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10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, June 28, 1966 Mays Passes Williams Tan in All By MIKE RECHT ted Press Sports Wrii ST. LOUIS (AP)--Willie Ma was not trying to get past an body, but he moved fast enou: Monday night to catch Bob Gi son and pass Ted Williams. In the stretch run of a bri liant career, Mays passed Wi _liams, another thoroughbred, | become the third-greatest hom run hitter of all time. The blast that put him ther was a two-run siioi off Gibson ii the first. inning Monday nighi that gave National League-lead- ing San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory over St. Louis Cardinals. It was his 17th of the season and the 522nd of his 15-year ca- reer, putting him one ahead of Williams. Only Babe Ruth, with 714 homers, Jimmy Foxx, with 534, are between him and the top. But Mays took in stride all the glory heaped upon him. "I'm not trying to get past anybody," he said. "I might have been pressing for No. 512 which broke the Nationa? League record, but the pressure wasn't as great for this one. "I was just trying to hit the ball off Gibson, but I knew this one was gone when I hit it." LAST WAS 1962 Mays has had his troubles catching the Cardinal right-han- der. It was only his second homer off Gibson and the first since June, 1962. Dick Ellsworth, the victim of Mays' 52ist homer, bounced back with a route-going victory as Chicago Cubs whipped At- _Tama Ham ~ le ed ee anta Braves 5-1, Roberto Cle-| Milt Pappas checked the ente stroked three key hits in| Dodgers on a run and eight hits tisburgh Pirates' 8-5 decision|pefore hurting his right foot on er Houston Astros an@ Cincin-|q play at first base in the eighth iti Reds defeated Los Angeles'and giving way to reliever Billy 1 in other National League ac-| McCool. vity. . | In the American League, Jim Balti m ge ud rag we Kaat pitched a six-hitter in Min- alifornia Angeles 4-1 and MiN-| nesota's victory--ninth against esota Twins beat Cleveland In-| five defeats. jans 6-2 in the se ga ma Three of tlie Indians' six hits eague games scheduled. , A ; ei - Elisworth scattered eight hits, crags yet ont a von ov cored one run and singied-iny 2 y.Scored..pon..on er Race | thei: 'uns. But the Twins tied it, then went ahead with a four- run sixth inning. Baltimore and California were scoreless until the Orioles ral- lied for two runs in the sixth. Boog Powell singled, Frank Robinson doubled and Brooks Robinson was walked purposely, loading the bases. The first run crossed on Jim Fregosi's error and the second on a double play grounder. Francis. "I'm delighted we could get him." Geoffrion said he thinks he re- tired from hockey too soon. "I was only 33, but some people s Geoffrion thought I was over the hill. Returning =: ma en NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernie|job with an eye on the Mon- (Boom Boom) Geoffrion, looking|treal job. I coached the Aces to trim and apparently anxious for! two first-place finishes and they "If he could play that well at 39, I can do it at 35. And don't forget, he was away four years. I've only missed two seasons." In addition to paying the $30,- 000 waiver price, the Rangers); gave Geoffrion a three-year con- tract at an estimated $35,000 a| year. } ray action, is ready to lead New|called me in and said 'if you've Vari Rancare aut of the Na-! got another offer, take it.'"' tional Hockey League cellar. Geoffrion, fuming at tne aces' " didn't come here to play|management, decided to make a for a loser," said the right|comeback as a player. Because winger who scored 371 goals in|waivers were not obtained in 14 seasons with Montreal Cana-|1964 when he was placed on the diens before retiring two years) voluntarily retired list, he was ago to coach Quebec Aces of| available at the $30,000 price and the American Hockey League. The Rangers claimed Geof- frion on waivers from Montreal after he decided to make a comeback as a player. "Geoffrion still has a lot of good hockey left in him," said Ranger general manage Emile Boom. Boom, fifth-highest goal scorer in NHL history, said Ted Lindsay's successful comeback with Detroit two years ago helped influence his decision to play again. Lindsay scored 14 goals after a four-year layoff: mother while