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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
9
David Kern leads with four titles winning singles in Boy's and Men's divisions and doubles crowns in both brackets. Susi Laise captures Women's Singles and teams with Kathye Stratton for Girls Doubles, while Don Henson praises the rising talent and forecasts a strong tennis future despite a weather delay.
Major league attendance dropped with no pennant race on Labor Day. Only 156,250 fans attended 17 games versus 251,469 a year earlier. Four doubleheaders aided the NL attendance of 82,635, down from 118,368, while the AL drew 73,?5 with three doubleheaders, down from 113,101. The Chicago Giants doubleheader at Wrigley Field drew 35,061 but only 5,240 attended the Giants game at Los Angeles Philadelphia. Detroit at Oakland posted the largest AL crowd, 20,464.
Bob Gibson won his 20th game of the season for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 1-0 victory over Cincinnati aided by Julian Javier's leadoff homer in the 10th. Nolan’s Achilles tendon hindered the Reds, Ted Abernathy relieved, and Gibson struck out eight while two hits with two out in the 10th produced the decisive run. The NL also saw Pittsburgh sweep Houston in a doubleheader, San Francisco beat Chicago, Atlanta edge New York, and Philadelphia take two from Los Angeles.
Johnny Grum of Altoona wins both ends of the Twin 20s at Hagerstown Raceway in Maryland. He also claimed his second 1966 season win at the track, with Hal Browning and Milt Miller among runners up as 16 finishers set a first race record of 7 40.4. In the second 20, Grum starts 16th and finishes first, with Browning second and Dovel third, as Weld and Weave tie for sixth along with Weyant. Shorty Bowers wins the semi late feature at Hagerstown, his first of the season, with a new 4:23.2 record in the heats. National attendance highlights include Aqueduct and Arlington Park, contributing to 392,842 total at 23 tracks nationwide.
Local football season opens with a slate of Friday and Saturday games. Key matchups include Martinsburg against Handley in the 48th Handley Bowl and Warren County at Strasburg, plus area road trips for Clarke County and others across the Shenandoah Valley. Martinsburg’s Dave Rogers leads a fast, pass oriented offense, while Handley relies on Danny Conley and Monte Hinkle in a power rushing attack.
Irvin King from Charles Town W V grabbed the lead on the first lap of the 1968 Labor Day Championship at Winchester Speedway and held it for 51 laps to win. He set a new race record by completing 51 laps in 16 minutes 11 seconds, faster than Red Nininger’s 1964 mark. Followed to victory lane were Don Davis Frank Pruitt Bill Berry Louie Newlin Louie Franklin Smokey Stover and Red Nininger. Larry Miller of Toms Brook won his class in a semilate model 1958 Ford.
Mark Andretti of Nazareth Pa. defeats A J Foyt Houston by 1.7 seconds at Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in a tight finish. Andretti led from lap eight and tops the national point standings, moving to second behind Bobby Unser. Plans for Winchester 200 open super modified event set for October 19 and 20.
Results from last night’s double header show the Colts 7 to 0 over the Eagles and the Redskins 14 to 0 against the Rams in the Winchester Frederick County Little Football League.
Danny Dixon of Hermitage Country Club won the Valentine Invitational by six strokes at Richmond. Dixon shot 36 33 69 for a 213 even par total after 71 and 73, his first major triumph since the Richmond Junior title five years earlier. Ben Hanson led medalist with 68, finishing second at 219 after a 72 final round in the inaugural stroke play event.
Tonight features Shenandoah Downs horse racing at 7 15 p m and Lions Shelter judges meeting at 7 30 p m Ron Rice speaks. The high school slate includes Clarke County at Central Warren County at Strasburg Stonewall of Manassas at Fauquier and more with 1 30 p m starts in several towns.
The Associated Press reports Duke coach Tom Harp says pads on and effort matters as the ACC groups begin full contact drills. North Carolina coach Bill Dooley criticizes his Tar Heels for lack of enthusiasm in early workouts as Wake Forest hosts scrimmage at the new Winston-Salem stadium ahead of a Sept. something game against North Carolina State.
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