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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1966
Page
28
New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 after scoring four unearned runs in the seventh. Jim Kaat dominated early with a one-hitter through six frames, but errors by Kaat and Zoilo Versalles opened the door for the rally at New York.
Boston Red Sox pitcher batter Joe Foy sparked a ninth inning rally off Kansas City, tripling leading to a scoring sequence that included Mike Ryan, Rico Petrocelli, Carl Yastrzemski two homers for Boston, and a dramatic late run. Elston Howard and Harmon Killebrew contributed key RBIs and milestones in a tense game.
Fred Valentine hit a tie breaking three run homer in the seventh to lift the Washington Senators to a 5 3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. It was the Senators fourth straight win and Valentine ran his hot streak against California with his third hit of the game and 17th in 27 at bats across six games in two weeks.
Detroit Tigers beat Baltimore Orioles 7 to 5 as Denny McLain tossed four hits and earned his seventh win. Six runs came in the fourth inning including a Demeter homer, with the game ending early due to rain after the Orioles struck first.
Gene Abercrombie resigns after three years as West Mecklenburg High School football coach to take the head coach and athletic director job at Statesville. He succeeds Dave Odom who resigned to enter private business.
Larry Dempsey of Greensboro shot 77 in the final round at Southern Pines Country Club to win the National Elks golf title with a 222 total three strokes ahead of A E Fletcher of Roanoke Va. Tip Eddy tied for third at 226 after an 8 on the final round and Bill Woodward of Southern Pines and Jim Chitfield of Charleston W Va posted 227. The 54 hole event drew more than 40 Elks from 17 states and 61 lodges.
Henry Clay faces title defense amid pressure. He will meet Karl Mildenberger of Germany next, with Clay’s purse around 280000 dollars and Cooper earning 112000. The bout aired live in the United States via Early Bird Satellite and was shown on closed circuit TV to Britain and on European television.
The Hi-Toms and Statesville were tied 1 1 in the bottom of the third when rain halted play. Tickets from yesterday’s game will be honored at this afternoon’s contest as the Hi-Toms host the Greenville Mets. The two game series against Spartanburg will be reversed with Spartanburg at night and Finch Field on Wednesday.
Grant of Santa Ana California won the Vanderbilt Cup 200 mile championship at Bridgehampton New York. He led the 40 car field finishing at a 103.79 mph pace on the 2.86 mile course. The victory comes after his win last weekend at Indianapolis 500 trials and places him on top in the event.
Chicago defeats Cleveland as Danny Cater driving in two with a two run single caps a five run first inning. Sam McDowell walks leadoff and fails to retire a batter as Chicago ends a five game skid behind Juan Pizarro who earns his third win in as many decisions.
Rain delayed the second game of the NAIA District 26 baseball playoff between Pembroke and Guilford. Guilford leads the best of three series 1-0, with a possible third game Monday night. The winner advances to the NAIA regional in Statesboro, Georgia.
Davidson College sports publicist Tay lor Blackwell, who served five years, resigns to pursue private business. Announcement made Friday by Tom Scott, athletic director, in Davidson, North Carolina.
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