Veterans Dominate Spring Exhibition Contests Across Leagues
Veteran stars led a high scoring round of spring exhibitions as Camilo Pascual hurled seven shutout innings for the Twins in a 6-0 win over Philadelphia’s B team, Vic Power boosted his batting average to .429 with three hits, Hank Aaron belted a fourth spring homer for Milwaukee in a 6-3 win over Detroit, and other notables such as Bob Sadowski, Moose Skowron, Ron Hansen, Marty Keough and Larry Jackson starred in varied results across the circuit. Pirates, Athletics, Dodgers, Giants also posted wins as rookies and veterans contributed key hits and pitching performances.
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Camilo Pascual
Minnesota Twins
Philadelphia Phillies
Vic Power
Twins
Bob Sadowski
Braves
Tigers
Moose Skowron
Washington Senators
Baltimore
Steve Barber
Stu Miller
Skowron
Ron Hansen
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Ken Boyer
Marty Keough
Cincinnati
Reds
Philadelphia
Larry Jackson
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Ron Santo
Cubs
Pirates
Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
Rex Johnston
Willie Stargell
Charley Lau
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Aurelio Monteazudo
Yankees
Los Angeles Dodgers
Johnny Podres
Houston Colts
Sandy Koufaxi
Don Drysdale
San Francisco Giants
Boston Red Sox
Jack Sanford
Billy Pierce
Red Sox
Tony Conigliara
Boston
Jesus Alou
Giants
Mets farm move sends Swoboda toward Buffalo
The Mets reassigned five players to their minor league camp as part of roster shuffles. Ron Swoboda, a 20 year old outfielder and Maryland alum, appears ticketed for Buffalo AAA after impressing in spring training with Auburn Class A. The club also completed conditional purchases from Milwaukee adding Amado Samuel and Bob Taylor for 25,000 each, totaling 30,000 per player, and added Elliott From Columbus to the Buffalo roster. Lefty Willard Kanter and Steve Dillon were sent back to Buffalo.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
New York Mets
Der
Ed Bauta
New York
Buffalo
Wnray
Ron Swoboda
Mets
Auburn
N.Y
University of Maryland
Amado Samuel
Bob Taylor
Milwaukee
Braves
Elliott
Columbus
Larry Elliott
Bauta
Bisons
Pat Garrett
Willard Kanter
Steve Dillon
Grover Pow
Massachusetts Trounced 9-0 by Camp Lejeune Marines
Massachusetts Redmen fell 9-0 at Camp Lejeune North Carolina as four pitchers used, Tony Simone of Lee started in the sixth and finished the game. Dennis Della Piana doubled for Massachusetts, now 1-3 on their Southern trip. Coach Earl Lorden’s team faces East Carolina State next.
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Tony Simone
Lee
University of Massachusetts
Redmen
Massachusetts
Camp Lejeune Marines
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Simone
Marines
Dennis Della Piana
Earl Lorden
East Carolina State
Camp Lejeune Ane
OG Boo
Onendine
O'Leary
Drita
Corey
Ferre
Simene
Yonde A Kamena
Berkshire Eagle sports coverage debate erupts in meeting
Berkshire County volunteers grill The Berkshire Eagle sports department over coverage bias and tone. They demand more space for minor and local games while editors defend prioritizing regional and national stories, citing Wahconah and Mount Greylock results and Mantle and Olympic plans.
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Berkshire County
Berkshire Eagle
Eagle
Dalton
Connolly Excels Despite Four-Run Start for Red Sox
Eddie Connolly of Pittsfield lasted five innings in his first Cactus League start, allowing seven hits and four runs as the Giants crushed the Red Sox 9 1 in Phoenix. Manager Johnny Pesky praised Connolly, noting the lefty fought hard and left the club with a chance to stay in Spring Training. Wood and Earley followed, yielding five hits and four runs over two and one innings respectively.
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San Francisco Giants
Boston Red Sox
Phoenix
Ariz
Eddie Connolly
Pittsfield
Johnny Pesky
Eddie
Pesky
Boston Herald
Orlando Cepeda
Chuck Hiller
Connolly
Red Sox
McKenna
Stars
Bill Spanswick
Wilbur Wood
Arnie Earley
Earley
Cardinals Acquire Rogers Hornsby 1918 Trade
The St. Louis Cardinals obtained Rogers Hornsby for $400 in 1918. Later in 1929 the Chicago Cubs acquired Hornsby for five players and $200,000, marking a major player sale between rivals.
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ST. Louis
UPI
St. Louis Cardinals
Rogers Hornsby
Chicago Cubs
Golf Pros To Form Association In Berkshire County
Berkshire County professional golfers plan to form an association at a meeting on Wednesday night, April 15, at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Rudy Goff of Taconic Golf Club Williams town says officers will be elected and bylaws set. Members will include pros and their assistants, with a fundraising clinic and exhibition planned for Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Foundation. dates to be announced.
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Berkshire County Professional Golfers Association
Rudy Goff
Taconic Golf Club
Williamstown
Country Club of
Pittsfield
Goff
Association For the Benefit of the
Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Foundation
County Golf Opens First Week in May
The Southern Berkshire and Northern Berkshire leagues schedule opening play for May 4 and May 3 respectively, with new two-circuit division. Roy Spatford of Mount Greylock High chairs the committee. The schedules list matchups for both circuits through late May with numerous campus and town teams involved.
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Southern Berkshire
Lenox
Searles
St. Jon's
Williams
St. Joe's
St. Joes
Lee
M. Lea
Berkshire
Adams
Mount Greyiock
Drury
Wahconsh
Pittsfield
St.Joe’s
Wahconah
Mount Greylock
Wanhcenah
Mount
Greylock
Itesfield
Wahcanan
St. Jne's
Wanconsh
Pittsfeld
Wahcenah
South County Softball Unit To Reorganize
The Southern Berkshire Softball League will hold a reorganization meeting Sunday at 3:30 PM at Eddie Thomas home Maple Street Behind the Thomas Memorials building. Thomas was president in 1943. Officers and managers should attend. players invited to attend.
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Southern Berkshire Softball League
Eddie Thomas
Maple St
Thomas Memorials
Thomas
Fool's Day Punch Gans Knocks Robson With Right
In Philadelphia on April 1, Joe Gans stopped Spike Robson with a right hand shot to Robson's right hand, a remarkable knockout witnessed by Ned Brown. Gans, at his peak, was the pound for pound best, while Robson pressed with speed and clever lefts before the decisive strike. The piece recalls Gans’s earlier battles and notes the April Fool’s coincidence of the timing.
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New York
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Spike Robson
Engand
Jack McGuigan
Philadelphia
Gans
Battling Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Nelson
Robson
Dan” Sboxers
Withal
Cael
Jand
McGuigan
Olympic Club
Bob Edgren
Famous
Calcest
New York Evening, World
Joe
Spike
Edgren
Herman
Jimmy Britt
Bart Blackburn
George Mem‘sie
Neilson
Jlaw
Montreal 3 Toronto 2 in playoff series tied 2-1
Stanley Cup Playoffs results show Montreal defeats Toronto 3-2 to lead the best-of-seven 2-1 while Detroit shuts out Chicago 3-0 to lead 2-1. No games today with Montreal at Toronto and Chicago at Detroit on Thursday.
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Associated
Montreal
Toronto
Detroit
Chicago
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