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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1968

Page

3

Maroon Eagles Edge Deering for 1-0 Victory

St Louis High defeated Deering High 1-0 at St Louis Alumni Field behind Leo Lessard’s six strikeouts and three walks. Camire drove in the winning run in the sixth after a bunt, a misthrow, and a crossed plate. Cote and Camire led Eagles with two hits each. Tripaldi had Deering’s only two safeties. St Louis sits in a three way share of first with Sanford and Thornton Academy.

St. Louis High Leo Lessard Deering High Portland St. Louis Alumni Field Eagles Paul Camire St. Louis Ron Cote Camire Don Lauzier al Dutremble Cote Eagle Joe Bernier Mike Tripaldi Lessard Deering Sanford and Thornton Academy

St Francis Golfers Top Ricker College in Arundel Match

St Francis golfers beat Ricker College at Elm Golf Course in Arundel yesterday to push their record to 3-3-1. Jerry Bolduc of St Francis defeated Dick LeSieur 4 and 3 to earn medalist honors as Lovett and Caouell also posted victories for the SF squad.

Arundel St. Francis Ricker Tch Elm Biddeford Jerry Bolduc Red Knights Links Dick LeSieur Bolduc Lovett Alfred MacGilvray Eater Raf‘ay DeVecchi Reagan Little E Caouell Laird Leieur

Independent Shop Bowlers Hold Banquet in Biddeford

The Independent Shop Bowling League at Pastime Lanes Biddeford held its first annual banquet. Six teams competed with Deforges first, followed by Lynflex Big R Outlet Westland Shoe Allied Tape and Allied Shoe. Billy Manning distributed trophies, Doug Smith earned high single 149 and high triple 354, Craig Smith had season high average 105. Plans to expand next season were announced.

Independent Shop Bowling League Pastime Lanes Biddeford Co Order of Foresters Lynflex Big R. Outlet Westland Shoe Allied Tape Allied Shoe Billy Manning Doug Smith Craig Smith Bill Manning Independent Shop League

Pro Basketball By THE-PRESS Finals Update

Boston beat Los Angeles 127 119 to take a 2-1 series lead in the best of seven. No Friday games scheduled in Boston Los Angeles series. ABA action features New Orleans at Pittsburgh in a tied best-of-seven later schedule.

Boston Los Angeles New Orleans Pittsburgh

Baseball Standings and Schedule Report

Standings show Detroit 9 37 percent leaders with Boston Minnesota Baltimore and New York also in the mix. Today’s games include Detroit at New York Boston at Baltimore Cleveland at Washington Chicago at Minnesota Oakland at California with several doubleheaders and postponements.

W. L. Pet. G.B Detroit Boston Minnesota Baltimore New Ra Washington Cleveland Oakland California New York Chicago

Sports Standings and Friday Results From Major Cities

Los Angeles leads the standings with 8 wins 6 losses and 571.2 winning percentage. Cincinnati and New York both stand at 7 7 and 462. Pittsburgh sits 6 6 and 500. Philadelphia 6 8 429. Houston 5 4. New York hosts Cincinnati and Pittsburgh visits St Louis while Houston plays Chicago Philadelphia meets Atlanta and St Louis faces Los Angeles in a packed Friday schedule.

Pet St Ule Los Angeles SB & Me Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philaphia Houston Alt New York Resatis Chicago Atlanta Philadelphia St. Louis San Francisco Los Angele

Golf League To Start Play At Beach Club

The Beachcomber League of the Old Orchard Beach Country Club will begin league play on Thursday night May 2. Start time is 5 to 6 p m. Six teams compete in loop play with pairings of one vs two three vs four and five vs six. Each team lists captains and players headed by Capt F Valliere and Capt R Dodge among others.

Old Orchard Beach R. Dodge M. Perron Wagner P. Guertin F. Emmons E. Pare N. Daigneault A. Pepin T. Leblanc D. Farnham

Mantle Ties Williams for 521st homer in star game tilt

Boston wins 127-119 on Lakers court as Russell leads with 25 points 16 rebounds and nine assists. West 33 for LA and Baylor 28 fueled the Lakers. Siegfried Havlicek and Jones also big for Celtics who take 2-1 edge heading to Game 4. Mantle hits 52nd career homer to tie Ted Williams for fourth on all time list as Yankees roll 5-0 behind Stottlemyre.

