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Mays Ties Foxes Foxx as Perry chalks Up L J. J p t Il 11 Giant Star Still Behind Ruth By Ity HAL UAL BOCK Press Frees Sports ports Writer I Willie Mays on the ef of becoming the greatest right right- i banded handed home run hitter hiUer in base base- baseball baseball ball history says the long ones dont don't come as easy as they once did Mays tied Jimmy Foxx for second place place on the all time all time list with his Tuesday night helping Gaylord Perry win his hiB 1 kh game as es San Francisco topped toed St Sl Louis 3 31 3 1 I think its it's getting harder to tobit Rift hit home runs because of my age ase Mays said Im 35 35 you know Sometimes Im I'm not strong enough to swing awing the bat good i In IB spite of his advancing jears gaars un Mays Mays' home run output hIlS tas earned him the National League title in each of the last two years In fact the 52 he blasted last year marked his best season one pro ducton ever Mays' Mays came leading off the third inning against left han I der AI Al Jackson It was Willies Willie's 2 th this thi season and left lell him four behind Hank Aaron the National League leader Th The only man left with more home runs tuns than Mays is the leg leg- legendary legendary Babe Ruth who fin fin- with Ruth swung from the left side and helped build a power elite aura for left left handed handed hitters bitters e 0 Foxx FOD who sent Mays a tele tell telegram gram Ilam congratulating him said saidI saidI I d hope he hits For 25 years they thought thou hl only emy left left left-handers handers could hit the thelong I long ones Foxx x continued Im 11 m happy that at another right right- ri I ht-I bander can prove he can hit I Elsewhere first place Pitts Pitts- Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh burgh blanked New Nev York fork 3 0 3 in ina ina ina a game Jam called by bv ram rain in the seventh lining inning inning Philadelphia edged Chicago 53 S 3 3 Atlanta dot dOl ne lied i Houston Houst m 4 42 2 and Los 1 cs es s 's blankEd Cincinnati 2 0 2 ays' ays ns historic homer was 01 rth in three autographed ba bi cb and md a visit isit to the I Giants' Giants clubhouse to lo 18 year old year old Henry Barenz who caught the ball as it n sailed over the foot foot sign aign in m right right center center field j It was a good pitch pitch said j Jackson J who later struck Mays s out oot on a Ii fast ball I 1 dont don't I think he hs was guessing You dont don't t ha have hae hato e to guess to hit a home run Pitcher Tommie was the hero ero nero for the Pirates He held the Mela Metz to a n pair of singles scored 0 run and drove in another His lib efforts earned one Hang In There and one Go Go Get Em in the Pirates' Pirates unique award system The awards are handed out by byThe byThe byThe The Black Pitts PiUs Pittsburgh's burghs burgh's clubhouse cutups who celebrate every victory with with- I high jinks inks that would make 01 Ol Olson son and Johnson seem refined Four straight walks with two out in the eighth inning gave the Phillies their victory over the Cubs e o o e Tony Gonzalez who had hom homo ered earlier led off the eighth with a double After Afler Ferguson Jenkins retired sluggers John Callison and Rich Allen Bill White was given an intentional walk Then Ther Clay Dalrymple Dick Groat and Doug Clemens all drew unintentional walks forcing in two runs Rico scored two runs I and Dick Kelley pitched five five- hit ball for seven innings as the Braves defeated the Astros It was was Atlanta's seventh victory in inthe inthe inthe the last mm flint- games and Hous bus Houston Houstons buston's ton tons ton's s loss of the last 16 Don Sutton Sulton blanked the Reds Redson on two hits and Tommy Davis drove in both Dodger runs with witha a first inning single that extend extend- extended ed his hitting streak to 11 II straight games It was suttons sutton's s victory the most any 1 rookie pitcher has had for the i Dodgers since the club moved to I ILos Los Angeles in 1958 I I II 4 e ex x A lr i Houston rookie Sonny Jackson one of the National Leagues League's top sprinters seems to be in the starting blocks but actually hes he's just been called out trying to stretch a single into a double in the first fust inning of his teams team's 4 2 loss to the Atlanta Braves Bra Second baseman Woody Woodward took the throw from Rico Carty and made the tag 0
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1966-08-17 |
| Description | 58th Year, No. 283 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1966-08-17 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name |
Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
