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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1968
Page
12
Larue will be presented the $750 Winnie Legge Scholarship. Garber will receive the Outstanding Lineman Award. Baker will be honored as the top golfer.
Pirates blanked the St Louis Cardinals 3-0 as Bob Veale earned his second straight victory while eight Pirates bats were burned after a 1-0 loss. Clemente singled and Wille Stargell drove in the tying run in a three hit attack.
American League standings show Detroit leading with 19 wins and a .633 pace, followed by Baltimore Cleveland Minnesota and Boston among others. National League table lists St Louis as leader at 20 11 with San Francisco and Atlanta close behind. multiple midweek games and upcoming matchups noted.
Eleven current head coaches in college football previously served as players or assistants at Michigan State University, highlighting the program’s lasting influence on coaching leadership.
Speedway action pits Buddy Armel and Don Davis for a second feature win after early season victories at Winchester Speedway. They face strong rivals including Red Nininger Ray Dover George Weaver Louie Newlin Louie Franklin Charlie Beeler and more as 8 p.m. Saturday program opens. Jackie Clore debuts a new Ford 429 powered super modified. Dick Warrenfeltz competes in a revamped super. Semi late models draw Doug Bailey Bob Armel Charlie Johnson Marvin Isnogle Herman Keller and others in a busy night.
Hedgeman Lewis, age 146 from Hollywood California, defeats Bobby Murray, age 145 from San Francisco, by outpoint in ten rounds in Los Angeles.
Ler Duncan, a veteran of midget car racing, continues speed driving into his sixties. The Philadelphia figure has raced notable names like Eddie Sachs and Tony Willman on tracks from Ascot Speedway to Indianapolis between 1953 and 1957. He holds 19 championships across ARDC, AAC, and Garden State associations and plans no retirement while his reflexes hold.
Race by race results show winners and payouts for Shenandoah including units like daily double and exacta. Notable figures include Twin double 8-1-3-2 paying 10 344.40 to two participants and attendance listed as 3516.
The James Wood Huddle of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes elected officers with Earl Foreman named Captain for the coming year. Captain-elect Chetty Spielman and other officers were chosen at the recent meeting.
An Associated Press survey shows 1968 attendance 3.7 percent below 1967 and 398,258 beneath 1966. The National League fell more than two million last season while the American League is down 17,588. Braves suffer the largest drop, with other declines including Cincinnati, Baltimore, and the Yankees.
Cassius Clay proposes a three man, multi million dollar charity heavyweight title fight to settle the champion question before he faces jail. He suggests fighting Joe Frazier and Jimmy Ellis with rest periods, with proceeds split between a poverty fund and the fighters. Clay expects to be jailed as his appeal proceeds at the Supreme Court.
A 37-37 tie between Alabama and Florida State in Birmingham drew 71,299 fans setting a new record for most points in a tie game while the prior mark was Illinois versus Purdue at 26-26 in 1893.
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