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The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin • 13

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AgoluiSu1 Twins i1 i pz) 111 Lit its A Southpaw Ace Stifles Wisconsin Rapids, 9 to 1, For His Fifth Victory first inning and cracking a 2-run, bases-loaded double in the second. Today, the Foxes entertain vj Ay 'if, 4 or j- 1 I 1 1' I the Twins at 2 p.m. at Goodland leld. Righthander Steve Kokor (3-1) will be on the mound. After Al Kristowski grounded out to open the came.

Jim Maness ripped a hit off starting and losing hurler Ron Lea BY STEVE WILSON Post-Crescent Stiff Writer Flame-throwing Mickey Abar-banel, the Fox Cities Foxes' version of Sandy Koufax, masterfully mixed his fast ball with a hard snapping curve and twirled a no-hitter at the Wisconsin Rapids Twins Saturday night at Goodland Field. The score was 9-1. Not allowing a man to reach base until one man was out in the sixth inning, Abarbanel exhibited pinpoint control, averaging eight pitches per inning in each of the first four frames. He finished with 12 strike outs and three bases on balls. The Jersey City native lowered his diminutive earned run average to 1.79.

As could be expected, the Deacon Jones smashed a single into right, and Melton teed off on a Lea delivery, blasting the ball high over the left field to make the score 3-0 before you could say Al Fitzmorris followed with a 2-bagger down the right field line. Fitzmorris reached third on a passed ball, and after Ron Lolich fanned, scored on Tom I i I I imiin mi I Foxes' fielding was superb. Abarbanel committed the team's only miscue in the Cottrell's shot to center. While the 332 chilled but contented fans thought the four runs might be all for the night eighth inning on a wild throw to second base. with the poised Abarbanel looking untouchable the Fox es' sluggers were of a different The team's slugging was only slightly less spectacular.

Exploding for four runs in the first and five in the second, the hitters enjoyed two of their stop Neil McPhee and second baseman Craig Nettles. The umpire had ruled the Fox Cities Foxes' Jim Maness safe on a base-stealing maneuver. (Post-Crescent Photo by Ed Deschler) mind. A Determined Trio of Wisconsin Rapids Twins pursues an equally determined base umpire (Grasser) during an argument at Goodland Field Saturday night. The Twins contingent consists of (from left) Manager Ray Bellino, short Kristowski opened the second fife 4 finest innings of the season.

with a perfect bunt single, and Maness drew a free pass. The Deacon followed the same route Everyone but Abarbanel hit safely in one of the opening two to first to load the bases with Santo Homers Off Abernathy frames. Cleanup hitter Bill Melton supplied the power punch, slamming a 3-run, 375-foot home run sin Rapids. The umpire is Jim Steiner. The Midwest League-leading Foxes defeated the Twins.

(Post-Crescent Photo) The Fox Cities Foxes' Bill Melton is greeted by "Deacon" Jones (20) after hitting a home run in the first inning of Saturday night's game against Wiscon over the left field fence in the Cubs own braves Big League Baseball Standings Rockets Win 13th Straight Gain Sectional-Meet Berth Abarbanel none out. Melton rapped his, double just out of the center-fielder's reach, and the score was 6-0. Fitzmorris struck out, but Lo NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind 11 OST- CRESCENT San Francisco 27 16 .628 xLos Angeles ..,24 17 .585 2 xHouston 24 18 .571 2' Sacrifice Bunt Leads to the Winning Run in Ripon Game lich lined a single to left scor Indians Score Pmthurnh 21 18 4 xClnclnnatl 19 17 .528 4' Sunday, May 29, 1966 Page Bl Philadelphia 20 is .526 'i ing Jones. Cottrell walked, and von Eps blooped a double to Atlanta 20 24 .455 7Vi BY GEORGE MANCOSKY scored the tie-breaker.

CHICAGO (AP) Ron Santo! hit a three-run homer off former! teammate Ted Abernathy with two out in the 12th inning Saturday, giving the Chicago Cubs an 8-5 victory over Atlanta. Abernathy, who gave up a game-tying single to Lee Thomas in the eighth inning, was traded to the Braves before the game for Thomas. With two out in the 12th, Abernathy walked Glenn Beckert. Beckert stole second, and Abernathy intentionally walked Billy Williams, who had driven in four of the Cubs' first five runs. Santo then came up and drove his eighth homer onto the left field catwalk, ending the game.

