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Ledger-Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia • 19

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Ledger-Enquireri
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The Columbus Enquirer Columbus Ga riday Morning July 2 1965 rage Mineteen Berard ino Gets Key Hit Baseball unnyman Yanks Outlast Patkin Here Tonight Charlotte in 15 or 3 Games Last US Netter Bows Out of Meet for the Repoz Cracks Homer Blefary Sparks Orioles to Win 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 4 3 2 10 0 0 3 0 10 30 4 7 4 Baltimore PREMIUM NYLON TIRES MORE OR YOUR TIRE DOLLAR! 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Present Stock Is Limited! BALTIMORE (AP) Rookie Curt Blefary a former Yankee farm hand continued his heavy hitting against New York cracking a homer and a triple in Baltimore's 4 3 victory over the Yankees Thursday night Blefary hitting 375 against the Yankees gave the Orioles a lead they never lost when he hit his 11th homer with none on in the first inning The shot off Whitey ord was fifth NEW YORK 2b Kubek ss Tresh If Howard Lopez rf Pcpitone lb Boyer 3b Hepoz el ord ph Mairtle ph Barker ph Linz pr Totals I ri Cochet waged three final battles but the same years Helen Wills beat three different rivals title The battle of the between Miss Smith unseeded Miss Truman a gal lery favorite hardly generated enough excitement to rustle a program after the first few minutes The gallery of 16000 packed around center court showed some enthusiasm when Christine won the first two games and took the first set to 4 4 ab bi 5 12 2 Hess 4 I) 0 0 Mendoza ss hvarcs if 2 0 0 0 Vel'quez 2b 7 0 0 0 I'm'lctt cf 7 110 Reese lb 7 10 0 Clark 3b 6 0 10 Ratliff 6 0 3 2 Manning pr 6 13 0 Sadowski 2 0 10 McCall ph 1 0 0 0 Miller i 53 4 114 Totals lirted With ame In Previous Games The no hitter by Jurewicz have come as a great surprise to officials ir the Yankee organization In his last time out at Asheville on June 26 Mike had hurled a four hitter against the Tourists only to lose a 2 0 decision to an other strong young lefthander Luke Walker Mike lost another four hitter to Charlotte 2 1 here on May 18 and came back to beat Montgomery with a four hitter 2 1 in the Alabama city on Jone 8 However his finest previous pitching performance probably came against Birmingham here on June 12 when he set the Rarons down with two' base blows and won a 7 1 decision in seven innings Mike feels an off season operation on his elbow is re sponsible for what he considers a slow start this season But he also points out that three of his six losses have been by one run don't think any doubt Jurewicz is one of the finest pitching prospects in the Yankee Houk told Wilt Browning of The Charlotte Observer in Charlotte Wednesday night has a bright future ahead of him if he takes good care of that The Yankee general manager also singled out Tom Shafer the acknowledged Cohimhits ace with a phenom enal 10 1 record as a fine pitching prospect While his control was not exactly superb in the no hit ter against Charlotte Mike had his patented fast ball hum ming and struck out eight Hornets This gives him a total of 95 strikeouts in 113 innings of pitching and he has walk ed 47 Pitched Prep Rasehall Just Two Years Apo The one thing that has the Yankees so excited about Jurewicz is that the young lefthander has come such a long way in such a short time Little more than two years ago Mike was pitching for Pius XI High School in Milwaukee A graduate of Little League Babe Ruth and American Legion baseball Mike was acclaimed most valuable high school player his senior season He also re ceived All State honors in football and was a member of the all tournament team in the state basketball playoff After his graduation from Pius XI in 1963 Mike made his professional debut with Harlan of the Appalachian (rookie) League and broke even with a 4 4 record while appearing in 14 games In 66 innings Mike gave up more bases on balls than he did hits 63 to 55 hut he also struck out 94 while compiling a 464 earned run average In 1964 the big lefthander was with ort Landerdale in the lorida State League winning nine and losing five while appearing in 23 games Mike worked 126 innings and again issued more bases on balls 86 than he allowed hits 82 However ho whiffed 126 SL exactly one per inning and boasted a 293 ERA Mike says Im signed with the Yankees after graduating from high school because there was a shortage of lefthand ers in the organization "1 seriously considered Philadelphia for the same reason" he adds Jurewicz a native of Buffalo' who moved to Milwaukee at an early ago was asked why he didn't sign with his hometown Braves "My high school coach was scout for Milwaukee and just about everyone thought I would sign with the Braves" he replied "But they offer ns much ns some (rf the After bis graduation from high school Mike actually was contacted by major league organizations and 16 of them made firm offers The Yankees are glnd they won the race because they belli ve Mike is sure fire blg lcague timber went to Steve Barber who was tagged homers by Hector Lopez Roger Repoz 3b if DON'T HAVE TO BE A "PRO" TO WIN IN THIS LEAGUE No Sir! 