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Knights Beat Perry; Tigers and Audubon Split Time* Herald, Carroll, la. Thursday, June 22, 1967 Two-Hitter Everett's 4th Hit Billmeier Shades After Walden fanned and Bosox Beat Yanks Schmitz grounded to second. Billmeier singled to right and By Fisher Sparks CHS Rally Bellinghausen was in with run in Bean Ball Test Grout in 4-1 Duel number three. A wild pitch in the last inn- the game bringing the two runs across the plate. The final PERRY — The K u e m p e r i Grout whiffed Denny Waldenj Pirotte drew a walk and a By The Associated Press Gerry McNertney, and reliever Pins Phils ng of the second game of a Knights notched a crucial vic- to start the game and then is-; Jim Lonborg, once a friendly, Eddie Watt saved Baltimore's win bill with Audubon gave the score of the first game was 9-3 passed ball let the base runners in favor of Audubon. tory in the battle to regain the, sued a pass to Dave Schmitz. advance to second and third. smiling giant, has forsaken his 5-4 triumph over Kansas City. By The Associated Press :arroll Tigers a 5-4 edge in a Hire a big enough hall and West Central League baseball lead in the West Central base-'; Billmeior lived on a fielder's Rick K e a t's grounder was winning ways for a winning fast Detroit and Minnesota played The relentless Tigers ball league with a 4-1 decision [ choice and Larry Pirotte drew booted at short as Billmeier ball that rises high and tight to a 5-5 tie in a game halted in you could assemble all of the 62 game here Wednesday. xwr souls who've had the struck back with fury in the over Perry here Wednesday the second pass in the frame. scored the fourth run. Pirotte and now has hitters ducking the ninth inning by rain and top of the first inning of the him like he had bad breath. •Cleveland and California were ;hankless task of pitching for The Tigers dropped the open- right- Rick Keat also walked and the also trapped off the plate in a ng game by a 9-3 score as the second contest. Jons opened sacks were loaded with two run-down to retire the side. rained out before they started. .he New York Mets during their Louie Billmeier got a two- The Boston Red Sox new 5% adventurous seasons. strong Wheeler b a 11 c 1 u b with a walk. Audubon pitcher. down. After that the Knights No players were ejected in the Kirk McLaughlin had prob- run cushion without benefit of mean man of the mound blew brawl at Yankee Stadium, the But the chairman of the meet- scattered 8 hits in the five inn- Terry Schroeder lofted a fly couldn't mount a serious his latest innovation by New lems with his control and a hit in the first inning and second there in recent weeks, ing would have to be Jack Fish- ng stint. made it stand up with a four* ball to right field and Dan Did- threat. Mike Neary walked in York for an 8-1 victory Wed- er, who's in his fourth season of Jons rode in on two wild dy let the ball trickle out of his the third, but Grout struck out nesday night, but the Yankees but Joe Pepitone of the Yankees Carroll couldn't get un- pitches. Mick Everett kept hit mound performance. was decked by one punch and ;hat punishing job. Fisher had tracked in the top of the first glove as two runs pounded the side. Schroeder became the did not go down without • been at it longer than anybody things alive as he wrapped The win left the Knights firm- over the plate. last Kuemper base runner fight. had to leave the game with a inning of the first contest, his third single ef the eve- sprained wrist. else and for that he deserves to ly established in second place Mike Neary drew (he fourth when he singled to right with but Audubon charged forward ning. Denny Wilkins took a Lonborg's lively fast ball and be chairman. and one game behind league walk issued in the first inning two down in the fifth. Neary Lonborg, who was 9-17 as a with three runs on f»ur hits base on balls and Den Adel one thrown by the Yankees' leading Jefferson. The Rams and the sacks again were fanned to quell that threat. rookie and 10-10 last year, al- He hurled a brilliant two. in the bottom half of the first. followed up with a single to rallied in the seventh inning to Thad Tillotson that wasn't so hitter Wednesday night and