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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1965
Page
6
St Louis Cardinals rally past Chicago 7-6 in ten innings after tying 6-6 on Jim Stewart’s sac fly. Flood opened the 10th with a double, Tito Francona delivered a bases loaded single off Ron Santo’s glove to score Curt Flood and seal the win.
New York defeats Los Angeles 4-3 as pinch hitter John Stephenson clears the bases with a three run double in the ninth off Bob Miller after Jim Lefebvre's error and miscues fill the inning. Don Drysdale and Maury Wills contribute for LA, while Roy McMillan and Swoboda supply Mets offense earlier.
Don Cardwell limited San Francisco to five hits as the Pirates beat the Giants 5-2 in Pittsburgh. He improved to 11-8 after a third inning hiccup allowed both Giants runs, then shut them down while Pittsburgh’s bats produced the decisive runs. Bob Bailey drilled a fifth inning triple driving in Cardwell to regain the lead.
Bowling results from Riverside Lanes show teams Brisk Inc and 4-St. Clair leading with 191 and 209 scores. Other top games include Nurses 0-Nance 169 and Charcolette-Freeze 179. Final entries list teams like Ken. Fried Chick, WBVA, Hilltop Texaco, Southland Insurance, Virginia Mixed Couples, Tudor, Brentwood Amoco, Richmond Oil, Ballou Park Gulf among participants with scores ranging into the high teens and low 200s.
Tom Harper launched a two run homer in the ninth, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 win over Milwaukee and dropping Atlanta half a game in the NL standings. Jim Maloney held the Braves to five hits in his return to the mound after a long no hit bid.
Relief pitcher Gary Wagner erred on a sacrifice bunt allowing the go ahead run in the ninth as the Houston Astros edged the Philadelphia Phillies 4 to 3. Rusty Staub started the ninth with a single and Don Nottebart escaped a Phillies threat in the bottom half to seal the win.
National and American league results feature Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Minnesota, Boston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and Cleveland. Notable game notes include late-inning results and several night matches with pitchers and records cited. Standings show Los Angeles and Milwaukee leading in different divisions with ongoing pennant races.
Danville teenager Miss Marge Hoffman won her preliminary round in the Central Virginia Invitational Tennis Tournament in Lynchburg defeating Robin Traywick 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the girls 16 and under division. The event drew about 200 juniors from Virginia Maryland Tennessee and Washington, D.C. and runs through Friday with doubles starting Wednesday.
In the minor league playoff for the Piedmont League VEW Oe, an inconsequential game listed players Shields Chilton Cruz Thompson and D Lester. The date is January 14 with unclear scoring or outcomes. Further readable details are unavailable in the snippet.
South Boston halted Danville Leafs 5-0 as Will Hill pitched a one hitter with three strikeouts. Wray Ware’s two-hitter backed Jesse Jones in a 7-0 win over Gretna, while Edmunds hit a three-run homer and Conner added a solo shot. Leafs and Gretna face off in tonight’s late game. winner advances to regional playoffs in Orlando.
Tom Tresh hit a two run homer in the eighth to rally the New York Yankees past the Minnesota Twins 2 1 Mel Stottlemyre allowed five hits for his 16th win tying Jim Grant for the league lead The Twins had led 1 0 on Sandy Valdespinos third inning triple and Tony Oliva single Smart relief defense preserved New Yorks win as Minnesota threat faltered with a double play and pop up in the ninth
Australians Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle beat Don Bourk and John Wyman to advance in the National Doubles Tennis Championships. Billie Jean Moffitt and Karen Hantze Susman won in the women’s draw. Arthur Ashe and Gene Scott defeated Tom Raleigh and Don Manchester to move into the third round. Emerson and Stolle then overcame Vicente Zarazua and Joaquin Loyo Mayo in a tight second round. Stan Smith and Bob Lutz upset Robert Taylor and Mark Cox in doubles.
Former Jefferson High football coaches Ebert and Everette resign citing lack of student interest and attitude. Everette, a Jefferson history teacher, plans to search for work elsewhere and express no interest in further coaching. Hamrick and staff, facing the change, expect the team to adapt as Jefferson’s football program declines after a split forming Patrick Henry High.
Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics 8-2 as Denny McLain earned his 12th win. Jerry Lumpe hit three singles, Norm Cash hit a two run homer, Gates Brown drove in a run, and Lew Krausse was knocked out in the third after a four run burst. Willie Horton Don Demeter and Cash added RBI as the Tigers chased Segui in the fifth.
At the Recreation Center Highland Farms a Dixie Youth Major League game featured players Ray Scarlini Haynes Szolpini Hyler and Call with multiple scoring contributions and substitutions noted in a terse game recap.
Bruce Howard sparkled with a third inning single launching a four run rally as Chicago White Sox defeated Baltimore 6-5. Howard held Orioles to one run over eight innings before Eddie Fisher and Tommy John closed out the win. Robison and Skowron contributed key hits as Chicago built an early lead and withstood late Baltimore pushes.
John Roseboro Dodgers catcher said he discussed a potential lawsuit against Juan Marichal after being struck by a bat in the Dodgers Giants game. He noted nothing definite and planned to consult his lawyer before deciding, as NL president Warren Giles had suspended Marichal eight games and fined him 1750 dollars.
A fragmented softball results list from Woodrow Witsen and nearby sites shows teams like North Main Baptist and Ringgold Baptist competing in varied score lines and entries. Names including Fox, Turner, Gravely, Nester, Stowe, Mangrum, Tillison, Yeatts, and Haraway appear amid scattered scores and partial results.
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