East West All Star Basketball Game Tonight in Roanoke
West team holds height edge and pace advantage for VHSL all star clash at Salem Roanoke Valley Civic Center. East lineup features Friend Stith Brown Majette Wingfield facing West stars Hylton Motley Brown McCardle White with bench bangers Cunningham Sweet Stolldorf and sharpshooter Mitchell shaping the tempo.
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Roanoke
SALEM
Virginia High School Coaches Association
Victory Stadium
Salem-Roanoke Valley Civic Center
Carlisle Hostetter
Radford
Leon Hylton
Fieldale
Collinsville
Tom Motley
Charles Pearce
Franklin
East
Melvin Friend
Thomas Dale
Wesley Stith
Norview
Andre Brown
Ferguson
Darrell Majette
Leon Wingfield
Hopewell
Hylton
Stith
McCardle
Majette
Pearce
Andre
West
Bennie Dix
Danville
Eugene Cunningham
James Monroe
George Sweet
Western Branch
Dix
Cunningham
Sweet
Dan Stolldorf
Annandale
David Mitchell
Coeburn
VHSL
Roanoke Valley Civic Center
Brad Cooper
Jerry Combs
James Wood
Clarke County
Roger Johnson
Virginia High School League
Dick Allen Tops AL All Star Voting in 43rd Game
Dick Allen led American League votes with 1,092,758 of 3,171,556 cast. He starts at first base over Norm Cash as Brooks Robinson tops at third. Aparicio and Yastrzemski also start for Red Sox. The 43rd All-Star Game is set for July 25 in Atlanta NBC televises.
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New York
Dick Allen
Bowie Kuhn
Chicago White Sox
Alien
Los Angeles Dodgers
Detroit
Norm Cash
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore
Oakland
Sal Bando
Boston Red Sox
Luis Aparicio
Carl Yastrzemski
Atlanta
NBC
Rainy Eight Mile Road Race Draws 16 Entrants
Frederick County Recreation Department held the Eight Mile Road Race despite rain. Sixteen runners completed the eight mile course led by Wayne Cromer in 44 minutes 51 seconds and Jimmy Dart second in 47 minutes 34 seconds.
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Frederick County
Wayne Cromer
Jimmy Dart
Olympic Fund Drive Seeks Local Donations for Munich Games
About 100 youths ages 10 to 16 have placed canisters in local businesses to raise funds for the U S Olympic Team competing in Munich starting August 26 1972. The drive runs until July 24 1972 with $1 donations earning contributor awards while funds support training equipment and transport for more than 1200 American athletes.
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the Star
Munich
Germany
America
Clifford H. Buck
United States Olympic Committee
United States
Fischer Wins First Match Over Spassky in World Chess
REYKJAVIK Iceland AP Bobby Fischer won his first game against Boris Spassky and trails 2 1 in their 24 game world championship match. Spassky conceded after Fischer's bishop to queen six check ending a tense sequence. The fourth game was set for 1 p m EDT with Fischer to move.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
Chess Board
Lothar Schmid
Isaac Kashdan
Associated Press
Kashdan
Gabriel Suffers Pneumothorax First Rams Casualty of Camp
Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel suffered a spontaneous pneumothorax in Long Beach during the veteran drills. Out five weeks to a month possible, backup passers John Walon and Jerry Rhome will handle signals. Other notes include Speedy Duncan absent from Redskins camp and Cowboys and Packers training updates.
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Los Angeles Rams
Roman Gabriel
Earl Gerheim
Associated Press
Gabriel
Los Angeles
Rams
Long Beach State College
North Carolina
John Wal
Jerry Rhome
Speedy Duncan
NFL
Washington Redskins
Duncan
Duane Thomas
Dalas
Cowboys
Thomas
Bill Thomas
Boston College
Lou Michaels
Packers
Dan Devine
Michaels
Chester Marcos
Tim Webster
Women enter the field of competitive shooting challenges
The piece argues sport shooting spans both sexes with skeet and trap drawing thrill from all ages. It notes rising female participation despite bias, observes women often get less attention, and questions male traditional views in a 20th century context.
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Skeel
Canadians Dominate 100-Dash Harness Leaders in 1972
In Columbus, Ohio five of the eight drivers with 100 or more dash wins in 1972 are Canadian born. Hervé Filion of Montreal leads the list, with Ontario natives Greg Wright, Ross Curran, Keith Waples, and Buddy Gilmoure following.
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Columbus, Ohio
di Montreal
Herve Filion
Greg Wright
Ross Curran
Keith Waples
Buddy Gilmoure
Ontario
Olympic fund drive hosts Western Horse Show and beauty contest
Arlene Pasco leads a fund raising drive to send U S Olympic teams to trials and Olympics. A Western Horse Show and Junior Miss Beauty Contest are planned for July 22 at the Opequon Saddle Club Grounds Stephens City Virginia with a 10 a m start and a rain date July 23. Young ladies 6 to 12 may enter the beauty contest with registrations at Ward Plaza or the courthouse by Friday night. Door prizes will be drawn hourly.
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Arlene Pasco
Opequon Saddle Club
Stephens City
Virginia
Ward Plaza
Court House
Wandering Wheels Plan CoasttoCoast Ride to Winchester
Wandering Wheels, an eight year old bicycling program, will escort its tenth team of riders on a 3000 mile coast to coast trip this summer. They depart Canon Beach Oregon June 18 and finish Rahoboth Beach Delaware July 23 arriving in Winchester July 20 1972.
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Wandering Wheels
Canon Beach
Oregon
Rahoboth Beach
Delaware
Winchester
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