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The Jackson Sun from Jackson, Tennessee • 10

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The Jackson Suni
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10 THE JACKSON SUN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1967 toff LS9S: SkM whim MMll Run-scoring singles by Frank! the help of Roger Maris' two-" Louis trimmed Atlanta 5-2 in its Coggins and Cap Peterson car- run triple. ried Washington past the White The Giants came from behind for the last out in the ninth, the crowd of 35,770 biggest of the year at Fenway went berserk. Hundreds mobbed Lonborg and final Series tune-up while second place San Francisco nipped Philadelphia 2-1, Pittsburgn thumped Houston 10-3, Cincin Sox and gave the Senators a the eighth inning on Willie Mc-share of sixth place their high- Covey's RBI single and a sacri-est finish in seven years as an fice fly by Ken Hendersonto nip' By DICK COUCH Jim Lonborg whiped his Fenway Park jinx and wound up losing his shirt. It was the best thing that's ever happened to Gentleman Jim in Boston and the finest moment for the Red Sox in 21 years. Yastrzemski, and others took turns dismantling the score nati buried the Chicago Cubs 10- the Phils.

expansion club. 3 and Los Angeles shaded the New York Mets 2-1. Lonborg, who completed his board. After the bedlam of the field, the Sox settled down in their clubhouse for a three-hour Vada Pinson homered and doubled for four RBI, leading the Reds' assault against the Cubs. Baltimore's Marcelino Lopez and Frank Leonhard collaborated on a four-hitter against Cleveland and Sam Bowens homered for the 1966 third major league campaign with a 22-9 mark and a good shot at the Cy Young Award as Frenzied fans ripped the shirt off Lonborg's back in a wild Roberto Clemente nailed his watch over the Tigers-Angels nightcap.

A Detroit victory would have thrown the race into a first-place deadlock and the AL's outstanding pitcher, champions, who finished in a fourth NL batting crown, boos demonstration of affection Sunday after the big right-hander ignited Boston's sixth inning deadlock with Washington teamed with sensational Carl! ipvnlnsinn with a bunt sinele off tij r. jj Minnesota ace Dean Chance. Yastrzemski to lead the Sox oast Minnesota 5-3 Joe Pepitone's two-run homer in the eighth shot New York past the last-place A's, giving forced a best-of-3 playoff set between the Sox and Tigers. But Don Mincher's third homer of the day and a two-run tri- dllUl iimu, 1 1 iAnn ting his average to .357 with a-triple and homer in the Pirates' victory over Houston. Alan Foster and reliever Phil Regan stopped the Mets on two hits as Los Angeles won its finale on a two-run error by Hie uuiiL was my uwu iuca, he said.

"It was the first thing I the Yanks a season-closing vic- bring Boston its first American League pennant since 1946. "It was sheer mania," said ple by Roger Repoz keyed a tory streak of four games thought about when I went to pair of three-run California ral Nelson Briles won his ninth in the plate." lies that snuffed out Detroit Ken Boswell in the Singles by Jerry Adair and a row for a 14-5 season mark asjrookie Dalton Jones then filled the rr i Cardinals beat Atlanta 1 1 i rtu Lonborg, whose seven-hit victory over the slugging Twins-coupled with an 8-5 Detroit loss to California put the Red Sox Yastrzemski I 1 bases before Alincner iwo nuuiers uie drilled a two-run single to cen over the top on the frantic final day of the zaniest pennant race ter, tying the score. "I kept telling myself 'Don't go for the 3,,.. home run, go for the base hit, said the Boston slugger, who in history. "Fantastic! Fantastic!" shouted Yastrzemski, the Triple topped the league with a .326 first game at Detroit were wasted as Willie Horton and Ed Mathews knocked in two runs apiece to pace the Tigers' 12-hit attack.

