The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 September 1965 — Page 8
Tht Daily Bannar, Graencattla, Indian* Tuasday, Saptambar 7, 1965
WHERE THERE'S SMOKY THERE'S FIRE
Burgess Tired But Able By George C. Langford when they led Baltimore by i Cleveland tripped Washington
four lengths. The White Sox twice 5-3 and 4-3 and Boston
Smoky Buigess is 38 years cou j d s j ice ano ther half game toppled Detroit 4-1 in other AL
old, has ulcers, bum feet and
off the idle Twins bulge today
has been on the verge of quit- before they host Miimesota in ting baseball for the past five the final two gam „ between
years.
Yet
take this same
the teams Wednesday
action.
In the National League, San
Francisco cut Los Angeles’ lead The Go°f er * and to one game wtih a 7-6 victory Channel Rats over the Dodgers in 12 innings. Pin Heads
Lucky Strikes
Cloverettes
Splits Sc Misses
Winstone Seeks Championship LONDON UPI — Howard Winstone sought to put Wales on the title map for the first time since 1923 when he met
Pamona Wins World Softball Championship
as his teammates pounded out 10 safeties to boost the Pomona batting average to a tourney
high of .325.
Pomona blazed its way through five straight wins to get to the final round, and Downey eliminated Allentown, Pa., 7-0, in the double elimina-
tion match.
Officials announced that next
Monday Coca-Cola League
W L
you lane iino oamc Thursday.
Smoky Burgess, wake him up B ur g ess ’ lOth-inning single Pittsburgh upset Cincinnati at four o clock in the morning g ave Chicago a 2-1 triumph in twice, 3-1 and 4-2, Milwaukee and hell deliver a base hit. the 0 p ener over California and stopped New York in a twin Manager A1 Lopez of the the Angels’ Aubrey Gatewood bill 4-2 and 3-1, St. Louis White Sox summoned the roly-;wild pitched the winning run trounced Philadelphia 10-3 then poly pinch hitter delux at four home with the bases loaded in lost the nightcap to the Phillies o'clock Monday afternoon and the ninth inning of the night- 10-5, and Houston beat Chicago j Alley Rata Burgess promptly responded cap for a 4-3 Chicago victory. 2-1. Odd Balls with a key hit that not only de- The Twins almost blew both ; Burgess extended his lifetime ups A Downs
No. 5
Manhattan Bills Cloverdale Misses
major league pinch hitting record to 113 hits with his blow off loser Marcelino Lopez (14-
cided the first game but also games to Kansas City but ralgave Chicago the needed im- Hed from a five-run deficit in petus to win the second one the opener to win 8-6. The A’s
and cuts Minnesota's American grabbed the nightcap on pinch 12), who had allow’ed only one Heads - League lead to 4 1 'j games. hitter Santiago Rosario’s ninth- scratch hit over the first 8*6 The staggering Twin's mar- inning sacrifice fly, 4-3. Balti- innings. Danny Cater singled gin is the lowest they’ve held more swept a doubleheader with one out in the 10th and over the field since July 29 from New York 2-1 and 6-2, Ron Hansein singled Cater to
Team High Score - Clover-
ettes 569.
Team High Series - Pin
Ind. High Single - S. Nickerson - 206; A. Covert - 175.
Ind. High Series - H. Wallers495.
200 Game 206.
S. Nickerson -
350 & Over - H. Wallers - 495; S. Nickerson - 477; J. Lease - 461; H. Agnew - 458; A. Covert - 439; V. Schoman - 416; C. Rulf - 401; V. Hutcheson - 400; M. Cash - 393; A. Sutherlin - 385; R. Williams - 382; B. Alexander - 378; D. Albright - 378; A. Atkins - 378; R. Albright - 377; E. Justus - 376; J. Hutcheson - 372; J. Williams - 367; |C. Frazier - 365; M. Sutherlin - 363; P. Nieley - 363; S. Frazier359; K. Walker - 357; G. Walker - 355.
ROCK ISLAND, 111. UPI —
world weatherweight champion Pomona, Calif, took the Inter-
Vicente Saldivar of Mexico last national Softball Congress year the tourney will be held in night at the Earls Court Arena, world championship Monday Rock Island for the sixth
But Saldivar, w T ho won the night w T ith a lopsided win over straight year, crown from Sugar Ramos a defendiing titleholder DowTiey,
year ago, was a 7-5 betting Calif., 7-1.
choice to retain the title de-
spite losing a decision to the The game was a rematch of
British Boxing Board of Con- last year’s playoff when Down- BALTIMORE UPI — The trol that forced him to wear ey beat Pomona. But this time Preakness, richest jewel of rac-British-made gloves instead of Pomona exploded for five runs ing's Triple Crown, is named the Mexican mitts he preferred, in the sixth inning and a mar- for a racehorse foaled in 1867. The BBB of C claimed the im- gin that couldn’t be topped. The horse's name is derived ported gloves surpassed the six- Winning pitcher Richie Ste- from an Indian word, “Pra-que-ounce limit in weight. phens held Downey to five hits les,” meaning "quail woods.”
