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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1964
Page
8
The Cincinnati Reds rely on a classic two-man rotation to chase the 1964 pennant. After pennants in 1939 40 and 61, the club now pins hopes on Jim Maloney and Jim OToole as the core of a hopeful rotation.
In a strong pitching and hitting performance, Jim Maloney improved to 10-9, driving in two runs and sealing an 11-2 win for Cincinnati over Milwaukee. The Reds moved within three games of idle first-place Philadelphia as Denis Menke, Davy Johnson, and Marty Keough homered. Ralph Terry earned the Yankees’ win as New York beat Los Angeles 3-0, with Elston Howard driving in two runs and Roger Maris hitting his 15th homer.
A compact recap of top NL hitters led by Mays Williams and Santo with batting averages and runs batted in. Also lists AL leaders including Killebrew Stuart and Wagner with home run and RBI tallies. Key names: Mays Williams Santo Cepeda Aaron Torre Oliva Mantle Koufax Marichal etc. Rival stats cover batting averages, hits, runs, and RBI totals across leagues.
The Swedish government approved a grant of 250000 dollars to the Swedish Olympic Committee for Tokyo Games preparation and participation this fall. The aid underscores official support for national athletes ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
Cincinnati plates 2 in the first, Milwaukee answers with a 2 run rally as Perez Boros and Cardenas spark the visitors. Johnson belts a homer for Milwaukee while Keough and Menke add solo shots. Maloney earns the win for Cincinnati with 2.90 ERA, Lemaster takes the loss for Milwaukee.
Beckley Babe Ruth American Leaguers head to Parkersburg for the state semifinal as Beckley Little League Eastern Leaguers meet Big Coal River in the District 4 semifinal. Mike Griffith pitched a three hitter in a 12 1 Beckley win over Eastern Greenbrier. Ronald Redd and Andy Jacobs threw out four baserunners, Redd also homered inside the park and drove in three. Leon Lane fueled Beckley Eastern’s 5 0 opener with a two for three day including a centerfield homer, while Darrell Collins added a six hitter in the 4 2 Area 1 final win. Treadway expected to start for tonight’s key game against Big Coal River, as the district race narrows toward Thursday Elks Stadium title.
In Cooperstown ceremonies for Hall of Fame inductees, the 10th place Mets lost to the 10th place Senators 6 to 4. Daryl Sutherland allowed two runs in each of the first two innings as New York trailed by at least three until the ninth. Don Blasingame led Washington with three singles and a double. George Altman and Larry Elliot homered for the Mets. Inductees included Luke Appling Heinie Manush Burleigh Grimes Urban Faber and posthumous honorees John Montgomery Ward Miller Huggins Tim Keefe. the event drew 9,791 as President Johnson sent congratulations via Ford Frick.
UPI reports Pickwick, the German trotter and recent winner of major French stakes at Enghien and Vincennes, is the first entry for the sixth Roosevelt International world trotting championship at Roosevelt Raceway on August 22. Driver Gerhard Kruger, Europe’s winningest, will guide Pickwick in the sulky. Also listed are Mt. Hope Softball and local business entries in Mt. Hope listings.
Syracuse slugger Mack Jones belted his 28th and 29th homers of the year to widen the International League home run lead over Curt Blefary. His team the Chiefs beat the Atlanta Crackers 5-3 as Jack Hamilton earned the win. Howie Koplitz took the loss. A Rochester night game with Jacksonville was postponed due to curfew.
Richard Petty led most of the Volunteer 500 at Bristol International Speedway before his Plymouth lost its motor three laps from the finish. Fred Lorenzen surged to the checkered flag, while both drivers delivered strong, strategic performances. The piece also notes NASCAR fuel allowances and recalls Fireball Roberts’ recent death, with Lorenzen’s crew reflecting on the impact. Lorenzen remains Bristol’s three-time winner. NASCAR returns to Ona, West Virginia, for a 500-lap race on August 16 with a $14,640 purse.
Montreal reports a 14 hour Monday qualifier at Pinegrove failed to fill 86 spots in the Canadian Open field of 156. Eighty players qualified outright at 77 or better. 18 others tied at 78 faced a playoff for one final opening. Notables include rookies Charles Coody and Dick Sikes at two under 69, with Coody making the only hole in one on the 150 yard 15th.
Albert B. Fay of Houston Texas finished second in his yacht Flame VII in the first race of the 5.5 meters class at the Sandhamn Regatta in Sandhamn Sweden.
Beckley Newspapers Corp of Beckley West Virginia appears in a box DA 1 notice. The filing lists a local media company. No further context or actions are provided in the readable text.
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