But the Angel first baseman's 25th homer a two-run shot in the third inning of the nightcap drove the first nail into the Tigers' coffin. Jim McGlothlin Crown strongboy whose third of four straight hits helped Boston Tom B. McClamroch average and 121 runs batted in and tied Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew for the home run crown with 44. overtake the Twins with a five- i a run sixth inning burst and complete one of baseball's most dramatic comeback sagas a drive from ninth place in 1966 to Harrelson greeted reliever nj Lee Hurley Jas L. Exam Rojas and George Brunet a World Series berth opposite mopped up.

St. Louis' National League Worthington with a high hopper! to shortstop Zoilo whose throw to the plate was late as Jones scored to go-ahead run. Two wild pitches sent Yas champs. The Red Sox went into tne climactic weekend set with Min- trzemski home and Jose Tarta nesota needing a scored final in sweep to avert ehmmation. Vmnin when irst baseman j.

iney won on oduuuay Smith's Yastrzemski poled his 44th horn grounder. About This Question: "What if I caused an auto injury or death and had to meet a $50,000 or $100,000 judgment with $10,000 auto liability insurance? Is it true that a $100,000. liability policy giving ten times the protection, would cost less than twice as much as a $10,000 liability policy? Tom B. McClamroch INSURANCE 308 E. Main St.

Phone 427-2241 er and knocked in four runs. And they won Sunday in their Lonborg gave up a seventh inning run on successive singles i i. i i parK ana no fldu idueu iu Killebrew. Tonv Oliva and TOURNAMENT CHAMPION Ron Acree (right) of Murray State won the Annual Jackson Invitational Golf Tournament Sun day at Jackson Golf and Country Club with a sudden death triumph over Richard Eller (left) of Memphis State. (Sun Photo by Don Mitchell) beat the Twins in six career de- Bob Allison, but Yastrzemski cisions including unW choked off the rally with a rifle J.

CARL DAVIS BODY WORKS 130 Whitehall Ph. XUhts 427-C940 edr- throw that nailed Allison trying Lonborg was taking ctrotu uic iOBI chances in his eaort 10 ena me Cops cree When shortstop Rico squeezed Rich Rollins pop-up Fenway hex. He spent Saturday night at a hotel, using team-imate Ken Harrelson's room. instead of staying at his own apartment in Boston. to the green off to the left while Acree hit the green 15 feet be-! bind the pin.

Eller made a great pitch shot within six feet of the cup. Acree putted just short and tapped in for his par. Eller's putt slid by the hole by an inch and Acree had the match. 171 Floyd Adams 174 Fred Baker 176 Dr. E.

Eure 179 Clyde Rhodes 130 Ab Taylor III 182 Bob Mainert 183 George Gnmison 185 F. Jenkins. Jimmy Mays 187 Clarence Williams 188 C. Little Jr. 190 Dr.

F. Weinberg THIRD FLIGHT 160 Dr. Ames 163 E. S. Manley Jr.

170 James Brewer 171 Harold Eller 172 Chuck Vanderveer 174 Pat Mann Jr. 176 Fred Wvatt. Bob Davis 177 r.nwan Murray State student Ron Acree defeated Memphis State student Richard Eller on the second hole of a sudden death playoff at Jackson Golf and Country Club Sunday afternoon to annex the annual Jackson Invitational Golf Championship. Acree, the medalist with a 69, made up a three stroke deficit on Sunday to come home in 148 for a deadlock with Eller. Eller had posted a 73 on Saturday with Acree firing a 76.

