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4-D JThe Register: Donvilfe, Sunday, July 16, 1967 Johnson Homer Leads LA Past Cubs IX)S ANGELES (AP)-Lou Johnson's two-run homer cli Inaxed a four-run uprising in the third inning and Don Drys dale huried a five-hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers trimmec Tourneys Halt League Play At Schoolfield AH-Star teams in the various boys' baseball leagues at the Schoolfield Recreation Center will be entering tournament play this week and next week. The Pony stars wili journey to Martinsviile 's English Field on Monday for the district tournament with the winner to go on to KnoxviUe the following week. Play in this league has been suspended until after the tournaments are over. The Colt League all-stars wil meet Lynchburg at Miller Par! In the Hill City on Thursdaj and Friday. The grime Thurs day will be at 8:00 p.m.

with Friday's game set for 6:30. I a third game is necessary, i will be played Friday abou 8:30. The winner will go to Bristol, for the sectiona tourney beginning July 24. The regionals are set for Virginia Beach. League play also ha: been suspended until the tour naments are over.

The Bronco team will leave July 23 for Norfolk for the Bronco sectional tournamen opening on Monday, July 24 John Danlie already has won the title in the regular season the Chicago Cubs 5-1 Saturday. Drysdale, 8-10, struck out 10 and blanked the Cubs on one hit until the seventh, when succes- sive doubles by Billy Williams and Ron Santo ruined his shut- out bid. The Dodgers, winning for only the third time in their last 11 starts, jumped on Chicago ace Ferguson Jenkins, 11-7, in the third. Dick Schofield, who had three of the Dodgers' 12 bits, led with a single and sped to third on a bloop single by Ron Hunt. Willie Davis' sacrifice fly scored Schofield and Jim Le- febvre followed with another single.

Hunt scoring when GJenn Beckerfs relay saDed past third for an error. Johnson then clubbed his fourth homer of the season, chasing Jenkins. Len GabrieJson completed the LA scoring with a bases-empty homer off Joe Niekro in the minor league all-stars play. have begun practice for the micpr league tournament to be played in August, with Esso, heating oil --or Esso Kerosene. They're quality-controlled to burn evenly, bum clean.

And you can depend on us for service, Call: FREE TV STAMPS GEO. A. CARTER Agent HUMBLE OIL I I CO. 200 River St. Dial 793-5811 Major Little League Tournament Begins With this week being devotee Little League district tourn ament games, no major leagu games will be scheduled this in order that the all-sta might have every op portunity to get ready for thi week of tournament competi tion.

On Tuesday, July 18, th Commonwealth and Piedmon all-stars will battle one anothei for the right to meet the win ner of the Lynchburg-Va. stars on Thursday, July 20 in Dan vile. The site for this gams has not been selected as yet All local tournament games will start at 5:30 p.m. with Piedmont No. 1 hosting Tues day's important league contest Regular season play in the three leagues came to end, cept for games deemed neces sary to determine league sec- ond half winners.

The Piedmont league came up with, a. cew and different winner for the second half as Exchange won out on the strength of record. First half winner Ki- wanis and V.F.W. ran dose second. Kiwanis and Exchange will meet later In game playoff to determine th.e league winner for the season.

Commonwealth league action, again centers around the Jay- cees and Dibrell Tobs who bava identical 5-1 records. These teams are scheduled to meet once more with second lalf honors again at stake. The Tabs defeated the Jaycees 10-5 on Wednesday in a play off to take first half honors. The Virginia League second half title is still up for grabs with either the first half win- ners, the Lions, or Rudder Mo- io rtain to grab the honors. (STANDINGS THROUGH JULY 131 IEDMONT LEAGUE Sertoma Klwanij 1 Elks V.