The Cubs rallied for three runs and a 5-5 tie in the eighth inning. Beckert started the eighth with a single and scored on Wil xSt. Louis 1 2i xNew York 13 1 .406 ft Chicago 11 27 .289 13tt Post-Crescent StaH Writer Rinnn nrotestpfl hrieflv. rlaim- left bringing home Melton and Lolich with the eighth and ninth runs. Vanderhyden Tips Rushton RIPON-A sacrifice bunt led ins the ball had hit Malone's to a chain of events, which foot, but the uimnres ruled AS Jays, Terrors Qualify produced the winning run in the last of the seventh, giving Neenah a 5-4 win over Ripon in FOX CITIES-f Kristowski 2b Maness 3b Jones lb Melton rf Fitzmorris SS Lolich If otherwise, The Tigers could have broken the game wide open in the top of the seventh when they had two baserunners, but a falling Lata gamt not inciuaea.

Chicago t. Atlanta 5. 12 Innings Philadelphia 2, San Francisco 0 Houston 2, Pittsburgh 1 Pittsburgh at Houston, night Cincinnati at St Louis, night New York at Los Angeles, night Today's Games Cincinnati (Jay 5-2) at St. Louis (Brlles 1-2) Pittsburgh (Law 1-2) at Houston (Dierker 2-0) Philadelphia (Short 4-4) at San Francis FilfhStraight Triumph, Rally After Being Held Hitless for 6 by Boswell CLEVELAND (AP) The a wiaa district piayott game RBI 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 Full Teams for State here Saturday. Cottrell cf In stretching their victory Von Eps catch by leftfielder Joe Muench accounted for the third out.

string to 13 games, the Rockets Abarbanel co (Bolin 3-3) qualified for a sectional meet Gary Losse went the distance Totals 37 10 Tennis Tournament next week at a site and against WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1 AB New York (Rlbant 1-0) at Los Angeles (Sutton 6-4) Atlanta (Fischer 2-2) at Chicago (Jenkins 1-0 or Hendley O-l) for Neenah, and, after issuing five walks in the first three innings, settled down pretty well an opponent still to be determined. In making No. 13 their luckiest victory of all, the Menasha High School swept liams' homer off Denny Lemas- Cleveland Indians, held hitless for six innings by Dave Boswell, rode Pedro Gonzalez' two-run Carter cf Vessel rf, Nettles 2b King lb McPhee sa Free 3b Counsell If ed GBW's Dale Cibula, 6-8, 6-2, 6-3, to gain the semi-finals. AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind the singles title, the doubles the rest of the way.

He allowed six hits, walked six and struck out three. His teammates were crown and the team champion Vanderhyden initial win Rockets broke into a 4-1 lead, double in the seventh inning to RBI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Minnesota found themselves deadlocked (guilty three errors, two in by scores of 6-0, 6-1 over East six-oetroit 21 Wittalr tulin hA nonn1 x-Californla 20 10 .730 15 .595 16 .568 18 .526 19 .476 20 .459 a 2-1 victory over ter. Manager Bobby Bragan then called on his new pitcher, Abernathy, to retire his former teammates. Thomas Singles But Santo walked, was sacri ship in the Appleton sectional tennis tournament Saturday. going into tiieir turn at Dai 2-run sixth.

Saturday. I 1 Minnesota 17 i 9Vi 10 lOVi 11 12 13' Bluejays, perennial quali The victory, coming behind then pulled it out with a sudden Mark Novitske started for the witn a b-i, b-z victory over rae Aulik. Rushton 's first win was Fuchs If Littlelohn Perez Lea McGroarty Rodriguez Brantley Connolly rf Totals x-New York 17 x-Chicago 16 Washington 17 finish 20 22 23 .436 .410 .361 Gary Bell four-hit pitching, ran the Indians' winning streak ficed to second and moved to Boston 16 x-Kansaa City 13 23 hosts and was taken out after allowing six hits in less than three innings. Peterson gave up three hits in the last five third on a grounder. Thomas 28 1 fiers for the state meet, scored 28 points to top the 11-team field.

Appleton finished second, with 19 points, to qualify a full team for the state tourney for With one out in the final frame, Kevin Milliken lined a single to center. Mike Malone nut down a bunt which hit the 0101 007-9 00O 450 000 000 Wisconsin Rapids Fox Cities MINNESOTA CLEVELAND then batted for Randy Hundley and in his first appearance as a Cub singled to right field for the x-Lale game not included Cleveland 2, Minnesota 1 Boston 6, Washington 5 Chicago at New York, night Baltimore at Kansas City, night California at Detroit, night Today's Games innings. The Rockets received ab bl ab bl in love sets over Mike Ourada. Cibula had gained the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Bill Stickman. Schmitz won twice to enter the quarter-finals.

