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Levittown Courier Times (Newspaper) - June 7, 1965, Levittown, Pennsylvania
Monday. June 7, 1965page 17 go Back to the Bench Yum my it Gay Lerna Iyoub re not that good9 Yardley a Jimmy Neeld right is caught stealing second base against Hilltop in the lower Bucks county american legion baseball league on saturday. Hilltops Casey Bahr makes the lag. Yardley won 6-2. Courier times spoils photo by Alex Zidock by Milton Richman up sports writer grand Blanch Mich. Up a it was something Only a woman could get away with and did by looking Tony Lerna straight in the Eye and telling him a Honey you re not that one of the reasons this particular pretty Auburn haired Young lady was Able to get i away with that statement is because she happens to be Leman a wife. Another reason is that she always tells him the truth. Champagne Tony was talking about her sunday and you could Tell exactly How he Felt about Betty Lerna because she was the first one he mentioned after posting a $20,000 two stroke Victory in the Buick open. Regret a he said Isnit Here to share with me. Great wife opening a bottle of and paying no at when some accidentally what i mean. Taking care of my business commitments making to appearances and neglecting my real bread and butter Golf. She said a you re not that Good. You can t go running around the country All the time and show up at a tournament the first Day and expect to do a one thing about Lerna he listens especially to his wife. She sounded As if she had the right idea. After All he had t won a tournament since last play in the pro am. Which or Golf at Akron Ohio so he decided to try it her Way. Tony put his outside interests aside and showed up two Days Early for the $100,000 Buick event. That enabled him to september when he finished first in the world series ordinarily does no to mean much but had special significance for Tresh a settles for three hrs a my Only a is that she this Victory a i have a he went on Champagne Tention whatsoever of the contents spilled Over onto his Olive Green trousers. A she set my straight on All my outside activities. You know Newtown takes Loop Lead by Mike r ath it associated press sports writer by John Ribar courier times sports writer Newtown 2-0 took Over first place in the lower Bucks county american legion baseball league with a 4-0 win Over Fallsington on saturday while Yardley 1-1 Defeated Hilltop. 6-2. And changed the latter club s Mark to 1-1. At Fallsington the visitors bunched All of their run scoring in the big third Frame and it was enough for Newtown As it Denny Wheeler did a masterful lob of shutting out the Home club on three hits. Wheeler struck out to and walked Only one. He saved his shutout in the last inning by retiring the final three batters after loading the bases. George Ruff was the starter and loser for Fallsington As he was touched for two runs three hits while whiffing and walking two in 2 1-3 innings. Reliever Joe Mormello twirled 4 2-3 frames giving up a pair of runs on five hits while fanning six and issuing three passes. In Newtown a third Craig Robinson went All the Way to second when his Fly Ball was dropped. Then after one out Bob Hopkins doubled to Center scoring Robinson As Well As knocking out starter Ruff. After Ivi ormello took Over he wild pitched Hopkins to lower Bucks county american legion baseball league Newtown Bristol Bracken Morrisville Fallsington Hilltop Yardley Bensalem Ramblers Levittown Merchon vow w 2 i 0 i i i 0 0 0 before the Newtown right fielder scored on Gary Moore a single to right who went to third when Greg Lorenz doubled to right. Jay Calhoun singled both run Home with a hit to left