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THE T1MES-ARGUS BARRE-MONTPELIER VT WEDNESDAY MAY 8 1963 Twelve liookie Sets Pace STANDINGS Major League Tigers Rack Yankees 6-2 Turley Three-Hits Twins 'By The Associated Press) American League I whipped New York 6-2 Tuesday night and dropped the Yankees out of first place in the American League He also gave rise to the suspicion that Triandos might find himself without a job in a situation somewhat parallel to Pipp's Pipp it will be remembered stepped out of the Yankee line-up By MIKE RATIIET Associated Press Sports Writer It's just possible that Bill Free-han will make Gus Triandos the Wally Pipp of the Detroit Tigers Freehan a $100 000-bonus catcher continued to give every indication that here to stay when he slammed a two-run homer a triple and a double as Detroit Better Dick Boston 5 Baltimore 1 Cleveland 7 Washington 3 (11) Chicago 2 Kansas City 1 Detroit 6 New York 2 Los Angeles 2 Minnesota 0 Today' Game Chicago at Kansas City N) New York at Detroit N) Minnesota at Los Angeles N) Boston at Baltimore i Cleveland at Washington (N) Tomorrow' Schedule New York at Chicago 'N Cleveland at Washington (N) Boston at Baltimore Only game scheduled Cassani Spins 2-0 Shutout Over SM Yesterday' Result Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 4 New York 3 Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 5 Milwaukee 2 Los Angeles 11 St Louis 1 Houston 3 Cincinnati 2 Today' Uame Pittsburgh at Chicago Philadelphia at New York Houston at Cincinnati Ni San Francisco at Milwaukee (N) Los Angeles at St Louis N) Tomorrow' Schedule Philadelphia at New York Pittsburgh at Chicago San Francisco at Milwaukee Houston at Cincinnati Los Angeles at St Louis N) 'Natch' Umpires Still Have The Say In Balk Rule NFW YORK AP) Baseball mighty have spoken from the summit about the balk but as usual the umpires appear to be having the last word Commissioner Ford Frick and the two major league presidents met Tuesday and amended the balk rule to read that while a full stop will still be required there will be no time requirement on the stop The before read that pitchers must come to a full stop of at least one second before delivering a pitch to a batter with one or more runners on the base The move was aimed at cutting down the wide difference in balks called in the two leagues The National League umpires have been observing the one-second requirement and had called 96 balks compared to only nine in the American League through games A few hours later the NL umpires promptly called two one against Bob Purkey of Cincinnati and one against Ray Washburn of St Louis The balk against Washburn scored a run for the Los Angeles Dodgers None was called in the American League Actually the summit meeting did not propose to eliminate balk calls NL President Warren Giles who set off the balk rumpus by ordering his umpires to watch them closely this season said after the meeting: don't like to see so many balks But I can tell the umpires not to call Frick said: "The pitcher still must Joe Cronin president of the American League who has been detected smirking over the balk troubles of the rival league said he did not expect to see any increase in the number of such calls in his circuit are advising our umpires to be on the alert as usual" the AL president said "Our main concern all along has been to guard against the quick Hip Hip Hooray! BURLINGTON The University of Vermont squared the score with St Michael's College yesterday afternoon as ace righthander Dick Cassani returned to top form pitching a two hit 2-0 victory In the club's first outing Knights had taken a 1-0 decision behind Fred Durpas who lost yesterday Vermont picked np the scoring tempo right in the first innings as Joe Pare singled and stole second Then Dick Boutilier singled Pare home with the first Catamount run Again in the second Vermont dented the scoring column when Pete McDonald singled and advanced on a ground out He scored on Barre Boh Johnson's single From here the contest turned into a classic pitchers duel Cassani who had permitted St Mike's but two hits in the first no hit them the rest of the way striking out 11 Dupras also got stronger as time went on but the damage had been done This afternoon the University of Vermont is at Norwich for a big state series game with the winner taking over first place in the collegiate championship race KEYS TO MARIAN VICTORY Ron Pilette Rusty Valsangiacomo and Junior Gregoire left to right who played key roles in Marian's victory over St Johnsbury Academy yesterday Pilette powered winning