Eight Pitchers for the 1966 Bluefield Orioles
Eight pitchers are pictured for the 1966 Bluefield Orioles roster. The article lists Vaughn Kovach Doug Ward Bill Grimes Bob Kopper s Ron Curlee Gary Holt Don Atkins with their positions ages heights weights and hometowns. Several players are noted as joining the Baltimore Orioles scouting and training efforts ahead of the season under Manager Joe Altobelli.
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Baltimore Orioles
Joe Altobelli
Ers
Bluefield
Vaughn Kovach
Giants Rally Past Cubs as Marichal Tops 13th Win
San Francisco defeats Chicago 9-7 as Juan Marichal allows 10 hits and three homers but secures his 13th win. Ernie Banks Randy Hundley Byron Browne homer for Cubs. Giants rally from 4 3 deficit with key hits from Ollie Brown Hal Lanier Marichal and Tom Haller. Santo injured on slide into third base and taken to hospital after 7th inning incident.
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Chicago
Juan Marichal
San Francisco
Chicago Cubs
Marichal
Ernie Banks
Randy Hundley
Byron Browne
Giants
Ollie Brown
Hal Lanier
Tom Haller
Haller
Jim Davenport
Willie May
Jim Hart
Ron Santo
Cubs
Santo
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Abrhbi Davenprt
Kessinger
Altman
Mays
Reckert
McCovey
Wiliams
Hart
Peterson
Amifitano
Landrum
Stewart
Brown
Banks
Tanner
Eocebella
Browne
Boccabella
Davenport
Beckett
Handley
Wimbledon Opens With 13 Americans Winning on Day One
Margaret Smith the defending champion leads a strong showing by 13 Americans in the girls and a mix of top stars in the opening round. Terry Ryan upsets Nikola Pietrangeli as Tony Roche and other favorites advance.
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Wimbledon
England
Margaret Smith
Australia
Maria Bueno
Brazil
Terry Ryan
South Africa
Nikola Pietrangeli
Tony Roche
Roy Emerson
Ted Bears
Gene Scott
Yank
St. James
N.Y
New Zealand
Lew Gerrard
Keith Carpenter
Miss Smith
Elizabeth Starkie
Hollywood
Fla
America
Billy Jean King
Nancy Richey
Billy Jean
Long Beach
Calif
Britain
Palmer Tops In Earnings After Open Collapse
Arno Palmer leads golf money list after a $12,509 purse and a $1,500 playoff bonus from the Open loss to Bill Casper. Casper climbs to seventh with $25,000 top prize and $1,500 bonus. Doug Sanders drops to No. 2.
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Palm Beach Gardens
Fla
Arno Palmer
Palmer
Bill Casper
Doug Sanders
Casper
Sanders
London Wins Bout After Johnson Disqualification
London defeats Amos Johnson in the seventh round when Johnson was disqualified for batting after repeated warnings. Referee Ivor Powell stopped the bout in Liverpool as London weighed 199 pounds and Johnson hailed from Medinna, Ohio.
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Liverpool
England
Brian London
Amos Johnson
Medinna
Ohio
Ivor Powell
Wales
London
Vikings Ink 1963 NFL Deals For Hall And Sunde
The Minnesota Vikings announced Tuesday that end Tom Hall and guard Milt Sunde have signed their 1963 NFL contracts. The contracts cement the two players for the upcoming season with the team in St Paul Minneapolis.
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ST. Paul - Minneapolis
Minnesota Vikings
Tom Hall
Milt Sunde
Lefty Eddie Lemon Signs with Orioles for Bluefield Assignment
Left handed pitcher Eddie Lemon, a former three sport athlete from Northfork-Elkhorn High School now based in Wilmington, N C, signed a straight salary contract with the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday. Lemon, 21, will pitch for the Orioles Appalachian League affiliate in Bluefield and stands five feet ten inches.
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Lemon
Eddie Lemon
Northfork-Elkhorn High School
Baltimore Orioles
Northfork - Elkhorn High School
Wilmington
N. C
Birds
Bluefield
Orioles Exhibition At Bowen Field Tonight
The Bluefield Orioles host a Bristol semi pro team at Bowen Field tonight starting at 7 45. Admission is 25 cents per person. The Baby Orioles previously faced a Saltville semi pro club Sunday and lost by a seven to count.