Center. Yardley Defeated Host Hilltop in a replay of the 1-1 tie game earlier in tilt week. The game was featured by some heavy hitting in the Early innings then fancy plays mostly by Yardley to Cut out potential scoring in the later frames. Yardley used three straight and hits for two opening. Inning one runs As hot Gardiner singled then scored on Dick Stites double to left and the latter tallied on haul Mcdowell a single to Center. Hilltop got a run Back in its throw Back to the Catcher nailed first. Casey Bahr doubled to the runner trying to score. Right and scampered across the two shortstops Stites and when Mike Clark singled to Fitzpatrick played outstanding right. Ball. Fine plays also were made then the visitors salted it by Auckland and Bahr Foi the away with three in the second j losers while Fitzgerald picked after the first two were retired. Off a runner and Dave Wallace Dave Neeld walked stole Sec made a shoe string catch to Ond and moved to third on a help the Yardley cause bad throw. Pitcher Jim both pitchers issued two Gerald knocked him in with a walks Winner Fitzgerald had hit Over Short and Rode in ahead seven strikeouts while loser of Dwight Kerry a Homer Over Gilmore whiffed three. Baseball draft set tomorrow new York apr baseball executives Buddle tonight to work out final preparations for the sports first free agent draft with College and High school third ballplayers across the country ainu Iii awaiting the outcome. I eagles Hove i the draft modelled after the a Quot $ one used by professional foot Ball and basketball begins tuesday morning with the Kansas athletics making the first selection. The new York Mots get second Choice with the remaining 18 teams following in reverse order of their 1964 finish. The right Field Fence. Solo Home run the count went to 5-2 in the third when Jim Mikulski hoisted a Solo Homer Over the Barrier in Center. The final Yardley tally came in the last chucker when Dave Neeld singled to Center. Stole second and was scored on Kerry a double to left. It was Kerry a third rib of the tilt. There were three Dandy double plays one in the first by Hilltop when Rick Wunschl threw a strike to third after taking a Fly in Center and Nail ing Mcdowell trying to move up a sack after the catch. Again in the fifth. Hilltop snuffed a rally on a twin killing from John Fitzpatrick to Bahr to Denny Auckland the one pulled by Yardley in the fifth was a humdinger and got Fitzgerald out of a Hole. With runners on first and third and nobody out. Hilltop tried a double steal but Mcdowell a snap to Kerr enabled Kerr to tag the runner going to second then the Yardley 6 Hilltop 2 a r h i a r b Kert 2b 4 i 3 Bahr 2b 3 i i gamier 4 i i Mikulski of 2 i i Stites is 3 i i Clark a 3 0 i Mcdowell c 3 0 i Auckland la 2 0 o j. Neeld of 2 0 0 Martin c 3 i 0 Harrold la i 0 0 w Insch of 3 0 i of 2 0 i Fitze Rick is 3 i i Eisenhart of 3 0 0 Harris of 2 0 0 Wallace of 0 0 0 Gilmore p 2 0 0 i Neeld 3b 2 2 2 Fitzgerald p 3 i i totals 27 4 to totals 23 2 5 Yardley 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 -6 Hilltop 10 1 too 0- -2 umpires Young pm Potena b Newtown 4 Fallsington 0 a r h a r h Biles 2b 4 0 i Jeu is a of 3 a i Robinson is 3 i o Sean Ella of 3 0 0 Stureman 3b 4 0 i Macomber of 0 0 0 Hopkins of 3 i i Piorun of 3 i i West of 0 0 0 Coutts la 2 0 i Moore c 4 i 2 Sudhaus 2-3b 2 i 0 Lorenz 3 4 i i Kirvan of i 0 0 Calhoun of 3 0 2 Greenberg v 2 0 0 Greer la i 0 0 Mormello 3b-p Macindoe of i 0 0 3 0 i Proser of 0 i 0 Polk is 2 0 i a heeler p 2 la 0 sait pm i 0 0 run p 0 i 0 Lee 2b 2 0 0 totals 29 4 8 totals 24 0 3 Newtown 0 0 4 too 3�?4 Fallsington too too 0�?3 umpires j. D Angelo Robidoux b Case again Philadelphia