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PAMC SUNDAY PRESS, Sun-, March 1 1966 2f 1966 All-Shore Cage Team Has Balance, Scoring Punch share. He was also a fine ball team played a stronger sched- i I ale. He only appeared in 13 games. The second team's strong Kint is sconng. In addition to ndricks and Graham, it has two more of the Shore's too 10 scorers Tom Wiley, 5-9 junior sensation from Southern Freehold Regional, and Brick Township's three-year veteran, Joe Morris.

Wiley posted the fourth best scoring average at the Shore, 22 6, while Morris was 10th with a 198 average. The only member of the second team who will return next hander. One of his main at tributes was his consistent scoring and his ability to ignite the Fliers' dynamic attack. Two players on the second squad" were virtually on a pair with the first team Fred Warren of Neptune and Willie Hendricks of Henry Hudson Regional. Warren was rated the area's top rebounder.

Warren, a football stir, got off to a slow start and this probably prevented him from making the first team. Hendricks, the Shore sec ASBURY PARK Tbm All-Shore basketball team is one of the best balanced squads ever assembled. The five seniors who comprise the first team tress scoring punch but also have splendid rebounding and a fabulous playmaker in Kirk Robinson of Christian Brothers Academy. There are two holdovers from last year's quintet Steve Cutillo of Neptune and Robinson. Although there is no giant on the squad, it does possess better than average height Robinson, at 5-9, is the only one under six feet.

The top rebounder is Gene Gallun, veteran Toms River eager. Not only is Gallun a bull off both boards but he is the squad's tallest member at 6-5, an inch taller than the leading marksman, Cutillo. Three of the squad ranked among the Shore's best scor If if: J) ond highest scorer with 471 year is Wiley, points Tor an avrage of 20 Two members of the third and like DeCausey. Warren, and i te am will return next year Cutillo. a 1.000-point man.

just 'Red Bank Catholic's poised missed a first-team berth. He sophomore, Tom McBride, and was a real sharpshooter but Lakewood towering junior re-was not the rebounder some of bounder, Hal Sutton, the first team members The remaining three mem-The second team is rated on- bm of the third team are all ZB I 2 1 ,1 IN JOEL GREENSPAN made him the second best ree throw marksman at the Shore. Verga's mm GENE GALLUN STEVE CUTILLO His main attributes, however, i were dribbling, passing, and stealing the ball. He exhibited I a shade under the first. It seniors Art Emken of Mid-possessed Ron Graham of Croy-; dletown Township, Frank Feis-don Hall, who had the bestital of St.

Joseph's of Toms average at the Shore, 28 points. River, and Ed Breitbach of Graham might have gained a i St. Rose. Feistal owned the berth on the first team had his sixth best scoring average, 21 2. 1966 All-Shore Team 21 Helps Duke Win, Neptune Asbury Park Toms River Lakewood CBA Steve Cutillo Joel Greenspan Gene Gallun Pierre De Causey Kirk Robinson ilr Second Team Ron Graham, Croydon Hall Willie Hendricks, Henry Hudson Reg.

Joe Morris, Brick Twp. Tom Wiley, Southern Freehold Reg. Fred Warren, Neptune Third Team Tom McBride, Red Bank Catholic Hall Sutton, Lakewood Ed Breitbach, St. Rose Frank Fesital, St. Joseph's Art Emken, Middletown Twp.

Honorable Mention Bill Kalkof, Kevin Barry, Middletown Wayne Reisner, Curt Ransom, Shore Ed Kelly, Tom Matthews, Freehold Tom Smith Desi Day, Dennis Nevill, Asbury Park; Bruce Hoffman, Bob Silva, Ed Copeland, Dwight Hammonds, Neptune; Paul Christopher, Bill MoCrea, Chris Hill, Marty Kenney, Christian Brothers; Dan Miller, Rich Browning, Tom Wolf, Manasquan. Mike Dunne, Ray Beirne, Bob KIRK ROBINSON directing the Colts to the state championship. Cutillo was not just a shoot- RALEIGH, N.C. Duke's Blue Devils raced to a 16-point first half lead, but had to come from behind in the closing minutes to defeat Syracuse, 91-81, last night and win the NCAA Eastern Regional basketball playoffs. A capacity crowd of 12,400 in Reynolds Coliseum saw Duke charge back after Syracuse went ahead, 74-72, with 5:43 to play.

