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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1965
Page
4
Cleveland manager Birdie Tebbetts sees pitching help as Sonny Siebert dominates Baltimore to close the series. Fred Whitfield and Gi.í Gary Bell close the win. Terry remains the staff ace amid trades for hitting. MLB roundup notes Stottlemyre, Tiant, and McAuliffe heroes across leagues.
The schedule drawn from Jonn Alden Knight’s Solunar Tables shows Major periods in bold and minor periods in regular type across Thursday to Sunday. Major periods last about one and a half to two hours, while minor periods are shorter. times listed indicate A M and P M slots for optimal activity windows.
International League Toledo 4 Atlanta 2 10 innings Buffalo 8 Syracuse 2 Jacksonville 6 Columbus 5 Rochester 5 Toronto 4 17 innings Pacific Coast League Vancouver 3 Seattle 0 Oklahoma City 7 Denver 2 Salt Lake 2 Arkansas 1 13 innings Tacoma 3 Spokane 2 Hawaii 8 Indianapolis 4 Portland 5 San Diego 0
Homero Blancas a 27 year old University of Houston graduate set early pace in the Memphis Open with a 66 after debut pro season. Jack Nicklaus faltered finishing with a 67 after a three putt on the 18th. Rudolph McCallister and others posted 65s in a crowded leaderboard.
Drivers and owners behind on qualifications prepare for the last practice before final time trials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Parnelli Jones avoids fractures after a Thursday crash while his No 98 Hurst Lotus Ford is readied for race day. Agajanian notes the car qualifies at 156.425 mph and that the incident stemmed from rear suspension failure. Only 33 spots remain as twenty-one cars qualified last weekend and one more two-day window remains.
Montreal AP Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks was chosen MVP for the 1964-65 season winning the Hart Trophy by seven points over Detroit’s Norm Ullman. Hull scored 39 goals last season in a standout campaign. Don Zimmer and Ed Brinkman homered earlier for the Senators.
Wade Blasingame matched Warren Spahn’s reputation by holding the Mets to one hit as the Milwaukee Braves beat New York 7 1 at County Stadium. Eddie Mathews hit a seventh inning grand slam to break open the game while Spahn endured a rough homecoming.
In Lewiston Maine Sonny Liston studies a straight line route to challenge champion Cassius Clay, who works with Joe Louis and others in Chicopee while Liston trains in Poland Spring. Clay taunts Louis as he prepares for the postponed rematch before a publicized encounter with Ernie Terrell.
Detroit manager Sid Abel signals more trades after sending veteran defenseman Marcel Pronovost to Toronto for Andy Bathgate and other players. Abel said talks with all NHL clubs except Montreal continue as expectations of further deals rise.
American League standings show Chicago leading with a 23 9 record followed by Minnesota Cleveland Baltimore Los Angeles Boston New York Washington Kansas City. Thursday results include New York 6 Boston 3 Detroit 9 Washington 8 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 2. National League table lists Los Angeles Cincinnati Milwaukee St Louis San Francisco Chicago Philadelphia Houston New York Pittsburgh. Thursday results include San Francisco 2 Chicago 0 Milwaukee 7 New York 1 St Louis 12 Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 11 Pittsburgh 3.
The Clay camp says Cassius received a package from Sonny Liston with Pole land Spring water. Terrell backed by the WBA seeks a court order to bar Clay from claiming the world crown and demanding 1.5 million damages from Clay and five promoters. Liston’s victory Tuesday sets up a possible title chance for Terrell to test Clay in the ring.
Maxine Siegel a 17 year old New York student sent a one dollar bid to the New York Mets asking to buy Yogi Berra after he was placed on waivers for a dollar. Mets officials say the sale was a formality and Berra chose coaching over playing. Berra quipped that she may have confused him with Yogi Bear.
Classy pitching led by Bill Hands who won his seventh without a loss as Tacoma edged Spokane 3-2. Padres were blanked 5-0 by Chicago White Sox and Portland won 5-0 as well. Portland's Tom Kelley earned his eighth straight win, Jose Vidal homered in the eighth, Larry Elliot had both Padre hits. Vancouver split with Seattle, Oklahoma City beat Denver 7-2, Salt Lake beat Arkansas 2-1 in 13, Hawaii defeated Indianapolis 8-4. Aurelio Monteagudo left after four with a Braves owned seven grand slam by another pitcher Milwaukee beat New York 7-1.
Mick ey Wright, a golf great, spoke of starting tense in her hometown event the Dallas Civitan Open. After a bogey on the first hole she calmed, shot four under par the rest, and led the first round at three under. Carol Mann was one stroke behind with 69, Patty Berg and Kathy Whitworth tied for third at 79, Betsy Rawls shot 71 to sit near the top.
Nigeria's Dick Tiger floored Robin Carter twice in the second round and dominated to a 10 round decision. Tiger planned to call Joe Giardello to pursue a title shot after losing his middleweight crown to Giardello 17 months earlier. Scores were 9-1, 8-1-1, and 6-2-2.
Howie Koplitz earned a 12-hit Islander win over Indianapolis aided by three homers from Brant Alyea Tim Cullen and Orlando McFarlane in a 12 hit attack. The Islander offense backed Koplitz as Alyea drove in four runs and the team claimed the victory in a dramatic win.
The 1965 Vanderbilt Cup results highlight Jacoby and Son earning top honors in bridge. Newspaper Enterprise Association coverage notes a decisive win and the event’s notable competitors.
The article examines bidding theory around overcalls in bridge, praising North's one spade overcall and South's two heart bid while challenging Edgar Kaplan's idea that new suit responses to overcalls must be forcing. It presents hand-play examples and argues against forcing two-suit overcall responses, noting practical disagreements among experts.
South holds AK QI2 YA104 632 BAEG54 and responds to a forcing partner bid with a minimum no trump. Tiger weighs 163 and Carter 159 with Tiger 51 14 3 and Carter 23 8 in their records.
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