375-Foot Homer Lifts Mt Greylock To 5-2 Opener Victory
Mt Greylock Regional edges Bennington 5-2 as Bill Leete belts a 375 foot homer with two on in the third inning. Pitcher Jim Chapman scatters three hits and fanned 11 for Mt Greylock while Steve Hitchey allows six hits and seven strikeouts for Bennington. The game featured free substitution under Massachusetts rules and multiple positional shifts.
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Williamstown
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Bill Leete
Mt. Greylock
John Barret
Mounties
Gene LePesqueur
Shepard
College Towners
Don Jacobs
LePesqueur
Bendi
Jim Chapman
Doug Watkin
John Burgess
Dave Palmer
Bob Lane
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Don Ziter
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White
Barret
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Ile
Fran Buck
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Ron Shepard
Jim White
Ralph Terry
Yankees
Jim Gentile
Pesky
Earl Wilson
Gene Conley
Ike Delock
Dave Morehead
Leafs and Red Wings Aim For Game Four Showdown
Toronto star Frank Mahovlich has yet to score in the series while Detroit captain Gordie Howe has two goals and an assist as the Leafs lead 2-1 entering the fourth game at Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Mahovlich recovers from a knee strain and flu while Howe fought flu between games. fifth game set for Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Gordie Howe
Mahovlich
Toronto
Big M
Howe
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Maple Leaf Gardens
Punch Imlach
Montreal
Celtics Edge Lakers in Game One to Lead NBA Final
Boston wins 117 114 to take a 1 0 lead in the best of seven as Los Angeles prepares for Game Two. The Celtics suffer the loss of star Havlicek to an ankle injury but remain focused on a potential fifth straight title. Auerbach comments on the pressure while Schaus criticizes local media during a tense playoff week.
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Los Angeles
Fred Schaus
Red Auerbach
Celtics
Lakers
Bill McSweeney
Boston Record- American
Schaus
Ted Williams
Bush
McSweeney
John Havlicek
Sehaus
Havlicek
Havelick
Auerbach
Bowl Games Banned For Bay Staters
The Massachusetts Secondary Principals Association urged the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council to bar post Thanksgiving Day football games for high schools. If adopted, no schoolboy bowls would be played after Thanksgiving except delayed contests, effectively ending future bowl games.
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Framingham
Mass
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Secondary Principals Association
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council
Toronto Faces Detroit In Final As Playoff Ties Remain
In the NHL playoffs Toronto leads Detroit two games to one in a best of seven series with no game scheduled Monday. Baseball notes show Lee Maye of the Braves hitting a two run homer in the ninth to beat the Mets 4 3 while Claude Raymond pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win.
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Toronto
Detroit
Lee Maye
Braves
New York Mets
Claude Raymond
Mets
Opening Game Echoes In Bennington High Debut
Benhi falls 5-2 to Mt Greylock in a season opener marked by nerves and mis signals. Coach Don Ziter pushes Catamounts to hustle while Jim Chapman and Steve Hitchey pace the mound, charting a hopeful start for the Southern Vermont title hopefuls.
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Don Ziter
Adams
Williamstown
Drury
Hoosick Falls
St. Joe N.A
Brattleboro
Burr & Burton
BCHS
St. Joe NA
John Burgess
Burgess
Ziter
Bennington
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Mass
Grant
Petersburg Pass opens for spring skiing on Easter
Petersburg Pass in Williamstown Massachusetts remained open Sunday with two skiers receiving VIP treatment. Howard Clarkson from Troy New York and his son Douglas enjoyed several runs on the Berlin Run as Francis C Wilson and his son Gary operated the chairlift.
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Mass. Petersburg Pass
Howard Clarkson
Troy
N.Y
Douglas
Berlin Run
Clarkson
Francis C. Wilson
Gary
North-South Lady Golfers Select Group
North and South Women's Amateur Championship second round gathers 16 survivors from opening play. Featured finalists and runners up include Helen Sigel Wilson, Jane Nelson, Phyllis Preuss, and Jo Anne Gunderson, with several former contenders and byes noted among the field.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Helen Sigel Wilson
Gladwyne
Clifford Ann Creed
U.S
Betty Hicks
Grace Lenczyk
Charlotte
Jane Nelson
Jason Weiss
Indianapolis
Pat Leser
Jean Ashley
Chanute
Kan
Joanne Gunderson
Phyllis
Tish) Preuss
Pompano Beach
Fla
Anne Quast Decker
Philip Cudone
West Caldwell
N.J
Marge Burns
Greensboro
John Dyson
Sugarloaf
Nancy Roth
Hollywood
Weiss
Verdmont Loses Big Bass In Severe Winter Kill
EAST POWNAL Officials report more than 1000 prize bass and some bluegill perished on Lake Verdmont due to an unusually harsh winter. The Vermont Association and Bennington Hatchery say oxygen depletion from ice cover caused the die off, with larger fish hardest hit. The lake was stocked 12 to 14 years ago and plans to survey this spring to decide on possible restocking.
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Pownal
Verdmont
Floyd Harmon
The
Vermont Association
Vermont
Bennington State Hatchery
Harmon
Optimistic Ewbank Takes Rebranded Jets Coach Role
Weeb Ewbank, 55, named coach and general manager of the New York Jets as new owners led by Sonny Werbin buy the bankrupt club from Harry Wismer for 1 million dollars. He vows to start a new era after rebuilding a lineup that went 5-9 and finished last in the division.
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Weeb Ewbank
New York Jets
Titans
Ewbank
Baltimore
Jets
Sonny Weblin
Music Corporation of America
Monmouth Race Track
Harry Wismer
Colts
Don Shula
Weeb
Carroll Rosenbloom
George Sauer
Bulldog Turner
AFL
Pesky Debuts as Red Sox Manager in Home Opener
Johnny Pesky makes his major league managerial debut as Boston hosts Baltimore in the home opener. Bill Monbouquette faces Robin Roberts with 20,000 fans expected. Newcomers Dick Stuart and Roman Mejias debut in Fenway uniforms as Pesky trims the lineup.
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Johnny Pesky
Red Sox
Baltimore
Sox
Bill Monbouquette
Los Angeles
Robin Roberts
Orioles
Fenway Park
Man Mejias
Fenway
Washington
Pesky
Bill Hitchcock
Boog Powell
Dick Brown
Luis Aparicio
Hoyt Wilhelm Shines as Relief Pitcher for White Sox
Chicago White Sox manager Al Lopez relies on 39-year-old Hoyt Wilhelm in relief. Wilhelm has pitched 10 scoreless innings in three appearances, allowing only two hits. Lopez says Wilhelm strengthens the bullpen, noting he can last as long as Satchel Paige.
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Hoyt Wilhelm
al Lopez
Chicago White Sox
Wilhelm
Hoyt
Lopez
Satchel Paige
Sox
Luis Aparicio
al Smith
Cornelius
N.C
Baltimore
Pacific Coast League Scores and Weather Delays
San Diego nips Spokane 3 2 in 13 innings. Dallas Fort Worth defeats Portland 11 10 in 12 innings. Seattle tops Oklahoma City 6 5. Salt Lake City at Hawaii postponed.
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Spokane
Dallas-Fort Worth
Portlan
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Salt Lake City
Hawaii
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