Braves Sweep Giants in San Francisco Doubleheader
Milwaukee Braves sweep two from San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park to tighten NL pennant race. Eddie Mathews and Gene Oliver hit three-run homers as Tony Cloninger (12-11) wins opener and Oliver homers in nightcap. Willie Mays and Willie McCovey homer for Giants. Giants fall 4 1/2 games behind Phillies with five games left.
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Milwaukee Braves
Braves
San Francisco Giants
Candlestick Park
Eddie Mathews
Gene Oliver
Milwaukee
Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Frank Lary
New York Mets
Bob Tiefenauer
Lary
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey
Oliver
Bob Hendley
Menke
Mathews
Alou
Tony Cloninger
Hendley
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Baseball and standings update from Saturday to Tuesday
National League and American League scoreboard roundup with team records and recent results. Highlights include wins by New York, Baltimore, Detroit, and Minnesota, plus schedule notes for Tuesday games and twi night clashes.
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Chicago
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Houston
Houiiston
Power Jackie Smith Win Golf Links Honor
Perry Power and Jackie Smith won low gross honors in the Mixed Two Ball golf event held Saturday at the Monroe Country Club. Ken Schneider and Jenny Franklin, Gwen Fenton and Ken Smith tied for low net honors. Other prize winners included Clarencé Franklin and Shirley as low putts, Robert Bus and Margarite Schneider, high putts, Ed Mueller and Mildred Kubly, high gross, Ed Adam and Ila Grendahl, low total on No. 1, Alvin Kubly and Ann Mueller, low total on No. 9.
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Perry Power
Jackie Smith
Monroe Country Club
Ken Schneider
Jenny Franklin
Gwen Fenton
Ken Smith
Clarencé Franklin
Shirley
Robert Bus
Margarite Schneider
Ed Mueller
Mildred Kubly
Ed Adam
Ila Grendahl
Alvin Kubly
Ann Mueller
Slowpitch Play Ends Thursday Final Week of Action
The final week of regular slowpitch action at Twining Park begins with key matchups this week. Commissioner John Prien says the tournament starts Monday Aug 24 with games announced for next week. In Open League Hubers and HC face Martins while a Hubers loss and Heeren Coplien win could tie standings. In Classic Wisconsin Power and Light must play White Haven. Chalet Cheese can clinch Minor League with a win over Baumgartners who stand 2-9. Tonight features EUB No II vs Firemen 7 p.m., Milwaukee Cheese vs Eagles No II 8 p.m., Wisconsin Liquid Feed vs Grace Lutheran 9 p.m.. tomorrow Chalet Cheese vs Baumgartners 8 p.m., Swiggums vs Eagles No 1 8 p.m., The Office vs Hubers 9 p.m.
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John Prien
Hubers
Heeren-Coplien
Martins
Wisconsin Power and Light
White Haven
Chalet Cheese
Baumgartners
Firemen
Milwaukee Cheese
Eagles
Wisconsin Liquid Feed
Grace Lutheran
Eagles No. 1
the Office
One-Hitters Spark Home Talent League Season End
Schliem and Butts threw one hitters as New Glarus and Viota led yesterday's Southern section action ending the season. Ridgeway clinched the crown. Argyle and Woodford tied for second at 4-2.
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Jerry Schliem
Viota
Jack Butts
New Glarus
Ridgeway
Argyle
Woodford
Blanchardville
Dodge-Point
Hollandale
Wiota
Léo Marti
Ken Schuetz
Sam Schuler
Pete Liddicoat
Dodge Point
Liddicoat
Dick Bollerud
Schliem
Bollerud
Duane Wilde
Jonesdale Girls Win Pecatonica League Tourney In Dramatic Finish
Jonesdale rallied for two runs in the seventh on Betty Weinbrenner’s homer Diane Hansen’s single and two Belmont errors to beat Belmont 11 10 in the Pecatonica Girls Softball League final Linda Weinbrenner got the win in relief Belmont’s Jean Kliebenstein took the loss Rita Kanak homered for Belmont Benton edged Darlington 12 11 for consolation honors Mary Carter hit a game winning homer and Charnelle Murray added a two run shot for Benton Marie Brink earned the victory
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Jonesdale
Betty Weinbrenner
Diane Hansen
Belmont
Pecatonica
Linda Weinbrenner
Jean Kliebenstein
Rita Kanak
Benton
Darlington
Mary Carter
Charnelle Murray
Marie Brink
Dodgers' Koufax Tosses Seventh Shutout of Season
Sandy Koufax pitches a 3-0 opening win over St. Louis, earning his 19th victory and fanning 13 while allowing seven hits. Curt Flood collects four straight singles against Koufax in the opener and adds four more in the nightcap before striking out in the ninth.
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Dodgers
St. Louis
Curt Flood
Cardinals
Koufax
White Sox Center pennant race with Yankees and Orioles in Chicago
The White Sox host a four game series with the New York Yankees and then a four game set with the Baltimore Orioles as the AL pennant race intensifies in Chicago. Attendance could push Sox total past one million for the season.
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White Sox
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Baltimore Orioles
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Boston
Red Sox
al Lopez
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Berra
Hank Bauer
Oriole
Action Launched In Golf Tourney
A field of 209 players, including 135 amateurs, entered the Wisconsin Open at Tripoli Country Club in Milwaukee. Notables Mafinel de la Torre and Tommy Veech were co favorites. Veech posted three under par 68 in tuneups with Dadian and Waystedt close behind, while Milward led the pro am with a 61 best ball score.
