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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1967
Page
9
In a tight American League alignment, Maris delivered a pivotal double and a run-scoring single against Houston as Baltimore edged Houston 5-4. The nightcap featured tight pitching and timely hitting with Boswell and Latman contributing for the Orioles.
The report covers a baseball game where Minnesota trailed 6-4 after five innings. Rod Carew hit a three run homer in the third, Harmon Killebrew homered in the fifth, and the Orioles bullpen struggled. The piece also discusses team mood and managerial comments amid a pennant race.
Matty Alou delivered a seventh inning go ahead single as the Pirates beat the Cubs 4-3. Alou's hit capped a three run first inning and gave Pittsburgh the win behind Bob Veale's eighth victory. The Cubs tied late before Mazeroski scored on Alou's two out bloop.
Francisco Guzman stunned Arthur Ashe as Ecuador beat the United States 3-1 to reach the Cup quarter finals in Guayaquil. Ashe, once dominant, saw his series end with mixed results, while Guzman carried the host nation to a historic win and a spot against Spain or Russia in Europe Zone A.
London AP report states John McCormack of Dublin defeated Eddie Avoth of Wales to win the British light heavyweight title by technical knockout at 1:15 of the seventh round. Avoth suffered a bad cut above the left eye. McCormack weighed 175 pounds. The title was vacated after Chic Calderwood’s death in an auto accident last November.
Yesterday's NL results feature San Francisco defeating Cincinnati 6 to 3, Pittsburgh 4 over Chicago 3, St. Louis 5 to Houston 4 in 11 innings, and Los Angeles 3 to Atlanta 2. Standings show San Francisco 34-28, Chicago 32-33, Los Angeles 32-40, Houston 26-39, Atlanta 27-50, St. Louis and Cincinnati mid-pack. Pitcher matchups listed for tonight include Hendley for New York at Philadelphia, Niekro for Chicago at Pittsburgh, Belinsky for Houston at St. Louis, and Lemaster for Atlanta at Los Angeles. American League note mentions Minnesota 4-0-4, Baltimore 0-9, Cleveland 4-2, Kansas City 2-1, California 9-1, Detroit 0-5 with rain in Boston vs New York context.
F. Newman, 38, longtime track coach and athletics administrator, named head track and cross country coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He succeeds Warren C. Lutes, who resigned to enter private business, after serving six years and guiding two unbeaten teams.
Detroit salvaged a two-game split with a 4-2 win in the nightcap behind Denny McLain's 12 strikeouts and a seventh inning Wert double scoring Stanley and Cash. Earlier, California won 2-0 on Rick Reichardt’s eighth inning homer as Clyde Wright and Minnie Rojas held the Tigers to six hits.
Dodgers win 3-2 as Dickie Schofield delivers a ninth inning run-scoring single off reliever Dick Kelley after homering earlier. Don Sutton pitched a complete game for Los Angeles, improving to 4-12 while Atlanta's Clete Boyer hit a two-run double to tie at 2-2.
The Chicago White Sox placed outfielder Walt Williams on the disabled list with a hairline fracture above his left wrist. They purchased outfielder Jimmy Stewart from Indianapolis to fill the roster spot. Stewart hit .364 with 20 RBIs in 32 games for Indianapolis and will report to Chicago today.
Bill Dawes delivered the decisive run in the bottom of the seventh as the Brunswick State Police edged the Wynantskill Fire Department 5 to 4. Tom Brown collected three flies and Gene Eaton tripled for the winners. Mark Cale earned the win. Bob King Chuck Rockwell and Paul Kehn doubled for the Firemen who fall to 3-4 and head to Schenectady for the State Volunteer Firemen Journey.
The Albany County American Legion League game between Green Island and Wertaville, rained out last Saturday, will be played tomorrow at Green Island Field.
Cohoes Manufacturing fell to Arey's 4-2 as Dennis Sheehan and Paul Soulefer doubled for the winners. Wayne Gregnon added two singles. Rich Kennedy, Mike Chasewski, Wayne Gregnon, Dennis Sheehan, and Dave Doemel contributed for Cohoes Manufacturing in the near-term recap.
Bendix scored 10 runs to Cohoes Boys Shop 6 in a last night softball game at Lansing Park. Maury Collins Hank Thibodeau and Jim Liney led Bendix with key hits while Bob Thouin added singles for the losers as Bob Neffern and Thouln pitched for Bendix with Polaro and Samuels contributing offensively.
Eastern League results show York 2 Williamsport 2 and Pawtucket 7 Elmira 4 after rain halted plays. Binghamton 3 carried past Pittsfield 4. Reading hosts Elmira with rain delaying play as standings shift.
Phil Pincher fired a 41 to lead the first flight in the Par-Busters Golf League at Frear Park. In flight two Leo De vine and Don Spink posted 48s while Paul Holman Jr led the third flight with 50. Results include Pincher over Minnick and Kennedy over Melindick in close matches.
LOS ANGELES AP Atlanta Braves outfielders Hank Aaron and Rico Carty face possible discipline after a brief airplane fight en route to Los Angeles. Manager Billy Hitchcock investigates. witnesses say only a few punches landed. Aaron says the incident involved a name calling and was a matter of pride, not affecting games. Carty has been sidelined with a shoulder injury since June 8 collision with Ron Hunt.
Rain forced the postponement of last night's game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The contest was rescheduled for Thursday night on an open date.
New York AP reports that on Thursday players managers and coaches will vote on the starting eight non pitcher positions for the July 11 All Star game in Anaheim. Voting excludes players on the same team and requires at least 300 days in the majors for eligibility. Eckert will announce results with NL and AL rosters released on June 27 and 28 respectively. Red Ruffing and Lloyd Waner, new Hall of Fame members, will attend as guests in Anaheim.
Houston Astros optioned pitcher Chris Zachary to the Oklahoma City farm club. Ron Davis was reinstated to the active list after two weeks of reserve military duty while outfielder Norm Miller went on the military list for a similar two week tour.
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