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United Rent Alls offers an exclusive franchise to own and operate a United Rent Alls store Over 400 stores In the United States URA stores Most 98 r0 of nur operators have succeeded Re quires $8(hio cash investment Bal ance can be financed WRITE OR PHONE: I'NlTEh RENT ALLS INC 2605 NORTH 27th STREET LINCOLN NEBRASKA A i) 101333 Durel Dlcrlngcr of Uhnrlotte NU qtmIHIcd In 11 1964 Mercury nl 166220 although he threw a connecting rod and hod lo xhiil down his engine just before completing the second lap Ellc (Buck) Baker of Char lotte NC qualified In a 1965 llemlhcad Plymouth with the sixth best time of 160857 ahrhbcm 1959 1960 and 1964 Miss's Goo Smith is a finalist for the third straight year She beat Miss Moffitt in 1963 but lost to Maria I last year riday a pair of Australian buddies Roy Emerson and red( Stolle play a repeat of the 1964 final which Emerson' won in four sets Stolle also was' runner up in 1963 losing to Chuck McKinley Statisticians thumbed the record books and decided this was the first time in Wimbledon history that both singles finals turned out repeats of the pre vious year Back in 1927 28 29 Jean Borotra and Hen 1544 lit Av Across rom Hardaway ord A 7 2636 By PAUL COX Max Patkin funni i est and most popular clown will be at Golden Park tonight when i the league leading Columbus I Yankees return home to open a three game series with Knox ville Righthander George Bechtold (9 5) is expected to pitch to game for the Yanks while starting hurl er has not been announced Patkin who has worked in the major leagues with the Cleve land Indians and old St Louis Browns was a tremendous hit when he appeared here last year had many requests to bring him said Colum bus General Manager Charlie Senger kids really love And it might be added so do the adults Clown Prince of has lured large crowds to parks in numerous cities with his show of panto mimes mimicry and contortions And he often crowd with his laugh provoking antics Patkin is a former profession al baseball player who was handed his release by a Class A club in 1946 after failing to shuck a sore arm Although he never made it to the major leagues as a player Patkin is strictly big He has appeared before more than 2000000 baseball fans in the United States Canada and Mex ico And while the average pay of major league players is about $15000 a year annual take is closer to $20000 just goes to Max says a goofy looking guy like me can do when he stops trying to be a pitcher and be comes a The Max Patkin show is one of two special promotions Seng er has planned during the Knox ville series The annual fireworks display will be on the agenda when the Yanks meet the Smokies Saturday night folks claim last fireworks show was the finest ever seen in Seng er said display will be outstanding entertainment for the entire The Yanks who are shooting for the Southern League All Star Game to be played on July 19 will wind up the three game scries with Knoxville Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock 4 n3 0 Chambers Columbus Il 6 1 3 8 2 3 9 2 3 0 5 1 3 3:46 HR Bldary (ID ER BR SO 4 (I 0 3 0 AT ROYAL TIRE GUARDIAN I YOU DRIVE A Volkswagen Corvair alcon Chevy II Mustang or any other compact car PREMIUM time Thursday Ho mndc 166682 In 1965 ord despite de tached spark plug wire which reduced him lo seven cylinders Aho qualifying with engine I rouble was Insi winner A oyt of Houston Tex 1965 ord was time In COMPLETE i snorts JL COVERAGE (AP) Detroit Gates grounder sent Page 21 Col 4) nosTos ah bi 001 Schilling 2b 4 0 0 0 Brossoud ss 3 0 0 0 THort 1b 4 0 10 Mantilla ci 4 0 10 rl 3 0 10 If 0 10 0 Malzone 3b 4 12 0 Jones ph 3 0 0 Tillman 10 0) Wilson 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 10 Leads Qualifiers DAYTONA BEACH la (AP) red Lorenzen ol Elmhurst 111 led second clay qualifiers for the July 4 irecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway Thursdny with a two lap aver ago of 171314 mlh's an hour Lorenzen piloting a 1905 fac tory ord will start: seventh In Sunday's 400 milc stock car race mound Daytona's 25 mile banked course Tim six fastest qualifiers Wednesday earned choice posi tions The polo went to Marvin I '(inch of Dnvfonn Bench lor his time ol 171510 pli in a 1065 ord Junior Johnson of Rhonda NC turned in the second best Mike Showed The Big Man RALPH HOUK general