Jack Marin, with 22 points, and Bob Verga, with 21, were the top scorers as Duke snapped back late in the game to seal the victory and earn a berth in the National semifinals at College Park, next Fri day. Duke swept into a 19-3 lead the first six minutes of play as Steve Vacendak scored nine points. He finished with 19 for the night and his ball handling was a big factor in the Blue Devil victory. Hues' Relay Team Betters Swim Record PRINCETON-The Red Bank High School 200-yard medley relay team set a Group record yesterday In the qualifying events for the annual N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Associa tion Swimming Diving Championships in the Princeton University pool.

The finals were held last night in the 25-yard pool, with three members of the team qualifying in their individual specialties, along with three other Shore area swimmers. The relay team of Pete Gala- tro, Alan Schaffter, Rick Farley, and Ken Winfield was timed in 1:49.57 on the automatic timers to snap Ocean City's 1963 mark of 1:50.2. Farley qualified first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.61, best of the six who made the finals. Schaffter was third fast est in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.07, and Winfield was second fastest In the 100-yard butterfly in 0:58.67. Asbury Park's John McEntee qualified fifth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:14.2, and sixth in the 400-yard freestyle in 4:32.77.

Curt Colby, Christian Brothers, qualified second in the Group A 100-yard breaststroke in 1.06.54, and Doug Macomber of Monmouth Regional made it fourth with a 1:08:53 for the Group 100-yard breaststroke behind Schaffter. Penn State's Paul Mickey grabs rebound from teammats Ray Saunders (43) and San Francisco's Dennis Black (15). Penn State lost NIT game, 89-77. (UPI) NATIONAL INVITATION CBA Rally Tops St. Joseph's 5 Dan Curtis (left) and Willis Hendricks (dark uniform) of Henry Hudson Regional put presturs on Middlesex's Jim Bencivenga (51) early in game.

Hudson won, 71-57. (Press Photo) CONVENTION HALL TWINBILL Hudson Whips Middlesex Late Fouls Give Army 71-66 Win ers during the regular season on an average basis. Cutillo, who led the Shore in scoring with S32 points, averaged 211, the second best average. Joel Greenspan, Asbury Park's 6-2 marksman, enjoyed the third best average at the Shore, 22.9, and ranked fourth in scoring with 455 points. The fifth member of the squad is Lakwood's poised veteran, Pierre DeCausey, who is 6-2.

DeCausey, who posted a 20.4 scoring average, was the Shore's third highest scorer with 468 points, and is an outstanding rebounder and passer. Gallun, in addition to being one of the Shore's best rebound-ers of recent years, was an outstanding scorer. He ranked fifth in average with 21.7 on 413 points in 19 games. Kobinson, tne teams nest, playmaker, also was a top scorer with 374 points for an average of 19.7. His 128 foul Grade Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Height 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-2 5-9 Pearce, Pete Hatch, Gene Mon- ahan, Pt.

Pleasant Boro; won Engle, John Richardson, Lake-wood; John Collins, Mike Dolan, Matawan Job, Jones, Bently Odom, Andre Bellinger, Long Branch; Mickey Carroll, Toms River; Jeff Emmets, Brick Jay Nauden, Jerry Cureton, Monmouth Greg Brown, Ashley Bell, Mike Delaney, Rumson Fair Haven Reg. Harry Motley, Dan Curtis, Charlie Canty, Henry Hudson Jack Strang, Raritan Pete Burke, Keyport; Paul King, Greg Walling, Southern Freehold Daryl Brew-ton Bill Ferber, Central Charlie Osinskl, Randy Wilson, Wall; John Zazenski, Southern Dave Green, Harry Fogel, Jackson Twp. Mark Caverly, Tom Guthrie, Joe Herat, St. Rose; Tom Hant-ke, Mater Dei; Tauras Preiks-tas, Phil Villapiano, Brian Fitzgerald, Ocean Hector Delgado, John Baier, Red Bank Catholic; Rick Glassey, Don Steel, Red Bank; Cliff Hennessey, St, Joseph's. half on Bill McCrea's layup and Paul Christophers two foul shots.