NAME
giiimiiiiinmuiiiimimniitiiHiiimumiimmmmmmmftnHmmiPj;
nimmiMiuiiiumiiiimimmtumiiiiimiiiiiiiHiHimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii'
★ LEAGUE STANDINGS ★
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Final Standings By United Prett International Eastern Division W. L. Pet. G.B. Oklahoma City 91 54 .628 Denver 83 62 .572 8 San Diego 70 78 .473 22 1 £ Indianapolis 70 78 .473 22 1 a Arkansas 67 79 .459 2A\2 Salt Lake City 56 91 .381 36
Nixon Named Head Coach For Steelers
Western Division
Portland Seattle Vancouver Hawaii Tacoma Spokane
W. L. Pet. G.B.
81 67 .547 79 69 .534 2 77 69 .527 3
75 72 .510 514 75 72 .510 5Va
third before the Angels walked Ken Berry to face Burgess. Eddie Fisher worked the final innings to win his 14th game against six losses. Floyd Robinson’s triple after a single by A1 Weis in the ninth tied the game for the White Sox.
Worthington Loses
Rosario's pinch sacrifice fly came off loser A1 Worthington
Drysdale s Best Pitch Is Dodger's Worst Trouble
By George C. Langford
UPI Sports Writer
Did one of Don Drysdale’s fa-
Los Angeles San Francisco Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia
St. Louis Chicago Houston
New York
in 16 decisions. Adolfo Phillips hit his first home run and three doubles to lead the Phillies at-
who walked Jim Landis leading vorite weapons backfire? ; tack on four St. Louis pitchers off the frame and threw wildly The 6-foot, 6-inch eide-wield 111 the ni 8 htca P- Chris Short on W’ayne Causey's sacrifice ing righthander of the Los An- went tile distance to win his attempt allowing Rosario to geles Dodgers often has been; 16th £ ame for the Phillies. 57 90 .388 23^4 reach third. Rookie pitcher Jim accused by enemy batsmen of
Merritt had allowed the A s throwing at their short-ribs, alonly five hits over the first 7* s though Drysdale maintains “I innings and had driven in two never deliberately hit a batter of the Twins runs with a pair j n my life—i j us t pitch 'em
Ralston Favored In U.S. Singles FOREST HILLS, N. Y. UPI —Temperamental Dennis Ralston, suddenly faced with the fact he must prove himself despite being the nation's topranked tennis player, was favored over Frank Froehling III today in their third round match of the U. S. singles championship. The 23-year-old Ralston, who lost to Australia’s Fred Stolle in the quarter-finals last year, has made the semi-finals only once during all the times he has played in this event.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. G.B.
79 60 .568 76 59 .569 1
77 61 .558 m
77 61 .558 76 65 .539 4
70 68 .507 814 70 70 .500 914 65 76 .461 15 60 79 .432 19 45 96 .319 35
PITTSBURGH UPI — Veter- Minnesota an Mik« Nixon today was the Chicago latest addition to a long list of Baltimore coaches who have tried to lead Cleveland the Pittsburgh Steelers to their Detroit first National Football League New York
California
Nixon, an assistant Steeler " ashington coach since 1961, was named Boston head coach Monday succeeding | Kansas City Buddy Parker, who resigned be- '
cause "I came here to wan and
Z couldn't do It.”
AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. G.B.
