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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1966
Page
4
Leo Durocher argued a foul call on Eddie Mathews inside the park homer and was ejected as the Cubs won 2 to 1. Santo homered in the 10th for Chicago after the ruling. Durocher vowed to send film to NL president Warren Giles to prove the play was foul.
Sunday's Major League results show Chicago edging Atlanta 3-2 in 10 innings, St Louis beating Cincinnati 3-2 in 10, Houston nipping Pittsburgh 3-2 in 11, and San Francisco prevailing Philadelphia 6-5 in 10. From the American League standings, Cleveland leads with 12 losses and a .692 percentage, while Baltimore and Detroit hover mid-pack. notable hitters include Robinson and Oliva, with power from Aaron and Reichardt in the National League.
Nobutoshi Tsukamoto aged 112 from Japan and Wonder Boy Ramos from the Philippines are listed among recent fight casualties in a weekend AP dispatch. Heber Springs mourns Thwllis Blacketear after a fatal vehicle collision in Arkansas. Authorities provided scant details amid ongoing investigations.
Minnesota catcher Battey delivered decisive hits in both games of a Sunday doubleheader as the Twins defeated Cleveland 5-1 and 1-0. Jim Kaat and Jim Grant combined for the shutout in the nightcap, snapping Cleveland’s five-game win streak. Battey’s two runs in game one and RBI in game two boosted his league batting average to .296, among the top ten hitters. Teammates and rivals noted Battey’s late-inning threat, while Birdie Tebbetts praised his clutch hitting. Other AL and NL results included Washington over Boston, California over Detroit, Chicago blanking New York, and multiple NL games extending into extras.
Cave adventurer David Lafferty, 26, remains 400 feet underground in Bristol in a bid to beat a 26 day French record for living alone in a cave. He phoned the surface claiming it was May 8. he has no papers, mail, radio, or watch to mark time.
In Mexico City the late matador Carlos Atruza's sword handler was indicted for negligent homicide. The driver Jorge Rosales Aragon, who was in the station wagon, was freed on bond after the vehicle, which was west of Mexico City, struck a bus on a highway.
More than 450000 followers of thoroughbreds expected at U S tracks for Memorial Day. Met Mile at Aqueduct tops a big card with Bold Lad carrying 132 pounds and a strong field of 13 including Tosmah. Belmont Stakes at Aqueduct may echo Jersey Derby winner outcomes.
Six teen cars crashed at the start of the Golden Anniversary 600 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. No serious injuries to drivers. two wheels from one car fell into the grandstand injuring spectators. Mario Andretti earned pole with 165.899 mph as crowd nears 274000 with high prize potential.
Mike Ford, Omaha horseman who named Kauai King, discusses the three-year-old’s path to a Belmont Stakes win to complete the Triple Crown after his Kentucky Derby triumph. Ford recounts Kauai King’s origins, the many name pronunciations, and the horse’s Maori-bred lineage while noting the high stakes and dreams surrounding a possible 1966 sweep.
Tony Lema handled light winds and rough with a record setting 17 under par 271 to win the Oklahoma City Open at Quail Creek, earning £57,000. He led by six strokes over the field as he closed with a seven under final round.
A Yankee on the campus at the University of South Carolina. The Gen Robert E Lee memorial tree, a 25 foot magnolia, was cut four feet from the ground. A sign on the stump read Sherman rides again. Population gains and multiple baseball scores fill the page with sports and historical notes.
Arkansas ranked sixth in non-resident fishing license sales with 144 274 out of staters. It was sixteenth in non-resident hunting licenses. The U S Interior Department notes license counts can misstate figures due to extra tags stamps or permits in some states. A four day conference by the American Association for Conservation Information will be held in Hot Springs June 5 8 with Arkansas officials attending and hosting a fish fry at Lake Ouachita. Arkansas also tops the nation in catfish farming.
In Seattle, AP reports that U S fisheries workers have branded 500000 salmon fingerlings this year using a small iron cooled to 68 degrees below zero. The white mark from branding helps fingerlings survive in the wild compared with fin clipping, say fisheries workers.
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