St. Joseph's Paul Doble-man hit a jumper with 45 seconds left to give the Bisons a 27-23 halftime lead. The Colts went into a full court press in the second half and it produced results. The Bisons were harried trying to work the ball downcourt and lost the ball repeatedly. CBA went ahead at 32-31 with 2:07 left in the period on a layup and a jumper by McCrea.

Charlie Blank, St. Joseph's 6-7 sophomore, dunked a layup at the buzzer to put the Bisons back in front at 34-33 after the teams had traded foul shots. Robinson's jumper and ensu ing foul shot put CBA in front to stay 36-34 etter a minute of the final period. Robinson added three more free throws and McCrea a layup to open the Colts' lead the 47-39 with three minutes to play. St.

Joseph's fouled repeatedly after that in an ef fort to get the ball, which re sulted in eight more successful foul shots for the Colts before the final buzzer. Marty Kenney scored 11 and Christopher 10 for CBA, while Dobleman paced St. Joseph's with 17, Jim Asher had 14 and Blank 13. Both teams were accurate from the foul line, CBA netting 19 of 26 and St. Joseph's 13 of 16.

St. Joseph's (43) CBA (S5 OTP Chrteto'er 3 4 10 Robinaon 4 13 30 McCrea 4 0 6 Hill 3 0 6 a Dotrteman Blank Asher Kaven'r- Practoski 6 17 5 3 13 6 14 1 1 0 3 3 Kenney 4 3 11 Ooveasky Qorczynskl 0 0 0 17 13 471 18 10 SS St. Joseph's 14 13 7 1347 CBA 10 13 10 3364 Officials Wolfe, Ulrich St. Rose Has Its Problem HIGHLAND PARK Jerry Paluch threw in 63 points yesterday afternoon to lead St. Mary's High School of Perth Amboy into Thursday's South Jersey Parochial Class final in Asbury Park Convention Hall against St.

Rose of Belmar. St. Mary, 16-8 for the season, outgunned St Peter's of New Brunswick, 99-92, with a 38-22 margin in the fourth period of the J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball Tournament game. It was no easy game, since soph John Somogyi of St.

Peter's had 51 points to run his two-year total to 1,142. He netted 20 in the wild fourth quarter. Paluch has 2,005 points now, 702 of them this season after his performance, which included 27 in the last period. in the first a 1 as the Cadets, who have finished third in the tournament each of the past two years, took a 39-37 lead. Army increased that advantage in the second half as Manhattan's 6-foot-7 Bob Chlupsa fouled out before six minutes had elasped, and four other Jaspers incurred their four personals within three more minutes.

27 for Helkie Helkie finished with 27 points for the Cadets, 17-6, while PIERRE DE CAUSEY the same all-round class this year as he did last year when he gained All-State honors in than Harry Motley. Both teams utilized a man-for man defense. Middlesex also resorted to pressing tactics at time. Henry Hudson had a slight margin rebounding with Canty and Curtis in the starring roles. Henry Hndson AB Hend'ks 1 ill Motley 4 3 10 Canty 8 0 IS Curtis 5 3 12 L.Hend'cki 1 3 5 Ansuach 0 0 0 Boyd 2 0 4 Murray OSS 8toll 0 0 0 Middlesex AB Maura 4 36 BlHard 6 3 14 Eppa 3 3 7 Thompson 10 3 Bencivenga 3 3 6 Pierce 0 0 0 Zayle 0 0 0 Spiecray 0 0 0 Betanson 0 0 0 Reid 0 0 0 Deddy 0 0 0 37 IT 71 Henry Hudson Middlesex 33 13 57 -IS 10 11 3671 14 16 IS 13 ST Officials Zuber, Mata.

down countless shots in add tion to rebounding well. Manasquan held the lead for the entire first quarter after scoring the first five points baskets by Rich Browning and Russ Lord and a free throw by Andy Chapin. The Warriors led 14-10 at the end of the first period. The Canucks took the lead for the first time at the outset of the second quarter, 15-14, by scoring the first five points. Manasquan led for the last time, 18-17, on a short jump shot by Glen Ford.