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Tripoli Country Club
Mafinel de la Torre
Tommy Veech
Menomonee Falls
Bobby Brue
Chicago
Wisconsin
de la Torre
Veech
Jim Milward
Jay Lohmiller
Shawano
Dave Penn
Madison
Lohmiller
Archie Dadian
Lou Warobick
Manitowoc
Ralph Schlicht
Don Iverson
la Crosse
Tommy Puls
Barron
Dadian
Carl Waystedt
Milward
Bob Johnson
Clarence Bethke
George Olney
Jones records fair race win at Wisconsin State Fair Park
Parnelli Jones of Torrance California won the 150 mile late model race at Wisconsin State Fair Park. He led almost every lap at an average speed of 91.647 mph in a 1964 Mercury, earning 3595. Lloyd Ruby finished second one lap behind. Bill Lutz, Len Sutton, Ruby again, and Rodger Ward rounded the top five. Three cars were eliminated after an accident in the northeast turn. drivers Don White Rich Kirch and Bob Marshman escaped injury.
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Parnelli Jones
Torrance
Calif
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Jones
Lloyd Ruby
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ruby
Bill Lutz
Chicago
Ford
Len Sutton
Portland
Ore
Rodger Ward
Indianapolis
Don White
Keokuk
Iowa
Rich Kirch
Bobby Marshman
Pottstown
Hughes Scores Win Over Argyle
Hughes Mobile Homes defeated Argyle All-Stars 12 2 at Argyle. Winning pitcher Dick Witt fanned nine and walked one while allowing four hits. Hughes hitters included Richard Ammon with three hits and a homer, Hermie Huber three doubles, and Richard Boerk a double and triple. Argyle’s Dean Johnson hit a homer and Gary Carpenter a triple.
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Argyle All-Stars
Argyle
Dick Witt
Richard Ammon
Hermie Huber
Richard Boerk
Gary Brewer
Ken Wyss
Paul Witt
Dean Johnson
Gary Carpenter
Mike Ritschard
Bosture
Milwaukee bowler wins pro women’s tournament in Pontiac
Jean nette Bopp of Milwaukee captured the professional women bowlers title in Pontiac with a 199 single game. She earned 1100 dollars in prize money for the victory.
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Mich
Jeannette Bopp
Milwaukee
Packers Post 34-10 Triumph
The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 34-10 in the Bishop's Charities game before 42,327 at Milwaukee. Bart Starr engineered an 87-yard third quarter drive for the lead, with Paul Hornung scoring 10 points including two field goals and a 56-yard TD pass to Boyd Dowler. Other standouts were Dave Hanner, Frank Mestnik, and Zeke Bratkowski.
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Bart Starr
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Dave Hanner
Frank Mestnik
Zeke Bratkowski
Starr
Hazel Green Topples Kieler In Pecatonia League Clash
Hazel Green defeated Kieler 4-2 as division leaders clashed in the Pecatonia Baseball League. Kieler holds a half game lead in the East, while Hazel Green sits two games ahead in the West after Benton’s 12-2 five inning win over Menominee. East Dubuque moved within a half game of Kiefer after Lancaster forfeited, and Belmont beat Galena 8-6 with four runs in the ninth.
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Pecatonia
Benton
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Lancaster
Kiefer
Belmont
Galena
Fultons Folly Steamboat Voyage Marks 1807 Event
On August 17 1807 Robert Fulton’s paddle wheel steamer Claremont completed the first practical American steamboat voyage from New York to Albany and back. The feat followed earlier trials and earned the vessel the nickname Fultons Folly.
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Britain
Wendell Willkie
Elwood
Ind
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Formosa
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Fulbright Warns Goldwater Conscience May Trigger Risky Change
Senator J William Fulbright says Barry Goldwater remains conservative but possesses an unruly conscience that could drive risky shifts in national life. He ridicules Goldwaters stances in a Senate speech and quotes from Conscience of a Conservative to warn of potential alarming directives.
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Barry Goldwater
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Goldwater
Senate
Arizona
UW-M Proposes Four Skyscraper Dormitory Strategy
Milwaukee campus planners at UW-Milwaukee present a plan for four 18 to 24 story buildings to serve an expected 22 000 students by 1975. One 24 story tower would adjoin the Student Union with a 20 story dormitory for about 500. Two dormitories would rise on the former Milwaukee Downer site and a fourth building attached to the physics and engineering complex would house academic programs in applied science and engineering. Costs were not estimated. dorms would be financed by student fees and parking income.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UW Board of Regents
Uw-M
Milwaukee-Downer College
Platform hearings set by Democrats in 1964 race
Rep. Carl B. Albert leads the Democratic Platform Committee planning sessions in Washington and Atlantic City with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Adlai Stevenson among witnesses. He says the platform will reflect 1964 as a mid twentieth century moment and affirm strong defenses, growth, and justice. Governor George Wallace is listed as a late Friday witness in Atlantic City.
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Democratic Platform Committee
Carl B. Albert
Oklahoma
Johnson
Albert
Atlantic City
Dean Rusk
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
William Foster
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Democratic Party
Alabama
George Wallace
NRA Supervised Army Rifle Sales Under Scrutiny
Since 1959 the Army sold 539267 rifles and guns to the National Rifle Association and spent at least 12 million on arming civilians. Rep Henry Gonzalez accuses the service of arming the Minutemen a militant group training for likely guerrilla combat against a Communist takeover. The Army denies weapons reach unscrupulous hands.
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Army
National Rifle Association
NRA
Henry B. Gonzalez
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United States
Oshkosh Eclipses Wausau in Wisconsin Fast Pitch Final
Eau Claire won the Wisconsin fast pitch softball championship by defeating Wausau 3-0 Sunday. Tex Books struck out 15 batters as Wausau was blanked in a seven inning windup of the annual tournament.
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Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Wausau
Tex Books
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