picking up only) his third victory in 13 deci-| sions. The Cubs, who had| dropped seven of their previous) the Rangers made their claim. | SURE CURE FOR | FORD | FEVER -- Prescription -- An Affordable -- FORD -- MACDONALD. FORD SALES LTD. ! } | | | | | a OSHAWA BOWMANVILLE Oe ee acta pompuoyna CUSTOM Carpet & Upholstery DYEING Let us put new sv aca ie life in those drab, faded, and soiled colors et fab nant al canlncinn Wa da wall ta wall bennd rare poes loom right in your home or place of business, Brighten room's chesterfields or chairs the low cost way, wr by po Al Motels, etc... serving Oshawa, Whitby, Aiox and surrounding districts. Give us a call for a FREE ESTIMATE, CALL 728-5387 Rainbow Color Re-Nu 555 KING ST. EAST OSHAWA eight games, broke it open with three runs in the fifth against) loser Joey Jay. | Ellsworth and Glenn Beckert| each singled a run across in the| fifth and Don Kessinger deliv-| ered another with a double. CLEMENTE NOW .332 Clemente, raising his league-| leading batting mark to .332, set up a run with a fourth-inning | single, snapped a 2-2 tie with al run-scoring double in the fifth jand singled again in a five-run seventh - inning burst that wrapped it up for the Pirates and right-hander Steve Blass. | Blass, 6-1, needed relief nth | fo from Elroy Face in the ninth, when the Astros pushed over) three unearned runs. |. The Reds scored twice in the/ first inning, Pete Rose doubling} one run in and scoring the other | on Vada Pinson's single. They} added an insurance run in| the second on John Edward's| homer. B. Robinson, Only Infield By JACK HAND NEW YORK (AP) -- Third | baseman Brooks Robinson of| Baltimore Orioles, top vote-get-| ter with 257, and shortstop Dick} McAuliffe of Detroit Tigers were) the only repeaters on the two starting infields. named today) for the July 12 All-Star baseball|ardson for second base in the game at St. Louis. | Robinson and McAuliffe were! joined by rookie first baseman George Scott of Boston Red Sox) and second baseman Bobby) Knoop of California Angels on) the American League infield. | Rebinson got all but two votes of those eligible to pick him.| The Orioles could not vote for) their team-mates. Willie McCovey, first base- man of San Francisco Giants, led the National League voting with 214. Joe Morgan, Houst McAuliffe - Repeaters the rest of the 25-man squads will be named later. Starters were selected by the vote of players, managers and coaches in each league. The closest contest was be-| tween Knoop and Bobby Rich- American League. Robinson won in a landslide and both Scott and McAuliffe had com- fortable margins. | Santo beat Jim Ray Hart of| San Francisco 151-125 in the third base competition in the National League, the closest contest. McCovey was a lop- sided winner over Bill White of Philadelphia, Cardenas. had a solid edge on Maury Wills of Los Angeles and Morgan beat out Jim Lefebvre of the Dodgers 144-94. gecond baseman, and Ron Santo, Chicago Cubs' third baseman, both were picked to the team although they were injured over the weekend. Leo Cardenas, Cin- cinnati shortstop, was the fourth member of the National League) infield. | Morgan suffered a broken right knee cap in batting prac- tice before Saturday's game and "don't be half- pressed" will be out of action for at least three weeks. Santo received a fractured cheek bone when hit by a pitched ball in Sunday's game with New York Mets and underwent surgery Monday. USE SUBSTITUTES Presumably substitution will be made if they are unable to) play. It will be up to manager| Walter Alston to ask. Sam Mele} of Minnesota is the American, League manager. a The two starting infields were announced by commissioner Wil- liam D. Eckert's office in a) change from the usual proce-| dure. Normally, the entire start- ing line-up, except for the pitch- ers, is released at the same time. Eckert's office will release the names of the starting out- fielders Thursday and catchers Sunday. The pitching staffs and South Africans Beat Canadians LONDON (Reuters) -- Cana- dians Vicki Berner and Keith| Carpenter were beaten 6-4, 7-5 by south Africans Annette Van) *zyl and Fred McMillan in the second round of the mixed dou- bles at the Wimbledon tennis championships today. 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