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Bluefield Orioles
Bristol
Bowen Field
Baby Orioles
Saltville
Lemon Works Toward Orioles Dream In Intra Squad Rise
Eddie Lemon weighs 175 pounds and bats left. He impressed Baltimore with five innings in an intra squad game Monday and earned a unsigned deal Tuesday after training with the Orioles for over a week. Scout Ray Scarborough praised his fastball curve speed changes and hittable strikes, noting his smart pitcher profile and competitiveness. Lemon, from Wilmington and North Fork roots, excelled in high school Legion ball, Wilmington College, and earned NC honors, with a 6-0 record at Wilmington High, a 12-1 Legion year, and a strong college career including a 17-7 record over four years. He letters in football and basketball and has family ties in Wilmington and Powhatan.
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Eddie
Lemon
Orioles
Baltimore
Ray Scarborough
Edldie
Scarborough
Bluefield
Northfork
NE High School
Tony Francs
Exidie
Wilmington
American Legion
Welch
North Carolina
Legion
North Carolina Legion
Wilmington College
Mown
Harry Lemon
Edda Lemon
Powhatan
Hilda Jane
Raleigh
N. C
Kathy
Bryant Collapses from Exhaustion and Bleeding
University of Alabama football coach Paul Bear Bryant collapsed during a Pepperdine clinic. Doctors cited vagovagal syncope with acute hemorrhagic duodenitis due to an exhausting schedule and said he would be hospitalized briefly for further tests before a home discharge.
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LOS Angeles
University of Alabama
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Bryant
Pepperdine College
William L. Allen
Viewpark
Outfielder Joe Christopher Injures Manager With Errant Throw
In a pre game workout Joe Christopher a minor league call up unleashed a strong throw from the outfield but the ball bounced badly striking Boston Red Sox manager Billy Herman in the head. Herman spent the night in hospital then rejoined the club the next day. Christopher apologized and Herman quipped I didnt think you could throw that hard.
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Joe Christopher
Boston Red Sox
Billy Harman
Herman
Christopher
Huntington High and Wellsburg dominate West Virginia all state baseball picks
Huntington High and Wellsburg each placed two players on the West Virginia all state high school baseball team chosen by the W Va Sportswriters Assn. Starters include King Carl Hewlett Huntington and Manny Mankes Wellsburg. Melvin Reed Mullens is one of the top outfielders.
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Darrell Brown
East Bank
Wallace Smallwood
Hewlett
Leonard Williams
University High of
Morgantown
Simon Ashbrook
Ny Mankes
Wellsburg
John “Gus” Bell
Parkersburg
Roger Gertz
Logan
Ron Murphy
Monongah
Melvin Reed
Mullens
Pete Michael
Huntington High
Danny Knapp
Shoathpaw
DuPont
Howlett
Williams
Smallwood
Knapp
Richard O'Neil
Williamson
Michael
Reed
Ashbrook
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Oriole
Bob Koppers
Ron Shelton
Ron Curlee
Doug Ward
Gary Holt
Bill Grimes
Don Atkins
Ed Pitcher
Annapolis
Oklahoma City
Okla
Peoria
Pama
Tex
New Bern
N.C
Lauldesberry
Conn
Birds’ Club
Yanks
Winnie Shaw
Miss Richey
Dallas
Mary Ann Leisel
St. Louis
Donna Fales
New York
Dorothy New York
Canal Zone
Julie Hekiman
Rosemary Casals
Mary Habicht Newark
N.J
Nancy Reed
Gaithersburg
Mimi Arnold
Redwood City
Tory Ann Fretz
Harrisburg
Kathy Harter
Seal Beach
Janie Albert
Pebble Beach
Viking
Ynthly Payments
General Whitewall Kraftreads
General
Wes
FORD
CHEVY
Plymouth
BUICK
Mercury
Studebaker
OLDS
Chrysler
DODGE
Pontiac
Whitewails
June Valy
USGA
Genera Special Service
General Tire Service
Spruce Bluefield
W. VA
Ember Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee
THE
Associated Press
Jim Vanzant
Ting
Mankos
Bell
Gertz
Murphy
John Johnson
Martinsburg
Terry Jones
Bob Newton
Ripley
Joey Jaquay
Montgomery
Scooter Bannister
St. Albans
John Hale
Huntington
Jim Farkas
Masontown Valley
Tom Haught
New Martinsville
Steve Newman
Bob Hummell
Moundsville
Albert Hughes
Beckley
Mike Gillespie
Buckhannon
Richard Weiss
Peterstown
Roger Hodge
Chuck Pollock
Farmington
George Hibbert
Lewisburg
Mike Barnes
Mike McBrayer
Short
Larry Belcher
Greenville
Tommy Dale
Caredo-Kenova
Jerry McKinney
J. W. McNeish
Eddie Fulks
Stonewall Jackson
Bob McConnaughey
Wheeling Central
John Stucin
Kim West
Mike Fuchs
Ken McGlothlin
Gary Comer
Eddie Terry
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