"Maybe was Demg superstitious, thinking about any hex at Fenway," he said. "I figured I'd stay in a hotel and pretend I was on the road. "When I woke up this morning I felt great. I felt I was going to win." Lonborg's "great" feeling dis The 1967 champion was greeted almost immediately on the green by his excited wife, Now through the skill and magic of NCR. computers and S.P.S.

dta processing the questions are finally answered could DEMPSEY have beaten LOUIS. How would MAR-CIANO have fared against SULLIVAN? From tens of thousands of information bits, the computers compile an actual round-by-round, blow-by-blow 15 bout elimination tournament ending with the all time Heavyweight Title Fight! appeared early in the finale as Sheila, who had discarded her shoes long since because the 'the Twins pushed over a pair of unearned runs and led 2-0 going long walk had hurt her feet. Another Memphis State golf er, Ted Butler, very nearly made it a three way tie as Acree, 21 years old, is a native of Louisville and is the current Kentucky State Open champion. he closed with the hottest round of the day, a 71, and finished just a stroke back. Butler into the sixth.

"Then all hell broke loose," jDick Williams, the Sox first-jyear manager, recalled happily. The loss dropped the Twins iinto a second-place deadlock I with the Tigers, won their doubleheader opener 6-4 before Buddy Hewitt won the First Flight with a 154. caught the trap with his tee The Second Flight went to shot on No. 18, had a bad lie 180 Charles Hancock Sr. Fred Karr, G.

Brown Jr. 181 Jimmy Baker 182 Mac Carter. John Harris 184 John Hunt 187 Harry Lane Jr. 188 Mac Wyatt 197 Tom Ferguson 199 Jack Bowers FOVRTH FLIGHT 162 Bobby Anderson 172 Dick Reynolds 178 Dr. R.

Stanley. Dr. Bubba Fields a ISO Elton Mcintosh. Harrison Her-ron 181 Ernest Montgomery 183 Bob Carter 185 Jack Mohein Jr. 188 Bob Powell 190 Robert Cohen, Bud Gilliam 192 Les Stovall 199 Aubrey Reed 200 Sam Lowrey Jr.

209 J. M. Avent Jr. FIFTH FLIGHT 181 Sam Rheney 185 f. E.

Agnew. Bill Holland, Jimmy Gleaves who defeated Herman Muller in a playoff for being ousted by the giant-kiUmg and ultimately settled for a bogey to bow out contention. Angels. Minnesota and Uetroit In the playoff Acree and im finished one game and ust six percentage points. the title.

Dr. Ames hauled in the top trophy in the Third Flight. Bobby Anderson easily won the Fourth Flight with a 162. ler each fashioned par fours on the No. 1.

On the second hole Eller pulled his second shot in- the Red Sox whose winning .568 EESi2 mark was the lowest in AL his tory. Sam Rheney emerged as the Fifth Flight champion. Washington knocked off the Chicago White Sox 4-3, Baltimore blanked Cleveland 4-0 and "Bow Charles Bennett successfully defended his Seniors crown Bill Neely the New York Yankees edged i with a fine 153. Earl Pate, a former Seniors champ, was his Hunters pms, Kansas City 4-3 in other AL finales. In National League play, St.

nearest rival with a 155. Complete results of the tour nament are as follows: For those Hard-to-find archery items, see Buddy Matthews, he's our "Silent Weapon Man." 186 G. P. Harrison 187 Frank Carter 188 Joe Cannon 191 Charles Tally 192 Tom Badpett 196 F. DeBardelebens 199 David SeweU 205 Fred HaHs 207 J.

M. Avent Sr. 208 Emmett Rogers 210 Chuck Walker. Glover Gary 214 Buck Gowan 216 Dr. F.

Edgar 221 Bill Weaver SENIORS 153 Charles Bennett 155 Earl Pate 162 Fred Hertel 164 Dean Haedrich 170 Tod Francis. Tack Aday 171 Harry Lane Sr. 172 H. M. Peterson, Rhea Stuart Charles Warren Quarterback Club The South Side Quarterback Club will meet tonight at 7:30 at the school.

