‘ator 500 mile stock car race sunday, a race stopped four nes by yellow caution flags, and once for 1 hour and 22 min- es by rain. It was finally lted 20 miles short of its eduled distance when rain ide racing dangerous. etty led for 106 of the 126 Ss completed before rain shed out the race. His Dodge the pace for Buddy Baker in 1 Ford, Cale Yarborough in a “Chevrolet and David Pearson in rcury who finished in that er in the same lap with the der. tty will get about $15,000 winning the race. t was the 161st win for Petty who has racked up $1.5 million in prize money in his career. Petty completed the 480 miles in four hours, nine minutes and 10 seconds for an average speed of 115.585 miles an hour. Benny Parsons finished fifth in a Chevrolet, trailing the four top runners by almost five miles. Two drivers were hurt in the only wreck of the day. Lennie Pond, 33, Ettrick, Va., was hospitalized with a broken shoulder after his Chevrolet collided with Earl Ross’ Chevy and a Dodge driven by Roy Mayne, Shaw AFB, S.C. Mayne was treated for bruises and released from the infield infir- mary. Ross escaped injury and got his car back in the race. he Back Mountain Wrestling tub will sponsor two wrestling irnaments during August. is Saturday, a summer edown event will be held at fhe Lake-Lehman High School. 11 involve double elimina- s and periods will be one nute each. Wrestlers who will ntering their senior year nder will be eligible for the petition. Weigh-ins will be held Aug. 9 7-8 p.m., and Aug. 10 from m. All wrestlers wishing to m, Aug. 17, the club will hold - second annual elementary tourney. This event is open to youngsters in the first through sixth grades during the 1973-74 school year. Contestants may enter one of the following pound classes: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 115, and unlimited. Awards will be presented to first and second place finishers. Weigh-ins will be held Friday night prior to the meet from 7- 8:30 p.m., and Saturday mor- ning from 8-9 a.m. Prelimin- aries will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the semi-finals and finals. Matches will consist of three one-minute periods. There will be a slight entry fee and entries can be secured by contacting Ned Hartman, P.O. Box 96, Dallas. 100’ Late Model rtsman race Oct. 12, it was nounced recently. “The joint announcement was de by Al Brooke, Carling’s ector of racing, and Joe rber, the race director at the “mile Trenton racing plant. ‘We're indeed pleased to be volved with this big racing weekend at Trenton,” said Mr. Jrooke. ‘Traditionally, the ace of Champions for modi- eds at Trenton has been one of e most popular Facing events of the season and we feel that the Late Model sportsman race year will equal it in the not distant future.” The Carling “100” will be an open-competion NASCAR-sanc- ned event and will carry a rse of approximately $20,000. rior to the prestigious sports- rnest Smith Completes Army Training Program ~ Army Pvt. Ernest G. Smith, 9. son of Mr. and Mrs. Andries Smith, Dallas, completed e weeks of advanced individ- 1 training at the U.S.Army In- intry Training Center, Ft. Polk, La, t. Smith received general ing as a light weapons in- tryman and as a mortar and ’coilless rifle crewman, in ition to specialized weapons uction. es and the placement, detec- n and disarming of mines. Teamwork was emphasized ile Pvt. Smith learned to rk as a member of a rifle uad, mortar squad or direct section. Each team mem- E completed the training well case of casualties. 5th Class Reunion sheduled for 1975 ship High School, is for-! ulating plans for the 25th re-! ion tentatively scheduled in’ gust of 1975. Committee, in- jon can comminicate now ith Donald J. Evans, 2404 . 22043, and give possible in- ‘mation as to the present add- s of other members. man event, 14 tracks through- out the east, south and midwest will determine qualifiers for the 100-mile classic. ; Participating tracks holding Carling ‘100’ qualifying races include Evans Mills Speedway, Watertown, N.Y.; Schmucher Speedway, Latrobe, Williams Grove Speedway located in Mechanicsburg, Dixie: Speed- way, Woodstock, Ga.; Berlin Speedway, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Tri-County Speedway located in Westchester, Ohio; Innianapolis Raceway Park, Clermont, Ind.; Sante Fe Speedway, Hinsdale, Ill.; Holland Speedway, Holland, N.Y.; Beltsville Speedway, Beltsville, Md.; Avilla Speedway, Avilla, Ind., and Flatrock Speedway, Flatrock, Mich. In addition to these races, the winners of the World Service lotte Motor Speedway and the pionship set for Rockford (I11.) Speedway will receive invita- tions to participate in the Carling ‘‘100”’ at Trenton. The forty fastest qualifiers will take the green at 3:00 p.m. Oct. 12, with qualifications and practice set for Oct. 10 -11, Photo by Jack Hogoboom The opening of practice for players named to the East and West squads for the Unico Club’s Aug. 9 all-star football game took place Aug. 5. The West players are practicing at the old Kingston field off Mar- ket Street under