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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1964
Page
9
The Innsbruck Winter Olympics move to safety talks after a string of training incidents. Measures include added gates on downhill runs and padded tree trunks. Russian riders shine in speed skating while U.S. skiers struggle.
Innsbruck Austria UPI reports coaches inspected Patscherkofel course used for the upcoming Winter Olympics. The gathering followed the death of 19 year old Ross Milne as teams conducted a solemn review of safety and layout while guiding their downhill training.
Pittsfield PHS skaters fall to Troy 6-2 with Prediger and Burns scoring for Troy and Levesque, McCormick, Powers contributing for Pittsfield. Game details list period goals by Prediger Levesque Burns Murray Surname Powers Krure and Levesque assists.
Pittsfield High juniors John Lovejoy and John Unwin finished ninth and tenth respectively in Brattleboro at the Vermont State Junior Jumping championship. Peter Rabes of Hanover, N.K., won the event among 81 contestants, including one girl Wendy Randall of Brattleboro who placed tenth in the Junior 3 division.
Saturday results include St. Louis 107 over Detroit 98 and Baltimore 113 to 99 Cincinnati. San Francisco 120 beat Los Angeles 95 and Philadelphia 131 defeated New York 101. Sunday sees Boston 115 over New York 102 and Baltimore 131 to Philadelphia 101. Tuesday schedule features Boston at NY, San Francisco at Philadelphia, Los Angeles at Detroit.
Oakland officials confirm Charles O Finley met chamber executives about moving the Kansas City Athletics to the city amid stalled local park plans. Dan Marovich says they would build a ballpark if Finley relocates, while past moves faced AL rejection and legal hurdles.
Bob Strampe of Detroit defeated Tommy Tuttle to claim $15,000 top prize in the $100,000 All-Star bowling tournament final. Mrs La Verme Carter of St. Louis won the women’s division with a $8,000 prize, over Evelyn Teal of Miami. Strampe’s first title after five years, averaging $15,000 yearly, featured games 257 225 203 for 745. Carter bowled 247 256 180 for a 683 series, a women’s All-Star final record. Teal posted 184 181 244 for 609.
New Lebanon Central High Indians defeated Chatham Panthers 45-34 in a Columbia County Interscholastic League game. Mel Gallup led with 21 points, while Chatham’s Jagvees won the preceding junior tilt 44-20. Coach Harmon's squad, 3-4 in league play, next hosts Berlin Central.
AP reports how the top ten fared with wins and losses. UCLA stayed idle at 15-0 while Michigan moved to 14-1 with wins over Minnesota and Michigan State. Louisville? Loyola Chicago dropped after losses to Memphis State and Wichita. Kentucky and Vanderbilt split, Villanova won twice, Duke prevailed in two overtimes, DePaul idle, Oregon State won twice over Stanford, and Wichita State split with Chicago Loyola.
Wire from INNSBRUCK AUSTRIA reports Australian skier Ross Milne died after striking a tree at about 40 miles per hour during a pre Olympic run. The accident stunned event organizers and highlighted safety concerns for upcoming Winter Games.
College basketball results feature East teams like Villanova Penn State Temple and Duke plus West matches including Oregon State Stanford Utah State BYU and Washington State. Notable tallies include Syracuse 117 Colgate 91 and Arkansas A N 129 Grambling 124 in overtime with others like Kentucky 79 Georgia Tech N/A and Louisville 80 E Kentucky 60.
First Methodist defeated First Baptist 46 to 44 in a YMCA Church Basketball League game on Thursday. Don Warfield led First Methodist with 18 points while Ted Sloper scored 20 for First Baptist.
Pete Stracuzzi representing Imperial Lanes of Pittsfield won the Class A Classics and $500 at Orchard Lanes in Indian Orchard yesterday afternoon. He bowled a 616 in the candlepin event. Berkshire County bowlers Lou Keizer Pittsfield 597, George Aslan Pittsfield 584, and Tony Disimont Lee 575 also earned $10 prizes for sixth to fifteenth places.
Chicago and Montreal fought to a 2-2 stalemate as Pierre Pilote tied the game at 13:18 of the final period and Bobby Hull scored at 17:36 for the Hawks. Ed Johnston posted his fifth shutout with Boston beating Toronto 2-0. Earl Ingarfield helped the Rangers past Detroit 3-2.
High Lawn Jerseys defeat Hyde Park Hockey Club 7-4 before a large crowd at the Boys' Club rink. Bill McCormick led with a hat trick, while Ron DiGregorio made 34 saves for Hyde Park and Ed Gleason stopped 12 in the opener. Teska added two for Hyde Park. Moffatt and Phelan helped High Lawn pull away in the second and third periods.
Berkshire School lost 73 to 48 to Trinity-Pawling in Pawling New York. Foster Orton led Trinity-Pawling with 19 points while Berkshire’s John Field scored 14. Pawling led 35 to 22 at halftime and pulled away in the third period. Berkshire, 33 record, travels to Millbrook on Wednesday.
The Jan lightweight bout between Kenny Lane and Johnny Bizzarro in Erie Pennsylvania has been postponed to February 19 because Lane is ten pounds over the weight limit for the fight.
The Eastern Division standings show Hershey atop with 6 wins and Cleveland with 2, while Buffalo also has 2. Baltimore trails at 4 and Springfield 4. Providence and Rochester each hold 2, Pittsburgh 6.
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