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Unnoticed Jim Matt Iatt Edges Closer to Victory By lay JEFF MEYERS UP UPI Sports Writer Although its it's pretty difficult to conceal a 8 foot 6 pound frame Jim Kaat has ha managed to go unnoticed throughout the season reason ason While Sandy Koufax and Gaylord Perry were monopolizing ing most of the publicity en route to winning 20 games Kaat moved quietly collecting victory after victory and today stands one triumph away from becoming the first American League pitcher this season to reach the select circle At season mid Denny McLain was the Star AJl Game starter and top winner in the league with 13 victories while Kaat was just hurler in the middle of the pack with 11 II triumphs But since then the Minnesota has won eight of 11 Il decisions and attained victory No 19 Tuesday night by stopping Washington 7 0 on five hits for Cor his first shutout of the season The Senators won the second game of the 4 43 Kaat who would become the first southpaw in the Calvin Griffith organization to win 20 2 games since Earl Whitehill captured 22 in 1933 for the old Washington Senators has been n close in the past two years winning 17 in 1964 1864 and 18 last season Even Een with his outstanding 1965 campaign Kaat still bad had badlu to lu take lake a Ii back seat to teammate Jim Grant who won 21 2 games during the campaign I and two more in the World I Series Kaat will start every fourth day the rest of oC the season said Manager Sam Mele Mete Barring injury Meles Mele's edict will mean at least eight I shots at No 20 for Kaat Elsewhere Cleveland nipped Baltimore 2 1 Chicago shaded Detroit 2 1 2 I in 12 innings California blanked New York 1 10 10 0 o and the scheduled Kansas City at al Boston doubleheader was rained out Kaat who has suffered nine losses limited Washington to t 0 only one hit through the first seven innings innings a a second stanza second stanza double by Don Lock Rich Collins Kaat Kaal with a grand slam home run in inthe inthe inthe the third inning off losing pitcher Pete Richert 12 Rollins connected on a 3 2 pitch with two out after Richert filled the bases on his error and two walks The Hie Senators bounced back inthe in inthe inthe the nightcap p as Willie Kirkland broke a 3 33 tie with an eighth eighth- inning pinch hit home run The homer was the eighth by a Washington pinch hitter this season Sam McDowell apparently recovered reco from a three month three month siege with a sore arm stopped slopped the league-leading league Orioles on six hits and struck out 10 18 McDowell raising his slate to 8 5 handed Baltimore its third loss in the last four games Rocky Colavito slammed his home run for the Indians Larry Brown scored the first firt Cleveland run leading off with witha a walk going to third on Leon Wagners Wagner's double and coming home on a ground out Gary Peters hurled 12 innings limiting Detroit to six hits and winning his game in 20 decisions The White Sox Sax scored in the when Jerry Adair singled went to second on a wild pitch third on Tom TomM M McCraw's single and home on a sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Wayne Norm Cash had tied the game at 1 Li with a Q ninth inning ninth inning homer for Detroit Dean Chance snapped his game four losing streak to the Yankees who managed only three hits Chance winning his i ninth game against 15 setbacks permitted runners on second I and third with no out in the i fifth but worked out of the jam The Angels scored the only run of the game in the fourth when Paul Schaal singled in Bob Rodgers Rodger from i second
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1966-08-24 |
| Description | 58th Year, No. 289 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1966-08-24 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name |
Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| 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 1966-08-24 Unnoticed Jim Katt Edges Closer to 20th Victory |
| Date | 1966-08-24 |
| Type | article |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Item.Transcript | Unnoticed Jim Matt Iatt Edges Closer to Victory By lay JEFF MEYERS UP UPI Sports Writer Although its it's pretty difficult to conceal a 8 foot 6 pound frame Jim Kaat has ha managed to go unnoticed throughout the season reason ason While Sandy Koufax and Gaylord Perry were monopolizing ing most of the publicity en route to winning 20 games Kaat moved quietly collecting victory after victory and today stands one triumph away from becoming the first American League pitcher this season to reach the select circle At season mid Denny McLain was the Star AJl Game starter and top winner in the league with 13 victories while Kaat was just hurler in the middle of the pack with 11 II triumphs But since then the Minnesota has won eight of 11 Il decisions and attained victory No 19 Tuesday night by stopping Washington 7 0 on five hits for Cor his first shutout of the season The Senators won the second game of the 4 43 Kaat who would become the first southpaw in the Calvin Griffith organization to win 20 2 games since Earl Whitehill captured 22 in 1933 for the old Washington Senators has been n close in the past two years winning 17 in 1964 1864 and 18 last season Even Een with his outstanding 1965 campaign Kaat still bad had badlu to lu take lake a Ii back seat to teammate Jim Grant who won 21 2 games during the campaign I and two more in the World I Series Kaat will start every fourth day the rest of oC the season said Manager Sam Mele Mete Barring injury Meles Mele's edict will mean at least eight I shots at No 20 for Kaat Elsewhere Cleveland nipped Baltimore 2 1 Chicago shaded Detroit 2 1 2 I in 12 innings California blanked New York 1 10 10 0 o and the scheduled Kansas City at al Boston doubleheader was rained out Kaat who has suffered nine losses limited Washington to t 0 only one hit through the first seven innings innings a a second stanza second stanza double by Don Lock Rich Collins Kaat Kaal with a grand slam home run in inthe inthe inthe the third inning off losing pitcher Pete Richert 12 Rollins connected on a 3 2 pitch with two out after Richert filled the bases on his error and two walks The Hie Senators bounced back inthe in inthe inthe the nightcap p as Willie Kirkland broke a 3 33 tie with an eighth eighth- inning pinch hit home run The homer was the eighth by a Washington pinch hitter this season Sam McDowell apparently recovered reco from a three month three month siege with a sore arm stopped slopped the league-leading league Orioles on six hits and struck out 10 18 McDowell raising his slate to 8 5 handed Baltimore its third loss in the last four games Rocky Colavito slammed his home run for the Indians Larry Brown scored the first firt Cleveland run leading off with witha a walk going to third on Leon Wagners Wagner's double and coming home on a ground out Gary Peters hurled 12 innings limiting Detroit to six hits and winning his game in 20 decisions The White Sox Sax scored in the when Jerry Adair singled went to second on a wild pitch third on Tom TomM M McCraw's single and home on a sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Wayne Norm Cash had tied the game at 1 Li with a Q ninth inning ninth inning homer for Detroit Dean Chance snapped his game four losing streak to the Yankees who managed only three hits Chance winning his i ninth game against 15 setbacks permitted runners on second I and third with no out in the i fifth but worked out of the jam The Angels scored the only run of the game in the fourth when Paul Schaal singled in Bob Rodgers Rodger from i second |