F. W. Rotary COMMONWEALTH!" LEAGUE Dibrel! Jaycees Register Bet Clvifan Worolodc VIRGINIA LEAGUE Rudder Motor Lions 4 4 5 4 0 8 1 1 4 4 1 eighth. CHICAGO LOS ANGELES Tourney Set For Babe Ruth Monday Night 'Audit Dept. Sets fast Pace InMillFastPitcliLeague Audit Dept.

turned back House Monday night by th WWIams If Sanlo 3b Banks Ib rf Hundley Phillips cf Jenkins Hands Glaon ph JNlekro Spanster ph Total 4 8 8 For the first time in the his tory of Babe Ruth baseball i Danville, a special double el. mination tournament just fo 13 years-old-players will begin Monday at Market Garden Ath letic Field. This tournament will com prise four area 13-year-old all from th and Giant divisions a i a teams one local I I JO I 0 3 0 0 0 Fairly Ib 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Uohnson I 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 Gabrietsn rf 4 2 3 0 1 0 Parker Ib 1 0 0 0 Torbors Dmdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 3 i Boston and Brookneal 4 Opening day pairings pits South Boston against the Leafs a p.m. with Brookneal and 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 Falrly DP-- Chicago 31 1 5 jTota! 3 3 5 1 2 4 -Los Anaelej 1- Santo, LOB-- Chicago 3 7. 2B-Schotield, Williams; Gabrielson W.Davis.

U). Jenkins HR--LJolinson IP 11-3 2 i (O, SF- 6:00 (he Giants to follow at 8:00 p.m. On Tuesday, the tourna ment shifts to C. H. Friend Field in South Boston with first round losers playing at 6:00 p.m.

and the first-round win ners starting at 8:00 p.m. One tea mia the losers bracket wil Tjpmjreu either at South Boston jo or Brookneal, depending upon the teams still in the tourna- ment. Market Garden is not available on this date due to Connie Mack games being play- ed. Boivling a Dailv team makes it to the final round, the sixth and I Seventh game, if necessary, STANOINOI AT RWERS1DB LAMES 1 la ed fa Danville VPI Baiiou 26 Tnursday. Final arrangements Texaco 50 20 4 i have been witniield pending the swinseri sfniw citTzeni outcom of the contest on Wed- i Thera will no admission charged for tournament games played in Danville jcremblen Unpredlctafcto Couples Blun Ne.

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7 7 8 8 7 9 5 7 313 13 7 Sportsmen League 12 8 Belk-Leggett 4 2 Pylhlans Virgfnlt Bank Callison Takes Publinks Title By ED JOHNSON Associated Press Sportswriter SEATTLE, Wash. IB Verne Callison, 48-year-old veteran publmks player, came from be- hindhind Saturday to win the four-day, 72-hole National Ama- teur Public Links Golf Tour- najnent with, a seven-over-par 237. Callison, a Sacramento, Calif tavern operator, toured the tricky par-70 Jef- ferson Park Municipal Course with 72's in each of the first two 18-hole rounds. He cut jthat to 71 in the third round Friday and shot another 72 over the last 18 to beat Ron Stokley of Park stroke. Ridge, hy one Mike Zimmerman, 20-year-old Dayton University junior who ted the field of 67 amateurs from around the country after the second and third rounds faded to a 79 Saturday and wound tip with a 291.

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J6 14 Klrlm PTS. IIS 111 109 106 106 104 102 7M 101 93 95 88 82 79 74 75 69 Ladies PGA Tied At 215 After 54 Holes SUTTON, Mass. (AP) Kathy Whitworth, battlin" her- self and Shirley Englehorn wc llcli with four-under-par 215s at the Good Samaritan Tourney Slated At Putt-Putt A benefit tournament will be held Monday ngiht at the Putt- Putt Golf Course on Riverside Drvie by the committee spon- soring the establishment of the Good Samaritan Home. Trophies will go to the first and second-place finishers in both the male and female divi- sions of the 54-hole tournament. Play will start at 8 o'clock with a one-hour free practice session beginning at 7 o'clock.

