under her parents. She hails from a tennis family and is noted for a driving game and stamina.
Four teen boys at the rifle club display growing gun safety and marksmanship while planning Hunter Safety training. Ed and Walter Erwin post high scores in prone and sitting, Tom Bell finishes 30s in sitting, Lee Woolf shines in his first NBA stage with a 40 by 50 prone tally, and SEE nears Distinguished status through kneeling totals as the writer muses on country gun culture.
Corby Dot racing for Mae Rice won her third straight at Charles Town last night earning $13 and a $1 231 60 twin double. Apprentice Robert Howard rode Capably to a second win in the twin double races. Ocean Beam paid $21 40 in Race Six while Spook Dust won two year old maidens at 15 20. Stanley Small also rode Pamela Miss to win in Race Five as Soul of Mine and Happy Hostess produced a 160 80 daily double.
F and M Bank built a 6 0 lead and defeated Mobile Homes 10 4 in City League play. Richard Dick had three singles, Denny Spurs a single and a triple, Donnie Oates and Buddy Willis both hit triples for Mobile Homes, Eddie Grim earned the win with four hits allowed.
Arnold Palmer, sidelined by a right shoulder muscle spasm, prepares for the $250 000 Westchester Open in Harrison New York while aiming to preserve his PGA Tour single season money record. He injured the shoulder Monday during the Pennsylvania Open at Laurel Valley Golf Club and said the setback is new to him.
Gordon Nelson and Steve Butler defeated Lynn Carpenter and Soupy Hillyard to win the 1967 City Tourney men's doubles title in a dramatic final. Nelson, a former Handley athlete, works for the Virginia Employment Commission, while Butler recently finished at Hampden Sydney and will enter UVA law school. Jorge Velasquez led Gulfstream Park jockeys with 52 victories in the 1967 meeting.
Standings through Saturday night show trainers with their starter counts and wins. Deatrich Jack L leads with 14 starts and 6 wins, followed by Palmer James A with 25 starts and 6 wins, Lacoste Albert J 28 starts and 6 wins, Hilton Robert R 30 starts and 6 wins, and Smith Jr Frank 26 starts and 5 wins.
St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 9-5 as Charley Winner’s defense held, with a pivotal safety as punter Joe Randall downed a kickoff in the end zone. Jim Bakken added three field goals to seal the win.
The City League post season resumes with Shenandoah Valley National Bank vs Winchester Mobile Homes in the opener and Crown Cork and Seal vs C S Bank in the nightcap. Winners meet tomorrow night at 8 30 p m in second games. Phillips 66 upset IC S Bank then faces F M Bank in tomorrow's opener.
Loyd Phillips the Bears top draft pick will be tried at defensive end during summer drills. He played end tackle and linebacker at Arkansas.
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