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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
7
Team singles and rollers take top marks as Camire and Huot lead with 361 and 556 highs respectively. Hubert and Fleurent push strong among the top men as A Huot High eea and J Fleurent show solid results.
American League batting leader Yasuztrzemski Boston 335 and Howard Washington 329 lead the league. McAuliffe Detroit tops runs with 33, White New York 32. Howard RBIs 48, Powell 39. Howard hits 69, Yastrzemski 64. Smith doubles 19, Robinson 15. McAuliffe triples 17, Fregosi 6. Howard 22 homers, Horton 16. Campaneris 23 steals, Cardenal 14. McLain 102 decisions, Hardin 82. Strikeouts McDowell 128, McLain 95.
The list presents scattered baseball stats, mentioning Rose and Alou with batting averages, Perez and Banks with RBIs, and Rose and Ray with hits. It includes errorful fragments for doubles, home runs, stolen bases, pitching, and strikeouts, but the data are garbled and partially illegible.
Harvard football coach John Yoviesin added Ralph Jel ic and Serafino Fazio as defensive aides and Tom Stephens as offensive end coach, drawing from nearby colleges in Cambridge Massachusetts.
Montreal officials warn of time pressures and publicity hurdles as plans evolve for a domed stadium in East End Montreal to house a new National League team. Autostade renovations, cost projections from 35 to 45 million dollars, and city approval delays push back a 1969 opening and a 1971 domed venue, with meetings ongoing to resolve funding and scheduling.
Boston manager Dick Williams seeks lineup fixes as the hit-starved Red Sox depart for Cleveland after a 4-2 loss to the Angels in the first game of a split doubleheader. Ellsworth to face Tiant, Howard back as catcher, Scott benched amid slump. Yastrzemski leads with three homers in nine post-Opening run.
Fairfield Connecticut AP reports Del Shofner retires from professional football after a career with the New York Giants. He held the club record for most receptions in a season with 68 in 1961 and announced the retirement in a phone call from California to Wellington Mara.
JoAnne Gunderson Carner of Seekonk Mass. wins the astern Women's Golf Championship in her first appearance, setting Island Country Club course record with a four-under 70 and finishing 149 in the 36-hole event rain-shortened. Jane Blalock of Portsmouth N H and Marcia Dolan of Danbury Conn. tied for second after matching 76s.
Boston AP reports Bill Miller a 6 foot 5 oarsman from Taunton who began rowing after entering Northeastern University has been elected captain of the Huskies 1969 crew. Athletic Director Herb Gallagher also announced Thursday election of Bob Geist a first baseman outfielder from Newton as 1969 baseball captain and Jay Jellison of Reading as captain of next year's track team.
Lennie Carlson former University of Connecticut star was named assistant basketball coach at Augusta College on Thursday after returning from a Civil Service assignment with the Army in Germany.
New York Mets signed Eugene Zawatski of Braintree Massachusetts and Boston State College as part of last weeks free agent draft selections.
A surprise bridal shower was held for Lt Karen Saucier U S Army daughter of Mrs Ida Saucier at the home of Mrs Rich ard Boisvert in Saco Maine. Guests included family friends and colleagues. gifts were exchanged and a bench was served. Those unable to attend sent regrets.
Voters are reminded that due to alterations at Kennebunk Lower Town Hall the June Primary will be held at Park Street School from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tax bills mailed this week offer a 1 percent discount for payments before September 2, with net bills after Sept. 1 and added interest after November 30. The notice follows town meeting actions and includes local obituaries and family notices from Kennebunk.
The family formerly of Wells now resides at 34 Grove Street in a duplex owned by Mr and Mrs Philip Davis of Kennebunk.
Kennebunk selectmen met at the fire station and scheduled a June 25 meeting with the filing board and state and federal agency representatives to discuss building dams on the Mousam River. They also approved Storer Street no through trucks, reviewed highway truck bids, will install a stop sign at New Mill Street and Male Avenue, and noted Lower Town Hall work should finish in two to three weeks. The board praised town office staff for rapid tax bill completion under adverse conditions.
Florence Pyper of Vancouver puzzled over how her 10 month old Sheltie named Scara mouche Hope ended up on the voter registration list for the Vancouver-Quadra district and she admits she does not know how he would vote.
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