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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1969
Page
11
The Pittsfield Berkshire Red Sox were not scheduled Saturday and had a rained out doubleheader at Waterbury yesterday. They plan to resume play tonight against the Manchester Yankees in Manchester New Hampshire.
Walter Foeger of North Troy defaults in the Massachusetts senior championships allowing Leon Wilson of Jacksonville to win the state crown. Wilson, fourth in Florida, had been third seed locally. Chaffee of Williams College forced a default in the doubles semifinal after injuring his knee, pausing play against Bowditch of Worcester and Hayes of New York City.
Ruben wins both Sunfish fleet events at Onota Lake with Ed Ruben as co winner in the second race. Len van den Honert places second in the first event. Winds are favorable despite cloudy skies. Interested readers may contact Mrs Eugene Hendrix at 160 Mountain Drive for fleet information.
The Berkshire Hills Country Club Businessmen's League Wednesday golf tournament pairings list Candijore with Vincent, Case with Phalan, Gavenas with McCormick, Latimer with Ball, Hatch with Podavini, Fradkin with Morrison, Chartier with Pietras, Buckley with Marchiste, R. Bowlby with Stumpek, Lindsay with Feakes, Starters Williams with O'Donnell, Enright with Callaghan, Monevich with Cadoretta, Greenfeld with Garrity, Bishop with Lynch, Fusco with Childs.
The Red Sox defend fourth place tonight with Manchester three games back and Pittsfield just three behind Elmira. Reading led the pennant race by sweeping Manchester in two games at the New Hampshire City. The Phillies moved one game ahead of York, which had rainouts. Ed Baird, a former University of Connecticut star, has joined Pittsfield from Winston-Salem and reported to Waterbury. He is 22, 6 feet 4, 220 pounds, from Coxs x Cob Conn.
Eastern League standings show Reading York Pittsfield Manchester Elmira Waterbury with records and games behind. Report lists yesterday and Saturday results including rain delays and upcoming matchups Pittsfield at Manchester Elmira at Reading York at Waterbury with games tonight and tomorrow.
Pittsfield North Little League beat East 10-1 at East Field while Pittsfield South edged Williamstown 2-0 at Deming Field in playoff tilts. Bob Skowron and Russ Quetti led North with two doubles and a single, Jamrass pitched a one hit shutout for South, aided by Davis and Walsh hits.
Reading pitcher Jack Nutter scattered seven hits to beat the Manchester Yankees 4-1 in the Eastern League. Nutter walked one and struck out four while limiting the Yanks to one hit per inning. Bob Kelly started a three run first inning with a single, Ken Johnson issued three walks, Pat Locanto homered in the second, and Vukovich added an RBI grounder.
The Boston Patriots resume two-a-day workouts at the University of Massachusetts site after a brief weekend off. Coach Clive Rush and the staff welcomed all but two players back by 6 p.m. Sunday as they review scrimmage film and assess personnel for changes. Fullback Jim Nance faced a small delay with National Guard duties, while rookie Dennis Devlin encountered travel issues. Kelso’s racing notes are included as historical context.
Boston right now has five AL All Stars after second baseman Mike Andrews was added to replace Dave Johnson who is sidelined with a back muscle pull. Manager Mayo Smith of the Tigers announced the pick, the first for Andrews who returned last week from a hand injury and is batting .301 with six homers and 25 RBIs.
McAlister and Carson won the men’s golf sweepstakes at the Country Club of Pittsfield over the weekend with a six up two ball match play result. Second place went to Dr. Wendell Ahern and Bob Robertson four up, while Tom Tobin and Dick Livingston were third three up. Ties for fourth included George Galt with Dick Jackson and Dr. Wilfred Blais with Art Conlon.
Pittsfield Babe Ruth League postpones tonight and tomorrow’s baseball games due to the weekend death of longtime league official Paul Brindle Jr. Contests are rescheduled for Wednesday July 30. No games were slated for that Wednesday due to a General Electric Co vacation shutdown.
West Virginia University football coach Kim Carlen and staff signed 27 high school players this spring. Four incoming freshmen are tackles 220 to 260 pounds, including Sidney Green Malewan West Virginia Adam Gluchowski Woodbridge New Jersey Dennis Reis Hollywood Florida and Bill Samuelson York Pennsylvania. Green is 200 pounds and all are 6 foot 2 or taller.
Namath, the Super Bowl quarterback, arrived at Hofstra University training camp with the New York Jets after a brief retirement. He said he would work out today, the first session of the season, following an earlier June 6 retirement announcement tied to his restaurant interests.
Former Pittsfield High star athlete Mark Belanger was batting .283 this morning after his Baltimore Orioles dropped two weekend games to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. He went two for five in the series and stands 91 for 322 on the season.
Joe Mullarkey of Wahconah Country Club and Mitch Alexander won the lth annual Young Memorial four-ball at Orchards Country Club with a 3 and 2 victory over Ed Pokora and Orlando Jorge. Mullarkey’s six birdies through the day included a 21 foot putt on six and a 30 foot effort on ten.
Eighty two players enter the annual two day Stockbridge Golf Club tournament opening tomorrow. Tee times list numerous entrants including Mrs. William Davis Mrs. Joseph Morrill Jr Mrs. Edward Broug and others with start groups from early morning through afternoon.
The Berkshire County Senior Golf Association schedules the second of three events at Wahconah Country Club on Wednesday. F. S. Williams won the first tourney at TaConic Golf Club on June 25 with an 80. The final, for the senior championship, is Aug. 20 at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Tee times are same for all three events and players receive mail tee assignments. Nashua, Gallant-Man and Jaipur are stallions at Svendthrift Farm.
Angel Mangual of the York Pirates tops the Eastern League with a .326 average, passing Reading’s Bobby Kelly who stands at .322. Mangual also leads in hits, total bases, RBIs and doubles, while Fred Kendall sits third at .314 and John Mason is sixth at .297. Allen leads runs and home runs. Fred Wolcott and Mangual share the doubles crown with 18. Jerry Morales leads triples with 6, Gene Chines steals 36, and Doug Hansen owns a 1.95 ERA. Pittsfield’s Lom Parsons has 2.12 in 85 innings, Ken Reynolds and Jack Nutter lead inning with 10, Reynolds has 110 strikeouts.
In Philadelphia AP reports Dave Hill, who won 830,000 first prize after a four way playoff with Tommy Jacobs Grier Jones and others, says he didn’t feel he won and focuses on playing well rather than winning. Hill, 32, pro since 1959, expresses sympathy for Jacobs and states he preferred a Jacobs win.
Eddie Price, a 5 handicapper, edged Jerry Forman 1 up at Old Westbury Golf and Country Club after stalling seven strokes, clinching his third win of the season and a Ryder Cup spot with an 11 foot birdie on the final holes. Hill shot 60 in round final tied at 279 with Jacobs Sikes and Brewer as playoff details unfolded.
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