1965 District Tournament

In the sixth, Putt walked pinch hitter Woody Billett with one out. When the next man struck out some the Bellefonte fans began to leave. But Scheaffer bombed Putt’s first pitch over the fence and 13 happy teammates greeted him at home plate. The honking of car horns and the clanging of garbage cans added to the confusion that existed near the Bellefonte dugout. - Clearfield Noses Out Bellefonte All-Stars. (1965, July 30). Centre Daily Times, p18.

Photo Courtesy of Bill Luther Jr.

Area Little League All-Stars Triumph. (1965, July 22). Centre Daily Times, p18.

Area Little League All-Stars Triumph

Inter-Community Bows:

Bellefonte of District 10 scored a seven-inning 2-1 win over Mountain Top and and Penns Valley of District 12 shut out Renovo, 9-0, in last night’s area Little League All-Star playoffs.

Inter-Community, last year’s District 12 champ, lost at Mill Hall, 3-2.

Today’s only area game will find Tri-county of District 10 visiting Suburban at HRB-Singer Field, State College, at 6 p.m.

At Bellefonte’s Webster Field, Mark Ebeling scored the winning run with two out in the seventh. He reached second on an error by the pitcher and scored when the centerfielder dropped Alan Leitzell’s fly ball.

The game was highlighted by the pitching of Fred Rockovan and Bobby Davidson. Davidson, the winner, threw a two-hitter and fanned 13. Rockovan, a six-foot 11 year old righthander, gave up four hits and struck out 11.

Bellefonte will journey to Pleasant Gap Saturday at 6 p.m…

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Bellefonte Wins, 4-0; Tri-County Eliminates Nittany Valley by 9-3. (1965, July 26). Centre Daily Times, p18.

Bellefonte Wins, 4-0; Tri-County Eliminates Nittany Valley by 9-3

Penns Valley Bows, 2-1:

Two Little League All-Star teams with 2-0 records – Bellefonte and Tri-Valley – will meet in District 10 Southern Tier semi-final game at Bald Eagle (Triangle) tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Bellefonte keeps its hopes for a district championship alive by posting a 4-0 victory over Pleasant Gap Saturday night.

Tri-County eliminated Nittany Valley at Bald Eagle Saturday night. The score was 9-3.

In District 12 action at Millheim, Jersey Shore took advantage of two unearned runs in the first inning and defeated Penns Valley 2-1.

At Pleasant Gap, Dave O’Shell doubled to right in the fourth and scored on two wild pitches to provide winning pitcher Dick Armstrong with the margin he needed. O’Shell’s hit was Bellefonte’s first of the game off loser Dennis Young.

After Alan Leitzell walked, he scored on singles by O’Shell and William Luther in the fifth, Bellefonte scored its final runs in the sixth. Robert Sheaffer singled and Barry Bitner walked to open the inning. Sheaffer scored on an infield out and Bitner crossed the plate on Mark Ebeling’s base hit to center.

Armstrong threw a six-hitter and fanned six…

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Tri-County LL Is Eliminated By Bellefonte. (1965, July 28). Tyrone Daily Herald, p6.

Tri-County LL Is Eliminated By Bellefonte

Tri-County was eliminated from the District 10 tournament last evening as Bellefonte scored a 7-3 victory at Bald Eagle.

Bellefonte now advances to the District 10 title game on Thursday against the winner of the Moshannon Valley-Clearfield contest.

Tri-County continued its long ball hitting belting a pair of home runs in yesterday’s game with Bill Yaudes and Jeff Rudy doing the honors.

Bellefonte, however, led 6-0 before Tri-County could puts its first score on the board.

Dave Sherry started on the mound for Tri-County but gave way to Charles Cowan in the third inning. Davidson went the route for Bellefonte.

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Clearfield Noses Out Bellefonte All-Stars. (1965, July 30). Centre Daily Times, p18.

Clearfield Noses Out Bellefonte All-Stars

Homer Decides Thriller in 10th

Bellefonte’s hopes for a District 10 Little League championship floated down 5th Ave. when Bill Elridge of Clearfield hit a two-out homer in the 10th inning at Webster Field last night.

Elridge’s homer gave Clearfield a 3-2 victor and its ticket to the District 10 finals. Clearfield will face Dubois, which beat Emporium 9-0, last night.

Bellefonte’s Bobby Schaeffer sent the game into extra innings with a two-out, two run homer in the sixth.

Clearfield took a 1-0 lead in the first on a single, a passed ball, an infield out and an error. Elridge made it 2-0 with a blast over the left field wall in the third.

However, Dick Armstrong, a right-hander, did not allow another hit until the sixth. That’s when Bill Moore singled up the middle with two away.

Meanwhile, Armstrong’s teammates were being held scoreless by Bill Putt.

In the second, Bill Luther and Scheaffer opened the inning with singles. They were stranded, though, when Putt fanned the next two batters and forced the next batter to pop out.

In the sixth, Putt walked pinch hitter Woody Billett with one out. When the next man struck out some the Bellefonte fans began to leave. But Scheaffer bombed Putt’s first pitch over the fence and 13 happy teammates greeted him at home plate. The honking of car horns and the clanging of garbage cans added to the confusion that existed near the Bellefonte dugout.

“Scheaffer has been our most consistent hitter in the playoffs,” Bellefonte Manger Dick Barlett said. “I was really pleased with the way our boys fought back in the sixth. They never gave up.”

Both teams threatened in the overtime game which decided the Southern Tier title.

Mark Ebeling reached second in the seventh with two away, but Putt got Richard Condo on a fly to deep left.

Billett opened the eighth with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch, but a fly to right, a pop up and a strikeout ended the threat. With men on second and third and two out in the ninth, Clearfield failed to score.

Bellefonte loaded the bases in the 10th but couldn’t score. Relief pitcher Ron Selfridge yielded one-out singles to Luther and Shaeffer. He fanned Glen Leiter, but Barry Bitner kept Bellefonte in the game with a single to left. However, Selfridge got Ted Conklin on strikes, ending Bellefonte’s tournament hopes.

Bunts: Last night’s collection was $67.59…Dubios has blanked four tournament opponents: Smethport, 6-0, Reynoldsville, 2-0, Brookville, 11-0, and Emporium…Barlett was piloting his second Bellefonte All-Star team…He lost in 1961 to Philipsburg in the Southern Tier finals, 4-0…Rus Sampsell, the Bellefonte assistant coach, was making his first appearance in post season play…In 1959 Bellefonte lost in the District 10 finals to Dubois by a 3-2 score at Clearfield…Clearfield coaches questioned the eligibility of Scheaffer, but the game resumed after a short delay…He was sidelined with a broken arm and they thought he didn’t meet the requirements to be eligible for All-Star play.

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