He stopped John List, 6-3, 6-4; and beat West's Tom Bennie, 6-1, 6-3. Conway, enroute to the semis, nlatP hminrerl toward third and Versalles is 4 0 2 0 Davallllo ef one walk and had tour strike BAIIen 2b 3 0 0 0 Alvls 3b tying run. outs. Olive rf 2 0 0 0 Wagner If Baltimore (Palmer 4-2) at Kansas City 4oooi was picked up by pitcher Gary I jj; Peterson, who threw Malone out 3 ioo at first. Mlncher lb 3 0 10 Landis If Klllebrew 3b 3 0 1 0 Colavito rf Singles by Jim Bellin, Mike ine Braves had increased their lead to 5-2 in the top of the (Hunter 3-3) King, Free, Abarbanel, McPhee.

2b Fitzmorris, Melton, Von Eps. HR Melton. LOB FC 11; WR 3. SB-Weness. Pitching Summary IP ER BB SO Abarbanel (W) 0 1 0 3 12 Lea (L) Vs 5 4 3 0 1 McGroarty 3'i 4 5 5 3 Rodriguez 2 10 0 11 Brantley 1 0 0 0 0 0 Vessell 1 0 0 0 0 1 California (McGlothlln 3-1) at Detroit JHall cf 4 0 0 0 Whitfield lb Allison If 3 10 0 Salmon ss and Kevin Milliken and Larry Handler produced two runs in (Aaulrre 0-2) the second straight year.

Kimberly qualified a doubles team by finishing second in that category. It marks the first time Kimberly has gained a state tennis meet berth of any kind. Team point totals, after Me Left Unprotected eighth on Denis Menke's home run and Mack Jones' sacrifice Minnesota (Kaat 4-4 and orani a-ai ar Battey 3 0 0 1 Sims Boswell 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez 2b 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 3 0 0 0 With the fielders converging Cleveland (Tlant 4-2 and Kelly 2-0), 2 the second for Neenah. Ripon beat Southwest's Steve Wohlfeil, 6-2, 6-1 and Niagara's John Bell Boston (Stephenson 2-3) at Washington fly. Jones hit the fly after Hund on the ball, third base was left halved the margin with one in WArarbanel (5-1).

L-Lea. PB Little (Orteaa 2-2 21 1 4 1 Total Total 25 2 2 2 Kinziger, 6-2, 6-3. ley dropped his second pop foul Chicago (Jonn 9-Z) at New Torn unprotected and Milliken conto lohn, Perez. Grasser, Steiner. A-332 2:25.

(Friend 1-3) or tne inning. Minnesota Cleveland 010 000 0001 000 001 2 0 2 Southwest's Dale Lindwell beat Greg Holmes, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, nasha and AHS, were Kimberly and Kaukauna, 13 each; Green Bay East, Green Bay West, but lost to Priebe, 6-2, 6-2. ued heading that way. First baseman Steve Brooks fired toward the base, but his throw had too much altitude, sailed out of the fielder's reach and Gonzalez, Boswell, Versalles. DP Minnesota 2, Cleveland 1.

LOB Minnesota 7, Cleveland 4. the top of the third on four walks and a fielder's choice. Neenah upped the score to 4-1 in its half the segment with two runs on Jim Fedder's single, a triple by Muench and Bellin's sacrifice fly. Russ Smith homered for Rip- Gibson downed Dennis Frusik, Menke's homer was his third straight hit. He singled in the fourth then dooubled and scored in the two-run sixth.

He hit a sacrifice fly his first time at bat 2B Versalles, Gonzalez. SB Versalles. SF Battey. 6-4, 6-1, and Kimberly's Bruce Weilan, 6-3, 6-3. Hofkens won a pair to reach the round-of-8.

He IP ER BB SO Boswell (L, 0-3) 22140 Bell (W, 4-1) 4 1 0 4 4 HBP-By Bell (Mlncher, AIIen), By Boswell (Sims). WP-Boswell. enth, the first hit off Boswell. Fred Whitfield was safe when Clintonville, Niagara and Shawano, 3 each; Green Bay Southwest, and Antigo, 0. In the sectional singles championship match, Mesiasha's Tom Vanderhyden dropped AHS' Jeff Rushton from the unbeaten list, beat Fred Shaffer, 6-0, 6-4 and in the second inning.

