Blanda Visits Winchester for Invitational golf and Banquet
Oakland Raider star George Blanda arrives in Winchester welcomed by Mayor William Battaile and county official Roger Alderman. He attends the Blanda Invitational Golf Tournament at Carpers Valley with 65 players, hosts a bank appearance, and speaks at the James Wood Athletic Club Banquet. Tickets remain for tonight’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye Potts Star
George Blanda
Winchester
C.R. White
Merrimans Lane
William Battaile
Blanda
Roger Alderman
Carper’s Valley
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Dickie Dick
James Wood Athletic Club
Winchester National Guard
James Wood
Frederick County
Aylor
Bell Clothes
Snag’s Sport Shop
James Wood Athletic Association
David Smith
Snag Sargent to be Honored at JAA Banquet
Otis Snag Sargent of Handley High is singled out for a banquet tribute hosted by the Judges Athletic Association. Cal Stolle of Wake Forest will speak while Dr. Garland Quarles acts as emcee. Sargent’s career spans coaching success in track and football, with notable 1945 undefeated football squad and six state track titles. The report notes his athletic leadership since 1922 and earlier school honors. A Teen League Baseball practice is set for 6 at Rouss Park this afternoon for players, coaches and managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Laise
Handley High School
Otis
Sargent
Lee Jackson
Judges Athletic Association
Cal Stolle
Wake Forest University
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Handley
Springfield College
Massachusetts
Springfield
H.H.S
F.B.I
Red” Baker
Pete Miller
Winchester High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Hillcrest
Rouss Park
Canonero Leaves For Belmont Park
Canonero II the Kentucky bred colt owned by Venezuelans and trained by Juan Arias leaves Pimlico for Belmont Park after winning the Derby and Preakness. A Belmont success would crown him racing's first Triple Crown since Citation in 1948 with a potential ninth TC winner. Governor Mandel granted six Venezuelans honorary Maryland citizenship during the Pimlico visit.
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Baltimore
Canonero II
Pimlico
Belmont Park
Citation
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Pedro Baptista
Edgar Carbett
Baptista
Juan Arias
Gustavo Avila
Victor Scialom
Jose Almenar
McLarens Favored for 55th Indy 500 Front Row
Bobby Unser joins Peter Revson and Mark Donohue in the front row for the May 29 Indianapolis 500 as Revson earns pole at 178.696 mph beating Donohue and Unser. Vince Granatelli defends Jones era and notes turbine politics and rule changes limiting turbine engines since 1967.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Parnelli Jones
Bobby Unser
Peter Revson
Mark Donohue
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Unser
Revson
Donohue
Schoemmell Heads James Wood Golf Team With Six Coaches Named
James Wood High School announced Dan Schoemmell as head golf coach joining five assistants. Other appointments include Dickie Allanson as varsity assistant line coach and Tom Duvall as varsity back field coach. In basketball and football, Donnie Hamilton and Tommy Sullivan took tenth grade roles, while Jim Junkins became assistant for track and wrestling.
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James Wood High School
Dan Schoemmell
James Wood
Schoemmell
Jim Casey
Dan
Dickie Allanson
Wood
Allanson
University of Richmond
Tom Duvall
Duvall
Donnie Hamilton
Aylor Junior High
Bill Maphis
Tommy Sullivan
Frederick County Junior High
Jim Junkins
Junkins
Frederick County
Vida Blue Achieves Ninth Straight Victory in 3-0 Shutout
Vida Blue blanked Milwaukee 3-0 for his ninth consecutive win as Oakland extended its dominant run. Blue walked a batter early but settled, retiring 10 in a row at one stretch and notching his fifth shutout of the season behind solid defense and timely hitting.
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Associated Press
Oakland A’s
Vida
Milwaukee
Blue
Washington Senators
Kansas City
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Minnesota
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
San Diego
Houston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Montreal
Philadelphia
Dave Duncan
Danny Walton
Roberto Pena
Ron Theobald
Williams
Mike Hedlund
Ted Abernathy
Paul Schaal
Amos Otis
Bart Johnson
Schaal
Ed Kirkpatrick
Otis
Joel Hoerner
Hedlund
Abernathy
Walt Williams
Ed Herrmann
Mike Andrews
Dick McAuliffe
al Kaline
McAuliffe
Crown Dominates with Record 29-5 in Industrial League
Jim Brown drew four intentional walks as Crown slugger hit two homers to pace a 29-5 win. Bev Webber, Tinker Edmonds, and Doherty also homered, while Bill Edmonds notched two doubles and four triples. Conley took the loss. Joe Guess the win. Other scores: Grove Lime 6 Henkel Harris 5. Virginia Loan 13 Winchester Mobile Homes 6. J W Arthur 18 Shenandoah Pride 12. Intertype 9 Terry Industries 2. Renners Plumbing 24 Ritter’s Mountaineers 3.
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Capitol Records
Jim Brown
Pace Crown
Crown
Bev Webber
Tinker Edmonds
Doherty
Bill Edmonds
Fries
Capitol
Conley
Joe Guess
Grove
Henkel-Harris
The
Star
Paul Campbell
Paul Bromley
Virginia Loan
Winchester Mobile Homes
Campbell
Va. Loan
Bromley
Harry Thompson
Intertype
Terry Industries
Renners
Ritter
Mountaineers
Locals to Send 12 to State AAA Track Meet at William and Mary
Handley and James Wood will composite 12 athletes to compete at the State AAA Track meet in Williamsburg over Friday and Saturday. Qualifiers earned top five at Northwestern Regional Meet in Charlottesville last Friday with semi finals Friday and finals Saturday.
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Star Sports
Handley
James Wood
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Charlottesville
Chip Garber
Gene Schultz
George Garther
Gary Nichols
Mike Lineburg
Roger Kirby
Wim Lyons
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Oakland Raider
Jim Barnett
Ruthie
Oakland Raiders
Luther Dorsey
Snag’s
Snag'Sargent
Will.Be
Jaa's
Teen League
Cal Stoll
Canonero
McLarens
By Dale Burgess
Vince Granatelli
Jones
Pratt & Whitney
Mario Andretti
A. J. Foyt Jr
Andy
STP Gasoline and Oil Additive Company
Granatelli
STP
USAC
Vida Blue
By Ken Rappoport
Brown
J.W. Arthur
Shenandoah
Pride
Terry Plank
Tom Baker
Thrift Club
Plank
Ron Bageant
Buckeye Potts
Tommy Dixon
Colonels
Kenney Brannon
Geof Fish
Bobby Allanson
Gary Link
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