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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1966
Page
4
Sammy Ellis regained his spot in the Reds rotation and earned another win as Cincinnati crushed San Francisco 12 1 for their seventh straight victory. The win moved Cincinnati into a sixth place tie in the NL, with Ellis’ two straight wins fueling the hot stretch.
Ten teams from Mt Vernon and nearby towns enter the annual July 4 tournament at City Park with Frostie Montgomery Ward Merchants Double Cola General Radiator facing Ketterman’s Benton Carbondale Martin Oilers Salem IGA Whittington Herrin Senators. Top four trophies awarded.
Big John, the $4.20 favorite, defeats Style Setter by a nose in Roosevelt Raceway Invitational Trot as prep for next week's American Trotting Championship.
The Associated Press reports Johnny Duncan of Trinidad outpointed Ivelan Eastman of Guyana over ten rounds in Port of Spain Trinidad, with Duncan improving to 12944 and Eastman at 128 in the poundage card.
Frostie chalked up its eighth win defeating Merchants 51 as Bob Wallace belted a grand slam in the fifth inning and Fred Deichman added another Frostie run. Gene Howard earned the win, Clyde Tennyson took the loss. In the nightcap, Deanie Williams held Montgomery Ward to three singles while Whitey Fitzjerrells yielded six hits in defeat. Clifford Hawkins led the Colamen with two safeties.
Stan Smith, 20, of Pasadena, meets defending champion Roy Emerson in the Wimbledon fourth round. Emerson, top amateur and three-time title favorite, seeks a third straight crown. Smith says he won’t be nervous and recalls his prior match with Emerson in Orange, New Jersey. Dennis Ralston, Davis Cup hopeful, advanced in men’s singles. In women’s singles, five Americans reach the fourth round led by Billie Jean King and Nancy Richey, with Margaret Smith and Maria Bueno dominant in wins.
Charles Chamberlain reports from Chicago that the Western Open at Medinah unfolds with Billy Casper and Arnold Palmer in contention while two former University of Houston teammates Homero Blancas and Kermit Zarley share the lead at 140 after 36 holes. Zarley defeated Blancas 5 and 4 in 1962 NCAA match play. Casper criticizes Medinah roughs as unfair, saying the roughs were left four inches high up to the fairways.
J. K. Bud Kennedy, longtime head basketball coach at Florida State University, died Friday in Tallahassee from cancer. Kennedy guided the Seminoles for decades, shaping the program and earning respect as a pivotal figure in school athletics.
Jockey Eugene Monacelli of Pittsburgh and John Giovanni of Revere Massachusetts both suffered fractured vertebrae in a spill during the second race at Monmouth Park in Oceanport New Jersey on Friday.
Dallas AP report says pitcher Lee Meyers will report to Lodi in the California League after initial balk. His father denies an inheritance claim of $2 million tied to his grandfather, Paul Meyers Sr., while noting the May 4 marriage to Mame Van Doren was kept secret. Meyers had feared a move from Dallas-Fort Worth’s AA level to Class A, but now heads toward Fresno.
Rocky Colavito slugged his 6th homer in four games driving in all Indians runs with a fourth inning solo shot a seventh inning three run blast and a ninth inning single as Cleveland fell 7-5 to Kansas City and the A’s while Baltimore’s lead shrank after a 14 inning loss. The Indians also saw a long drive robbed by Jim Gosger and remained three games behind the Orioles in the AL standings as Detroit also split. Elsewhere New York beat Chicago and Boston defeated Washington.
The Associated Press reports National League results with Houston beating St Louis 4 1 Cincinnati 12 San Francisco 1 Los Angeles 4 Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 1 New York Chicago 2. Friday schedule includes Pittsburgh at Philadelphia New York at Chicago Los Angeles at Atlanta San Francisco at Cincinnati St Louis at Houston Sunday matches listed. Monday games set Houston at Pittsburgh Chicago at Atlanta Los Angeles at Cincinnati San Francisco at St Louis. Only games scheduled.
Kansas City 7 Cleveland 5 New York 5 Chicago 2 Boston 5 Washington 1 Detroit 2 2 Minnesota 1 9 California 5 Baltimore 4 14 innings provide a lengthy set of results across multiple games with Kansas City and New York posting wins while Minnesota endured a heavy loss in an extended 14 inning contest.
Baltimore plays California while Minnesota faces Detroit and Kansas City clashes with Cleveland. Chicago visits New York and Washington travels to Boston in slate of early games.
Basketball schedule fragment lists games between Baltimore and California, Minnesota and Detroit, Kansas City and Cleveland, Chicago and New York, Washington and Boston, Baltimore and California again, and Cleveland with Minnesota. No outcomes or dates provided.
Lincoln Heritage hammered UCT 12 9 as Bruce Hunt earned the win while Howard Costley took the loss. In the nightcap Security Bank edged Suncrest 6 5 with Hart delivering two doubles and a key late RBI. Satterfield pitched for the losers, and Donoho fanned 17 in a losing effort. American Legion vs Bank of Illinois set for 8:00. Junior Division: Register News vs Baldrige Concrete at 2:30.
Sammy Ellis of Cincinnati threw a six hitter with 10 strikeouts and one walk as the Reds routed the National League leaders San Francisco 12 to 1 in Cincinnati.
Lincoln University Pennsylvania basketball team departed Friday for a five nation exhibition tour in Senegal Mauritania Mali Upper Volta and the Ivory Coast. The trip aims to showcase the program and gain international playing experience.
Bob Gibson defends the brushback as a strategic tool not aimed at batter safety, saying it keeps hitters from leaning over inside while Curt Flood and others note fans misread the tactic. The discussion follows on-field brawls between the Twins and White Sox, with retaliation amid tense remarks from managers and players.
Houston jumps ahead in the first inning scoring three runs off Nelson Briles as Rusty Staub Dave Nicholson and Bob Aspromonte drive in runs. Larry Dierker secures the win allowing nine hits while St Louis gains a single run on Brock Gagliano Flood and Francona.
Lois Drarke of La Grange, hailed as the state’s top woman amateur, captured her seventh Illinois Women’s Amateur championship at Pekin Country Club. She opened with a five hole lead, finished 8 and 7 over Nina McMeekan of Bloomington after morning scores of 36-42-78 to 41-43-84, with a 6 up advantage early in the afternoon. Drarke’s titles span 1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, and 1964, plus runner-up and medalist honors in other years.
Philadelphia pitcher Jim Bunning, 34, earned his 2,000th strikeout against Jesse Gonder as Pittsburgh defeated the Phillies 3-1. Bunning, not an overpowering hurler, joined a select group led by Walter Johnson and active peers Rob erts Koufax and Drysdale. He spoke of not chasing strikeouts, instead focusing on winning.
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