the coaching of Jim Fennell of Wyoming Valley West, and Ray Caucci, former Lake-Lehman coach. The East squad are working out at Meyers Stadium with Coach Dan Distasio of Nanticoke Area, and Coach Mickey Gor- ham of Meyers. Among the West players are a number of the past season’s at various colleges and continue their football playing as well. Art Gramps, end from Dallas Area, will go to Temple Univer- sity, where his former coach Jack Jones served on the coach- ing staff. Allan Brown and Dave Guzitis, Lake-Lehman, will attend Wilkes College. John Hiller, Dallas Area, and Bob Faerber, West Side Tech, have enrolled at Penn State, and Tom Considine, Dallas, will goto Bloomsburg. Dallas Junior High Football Candidates To Receive Physicals Dr. Michael Bucan will examine the ninth grade cand} dates for the Dallas Junior High School football team at 9 a.m. Aug. 19. The eighth grade candidates must report for examination at 9 a.m. Aug. 21. Both examinations will be held at the junior high school. Practice for junior high school is scheduled for the week of Aug. 26. The date will be announced later. Robert Cicon is coach and John McCarthy is assistant coach of the team. junior high is Ed Brominski. cat: | & F in ONE DAY FERAL RT RIX] XAT SOor— pe O_o a Call Pittston Al Pisaneschi, Dallas Area, has been accepted at Brandy- wine Junior College, but despite his prowess on the gridiron has been awarded a $3,200 scholar- ship on the basis of his baseball ability. Al’s athletic ability im- pressed the athletic officials at the college to such a degree that it has been reported Al was their first choice in handing out scholarships. It is seldom that a local athlete is awarded a base- ball scholarship and it is a cre- dit to Al, and Coach Jerry Stin- son. Larry Pall, Lake-Lehman, will attend Lycoming College, and John Grey, Lake-Lehman, has been accepted at Houghton. Russ Thrasher, Dallas, will go on to Bucknell University. Bruce Watson, Dallas, and Tom Williams, Lake-Lehman, also play with the West Squad. Back Mountain who will play in the charity game Friday night. The winner of that contest will play a week later in Scranton Memorial Stadium for charity against the victor of the City- County Dream game of this week there. The game will be- come an annual event with the second contest in the series to be played in Wyoming Valley. The game begins at 8 p.m. in Wyoming Valley West Stadium and marks the first time it is played there since the 1972 flood. Tickets are available at the box office and in case of in- clement weather, the game will be played Monday. Prospects are for a close and exciting game in this 23rd test. Robert Hare, assistant direc- tor for continuing education at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus has announced that a tion and Treatment of Athletic Injuries’ will be held Aug. 14. The workshop, being held in room 105 of the Hayfield House on the local Penn State campus, is sponsored in cooperation with District Two PIAA Committee and conducted by Penn State’s health, physical education and recreation department. Following the 8:30 a.m. registration, John Bach, Penn State’s head basketball coach and associate professor of health, physical education and recreation, will open the program at 9 a.m. with a seminar on ‘‘Four Seasons of Conditioning.” Previous to joining Penn State rin 1968, Mr. Bach was head basketball coach for 18 years and director of athletics for 10 years: at Fordham University. Coach Baeh also played professional basketball for two years and was with the Boston Celtics for part of that time. Joining coach Bach as panel- Moyer, M.D., athletic / team physician for Germantown Academy and Fran Sheridan, athletic director for Lafayette College. Topics to be covered include: pre-season conditioning, pre- season physical exam, heat exhaustion fad and fallacy, field diagnosis of athletic injuries, emergency command, taping and strapping, and the program will end with a summary and discussion. LOVE - MARRIAGE BUSINESS - HEALTH David M. Goodman Michael R. Menapace The Trucksville Giants, under manager Carol Williamson, won the Division II post season playoff title, and the Dallas Orioles, under manager Alice Miller, copped the Division I championship of the Back Mountain = Girls’ Softball League. The Giants defeated the Leh- man Reds 7-4 in a first round play-off game while the Dallas Phillies upset the straight season champion, Shavertown Pirates 6-4 in another first round game. In the champ- ionship game, the Giants defeated the Phillies 6-2 to gain the post season playoff title. In Division I playoff action, the Orioles, straight season champs, defeated the Dallas Yankees 10-5, while the Shaver- town Red Sox beat the Shaver- town White Sox 13-9 in first round play. The championship game between the Orioles and Red Sox was a pitching duel with Jackie Bergevin the winning hurler over Tammi Hons. The Orioles blanked the Red Sox 3-0 to gain a complete sweep of Division I honors. In the Giants-Reds game, Lori English was the winning pitcher scattering just