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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1962
Page
7
A cloudy day crowd of 3,969 saw twin double tickets pay out at Charles Town. Six holders won with the 8-9-1-7 combination as Inchcliffe Castle failed to win the eighth race, leaving the top twin payoff at $2236 for the seven winners.
The husband and wife team of Lillian and Bill Farrell and Helen and David Frye known as The 4-Fs defeated the Lamplighters 4 to 0 in a makeup Mixed Doubles match at Northside Lanes. Bill Farrell rolled a 481 in his high set with a 177 game.
Arnold Palmer stays near the $60,000 mark in the PGA money list with $59,871 after a Memphis Open ninth place. Bill Casper Jr. remains second with $41,208 while Gene Littler and Gary Player both earn $3,050 from Memphis.
New Orleans businessman David Dixon filed a formal franchise application for the American Football League. He mailed a $25,000 good faith deposit after telegraphing the request to AFL Commissioner Joe Foss. Dixon is the sole disclosed backer, and he expects only one city to join the AFL this fall despite hints from Harry Wismer that several cities could enter.
Del Mar California AP The owners of T V Lark and Kelso were invited to a 25000 dollar winner take all match race at 127 pounds over 1% miles. Don Smith Del Mar president and GM said invitations were sent to Mrs Richard C du Pont owner of Kelso and Preston Madden head of the T V Lark syndicate with a possible August date.
A Tucson AP summary lists four intoxication incidents in one day. A woman sprayed bystanders with a garden hose at a grocery entrance, a University of Arizona student balanced a basketball on his nose on Main Street, an underage youth drank from a beer can leaning on an unmarked police car, and a man staggered into the downtown police station by mistake.
Johnny Rotz, 27, a top rider with a lucrative career, rides Greek Money in the $125,000-added Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. The Illinois-born jockey rose after two major upsets in the Preakness and Met Handicap, and he leads New York racing for the season.
Vladimir Trusenev, a Soviet veteran from Leningrad, shattered the world discus record with a 202 feet 2% inch throw in a Moscow meet. He erased Al Oerter’s 2005% mark amid predictions he may fare at the United States USSR meet at Stanford. Oerter, living in Babylon, NY, said he is eager to meet the new record-holder.
Montreal AP reports Doug Harvey resigns after one season as player coach for the New York Rangers. The club also failed in an NHL summer bid for Bernie Geoffrion and now faces coach and defenseman shortages. Harvey cited family concerns after moving his wife and five children from Montreal to New York for the winter.
Betsy Rawls of Spartanburg and Kathy Cornelius of Scottsdale were named co champs of the Babe Zaharias Open after rain halted the final round. Both posted 36 hole scores of 146 earning $1 075 each. Sandra Hayne Ruth Jessen and Betty Jameson finished tied for third at 150 and won $623. Lehigh University football schedules a repeat of 1961 opponents?
St Louis manager Johnny Keane says the Cardinals are in a paralyzing slump because players have been trying too hard. He noted repeated early mistakes after a two hour meeting with General Manager Bing Devine as the team fell eight straight and 11 of 12 to drop to 24-24.
A gun column discusses the new .264 Magnum Winchester Model 70 and compares it to the .270 and .308. It covers weight, recoil, barrel length, and load possibilities from 100 to 160 grain bullets, plus the impracticalities of featherweight builds and practical use for varmints to long range deer. It notes prices, barrel twists, and Winchester Junior Rifle Club scores from a recent Army course.
Aziz Nogales notes Terrance Leonhardy’s dog Tammy is trained to retrieve golf balls. Tammy was sent to fetch a shot into the rough but returned with a gopher at her feet, proudly placed by the dog.
Members of the Fighting 69th Infantry Division hold their annual reunion in Princeton New Jersey. The event gathers veterans from across the nation to reconnect and share memories of service during the war era.
The twin boys Darryl Dean and Delor Dwayne Dutsch, born April 2, have 12 grandparents. On the mother’s side are T. M. Harkreader and Gustav Staub with C. H. Harkrader, plus C. E. Dutsch and C. H. Dutsch as paternal grandparents. Great and great-great grandparents include J. C. McMichael and W. M. McMichael. All Tulsa grandparents reside in Tulsa except Mr. O H Harkreader in Salem Oregon.
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