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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1964
Page
2
Orioles win one of two as Sween hits key homers for Boston and Stuart belted a grand slam for a Vie story. Gentile homers for Athletics, Drabowsky roughed up, while Sox, Twins, and Pirates also post wins. Cavernous scoring notes fill a crowded baseball twin bill with several bat mishaps and late inning rallies.
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP reports sixteen teams start the Arkansas State High School Baseball tournament. The piece notes early scoring by the Senators including Don Blasingame Kennedy and Aiton with two runs, plus a Keller sack fly and Mantle’s home run in a separate MLB game context, with Dean Chance allowing three hits in the opener and a Yankees surge in the sixth.
Pre American League standings show Chicago leading with 19 wins. Results on Saturday include Los Angeles 9 New York 4 and Boston 4 Kansas City 3, while Sunday features Chicago 6 Washington 0 and Detroit 7 Cleveland 5 in game two. Philadelphia tops the National League with 21 wins as St Louis and Houston trail. Final rounds set for Friday night unless graduation conflicts force Saturday games.
Solunar periods are shown with Major times in bold. Major periods last an hour and a half or ten hours. minor periods are printed below. Plan days to fish in good territory or hunt in good cover during these times.
Braves pitcher Warren Spahn stars as Joe Torre fuels a doubleheader sweep 7-4 and 10-0 over St. Louis. Torre goes 7-for-10, lifts batting average to .347, and belts two homers with five RBIs. Bragan calls Torre the hottest commodity in baseball. Pirates, Reds win. Koufax relief aids Dodgers. other scores noted.
Ralph Boston, competing for the Southern California Striders, set an American mark of 27 feet 2 1/2 inches and came within 3/4 inch of the world record held by Igor Ter-Ovanesyan during the Cal Relays in Modesto. He scored a six jump average equal to Jesse Owens' best at 26 feet 8 1/2 inches.
Henry saved Jim O'Toole's victory as Cincinnati halted Chicago's late rally. Tom Harper and Vada Pinson had two hits in a big Reds third inning. Koufax, back from 1962 relief absence, quieted Philadelphia in the seventh. Joe Moeller won, allowing one hit to the sixth before a seventh inning by Callison and Covington threatened. Koufax finished with a shutout stretch. Wes Parker had two doubles and a triple as the Dodgers surged. Bob Bruce improved to 6-1 with a four hitter and 10 strikeouts for the Mets. Mike White drove in three with a first inning single and a seventh inning double.
Key figures across American and National leagues top lists in batting runs and RBIs. Oliva leads Minnesota in hits and runs while Wagner and Cash pace RBIs. Bressoud and Mathews share doubles. Pizarro dominates pitching with a 5 0 record and 1 000 ERA.
Cyrol Burleson of Oregon edges Tom O'Hara to win the mile in 4 00.2 as Loyola Chicago star O'Hara clocks 4 00.3. Jim Ryan, 17, from East High Wichita, takes third in 4 01.7 in a fast field with runners like Cary Weisiger, Bobby Seaman, and John Damien watching. The race features a slow first lap and Burleson’s tactical bid to win rather than post the fastest time.
Seattle Rainiers beat Arkansas Travelers 2-1 in ten innings after Wilbur Wood drew a walk to score the decisive run. Barry Sherrone delivered the game-winning single as Seattle overcame a two hour rain delay caused by thundershowers. Arkansas tied it in the third on Alex Johnson’s RBI single off Wood, who allowed six hits over ten innings.
Dick Stuart hits his second grand slam of the season fueling a 6-2 victory for Boston over Kansas City in the opener while his two run shot in the second game helps seal a 3-1 win. Bob Veale fires a two hitter as Pittsburgh blanks San Francisco 3-0 in game one of a doubleheader.
Gordon Norwood of Pine Bluff won the Arkansas high school decathlon with 8,158 points after two days. Jim Barnes led in hurdles and other events, while Shelby Lowery and Johnny Carr added top finishes. The meet included discus, pole vault, triple jump, and the mile run with multiple athletes scoring across events.
A historical note confirms the portrait of President Woodrow Wilson appears on the U S hundred thousand dollar bill. The note highlights this rare currency item used in interbank transfers and not in general circulation.
Seattle scored twice in the final inning to defeat Arkansas 9 8 after Arkansas held a 6 1 lead. Kerrigan Clendénin Cordrales Hood Averill were credited with the win and save as Seattle rallied in the last frame.
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