Major League Players Put Big Blast On Little League
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Joey Jay says Little League is overly ambitious with excessive parental involvement and pressure. He advocates delaying organized training until age 12 and doubts the program builds future fans or players. Fellow pitcher Bob Purkey agrees, criticizing early targeting of 10-year-olds. Jay cites a World Series experience and Life magazine photo to illustrate early burnout.
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Collett
Dayton Journal Herald
Dayton
Ohio
Joey Jay
Cincinnati Reds
Joey
Jay
Stephan
New England
Williamsport
Life Magazine
Twins End Nosedive In Victory Over White Sox
Bob Allison, Zoilo Versalles and Frank Kostro homered as the Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago 6-3 to halt a eight-game skid. Mudcat Grant earned his eighth win with six hits allowed as Kostro added the late two run shot.
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Chicago
Bob Allison
Zoilo Versalles
Frank Kostro
Minnesota
Chicago White Sox
Twins
Jim
Mudcat) Grant
Floyd Robinson
Pete Ward
Gene Stephens
Allison
Grant
Juan Pizarro
Seeking
Venturi Grabs Halfway Lead In Insurance City Open
U S Open champion Ken Venturi shot 63 with nine under par for the day to move into a share of the lead at 133 after two rounds at Wethersfield Country Club. Bert Yancey and Al Besselink joined him, each at nine under after rounds of 66 and 67 67.
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Hartford
al Geiberger
Jim Ferree
Ferree
KC Edges Angels 1-0 in pitcher’s duel
John O Donoghue pitched a six hitter and Chuck Shoemaker drove in the only run with a third inning triple as Kansas City beat the Angels 1-0. O Donoghue earned his first major league shutout to improve to 7-6 while Don Lee took the loss to fall to 5-2. Ed Charles started the decisive rally with a bunt single and raced home on Shoemaker hit. Bert Campaneris debuted with two homers earlier in the week and fanned twice before singling.
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Kansas City
John O’donoghue
Chuck Shoemaker
Los Angeles Angels
O'Donoghue
Don Lee
O’ Donoghue
Lee
A’s
Ed Charles
Short
Shoemaker
Bert Campaneris
Killebrew Fastest Big-Hore Power Rate Among Greats
Harmon Killebrew, in his 11th season, has 257 career homers at 3 182 at bats for a 12.4 at bat per homer rate, second only to Babe Ruth 11.8. He leads the current majors with 34 homers in 332 at bats, a 9.8 per homer pace, with Ruth Mantle Greenberg and Maris as other historic 9–10 at bat per homer benchmarks.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press Sports
NEW York
Harmon Killebrew
Babe Ruth
Ted Williams
Jimmy Foxx
Mel Ott
Ralph Kiner
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Eddie Mathews
Minnesota Twins
Strongboy
Killebrew
Ruth
Kiner
Mantle
Williams
Ery
Hank Greenberg
Roger Maris
Redlegs Trim Pirates 2 To 0
Cincinnati’s Jim O Toole pitched four hitters and drove in a run with a single as the Reds beat Pittsburgh 2 0. O Toole matched Bob Friend through six, then Deron Johnson, Frank Robinson and O Toole produced the decisive seventh inning scoring sequence. Friend dropped to 9 9 while Murtaugh left ill during the game.
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Jim O’‘Toole
Pittsburgh
O'Toole
Bob Friend
Reds
Friend
Frank Robinson
Deron Johnson
Johnson
Pirates
Bill Virdon
Jim Pagliaroni
Jerry Lynch
Danny Murtaugh
Barbara White Wins Western Amateur Semi Final
Favored Barbara Fay White of Sareveport Louisiana defeated an opponent 4 and 3 to reach the final of the 164th Women's Western Amateur Golf Tournament. She will face Part Shook of Saginaw Michigan after Shook won 2 and 1 over Doris P. Vlin of Belleville Illinois in the other semi.
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Barbara Fay White
Sareveport
Miss White
Jean Ashley
Colorado Springs
Part Shook
Saginaw
Mich
Sook
Valparaiso University
Doris Psvlin
Belleville
Rookie Tiant Guides Indians to 6-1 Win Over Red Sox
Rookie Luis Tiant pitched six hits over six innings to beat Boston 6-1 as Bob Chance fueled Cleveland with four RBIs on his wedding day. Mantilla homered for Boston, his 16th of the season, while Tiant improved to 2-0 and Heffner took the loss.
