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...some extent, the supplemental have cut into the territory of the Associated Press and United Press International, though the wire services deny that the supplemental are really competitive. "As the service of record, we cover the news fronts from every corner of the world," says A.P. General Manager Wes Gallagher. "The supplemental just hit the high spots." Nevertheless, some papers have dropped U.P.I, after adding the supplemental. "If the supplementals grow as much in the next five years as they have in the past five," says Denver Post Managing Editor William H. Hornby, "metropolitan papers will begin to wonder...
Koufax struck out Earl Battey to end the threat-and that was as close as the Minnesota Twins got to scoring a run. The Dodgers picked up two runs in the fourth on Lou Johnson's homer, a double by Ron Fairly and a single by Wes Parker. Koufax needed only one. Relying almost exclusively on his fastball ("It got so I just told Johnny Roseboro 'no' every time he called for the curve"), he burned pitch after pitch over the corners of the plate...
...dozens" of oil wells, his stock portfolio, and his six-story office building in Glendale. He was still on the Mets's payroll as the club's "West Coast vice president"-or, in Stengel's words, "the highest-priced scout you've ever seen." Coach Wes Westrum would manage the team for the rest of 1965. After that-well, the Mets are accustomed to losing ball games, but it will take them a while to get adjusted to losing Casey...
...down first base, and Richie Allen (who batted .318 but made 41 errors) at third, won't be of championship callber, Second baseman Tony Taylor and shortstops Reuben Amaro and Bobby Wine are not causes for jubilation in Philadelphia. The outfield of John Callison (.274), Tony Gonsales (.278) and Wes Covington (.280) is solid...
...Dodgers can play defense this year. John Kennedy, a third baseman acquired from the Washington Senators, is a good enough fielder to take some of the pressure off Maury Wills, who has had his troubles at short. John Roseboro, Ron Fairly, Wes Parker, and Tommy and Willie Davis will have to provide what punch the team will have...