Cats Host Mounties and Sabers Meet Rutland Raiders
Bennington High School hosts the MSJ Mounties while Bennington Catholic visits the Rutland Raiders in Friday baseball doubleheaders. Benni led by pitchers Ordway Jepson and Rice aims for wins as the Cats chase league leadership, and BCHS hopes Landry’s pitching and timely hitting lift the Sabers against tough road tests as Tom Moore returns from injury.
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Raiders
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Alumni Field
Bendi
MSJ
Benhi
Chucker Chip Landry
Landry
BCHS
Catamounts
Dave Ordway
Jerry Jepson
Charley Rice
Tom Coyne
Earl Bump
Ordway
Jepson
Rice
Bennington
Reds Top Phils 4-3 With Seven Big Hits
Cincinnati boosted its hitting .287 team mark as Gordy Coleman led NL with .381. Deron Johnson and Tommy Harper added doubles and a triple as Reds beat Philadelphia 4-3 while other NL games fell into place. O'Toole relieved for first time in two years to close out the win.
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O’toole
Richie Allen
Killebrew Homers Twice As Twins Top Angels in AL
Harmon Killebrew slugged two homers and drove in the game winning run as the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 4 3. Pete Ward contributed for the Chicago White Sox with a homer two doubles and four RBIs in a doubleheader sweep of Kansas City. Boston beat New York 2 0 while Baltimore toppled Cleveland and Detroit defeated Washington. In the National League New York beat St Louis 2 1 and other results included Los Angeles over Houston Milwaukee over Pittsburgh Cincinnati over Philadelphia and Chicago over San Francisco.
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Coleman
Deron Johnson
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Washington
Dick Sisler
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Sammy Ellis
Jim
Killebrew
Minnesota Twins
Ward
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Twins
Los Angeles Angels
Monbouquette Delivers Six-Hit 2-0 Shutout Of Yankees
Boston ace Bill Monbouquette pitched a six-hit 2-0 shutout over the New York Yankees, his fourth complete game of the season. Eddie Bressoud homered, Carl Yastrzemski scored on Lee Thomas' single, and Red Sox moved to seventh in the American League while widening the gap with the Yankees.
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O’toole
Sisler
Don Drysdale
Ron Fairly
Don Nottebart
Jim Lefebvre
Dodgers
Walt Bond
Astros
Felipe Alou
Cal Koonce
Ted Abernathy
Koonce
Jack Fisher
Bobby Klaus
Mets
Curt Simmons
Boston
UPI
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Whitey Ford
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Rico Petrocelli
Bressound
Jim Bouton
Bressaud
Carl Yastrzemski
Frank Malzone
Bobby Richardson
Doc Edwards
Yaz
Lee Thomas
Thomas
Bouton
Pete Mikkelsen
Ray Barker
Mickey Mantle
Joe Pepitone
Detroit
Morehead
Tigers
Protracted Battle for New Baseball Commissioner
A long, unsettled search for a new baseball commissioner continues. John Galbreath and John Fetzer screen candidates as Ford Frick’s term ends in October, with a possible three man post after that. Rumors name Cronin Houk Shea and Musial, but no official shortlist or consensus exists.
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UPI
Royal Mounties
FBI
John Galbreath
Pittsburgh
John Fetzer
Detroit
Ford Frick
Warren Giles
Joe Cronin
Phil Piton
Houk
American League
Cronin
Yankees
CBS
Rosey O’donnell
Stan
Fetzer
William Shea
Shea
Williams Shea
Robert Cannon
Phil Hart
Kenneth Keating
Hank Greenberg
Gen
Rosey O'Donnell
Robert Kennedy
Ralph Houk
Stan Musial
A.B
Happy) Chandler
Hinsdale Raceway Opens Harness Meet
Hinsdale Race way in New Hampshire opens its harness meet with champions Bill Faucher and Bucky Day dominating the opening card. Faucher drives seven horses and Day five in the nine race program led by Day with Mister Lad against a field including Lonaire. Other top contenders include Dinky Do Royal Majesty Gold Bar Luck nows Sally and Princess R. A $2 500 claimer features Miss Levels as Faucher draws the rail while Day sends No Doubt and Screen Star. Track upgrades include glass at the grandstand and a first race slated for 8:15 with Cy Perkins tracking action. Prior qualifying races set mile times of 2 15 for trotters and 2 13 for pacers.
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N.H
Bill Faucher
Bucky Day
Hinsdale Raceway
Faucher
Day
Mister Lad
Lonaire
Sharp
Screen Star
Dick Howard
Span
Joe Henry
Cy Perkins
Opening Day Horse Entries at Groton Track Event
The program lists numerous racing cards with a first pace event carrying 500 dollars and a long roster of horses and handlers. Notable names include Mountain Master Sandy Marie Solar Blaze Harlan Lassie and King Susan Moraka, with multiple pace and trot divisions and substantial purses.
Boxer Sonny Banks Dies After KO in Philly
Lucian Sonny Banks aged 24 from Detroit died in Presbyterian Hospital after a ninth round knockout by Leotis Martin in Philadelphia. He suffered brain injuries from the punch and fall, had a clot removed, and his death followed a brutal ten round bout with officials declining an investigation.
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Philly
Philadelphia
UPI
Lucian
Sonny) Banks
Detroit
Presbyterian Hospital
Leotis Martin
Arena
Martin
Banks
Cassius Clay
Robert S. Andre
Frank Wildman Jr
Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
Patterson To Fight In Houston Friday
Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson meets Texan Carl Herring in a 10 rounder Friday night in Houston as a possible prelude to a title shot. Patterson, 30, declares he is better than ever and aims to regain the title if Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston May 25. He plans an exhibition tour in northern Sweden two days after the Houston bout.
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UPI
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Carl
Ted) Herring
Houston
Patterson
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Lewiston
Maine
Herring
Sweden
Johanneshov
Liston
Clay
Eddie Ahlquist
Benhi Kittens Triumph 22-11 In Debut Softball Win
Benhi Kittens coached by Anita Caswell opened the season with a 22 to 1 victory over Whitingham. Craiga Jaquith led with four runs, while Cheryl Comstock and Mary Moninger added three each. The win came as Benhi debuted on Whitingham’s new crushed clay infield and wore new uniforms.
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Whitingham
Whiti
Craiga Jaquith
Cheryl Comstock
Mary Moninger
Sue Hilchey
Barb Moore
Andrea Kapatan
Trudy Southworth
Nancy Humphrey
Sue Bitensky
Candy Cross
Patty Godek
Kathy Mould
Gail Ware
Tina Hart
June Stratton
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