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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1965
Page
6
Hal Woodeshick of the Astros, once NL’s trusted closer, balked with two outs in the 11th as Roberto Clemente and Manny Mota set up Bill Virdon for the game winning run. Pittsburgh’s victory kept them in the playoff mix while Houston dropped another tight extra inning decision.
Jerry Giles debut wins with a 636 score and 85 pin handicap at Roll-A-Way Lanes among six bowlers. Jerry Perrin takes second by one pin over John St Onge 619 to 618 with Perrin earning a 90 pin bonus and St Onge 60 pin bonus. St Onge claims high single 136 first string. others include N Davis 597 A LeBlond 581 R Sylvestre 519. Ladies’ handicap rolloff scheduled tonight at 8 with entries taken up to start time.
A detailed harness program lists nightly races from first to seventh with claiming events ranging from 5 to 6 furlongs and purses from 650 to 800 dollars. Notable entries include Pichette driven sprint winners and King Crow in the fourth race and Fiddling Star in the seventh.
Horlen seeks top pitching role while racing notes list horses such as Sea Seagulls facing Warriors for Southern York title. Entries include Beach Beau Twinizzi and Live Dangerously in a series of $650 claims across nine races with various handlers and observers.
Rochambeau Club defeated the Twin City Mets 7 0 at Memorial Field as pitcher Léo Bouthillette struck out four and walked one in his first start of the season. Bouthillette, with strong support from Norm Perreault and Fred Martin, moved the Rochambeau Club to first place at 3 1.
John O'Donoghue of Kansas City pitched three hits as the Athletics beat the New York Yankees 3-2 to end a four-game Yankees run. Willie Mays of San Francisco snapped an 0-for-18 drought with a two-run double in the Giants 2-1 win over the Mets.
Manuel Gonzalez 151 of Corpus Christi outpointed Melvin Mott 147 of Houston in a ten round boxing bout held in Odessa Texas.
The National League standings show Los Angeles leading with 34 wins and 20 losses followed by Milwaukee 27 20 Cincinnati 28 22 San Francisco 28 24 Pittsburgh 25 26 St Louis 25 26 Houston 26 29 Philadelphia 23 28 Chicago 20 33. Tuesday results include Milwaukee 8 Chicago 2 in 10, San Francisco 2 New York 1, Cincinnati 5 St Louis 4, Los Angeles 2 Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 7 Houston 6 in 11. Todays games list Milwaukee at Chicago San Francisco at New York Los Angeles at Philadelphia Houston at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at St Louis with two games in NL slate.
Reports of strong striped bass runs in the OPE area attract fishermen to Biddeford and the Saco River with several large catches noted. A 12 pounder was landed by Arthur Boissonault of Biddeford as enthusiasm for saltwater sport grows along the coast.
W L Pet GB Minnesota 32 16 .667 2% Chicago 30 19 .612 2% Cleveland 25 21 .543 6 Detroit 26 23 .531 6% Baltimore 27 24 .529 6% Los Angeles 28 28 .500 8 Boston 23 27 .460 10 New York 23 28 .444 11% Washington 23 30 .434 11% Kansas City 12 33 .267 18% Kansas City 3 New York 2 Minnesota 6 Cleveland 2 Washington 2 Baltimore 0 Chicago 7 Boston 2 Los Angeles 3 Detroit 1 Chicago at Boston N Washington at Baltimore N Cleveland at Minnesota N New York at Kansas City N Detroit at Los Angeles N Thursday's Games Chicago at Boston Baltimore at Washington N Only games scheduled
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