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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1964
Page
8
Willie Mays led the San Francisco Giants to back to back victories over Cincinnati. He drove in the lone run in Saturdays 1-0 win and then tallied four hits in Sundays 7-5 triumph, boosting the team with his strong weekend performance.
NL leaders Philadelphia 66 62 San Francisco 64 47 Cincinnati 61 54 Pittsburgh 59 50 St Louis 58 52 Milwaukee 55 34 Los Angeles 52 57 Chicago 52 57 Houston 48 42 New York 47 43 San Francisco beat Cincinnati 7 5 while Philadelphia shut out New York 6 0. Giants' Mays publicized hot stretch and Phillies' Bunning pitched well. Pagliaroni homered for Pirates. Lemaster, Sadecki won for Milwaukee and St Louis respectively.
Willie Mays of the Giants slugged his 32nd homer plus a double and two singles, driving in three runs, scoring twice and stealing two bases in a 7-5 victory over Cincinnati. Al Downing of the Yankees earned the win in a 2-1 opener against Baltimore. Orioles won the nightcap 4-2.
Don Johnson of Los Angeles stopped Marius Morales of Puerto Rico in a lightweight bout. Frankie Narvarez of New York defeated Bob Scanlon of San Francisco by decision.
In Kingston Jamaica Percy Bayles stopped Dave Hilton of Canada in the lightweight division while Bunny Grant outpointed Alfred Urbina of Mexico. Kid Bassey of Jamaica outpointed Sugar Cuff of Miami in a lightweight contest.
The Armco Triangles meet International Harvester of Springfield in the district semi finals tonight for a shot at the state Industrial USA Tournament. They arrive on the strength of two wins this week, including a 22 1 victory over Springfield Local behind Tom Abell two hit pitching. Inland Steel of Dayton fell 23 46 while Adkins hit two homers and Bill Marstall and Les Hirschach added power in the openers.
Gun Bow, aged 4, extended his lead in the handicap division with a 10 length Whitney victory at Saratoga and a 12 length win in the Brooklyn Handicap. He boosted earnings to $412,412 this season after a $35,295 purse, with syndication steps toward a $1 million deal. Bold Lad, Kelso rivalries, and Tasmah’s Arlington success color the season as the debate for Horse of the Year intensifies.
Allen of Orlando staved off a late rally by Jack Biondolillo of Houston to win the Canadian Open Bowling Tournament by four pins. His 16 game total of 8,838 earned $8,000 and made him the leading money winner on the PBA circuit with $24,728 in earnings.
A sound color film of the 1964 Masters Golf Tournament will be shown at the Rotary Club luncheon at Manchester Motor Inn. The 40 minute feature will be the sole program item.
San FranciscoAP reports Browns end Gary Collins was injured in a freak warmup accident when he gashed his left hand after colliding with a photographer. He later dropped several passes in the exhibition game against the 49ers.
Greenfield Ohio AP reports Dale Allen 31 an alumnus of Greenfield McClain and OSU graduate was named the new head basketball coach at Greenfield High. He succeeds George Barnes who resigned to take industrial employment after serving as assistant coach.
The United States eyes its best Olympic women’s track showing in years as Edith McGuire leads a deep team from Tennessee State and others like Marilyn Brown Willye White Martha Watson qualify across sprints and relays at Randall’s Island trials with 19 athletes in 20 spots.
The Pee Wee League seeks 150 additional players to reach 650 total after 500 signed up in three Saturdays of registration. Registration runs 4 to 6 p.m. daily this week at Smith Park to fill the leagues.
The United States clinched the Stevens Cup by winning the final two singles matches in Newport Rhode Island, completing a 5 0 sweep over India in the men 45 and older tennis event.
Baseball owners begin the search for a replacement for Ford Frick as they convene for their annual summer meetings. The executive council will outline screening procedures, with committees to report back by the December meetings. Names like Joe Cronin, Kenneth Keating, and Robert Cannon are discussed as potential candidates.
The Orioles won 4 2 to 2 1 in a four game set at Yankee Stadium as Baltimore pulled two games ahead of New York in the AL race. Al Downing saved the first game for the Yankees while Baltimore swept Friday and Saturday. The White Sox trail by 1 1 games after split with Boston.
A compilation of leaders in batting with 250 at bats across players like Clemente Williams Oliva and Yastrzemski and pitching marks led by Koufax and Marichal. Additional sections show runs, RBIs, hits, doubles and triples with top figures from Mays Oliva and Brock Aparicio among others.
White Sox at Comiskey Park for the first time in eight tries. Cleveland’s Sonny Siebert and two firemen shut out Minnesota in the opener and Dick Howser hit a three run homer. All seven Indians runs were unearned due to four Twins errors. Jim Kaat pitched a four hitter for the Twins in the nightcap and Frank Kostro drove in all the runs with a single and a two run homer.
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