homer with Valsangiacomo on board Gregoire pitched one-hit relief ball for 3h innings Marian Nips Acads 11-9 Gregoire Wins In Relief Red Sox Leading American League RETREAD SALE! one day with a headache and a guy named Lou Gehrig stepped in Gehrig played 2130 consecutive games I Freehan was shoved into the Tiger line-up when first baseman Norm Cash was injured When Cash returned to action against the Yankees Detroit Manager Bob Scheffing figured he had to have Freehan's hot bat somewhere So Triandos relinquished his equipment Freehan a 21-year-old right-handed swinger signed off the University of Michigan campus started his spree with tw'o homers and a double against Baltimore Sunday and followed with a 2-for-3 performance Monday night against the Yankees He now has nine hits in his last 10 at-bats has reached base 12 times in his last 13 appearances and has lifted his batting average to 500 While Freehan was shelling Yankee pitching former Yankee Bob Turley pitched a masterpiece for the Los Angeles Angels allowing only three hits striking out nine and walking none in a 2-0 decision over Minnesota Boston moved into first place as Earl Wilson set Baltimore dow'n on three hits 5-1 the Chicago White Sox edged Kansas City 2-1 and Cleveland belted Washington 7-3 in 11 innings in a wild game in which a pitcher wound up playing the outfield for the Senators In the National League San Francisco took over the top spot by beating Milwaukee 5-2 the Los Angeles Dodgers walloped St Louis 11-1 Cubs edged Pittsburgh 5-4 Houston got by Cincinnati 3-2 and the New York Mets dowrfrd Philadelphia 3-1 Turley now 1-3 retired 12 Twins in order at one point but just managed to beat Jim Perry Perry acquired from Cleveland last Thursday in a trade for Jack Kra-lick also permitted only three hits The Angels however needed only one to score their runs in the first inning Leon Wagner's single drow in one run and Billy Moran came home with the other when outfielder Bob Allison failed to throw home on George Thomas' short fly The only Baltimore run off Wilson came in the seventh on a single by Jim Gentile a walk and Boog Powell's double after the Red Sox had moved in front 5-0 in the top half of the inning on Lu Clinton's two-run homer Orioles starter Robin Roberts lost his fourth in his sixth try for victory No 1 John Buzhardt pitched and batted the White Sox to their victory over the dropping Kansas City out of a tie for first place Buzhardt drove in the deciding run with a seventh-inning single and allowed only five hits and a run before Hoyt Wilhelm came on in the ninth to preserve the victory Johnny Romano's pinch-hit double with the bases-loaded and Al Luplow's two-run single were the key blows as the Indians came up with four runs in the 11th The Senators who had Jim Piersall Jim King Chuck Cottier and coach George Case ejected during the game and used various other players in utility roles wound up with pitcher Bennie Daniels playing the outfield BALTIMORE The Boston Red Sox sent out a call for oxygen today as they looked unfamiliarly but from the top of the American League Halting a night game jinx at five straight defeats the Red Sox whipped the Orioles at Baltimore 5-1 last night and inched in front of the Kansas City Athletics who lost to Chicago The Red Sox now are 12-8 compared with Kansas City's 15-11 and lead on percentages 600 to 577 Right hander Earl three hitter was the key last night Boston had managed only three earned runs in five previous night defeats but rapped out a dozen hits against Orioles pitching Gene Conley will be going after win No 2 tonight opposing Baltimore's Steve Barber )5-2 Lu Clinton's two-run homer in the seventh inning was the big blow as Boston backed up Wilson with 13 hits The Red Sox scored single runs in the first fourth and fifth innings the lone Baltimore run coming in the seventh on a single a walk and Boog Powell double Until the seventh Wilson had checked Baltimore on one scratch hit a single off third baseman Frank Malzone's glove by Brooks Robinson in the second Wilson now 3-2 struck out seven five of them in the first three innings and walked three Robin Roberts started for Baltimore but was tagged for three runs and eight hits over the first six innings Roman Mejias Carl Yastrzem-ski and Chuck Schilling each had two hits for Boston while Mal-zone had three singles Clinton's third home run of the season came off relief pitcher Stu Miller after Dick Stuart singled in the seventh The Red Sox have only until noon tomorrow to trim their roster to their playing limit of 24 Vice President Mike Higgins admits