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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1965
Page
6
Thornton Academy and Westbrook High meet to resolve a Telegram League three way tie at Olmsted Field with winner advancing to Sanford. The victor will face Deering in a best of three series beginning Saturday. all teams posted varied second half records.
14 year old lefty Bill Angis fires a no hitter for the Saco Rangers in an 8-1 Babe Ruth win over the Kennebunk Lions. Angis walks three and strikes out 11 while allowing a single by the Lions. Norm Gagnon makes a fine defensive play and Simkowitz MacLeod and Grace pace the Ranger hitting with two RBIs each.
St Marys edged St Andre s 7 6 at Waterhouse Field in Tri City Grammar School baseball. St Andre led early as Lemay relieved Eon and allowed two runs before St Marys rallied in the sixth with three runs aided by back to back hits Cantara bunt Lemay across the plate and Tellier scoring on a passed ball. In the seventh Eon and Lemay delivered timely hits as Lavigne made a key fielding play. The win leaves St Marys tied with St Louis and St Anne for first place.
Spartan Nine beat Old Orchard Beach 7 to 1 as Demers allowed three hits over seven innings. Cantara pitched seven innings for St. Ignatius High of Sanford in a strong effort with a late run by Seagulls spoiled.
Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay earned Ring Magazine’s Fighter of the Month after his first round KO of Sonny Liston. Ring editor Nat Fleischer credited Clay's victory while Liston dropped from No. 1 to fourth in the monthly ratings, with Floyd Patterson moving to first and Ernie Terrell rising to second.
Burns with a 13 to 8 victory over Biddeford Junior High in Saco. Lane pitched eight hits, struck out seven, homered and had four RBIs as Burns built an eight run second inning and a four run fifth. Lane also earned the win while Macomber took the loss.
Bob Veale struck out 16 Phillies as the Pirates defeated Philadelphia 4-0 for their 12th consecutive victory. Rain delays totaled over two hours, Veale tied for major league strikeouts in a single game, and his 16 led the majors that season. Veale improved to 5-2 with a 2.70 ERA after three straight complete games.
MLB standings show Los Angeles leading with 29 wins and 17 losses followed by San Francisco 26 21 and Cincinnati 24 20. Tuesday results include New York 10 Chicago 5 and St Louis 2 San Francisco 2 Milwaukee 2 Houston 1 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 0. Today New York visits Chicago Houston hosts Cincinnati Philadelphia plays Pittsburgh San Francisco visits Milwaukee Los Angeles travels to St Louis.
Athens based Olympic Airways owned by Greek shipping tycoon Aris totle Onassis announces three new international routes for the year. London to Corfu Tel Aviv to Rhodes and Frankfurt to Zurich to Athens. A Rhodes to Beirut service is under consideration.
Pitcher Bob Veale of Pittsburgh fanned 16, the season high, while allowing five hits in a 4-0 win over Philadelphia. At bat Jim Hickman sparked the Mets with four RBIs and two homers in a 10-5 defeat of the Chicago Cubs.
The state Babe Ruth Tournament will run July 29 to August 1 in Saco with eight teams from seven counties, Cumberland County sending two squads. Maine Fish and Game urges leaving wild animals in the woods and warns against keeping or adopting wildlife, advising contact with a game warden if a wild animal appears orphaned. The Thornton Academy Maroon eye a Tele gram League playoff, and regional sports notes include a Biddeford win, Saco Rangers results, top hitters, and runners in local leagues.
Boston pitcher Jim Lonborg faces Minnesota ace Jim Grant tonight after a 4 1 loss to Los Angeles. Eight Red Sox hurlers were tagged for 26 runs in the series as George Brunet improved to 3 1 with the Angels.
Sammy Snead leads a strong field bidding for 119 Open berths at Bellerive Country Club St Louis June 17 20. The 459 entrants include Cary Middlecoff Tommy Bolt Lew Worsham Denny Shute Jack Burke Jr Lionel Hebert Jay Hebert Chandler Harper Jim Ferrier Doug Ford Jerry Barber Walter Burkemo and Deane Beman among others. Forty five qualifiers advance from 13 sectional sites to join 31 former champions and exemptions for the first Open with one round per day. Snead will try Tuesday at Birmingham Country Club Detroit where 13 spots rise from 35 hopefuls.
University of Arizona selects two captains for the 1965 season: Tommatory from Nutley New Jersey a linebacker and Pazerski from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a left tackle.
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