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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
6
The Associated Press reports a tight AL pennant race as Yankees lead, with White Sox Red Sox Indians and Angels closing in. Yankees beat Tigers 4-0 and 6-3 at home. Red Sox sweep Orioles. White Sox take two from A’s. Indians win twice. Angels top Twins. In NL the Reds beat Mets, Giants and Braves win and lose, Dodgers split with Cubs.
West Lebanon N Y rain stopped racing at the half mile Lebanon Valley Speedway on Sunday. Next week's Promoters Trophy Race carries a $500 top purse with $250 for second and $50 for 20th. The Demolition Derby on June 26 could draw over 100 cars competing for $500 top prize plus heat winnings.
American League top batters include Kaline Detroit and Malzone Boston with .349, Kaline leading in runs 44, RBIs 48, hits 80, and Allen Allison of Minnesota 16 homers. Notable pitchers Stock Baltimore 5 0 with 1.000 era, Pascual Minnesota 86 strikeouts, Koufax 102. National League leaders show Aaron and Flood in runs, Hoss Robinson RBIs, Javier 18 doubles, Pinson 8 triples, Aaron 18 home runs, and Drysdale 110 strikeouts with Koufax 102.
In Le Mans France Ferraris fill the top six positions as Ludovico Scarfiotti and Lonzo Bondini lead the field to a record distance of 2 834.1 miles at 118.1 mph. One fatal crash marred the race while a jet powered BRM Rover entry also competed.
Summary of multiple MLB games with scores from Sunday to Tuesday including Dodgers Giants and Cubs vs Mets style matchups. Teams mentioned include Los Angeles Chicago Cleveland Baltimore Washington New York Detroit Boston Kansas City Minnesota Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis Houston San Francisco Cincinnati.
About 80 scholastic coaches attended the Hoosick Falls Central School football clinic held eight hours on Saturday. Harold Kenyon organized the event to aid freshmen and lower-level coaches, with seven New York high school coaches presenting on football topics and a questions panel. Frank Navarro, incoming Williams College coach, urged selling the value of football to boys and communities, and Kenyon plans to make the session an annual event.
Cincinnati Ohio AP veteran umpire Al Barlick announced he is quitting and went home after contacting NL secretary Fred Fleig in the early hours. League president Warren Giles could not reach him and no official cause was given though Barlick and others have cited lack of backing from headquarters. Barlick, a 1940 NL call up, missed 1956 57 seasons due to illness and umpired six World Series and five Star games.
Arnold Palmer, after a month layoff and slump, returned to form to win the Thunderbird Classic in a sudden death playoff against Paul Harney. Palmer finished regulation tied at 277 for 72 holes, earned $25,000, and joked about his binding choking price as he celebrated at Latrobe.
The Bennington American Legion baseball team split its weekend openers: a 6 1 loss at Brattleboro on Friday and a 7 4 rain shortened win at Wallingford on Sunday. Bob Babson pitched three hitless innings in relief. John Burgess hit a homer and Leo Plante added a triple as Bennington rallied for four runs in the fifth before rain halted play.
Wayne Fitzgerald of Schuylerville tops class A in a Lotus 7 with 2 15.3 over three runs at the First National Shopping Center lot Bennington Flats. Art Frederick second in Porsche 1600 Super Speedster, Edward Hopkins third in Triumph TR 3. Class B winner Dick McCaughlin in a Karmann Ghia, Connie LeVan and Gene Birdsley place in Spitfire and VW. John Peffer wins class C in an Austin Healey 3000. Edward Hopkins and Mickey LeVan win team trophy in a salon relay. About 30 cars competed. event judged a success by Gymkhana master Edward McGurn.
Burdette 36 and a 12 year Brave veteran moved to St. Louis for Gene Oliver and Bob Sadowski as Keane plots immediate use. Foytack 32 leaves Detroit for the Los Angeles Angels along with Frank Kostro for George Thomas and a player to be named later.
Nick Willhite, a 22 year old left hander called up from Spokane, pitched a 2-0 shutout in his major league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs. He struck out six and allowed five hits.
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