87 54 .617
82 58 .586 414 77 59 .566 714 76 62 .551 914 76 63 .547 10 68 73 .482 19 64 77 .454 23 62 79 .440 25 55 86 .390 32 51 87 .377 3414
of singles. Merritt had a 3-1 lead entering the eighth but consecutive doubles by Mike Hershberger, Dick Green and Jose Tartabull tied the score. Dalton Jones hit a two-run homer in the seventh after the Red Sox had scored two unearned tallies off loser Joe Siarma in the first to help Earl Wilson win his 11th game against 12 setbacks. Wilson allowed only six hits and pitched
tight. That’s my bread and butter.” Two of Don’s “right” tosses soared for wild pitches In crucial situation* Monday and they opened the door for five San Francisco runs marked by two heated disputes, moved the Giants within one game of the National League-leading Dodgers. Orlando Cepeda was pinch-
WINS RACE
DARLINGTON, S. C. UPI —
hitless ball from the second hitting against Drysdale in the through the sixth innings. fifth inning with the Dodgers Curt Blefary belted his 21st holding a 4-0 lead and Giant home run wtih a man on base runners on first and second. An and rookie Andy Etchebarren 1 apparent brush back pitch went
stroked a three-run inside-the-park homer for the Orioles to complete their sweep of the Yankees. Sam Bowens beat Whitey Ford in the opener with a tie-breaking home run in the fourth inning off the left field] foul pole and Dick Hall retired the last 12 men in order in re-
The 54-year-old Nixon will, „ ,
have his work cut out for him. | ^ Ned Jarrett P ock
The Steelers have never won a; eted ,22 ’ 050 today as evidence < lief of winner Milt Pappas,
league crown in their 32 years ' that one way to wln a Southern
Rocky Colavito pushed his
500 stock car race is to let the career runs-batted-in total to
hard chargers pass you by.
1,001 with three RBI’s on two singles in the opening victory for Cleveland. The Indians put away the nightcap on the relief work of Steve Hargan who
HOUSTON UPI — Houston camc on ln eighth to halt P^her Frank Linzy led off for
three-run Washington rally I th * Giants with a single. After
Dick Schofield fanned, Matty
CONVERSION ARTIST
astray and Tom Haller scored all the way from second and Hal Lanier scooted to third where he scored on Cepeda’s
sacrifice fly.
The Dodgers had built up a 15-2 lead in the eighth when Drysdale uncorked another wild one with Willie McCovey at bat and Matty Alou on first. It put Alou in scoring position and McCovey promptly singled him home and then scored himself on Jim Hart’s 20th homer that
tied the score 5-5.
In the 12th Inning, winning
in the league and are 0-4 in exhibition games this season. “We have the making of a good club,” said the former Pitt All-America at the Steelers’ training camp in Kings-
ton. R. 1. Parker, who won two quar t e rback George
world championships and three ho]dj! th . American Football - against wlnner Luig Tiant
W astern Conference crowns be- League record for point-after (11.9). Sonny Siebert (14-6) | Alou forced Unx y at second fore leaving the Detroit Lions in touchdown conversions. Blanda also needed stout relief from base but ^ r eturn throw to
Blanda
1957, stepped dowm Sunday fol-• booted 64 one _pointers in 1961. Don McMahon in the opener, lowing the Steelers fourth con
secutive exhibition defeat. During his eight years with Pittsburg, Parker compiled a
51-47-6 record. Nixon first joined the Steelers as a scout in 1953, then was named an assistant coach the next year. He remained at that post until taking over as head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1959.
Contributes to Conservation With Farm Pond Ducks
Many Arrested At Drag Races
INDIANAPOLIS UPI
first failed to double Alou although the toss w T ax in time. The umpire ruled Dodger pitcher Howie Reed failed to touch the base, and Los Angeles pro-
tested loudly.
Alou stole second and scored the decesive run on Jim Daven-
port’s single.
The other disputed play oc-
By ROBERT E. HUBER 1 Also imported are ducks with c urred in the seventh when
labels like Barrow’s Golden-eye johnny Roseboro hit a solo and the Greater Scaup. A van-1 bomer that hit a rail and bouncishing specie, the Old Squaw ed hack 0 n the playing field, Duck, is also one of Batts’j^th the Giants putting it in ponds. • “ ou t.” But umpire Billy WilGame department officials say i} a ms ruled it was a home run. many species of ducks would ' H aler stroked Drysdale’s first
, , ?”* hav * va n>s b ® d from the United p it ch of the ninth inning for selves. He raises them in five ctatoe aiTn Hut e™. f. 1 ^ u *1.
Sstales yeais ago but for men bis nth home run to tie the like Batts. In the 1930s, the) SCO re 6-6 after W T es Parker’s wood duck was on the edge of r un-scoring single in the eighth
had put the Dodgers ahead.
PLAN NOW - BUY EARLY PAY CASH - SAVE MONEY
E
Local Finance See "OK" Joyce 1 West Franklin OL 3-3113 Open Evenings By Appointment
You can got $25, $50 or any amount up to $1000, today on ju>t your own tignaturo and socurity.
