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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1969
Page
8
President Nixon and Ted Williams highlighted opening day as baseball launched its 100th season with four divisions. Williams chose Camilo Pascual as the Senators starter against Mel Stottlemyre, while Nixon threw the first ball in Washington. Reds and Dodgers met at Cincinnati as Giants faced the Braves and San Francisco visited Atlanta. Exhibition results followed with several multi-game outcomes across teams.
Veteran right hander Camilo Pascual, 35, will start the 1969 season for the Washington Senators by tossing the ceremonial first pitch to Horace Clarke of the New York Yankees. President Nixon and Cuban Premier Fidel Castro are noted as rooting figures in a ceremony aimed at symbolically uniting two nations. Pascual, a Havana native, held a 170 win career and 2102 strikeouts, with his 1960 opener against the Red Sox a standout, when he struck out 14 and Senators won 10 to 1. Ted Williams begins his managerial debut this season, and Pascual recalls the day he faced Williams behind a tree beyond right field.
Westley Unseld of Louisville was named the league Rookie of the Year with 53 votes, leading Baltimore Bullets to a strong season. He averaged 18.2 rebounds per game and totaled 1,491 boards, while Elvin Hayes placed second with 25 votes.
Gene Littler outlasted Tom Weiskopf in a sudden death playoff to win the Greater Greensboro Open after finishing regulation tied at 274. Littler banked $32,000 plus his earlier year earnings to top PGA champions Julius Boros and Orville Moody, with Weiskopf and Nicklaus probing Masters form in Augusta.
Middlebury College announces the selection of John W. Anderson as its new football head coach. Anderson, formerly an assistant at Boston College, assumes duties with the Panthers and brings collegiate experience to the program.
Hal Dyer joins the Xa vier football staff as head coach at Pratt Junior College alumni. John Anderson, 36, a Dartmouth and Ursinus alum, will succeed Walter J. Nelson at Middlebury, bringing a career that spans Central Dauphin and Cumberland Valley high schools and Dartmouth. He will start after Boston College spring practice ends May 3.
Dike, the 3-year-old son of Herbager, upset favored Reviewer to win the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, earning $37,000 for Clairborne Farm and strengthening Derby prospects four weeks before the Kentucky Derby. Reviewer and Rooney's Shield dead heated for second as Dike nosed ahead late. Other races nationwide included Petrone winning the San Juan Capistrano, Traffic Mark the Arkansas Derby, King Loma the Gold Rush, Peabody the Pimlico, Litlot the Phoenix, and Addy Boy at Gulfstream.
Dick Stuart, spring leader in home runs with four and 14 RBIs, signed today by the California Angels. The 36 year old, who played in Japan the past two seasons, ended spring with a .323 average in 43 at bats. Stuart, a lifetime .262 hitter with 227 homers, last played in the American League with Boston in 1964, and has also been with the Phillies the Mets and Dodgers.
Exhibition baseball results list several games with scores: New York and Minnesota tied 12 to 4 in 7 innings. Cincinnati beat Detroit 5 to 3. Cleveland defeated Montreal 1 to 0. Philadelphia routed Baltimore 5 to 0. Pittsburgh beat Washington 5 to 2. St. Louis over Kansas City 6 to 5. Chicago A defeated Chicago N 5 to 3. San Francisco defeated New York A 8 to 1. San Diego beat Seattle 8 to 2 in 7 innings. Seattle 4 San Diego 3 in 7 innings. Oakland defeated Calif 8 to 6 in 12 innings. only games scheduled.
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