manager of the New York Yan kees was in a Griffith Stadium box seat at Charlotte Wednesday night when young Mike Jurewicz went out to pitch the second game of a doubleheader for Columbus The Confederate Yanks had lost the first game 4 2 and saw their Southern League lead dwindle to three and one half games over the Hornets But Jurewicz a 19 year old lefthander in only his third season of professional baseball had more than one reason for wanting to beat Charlotte in the second game have picked a better time to do Mike said after he' had pitched the second seven inning no hit no run game of the season in the Southern League The first such gem was turned in by Paul Seitz at Chattanooga on April 29 Seitz a righthand er faced the minimum 21 batters while besting the Look outs 2 0 He walked two men but both were erased by Baron double plays Jurewicz was not so fortunate as he recorded his 2 0 no hitter against Charlotte The 6 foot 3 210 pound southpaw who squared his record at 6 6 walked six Hornets and another reached base in the first inning when Steve Whitaker dropped Minnie fly ball in right field Charlotte actually had the bases loaded in the first inn ing and then again in the fifth "I guess it bothered me some that Mr Houk was Mike said wanted to show him a good fast ball but I was disappointed with my Mike said he actually started thinking about the no hit ter when Charlotte fans began chanting for the Hornets to break it up in the fifth inning was scared of Mendoza and (Hank) the Columbus lefthander admitted of them hit some pretty good shots off me the last time I pitched against Charlotte in WIMBLEDON England (P) Defending champion Maria Bueno out gcneraled Billie Jean Moffitt and Margaret Smith pulverized Christine Truman Thurs day to make both the 1965 Wimbledon singles finals here we are again affairs Maria from Brazil the top seed beat little Miss Moffitt of Long Beach Calif seeded fifth 6 4 5 7 6 3 Big Marge from Australia strode imperiously over even bigger Christine Tru man of Britain in 39 minutes 6 4 6 0 Miss Bueno and Miss Smith meet Saturday in a repeat of last year's women's final won by the elegant Brazilian girl Its the fourth Wimbledon final in seven voars for Maria who won in 1959 1960 and 1964 Miss season against) None DP Baltimore 2 LOR New York 7 Baltimore 5 2B Tresh Robinson 2 Lopez Rover in Aciaii Dietary Lopez (4) Repoz (1) IP ord 9 7 4 Reniff 2 Teifenauor 2 Barber 6 6 8 2 3 Miller 3 2:07 A 17744 The GUARDIAN PREMIUM NYLON is one of the strongest longest wooring safest tires ever offered at anywhere near these prices Over 40000 are running in Muscogee County without a failure YOUR SATISACTION IS GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK (attar 10 Day Trial) OYAL TIRE SERVIC 1 544 1 st Ave Across rom Hardaway ord A 7 2636 Sadowski ER BR 3 0 3 () I 1 757 i Host PaUl COX Knoxville 6 2 2 0 6 1 0 4 0 2 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 ph 10 0 0 51 3 8 2 000 002 100 000 001 4 000 100 200 000 000 3 CHARLOTTE Dick Berardino singled home Mike erraro with the winning run in the 15th inning as the red hot Columbus Yankees whipped Charlotte 4 3 in a Southern League baseball marathon here Thursday night The victory was the lourtn in the five game scries for the Yankees who increased their Southern League lead to five and one half games It also gave the Yanks a 6 2 record on the just concluded road jaunt into Asheville and Charlotte Columbus will return home tonight to open a three game series with Knoxville erraro opened the top of the 15th with a single and went to second when catcher Billy Mad den singled with one out before Berardino rapped another base hit to left field for the run that eventually ended it all single was his third hit of the game Shortstop Joe araci also collected three hits for the Yanks Second baseman Roy White gave Columbus a 2 1 lead in the top of the sixth inning with a Mong home run his 10th of the season over the right field wall with araci on base after a leadoff single Berardino then singled home the third Columbus run in the seventh inning However Charlotte first base man Dick Reese tied the score in the seventh when he belted a double to drive in Nestor Vela quez and Tommy Umphlett Gil Downs who went eight and two third innings in relief of starter red Chambers ran his record to 4 0 by blanking the Hornets on only three hits COLl'MIllS CHARLOTTE While 2b 5 12 2 Hess If HCCHI1 Miller ph lh erraro Sdnmini Madden 71 inn araci Downs Totals Columbus Charlotte Madden dark Velazquez LOB Columbus 13 Charlotte 17 2B Chambers Berardino Reese HR one neesc Downs (2) DP Chambers Downs Sadowski Shift let Randolph Miller WP Chambers US ROYALCAPS JK 4 for $22 il ar BLACKWALL WE INANCE OUR OWN ACCOUNTS 91 BL fwu 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