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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1966
Page
12
Middletown Middies face a shortage of size 15 football shoes for a 6-5 250-pound sophomore. The storeroom has no such large cleats, last seen in 1949 with John Byrne. Stan Lewis seeks help from Glenn Ellison at Ohio State but finds no available pair.
An Ohio State aide learned of a Cleveland dealer with potential shoes. Ellison checked and found none but refinished three pairs for Oberlin College. The Oberlin coach said a traded newer pair might fit, and one refinished pair became available. Lewis hopes no additional pair is needed before season end.
Cincinnati. Dave Bristol, after leading the Reds since July 13, expresses confidence he will be back as manager next year, saying he deserves a new contract and is pleased with how he runs the club. The Reds split a doubleheader with the Mets 8-2 and 8-5 in 10 innings to gain sole sixth in the National League.
Orioles beat Yankees 54 74 in a doubleheader helping build lead and setting a 14 game magic number. Blair and Johnson sparked the offense with Blair homering and Johnson totaling five hits and three RBIs. Powell and Brooks Robinson struggled but Baltimore extended its advantage while Detroit fell to Washington.
The Rochester Red Wings clinched the 1966 International League pennant by beating Syracuse 10 7 on the season's final day to finish 13th in the standings and avoid a three way tie with Columbus and Toronto.
Irwin Peterson of Coon Rapids Minnesota and Ralph Sawyer of Oscoda Michigan won the 33rd annual canoe race from La Tuque to Trois-Rivieres by 15 seconds. They completed the 120 mile St Maurice River course in 13 hours 25 minutes 46 seconds in an international field of 28 canoes.
Billy Mehner of Portland won the Buckeye 100 midget race at the Ohio State Fair. The event was cut from 100 laps to 96 due to a crash. Mel Kenyon of Davenport was spun and struck. Kenyon was unhurt while John Batts was hospitalized for observation.
Yoshiaki Akasaka defeated Terry Flores on points in Tokyo at 152 pounds. Chico Santos stopped Larry Clark in Las Vegas at 140 pounds, with Santos improving to 13 percent.
National League leaders include Alou Atlanta with 197 hits and 105 runs while Aaron of Atlanta leads in RBIs with 106 and 37 homers. Pitching leaders show Re gan of Los Angeles with 12 decisions and .923 era. American League top bats are F Robinson Baltimore at .316 with 164 hits and 102 RBIs for Powell and F Robinson.
Center Ray Pryor and tackle Mike Current of the offensive unit and halfback John Fill of the defense were elected as captains of the 1966 Ohio State football squad.
Pirates Bill Mazeroski belted a grand slam on his 40th birthday as Pittsburgh routed Atlanta 13-5 in game one. In the nightcap Tony Cloninger held Pittsburgh to three hits as Atlanta won 7-5, narrowing the Pirates’ lead. Mazeroski added a third RBI and homers by Torre Aaron Mathews and Menke highlighted a busy day.
The schedule lists Monday games: Cincinnati at New York N Philadelphia at Chicago Atlanta at Pittsburgh Houston at St Louis San Francisco at Los Angeles and Wednesday San Francisco at Los Angeles. Monday results show Baltimore 5 7 New York 4 4 Chicago 7 Minnesota 4 Boston 5 1 Cleveland 1 3 Washington 6 4 Detroit 4 7 Kansas City 4 California 1 California at Kansas City N Chicago at Minnesota N Washington at Detroit N Boston at Cleveland N New York at Baltimore N Wednesday's Games x.
Toronto 10 Buffalo 7. Rochester 10 Syracuse 7. Columbus 7 Richmond 6 in 10 innings. Jacksonville 5 Toledo 1. Major league level play noted with multiple teams in action.
The list shows Indianapolis at 17-6 and Oklahoma City 8-1 while San Diego is 4-4 and Phoenix 1-7. Denver at 245 indicates a formatting error. Tulsa 0-4, Hawaii 3, Seattle 0 and Tacoma 4-5. Vancouver 1-3 Spokane 6 and Portland 4 round out the brief standings.
Larry Dierker of the Astros pitched five hits shutout as Houston beat St Louis 6-0 ending a nine game losing streak. Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates blasted two homers including a grand slam driving in six in a 13-5 win over Atlanta.
Pitcher Nick Willhite of Spokane in the Pacific Coast League was recalled by the Los Angeles Dodgers for the remainder of the National League season. He had a 10-12 record.
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