a Veteran offensive guard Pete Case signed his 1965 contract with the Philadelphia eagles general manager coach Joe Kuharich announced today. The former All Southeastern conference lineman from the University of Georgia will be starting his fourth season with the eagles. Pete played in All 14 league games for the Birds last year. Case captained the 1961 bulldog eleven Aud was selected to play in the Blue Gray and senior bowl games in his senior year. Yesterdays stars by the associated press batting Tom Tresh Yankees. Hammered three homers and a single driving in five runs in 12-0 second game Victory Over Chicago after stroking a single and double and scoring twice in 6-1 first game Triumph. Pitching a Al Downing. Yankees hut out the White sox on three hits in 12-0 Nightcap Triumph. Minor league results Eastern league saturdays results Elmira 810. Reading 1-2 Springfield 4. York 0 Pittsfield 2. Williamsport 0 sundays results Williamsport 7. Pittsfield 3 York 7. Springfield i Only games scheduled. By r league saturdays results Binghamton 5, Batavia 4 Auburn 6. Wellsville 4 Geneva 9. Jamestown 3 sundays re suits Wellsville 3. Jamestown 0 Geneva 10-3. Batavia 4-11 Binghamton 11-6 Auburn 4-10 today american legion baseball Tom Tresh of the new York Yankees came to the plate in the eighth inning looking for his fourth Homer of the game and decided to play a guessing game against Ted wills. He guessed right. But he knuckled under. So Tresh settled for the three homers a single in the sixth inning and that eighth inning pop up about two feet in Back of the Catcher off wills Knuckles. And Tresh admitted he was disappointed despite the fact that he singled and doubled in the first game putting together six hits in eight at bats driving in five runs and scoring six As the Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White sox 6-1 and 12-1 sunday. A i was particularly eager to hit that fourth Homer because it would have made me the first Ever to hit two from each Side of tho plate in one game a said the switch hitting Tresh. A i had faced wills earlier and was guessing that lie d open with a Knuckles against me in the eighth. A i guessed right and swung with All i and the Ball sailed a straight up. The second place White sox meanwhile fell 3l games behind the front running Minnesota twins who walloped Washington 11-2 As Jerry Zimmerman hit the first Homer of his five year major league career and also chipped in with two singles. Elsewhere Cleveland crushed i Detroit 10-1. The los Angeles Angels blanked Baltimore 3-0 and Boston split a doubleheader with Kansas City winning 9-4 before losing 4-3 in la innings. Tresh backed at Downing a three hitter in the Yankees White sox Nightcap by hovering right handed against Southpaw Juan Pizarro in the first inning and connecting from the left Side against right hander Bruce Howard in the third and fifth. The three homers brought Treshc a season total to nine. In the opener Whitey Ford checked Chicago on four hits including a Homer by Ron Hanson. Before giving Way to reliever Hal Reniff in the eighth inning. Minnesota a Zimmerman filling in for injured Catcher Earl major league a Quoter Jar american league Battey ripped a 400-foot, two run Homer in the fourth inning putting the twins on top 5-0. They sewed up their fourth straight Victory with three run bursts in the seventh and eighth. Jack Kralick and reliever Gary Bell held Detroit to five hits and Cleveland pulled away from the tigers with five runs in the eighth inning two on Max Alviso a seventh Homer. Both Kralick and Detroit starter Joe Sparma tired in humid 83-de Gree weather and Sparma was treated for heat exhaustion. Left hander Rudy May shut out