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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1968
Page
7
Yancey and Trevino sit one behind the Open lead after 54 holes at Oak Hill with scores of 205 and 206. Nicklaus and Coody trail seven shots back as the dramatic climax approaches, Nicklaus joking about his play after three-putting twice.
Roberto Pena scored the winning run as two ninth inning errors by Zidlo Versalles and Hank Aguirre gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. George Myatt managed in place of Gene Mauch as the Phillies improved, with Bob Skinner set to take over Sunday.
St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson fired a four hitter in a 2-0 win over Cincinnati to maintain a four game NL lead. Gibson improved to 7-5 with 13 strikeouts, his season high, and surpassed 10 strikeouts for the 40th time in his career. Dal Maxvill and Curt Flood drove in the first run in the sixth, with Mike Shannon adding a seventh inning score after a walk and two outs.
Mack Clapp shot 76 on Friday and 71 on Saturday to lead the Frank Kall Memorial at Butte Country Club with 147. Dave Gilbert is two strokes back at 148, with Rich Haden Maury Hardman and Steve Sullivan tied at 149 and 150 respectively as play continues for the championship flight.
Erika Schinegger, once the world downhill champion in 1966, has changed sex and now goes by Erik. Her mother says Erik plans to pursue cycling and skiing while undergoing a seven month sex change treatment at Innsbruck University clinic.
Pepsi Cola defeated Ossello's 9 to 3 in Northwest Little League action. Joe Ferko hit a two on base homer for Pepsi while Kerner earned a triple for Ossello's. Paul Dennehey was the winning pitcher and Kerner the losing pitcher.
Dan Gurney of Costa Mesa California led from the pole to win the 200 mile Mosport race in a Ford powered Eagle at 107.1 mph average. Mario Andretti chased but finished 35 seconds back while Bobby Unser crashed on lap two with a cut over his eye.
Libby defeats Anaconda 4 to 3 in a bases loaded walk off bottom of the ninth. Winning pitcher Jim Stedman struck out 18 over five hits, while Mickey Gallagher took the loss after allowing seven hits and 10 K. The teams schedule a rematch Sunday to close the weekend series.
In the Great Falls Invitational, Lucky Lager of Butte defeated Hawk Electric of Great Falls 8-1 and Billings Conoco 15-11. Reynolds Wholesale also won twice, while Sayatovic-White’s fell to Great Falls All-Sports 9-4.
Roy White delivered a two-run homer in the third inning and later scored on Andy Kosco's single to lift the New York Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Mel Stottlemyre worked nine hits and earned the victory, while Tony Pierce took the loss after lasting 6 2 innings.
Hank Aaron delivered a run scoring double in the 10th inning to snap a tie and give the Atlanta club a dramatic victory over Chicago. The late hit decided the game as Atlanta claimed the win in a key matchup.
Rick Reichardt belted a one-out homer in the 10th to give the California Angels a 5-4 win over the Washington Senators. Marty Pattin earned the win in relief as Bernie Allen drove in three runs for Washington with an eighth-inning double before Jim Fregosi tied it with a ninth-inning triple.
The Montana Tech Alumni Coliseum hosts the opening of the Industrial League season at 1 pm with a four-team doubleheader. Anaconda Co. defends the title coached by Jim Sullivan as Montana Power, Stauffer Chemical, and Miner's Union also field strong rosters led by Leo Jacobsen and Harland Lowney. Star players Don Campbell Paul Greenough Steve Duggins Mike Griffin Wally OConnell Dusty Parrish and Gary Barker return for key roles.
Helena marksman Zip Eaton topped the second day of the International Trap Shoot at the Great Falls Trap and Skeet Club. Winners included Duncan Taylor Calgary for Class A doubles, Larry Ready Great Falls for Class B doubles, Vince Chadwick Great Falls for Class C doubles, Ted Renfro Great Falls long handicap, Helen Brown Helena short handicap, Walter Schultz Calgary for Class A singles, Rod Nick Helena Class B singles, Margaret Brown Helena Class C singles, Ernest Gerling Calgary Class D singles. Sunday features William B Finley singles and Midland Empire Handicap with 100 birds each.
The New York Yankees sold pitcher Jim Bouton to the Seattle Pilots, one of two expansion teams joining the American League next season. Bouton, a right hander, is assigned to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League for the rest of this season and will join the Pilots in spring training. He was 21-9 in 1963 and 1-1 in 12 games this season, hampered by arm trouble since 1964.
In an extra inning Senior Babe Ruth game Friday night Four Seasons defeated Lucky Lager 3 to 1. Jim George allowed four hits and delivered a key eighth inning hit to fuel the win for Four Seasons.
Southern California defeats Southern Illinois 4 to 3 to win the College World Series championship, securing its fifth title.
Lee Trevino, 28, says breaking Bert Yancey’s U S Open scoring mark will be needed to win. He plans par on the front nine, two under on the back if needed, and seeks four consecutive rounds under par. Trevino sits one behind Yancey after 54 holes, with Nicklaus’ record in sight.
The Cleveland Indians announced a trade sending outfielder Vic Davalillo to acquire outfielder Jimmie Hall from the California Angels. Hall, 30, hit 33 rookie home runs in 1963 and this season is batting .210 with eight RBIs and one homer. Davalillo, 26, in his sixth major league season with Cleveland, is batting .239 with 12 RBIs and is expected to report to Cleveland soon.
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