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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
19
Wally Bunker pitched six hitless innings and allowed four hits as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 for their fifth straight win.
The San Francisco Giants announced the sale of right-handed pitcher Bob Shaw to the New York Mets for just over 20,000. Shaw, 32, struggled this season with a 6.47 ERA in 32 innings, six starts, and eight homers allowed. He joined a Mets club hoping to bolster its pitching staff with the veteran starter.
Kansas freshman Jim Ryun clocked 1 44.9 for 880 yards at the USTFF championships in Terre Haute, breaking Peter Snell's 1962 world mark and surpassing the American record. Coach Bob Timmons praised Ryun's 880 strength as rivals trailed. Ryun plans the mile today amid AAU sanction tensions.
Los Angeles Dodgers guard Sandy Koufax's pitching to win 6-1 over the San Francisco Giants. Roseboro hit a three run homer in the fifth, followed by a four run sixth that sealed the game. Koufax moved to 11-1 on the season and fanned 10 or more batters for the seventh time in his career.
Sonny Siebert pitched Cleveland to a 4 0 victory over the Washington Senators aided by Max Alvis one handed eighth inning catch. Siebert allowed two baserunners Dick Nen and Paul Casanova and struck out seven as Vic Davalillo and Leon Wagner provided run support. This was Cleveland's first no hitter since Bob Feller in 1951 and the first against Washington since 1957 with 15 000 fans watching.
Kansas City Athletics edge California Angels 3-2 as Phil Roof delivers a two RBI single in the fourth. Larry Stahl and Ken Harrelson reach base to set up Roof's key hit, with Dobson pitching 3 2/3 innings and Krouse earning the win.
Joe Balsis of Minersville Pa beat George Mikula Jr of New York 150 to 98 as four more players were eliminated in the National Open Pocket Billiards Tournament in Chicago. Finals set for Saturday after week-long event with multiple 15 0 inning matches and upsets including Jimmy Moore Albuquerque New Mexico and Cisero Murphy Brooklyn New York advancing one round earlier.
Tim McCarver collected four straight hits drove in two and scored twice to spark the St. Louis Cardinals past the Philadelphia Phillies 5 to 4. Curt Simmons earned his first win of the season joining a 18 4 career mark against former teammates helped by Joe Hoerner finishing the game.
Detroit routs New York 6-2 as Wood and Cash homer off Bouton in the first. Aguirre throws eight hits allowed over eight frames to earn the win, extending Detroit’s streak to six and keeping them in third place behind Baltimore and Cleveland.
Freddie Little seeks to become Las Vegas first world title challenger by beating Eddie Pace in a 10 round junior middleweight rematch at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Pace holds third in the division with Little fourth, as Benvenuti’s potential title bout looms and promoter Bill Miller eyes a Vegas clash for the winner. The undercard features Candis Pace vs Benito Juarez with ticket levels listed.
Hank Aaron drove in three runs and Woody Woodward added two RBIs and two runs as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2. Woodward opened the first with a triple, scored in the second, and contributed to a four-run sixth highlighted by Aarons two-run double.
Dave Boswell pitched a four-hitter and drove in a run as Minnesota defeated Chicago 6-2. He earned his first win versus the White Sox and helped the Twins extend their winning streak over Chicago to six games. Boswell fanned nine and, with the help of a second inning rally, spoiled Buzhardt and Higgins with four singles a passed ball and three walks.
St Louis first baseman Orlando Cepeda was struck above the right eye by a line drive before the Cardinals at Philadelphia. He was taken to St Joseph's hospital where six stitches closed the wound and he was incoherent and groggy after regaining consciousness. X-rays were negative and an eye specialist was consulted. doctors expect him out for about a week.
A baseball schedule lists the CTO matchups with Cincinnati visiting New York and St Louis traveling to Philadelphia while Atlanta hosts Pittsburgh Los Angeles plays San Francisco and Chicago meets Houston to close the slate.
Friday results list Baltimore 2 Boston 2 Cleveland 2 Washington 0 Detroit 6 New York 2 Minnesota 6 Chicago ? Kansas City 3 California 2. Saturday games feature Kansas City at California Minnesota at Chicago New York at Detroit Washington at Cleveland Boston at Baltimore. Sunday pitchers: Kansas City at California Minnesota at Chicago New York at Detroit? Washington at Cleveland Boston at Baltimore.
Plans are complete for the 1966 Las Vegas Jaycees Junior Champ track meet at Butcher Field on June 18 starting 7 p.m. The event offers 13 high school age events with eligibility 18 or younger as of Sept 1, 1966. Local winners advance to state, then state winners earn berths to the national Junior Champ in Denver August 25–27. Contact Al Kaiser at 878-8616 or 870-1935 for entry information.
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