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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
6
Boston marks a 4-3 victory over California as Reggie Smith delivers a two out ninth inning RBI hit. Despite three hits total, Boston overcomes a 3-0 deficit and gains a three game sweep. Angels fall into slump despite Bill Rigney’s efforts.
The Associated Press reports Wayne Comer of Seattle slugged a two run double and a three run homer to lift the Pilots past Washington 7 to 6. Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs fired a four hit game with seven strikeouts as Chicago beat Los Angeles by 34 runs. Rock Maple Circuit won the featured mile pace at Hinsdale Raceway on a $800 purse Thursday night in Hinsdale New Hampshire.
Last night at Le Voltigeur Club Biddeford Adelbert Huot was elected president with Leo Gauthier as vice president and Jack Buttons as secretary. The league named Tri City Softball League with teams from Saco and Old Orchard Beach. The six teams include Rochambeau Club Diamond National Allied Chemical Components Lamarre Tree Service and Green Wave. First games Sunday at Memorial Field start at 10 am Rochambeau vs Diamond National with Components vs Allied at 1 pm and Lamarre Tree Service vs Green Wave at 3 pm.
Major league games and standings from a segment list results for today and upcoming schedule. Teams include St Louis Atlanta New York Houston Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh San Diego Philadelphia Montreal Cincinnati San Francisco with division leaders in the American League East and a dense set of multi game results and Friday and weekend matchups.
A 10 string women's doubles rolloff will be held at Roll-A Way Lanes on Saturday May 24 at 1 30 PM. The event is scratch with no handicap and entries are accepted up to starting time with cash prizes to be determined by entries.
In Los Angeles Richard Steele 174 out pointed Eddie Talami 175. In Tampa Manuel Gonzalez 149 outpointed Roscoe Bell 150. In Portland veteran George Johnson 170 outpointed Roy Lee 165 for a unanimous decision. There were no knockdowns in the 10 round feature. In Pownal Oasis 2nd 97 dollars won the five furlong feature at Green Park in 1 01 2 5.
STORRS Conn AP Robert R Weiss 35 coach of New London High School undefeated football team named defensive line coach at the University of Connecticut Weiss who played at Tufts coached New London to a 3 6 record in his first year in 1966 His team 7 2 in 1968 before winning all nine games last season He previously coached at Massachusetts high schools in Sturbridge Southbridge and Marshfield.
The Mixed Doubles league will start next Wednesday at 6 30 PM at 20th Century Lanes Franklin Street Biddeford. Each player bowls five games over a 15 week schedule with July Fourth week off. Signed so far are Jeannette Montpas Hervé Paul Ray Lessard Lilian Lessard Leo Beaulieu Doris Gillis Joan Soulard Pauline Lachance Jerry Bissonnette and Nick Gillis. Openings remain via Nick Gillis for interested bowlers.
Tonight at Scarborough Downs a full card features nine pacing and trotting races with $650 to $1,000 purses. Entries include Chris Grattan, Ozark Meadow, Beloved Pick, Demon Frisco, Valley Flash, Stomer Adios, and more across races One through Nine with multiple Quinellas and a dedicated fight trot.
Brian Gerry paced Thornton to a 6-1 victory over Biddeford at Saco Memorial Field. Gerry struck out 15 Tigers, doubled Spaulding home, and sparked a fourth inning rally aided by walks, a wild pitch, and a throwing error. Biddeford scored its lone run in the fifth as Goulet struggled amid assists from Ward and Lemay.
SANFORD The Notre Dame Cougars of Saco upset Notre Dame of Springvale 3 1 in an area grammar school league baseball game yesterday Don Perrin pitched four innings before tiring in the fifth Leon Paquin relieved to a 2 2 3 hitless innings to gain the win Maurice Cloutier gunned down six attempted steals at the plate Carl Danis and Bob Applin drove in Saco runs 9000100004 E Mailman 2 Goulet 1 Spaulding 1 POA Thornton Academy 217 7 Biddeford 24 5 Left deford 8 BB Gerry G Goulet SO Gerry 15 Goulet 5 HO were 3 in 9 innings Goulet 6 in 8 innings HBP R E on by Ge WP Goulet 2 B Goulet B Bouthot Winner Gerry Loser Goulet A Philbrick Faucher T 1 55 Middlebury lacrosse co captains Rick Moore Jeff Sturges named co captains
Mike Andrews laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move a runner as Boston beat California 3-3 in frigid Fenway. Reggie Smith delivered a clutch single for the decisive run while Ray Jarvis shaded the Angels with four shutout innings. Dalton Jones had an 11 game hitting streak snapped as the Red Sox swept the series and prepared to face the White Sox.
Dick Heming of West Hartford was named captain of Williams College's 1970 baseball team after batting .278 in 16 games as a sophomore for the Little Three champions this spring. Jack Turco, Harvard catcher and two-time all star, was named captain of the 1970 Harvard baseball team. F Alexis Schulten of Woolwich, former hammer throw champion, named head track coach at Colby College. Portland Symphony and Don Doane's dixieland band to perform at the second Pineland Pops concert to benefit Tall Pines Day Camp for Pineland Hospital children.
In Saco the Twilight League shows Team 4 in first with 112 points while Team 1 is second with 11 and Team 5 holds third with nine. Teams 2 and 3 tie at eight and Team 6 last with seven points. Low gross golfers listed include Roberge 39 McCallum 44 Angis Jr 47 Nielson 50. First net Roberge 39 34, second net Art Carr 42 35 and Bob Noble 41 35. Two ball first gross tie Polackwich Marshall 37. First net Ted Razer Francis Dinan 43 31.
Grand Fashion sprinted to an easy victory in the $3,700 Amesbury Purse Thursday before a crowd of 8,893 at Suffolk Downs.
Cheverus High stretched its Telegram League lead with a 7 2 victory over St Louis High. Bob Keyes struck out 10 and walked two, holding the Stags to two runs until an eighth inning rally fueled by two errors and a bunt loaded the bases. Tony Paverada delivered a three bagger and later scored as Cheverus pulled away.
A brief quiz item asks which event is the worst U S financial catastrophe, noting the 1929 market crash and a dump of 16.4 million shares. It then asks for the westernmost U S point Cape Wrangell Attu Island Aleutians and defines the name Hagar as Hebrew for forsaken.
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