Area Sports Schedule Highlights Local Events
Tonight and weekly, Charles Town hosts horse racing at 7 15 p m with a 1 15 p m Saturday show. Warren County High School hosts a sports banquet at 6 30 p m. Winchester Speedway features stock car racing at 8 p m. Upcoming events include VMI in Lexington for the state track meet at 1 p m, Warren County baseball at Hedgesville, and Apple Valley League games in Gore Stephens City Front Royal Rappahannock Star Tannery. Various banquets feature speakers from James Wood High School, Handley High, and Virginia Tech with Lee Jackson Restaurant hosting multiple events.
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Charles Town
Warren County High School
Winchester Speedway
Warren County
Hedgesville
VMI
Lexington
Apple Valley League
Gore
Stephens City
Bentonville
Front Royal
Rappahannock
Star Tannery
Handley High - Judges’ Athletic Assn
Lee-Jackson Restaurant
James Wood Touchdown Club
Ken Willard
Major League Standings and Results
National League standings include Cincinnati leading with 24 wins and a .686 pace, followed by St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Atlanta San Francisco Philadelphia Los Angeles New York Houston. Thursday results show Philadelphia over Cincinnati Pittsburgh over Atlanta Houston over San Francisco. Upcoming games list St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Los Angeles at Chicago Pittsburgh at Atlanta San Francisco at Houston.
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National League
L. Pet. G.B. Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Atlanta
San Fran
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
New York
Houston
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Clay Trial Set For June 19
Cassius Clay scheduled to stand trial June 19 on a charge of refusing induction into the Army. Judge Joe Ingraham set the date after denying a postponement to August 1, noting adequate notice and simple issues. Clay, known as Muhammad Ali, seeks ministerial deferment claiming he is a Black Muslim minister. He was briefly jailed in Miami on a traffic charge before posting bond.
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Houston, Tex
Cassius Clay
Army
U. S. Dist
Joe Ingraham
Ingraham
Clay
Muhammad Ali
Hayden Covington
New York City
Quinnan Hodges
Houston
Miami
Reggie Thomas
Richert Dominates Orioles With Three-Hitter Victory
The Astros and Richert shut down Baltimore 2-0 as Baltimore faltered against a three-hitter. Brooks Robinson collected two hits for the Orioles, while Washington scored twice on a sacrifice fly and an error.
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Washington
Boxing gloves first used in a tournament in 1872
The text notes that boxing gloves were first used in a tournament in 1872 but were not employed in a world championship bout until 1892.
Inaugural Church League Softball Opens with Wins
Baptist, Braddock, Sunnyside and First Baptist posted wins in the 1967 Church League season opener. Braddock defeated Frederick 7 12 with Ted Legge pitching a complete game and Billy Harper delivering a key triple. Sunnyside topped First Presbyterian 4 1 with S Hickerson holding ten hits and Jimmy Foltz leading with three. First Baptist routed Grace Bible 15 2 as Dick Martin allowed only three hits. Next week’s four games set to resume.
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Braddock
Frederick
Ted Legge
Merodie Bowers
Frank Foreman
Vic Crim
Sunnyside Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
Sunnyside
S. Hickerson
Frank Courney
Jimmy Foltz
Ed Marshall
Pace Presbyterian
Presbyterian
First Baptist
Grace Bible
The
Baptists
Sonny Oates
E. Barnett
Baptist
Dick Martin
Shifflett
City League Opens With Setback and Close Thriller
The City League Softball season starts at Winchester Recreation Park with opening night activities previewed. Market nips First Brethren 4 2 behind Ralph Order seven hits and strong defense as Sisler allows two safeties. Braddock Street edges North Frederick 8 7 in eight innings with Terry Plant key hits and 13 total.
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Winchester Recreation Park
Market
First Brethren
Ralph Order
Ralph
Dave Sislers
Braddock Street
North Frederick
Terry Plant
Terry
Bobby Setzer
Braddock
Plank
Gary Chrisman
Luther Dorsey
Methodists
Frederick
H. Lewis E. Hildebrand
Bill Bailey
Phillies Hit Reds 7-1. Richert Shuts Out Orioles 2-0
Cookie Rojas drove in three runs with two hits as Philadelphia toppled Cincinnati 7-1 ending the Reds five game win streak. Pete Richert allowed three hits in Washington’s 2-0 shutout of Baltimore after the Orioles had scored 44 runs in five previous games.
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Washington
Baltimore
Oriole
Hank Bauer
Crawford
Wynn
Homer
Brown
Franks
Jim Bunning
Reds
Bristol
Johnny Callison
Bobby Wine
Bunning
Callison
Wine
Johnny Edwards
Jim Coker
Edwards
Donn Clendenon
Bill Mazeeroski
Pirates
Gene Oliver
Braves
Richert
Orioles
Brooks Robinson
Senators
Associated Press
Cookie Rojas
Phillies
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pete Richert
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Gene Fisher
Greg Dick
Handley
Judges’ Athletic Association
Jerry Claiborne Va
Tech
Minnesota
California
Kansas City
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
American L. Pet. G.B
Hal
Bock
San Francisco Giants
Shag Crawford
Ollie Brown
Herman Franks
Giants
Astros
Jimmy Wynn
Herman
Dave Bristol
Billy
Hitchcock
Joe Torre
Braves Pirates
Roy Face
Rthur, Inc
East Boscawen Street
Winchester
Virginia
Cian
GW Motors
Billy Harper
Frank Courtney
al Carter
Hickerson
Coleman
Heirad
Ae Baptist
Joe Hepler
Sisler
Gil Ellerby
Larry Anderson
Anit
Brethren
Grove Lake
Dave Sisler
Kelchner
Shenandoah Valley
Ssociation
Winchester Armory
Route 50 East
OLT
Bucheimer
Bucheimer - Clark
Colt Scouts
S.L.L.R
COLTS
Rogers Smith & Wesson
Browning
Harri & Richardson
ASTA
Berettas
Hopkins & Allen
Navy Arms
Wishing Well
North Front Royal
South Winchester
Goodyear
Tax & Old Tire
Tax
Buncutter Tire Co., Inc
S. Braddock
Wisecarver’s
Oldsmobile
Berryville, Va
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