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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1967
Page
3
South Africa’s Bob Verwey shot an eight under 62 at Colonial Country Club Memphis to set a course record on day one of sectional U S Open qualifying. Ed Furgol faltered with 76 77 for 153 totals at two New York courses as big names chase spots for Baltusrol.
The Ladies Summer League reports team records and top scorers. Grannies-Cole led with 442 and 398 by J Deans while Go Go Mamas posted a 3-1 tally. Sand Burrs and Once In A While also show wins and player scores. Tigers and Jiving Five competed with multiple high games across matches.
The Boys League schedule lists games across Tuesday to Thursday with matchups including Peoples vs Sarris Legion vs G E West Auto vs Linton Iron Citizens vs Elks Sarris vs G E and Legion vs Peoples with times 5 p m 6 p m and 8 15 p m across the days.
The schedule shows five p.m. games for L and M at Linton Bloomfield at Worthing ton Central at Eastern and Crane at Shakamak. Evening matchups include 7:30 p.m. games: Central at L and M Shakamak at Bloomfield and Eastern at Crane.
Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates is selected as National League player of the month after batting .400 with 29 RBIs in May. Juan Marichal of San Francisco finished second, with catcher Tom Haller third.
In his Washington debut, 24 year old Mike Epstein, Bronx born and ex Orioles, hits a line single and a two run homer off Thad Tillotson. Despite his strong start, the Yankees win 4 2 as Tom Tresh and Mickey Mantle homer. Epstein jokes about walking on water to ease dugout tension.
The Linton Miners captured the sectional title at Shakamak to become the first sectional winner under the IHSAA baseball tournament. They will meet Gerstmeyer of Terre Haute in the regional at Brazil Saturday after a 6 to 4 comeback over Bloomfield. Ed Inman earned the win with three innings of relief, while Bud Hayes started for Bloomfield.
Regional pairings for the Indiana state tournament were announced after Monday night title games across 13 centers. The schedule lists 64 sectionals and highlights the next weekend regional games narrowing 400-plus teams toward the Sweet Sixteen with matchups in Beech Grove, Brazil, Columbia City, Columbus, East Chicago, Franklin, Gary Wirt, Jasper, Jeffersonville, Lafayette, Madison Heights, Manchester, North Central, Richmond, South Bend, and South Spencer.
Mantle belted his 508th career homer to power the Yankees past Washington 4 2 while Epstein debuted with a first major league round tripper for the Senators. Epstein called it a real privilege to start where Gehrig stood. A day of other AL and NL games followed with Tigers, White Sox, Dodgers, and Astros posting wins.
Dick Barnett, eight year NBA veteran, who sat out 14 games last season with a torn Achilles tendon, has signed his 1967 68 contract with the New York Knicks.
Arnold Palmer leads the PGA official winnings with 91 213 dollars as of this year while not playing the Memphis Open. Gay Brewer, 281, drops to second with 69 805 dollars. Boros, Sanders, Leard follow in the top five. Palmer also has unofficial winnings totaling 8 012 dollars for a national total of 99 225 dollars.
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