The entry fee will be $1.50 each. All proceeds wil go to the Good Samaritan Home with Putt-Putt contributing the use of its number two course for the event. Herbert Jones, Putt- Putt manager, also will give a special four-game pass to each score of 6-5 and moved into first place in the Mill Fas Pitch League, i Division handec a Division their second loss and moved into a tie for seconc place with the Dye House ant 2 Division was dropped into the cellar. On Monday Division will play Dye House and Audi Dept. will play 2 Division.

5 Dye remains as the only un defeated team in the second shift league as they took the measure of 2 Spin by the score of 18-5. 4 Drawtex remains only game behind as they turned back 4 Weave. Wednes Runoffs Scheduled For Minor League The minor league teams eon cuded their regular season on Saturday with only a few games to be made up to de termine league winners. The Piedmont league second half winner will be determined on Wednesday July 19th. when Sertoma and V.F.W.

a playoff game. winner will play Kiwanis for season's championship, following week. The Commonwealth and Vir- ginia leagues have the same problem as their major count- erparts. The Dibrell Tobs and Jaycees are all even, at 6-0 and their Saturday game deter- mined tha first half honors Jetween the same two. Rudder Motor and Lions have the same problem in Va.

League )lay. Jimmy Hill became the rcst minor league pitcher to throw a no hitter thlj season as he struck out 13 enroute a 12-0 victory over Py- tmans on Thursday. MONDAYt tnt FRIDAY: Vl VFW tim No. Tobt Lions (replay of tie) Exchange ertcma F. VV.

'otary COMMONWEALTH' LEAGUE''" 31brell Tob aycees 2 4 2 4 3 2 i 7 1 7 4 0 jvifan torotock 4 'IRG1NIA LEAGUli day morning 4 Drawtex willli record of 4 2 losses. Emmanuel Brethren each "am. Piay 5 Dye in a VPrv imnnrfant ir l-t- A A -J i play 5 Dye in a very important game. This game should go long way in outurning the sec ond half winner. In the mixed league Aud Dept.

took over first place wit 5 Sewing and each team ha identical 3-1 records. Aud Dept. handed 4 Grey Insp. thei second loss by the score of 20 5. On Tuesday 4 Grey Insp.

wi meet 1 Division and Audit Dept will play 5 Sewing at 8:15 i a very important game. Stokesland Meth. and Calvar Bapt. share the lead in th Men's Church League each ha SCHEDULg MONDAY RIVERSID1: Division vs Dyt Dept. vs Division WEST END Melh.

vi Druid Hills 15--Burton Memo, vj Ctlviry Bapt TUESDAY RIVERSIDE: Weavt i Spin Grey Insp. vi 1 Division Depf. vs Sewing WEST END Memo. Druid Emmaruu WEDNESDAY RIVERSIDE: THURSDAY WEST tKD Aj 4 Grey Inip. i WEST END Bi Bapt.

forti Rd. Cslvary Bp STANDINGS Mtn'i Past Pilch Min'i Slow Pitch Audit Dept. 1 Division 2 Division, MBI 1 Audit Depf. Grey 2 0 5 1 5 8 Dnwtax 1 1 4 Weave i Spin 1 Dlvlilan Mfll VI 0 4 1 4 0 i Mtn'i Church WL 3 Stokntind 4 3 1 Calvary Bapt. 4 2 3 1 Burton Memo.

3 2 0 4 Emmanual Br. 3 3 Dnjld Hills, unavl Womw's Church 1 0 4 Orsy (nip. 1 0 fry. Rd. Fm.

1 Sewlnt 1 Calvary Bspt. 1 1 Arlington Bapt. Pny. Fst. Meth ft udder Motor 1 3 2 3 1 City Softball League Action Highlighted By Close Races yVet JOev j- mine who would play Design It t.

-i he a battle between first half winner, Link-Watson, run- ner-up N. Main Atlantic, and a surprising Bob's B. Shot team On Tuesday Link-Watson defeat- ed Fire Dept. 6-2; N. Main Atlantic edged by Bob's 5-4 in a protested game while Acme forfeited to Corning On Thursday the N.

