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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1967
Page
8
The Norwalk community packed the stands Thursday night to welcome coaches Bill Minkowski and Leonard Hardman. A Punt Pass and Kick contest highlighted the event with youths kicking for distance and accuracy, and a post show talk by the coaches.
Bechstein's Asphalt defeated Bob Meyers 9 8 in the final Women's Slo-Pitch game to claim first place. Down 8 1, Bechstein's sparked a six run sixth inning then won in the eighth as Cheryl Renneckar and Sue Rosenberger produced key hits and Carolyn Odle drove in the decisive run. Pam Comer led Bechstein's with three singles. Marty Vattorella added a double and Linda Coe a triple for Meyers.
Vic Davalillo nicknamed Mighty Mouse sparked Cleveland to an 8-3 victory over the Washington Senators in 16 innings. The pint sized Venezuelan outfielder delivered two triples to fuel the tying and winning rallies in Detroit.
The American League standings list Minnesota on top with 65 wins and 50 losses followed by Chicago and Detroit. Thursday results include Baltimore beating New York and Detroit defeating Boston in 10 innings. Friday matchups feature Kant and Merritt for Minnesota at New York, and other divisional games. The National League table shows St Louis leading with 74 wins, and multiple cross league games are noted with schedules for Saturday.
Eddie Mathews leaves the Houston Astros to join the Detroit Tigers in a Thursday night trade for players to be named after the season. Mathews said he would call his wife and do his best, noting trades are a blow to the ego.
Bill Kraus drove a game winning hit for Dauch Huron County Bank in the bottom of the seventh. Pete Motolik scored on the clutch single with Dave Bungard on first creating the winning run.
Norwalk junior circuit All Stars defeated Bellevue 3 to 2 after a ninth inning rally at VFW field. Tom Mitre walked and Matt Gross tripled to drive in the decisive run as Steve Sadler pitched all nine for Norwalk with 19 strikeouts.
Jim Ryan of Kansas and Randy Matson of Texas A and M led a strong U S team to victory over Germany in a two day dual meet. The United States dominated Britain last Saturday and heads toward Viareggio for a weekend sweep against an Italian Spanish squad before the 1968 Olympic season.
Saint Paul Flyers open with defense first under new head coach Mike Gottfried. Eight lettermen form core as they schedule two daily practices and assign positions to maximize speed to the ball.
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