Films of the South Side and ii II P.S. CHAMPIONSHIP 148 Ron Acree. Richard Eller 149 Ted Butler 151 Sonny Fowler, Greg Powers 154 Ray Chambers 155 Jimmy Wittenberg Sr. 156 Butch Cashon 157 Charles Finch 159 Bill Pritchett 164 Evans WUson Father Hines 165 Mike Vansicklen 166 Jim Masserio 167 George Wesson 170 Shep Smith, Sam Zerilla 173 Wes Naye 174 Tom Freeland. Bill Henry 177 Charles Hancock Jr.

FIRST FLIGHT 154 Bobby Hewitt Savannah game will be shown. The South Side Freshmen will play North Side tomorrow at Rothrock Field at 7:30. Congraulations are in order for Danny Jones who was named outstanding player on the South Side and Savannah Purdue coach Jack Mollen-kopf has coached the Boilermaker football team the last 11 seasons. i i I II I To all members of the Madison Hall Archery Club. With the purchase of your Big Game License we furnish you archery Stamps free.

Sadie Lou Service Sta. Riverside Drive Ext. i "amp. i lo7 Coleman Wingate 164 Swan Burrouss Jr. 165 Phil Zerilla Harlon Lett 167 Frank Turner 170 Jack Stader 172 Owen Sanders 173 Blanton Jones 174 H.

G. Williams 176 Bob Wilhite 177 Monty Kennedy 179 Gene Pearce 182 Bob Bell SECOND FLIGHT 165 Jimmy Gleaves, Herman Muller I 170 Aubrey Williams, Rex Lester A magnificent $12,000.00 SeaBird fibreglass 26 foot Sedan Cruiser. The world's largest trailerable yacht. With 200 horsepower V8 engine, and inboard-outboard drive. Fully equipped with the accessories.

Galley, deluxe mattresses, bilge ventilating system, Marine head, and many others. (FOB Miami.) PLUS A week's vacation for two (modified American Plan) at the fabulous Algiers Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida. PLUS The all new exciting Johnson Air Buoy, the newest innovation in diving fun. PLUS A beautiful Gold Commemorative "ALL TIME HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT" ring from Regal Crest Jewelry of Miami. from 6th PRIZE through 10th PRIZE Commemorative gold rings.

-jr I i A I. it 2nd PRIZE through 5th PRIZE One week's vacation for two (modified American-Plan) at the Algiers Hotel. On Miami Beach, Florida. PLUS Commemorative gold ring. ALL TIME HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT CONTEST RULES by TOM WAGSTER Truex Service Manager 6 Contest entries must be postmarked before midnight November 5th, 1967.

7 Employees of Woroner Productions, Great Fights, NCR, SPS. Ring Magazine, the radio station, sponsor, and associated advertising agencies and their families are ineligible. 8 In case of ties, winner will be tested with tie breaking. questions to determine ultimate winners. 9 Decision of the judges will be final, and incontestable.

1 No purchase necessary. 2 Select winner of each fight. Designate by writing win ners on a postcard. 3 Indicate method of win under name of winner, ie. ko, tko, dec.

4 If ko or tko indicate round. If decision indicate points ie. Dec. 10-5 meaning winner won ten rounds loser five. Or Dec.

9-4-2 meaning winner won nine rounds, loser won 4 and two rounds were even. 5 Submit as many entries as you like, use postcard. No letters. Earliest postmark counts in determining In a recent survey of 7,240 cars checked for defects 48 had battery trouble. A battery loses about 50 of its capacity as the temperature approaches 0.

Why wait until your battery fails before checking it. FREE battery and charging system check anytime! Get Chevyland Service By Trained Technicians! HAPPY PAIR Jackson Invitational Golf Tournament champion Ron Acree is greeted by his happy wife, Sheila, after Acree closed out Richard Eller on the second hole of a sudden death playoff here Sunday. -isnn photo by Don Mitchell) MONDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING CARDINAL BASEBALL WTJS WTJS-FM BRAKE RELINE SPECIAL 17 SEAT COVERS 30 MINUTE INSTALLATION BAKER BROS. 206 W. Main Ph.

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