THE DODGE BOYS ARE BRINGING PRICES DOWN TO EARTH IN A GIGANTIC COUNT DOWN SALE! The count-down is on! For Dodge Darts. Coronets. Big 121-inch wheelbase Polaras. Custom 880’s. And Dodge Monacos. To keep people showing up, and Dodge sales going up, The Dodge Boys are counting down prices so you count up the savings. You pay a whole lot less and get a whole lot more ... like never before! No
wonder The Dodge Boys sales are going great for the third year straight... you start at
a low, low price and count down.
SANTA FE, N. M. UPI — If you want to find out what makes a Mallard duck tick, try
Charlie Batts.
Batts, a Santa Fe business-
man, know r s more about most
ducks than th« ducks
The Pirates trumped the Reds on the pitching of Bob Veal r in the opener and a bases loaded double by Willie Stargell in the nightcap that drove in the winning run. Veale scattered nine hits and struck out 12
backyard ponds at his home -Like and knows some by their first
the thousands of drag racing names extinction when thousands of fans, the Indiana State Police Batts has been raising wild backyard duck ponds saved it. picked up their belongings and ducks as a hobby for several Many flocks of Canadian geese went home Monday night fol- years. Like many outdoorsmen. in various Western states have lowing a weekend at the Na- he was interested in larger duck been established from stock tional Drag Championships flights. His ponds last year pro- provided strictly by private which included well over 100 • duced 20 Mallards for future game breeders, arrests. flights, and he raised young of The only tough part about
Authorities said Monday was 13 other duck species and four the hobby is taking the young Reds to gain his 15th victory, “extremely quiet’’ with only types of geese. away from their mother hens. Roberto Clements homered in about six arrests being made. What does Batts get out of They fuss for days, but finally t be fj rg ^ g ame an d Gene Alley There were more than 100 per- it? No money, certainly, but it’s settle back to life on the back- drove home the decisive tally in sons taken into custody the fun, he said, especially when y ar d pond. the seventh after an error by three preceding days. a Mallard hen brings her brood Batts’ duck ponds, with the p e t* Rose. A1 McBean worked The majority of the arrests of seven tiny ducklings up to thousands of other like it across the last six innings of th enightwere for illegal possession of the edge of the pond at feeding the nation, have become a vital ca p to win his sixth game in 11 alcohol by minors and disor- time. source of conservation for the' decisions. derly conduct. Police said a Or when that stately Cana- country. They are providing a R ico Carty belted a home run. large number of persons were dian goose lays its first egg of future generation with both new double and a single in the first also arrested for illegal park- the year. Batts said it’s a thrill and old species of ducks that g- ame to pace the Braves victory ing. which contributed to a Around each of the duck would ohterwise be non-exist- over the Mets and Joe Torre
delivered a bases-loaded single in the third inning of the nightcap to account for the aec-
massive traffic jam Sunday. ponds are fences to keep pre- ant.
Three Justices of the Peace dators out and the ducks and
were kept near at hand to deal geese in. Periodically the New BIG COOLER
out swift justice, and the pro- Mexico game departmeni picks HOUSTON UPI — The Har- ond triumph. Hank Fischer 7-6 cess of arresting, trying and up young ducks from Batts, j ris County Domed Stadium is and Wade Blasingame 16-9 fining reportedly ran smoothly.; They are banded and released J the largest single volume of were winners while A1 Jackson Officials stressed the crowd ! i n a lake area in the northern space ever to have been air and Jack Fisher lost their 18th was the most pleasant in years, part of the state. They return conditioned, the chief consult- and 19th games, respectively, and called the vast majority each year to the area and be- ing engineer on the project, I. for the Mets. ••a good bunch of kids.” 1 come part of New Mexico’s A. Naman said. Lou Brock belted a three-run Today, the suburb of Cler- hunting flight. There have been larger build- homer and stole his 56th base mont, where Raceway Park is Batts’ bird zoo contains some ings air conditioned—such as and Phil Gagliano hit a twolocated. was getting over the ducks not native to North the Pentagon—but they are run roundtripper for the Card-
shock, and hoping things would , America. Imported from Ice- partitioned and do not have the return to normal soon. j land are European pigeons j single volume of the dome.
inals in the first game to give Tracy Stallaxd his lOth triumph
RIGHT ON TARGET To beat their record-breakiog sales of last year!
Big 121-inch-wheelbase Polara
STMT WITH A DODGE AT A LOW, LOW PRICE AND (MraEn? ®mm PUTNAAA MOTOR SALES
118 NORTH INDIANA STREET GREENCASTLE, INDIANA