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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1964
Page
10
Lucky Inn edged Phillip's 66 by 3 to 2 as 66 took a 1 0 lead in the fifth and tacked on three in the sixth. Halltown beat Shorty's Grocery 4 to 1 after a three run first inning, with Gosnell and Kremer fueling the winners and Jerry Fink earning the win.
Forest Hills placed second with 55 points in a triangular meet against Forest Hills and Springfield, which scored 73 and 58 respectively. Forest Hills will travel to Camp Buckhorn Wednesday at 2 30 pm and Strasburg Saturday at 11 am for upcoming swimming meets with listed boys and girls participants across multiple age groups.
Shenandoah Downs starts a 42 night summer meet in Charles Town with the Summer Jubilee Purse at a mile. Post time 7 15. Jockey Ronald Witmer and trainer Robert Hilton move from Charles Town after winning championships to Shenandoah Downs. The nine race card features high priced claimers led by Metallic Age and Curt Summons. Miss Jeanne Danner will present the Summer Jubilee trophy. The meeting runs to September 19 with daily doubles and twin doubles wagering.
Arthur Ashe Jr., 21, from Richmond and UC Los Angeles student, defeats Clark Graebner 4-6 6-8 6-4 6-3 to win the Eastern Grass Court Championships and become the first African American man to win a major grass court tournament. Billie Jean Moffitt claims the women’s crown by defeating Nancy Richey 7-5 3-6 8-6.
Cleveland pitcher Sam McDowell allowed six runs in a four hitter but parted for hospital observation after stomach cramps. Larry Brown delivered a clutch pinch hit in the 11th inning of the nightcap and scored on a weird force play as the Indians swept Detroit.
Churchland's Eastern Zone champions host Covington's Western Zone titlists in the opening game of a best of five Virginia American Legion title series. The series starts in Churchland with the action moving to Covington if needed. Churchland swept the Eastern Zone final, while Covington won the Western Zone with a 2-1 mark.
The Orioles scored four in the fourth and totaled 15 hits including Boog Powell’s three-run homer. The A’s had 13 hits with solo shots from Campaneris Gentile Manny Jimenez and Ed Charles two-run shot. Jim Landis hit a two-run single for the White Sox in the second game after Skowron and McNertney bloop singles produced first game runs.
American League results show Detroit 2 Cleveland 1 and Chicago 9 Washington 8 in 10 innings, with New York 6 Minnesota 4 and Baltimore 5 Kansas City 2. Sunday scores include Chicago 2 to 3 Washington 1-1 and Cleveland 6-2 Detroit 1-1 in 2nd game 11 innings. National League action lists Philadelphia 60 42 and San Francisco 60 45 as leaders, plus Milwaukee 54 49 and Chicago 49 53 amid tight standings. Early week games schedule Washington at Cleveland, Baltimore at Los Angeles, New York at Kansas City, Detroit at Chicago, and others with night games noted.
Arnold Palmer fell two strokes shy of Kel Nagle who won the Canadian Open at Pinegrove with a 277 total. Nagle earned 7500 and Palmer 4000 as Floyd and Sikes followed. Nagle led by one at the final round before finishing with a 70 for 279 and a narrow win over Palmer.
The Associated Press reports leaders in the two circuits with Clemente and Mays topping batting, runs, and homers. Mays leads NL with 85 runs and 29 HRs while Oliva and Yastrzemski pace the AL in multiple categories.
The University of Alabama will host seven of its ten football games next season within the state. The remaining three games are away contests at Knoxville Tennessee Jackson Mississippi and Atlanta Georgia.
Pitchers lament the slider as the game changer. Early Wynn and Alvin Dark note the pitch erodes .300 averages and shifts power from fastballs to late-breaking spins. Willie Mays admits his bat struggles to cope with the new grip and movement.
Dodgers star Koufax says the slider is essential while Spahn argues the curve is obsolete. Dres sen cites Cleve land Alexander, Shea popularized it earlier, and batters dominate with a larger strike zone. A batting-title decade climb contrasts with a pitcher’s era claim as Wynn notes the game’s shifting balance.
Jim Bouton pitched his second straight shutout, a three hit 2-0 win over Minnesota, keeping the Yankees five percentage points ahead of Baltimore in the American League. Duke Snider delivered a tie breaking eighth inning single for the Giants to beat Pittsburgh 2-1, narrowing the gap to Philadelphia in the National League.
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