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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1964
Page
9
Lew Spahn, 43, signs a one year contract with the New York Mets as player coach after leaving the Milwaukee Braves. He vows to help the Mets rise from last place and aims to win 400 games, joining Yogi Berra as a veteran battery as they plan a new era.
Warren Spahn was offered the Milwaukee Braves managerial job last June but declined saying he could still pitch and win. The offer surfaced through Braves executives, not Spahn or club president John McHale, amid talk of his potential Mets signing at 43.
Attendance 843 marks the day as Spahn’s story moves from Braves to Mets. Spahn accepted a reduced salary, about 64,000 next year, and could become a top pitching coach while boosting his career 356‑win record, with Casey Stengel recalling his early impact in 1942.
Marion Ladewig, bowling’s famed queen, eyes a fifth World Invitational Match Game Championship in Chicago this November 1929, just weeks after turning 50 on October 30. The piece notes WIBC award totals for 1963-64, British and Japanese bowling developments, top American bowlers Joseph and Bob Strampe touring Japan, and local league highlights from Mabel Young and others.
Notre Dame holds first in the United Press International college football ratings for a fourth straight week, boosting its total to 344 points with 31 first place votes. Alabama drops to second as Michigan moves to fourth and Arkansas finishes third after a perfect 10-0 season.
A sequence of pace and trot-thirds from Hinsdale lists horse names and owners for nine races each with $400 purses, plus higher $500 and $1000 stakes in select events. Runners include Zig Tavern, Zelda, Hava, McDale, Worthy, and many more, with divisions labeled FIRST through NINTH and participant rosters for each.
Montreal UPI reports Calgary Stampeders star Lowell Coleman 26 year old former Western Michigan standout led ball carriers with 1,629 rushing yards last season and earned CFL player of the year honors.
The professional football championship Grey Cup game from Toronto’s National Exhibition Stadium will be televised next Saturday as part of ABC TV’s Wide World of Sports expanded program. The broadcast is slated for November 28 and will feature extended coverage of the event.
Massachusetts quarterback Jerry Whelchel and Yale fullback Chuck Mercein head the 1964 United Press International All New England Major college football squad. Whelchel and Mercein led a first unit featuring players from Ivy, Yankee and other major independents, totaling 297 points and 3,766 yards. The team includes Milt Morin and Jim Whalen at ends, Joe Buesing and Ab Lawrence on the line, Ed Meixler and Dick Cremin at guards, Rusty Brink at center, with backfield stars Marcellino, O'Brien and Bryant among honorees.
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