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| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
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| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1966-08-17 Mays Ties Foxx as Perry Chalks up 19th |
| Date | 1966-08-17 |
| Type | article |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Item.Transcript | Mays Ties Foxes Foxx as Perry chalks Up L J. J p t Il 11 Giant Star Still Behind Ruth By Ity HAL UAL BOCK Press Frees Sports ports Writer I Willie Mays on the ef of becoming the greatest right right- i banded handed home run hitter hiUer in base base- baseball baseball ball history says the long ones dont don't come as easy as they once did Mays tied Jimmy Foxx for second place place on the all time all time list with his Tuesday night helping Gaylord Perry win his hiB 1 kh game as es San Francisco topped toed St Sl Louis 3 31 3 1 I think its it's getting harder to tobit Rift hit home runs because of my age ase Mays said Im 35 35 you know Sometimes Im I'm not strong enough to swing awing the bat good i In IB spite of his advancing jears gaars un Mays Mays' home run output hIlS tas earned him the National League title in each of the last two years In fact the 52 he blasted last year marked his best season one pro ducton ever Mays' Mays came leading off the third inning against left han I der AI Al Jackson It was Willies Willie's 2 th this thi season and left lell him four behind Hank Aaron the National League leader Th The only man left with more home runs tuns than Mays is the leg leg- legendary legendary Babe Ruth who fin fin- with Ruth swung from the left side and helped build a power elite aura for left left handed handed hitters bitters e 0 Foxx FOD who sent Mays a tele tell telegram gram Ilam congratulating him said saidI saidI I d hope he hits For 25 years they thought thou hl only emy left left left-handers handers could hit the thelong I long ones Foxx x continued Im 11 m happy that at another right right- ri I ht-I bander can prove he can hit I Elsewhere first place Pitts Pitts- Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh burgh blanked New Nev York fork 3 0 3 in ina ina ina a game Jam called by bv ram rain in the seventh lining inning inning Philadelphia edged Chicago 53 S 3 3 Atlanta dot dOl ne lied i Houston Houst m 4 42 2 and Los 1 cs es s 's blankEd Cincinnati 2 0 2 ays' ays ns historic homer was 01 rth in three autographed ba bi cb and md a visit isit to the I Giants' Giants clubhouse to lo 18 year old year old Henry Barenz who caught the ball as it n sailed over the foot foot sign aign in m right right center center field j It was a good pitch pitch said j Jackson J who later struck Mays s out oot on a Ii fast ball I 1 dont don't I think he hs was guessing You dont don't t ha have hae hato e to guess to hit a home run Pitcher Tommie was the hero ero nero for the Pirates He held the Mela Metz to a n pair of singles scored 0 run and drove in another His lib efforts earned one Hang In There and one Go Go Get Em in the Pirates' Pirates unique award system The awards are handed out by byThe byThe byThe The Black Pitts PiUs Pittsburgh's burghs burgh's clubhouse cutups who celebrate every victory with with- I high jinks inks that would make 01 Ol Olson son and Johnson seem refined Four straight walks with two out in the eighth inning gave the Phillies their victory over the Cubs e o o e Tony Gonzalez who had hom homo ered earlier led off the eighth with a double After Afler Ferguson Jenkins retired sluggers John Callison and Rich Allen Bill White was given an intentional walk Then Ther Clay Dalrymple Dick Groat and Doug Clemens all drew unintentional walks forcing in two runs Rico scored two runs I and Dick Kelley pitched five five- hit ball for seven innings as the Braves defeated the Astros It was was Atlanta's seventh victory in inthe inthe inthe the last mm flint- games and Hous bus Houston Houstons buston's ton tons ton's s loss of the last 16 Don Sutton Sulton blanked the Reds Redson on two hits and Tommy Davis drove in both Dodger runs with witha a first inning single that extend extend- extended ed his hitting streak to 11 II straight games It was suttons sutton's s victory the most any 1 rookie pitcher has had for the i Dodgers since the club moved to I ILos Los Angeles in 1958 I I II 4 e ex x A lr i Houston rookie Sonny Jackson one of the National Leagues League's top sprinters seems to be in the starting blocks but actually hes he's just been called out trying to stretch a single into a double in the first fust inning of his teams team's 4 2 loss to the Atlanta Braves Bra Second baseman Woody Woodward took the throw from Rico Carty and made the tag 0 |
