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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1967
Page
18
Ohio State magazine pieces present educator perspectives on intercollegiate sports. An assistant dean says the current program conflicts with higher education goals while an OSU staffer notes athletic activity factors into Rhodes Scholar selection.
A staff member argues that athletic events draw influential observers to Ohio State and generate funds that support campus facilities like the golf course. He notes scholarships funded by football and basketball profits benefit deserving students, citing coach Marty Karow’s defense of athletic scholarships as earned by the athletes.
KAROW defends scholarships while a University official urges elimination. Critics argue physical education is fine but professional excesses and the pressure to win corrupt athletics. They say athletics should be recreation with no focus on winning, yet the Bucks draw 82,000 fans as Woody Hayes endures the dispute.
The Chicago White Sox announce a privately funded 50 million sports complex on 50 acres of air rights land near Dearborn Street station. It would include a 46 000 seat baseball park an arena for basketball and hockey with 15 000 seats and a 60 000 capacity football soccer stadium. Possible tenants include the Cubs Bears and Bulls. Comiskey Park would become industrial research centers tied to IIT. Parking for 10 000 to 11 000 cars.
Yesterday's Stars report Jim Wynn hit three solo homers for Houston in a 6-2 victory over San Francisco. Mel Stottlemyre pitched five hit shutout innings as the Yankees defeated Washington 2-0.
Arnold Palmer pursues the U S Open win with two strokes to make up as amateur Marty Fleckman opens a three under par 67 and leads a star studded field at Baltusrol. Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus chase the front runner amid rain delays and a crowded leaderboard.
Los Angeles AP Mel Queen the Reds top win leader will start tonight as Cincinnati seeks to regain stride after losing two of three to the Mets. The Reds lead the NL over St. Louis by one game as Bill Singer aims to steady the lineup after 21 hits yielded just nine runs in the Mets series. Queen is 7-1 on the season.
National League results include Los Angeles 5 Chicago 0 and Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2. Houston 6 San Francisco 2. Upcoming games feature Chicago at New York, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, St Louis at San Francisco, Cincinnati at Los Angeles, Atlanta at Houston.
The Orioles slumped toward the AL second division after a 6-5 11th inning loss to Kansas City. Boog Powell hit a sixth homer. Dave Johnson Andy Etchebarron and Brooks Robinson drove in runs as Baltimore led before KC tied it in the eighth and won with Jackson's RBI single in the 11th.
Eddie Mathews praised Wynn after he became the first player to hit three homers in a major league game in Houston’s Astro dome. Wynn’s trio powered a 6-2 Houston win over San Francisco, tying a season mark with 14 homers. He recalled considering a bunt on the second strike but swung for the fence instead.
Mickey Wright leads 45 professional women golfers entering the Milwaukee Jaycee Open aiming for consecutive victories this season after a win at the Bluegrass Invitational. Kathy Whitworth and Marilynn Smith pose the strongest challenge as Wright and Smith each own two prior victories.
Claude Raymond can travel in uniform tonight after being traded from the Houston Astros to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Wade Blasingame. The Braves face Raymond’s former team in Houston in a three game series opening tonight. Other trades sent Jim King from Washington to Chicago for Ed Stroud and moved Woody Held and Roger Repoz to the Angels and Royals respectively. Raymond, 30, from St. Jean Quebec, has four losses this season and a 7-5 record in 1966. Blasingame is 1-2 this year after going 3-7 with a 5.29 ERA last season.
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