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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1970
Page
12
Five races listed with horses Hello Huckster Fighting Rey Country Style High Sod Mere Gus Midnight Rhapsody Really Busy Scott s Thunder White Spring and others. Exacta payouts shown for two combinations and a total handle of 279361 with ticket sales.
Wardensville opens the basketball season at 8 p.m. against Eastern Mennonite after posting a 16-4 record last year and losing to the state champions in regional play. Coach Pete Vance notes the small but fast squad with key players Albert Harris Randy Pownall Jerry Hahn and Charles Long supporting a deep sophomore group.
Fights report Billy Backus of Canastota New York stopped Jose Napoles of Mexico to dethrone him as world welterweight champion in Syracuse. Kobayashi of Japan outpointed Shozo Saito in Tokyo. Patterson of New York and Danny McAlinden of Britain drew in Wolverhampton.
Friday features Charles Town horse racing at 7 15 p m. Berkeley Springs visits Southern Fulton Albemarle plays Orange Warren County travels to Culpeper at 8 p m. James Wood wrestles Washington and Lee of Arlington. Saturday slate includes Shenandoah at Wilmington Citadel at Tulane VMI at Army Washington and Lee at Old Dominion Furman at West Virginia North Carolina at William and Mary. Sunday ends with Washington at Dallas in pro football.
AP tally shows Eastern Atlantic leaders New York Boston Philadelphia Buffalo in a tight race. Central Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland top teams in the East. Milwaukee leads the Midwest with Detroit chasing. Western Pacific San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland Utah Dallas and Virginia divisions noted with Thursday Friday Saturday results and upcoming games.
Billy Backus, a Canastota native and former road worker, upset Jose Napoles to claim the welterweight world title in Syracuse. The fight ended at 1:00 of the fourth round after Napoles cut Backus and Backus delivered decisive right hooks. About 5,500 watched live as TV and radio networks covered the victory.
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