This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1962
Page
7
AP sports columnist notes Washington Redskins remain undefeated with three wins and a tie, while picks favor Green Bay, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, Houston, and Denver in varied matchups. Healings and returns affect expectations as teams vie for key early season outcomes.
San Francisco Giants manager Alvin Dark explains a plus and minus scoring system to rate players beyond traditional averages. He cites baserunning moves, walks, and clutch plays as positives while late inning homers are scored differently. Dark notes some mistakes are not charged as minuses due to coaching responsibility.
Jose Pagan, the Giants iron man, delivers in the World Series with a .500 average and a solo homer off Ralph Terry. The Puerto Rico native, who played about 270 games yearly since 1955, seized the shortstop job from Eddie Bressoud on April 19 and produced the deciding run with a squeeze bunt against St. Louis on April 23.
Williams Williams College hosts a triangular cross country meet at 3.75 miles on the Williams course with MIT and Springfield. Co captain Rick Ash leads the Eohmen along with George Anderson Karl Neuse Phil McKnight and Mike Dogla. Freshmen pace the barriers led by Walt Johnston as MIT and Springfield send first year squads.
Boston defeated Montreal 5 to 0 and Detroit beat New York 2 to 1 on Thursday. Saturday's games include New York at Montreal Boston at Toronto Detroit at Chicago with no Friday games on the schedule.
In San Francisco AP reports Mickey Mantle says his World Series struggles stem from facing good pitching and feeling physically better recently. He notes pitchers have been strong and many so called big hitters are not delivering, while Cepeda and Kuenn also struggle for hits.
Tulane coach Tommy O'Boyle speaks of resilience after a 6-3 loss to Stanford and defeats by Alabama and Texas. Injuries thin the squad, with quarterback Bob Boisvert among those sidelined, as Mississippi State looms in a must-win SEC clash. O'Boyle remains confident the Green Wave will pull off a surprise later this season.
Kentucky visits Detroit at Titan Stadium in a expected mismatch as both teams seek their first win of the season. Detroit carries a five game skid while Kentucky has tied Florida State and lost close SEC contests. Other top games include Mississippi State at Tulane and UCLA hosting Colorado State University.
Vermont's St Michael's College Purple Knights open the 1962-63 season at Colby on December 1 and plan nine home games. Under coach George Doc Jacobs, the Knights aim to improve on last year's 9-10 mark with a December 4 home tilt vs Norwich and a busy slate including Holy Cross, Stonehill, Hartford, and regional foes through March 1.
Racing card lists nine races with pacing and trotting divisions at mile distance. Each line names horse and driver or trainer, class, purse, and surface notes for entries including Amanglers, Dictaphone, Nero Hanover, and more across first to ninth positions.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.