Baltimore on five hits and the Angels gave him All the help he needed in the first inning scoring a walk a catchers interference Call an error by orioles Pitcher Jim Palmer and an infield out. The red sox broke a 2-2 tic in the seventh inning of the opener at Kansas City on Felix Mantilla a run scoring double and pulled out of reach with six runs in the eighth. Dalton Jones drove in three Boston runs with a Home run and single. Mike Hershberger a Lith inning single scored Nelson Mathews breaking up the Nightcap and snapping the athletics seven game losing Streak. A a 4. L. Lines american league isl game Chicago too too Ioos i 4 i new York 022 002 Fox a 6 110 John. Locker 3wills 6boho 8 and Schaffer Martin 8. Ford Reniff 8 and Edwards. Winner Ford 5-6. Loser John 4-3. Or a Hascon 6th. 2nd game Chicago too too oooo 0 3 i new York 302 223 oox�?12 12 i Pizarro Howard Boho 6wills 7 and Burgess Schaffer 7. Downing 4-5 and Edwards. Loser a Pizarro 0-1. Hrs Tresh 3 7th, 8th, 9th. Detroit too too Ioos i 5 i Cleve. Too 300 25x�?io la 0 Sparma Gladdin 5nisch Witz 7regan 8 and Brechan. Kralick Bell 8 and car reon. Winner a Kralick 2-4. Loser Sparma 4-3. Hrs a Horton lit Halvis 6th. Lit Zimmerman 1st. Bait. Too too oooo 0 j. A. 110 Ooi Fox a 3 Palmer Hail 6miller my Brown. May 3-5 5 0 8 and Rodgers. Loser a Palmer 2-1. 1st game Boston Oil too 160�? 9 14 i k c. Too 200 Oil 4 9 0 Morehead. Ritchie 5. Earley 7radatz 7 and Tillman. Buschhorn Dickson 5mossi 7pena 8hunter 8 and Bryan. Winner a Ritchie l l. Loser a Mossi 0-1. Hrs Jones 2ndharrelson 3rd. 2nd, la innings Boston Ooi 002 too ooh 3 5 0 k c. 020 too too of 4 9 i Bennett. Lamabe 5. Duliba 7 and Ryan. Sheldon Mossi to and Lacheman. Winner Mossi 1-1. Loser Duliba 0-1. Hrs Mantilla 8th. I Lerna in that the 18-Hole round enabled him to familiarize himself with the extra Long 7.280-Yard Warwick Hills course once More. He needed All the extra knowledge he could get when Jack Nicklaus with whom he played sunday began changing him like a runaway Bull and sliced his margin to a Mere stroke on the Par five 604-Yard 16th. Both parred the 17th, after which Nicklaus amazed the Gal i cry of 25,505 by Duck hooking his tee shot out of Bounds on the 18th and winding up i fourth place four strokes be i Hind Lerna. I a i never saw him hit a drive i like that before a said Lerna later. Tony Wasny to gloating j either. A let Mesa this about Lerna added. A things were really tight when he and i came to the 18th. He had just made some Good putts on the 16th and 17th and his adrenalin was up. He was putting the pressure on me As if i did t have enough already. Nicklaus stuns Lerna a when he hit his shot i did no to know whether it was out of Bounds or not. I was stunned honestly. I did no to know what to think so i just put my own tee shot Down tile safety Slot and played it Nice and cozy with a four Iron to the Lerna took a Par on the Hole he could have been bog cd it and won while Nicklaus finished with an inglorious triple bogey seven. That was the whole Story except for one important . By Lem a. A Jack a he said feelingly referring to Nicklaus a is a real gentleman. He a not a crybaby. I be played with him a number of times and he never lets a Good shot of mine go without some kind of Nice comment. You feel like you re in a pressure cooker play ing against him. Walking Side by Side with him makes you feel queasy. A but i have Only one fault to find with him. He has too much Wash. Minn. Ortega 5kline Brumley. Ooi Loo too Iii 200 33x-Narum 4. 