Manasquan went 14 minutes without a field goal before Browning connected with 5:40 left in the final period. Browning, with 13 points, was the only Manasquan player in double figures. The Blue War riors were held to 11 field goals four by Browning, but outscored the Canucks at the foul line 14-12. Manaspuan's 1-3-1 zone defense kept the Canusk's scoring down but was unable to cope with Olson. Manasqntn 1 North plalnfleld AB AB 10 3 33 Chapin Lord Wolf Ford Brown lnj Miller Schwier Schneider 0 4 4 Olson 1 1 3Wohlen 0 0 0 A born 3 1 7Pear 4 13 Reid 113 Masters 0 0 0 Sperling 3 0 4 Beaumont 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 3 6 4 3 10 4 3 11 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 10 Plmatalll Searle Ferraro Dietrlek Rennle Oomer 11 13 34' Manasquan .14 4 3 1334 North Plalnfleld -10 17 13 1358 Officials Falaia.

Tierney. XBA Philadelphia 134, New York 126 St. Louis 114, Cincinnati 113 er either. Although Neptune had plenty of excellent rebounders, Cutillo more than grabbed his 91-81 Verga sank a goal with 9:25 left in the first half to send1 Duke into a 16-point lead, 29-13. Duke cot rolling again and held a 44-37 edge at half time.

Syracuse, unable to penetrate the tight Duke zone defense in the first half, came back strong after intermission behind George Hicker. Richard Dean and Jim Boeheim. Hicker scored 17 points, Dean 16 and Boeheim 15. Syracuse All-America Dave Bing was held to 10 points. Syracuse tied the score at 53-53 on a long shot by Dick Corn wall.

Marin sank a goal for! Duke, but Hicker tied it 55-55 then Vaughn Harper put the Orangemen ahead on a three-point play, 58-55. Duke then stormed home behind Marin, Verga and Vacendak. In the consolation game, St. Joseph's raced to a 20-point second half lead to beat Davidson 92-76 for third place. St.

Joseph's, beaten by Duke, 76-74, Friday night, broke the game open early in the second half after holding a 43-35 half-time lead. Davidson, Southern Conference champion and routed by Syracuse, 94-78, Friday night, proved no match for the speedy Hawks. St JoseDh's shot into a nine- point leaa in the first seven minutes, then hit a cold streak as Davidson, led by Rod KnowleSj rallied to tie the score at 27-all. But the fifth-ranked Hawks capitalized on cold outside shooting by Davidson and gal loped ahead again. Tom Duff sank two goals and two tree throws just before the half end ed 'and St Joseph had an eieht-noint edge at intermission.

Knowles led Davidson with 28 points to take scoring honors. Cliff Anderson was high for St. Joseph's with 20 points. HULL SCORES HIS 51st GOAL CHICAGO W-Bobby Hull smashed the National Hockey League season goal scoring record last night when he fired his 51st goal, a 40-foot blazing slap shot, past Cesare Maniago at 5:34 of the third period against the New York Rangers. The goal lifted Hull over the barrier of 50 goals which he has reached twice in his career to share the record with former Montreal stars Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion.

fiHL RESULTS Chicago 4, New York 2 Toronto 6, Boston 0 Montreal 4, Detroit 1 NEWARK UP) Bob Glea- son, Montclair States record- breaking foul shooter, heads the all-state college division bas ketball team announced yester- terday by the N.J. Basket ball Writers Association. Gleascn, a 6-foot-2 sopho more, ran up a string of 53 con secutive free throws, three better than the NCAA University Division mark held by Howard Komives of Bowling Green. The NCAA does not keep such col lege division statistics but Gleason's achievement is believed to be a national record. Rounding out the first team are Ren Kornegay of Mon mouth, Bill Tyson of Newark Rutgers, Bob Mohr of Bloom-field, and John Walsh of Newark College of Engineering.

The team was selected bv' vote of the coaches and will be honored at the basketball writers' annual dinner March 23 at the Mayfair Farms, West Orange, along with the univer sity division team, which will be announced later. Gleason led the N.J. State College Conference in scoring with a 26.1 average. For the season he averaged 24.1 points a game ana nis two-year total is 1,200 points. Kornegay, a 5-7 freshman from Newark, sparked Monmouth to a 26-4 record and a ly ASBURY PARK-Henry Hudson Regional exploded for 26 points in the last quarter to gain the final round of the Central Jersey Group I sectionals of the N.J.

State Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball Tournament last night by beating Middlesex 71-57 before nearly 3,000 fans at the Convention Hall. Henry Hudson led through most of the first half but blew a 41-32 lead in the third period when the Blue Jays scored 12 successive points to take a 44-41 lead. The Admirals tied the score, 45-45, at the end of the period. The Admirals dominated the Manasquan Bombed, 58-34 Monmouth 'sRonKornegay Earns lst-Team All-State ASBURY PARK-Limited to seven points ki the two middle periods, Manasquan High School was ousted from the N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball Tournament last night at the Convention Hall.

North Plainfield beat Manasquan, 58-34, in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional semifinal in the nightcap of a tourney doubloheader before 3,000 fans. North Plainfidd will tangle with Lakewood for the Central Jersey Group 3 championship Longden TRENTON-Christian Brothers Academy, of Lincroft, caught fire in the last period to score a 5547 victory over St. Joseph's High of Camden in a N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball Tournament Jersey Parochial A semifinal last night at Trenton State College gym. A full house of 1,600 saw the CBA Colts outscore St.

Joseph's 22-13 in the final period after entering the wrapup quarter a point down. The victory was the 22nd in 25 starts for CBA. St. Joseph's closed its season with a 21-4 record. CBA next plays Holy Spirit of Absecon Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

in Asbury Park's Convention Hall for the division title. Kirk Robinson, CBA's 5-10 senior star, scored 11 of his game high total of 20 in the final period to spark the winning rally. The game was a tense affair from the opening tapoff, but it was evident early that CBA's defending state titlists would be in for a rough game. The St. Joseph's Bisons threw up a tight zone that CBA was unable to penetrate.

The Colts had to work hard for Its points while St. Joseph's had little trouble working in close against the Colts' man-for-man defense. CBA trailed 14-10 at the end of the first period and fell behind 19-10 early in the second quarter. Then the Colts cut the deficit with 2:45 left in the Snell Signs Contract NEW YORK (B-Matt Snell, fullback of the New York Jets of the American Football League, returned his signed contract for the 1966 season yesterday. He was the league's Rookie of the Year in 1964.

During the current off season, Snell is attending Ohio State. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tearaameata NIT (Flnt bnl) Army 71. Manhattan 06 Pan PrenclMO M. Penn 77 Villanova 63, St. John's, N.Y.

61 NCAA Eastern Regional (Championship) Duke (1. Syracuse 1 (Consolation) St. Joeeph'f. S3, Davldtea It (MUmt terlenal) (Caneolatiea) Weatera Kentucky Dayton (Midwnt Krtfonal (Caaaalatlaa) fflfTJ Clnetanett NAIA (CaiaalaUaa) OraMMlaf. I.

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Emerson WUllamswwn M. Florence Si. Patrtck'i Bit. 63. St.

Anthony'! J.C. St. Mloheel'i TT.C. 71. Holy Trinity 36 Bi.

Mary nuia rmuipsouri cam olle 71 Uncoils hail 13 NEW YORK (3 Eight free throws in the final two minutes sealed a 71-66 basketball victory forrmy over foul-plagued Manhattan last night in the National Invitation Tournament after Bill Melchionni sparked Villanova past defending champion St. John's, 63-61. Army advanced to the quarterfinals and will meet San Francisco, which defeated Penn State, 89-77, in the opener of an afternoon doubleheader before Villanova avenged last year's loss to St. John's in the final. Boston College tripped Louisville, 96-93, in overtime to gain the last quarter final spot.

A total of 60 personal fouls was called in the Army-Manhattan game, which saw four Manhattan players foul out. Two Army players also left with five personals. Bill Helkie scored 19 points berth in the national NAIA tournament. He made 48 per cent of his shots and scored 660 points in 30 games, a Monmouth one-season record. Tyson, a 6-foot junior from Newark, averaged 20 points a game for Newark Rutgers while Bloomfield's Mohr, a 6-3 senior from Mcntclair, scored 528 points for a 22-point average and also pulled down 14.5 re bounds per game.

