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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1968
Page
10
The Winchester Speedway hosts the 1968 Modified Summer Championship a 35 lap feature with a $500 prize and trophy. All qualifiers earn double points. Demolition Derby planned for July 27 amid steady racing action and engine upgrades.
Friday events include Shenandoah Downs horse racing at 7 15 p m and fast pitch softball district games. Local leagues feature O Sullivan vs Kiwanis and Miracle Water at Middletown Lions with games across 6 30 p m and 8 p m. Saturday brings Winchester Speedway stock car racing at 8 p m and Teen League baseball showdowns at multiple sites.
Weather remains hot and humid as golfers fill the course. Twilight League tightens with Donnie Oates and Gus Bornscheuver leading by 13 points. multiple teams chase in a close second and third. Men's President Vice President Trophy results note Crisman and Vaughan beating Tilling and Speakman two up.
Marty Fleckman rode a hot putter to a four under par 66 at the Pecan Valley course and leads by two strokes over Frank Beard. Lee Trevino started with 69 backing up Nelson’s praise while Palmer and Nicklaus sit two back after rounds of 71. Defending champ January shot 78 as the cut looms with the low 70 scores advancing.
Entries for Shenandoah Downs include participant R. E. ClasseB and Rosene thale, listing horses and odds for the upcoming race day.
racing results list at Shenandoah Downs with first to ninth place finishes and payoffs. Daily Double and Exacta figures shown. attendance 3900, handle 249 972. AP reports Mullen High Denver won the Colorado state Class AAA track championship in its second season.
National League standings show St Louis leading with 59 wins, followed by Atlanta and Philadelphia. Notable results include Atlanta 7 Houston 1 and San Francisco 3 St Louis 0 while Los Angeles at Cincinnati was postponed by rain. American League leaders Detroit and Cleveland win lines. Detroit beat Oakland 3 1.
Giants manager Herman Franks says he will resign if the club fails to win the NL pennant this season. Juan Marichal pitched a four-hitter to beat the Cardinals 3-0 as San Francisco narrows the gap atop the NL standings.
Wilt Chamberlain in a New York telephone interview says the 76ers side of his trade to the Los Angeles Lakers was tainted and his version is deserved. He disputes being labeled ungrateful and cites contract talks, including a supposed three year million offer and-team part ownership, as factors in the deal.
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