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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
23
In a pivotal Eastern Baseball League night, Elmira defeated Pittsfield 7-5 while Reading beat Elmira 7-5, allowing Pittsfield to maintain a half game lead over Elmira. Williamsport also won, shaping the pennant chase as four-game sets continue with Myer and Schmidt slated to start.
Pittsfield duo Bob Claffie and Ron Lilly won the Berkshire Motor Sports Club time speed distance rally over 90 miles of South Berkshire terrain. Second went to Jack and Pat Collins, third to Harold and Aleta Cameron, with Butch and Lil Sciarra earning the most accurate mileage award presented by rally chairman Harry Barnes and Pete's Motors. Sixteen cars from Massachusetts and New York entered. next event is a gymkhana on Sunday Sep 12 at Allendale Shopping Center.
Pittsfield Berkshire Red Sox have the most homers in four years with 106 through last night, not an all time record but ahead of recent seasons. The piece notes 1961 Binghamton 121 and 30 by George Banks as the benchmark, with Pittsfield's 35 by George Scott and Owen Johnson tying Don Lock's decade top mark.
In Camp Merrill, Pittsfield players swept finals of Berkshire County junior tennis. Jack McKenna won the boys 18 and under title 6 3 6 2 over Bob Bondi, while Denzel defeated Chris Brown 6 3 6 0 for the 16 and under crown. Mary Eckel and Anne Kusik won the girls doubles 6 2 6 2 over Tina Paddock and Sandy Shipton. Eckel also claimed the girls singles title the day before rain delayed the finals.
Sixteen year old Pat O'Brien defeated defending champion Penny Fall six and four yesterday to win the women's championship at the Country Club of Pittsfield. She is the reigning Allied women's champion of Berkshire County and the youngest winner in the tourney's history. O'Brien held a slim one stroke lead over Betty Burfiendt of GEAA at Berkshire Hills Country Club. She has won the Allied junior girls' titles in 1964 and 1963 and has multiple junior club titles.
Secretaries of tenpin leagues are asked to pick up their ABC kits for the coming season at Berkshire Bowl tonight and tomorrow evening from 7 30 to 8 50. Fred McNamee, president of the Pittsfield Bowling Association, arranged for distribution by Eugene Soht, who replaces Paul Flanagan after his resignation.
Jockeys Ward Sigler and Phil Ernst each captured two wins in Green Mountain Park nine race program. Sigler won the first and ninth races, Ernst the second and sixth. Daily double on Royal Tango and Who's My Daddy paid 37.20. twin double with four horses paid 334.60. Crowd 2,670, handle 158,126.
Elmira's 7 5 loss to Reading in the Eastern League may endanger its lead as first baseman John Riddle, Elmira’s top RBI man, was injured and may miss the rest of the season. Reading scored six runs in the seventh to pull away after a 3 hour 12 minute game with a 30 minute delay at the start.
Former Pittsfield High star Mark Belanger went 0 for 4 for the Elmira Pioneers in a 7-5 defeat to the Reading Indians at Elmira NY. He was charged with an error at shortstop and dropped to a .237 average on 108 hits in 455 at bats.
Bob Jones III of the Country Club of Pittsfield qualified for the national amateur at Pine Brook Country Club in Weston. He shot 78 74 for 152, finishing second to Tom Gorman of Sufield, Conn. Qualifiers included Jim McHugh and Colby College's Bob Waldinger. The national tournament in Tulsa runs Sept 15 18, with field cuts after 36 holes and 18 exempt players. Alternates and other western Massachusetts competitors are listed.
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