Main Atlantic vs Acme game found N. Main coming out on top 9-1, while Link-Watson vs Corning warding off the effects of a contest hac Link-Watson win- shoulder tightness, were tied nin by the score of 7 3 Bob's With A B. ShOD and "Hpnf Shop an(J Fire 411, me end of the third round of the sc uare(i with Bob's winning "th Ladies PGA Championship Saturday. Clifford Ana Creed hit a disas- trous stretch of three straight bogeys on the llth through 13th holes--all three-putt affairs-- and fen a stroke off the pace at 216 with the finale to go Sunday over the 6,250 yard, par 73 Pleasant Valley Country Club But the hottest round--best ever for women on the course and second best in LPGA annals --belonged to Carol Mann the nervous fast talking 6-foot-3 i blonde who fired a 67. That sent her charging forward from eight strokes back and a 17th place tie to match Bettsy Cullen this one 13-3.

league play is close as 'can be with Dot's Nat. Guard and Fire Dept. all contesting for the top spot. On Wednesday, Fire defeated the Zips 1-6, Nat. Guard defeat- ed White Rock, 25-10, and Dot's resolved a family feud as they defeated Dot's 8-2 in their first face-to-face meeting since the team advanced to the higher league.

Thursday's games included the White Rock, S. Main Zips contest with White Rock 10-9 and the Nat. Guard- Dot's game with Nat Guard winning 11-7 taking over sole possession of first place in the league. 116 league is wen into Miss Whitworth had a one-i lts second half schedule bavin" (over 39 on the front side but had half jf games. So i three birdies to a single far only Sparkes-Giles has! jcoming back for a 72.

KathyJ shown an dominance with so these three teams have aeen TY Tuesday, Woodlawn and I for the first half title. lawn walked away with a re- sounding 15-6 romp. The title contest on Thurs- day saw Woodlawn winning by the score of 9-7. Other games played In the 'E" league saw First Bapt. while Main St.

edged Design 10-8 aad Rivermont defeated Moffett 9-2. The league "slow pitch" battle for first half honors went down to the final game of the half with only one game sepa- rating Sledd from the league leading West End team. Sledd played the Jaycees and West End squared off with Third Ave. Other games during the week saw West Main blast West End in a second half game and Sledd edged by First Bapt 8-7. Third Ave.

and the Jaycees struggled to an 18-18 tie. A Link-Wilson N. Main All BoS's Acme Cornins Fire "ATM Nat. Guard Whit Rock Zips Fire I Q. I 1 a i i and Clifford Ann had otter teams having lost at least 1 entered the day deadlocked at tw games to date in the second i jjj.

-StV-Uiltl while the Giles' toys have Trapped tree shots and aj all tut, one to date drive imo Jie water on the 15th George's Market threw a scare Kept MISS Whitworth on edge, into the league leaders as they put she came tip with back them to the limit before putts of 8, 8 and 30 feet, 8-7. The Rat Pack romped to a bnglehprn played steady sided 19-1 victory over the on two theiPo'ice. lirst four holes and then regula-j The Sparks-Giles vs Rat Pack 7 PPa 8XCePt a on'contest on Thursday was won water-caused penal-1 by Rat Pack 16-2. The Police- (Georges' Market game had naa a cortisone Georges' Market 13-2 I 1 4 J.V ..1 Geo. Market STANDINGS 3 0 Bravci 4 OeMolay 3 1 Sacred Heart 0 4 Cornfpg 0 3 Ltlsot 0 3 Wcodlawn Main St.

3 1 Design 4 0 Moffett 2 2 First Bapf. A i 0 0 4 Ltasm 1 1 Jayceej 5 Sledd 6 3 4 w. End 7 2 2 W. Marn 2 8 0 4 First Bapf. 8 2 IS 3 Third Avt.

