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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
8
The NFL unanimously votes to award Atlanta a 1966 expansion team, edging toward a 16th club in 1967. A lease on Atlanta’s new $18 million stadium is a condition, with Atlanta Stadium Authority and Governor Carl Sanders expressing strong support and excitement.
Sizzling hits fuel multiple games as DeZell powers Duggan Cubs over ACT Major with a single, double and homer. Lucey fans 14 and drives in two. Ronning adds a homer. VFW tops Miners 10-9 behind McHelich three-run shot and Okruseh solo shot.Twomey fires two-hitter as Marrington Surgical beats Miners Union 5-2. Harrington’s Traynor goes 2-for-3. Pidgeon belts two homers for Team 1 in 17-16 win over Team 6. Ek doubles twice and singles in victory for Mile High. IBEW Indians overwhelm Cable TV Giants 10-1 with Jaap homering and Holland collecting three hits. Taras shuts out Pasley Motor as Silver Bow stays undefeated. Sullivan and Dano each homer in late action.
Billings AP Bob Fry an all tournament selection at the College World Series has been signed to play baseball with the New York Mets. Fry will report to the Mets farm club in Greenville South Carolina Tuesday. The former Washington State University outfielder was signed by Mets scout Charlie Frey who met Billings draft choices Les Rohr and Mike Welton. Welton turned down the Mets offer to play college basketball and has not yet decided where he will attend school.
Milwaukee Braves lifted the one day clubhouse ban on Milwau kee Sentinel baseball writer Lou Chapman after the Milwaukee Baseball Writers Association denounced the action as unwarranted. Braves official Jim Fanning took responsibility, as Atlanta prepares the team's move next year.
Gary Player defeated Kel Nagle by three strokes at Bellerive Country Club to win the National Open, becoming the first non American winner in 45 years. Player, 29, fired a 71 to finish 282 as Nagle shot 74 in the playoff. The victory places Player among golf legends who completed the Grand Slam with prior majors.
Les Rohr a 19 year old left hander signed a bonus contract with the New York Mets the Billings Gazette and KBMY report the bonus exceeds 100000 Rohr was the Mets first draft choice and the nations second overall pick He stands 6 5 200 pounds and had a 0 32 ERA with 258 strikeouts last season He pitched four no hit games in four years of Legion play and will report to Houston then Williamsport Pa with the Mets within three years
Safeway defeated White's 7-4 to extend its undefeated streak in Babe Ruth baseball on Monday. John Cohlhepp pitched the full game with 11 strikeouts, while John Dawson hit a homer and a double. Dave Maria added a double and a triple. Dan McElroy outdueled Dave Lopez in a 4-2 Elks victory, fanning 15 while Lopez struck out 13.
Exhibition results show Boston, Toronto, Rochester, St Louis, Detroit, Atlanta, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Washington games. Key figures include Herron, Ryan, Grilli, Etchebarren, Kunkel, Sherry, Carlton, Sadecki, Uecker, Lemaster, Merritt, Battey, Camilli, Henderson and Edwards with multiple runs, pitchers, and errors noted across venues in Toronto Rochester St Louis Atlanta Cincinnati and Washington.
Jerry's Conner topped Pepsi 8 to 7 while Renegades beat Al and Ray's AAA 12 to 10. Met-Lucky Lager defeated Mill Bar Dairy Gold 15 to 8 and Army Recruiting edged Nevin Paint 16 to 5. Bruce's beat Classic 14 to 10.
The Butte Gun Club won the Johnston Electric Trophy for the fifth straight year in the Butte Trap and Skeet Championships with a winning 566. Team members were Joe Petroni, 192, Fred Guay, 189, and Beanie Parke, 185. Guay won Class A in a shootoff and Petroni led overall with 238.
Dave Flaccus announced that the national Alpine ski championships will be raced at Missoula Snow Bowl in March 1967. Alpine events include slalom giant slalom and downhill as part of the U S Olympic team trials. Top American racers will compete to qualify for the 1968 Olympic team.
The City Recreation Department posts a weekly Play Mobile schedule listing sessions from 9 to 11 30 a.m. and 12 30 to 4 30 p.m. at Arizona Clark Park Kitty Lou Community and Kity Lou venues through Wednesday Thursday and Friday with times for each site.
National league scores show Los Angeles defeating Milwaukee and Cincinnati and St. Louis posting wins while Houston and New York split, with Philadelphia and Chicago also recording results. Tuesday brings listed evening pitchers for St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee Pittsburgh San Francisco Philadelphia Houston New York Los Angeles. Wednesday schedules include St. Louis Cincinnati and Pittsburgh San Francisco twi night matchups.
Baseball schedule listings show games at Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Boston Kansas City with night and twi night designations. Lineups feature pitchers Daniels Horlen Brunet Lolich Kaat Tiant Morehead Stephenson Lonborg Miller Roberts Talbot O Donoghue Bouton Stafford and others across divisions.
Billy Cowan hit a leadoff homer in the ninth inning to give the Mets a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Al Jackson pitched six no-hit innings for New York before Cowan's blast sealed the victory at Dodger Stadium.
Lee Maye snapped his slump with a two run triple in the seventh to break a tie and spark Houston’s 6-2 victory over Philadelphia. Dick Farrell earned his fifth win with a six hitter while adding a two run single in the eighth. Covington homered for Philadelphia as Farrell and company clinched the decision.
A dense daily TV lineup lists programs across hours from 6:15 AM to 11:00 PM including Today Show, The Guiding Light, Love of Life, Match Game, The Tonight Show era guests, and primetime classics. Network anchors include Huntley Brinkley and Walter Cronkite with multiple soap operas, game shows, and movies.
Gary Player of South Africa won 26 000 dollars at the National Open and immediately donated 25 000 to the U S Golf Association plus a 1 000 playoff bonus. He allocated 25 000 to the Cancer Fund and the rest to fund junior golf, after paying his caddie 2 000. The gift fulfills a 1962 pledge to Joe Dey and honors his mother who died of cancer.
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