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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1965
Page
25
Volunteers dubbed Project 601 dig in at Jacot Park to build an Opti-Derby track. Donald Cox notes 600-plus man hours and 32 000 yards of earth moved, with $3 000 in donated labor. Local firms supply diesel oil and culvert work as Armco volunteers join Founder's Day effort.
Cincinnati topped Pittsburgh 10 to 1 while Los Angeles shut out San Francisco 9 to 0. Houston defeated Chicago 11 to 6 and New York beat Milwaukee 4 to 2 as standings show Chicago leading with 14 wins and 6 losses, Minnesota 12-7 and Los Angeles 13-9 with late results noted.
Workers and engineers collaborate to design a deployable electronic starting gate for the ramp at Jacot Park. Hugh Cook notes a modern gate, Cox’s team uses computer analysis to verify grade safety for desired speeds, and soil from a contractor supports grass growth. The project involves multiple clubs and plants with broad cooperation.
In St Paul Minneapolis play, Jimmie Hall hit a two run homer and Harmon Killebrew added a run later as Minnesota beat Chicago 4 to 1. Jim Grant pitched a complete game for the Twins, scattering seven hits while striking out six. Zoilo Versalles tied the game with a sacrifice fly setting up Hall’s homer.
The main project creates a practice and race track for derby cars with by products such as winter sled use and amateur skiing. Land moves and drainage will allow two baseball diamonds and possibly two tennis courts. Landscaping is led by the Men's Horticultural Society and Kiwanis Club, targeting June 15 completion. The key issue is blacktopping cost, but Cox has a low bid and will not delay use this year.
Milwaukee with Cloninger and Carroll faces New York with Jackson and Bearworth while Houston meets Chicago anchored by Ellsworth and Buhl. Los Angeles visits San Francisco as Koufax starts against Marichal, and Cincinnati travels to Pittsburgh with Jay. St Louis visits Philadelphia as Sadecki pitches. In the American League Detroit meets Baltimore as Pappas vs Larsen until Barber, Cleveland at Boston, Chicago at Minnesota, New York at Washington, and Kansas City at Los Angeles.
George Knudson carded a par 70 to hold a one stroke lead after 54 holes of the Colonial National Invitational in Fort Worth Texas. He began shaky with bogeys on three of the first five holes but birdied the 8th 11th and 12th to reach 209 one under par, ahead of Tony Lema and Bruce Crampton.
Kaline hit leadoff homer in 15th to lift Detroit to a 4 3 victory over Baltimore. Johnson homer accounted for Baltimore's late scoring. Aguirre, Rakow, Sherry, Gladding, Fox, Hall, McNally and Miller pitched. Adair error ends streak. Freehan involved in key plays.
Ron Swoboda drove in all New York runs with two home runs as the Mets defeated the Milwaukee Braves 4 to 2. Swoboda hit a 400 foot shot off Denny Lemaster in the first and connected again in the sixth off Phil Niekro, his 6th and 7th of the season. Jack Fisher earned the win, Eddie Mathews homered for Milwaukee, and Dennis Ribant closed for New York.
Lewiston Maine will host the May 25 heavyweight title fight after a legal switch from Boston. The Youth Center venue seats about 6000 and ticket prices range from 25 to 150 dollars. Promoters cite Lewiston's proximity to Boston though Portland and Bangor were larger. An influx of outsiders including 400 reporters is anticipated, with limited hotel capacity as the town lacks remaining hotels after a torn down one.
In a Major League minor league slate by the Associated Press, Denver topped Indianapolis 10 to 1 in the Pacific Coast League while Jacksonville beat Rochester 6 to 5 and Toronto defeated Toledo 4 to 1 in the International League. Atlanta routed Syracuse 4 to 3.
The New York Yankees routed the Washington Senators 7-3 as Joe Pepitone hit his first homer of the season in a five-run first inning. Clete Boyer added a two-run shot in the seventh, and Jim Bouton earned the win in a game where Washington starter Pete Richert struggled in the early innings.
Houston Astros slugged three homers in an 11-6 win over the Chicago Cubs. Rookie Larry Dierker notched his first major league victory after relieving Don Nottebart in the fifth. Rusty Staub Jim Wynn and Joe Morgan homered as Houston piled up 18 hits. Ernie Banks and George Altman homered for Chicago. Banks drove in 29th RBI aboard.
Boston overcame Cleveland 15 runs to 1 in six-run second inning sparked by two-run doubles from Monbouquette and Mantilla and a Conigliaro three-run homer. Cleveland errors fueled six Boston scores as Alvis added a homer for the Indians. Whitfield and Wagner homered for Cleveland.
Deron Johnson hit a three run homer as Cincinnati exploded for five runs in the fourth inning. Pete Rose and Vada Pinson fueled a 16 hit attack, driving Jim Maloney to win for the Reds. Donn Clendenon and Willie Stargell produced Pittsburgh's lone run. Frank Robinson sat out with hand injury. Joey Jay to start next.
Don Drysdale pitched a three hitter and added two hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Francisco 9 to 0 for their fifth straight win. He tripled and scored on Maury Wills bunt single in the fourth, started a two run seventh with a single, while Willie Mays left after the sixth with a headshake after crashing into the fence on Drysdale’s drive. Wills had three singles, three steals, three runs and an RBI.
Marion Ohio AP Jim Sutton a 6 2 forward from Hamilton Garfield High School was added to the South roster for the North South High school cage classic in Marion June 26 He will represent District 15 replacing Dennis Meadors Dayton Stebbins injured The original alternate Rick Fowler Hamilton Taft cannot play due to school schedules
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