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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1965
Page
8
Guntersville Alabama hosts a 26th annual motor boat regatta June 23 27 featuring Unlimited Hydroplanes. The event celebrates the Silver Anniversary of motor boating with engines from WWII plus race procedures and point system for National High Point standings. Roy Duby drives Miss U S 1 on the 200 mph lake Guntersville record course.
Toronto coach Punch Imlach said he is attempting to trade veteran wing Hon Stewart, a 13 season NHL Maple Leafs veteran, as part of roster changes discussed Friday.
Harold Connolly opened the Compton Invitational with a hammer 225-4 as Ralph Boston won the broad jump. Richmond Flowers Jr. withdrew from the 110 hurdles and the 100 dash due to a back muscle injury. Wyomia Tyus tied the American 100 record with 10.5 seconds. Blaine Lindgren took the 110 hurdles in 13.9. Fred Kuller won the 100 dash in 9.5.
In Decatur IL, the Tigers blanked the Indians 11-0. Mark McClanahan earned the win with three hits allowed and seven strikeouts. Tigers totaled 10 hits led by Larry Bennett and Mike Mathis. Indians’ Dicky Stokes and Greg Terry had their RBI-free effort. Standings show Red Sox 7-2, Tigers 7-3, Yankees 6-4, Orioles 4-5, Indians 0-10.
Ron Brand hit a three-run homer off Bob Gibson with two outs in the ninth, lifting the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Gibson suffered his third straight defeat after eight straight wins as St. Louis fell to .500. Bond and Brand homered for Houston, while Houston broke a 2-2 tie in the ninth.
Houston Oilers announce moving their home games to Rice University Stadium with a 5 year contract and a five year option. Bud Adams, owner president, said the 70 000 seat venue will host all home games replacing the Harris County Domed Stadium.
Danny Cater homered leading off the 15th for the White Sox in a 2-0 win over the slumping Yankees. Eddie Fisher earned the win in six relief innings, sealing a 15 inning game tied for the season's longest AL contest. Floyd Robinson later homered for Chicago as Horlen and MikKelsen took losses.
Johnny Edwards hit his third homer in four games a three run blast powering Cincinnati to a 4-2 win over San Francisco. Joey Jay left with arm tight after a fifth inning rally. Joe Nuxhall and Billy McCool finished. Edwards drove in another run in the second after Robinson and Johnson single.
Grateful villagers in Ivasevac raise a monument to Jandrija Manojlovic a 75 year old fruit tree grafting helper. He stands among Yugoslav leaders as a living person honored with a monument.
Jimmie Hall led Minnesota with three hits including an inside the park homer as the Twins beat Washington 9-5. Gerry Fosnow pitched relief to quell a seventh inning rally after Jim Kaat earned the win to move to 5-5.
Filipino champion Flash Elorde defends his world junior lightweight crown against persistent challenger Teruo Kosaka of Japan in Manila. The bout pits two top lightweights as Elorde seeks to retain the title at stake.
Cleveland catcher Joe Azcue drove in the tying and winning runs with a pinch hit single in the eighth inning to lift the Indians past Detroit 7-6. Reliever Sonny Siebert earned the win, while Larry Sherry took the loss after surrendering the decisive hit following walks to Alvis and Hinton. Kaline homered for Detroit. Gonzalez homered for Cleveland.
Eddie Mathews hit a three run homer in the ninth, his 12th of the season, lifting the Milwaukee Braves to a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wade Blasingame scattered eight hits to earn the victory, as Milwaukee closed the gap to four games in the NL behind LA.
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