jammed, but Denny Henkenius Billmeier got h i m s e I f in lowed seven hits — Yankee hits McLaughlin led off but was bring the third run across. turn back Lake City. 7-6, and lively started a brush back, beat Philadelphia 2-0 on an looked at a third strike to re- serious trouble in the bottom — as he ran his record to 9-2, stopped at first. Madsen, Gar- Den Adel stole second and retain a firm grip on first. tire the side. bean ball contest that emptied attack that consisted mainly of third and rode in on a wild of the second inning with both benches in a second inning lowered his earned run average ber, and Nelsen followed with IT. other league action, Car- to 3.03 and struck out seven to Tommy Davis getting plunked pitch. Billmeier was greeted by two three walks and Perry netted free-for-all. uccessive singles. Husky, roll and Audubon split a twin raise his league lead to 105. by Jim Bunning's pitches. southpaw, Bur dell Hansen Audubon tried in vain to even successive hits in the bottom of a run in that frame. Tillotson hit Joe Foy on the bill. The other two clubs in the Bob Heisler's infield grounder Tony Conigliaro's three-run came up to the plate and up the score in the bottom half the first as Seeley drilled a shot helmet with a pitch in the top It was the best pitched game loop, Breda and Denison, had plated the run, and then Bill- homer and three-run scoring in the National League where lammed a long triple out to of the first but could only mus- open dates. past third and Diddy singled half of the inning, then one of hits by Carl Yastrzemski led the ter up a pair of runs. Mc- sharply to center. meier eased the pressure Lonborg's high hard ones struck Cincinnati nipped Houston 3-2, the right field fence bringing with a strike out, and another Red Sox attack against Tillot- Chicago dropped Pittsburgh 6-3 three runners across the plate. The title chase resumes again Steve Payton lined to Pirotte Tillotson in the shoulder. Words son. Tigers See Page 9 on Friday when Kuemper hosts at first for the first out, and infield grounder retired the were exchanged between the Atlanta battered San Francisco Pat Monahan went down at Lake City and Denison treks to Ron Pennington hit another side. two pitchers, then between Til- McNertney also slammed 9-2 and St. Louis shut out Los first and Dan Gilbert took Jefferson. Perry will be at Bre- liner at Pirotte for the second An error at first base and lotson and Foy, the benches three hits, driving in two runs Angeles 2-0. three strikes to retire the side. two successive walks loaded Major da in the third game on the Fri- out. Grout fanned to end the emptied, a wild melee began and scoring a third as the White The only hits off Fisher were Carrel I struck back in the top day slate. first frame Perry threat. the bases for Perry in the and it took 12 special policemen Sox won their opener on the of the second frame with a fourth with none down. Whiton by rookie Gary Sutherland, who to restore order. shutout relief pitching of winner looped a leadoff double in the three run outburst. Roger Full- Stan Grout, P e r r y's star The Knights picked up a pair and Seeley fanned and Diddy Bruce Howard and Hoyt Wil- Leagues junior pitcher, got himself in of insurance runs in the sec- Elsewhere in the league, the sixth and then singled in the er led off and reached first on grounded to first to strand the helm. the shortstop's error. Carroll hot water with first Inning ond. Denny Bellinghausen, bat- runners. leading Chicago White Sox eighth. Fisher struck out five By The Associated Press wildness but could have es- and walked two in running his pitcher, Ben Rogers was dusted ting last in the order, got the Perry had threats going in quietly swept a doubleheader Switzerland's most famous caped unscathed except for a first Kuemper hit with a single from Washington 5-2 and 2-1 on peak, the Matterhorn, was first record to 5-7. by the ball and took a free National League dropped fly ball. to center and stole second base. Knights .... See Page 9 the hitting of Tom McCraw and climbed in 1B65. The Mets nicked Bunning for pass to first. W. L. Pet. G.B. single runs in the first and thir< Tom Jons, in his first start- St. Louis 39 22 .639 innings.