The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 May 1967 — Page 7
Tuesday, May 23, 1967
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Hart s Hitting Wins For Giants
By United Press International Backing out of the batters box is a habit most good hitters never get into, but in the case of Jim Ray Hart, learning to do it was a matter of life or death. Pitchers who threw at the Giant third baseman used to get the last say in the matter but since Hart has learned to loosen up at the plate he has been retaliating with a vengeance. Righthander Jim Bunning let a fastball fly toward Hart’s
head in the fifth inning Monday night and Hart hit the deck in j a hurry. But he came up later I in the ninth inning with the ! bases loaded and delivered a game winning double that gave the San Francisco Giants a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The 25-year-old slugger has been hit numerous times with pitched balls and has suffered serious injuries because he wasn’t able to get out of the way.
Mel Kenyon Shooting For Second Place at Indianapolis
By Kurt Freudenthal INDIANAPOLIS UPI — They say it takes a special breed to become an automobile race driver, and with the Kenyons of Davenport, Iowa, it’s a family affair. The center of attraction Is Mel Kenyon, at 34 a sophomore pilot in next Tuesday’s 500-mile Memorial Day race—an easygoing guy who many people thought would never drive a race car again after Langhorne, Pa., nearly two years ago. That was when a flaming crash shelved Mel with severe bums. He lost all four fingers on his left hand besides suffering bad bums about the face. He received little hope or encouragement of ever racing again—from virtually everybody except his family. *1 could lift no more than 8 pounds with that left hand after the accident," he recalled, but then he went to work. "I exercised in a small gymnasium daily and was back in pretty good shape In a couple of months," he said. But the big question remained: How to drive a race car. This became a family project and a specially designed attach-
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ment in the form of a glove with a socket to fit over a “ball” mounted to the steering wheel was the answer. Safety-conscious racing officials approved the device and Mel was back racing last year. In fact, he finished fifth in the “500”, a feat that racing fraternity considered amazing. But Mel isn’t one to rest on his laurels. “We felt very fortunate to make last year’s race and we were gratified with our finish, especially since our engine was running on only 2% cylinders,” he said. “This time my wife tells me we’re shooting for second place." Kenyon was a first-day qualifier in this year’s time trials and starts in the middle of the fifth row. His car is powered by a four-cylinder turbo-charg-ed Offenhaueer engine, which he believes is superior to the 8-cylinder Ford power plant because of its durability. "There are still 2-8 miles per hour on the car I haven’t touched yet," he said. "We logged 220 miles practice before qualifying while some others run 1,000 miles or even more." Kenyon’s "500" preparations are virtually complete now. He has nm his fuel tests but may take a final test run Friday, the last day of practice before the big race. "We hope to get by with two pit stops, which Is mandatory,” he said. "I have full confidence in our car. It rides and handles better then any I have ever had." Mel has been racing since the mid 1960s. In 1964 he won the national midget crown of the United States Auto Club and he also le the current point leader. Brother Don is Mel’s chief mechanic. He helped build the car in California, but he gives Mel much of the credit “Mel la as much a mechanic as I am,” he said. He does and knows as much as I do.”
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When he first came up in 1963 Hart believed that the batter was there to defend the outside corner—with his life if necessary. The youngster found out the hard way that this theory wouldn’t work in the majors. It got to a point where his teammates started to call him “Mr. Dent” because of the injuries he sustained. He was given special instruction on how to get out of the way of balls thrown anywhere near him. He learned to stay loose and bail out. In other National League action the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 and the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Houston Astros 3-1 in the only two games scheduled. In the American League, Cleveland shut out Washington 5-0, Baltimore blanked new York 7-0, Minnesota outscored Chicago 8-7 and California tripped Kansas City 6-3. Detroit and Boston were not scheduled. The Giants set the stage for Hart’s deciding blow when Bob Schroeder opened the ninth with a single. Tom Haller followed with a walk and when Willie Mays bunted Bunning threw high to second base and all runners were safe. One out later Hart smashed his double over the head of left fielder Gonzalez. Perry, who struck out 11 batters, picked up his second victory in six decisions.