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Bob Chance
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Tiant
Yankees
Portland
Chance
Indians
Vic Cavaiillo
Leon Wagner
Dick Howser
Wagner
Red Sox
Felix Mantilla
Boston
Heffner
Charton
Tillman
Romano
L—Heffner
Mantilla
Kaline's eighth inning blast plates Tigers past Yankees
Al Kaline hit a go ahead two run homer fueling an eight run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 10-5 in the first game of a twi night doubleheader. Mickey Mantle and Joe Pepitone connected for two run shots for New York while Dick McAuliffe and Jerry Lumpe homered for Detroit.
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al Kaline
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Kaline
Mickey Mantle
Joe Pepitone
Clete Boyer
Yankees
Dick McAuliffe
Jerry Lumpe
Bill Freehan
Freehan
New York
Sheldon
Hamilton
Mikkelsen
Howard
Aguirre
Sherry
Egan
Freeham
L Hamilton
Mante
Boyer
Pepitone
McAuliffe
Lumpe
Huge Crowd Slated For Olympics Showdown In LA
The Russian and U.S. track teams meet in Los Angeles as a Tokyo Olympics preview. Forecast sunny, crowds over 60 000 with more on Sunday. World records expected to fall as Brumel and Bolotnikov vie for top marks. Bob Hayes scratched, Schul and Lindgren lead American distance hopes amid mixed scoring rules.
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Associated Press
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U.S
Memorial Coliseum
Valery Brumel
United States
Henry Carr
Dallas Long
Harold Connolly
Fred Hansen
Russia
Pyotr Bolotnikov
Vladimir Golubnichy
Tatana Schelkanova
Elvira Osolina
Tamara Press
America
Bob Hayes
Bob Schul
Miami
Ohio
Bolotnikov
Gerry Lindgren
Spokane
Wash
Phillies Sweep To Fourth Straight Victory Over Cardinals
Phillies lead NL, powered by Cookie Rojas’s triple and two singles as Chris Short allows six hits and posts ninth win. Johnny Callison draws walk and steals, Wes Covington and Cal Dalrymple drive in runs, two-run rally starts in second. Cardinals manage four runs on Gibson and two-out hits, but loss ends with St Louis at 8-8 and Philadelphia at 9-1.
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Philadelphia
Cookie Rojas
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Curt Flood
Lou Brock
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McCarver
Dalrymple
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Orioles Rally To Split Twin Bill Versus Senators
Rookie Wally Bunker pitched a five hitter to win the opener 2-1 and Vineyard worked toward a no hitter in the nightcap as Baltimore toppled Washington 7-2 to retake the American League lead. Bob Johnson delivered a ninth inning pinch hit for the first game win.
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Wally Bunker
Dave Vineyard
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Senators
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Orioles
Bob Johnson
Johnson
Vineyard
Chuck Hinton
Mike Brumley
Don Lock
Braves Beat Mets 8 5 Behind Maye and Oliver Power
Lee Maye and Gene Oliver drove in three runs each as Milwaukee defeated New York 8-5. Oliver homered in the sixth, Maye added a two run double, and Rico Carty drove in a ninth inning run. Hank Fischer earned the win with two hits and two runs scored. Larry Elliott hit a homer for the Mets.
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NEW York
Lee Maye
Gene Oliver
Milwaukee
New York Mets
Maye
Braves
Oliver
Rico Carty
Hank Fischer
Elliot
Stable In 8th Round TKO Win
Jose Stable of Oriente Cuba stopped Gabe Terranez of Fresno California in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round welterweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Stable weighed 149 4, Terranez 147 1/2, the knockout came at 2 19 of the round. Stable now 23 fights? to 23. the win likely positions him for a title shot with Emile Griffith.
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Jose Stable
Oriente
Cuba
Gabe Terronez
Fresno
Calif
Madison Square Garden
Terranez
Emile Griffith
Terronez
Baseball slate features multiple tonight matchups
Probable pitchers include Downing 7-2 for New York at Detroit and Wickersham 12-6. Also Monbouquette 6-8 at Cleveland and Kralick 9-4. Washington and Baltimore send Daniels 5-8 and Barber 5-7. Arrigo 6-3 vs Talbot 3-3 in Chicago, Belinsky 8-5 at Drabowsky 3-9, Hendley 9-5 at L Miller 1-2, and Broglio 4-9 at Houston. Cloninger 9-8 at Stallard 5-13, plus Simmons 9-8 at Bennett 9-7 and other NL clashes.”
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Wickersham
Boston
Monbouquette
Cleveland
Kralick
Washington
Daniels
Baltimore
Barber
Minnesota
Arrigo
Chicago
Talbot
Los Angeles
Belinsky
Kansas City
Drabowsky
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Hendley
L. Miller
Broglio
Houston
Bruce
Milwaukee
Cloninger
Stallard
Pittsburgh
Law
Cincinnati
Nuxhall
St. Louis
Simmons
Philadelphia
Bennett
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