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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1965
Page
8
Sandy Koufax faces a key decision as he begins the season with a 6-2 win over Philadelphia while battling arthritic pain. He may join the rotation if his arm holds up, but his control was off and timing lacked rhythm in seven strikeouts with five walks.
Detroit edged the Angels 4 1 in 13 innings after May allowed only one hit through nine. Wood doubled on a misplayed ball in center off May to spark the Tigers rally and tie the game.
Rodriguez rallied with a par-scoring bid to overtake Bobby Nichols and claim the $12,000 share, but Nichols held on to win the $75,000 Houston Golf Classic.
21-year-old rookie Bill Robinson led Atlanta to 3-2 and 5-4 wins over Rochester in a doubleheader. Buffalo beat Columbus 8-2 for its first win, then lost 3-2. Toronto beat Toledo 6-1 asCharton kept Toledo to seven hits.
National League updates show Los Angeles leading with a 38 1 record and 0.70 GB, Pittsburgh at 4 2, Chicago and Cincinnati in tight race, Milwaukee and Philadelphia at .500. Weekend results include San Francisco 4 New York 0, Pittsburgh 8 Houston 2 in 10 innings, Chicago 9 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 8 Cincinnati 0, Philadelphia 8 Los Angeles 2, and Cincinnati 8 St. Louis 2. Today's games feature Cincinnati at Milwaukee and Houston at Philadelphia among others.
Clarence Robinson of New Mexico set two meet records and won the Don Pierce Award at the 40th Kansas Relays as the outstanding athlete. He posted 26-214 in the broad jump and 50-61 in the triple jump while Randy Matson of Texas A&M broke the shot put meet record at 65-1034. Jim Ryan of Wichita produced a 4:04.8 mile and 1:47.7 half mile, helping Wichita East to a national mark and nearly matching his own prep best.
Boston dominated Los Angeles 142 to 110 in game one of the NBA finals. K C Jones spearheaded the win with 17 points and crucial defense while Jerry West led the Lakers with 26. Sam Jones added 25 and Havlicek 22 as Boston takes 1-0 lead.
Flag Raiser won the Wood Memorial by a neck over Hail to All in a three race winning streak, earning 60,222 of the 92,650 purse. Owner Isidor Bieber and trainer Hirsch Jacobs plan to ship to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby with Bob Ussery aboard, after a rest period before Derby week.
Cincinnati's seven players have homered in five games as Frank Robinson Pete Rose and John Edwards hit solo shots in an 8 2 win over the Cardinals in St Louis Sammy Ellis worked eight innings on relief by Billy McCool to earn his second victory Carl Robison Jim Maloney and Wade Blasingame are noted for upcoming start versus Milwaukee's Braves McCool saved Ellis day with a key ninth inning strikeout barrage against the heart of the Cardinals lineup
Larry Price pitched a no hit opener with 17 strikeouts leading Racine to a 1-0 win. McArthur answered in the nightcap, 8-5, taking advantage of Racine errors to surge into an early 5-1 lead and coast. Eastern leads Mid-Ohio Valley Conference with 1-0 mark. Racine sits at 2-1 with McArthur and Wahama at 1-1.
Ohio officials report record walleye netting at Berlin Reservoir and other lakes. Armbruster cites 1500 walleyes 14 to 27 inches netted before April 13, plus 1000 more on that day and strong catches at Milton Mosquito Lake and Pymatuning. Nets recovered bass and muskies, muskies linked to Deer Creek escape. A $250,000 suction dredge debuts at Indian Lake for dredging and land work. Construction of Wolfe Run Reservoir in Noble County progresses toward 1966 completion with 1000 acres acquired for recreation.
Jud Larson of Indianapolis drove the Watson Offy to a track record at Eldora Speedway in the U S Auto Club sprint. He completed the 30 laps covering 15 miles in 9 54.79 minutes, surpassing the 1962 mark of 10 07.79 by Roger McCluskey of Tucson Arizona.
In Minneapolis the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 as Jerry Kindall and Jim Hall hit decisive homers. Cleveland led early 3 0 before Twins relief pitching and timely hitting sealed the Tribe’s third loss since opening day.
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