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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
7
The Fremont Merchants face the Ashland Steiners in a North Central Ohio League doubleheader at McGuan Park on Saturday night at 7. Fremont sits 15 5 on the season with local players Jack Wilde and Jim Spettle in the lineup.
Norwalk High football stars Dan Smith and Greg Levers announce plans to sign college grants in aid. Smith, captain of the 1968 Trucker squad, will attend Dana College Blair Nebraska under head coach Grant Walls Jr. Levers will study at Wooster College Ohio this fall after leading ball carrier duties last season. Coach Leonard Hardman praises both as fine college prospects.
Friday schedule features multiple games across leagues with top starters and probables listed. Notable matchups include St Louis at Chicago and San Francisco at Cincinnati with late contests and a full American League slate highlighting Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Cleveland and Oakland battles.
Mickey Lolich quieted the Yankees with a six hitter as Detroit won 6-1 led by Norm Cash and Jim Northrup homers. Lolich earned his ninth win in 10 decisions with 10 strikeouts, while the Tigers pulled away in rainy Detroit night.
Susie Maxwell Benning, defending champion, tees off in Pensacola to end a long jinx as over 100 professionals and amateurs begin the U S Women's Open.
Cleveland Browns tight end Milt Morin is hospitalized after back surgery at Mt Sinai. The operation removed a large herniated disc pressing on a nerve, with recovery estimated seven to ten days and likely uniform absence into mid season.
Pancho Gonzalez, at 41, came back from two sets down to beat Charles Pasarell 22-24 1-6 16-14 6-3 11-9 in a dramatic Wimbledon first round. Laver and Ashe advanced in five sets after early losses. Billie Jean King and Nancy Richey won easily as Wimbledon’s second day featured upsets and strong American showings.
Palmer, once king of the big three, opened with a record 32 32 64 in the Cleveland Open pro am at Aurora CC length 6 661 yards. He staggered early with a double bogey on hole one then surged with a 17 hole charge to finish eight under par.
Monroeville in Tri County Baseball League with a 3 2 record after five games. Edgar A Stein manages the team with Rev George C Weinman as coach. Next game at Bellevue June 26 at 6 pm Greenwood Heights Park. Recent results: loss to Perkins 11 4 and Sandusky 9 6. wins over Berlin Heights 12 3 Bellevue 10 7 and Wakeman 18 1. Paul Clark and Donald Long pitched.
In Mansfield Ohio two teens advanced to the women's state match play semifinals at Westbrook CC. Helen Kirkland 18 Cadiz faces Sharon Klump Cleveland while Brenda Bradshaw 16 Alliance plays Lida Fee Matthews Portsmouth. Kirkland beat Pauline Whitacre 2 1 and Bradshaw beat Sunny Moss 2 1 in quarters.
Joe Louis predicts Cassius Clay cannot beat Joe Frazier, calling Frazier too strong for everyone. Louis, who is entering a restaurant venture with Billy Conn, adds Frazier would also defeat Jimmy Ellis, saying the champ would break him in two.
Cleveland pounded Boston 7 3 in the nightcap as Stan Williams hurled five hits to win. In the opener Sonny Siebert left with a 3 1 Boston lead after a homer by Jose Cardenal.
The Huron County Bank defeats Schild's I.G.A. 8 2 and Nite Life beats the Good Guys 10 2 to keep pace with league leader Home Savings & Loan while Frankie's Bar edges Halfway Inn 8 6. Bob Sommers and Bill Beamer lead the Bankers with three hits apiece.
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