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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
7
An assortment of historical baseball notes features Bill Duggleby’s early ML debut, Willie Mays era context, Bonds milestones, and several 1960s NL outcomes including Sadecki’s two-hitter and a Mets 4-0 win over Cincinnati.
Big names in Delaware County sports compete in the first annual Don Tassoni Memorial Golf tournament at Tall Pines CC Sewell NJ to benefit the Heart Fund. Standout players include Joe Butera and Ronnie Rodgers with many local athletes from Chester PMC St James and Eddystone among entrants.
Seven member American contingent arrives to challenge for the Brieh Amateur title at Walton Heath. They refuse professional status, citing not playing for money, and expect to be among the girls to beat in this 13th year of the event. Raitt faced a washout in the first 18 holes of qualifying with 96 competitors ready to tee off.
Yastrzemski tops AL selections with 248 votes out of 251 and Freehan second base repeat, with Harmon Killebrew, Boog Powell and Brooks Robinson among others. Fregosi and Williams named for NL and AL leadership, while Yastrzemski posts a .320 average with 11 homers and 29 RBIs.
Bob Day, a former UCLA miler and now a private first class in the U S Army, targets the American 5 000 meters record of 13 33 8 set by Gerry Lindgren. He runs at the Los Angeles Coliseum in the Olympic trials after rebound from a torn Achilles and recent 13 50 4 AAU win.
Calibrated pitching by Frank Robinson and Wally Bunker carried the Orioles to a 6-0 win over Boston. Robinson belted his third homer while Bunker fired a five hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, restoring Baltimore to a tie for third as Philadelphia’s Tony Taylor spoiled Reed and the Phillies with a seventh inning homer.
Rain delayed games left Minnesota at Chicago and several night contests. Baltimore and Detroit won while New York and Cleveland split, with Boston blanking Baltimore and other matchups listed for 8 p.m. and later.
Herb FitzGibbon the 16th ranked US amateur beat Nikki Pilic 6 3 7 5 6 2 on center court to become the first amateur to defeat a professional at Wimbledon first day rain causes draw revisions as top Americans like Pasarell Rosewall Ashe and Gonzalez prepare for matches.
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