LOS Angeles Boston Bill Russel Russell Celtics Big Bill Forum Lakers Larry Siegfried Assell John Havlicek Bailey Howell Elgin Baylor Laker Bill van Breda Kolff Jerry West Baylor Havlicek Siegfried Sam Jones Howell Fred Schaus Pittsburgh New Orleans Associated Press Yankees Mickey Mantle New York Detroit Mantle Mel Stottlemyre Ted Williams Jimmy Foxx Willie Mays Babe Ruth Chicago Minnesota Baltimore Washington Cleveland Oakland California Cincinnati Atlanta Philadelphia Houston St. Louis San Francisco Yankee Stadium

Brandeis Names Lerman New Wrestling Coach

Waltham Mass AP Brandeis University selects Bob Lerman captain and star 123 pound wrestler to replace Ted Reese as wrestling coach. Lerman graduates in 1965 after a 35 8 record and leads Brandeis program following Reese PhD in English in June.

Waltham, Mass Bob Lerman Brandeis University Lerman Ted Reese Brandeis

Perez outpoints Ramos in boxing bout abroad

Danny Perez from Puerto Rico at 1582 pounds defeated Jimmy Ramos of Honduras at 1572 pounds by outpoint in a boxing match held in New York. The victory concludes with Perez earning a decision over Ramos over ten rounds.

New York Danny Perez Puerto Rico Jimmy Ramos Honduras

Montpas and R Ouellette Lead Multi Team Row

Montpas and R Ouellette head Team Four with Captain H Dodge and Lee Anastasoff Leblond Chretien Welch. Team Five led by Captain R Menard includes Cok er Coreau Champagne Erickson Danis. Team Six captained by R Laberge features Kelley Huot Carlson Haskell and Martin.

Marcel Martel Wins Pepperell League Rolloff

Marcel Martel of Pepperell Mfg Co Second Shift won the handicap rolloff at 20th Century Lancs last night with a 614 score plus 70 bonus pins, finishing 18 pins ahead of Ernie Jennison who had 596. Kimball posted 590 with 75 bonus pins, as other scores came in from Herve Paul 581 Morin 575 and Henry Neault.

Marcel Martel Pepperell Mfg. Co Martel Ernie Jennison Het Kimball Herve Paul Oo Morin Henry Neault

St Francis College Wins 4-3 Golf Match at Andover

St Francis College of Biddeford Maine edged Merrimack College 4 3 at Andover Country Club to improve to 2 3 1 this season Frank Danahey led with medalist 78 while SF players Lovett Hardy DeVecchi Reagan Bolduc and Leclair contributed wins or tight losses in the outing

Andover Mass St. Francis College Biddeford Maine Merrimack College Frank Danahey Blackstone Red Knights Lovett Grady Up Hardy Carter DeVecchi McKenzie Danahey Leven Reagan Romanovitz Bolduc Naugle Leclair Garvey

John Thomas Plans Retirement From High Jump

Boston star John Thomas a former BU standout and recent U S Olympic team member says he will retire from high jumping after attempting to qualify for the Mexico City Olympics. He has accepted a part time field events coaching post with the BU track team.

Boston John Thomas Boston University Thomas Mexico City

Lebanon Pride Wins Feature Pace At Rockingham Park

Salem New Hampshire Lebanon Pride dropped in class after four winless starts and captured the featured $5,000 pace by two lengths Friday night before a crowd of 9,277 at Rockingham Park.

Salem N.H Lebanon Rockingham Park

Tamed TA Wins Behind Angis Four-Hitter

Thornton Academy defeated Westbrook 2 to 0 in the Telegram League opener as Angis pitched a four hitter, striking out seven with only three walks. TA teammates Wojcik and Searle contributed two hits each, while Spaulding and Dunbar drove in the only runs in the fifth. Westbrook stranded eight and failed to push across a run.

Thornton Academy Gerry Bill Ann ’ Sherman Spaulding Westbrook Angis Blaz- Leavitt Applin Ceeeeee Martin Abric Wojcik Arsanault C. Emery Douglas Thornton Vanorman Ham Maroon N. Barner Mike Chase Dunbar Maloney Greg Searle West Brook van Orman Searle Walnut Terhouse hAngis Emery

Red Sox Rally To Beat Orioles 6-3

Mike Andrews homered twice and drove in two as the Boston Red Sox came from behind to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 in a frigid Friday night game in Baltimore. Lee Stange allowed three hits in six relief innings, preserving the win after a three-run third.

Foxx Mantle Yankees Ralph Houk Chicago Eddie Stanky White Sox Tommy Davis Minnesota Dave Boswell Lee Stange Elief Mike Andrews Red Sox Orioles Joe Foy Reggie Smith Boston Ed Stroud Washington Cleveland del Unser Senators Frank Howard Fred Valentine Dennis Higgins Tony Horton Max Alvis Rick Monday Oakland Angels John “Blue Moon Odom Baltimore Boston Red Sox Andrews Stange Baltimore Orioles Dick Ellsworth Ellsworth George Scott Rico Cateasalli Marian Worcester Mass Jim Conlon Westwood Holy Cross Conlon Providence

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