3 0 3 1 1 0 3 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 Wolves Capture Title But No Player Honors NEW YORK (AP) Not a ingle member of the Los An- jeles Wolves, champions of the United Soccer Association, was named to the league's All-Star earn announced Saturday. The Wolves won the title by defeat ig the Washington Whips Fri- ay night, 6-5, in sudden death vertime. The team was picked by the league's 12 coaches. However, Ronnie Alien of the Wives, was chosen as Coach of The Year. The All-star team: goal, Bob- bie Clark of Washington.

Full- backs: Mario Tito and Marino ideius of Houston; Pat Stanton of Toronto. Halfbacks: Tommy McMillian, Washington; Ary Ciemente of Houston; Jim Bax- ter of Vancouver. Forwards: Peter Dobing, George Eastham erno Cleveland; Burton Memo, moved into sec- ond place V4 game behind the league leaders with a record of 3-3. Stokesland, Calvary and George Wilson Cut By Denver DENVER, Colo. (AP)-The Denver Broncos Saturday cut quarterback George Wilson, son of the coach the Mi- ami Dolphins, from its squad after less than a week of prac- tice.

Wilsoa came to Denver in a recent American Football Lea- gue trade with Miami, which also brought fullback Cookie Gilchrist to the Broncos. Cut from the squad at the same time were two rookies, Tom Massey, a center, and quarterback Frank Starvoss. ed a split for the week. Calvary turned back Emmanuel Brotli. ren and Burton handed Stokes" land their second loss.

On TUP'S' day Stokesland Meth. turned back Calvary Bapt. 5-3 and Em- manuel Brethren handed Druiri Hills their 5th straight defeat by the score of 17-11. 4 Grey Insp. handed Brethren their first loss of the sec ond half and their first loss of the year won by the score of 21-17.

4 Weave turned back 5 Sewing in a we51 played game by the score of 8-6. On Thurs- day night Brethren 'C" win play 4 Weave and 4 Grey Insp. will play 5 Sewing at 8:15. 6 All games in the Women's Church League were cancelled and will be made up at a later date. On Thursday night ton Bapt.

will meet Piney ForX est Meth. at 7:00 and Ferry Rd Friends will play Calvary Bant' at 8:15. TRANSMISSION LEAKING, SLIPPING? SEALS INSTALLED INCIUDES: Removing, disman- tling, thorough inspection and oil adjoitabU corrections. New wall, gaikitj, labor, ninstol- lalion, road tcit. No money down.

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She had six bh SCHEDULE MONDAY AT BAU.OU: First Bapt. vs Jaycees Corning A Fire Depf A flird Av West Main MONDAY AT STONEWALL! Design vj MoffetJ WcxxJIawn vi Rivermwt 9:13 Main St. vs First Bapt A TUESDAY BftLLOU: Dot's A vs White RocV S-W-- Fire vs Nat. Gusri vs S. Mai.T Zips TUESDAY AT Bob's B.

Shop vs Link-Watson vs Geo. ar TUESDAY Af WOOOROW- vs Corning Braves vi Sacred Hurt WEDNESDAY AT BAU.OU. vj N. Main Art. Fire Dept.

A vj Acmt Psck vs Police WEDNESDAY AT WOODROWi a cliff-hanger, 11-10. The Braves vs Corninr wirtnpr JK3 showing fine vs Geo. Marktt oming vs Bravej 7 a i Hearl vs THURSDAY AT BALLOU: vs Sacrtd Hurt Sparks-Giles vs Police Dtp? IS-- Braves vs THURSDAY AT STONEWALL- Nat. Guard vs S. Main Zipi Dot's vs Dofs A P're Dept.

vs White Rock THURSDAY At WOODROW: Link-Watsoo Bob Shop vs Corning A FRIDAY AT BALLOU: River.nofU vs Main Jfrnt Woffetf vs Woodfawn vs First Bapt. A FRIDAY AT STONEWALL: West End vs Third N. Main All. vs Fire Depf A vi Sledd Mem. FASHION PARK tailors the natural shoulder classic: Charter The Charter coat by Fashion Park is a magnificent definition of natural shoulder perfection.

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