7. Kreutzer Boswell Plucis Zimmerman. Winner 3-0. Loser a Ortez. Hrs a Oliva 10th2 7 i la 14 0 Ridzik 8 and 5 and Pleis a 6-6. Howard Jim Morrill used his Bat and Arm to Lead Middletown refuse removal to an 11-1 Victory Over. Tony s and Santo s pizza Satur Day in the Levittown Western senior Little league. Morrill hurled three hit Ball and went four for four at the plate. Lev. International la Lucas lumber too oooo 0 4 0 Kane s Market too 35x�? 8 to 0 Shai be y and Jerman Kearney and Quigley. Lev. Western la Chicken Delight 302 Ioos 6 la 3 o Boyle s 010 too i 3 0 Armour and Craig Donahue and j. Dacey. Lev. Western senior la Connolly real estate 115 310 0-11 13 i Flor mar industries too 005 0�? 5 8 5 Schrieber and Randall Steinmetz Archer and Johnson Ensig. Bristol twp National la Bristol Moose 355 813�?25 22 0 Rolle Rama 023 Ooin 6 4 5 Heath and Caucci Lebonte and Bowen. Or Matovich by lev. Pacific la Joe s pizza 003 oooo 3 7 2 five Point flying a a Quot 003 60x�? 9 13 i Becker Mcquade and Mcquade b. Brett Mcgowan and Taft Kalmus. Or Mcgowan Borsos a Bristol Borough la Rohm amp Haas 240 130�?10 to 0 Auto boys 201 021�? 4 4 2 Fanini and Dipaolo f. Saxton Roe and Seneca. St. Ann s Oil too 2 4 0 Deluca s 013 03x�? 7 to 0 Mcconomy Coles and Parr gots Aben and Camilucci Dougherty. Or Dempsey a lev. National la Bristol truck too 210�? 3 5 i Angelo s 010 oooo i 4 0 Lawton and Fischera Manera and Swerdlow. I Vitton at Bristol adult softball Bensalem twp. Marty at Strick it it. One behind Plant Ashton at Bozo a Penndel memorial Bristol Boro Bristol consolidated is. St. Annas Moose is. Perotti a cames at Bristol memorial l. Bucks Myca Calvary Baptist is Christ lutheran a amp a Trinity lutheran is. North Minster Emerson Bethel ame is. Langhorne methodist Langhorne l. Bucks Industrial Bridgewater bar is Soh a Ai s Morrisville High Vul co is. Owen Illinois Ouen Illinois . Steel is shop rite Silver Lake Meenan Oil is. Federal steel de Haas Fairless works sinter Plant is. Centi Al a Nten Anoe Union Central lab is. Open Hearth Falls lower Southampton american meter is. Terry soil meter Feasterville pharmacy is. Reedman motors Nesh Aminy 6 50 . Lil erty Bell is. Hilltop a a. Southampton 8 05 . 6 pm 6 30 . 6 30 6 30 . 8 . 6 30 . 6 30 . 6 to . 6 30 . 6 30 . 6 30 . 6 30 . 6 . 6 . 6 50 tomorrow costs no More than an Ordinary Muffler guaranteed against rust out Wear out i blow out for As Long As you own your car free 15 minute installation phone for estimate too on 0�? 2 7 0 Penn Valley Sand and gravel Middletown refuse removal too too 0�?023 Decker and Hughes Linnehan and Monkhouse or Hughes pm h. C. Tractor Eastern appliance Gross Bonczyk up and Griffith. And 012 010 4 5 i 002 030�? 5 8 i granding pick 3-3113 shop a Rama i huh Levittown Middletown refuse removal 410 303 0�?11 15 4 Tony and Santo s pizza Ooi too 0�?1 3 4 Morrin and Monkhouse Connolly Miller and Clarke. Fairless Hills la u. S. W. 4889 too 131�? 6 7 3 Fairless Hills fire co. Ooi 08x-10 8 3 Mason White and Gilbert Perez and Winters. Major Oil too How 2 3 i Meenan Oil 233 oooo 8 4 2 Rakoczy Demi and c. Miscko Campbell and Murray Gallagher. American legion baseball Morrisville at Merchon vow 6 Newtown at Hilltop 6 . Adult softball Bensalem twp. Mareks at Strick it. One behind Plant 6 30 Bristol Boro Bonous is Ahks 6 30 Perotti svs. Hibernian 8 games at Bristol memorial 8 l. Bucks Myca Levittown presbyterian is. Resurrection Emerson 6 30 Langhorne methodist is. Ann Carmichael Langhorne 6 30 Trinity lutheran is Calvary Baptist de Haas 6 30 . L. Bucks police Cornwells Heights at state 6 15 Bensalem at Middletown 6 15 new port v Ille at Bristol to p. 6 15 p. In Southampton at Hulmeville 615 . Fairless works Kern s United is. Production planning Union 6 . Tullytown tavern is. Puss no boots Falls 6 . Leaders National league g. A r. La. Pet. Colman Cirl 33 112 14 42 .375 Aaron Mil 40 151 