six hits. Lori held a two-hit shutout until the last inning. Lori was also the Giants’ top hitter in the game collecting three hits including a double. Brenda DeWitt and Cindy Asby aided the Giants win with two hits. Kathy Kittle and Debbie Barto paced the Reds attack. Debbie socked a tremendout two run triple to ruin Lori English’s bid for a shutout in the last inning. In the Phillies-Pirates game, Debbie Kanaar and Sue Banks teamed up to pitch the Phillies to their biggest win of the season. Some outstanding defensive play by Nora Barlow, Tina Charney, Jerry Hudak, and Maurita Gries aided the two fine hurlers. The timely hitting of Nora Barlow, Maurita and Jerry Hudak, Sheri Groboski, and Kathy McGroaty aided the Phillies upset victory. Carol Kreidler and Jennifer both paced the Pirates with two hits apiece. In the Giants-Phillies game for the championship, Ann Hawk pitched seven hit ball to give the Giants the title. Brenda DeWitt, Shelly and Jean McHale collected two hits apiece to pace the new cham- pions. Tonya Adams socked a triple and two singles to lead the Phillies. Debbie Kanaar hurled three innings of scoreless ball for the Phillies allowing only one hit. In the Orioles-Yankees game, Karen Brace socked four hits while Jackie Bergevin, Connie Stephanie Silverman, and Kim Kretchmer each collected three hits apiece to lead the Orioles to victory. Janice Steinkirchner and Joni Dombek paced the Yankees with two hits each. \ In the Red Sox-Whj Sox : clash, Vicki Martin, Tommi Hons, Heidi Anderson, Lori Sorber, and Lisa Luksic collected 13 hits between them to pace the Red Sox win. Kim Reese and Kim Morgan paced the White Sox with four hits apiece, and Suzanne Gomba added three hits. In the Orioles-Red Sox title game, Jackie Bergevin pitched a shutout to give the Orioles the Championship. Kim Kretchmer collected three hits and Jackie Bergevin two hits to pace the Orioles win. Vicki Martin and Heidi Anderson had two hits each for the Red Sox. Camp St. Andrew, Tunkhann- ock, will conclude another suce- essful season of camping with two basketball clinics schedul- In Marine Reserve manding officer of the Marine Air Reserve Training Center, Wyoming, has announced that there are a few openings in the Marine Air Reserve Training Unit for former Marines and women Marines (with or without dependents). Former Marines found qualified, who enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve, within six months after their release from’ aétive “duty may be promoted one rank above the rank they held at time of release. All former Marines interested may obtain more information at the Marine Air Reserve Train- ing Center, 1118 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, or by calling 825-6811 Ext. 270. 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The Senior High School Clin- ic, which is featuing Jim Ather- ton, head coach and athletic di- rector at Luzerne County Community College as clinic di- rector, also has Ed Donahue of King’s College on the staff. Coach Donahue, whose team posted an outstanding 20-7 re- cord last season including an upset victory over Army at West Point, N.Y., has been in- strumental in strengthening the basketabll program at King’s through expanded recruitment from eastern metropolitan areas and upgrading the list of season foes. Also aiding Mr. Atherton will be John Bach, head coach at Penn State University and States = Olympic basketball team; Bill Rafferty, head.coach at Seton Hall University; Mac Daughtry, former star with the Wilkes-Barre Barons; and Len Thresten, head coach at Crest- wood High School, last year’s Wyoming Valley ‘B’”’ League champs. In addition, a number of local high school and college mentors are on hand daily to aid in the instruction of the young ballplayers. The junior High School Clinic creme is under the direction of Jack Farrell, head coach andg@@hletic director at Scranton Prep. Aid- ing Coach Farrell will be Glenn Robinson, head basketball coach at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. Coach Robinson has been head coach at FF & M since March, 1971, after serving for three seasons as assistant varsity coach and coach of the freshman team. Coach Robinson’s frosh regis- tered a 13-4 record in 1969-70. In addition to his basketball duties, Coach Robinson is also the director of intramuals at Franklin and Marshall. A nat- ive of Yeadon, Coach Robinson is a 1967 graduate of West Chester State College, where he also earned his master’s degree in education:in 1969. Coach Rob- . inson’s 1 1973-74 team finished with a 13-11 season and quali- fied for the Middle antic Conference College [PP#ision Championships. Camp St. Andrew is under the _ direction of the Rev. J. Carroll McCormick, D.D., bisgop of Scranton. The Rev. Jo#¥fph P. Kelly is camp director, assisted by John Hilferty and Tom Sho- back, program directors, and Rich Czachor, director of per- sonnel and clinic director. Sam Shipek SCORPION wo INDIAN 6 H.P. $149.°° miles t2 the gallon. BRITISH LEYLAND
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