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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1965
Page
20
Pittsfield drops 5-3 to Reading after a nation of wild pitches and costly eighth inning woes. George Scott remains power at the plate, while Gary Waslewski nets the win for Reading with strong early relief. Pittsfield hosts Reading at Wahconah tonight to close the series.
Berkshire’s varsity baseball team closed the season with a 10-8 win over South Kent School in Sheffield. Dick Maney led Berkshire with a triple and two singles while Charley Baldwin hit a solo homer in the seventh. Rogers earned the win, Rod Butts pitched in relief for Berkshire, and South Kent’s Peter Womble had three of the visitors’ 16 singles. Berkshire finished 5-3-1 in league play and 6-6-1 overall.
Outfielder Pete Jernigan was sent to the Winston-Salem Carolina League team by the Pittsfield-Berkshire Red Sox at the Eastern League cutdown. He hit .226 with seven hits in 31 at bats over 15 games, driving in six runs with two homers including a grand slam pinch hitter hit on April 28 against Elmira. The club also placed Dave Gray and Joe Theis on the disabled list and activated Mario Pagano. Pete Smith remains on the list as they reach the 20-player limit.
Eddie Connelly of Pittsfield allowed four runs in the first, as Rochester Red Wings jumped ahead against Toronto Maple Leafs but Toronto won 5-4 in 17 innings. Relievers shut out Rochester over the final 16 innings. Guido Grilli earned the win with four innings of no hit relief, lowering his ERA to 6.50.
Elmira N Y left fielder Lou Piniella belted three homers driving in all Elmira runs as the team beat York 6 3 at Dunn Field. Pitcher Ed Watt earned the win in a non spectacular showing, while Piniella surged to the league lead with six homers this season.
Archie Roberts of Holsake led Columbia University varsity baseball with a .286 batting average to set a three season record. He became the first Columbia player to lead in batting all three varsity seasons and set a new RBI mark with 30, surpassing the previous 20. He posted 82 hits in 83 at bats with eight doubles four triples and nine home runs.
Dartmouth pitcher Ted Friel limited Army to two hits as Dartmouth defeated Army 2 to 0 in an Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League game in Hanover New Hampshire. Friel struck out 10, earned his fifth straight win and his second consecutive shutout, facing 28 batters. Dartmouth scored in the second and seventh innings. both teams played errorless ball.
The Berkshire area supports the team with William Dion of 522 Union Street North Adams as Saturday winner and Tim Furey of 15 Kenilworth Street as yesterday's winner. Attendance across 14 programs reaches 15,777 with an average of 1,126 and a weekend total of 1,232, far less than the 1,771 at a North Adams night game.
A field of 52 businessmen teeing off at Berkshire Hills Country Club begins the Weekly Businessmen's Golf League. Start times range from 11:45 to 12:57 with pairings including McKeever and Maxwell, Narcocki and Garrity, Buckley and Tanner, and Daley with Ryan.
Berkshire School of Sheffield Massachusetts beat Trinity Pawling School 6-3 in Pawling New York on Saturday. Dana DeWindt and John Koeniger won singles titles while Charley Clark and John Mercer also prevailed. In doubles Mac Brown and Andy Brown won, Koeniger and DeWindt split with John McDermott and Ted Riehle. Berkshire finished the year 7-3.
Providence AP reports Holy Cross used five scorers Capt Kevin O Brien Bob Credle Kevin Callahan Chris Shea and Bob Bartolini to win the New England Intercollegiate Track Meet and tally 31 points for four firsts. The day’s results also include tennis golf and car racing across several cities with notable winners.
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