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Cincinnati 26 12 .684 St Louis 20 11 .645 Pittsburgh 19 14 .576 Chicago - 18 15 .545 Atlanta 18 16 .529 San Francisco _ 19 17 .528 Philadelphia 15 19 .441 Los Angeles _14 21 .400 lO 1 ^ New York 11 20 .355 11 y 2 Houston 11 26 .297 14 y 2
Monday’s Results
New York 5, Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 3, Philadelphia
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Tiger Cubs Beat Sullivan, 3-2
Taking the script from the Chicago White Sox, the Greencastle Tiger Cubs scored one run in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Sullivan Arrows 3-2 in a WIC baseball game. Darryl Pierce opened the seventh by reaching first on an error. After watching two Cubs go down, he rode home on Jay* Frye’s triple to deep right center. The Cubs took an early lead in the second when Phil Kidwell singled, moved to second on Darrel Brackney’s sacrifice took third on David Hill’s infield hit and scored on a fielder’s choice. Sullivan tied the count at 2all in the top of the seventh on two hits and two errors. Mike Sullivan started with an error and scored on a clean single. With the win, the Cubs are 5-4-1 in the conference and entertain Crawford sville Friday at the local diamond. Sullivan 000 0011—2-3-3 Tiger Cubs 010 0011—3-6-5
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Umpire Meeting All men interested in umpiring Little League baseball games for the 1967 baseball season should come to a meeting on Wednesday, May 34, at 7:30 p. m. at 7 E. Franklin Street This meeting will involve scheduling of umpires per game and a general rules review. The league this year consists of six Major League teams and eight Minor League teams. Tentative game times will be 4:30 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. for the Minor League and 6:00 p. m. until completion for the Major League games. The length of the season will be from May 22 through July 31. We need your support and time to provide 214 boys the opportunity to play baseball.
Andretti Brothers To Race in Wisconsin
WEST ALLIS, Wis. UPI — Twin brothers Mario and Aldo Andretti may compete in the USAC 150-mile big-car race at the Wisconsin State Fair Park June 4. Mario is USAC’s national driving champion and the rec-ord-setting pole winner for the Indianapolis “500” on Memorial Day. Aldo will try for a spot in a rear-engine Ford, according to promoter Tom Marchese, who said 47 entries have already been received.
FIGHT RESULTS NEWCASTLE. England UPI —Mark Rowe, 156%, Britain, stopped Roger Van Laere, 155%, Belgium 2.
PITTSBURGH UPI — Jack Rodgers, 169, Uniontown, Pa., outpointed Joey Giardello, 173, Cherry mil, N. J. 10.
WORCESTER, Mass. UPI — Bobby Worthem, 160, Buffalo, N. Y., stopped Earl Johnson, 167, Cleveland 6.
NEW YORK UPI — Harold Richardson, 163%, New York, outpointed Milo Calhoun, 166, New York 10.
LAS VEGAS UPI — Ernie Lopez, 150%, Los Angeles, outpointed Eddie McGruder, 152%, Phoenix, 10.
AMERICAN LEAGUE VV L Pet. GB Detroit 21 11 .656 Chicago 20 11 .645 % •Kansas City .17 16 .515 4% Baltimore _... 16 16 .500 5 Minnesota 16 16 .500 5 Boston 16 17 .485 5% Cleveland 15 17 .469 6 New York 14 18 .438 7 Washington 14 19 .424 7% •California 14 22 .389 9 •Late game not included Monday’s Results Cleveland 5, Washington 0 Baltimore 7, New York 0 Minnesota 8, Chicago 7 Kansas City at California, night Only games scheduled PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Eastern Division W L Pet. GB San Diego 16 15 .516 Oklahoma City 18 17 .514 Phoenix 18 17 .514 Indianapolis 13 14 .481 1 Tulsa 12 16 .429 2% Denver 12 16 .429 2% Western Division W L Pet. GB Tacoma 22 14 .611 Portland 18 16 .529 3 Seattle 17 17 .500 4 Vancouver 16 16 .500 4 Hawaii 17 18 .486 4% Spokane 15 18 .455 5% Monday’s Results Seattle 3, Oklahoma City 2 Spokane 6, San Diego 3 Vancouver 3, Tacoma 1 Hawaii 3. Portland 2 Only games scheduled
Pro-Am Tourney Allenhill Golf course was the setting for the first local ProAm Open Competition tourney of the season Sunday. With six teams competing for the top spot, the foursome of Dave AtWell, Wyatt Brummett, Dr. J. F. Conrad, and Chick Stites held off the challenge of Fleck Conrad, Frank Toney, Morris Atchley, and George Hecko to win by one point. Finishing third was the team of Dave Howlett, Bob Henderson, Phil Skinner, and Charles Pingleton. The Conrads captured individual honors with Fleck low at 65 and Dr. Conrad three strokes back with a 68.
NOTICE Anyone interested in participating as a member of a Slopitch (Old Timers) softball program this summer be at the main entrance of the Senior High Building, tonight Lloyd Cooper, Summer Recreation Program Director, has called the meeting to organize the Slo-pitch league if enough interest is shown. Tuesday evenings is usually when the oldtimers play.
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