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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1968
Page
10
Shenandoah Downs lists entries and results for the first race with Paramount Girl paying 9.20 5.20 3.20 as Sassy Fella Pennywood and No Easy Marks also shown. AP reports Denver's 1968-69 basketball schedule features six teams active in last March's tournaments.
Susie Berning won the 16th U S Women's Open at Moselem Springs with a 72-hole 289, earning $5,000. She beat Mickey Wright by three strokes as Wright closed with a 68. Berning, 26, noted she felt lucky after bogeys late in the final round.
St Louis stretched its NL lead to 10 games after a 2-0 victory against San Francisco as Lou Brock and Curt Flood fueled the offense. Houston beat Atlanta, Cincinnati lost to Los Angeles, and Chicago avoided a sweep by Pittsburgh in split results across the circuit.
Weiskopf captures the Buick Open title at Warwick Hills with an eight under par 280 total. Mike Hill falls short by two strokes after missing a five foot par putt on the 18th. Hill earns 15 000 with Weiskopf taking 25 000 as Red Horn finishes two behind in third.
Vinny Giles, a 25 year old Lynchburg law student, claimed the 1968 Virginia State Amateur at Cascades with a 275 total nine under par. Giles dominated with a final 65 in the last 18 holes, finishing nine strokes ahead of runner up Wayne Jackson and marking his fourth state title in an even year, with expectations of continued dominance.
American League leaders Detroit and Cleveland compete with Baltimore Boston and Minnesota in pursuit. National League standings show St Louis Cincinnati Atlanta San Francisco and Pittsburgh led by Houston and New York. Recent results include multiple interleague and intra league games with notably Cleveland 8-7 over California and Detroit 5-7 at Oakland.
Area sports brief notes a Shenandoah Downs event on Monday at 7 15 p m. The program highlights a late evening horse racing card in a local race meet.
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