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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1965
Page
8
Cleveland Browns pull away despite injuries as Walter Roberts sparks the offense with an 80-yard touchdown reception from Jim Ryan. The defense shuts down Washington Redskins to secure a 17-7 victory at RFK Stadium in the opening game.
The Plains defeated York Bruins 14-6 as Ron Lowe ran 35 yards for a Plains touchdown and Steve Grinstead scored for York. Jim Wallace returned an interception 31 yards, but extra points failed. Coach Inbody praised Mike Krivesti and Wallace for defense in a defensive battle. The Plains travel to Logan next.
A split vote at the SEOAL fall meeting at the Athens American Legion left the Athens High School Bulldogs short of an outright crown by one first place ballot. Athens and Logan tied with 7114 points each for first, while Gallipolis and others followed in predicted order. Messenger sports editor Rowland Congdon was elected president with Bud McGhee named vice president and Odie O'Donnell re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Jack Nicklaus earned $6600 for a 273 total and boosted his year to $134,045 to break Arnold Palmer's 1963 record. He noted fewer tournaments and hopes to be considered the era's greatest golfer.
Pomeroy fullback Howard English and Dick Knight each scored two touchdowns as Pomeroy rolled to a 40 8 win over Rutland after leading 20 8 at halftime Don Swisher returned a kickoff 83 yards for the evening s longest TD and Bill Moore caught a 26 yard pass for a fourth quarter score Rutland s only points came on a two yard run by Joe Hawkins in the second quarter Pomeroy will open 1965 league play Friday hosting Logan while Rutland faces Racine at home that night
A rundown of Saturday and Sunday's scores across the National and American Leagues, detailing team results from San Francisco to Pittsburgh and notes on postponed or rescheduled games. Key standings and forthcoming matchups include Minnesota Chicago New York Boston Kansas City Baltimore and California.
Giants top Braves 4-2 aided by Hal Lanier scoring on Joe Torre misplay in eighth as Cleon Jones and Bobby Klaus drive Mets offense. Banks drives in Cubs’ runs. Dodgers blank Cardinals 5-0. Reds, Astros rally. Veale goes 10 innings for Pirates.
Mack Clingan wins his fourth straight feature at Skyline Speedway Athens County as 16 car supers compete. Jim Fizer and Sam Erwin pressure Clingan for the $300 purse while other Heat and Dash winners are noted along with road stock rivals and a Colts night at the track. Cincinnati Reds reach over one million in paid attendance for the fourth time after a 19,907 Sunday double header with Houston.
Zorro Versalles stars for the Minnesota Twins as he boosts his MVP case with a three-hit, two RBI performance and steals. Minnesota trims Washington 8-1 to move within three wins of clinching the pennant. Oliva leads AL batting while White Sox, Yankees win. Indians face a six-victory/minor hurdle in the race for second.
A power outage halted the game for 45 minutes then Glouster defeated Miller 8 to 0. Fullback Floyd Russell threw a 12 yard TD pass to Tom Morrison and rushed for most of Glouster 178 rushing yards while Miller managed 116 rushing yards and five first downs.
Major League leaders across both leagues include batting leaders Oliva and Yastrzemski with .317 and .313 averages. Key run and hit totals feature Colavito, Horton, and Oliva leading in RBIs and hits. Pitching leaders include Grant and Terry with top win totals and McDowell and Lolich high strikeout marks. In the National League Clemente leads batting, Mays and Rose top RBIs and hits, with Koufax and Veale strong in pitching.
Pro football results include Cleveland over Washington 17 to 7, Baltimore and Milwaukee unknown, Green Bay 41 over Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 34 over St Louis 27, Detroit 20 over Los Angeles 0, Dallas 81 over New York 2, San Francisco 52 over Chicago 24, Kansas City 14 over New York 10, Houston 31 over Boston 10, Buffalo 0 over Denver, San Diego 1 over Oakland 6. OHTO College late Saturday features Defiance 44 over Kenyon 28, Baldwin Wallace 13 over Edinboro State 1, Rochester 18 over Denison 0, Indiana Central 14 over Otterbein 7, Ohio Northern 30 over Hope 0, Akron 6 over Western Kentucky 6 tie, Xavier 21 over Kent State 14, Cincinnati 28 over Dayton 0, Heidelberg 0 over Bluffton 0 tie, Ashland 1 over Wooster 0, Findlay 7 over Muskingum 3, Hillsdale 19 over Marietta 7, Wilmington 12 over Centre 12 tie.
The team of Brandon Grover Tad Grover Bob Repp and Frank Rauch won the handicap best ball four ball Sunday at Athens Country Club finishing with 60. Two foursomes tied for second with 61s.
Xavier University football player Jim Koch a 6 foot 3 inch 252 pound defensive tackle from Erie Pennsylvania remained in serious condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after collapsing on the bench during the Xavier versus Kent State game on Saturday night. Authorities believe he suffered a head injury. Koch is a junior.
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