Williams doubled in the Cubs' first two runs in the first. on's second marker in the fifth Art Lamers, 6-4, 6-3. Boswell, covering first, dropped and two infield errors and a pair of hits brought about the Kimberly doubles team beat a throw from Bernie Allen, tni- ATLANTA CHICAGO co Salmon bunted, forcing Cola Niagara, 6-2, 6-4 after the latter ab bl hi FAlou If tie score in the sixth. The Tigers had at least one had eliminated GBW, 1-6, 6-2, 6- to five and sent the Twins down to their eighth defeat in the last nine games. 0 3 1 Phillips cf 4 0 0 1 Beckert 2 0 0 0 BWIIiams rf 3.

vito but Duke Sims was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Then Gonzalez double to score two 3100-3, 7-5. It squares the season $jfj series between the two stand-J 1 1 outs, since Rushton beat Van-s i derhvden in a dual meet. runner in every inning but the Menasha's duo beat Clinton HID santo 3b 4 110 Banks lb Boswell, who struck out eight MJones cf Geioer ef Aaron rf Mathews Boiling 2b Torre lb GOiiver Menke ss 2 0 0 0 Browne If ville, 6-0, 6-2, after the Truckers runs. soo3o Rushton now has a 19-1 record On the first pitch to Bell, Bos and allowed only two fly balls over the first six innings, was tagged for two hits, committed had beaten GBE, 6-2, 6-4.

AHS' doubles unit beat South a nrug 1 tnr tne vear. wnne vanaernvaen well fell and the Indians tried a Uu.JuiB.t 4k 1 A A A i r. vtuwttiu cd ivenamgr ss west, 6-1, 6-0. Kaukauna beat second, but stranded 10 of them. Third baseman Bellin made several sparkling defensive plays for the winners.

Ripon 001 012 0-4 6 2 Neenah D22 000 1-5 9 3 Novitske, Peterson (3) and Hunter. Losse and K. Milliken. is 16-2. Win Title Shawano, 6-3, 6-1 in doubles squeeze play.

Bell missed the pitch, Battey tagged Sims and then threw to Killebrew, who an error and hit a batter as five Indians reached base in the seventh. Carty ph 0 0 0 1 Hands 2 0 0 (I Alomar 2b 1110 Hoett 0 0 0 0 delaHoz 2b 2 0 0 0 Connors 0 0 0 0 Lemaster 1 0 0 0 Amlfltano ph 1 0 0 0 after the Indians had beaten The Jay's Wayne Beattie and retired Gonzalez for a double Antigo in three sets. Rocky Colavito started the play. rally with a single in the sev I 1 Hendley 0 0 0 Keyin Conwgy won fte tm.i iTTl T- witn a 6-1, decision over Total 44 5 IS Total 41 1 10 II ti i i Two out when winning run scored. and Jim VandenHeuvel in the Atlanta 1 rVi fll TT! finals.

Drabowsky Brilliant in Relief Chicago 101 00 Oil I The semi-finals of both singles and doubles were all-Fox Cities affairs. In singles, Rushton beat CardinalsTip Reds Behind Al Jackson ST. LOUIS (AP)-Left-hand-er Al Jackson scattered five Orioles Whip Athletics, 9-2 Menasha Pat Conway, 6-1, 64, E-Kesslngr, Hundley (2). DP Atlanta 1, Chicago 3. LOB-Atlanta 17, Chicago 6.

2B B.Williams, Browne, Menke, Banks, Aaron, Alomar. HR Wenke (5), B.WIIIIams (4), Santo (8). SB FAlou, Beckert. Kesslnqer, Lemaster, Bank, F.AIou. SF Menke, Carty, M.Jones.

IP KE BB SO Lemaster 7 7 4 4 3 0 while Vanderhyden stopped Kaukauna's Don Priebe, 6-2, 6-0 Priebe finished third in sin y)? I TH 1 r-; W- PNf J'" I ii i' ivi T' i I T. KANSAS CITY (AP) by Brooks Robinson and Dave Johnson's roller, Bowens i gles by Larry Stahl and Bill scored on a passed ball and; Bryan around a walk produced Johnson tallied the fourth run of I the Athletics' runs in the fifth. gles by beating Conway, 6-4, 6-2. hits and contributed a key dou In doubles semi-finals, Mena Curt Blefary touched off a four- ble Saturday night, leading the sha's unit beat Kaukauna's Tom BALTIMORE KANSAS CITY ab bl ab bl St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 vic the inning on Drabowsky's squeeze bunt.

