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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1966
Page
15
The Yankees under Ralph Houk have revived the team, with stars like Mantle and Maris improving while pitching gains from Ramos, Dowling, Stottlemyre, and Ford bolster a season turnaround. The front office shift and Houk's leadership are credited for renewed competitiveness. Agee earns praise for defensive plays with the White Sox.
Two Decatur High School varsity coaches Bill Isbell and Jerry Rice will resign to take promotions at Crossville High School. Isbell will become Crossville principal after 17 years at Decatur and Rice will head basketball and assist football coach. Their departures create two coaching vacancies at Decatur.
New York Yankees versus Chicago White Sox washed out by rain in New York Saturday night. No reschedule details provided. Weather halted play before first pitch, leaving teams idle.
Sunday AL action produced a 2-2 tie after five innings with games halted and official status, Yankees led early on Mickey Mantle’s ground rule double and Roy White’s homer, while the White Sox tied it on a costly misplay and a run-scoring single as Pete Ward crossed on Al Esis bunt.
Cleveland broke a hitless spell to win 2-1 over Minnesota as Pedro Gonzalez lined a two-run double in the seventh after Gary Bell held the Twins to four hits. Boswell was strong for six innings before the decisive rally, Colavito and Whitfield produced hits, and a sequence on the bases nearly sparked a squeeze play.
Tom Weiskopf fired a 68 to reach 205 and hold a one stroke lead over Tony Lema at the Oklahoma City Open. Johnny Pott and Jack Nicklaus are two behind with 208 as Peter Thomson and Gary Player chase, and Weiskopf claimed late birdies to surge atop a windless, 7,173 yard course.
Major league scores include Chicago 8 Atlanta 5 in 12 innings and Philadelphia 2 San Francisco 0. Other games feature Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 1 New York at Los Angeles night action with pitching lines Jay Briles Law Short Bolin Ribant Sutton and Fischer Jenkins Hendley noted.
ST PAUL MINNEAPOLIS AP Defensive ends Jim Marshall and Carl Eller have signed their 1966 contracts with the Minnesota Vikings the NFL team said Saturday.
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