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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1970
Page
9
A virus outbreak halves practice time at Virginia Military Institute as nearly a third of the Keydets miss sessions. VMI prepares for Furman with lighter drills and awaits fuller participation.
The United States crushed West Germany 5-0 at Clark Memorial Stadium in Cleveland Heights. Tennis leaders urged moving the Davis Cup to large public venues to broaden interest and attendance for future ties.
The New Orleans Bucs will relocate to Memphis pending league approval. Owner Maurice Stern and buyer P L Blake discuss the sale, with no price disclosed but a loss on investment admitted. Coach Babe McCarthy remains, preseason starts Sept 14, and the team opens Oct 22 at Mid-South Coliseum against the Kentucky Colonels.
Area sports schedule lists Shenandoah Downs racing at 7 15 p m on Tuesday. The same period features multiple high school football games Wednesday through Friday with eight p m kickoffs including Hampshire Clarke County Strasburg Madison Central Loudoun County Natural Bridge Elkton Stafford Lane Broadway Fauquier Osbourn Garfield Albemarle George Mason Woodbridge Spotsylvania Stonewall Jackson Petersburg Berkeley Springs Ridgely Keyser Charles Town.
Monday report notes Landry threw another touchdown pass and added a 33 yard rushing TD to cap a 31 7 victory by Detroit over Philadelphia. AP Wirephoto accompanies the game story.
Three North Carolina football players were sidelined during Monday practice as injuries continued to affect ACC prospects. George Simpson Dave Roberts and Dennis Crawford suffered foot and knee injuries. all are lost indefinitely.
The chart shows AL East leaders Baltimore and New York with records 86 47 and 74 59, followed by Cleveland and Washington. In the AL West Minnesota leads at 76 54, California 74 58. multiple games and doubleheaders are listed for Tuesday and Wednesday with matchups including Chicago Oakland Kansas City Minnesota Milwaukee Cleveland Washington Baltimore New York Detroit Boston and others.
Brooks Robinson sparked Baltimore with a 15th homer and two singles driving in three runs in a 10-2 win over New York. Mike Cuellar earned his 21st victory allowing eight hits in the same game.
In South Orange the inaugural Marlboro Open awarded Rod Laver the men’s singles title 6-4 6-2 6-2, earning $4,000, while Kerry Melville won the women’s singles 7-6 6-4. Doubles saw Laver with Andres Gimeno beat McManus Osborne 6-4 6-3, and Casals Wade defeat Chanfreau Durr 6-3 6-4 in women’s doubles.
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