that attempts to do trade business with Baltimore Kansas City and Minnesota have been in vain It's expected that Boston will trim one pitcher from the roster The betting is between reliefers Hal Kolstad and Mike Fornieles as the player to go Kolstad has not been impressive in four appearances and the veteran Fornieles has pitched only one inning thus far Major League Stars By Th Associated Press BATTING Bill Freehan Tigers hit a two-run homer triple and double for his ninth hit in last 10 at-bats in 6-2 victory over New York Yankees PITCHING Bob Turley Angels allowed only three hits striking out nine and walking none and posted his first victory of the season 2-0 over Minnesota Trotting Races At The Rock SALEM NH A closing night crowd of 8781 bet $397977 enabling Rockingham Park to end its trotting race meeting last night with an average handle of $367000 Alfred Day of Danville threetime New England champion driver won 28 races during the meeting breaking the record of 26 set in 1961 by John Wilcutts HEADING St Johnsbury Academy runner makes turn at third on way to score in Marian contest at Auditorium field Blue Knights won 11 to 9 in eight innings on two-run homer by Ron Pilette Fight Results By The Associated Press NEW YURK Teddy Pagan 161 Puerto Rico outpointed Frankie Ulivera 1554 New York ON YOUR CASINGS or EXCHANGE Off For Vermont Vacation St Johnsbury came into the contest with a perfect 4-0 slate Marion now stands at 3-0 Pilette made two first inning errors at third but more than made up for them with two clutch hits His1 sixth inning single allowed Marian to tie the game and of course his homer won it Top fielding play of the contest was turned in by Valsangiacomo while playing short He scooped up a grounder near second stepped on second and all in one motion threw on to Ziter at first for a double play BlATiREXa Boxer Paul Pender Retires Raps Boxing Commissioners 'MOST RtTREADlM 6 EQUIPMENT IN THE NORTH COUNTRY" 411 NORTH MAIN BARRE Rusty and Rouleau Connect Marian got rght back into the game in the bottom of the sixth when they scored three times With one out Rouleau doubled to left center He was followed on the base paths by Ziter who walked Then Valsangiacomo unloaded a two-run triple The red head scored when Pilette got his first of two clutch hits this time a single Williams replaced Moore on the mound in the seventh and let the first two get on but he settled down to end the threat getting Marian one-two-three Then with one out and a teammate on the pond in the eighth Pilette climaxed the Knights come from behind surge with is homer BATTING AROUND Marian received 11 walks with five of these runners coming around to score St Johnsbury also was given 11 free passes and four made it home as well as two others that reached on errors The Pale Blues BY DAVE MORSE A dramatic extra inning homer by third baseman Ron Pilette climaxed Marian High School's 11-9 come from behind victory over St Johnsbury Academy at Auditorium Field yesterday afternoon Marian fought from behind to tie the score at 9-9 after six innings and the count was still knotted after the scheduled seven Then in the home half of the eighth Pilette powered a Jim Williams' serve over the left field fence with Rusty Valsangiacomo who had walked scoring ahead of him giving Marian a two run victory margin Gregoire Gets Win As the Blue Knights bats came alive late in the contest Sophomore Roland Gregoire Jr was pitching superb relief ball to keep the Acads in check Gregoire picked up the win He allowed only one hit aver the three and two-third innings he worked The young curve ball artist also using a good fast ball took over for Mike Ziter in the fifth with only one out two runs in and the bases loaded Only one more run scored in that frame as Gregoire threw goose eggs at SJA the rest of the way Ziter had taken over for starter Van-sangiacomo who tired after four innings It was an uphill battle for Marian all the way as the Acads started the scoring off in the top of the first Gary Jenness led off by reaching first on a Pilette error at third After Bob Graham struck out Dave Shumate received a free pass At this point Ken Moore the starting pitcher for the Hilltoppers lashed a double down the left field line scoring both Jenness and Shumate Marian Ties It Up Marian quickly knotted things up in their half half of the first Both Gregoire and Jim Cerasoli drew walks Paul Rouleau then beat out an infield roller loading the bases with no one out When Ziter walked Gregoire scored and Cerasoli came home right after when Valsangiacomo rolled out Moore managed to get