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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
14
Dave McNally started for the Orioles and was relieved by Stock in the sixth inning as the game progressed.
Rookie Tony delivered a strong start with two hits and a grand slam power drive helping Minnesota erase a late deficit. The Twins exploded for five runs in the sixth inning to take control, while Oliva extended his hot streak with 18 hits in 31 at bats over seven games.
Alderson led with 50 points to win the ninth grade division in a junior high trek meet at Monterey. Hutchinson trailed as runners posted scores in a low final tally.
The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators 9 to 6 as Tom Tresh delivered a pinch hit single for the tie breaking run in the seventh. Joe Pepitone Elston Howard and Don Downing sparked a late rally with five runs in the third and a decisive ninth inning push. Peter Mikkelsen earned his first major league win in relief.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a sports wire card listing multiple teams and venues from Chicago Los Angeles Boston Washington New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh with scattered scores and notes on races and schedules. Key entities include McBride Kenssa City Marichal Las Vegas and Marichal-40. Several lines are garbled but suggest evening games and race mentions without full details.
Wilson Junior High surged to 81 points to win the ninth grade division at Chapman Park. Matthews led the eighth-grade division with 62 percent of points. Other events listed include pole vault and 440 yard dash results with athletes like Atkins, Rowe, Haney and Smith among the top finishers. The report also notes a separate golf championship update from New York, with the U S Open set for Congressional Country Club in Washington D C and about 2 300 golfers involved.
In New York the Mets rally as Tim Harkness hits a two run homer off Jim Maloney and Al Jackson. Johnny Edwards belts his first homer, cutting the Reds margin to 2 runs in the seventh after a stretch of three hits.
Pittsburgh trailed after Roberto Clemente’s two run homer but Curt Sira and the Cardinals with relief from Roger Craig held on to win 4-2. Charles James and others contributed singles while Bill Mazeroski extended a hit streak with a seventh inning triple. Pirates manager Dafiny Murtaigh was ejected in the eighth for arguing a call at first.
In Accra Ghana the world featherweight bout between Sugar Ramos and Floyd Robertson was postponed from last week as Ramos seeks more acclimatization. Analysts say Robertson’s chances rise if the match goes beyond ten rounds and the Ghanaian is currently under 126 pounds after stopping sparring last Saturday.
Dunbar won both ends of a junior high track meet on Thursday afternoon. The eighth-grade division scored 1 point to win and the ninth-grade division topped 89 points for a clear victory. Notable performances included relay and sprint events featuring Dunbar athletes.
Dalton Jones and Tony Coniglio hit two-run homers guiding the Boston Red Sox to a 7 2 win over Detroit. Jones added a fifth hit in the series, Dick Stuart delivered a bases loaded RBI single in the seventh, and a Detroit error helped Boston pull away.
A sixth inning tying run came on Carl Yastrzemski's sacrifice. Ed Bregsoud singled, extending his hitting streak to four games. Boston continued its recent success with hits in three straight games in 1963. Italy reports a 41.9 billion GNP for last year, up 5.7 percent from 1962.
Unclear text fragment mentions Baldschun and Mahaffey with a home run and first RBI in a likely baseball context. Names and details are garbled but indicate a game recap involving Philadelphia area teams and a notable homer.
Montreal AP reports Ken Wharram of the Chicago team won the 1963-64 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s most gentlemanly player. Wharram played all 70 Hawke games, posted 39 goals and 32 assists, with only 18 minutes in penalties.
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