NCE's Walsh, a 6-1 senior, averaged 13.5 points a game. He also captained NCE's baseball and soccer teams. He lives in Kearny. Named to the second team were Allan Friedman and Walt Bailey of Newark Rutgers, Tom Ziolkowski of Newark State, Tcm Wieczerak of Trenton State and Upsala's Billy Za ranka. Lehigh Wraps Up Wrestling Title PITTSBURGH Lehigh University wrapped up the team championship in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrest ling Championships yesterday before the finals started.

With a 12-point lead over second-place Navy going into last night's finals, Lehigh was beyond the reach of any of the other 16 teams. last period when they outscored the Blue Jays, 26-21. Henry Hudson quickly took command in the final quarter, scoring eight successive points to take a 57-48 lead. Charlie Canty pumped in six field goals in the final period to spark the Admirals. It was "no contest" after the Admirals launched a seven-point string to take a commanding 64-52 lead.

Canty continued to spark the Admirals. Willie Hendricks and Canty were the scoring leaders for the Admirals with 19 and 16 points, respectively. Dan Curtis, who rebounded very well, tabbed 12 'for the Admirals, two more at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Rutgers University. Manasquan concluded its season under Coach Ron (Doc) Nine with an 18-3 record.

The Canucks are now 16-4 for the campaign. North Plainfield's 6-6 Bruce Olson was just too much for the Blue Warriors. Olson dominated both boards and wound up as the game's high scorer with 22 points. Olson frustrated Manasquan by his superb defensive abilities as he knocked Retires 7in grass course. Hill Rise, the favorite, finished fourth in the field of nine.

Cedar Key, the second choice, was out of the money. George Royal paid $15, $8.20 and $4.80, Plaque $7.40 and $4.80 and Tom Cat $4 for show. The time was 2:48 4-5. This was a foggy, smoggy afternoon for Longden. It started when he appeared on the track for the first time in the fourth race to ride the favorite, Chiclero.

He beat Bill Hartack on Valiant Man by a head in the first of his stirring perform' ances. In the sixth race Johnny was out of the money on a 35-1 shot In the seventh, he lost by a head for second in a stretch affair with Bill Shoemaker, as Walter Blum won on the favor ite. Then came the ride to the post for the San Juan Capistrano. Chlupsa Jopped Manhattan, 13-9, with 16. Melchionni hit the last three of his 33 points in the final two minutes and five seconds of tne Villanova-St.

John's battle, lift. ing the Wildcats into the quarterfinals. Bill Melchionni scored 18 points in the first half as the Wildcats took a 33-24 lead. A zone press defense momentarily stalled him midway through the second half. While the Redmen contained the 6-1 senior, they started catching up behind the shoot ing of Sonny Dove ana bod Mclntyre.

Dove flipped in eight points in a 14-point spurt that tied the game 4848. From then on tne teams exchanged baskets with Melchionni scoring nine of the Wildcats last 15 points. About a minute after Mcln-tyre's jump shot with 2:55 left cut Villanova's lead to 60-59, Melchionni put in a layup and added a free throw 12 seconds later. Erwin Mueller was the big gun in San Francisco's triumph over Penn State, tossing in 31 points and taking down 14 rebounds. His three-point play midway through the second half triggered a San Francisco spurt that broke the game open.

He put in a layup and added a free throw, giving the Dons a 64-59 lead. A minute later he added another field goal and the Dons continued building the margin. Carver Clinton poured in 18 points for Penn State in the first half but missed the range much of the time in the second half and finished with 26 points. Gaines Sets Mark PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad UP) Bill Gaines, 17-year-old high school sprinter from Mul-lica Hill, N.J., set a Trinidad record of 10.2 seconds in the 100 meters at the opening yesterday of the East St George Athletic Association's International Games. With 'Cap -Ayr -W4fj RON KORNEGAY "I I 1 0 ARCADIA, Calif.

UP) Johnny Longden bowed out as a jockey yesterday after 40 years in racing with the most dramatic of victories as he and the Canadian horse, George Royal, won the $125,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap. More than 60,000 fans cheered the 59-year-old Longden as he whipped George Royal under the wire by a bare nose. The crescendo mounted higher when the photo finish came up and No. 10, George's number, flashed on the tote board. It was the second straight victory in the San Juan for Longden and George Royal, and boosted Longden's all time world record of victories to Little -regarded Plaque was second, end a half length back was Tom Cat in a thrilling windup to the race over the distance of about IVi miles on the II I A.

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