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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1963
Page
9
Associated Press reports New York Mets fandom may reflect mass psychology and group dynamics. Dr Vladimir Eliasberg says fans’ wild cheering for an underperforming team resembles a social fixation, offering belonging, leadership, and a father figure in Casey Stengel.
The page lists today's games including New York at Houston and Cincinnati at Chicago. Additional matchups include St. Louis at Milwaukee Philadelphia at Los Angeles and Pittsburgh at San Francisco with later Wednesday games Minnesota at New York Los Angeles at Boston Detroit at Chicago Kansas City at Cleveland Baltimore at Washington and New York at Houston.
The Norshaft Arlington Little League calls a special meeting led by President Joseph Crossman for Wednesday at 8 30 p m at the North Bennington field house. All league officials and managers of major and minor league teams are urged to attend.
American League leaders include Causey Kansas City batting .352 and Wagner Los Angeles .349. Hinton Washington leads runs with 23 and Nicholson Chicago 24 RBIs. Wagner and Hinton top hits with 44 and 40. Pitching leads Fischer Kansas City with 50 wins and Stock Baltimore and Morehead Boston with 30. National League batting features Covington Philadelphia .367 and F Alou San Francisco .355. Aaron Milwaukee and Flood St Louis lead runs with 30. Fairly Los Angeles and Covington Philadelphia top RBIs. Mahaffey Philadelphia and Sanford San Francisco share 44 strikeouts.
Three New England journalists Paul Stanley Deland Louis M Lyons and Henry Minott received the Yankee Quill Awards at a Boston dinner. They were also inducted into the New England Academy of Journalists while Relman Morin gave the keynote speech on moderates and accurate reporting amid crises in the South.
Mal Porter, trackman for New Sharon High School in Maine, won seven events and placed third in one for 36 points as New Sharon totaled 91 2 3, defeating Rangeley 34 1 3. Porter swept the 100, 220 and 440 yard dashes, 70 yard hurdles, broad jump, discus, and pole vault, with a third in javelin.
The Hinsdale Raceway purse list shows a ten race program led by First Race Trot Class D one mile worth 500 with top finishers Mr. Kildare driven by R Ryan and Steamboat Bill piloted by I Foster. Second through ninth events cover Pace and Trot Class D with drivers including W Chapdelaine I Foster F Hodgkins J Kane N Watson R Pease A Nason L Shea and others in races featuring prizes up to 600 and entries such as Miss Roseanne Proud Princess Icicle P K S May Bell Mr M G Lakeside Scott and more local and regional horsemen.
Hinsdale results list multiple trotting and pacing divisions for class D and C contests across one mile tracks. Notable winners include Jinks Worthington in first, Miss Arostock in pace, and Clem's Pride in third with various payoffs and connected entries such as Billy Laird and Squadron Leader among a crowded field. Attendance recorded 1919 with handle of $90,273.
A Richmond man followed a large truck on U S 301 when a deer jumped from a cut and struck the truck's aluminum siding near the top. The driver asked for the man's name and address claiming he would report the incident in New York and need a witness.
Detroit AP reports Henry Hank and light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson have a June 1 title bout in Las Vegas postponed indefinitely due to Hank's injury per Hank's manager Harry Baxter.
President William C. Friday and Chancellor John T. Caldwell reaffirmed their 1961 decision to discontinue the Dixie Basketball Classic. In a report to the state House of Representatives they called the abolition of the annual Christmas tournament here sound and defensible amid past game fixing and bribery scandals involving teams from North Carolina State and the University at Chapel Hill.
In Hollywood California Thad Spencer 210 pounds from San Francisco knocked out Monroe Ratliff 19614 from Los Angeles. In St Louis Allan Thomas 172 pounds from Chicago stopped Six to Rod Rodriguez 176 pounds from St Anselmo California.
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