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Edison scramble set

RICHMOND — The Friends of Edison Levy Committee is hosting a four-person scramble on July 23 at Spring Hills Golf Course. The cost of the tournament is $60 per person and the fee includes prize money for the top three teams, coffee and donuts, a light lunch and steak dinner at the conclusion of the tournament.

To register for the tournament, call Spring Hills at (740) 543-3270. For any questions regarding the tournament, please call Bill Beattie at (740) 282-0065.

Home run historian dies

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Vincent, a Washington Nationals official scorer and respected baseball historian who compiled home run statistics for the Society for American Baseball Research, has died. He was 67.

The team said Vincent died Sunday at his home in Centreville, Virginia. SABR announced that Vincent, who was nicknamed the “The Sultan of Swat Stats”, died after a long battle with stomach cancer.

Vincent began serving as an official scorer in the D.C. area with a minor league franchise, now the Potomac Nationals, in Woodbridge, Virginia. When the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, Vincent worked the Nationals’ home opener at RFK Stadium on April 14, 2005. He continued in that role into the 2017 season.

A native of Waltham, Massachusetts, Vincent was a valued baseball historian. His diligent work included sifting through data that went back to the 1800s and expanding on it. He was considered the leading expert on the history of home runs in professional baseball.

He was the author of five books, including “Home Run: The Definitive History of Baseball’s Ultimate Weapon” and “Home Run’s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Monumental Dingers”.

Before his career in baseball, Vincent earned a degree in music from the University of Massachusetts, a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition from the University of Miami and performed with the Miami Philharmonic.

Vincent is survived by his wife, JoLynne, and his son, Timothy.

Tiger Woods getting help

Tiger Woods says he’s checked out of the clinic where he went to get help dealing with pain medications, adding he will “continue to tackle this going forward.”

The treatment follows the golfer’s arrest on a DUI charge after he was found asleep at the wheel in Jupiter, Florida, around 2 a.m. on May 29. Woods told police he was taking various prescriptions. No alcohol was found in his system.

Woods said in a statement last month that he was receiving professional help to manage his medications and how he deals with pain and a sleep disorder. His agent confirmed that the 14-time major champion, who had back surgery in April, was seeking in-patient treatment.

Woods said Monday on Twitter that he recently completed an out-of-state “private intensive program.” He said he would continue his work with the help of his doctors, family and friends. He thanked people for their support.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.

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