the next two Knights on strikes Both clubs failed to dent the scoring column in the second although each had base runners In the third SJA hit for three tallies With one out Dave Connors Chet Moulton John Cornish and John Fecteau reached in succession Fecteau collected the only hit of the group a shot that scored two After another out was made Jenness jabbed a single to left scoring the third run of the inning Moore kept the Blue Knight bats silent once again in the home half of the third before the Caledonia county boys scored in the fourth Dave Shumate singled and took second on a wide throw from the outfield and then later scored the sixth run Pale Blues Bag A Pair Marian worked Marsh for a pair of runs in their fourth Gregoire was on via a fielder's choice when he forced Guy La-Prade who had walked When Cerasoli singled to shallow right the second baseman went out to pick up the ball and in an attempt to get Gregoire at the plate he threw wild with Cerasoli winding up on third He scored the other run of the frame on a passed ball With Ziter on the mound at the start of the fifth St Johnsbury took advantage of his widness plus two hits for their final three runs In the rally Jenness and Graham singled while Shumate Moore and Connors walked From this point on Gregoire was in command on the mound for Marian as the Colomen opened up their big bats A sharply lined ball to right by catcher LaPrade which went over the fielder's head went for a homer and two runs as Reg LaPerle had walked before the blow First Swordfish Tournament GALILEE RI (AP'-The first swordfish tournament ever held in Rhode Island will be at Galilee June 13-14 it was announced today by the Roger Williams Striper Club Eight awards will be given including the Roger Williams Striper Club Memorial Trophy for the angler boating the largest broadbill swordfish during the two-day event Bv BOB GREEN Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YURK Paul Pender a master craftsman who never gained full recognition has abandoned his claim to a tiny segment of the world middleweight boxing championship "The practically impossible situation of trying to solve dual claims to the middleweight was one of the principal reasons Pender listed in announcing his retirement Tuesday His share of the world title once recognized in New York Massachusetts and Europe has dwindled to his home state of Massachusetts Dick Tiger of Ni geria is recognized elsewhere Pender said he had offered to fight Tiger in Nigeria to settle the middleweight dispute "but 1 got no immediate The articulate former fireman from Brookline Mass retired throwing verbal barbs the way he once sliced up opponents with a cutting left hand He said one of the reasons he's calling it a career is because of promoter Sam Silverman's ity to arrange for television coverage of a scheduled title bout with veteran Joey Giardello in Boston June 7 His choice darts however he saved for boxing commissioners PfYMOUTH SALES ARE UP 676 A BROWN Auto Home Stores 176-8644 395 Main Barre Vt The salvation of boxing he said would be the adoption of federal legislation governing the sport and administered by a federal commission of qualified "not the political hacks that now make up our commissions" Pender has had a running battle with the New York State Athletic Commission since that group charging inactivity withdrew recognition of Pender as champion last November The fighter went to court was upheld in his claim and the commission was ordered to restore recognition It complied then again withdrew recognition Pender 32 turned pro in 1949 and compiled a 21-4-1 record before be retired with broken hands in 1952 He came back in 1954 and got a shot at a share of the title against Sugar Ray Robinson in Boston in 1960 He took a split decision in that one showing a fine defensive style and a punishing ripping left hand He made a successful defense against Robinson clearly out boxing the old champion stopped Terry Downes on cuts in another title bout and became the first ever to knock down Carmen Basilio en route to a decision over the former middleweight and welterweight champ He lost the title to Downes in England in 1961 when he quit after the ninth round but re- gained it on a decision over the Englishman in Boston April 7 of last year He has been idle since then "Boxing has been good to me" he said I hope it survives As long as boxing has people in it like Nat Fleischer i publisher of Ring Magazine) it's got to be all right "He owes me no obligation but because he believed I was 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