28 51 .338 Torre Mil 43 155 25 51 .329 Clendenon Pitt 49 183 33 60 .328 k ran Pool by 50 175 22 57 .326 , of 51 213 37 69 .324 Allen Phil 49 185 36 60 .324 Mccovy of 49 167 34 54 .323 Mays of 51 180 38 58 .322 Bolling Mil 39 131 17 42 .321 american league l. A r. Ii. Pet. Horton Del 34 124 19 45 .363 Davilo Clev 43 160 19 56 .350 Mcaulife Dot 44 168 34 57 .339 Hall Minn 44 164 31 55 .335 Mantila bos 47 171 17 56 .327 Robson. Bait 32 123 18 39 .317 Wagner Clev 42 171 36 53 .310 Howard was 52 196 23 60 .306 Ward Chi 43 164 28 50 .305 Allison min 43 148 26 43 .293 Home runs league no Youv Market w in Pony win of Iii weekend Competition in the Levittown Pony league no was Market scored in every inning but one to pick up an 8-3 Victory Over the Ford Trae team. Lev. Pony league Chiovitt constables Oil too 4�? 6 4 2 Cesare s pizza 400 202 x 8 9 2 Shein and Conti Demi Chadwick j. Sherlock Considine and Wahl n. Sherlock Ford tractor no Way Market Sosin and Swope Smith Ooi 010 1-222 Oil a Hughes 3 9 3 i 8 la 0 and d. Quot All i said was show me a filter that delivers the taste and ill eat my Graham Hill out Mallory Park England up a recent Monaco grand prix titlist Graham Hill the leading Auto Driver in this years world championship standings sunday was a Surprise entry at the whist son Holiday Auto meet but had to withdraw after winning his heat when his car developed engine trouble. Try new Lucky strike filters proud of a it of t4.tr a n or Muirty Mays Western savings Ceasar s Laird and Hartman Felt and j. Shenefelt. 003 035�?11 9 0 too 102 3 i i Mills Shene 11 shops throughout phila., Abington Norristown Springfield also Camden Burlington Woodbury . A of Ever a replacement is needed you pay nothing for the Muffler Only service charge. For Day amp Nite too Gal. Fuel Oil delivery Pirolli fuel Oil co. Inc. I 5-0600 lev. American la Rickey s restaurant 300 too oooo 4 4 2 Renie s pizza 400 too 001�? 5 8 2 p. Lewandowski Eichoff and g. Lewandowski Gallagher Mizuki Burns and o Malley. Lev. National minor league Chapman realty 8, Windsor pharmacy 2 Eastern apply e 30, Windsor pharmacy 3 Bristol Borough minor league knights of Columbus 15, Bristol Moose 14 Bab Ruth Lin Scoras a. Sports. Sports on television tuesday Channel 9 baseball a giants is. Mets 7 55 . Channel la Auto race a highlights of Indianapolis 500 8 . Channel la baseball a Yankees is. Athletics 9 . National giants 17 Mccovey giants 13 Torre braves Callison phils and Mathews braves All 12. American league a Howard. Senators la Horton tigers la Conigliaro red sox Thomas. Red sox colavito. Indians Hall twins and Oliva twins Allio. Runs batted in National league a Banks j cubs 45 Mccovey giants 39.1 Johnson reds Mays giants and Mathews braves All 36. American league a Mantilla red sox 44 Howard senators 40 Oliva to ins 36 colavito indians 34 Thomas red sox Kazine tigers and Versalles twins All 31. Pitching National league Ellis reds 9-2 Jay reds 4-1 Farrel astros 4-1. Drysdale dodgers 10-3 Veale pirates 6-2. American league a Pascual twins 7-0 Grant twins 5-0 Fisher White sox 5-1 Buz Hardt White sox 4-1 Lozieh tigers 7-2. Money no need to put it off for another year. Take a trip enjoy a rest. And let us help. We lend millions of dollars to thousands of people for hundreds of different reasons. To us enjoying a we Learned vacation is reason enough. $25 to $3500 vacation ? take up to 48 months to repay. Capital companies life insurance available on All Loans Loans below $600 by capital finance corp. And Loans above $600 by capital consumer discount co. Middletown shopping Center Woodbourne re. And East Lincoln Highway pm Windsor 3-3700, Langhorne
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