Boog Powell doubled home Raltimnrp's first twn runs in (hp tory over the Cincinnati Reds. Aparlclo ss 4 12 0 Cmpneris ss 4 0 10 5 0 2 1 Stahl If 4 13 1 Powell lb Tommy Harper first home Collins and Tom Berens, 6-1, 6-2. Kimberly's duo stopped AHS' Don Olson and John Spetch, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Appleton took third FRobinsn rf 4 0 11 Hershbgr rf 3 0 0 0 run in the fifth inning was the third inning. The Orioles scored IKJTj SIS? ib I i only run off Jackson, who 3 12 1 Causey 3b 4 0 0 0 again in the fifth on singles struck out four and walked only 0 0 0 0 DGreen 2b I 1 0 Nossek cf Abernathy (L, 1-4) .4 2-3 3 4 4 3 5 Hands 2-3 I 3 3 4 4 Hoett 1-3 1 0 0 1 1 1 Connors 1 0 0 0 0 Hendley (W, 1-1) 5 (2143 WP-Lemaster.

4:25. A 8,882. Javelin Record Of 268-10 Set in California Relays MODESTO, Calif. (AP)-Len-nart Hedmark of Sweden hurled the javelin 268 feet, 10 inches Saturday, breaking the 11-year old California Relavs mark set by Bud Held in 1955. Luis Aparicio and Powell and Bowens cf place in doubles with a 6-1, 6-3 playoff win over Kaukauna.

Vanderhyden downed AHS' one en route to his fourth victo DJohnson 2b 4 1 11 Terry Etchebrn 4 111 Stone ph run rally in the eighth inning as the Baltimore Orioles whipped Kansas City 9-2 Saturday night behind the brilliant relief pitching of Moe Drabowsky. Drabowsky replaced starter John Miller in the fifth inning and blanked the A's on two hits the rest of the way for his first victory of the season. The Orioles, leading 3-2 in the eighth, broke the game open against reliever John Wyatt, the Frank Robinson grounder. Joe Nossek's double and sin- ry against two defeats. Harper Miller 110 0 Krausse 4 0 0 0 4 12 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 also doubled in the third inning.

Brent Gibson, 6-1, 6-2, in the quarterfinals. Rushton stopped GBE's Eric Schmitz, 6-2, 6-0, in Jackson doubled home Bob Drabosky 2 0 0 1 Charles ph Wyatt Dickson Roof ph Tolan from first for the Card the quarters. Conway beat Dave nals' second run in a two-run Hofkens, of Kimberly, 6-1, 6-2, second inning. St. Louis scored its first run when Charley Smith in the round-of-8.

Priebe defeat- third Kansas City pitcher. walked and Tim McCarver tri Hedmark, currently a student Doubles to Left Died. McCarver later was at Los Angeles State College 4 Brooks Robinson doubled to 500-Miler to be Shown in Arena GREEN BAY The Indianapolis 500-mile auto race will be shown via closed-circuit television in the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Monday. The telecast will begin at 10:40 a.m., with the race beginning at 11 a.m. Arena doors will open at 9 a.m.

Frank Covelli, finished third at 248-11. Gyula Zsivotsky of Hungary, caught in a run-down when Tolan tanned back to Cincinnati Total 37 9 12 1 Total 33 2 7 1 Baltimore 002 011 042 Kansas City 000 020 0001 Dlclwon. DP Kansas City 1. LOB Baltimore Kansas City 0. 2B Powell, Nossek, Robinson, Blefary.

38 Aparicio, Nossek. SB D.Johnson, Bowens 2. J.Miller, Aparicio, Drabowsky, Blair. IP ER BB SO J. Miller 4 2-3 3 2 2 4 2 Drabosky (W, 1-0) .4 1-3 2 0 0 0 5 Terry (L.0-3) 3 3 3 2 3 Krausse 1 0 0 1 3 Wyatt 0 3 4 4 0 0 Dlrkon 2 3 1 2 WP Krausse.

PB Bryan. 2:41. A 12,393. after attending Penn State, beat Held's record by seven and one half inches to finish well ahead left and scored on Blefary's double into the right field corner. starter Jim O'Toole.

who has a world record ham- Sam Bowens beat out an infield of Ed Red, formerly of Rice and mer throw of 241-11 pending The Cardinals added another run in the third on Curt Flood's Despite Four Errors, including this one, the Philadelphia Phils stopped the National League-leading Giants, 2-0, Saturday in San Francisco. Catcher Clay Dalrymple loses Willie Mays' pop foul in the fifth inning. (AP Wirephoto) hit, sending Blefary to third, now comDetinc for the Pasa- recognition, beat former Olym triple and Orlando Cepeda's dena Athletic Association. Red pic champion Harold Connolly and then stole second. Blefary beat the throw to the plate on sacrifice fly.

threw 259-3. His teammate, lof the United States..

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