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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1961
Page
19
Sixty eight youth golfers competed under Co Chairs 0 T Helpling Jr and Farada Hensley with Phil Brown and Wayne Hensley assisting. Mills 70 led the 16-7 division while T King 72 topped the 14-15 group and Mike My erscough 90 won the 12-13 bracket.
DA's Men roll to 8th straight win behind Phillips 40 record. Brammer and Grissom key for Eagles, with Nichols, Hosier and Rogers contributing. Delco-Remy and Pepsi-Cola squads post homers as Fairview and Twp Exchange face boosts. Today features minors forenoon and two afternoon games Pepsi-Cola vs Acme Paving and Casey's Dugout vs Binge's.
Donnie Robbins blanked CCA 1045 as Deckers won 18 to 0 in Babe Ruth action at the North and South diamonds. Deckers batted 8 times, drew many walks, and benefited from errors to push across 18 runs. Degitz held Lynch to 3 hits in a 2-0 Lynch victory. Marsh toppled Frisch's 17 to 5 behind 10 hits and 3 from Lewis. Delco Remy defeated Marsh 11 to 2 as Tappan allowed 2 hits and slugged a homer.
Assignment of tee times for early foursomes in the Anderson Grandview Seniors 18 hole tourney was announced by committee members Bill Granger Joe O Neill Ed Wright and Ovid Penry Entries will be taken at the first tee The pairings include 12 noon Vern Deaton R Ram sey D Overlin O Penry 12 06 J O Neill E Brow P Gibbens C Dickerson 12 16 Ed Wright H Snowden W Granger C Hardwick 12 24 Brad Stinson Carl Colip Elmer Hardy Andy Skiles 12 32 I Geiger Leo Gilliam Ed Walker Ed Dennis 12 40 Hugh Geisinger James Fogarty Edgar Barnett Ray Dobbins Don Keesey
Baltimore, powered by a record tying grand slam by Jim Gentile and seven win performances from Chuck Estrada and Hal Brown, swept Kansas City in a doubleheader. Gentile’s 22nd homer and 80th RBI helped the Orioles take game one 6-2, Estrada allowed six hits for his seventh win. Brown tossed a four-hitter to take game two 5-0, dropping Archer to 6-4 as Baltimore moved into a tie for third with Cleveland by winning six of seven and 14 of 18.
The Cleveland Indians obtained pitcher Joseph Schaffernoth from the Chicago Cubs for a $20,000 waiver fee on Friday.
Muncie Roosters visit Memorial Field at 7 pm as the Central Indiana Booster Baseball League tightens its title race with Muncie and Lafayette tied at 6-3 atop the standings. Templeton’s Templeton Music faces Marion Sunday, while Anderson, led by Dean Campbell and Bill Harris, eyes a key clash with Muncie.
Major league schedule lists National League matchups including Pittsburgh at Milwaukee and Philadelphia at Chicago with listed pitchers Shantz Gibbon Buhl Roberts Curtis Jackson Lame Maloney Padilla N. Also notes St Louis at San Francisco Cincinnati at Los Angeles and Minnesota at Washington plus Boston at New York Chicago at Cleveland Los Angeles at Detroit Kansas City at Baltimore and several American Association games Indianapolis at Louisville Dallas Fort Worth at Denver and Houston at Omaha.
Elston Howard drove in four, Bobby Richardson and Roger Maris each had three RBIs as the New York Yankees pounded Boston for a 14-3 victory behind Bud Daley. The Yankees totaled 16 hits off Gene Conley and three relievers, with Mantle and Skowron the only starters without an RBI.
AP notes from Anderson Indiana on Friday night races at the Free Fair harness track. Feature ITPHA Stakes for 3 year old trot with Amkey winning driven by Billy Shuter, and placings for Lady Diplomat Truce. Open pace winner Gold Rise with Dr Keller second Bourbon Direct third, and Open trot winner Curly Lambert with Queen's Denmark second Bifty Silver third. Times for the events include 2:14 2-5 and 2:11 2-5 for the trot, and 14:08 3-5 2:09 4-5 and 2:09 3-5 for the pace and trot races.
MARC and Sun Valley Speedway present a big new car night headlined by a 100 lap feature. Heat races precede the main event with 24 entries expected led by Paul Parks and Iggy Katona among top MARC drivers from Ohio Michigan and Michigan. Gates open at six, qualifying at seven, first heat at 8:30 with fierce action promised from top MARC standouts.
Joe McClain, Washington rookie pitcher, shut out the Minnesota Twins on three hits in a 3-0 win. It was his third victory over Minnesota, lifting his season record to 7-7. The rounded box score lists L Green and O Connll among Twins regulars and details several hitters. Rotary maintains a nine-shot lead over Exchange Club after six weeks of nine-hole matches at Grandview. Rotary totals 143 with Flanagan 35 Blake 36 Laughlin 36 Fishback 36. Exchange also 143 with Melson 33 Peck 36 Davisson 37 Williams 37. The race features Rotary, Exchange, Kiwanis and others as Thursday play closed and next week’s round moves to Anderson Country Club front nine.
Edgewood Country Club hosts an open pro am 18 hole best ball tourney for Madison County golfers on Sunday. Players from Elwood Anderson and Pendleton clubs may enter. entries close at 8:30 a.m. with teeing off about 36 minutes after. Ernie Carter of Edgewood Club announces details.
Charles Lacey president of Fairview Little League announces Dad's Day at the ball park. Opening Minor League play features Pepsi-Cola vs Strickler's at 9:00. Major League action follows at 12:30 with Davis Dairy facing Auxiliary Police.
Edgewood women competed in a low gross and low net tourney sponsored by Bell's Market. Low gross winners were Amy Dye class A, Margaret Webb class B, Dorothy Daley class C. Low net winners were Bunny Roby class A, Marjorie Clem class B, Zelma Davisson class C. ECC Ladies to play Guest Day next Wednesday. Tournament committee: Mrs. John Gammon chair, Mrs. Robert Gibson, Mrs. Donald Greenland, Mrs. Dow E. Roush, Mrs. Morris Wood. Prizes under Miss B. F. DeVol.
The St. Louis Cardinals announce the signing of rookie linemen Rudolph Caldwell from South Carolina State College and William Montgomery from Morris Brown College for the 1961 season.
Buster Cupit, a 34 year old Fort Smith Ark club pro, holds a one under par 133 at the halfway mark of the St Paul Open golf tournament. His steady round places him atop the leaderboard as the field narrows toward the weekend.
Baseball box score fragment shows Minnesota and Washington with runs 3 and 2, Keough a homer, various double plays, and pitchers Jerichso Ramos and McClain with win and loss marks. Sparse OCR data lists line scores, players O Connell Lepcio Martin Killebrew and attendance about 16,396.
Madison Heights beat Lapel 2 1 Friday in Summer League baseball. Holsapple of Lapel and Miller of Lapel pitched strongly. Kean scored on an error, a Cook sacrifice, and Mundy hit a triple and later scored on Holsapple’s sacrifice. Holsapple allowed Castor to drive home Miller after Miller singled. Madison Heights next plays Markleville and then Middletown.
Tom Linder announces new drive in specials featuring French fried onions and foot long hot dogs plus a New Orleans Poor Boy. Located at junction of highways 9 and 67, the menu highlights affordable pub style fare.
Pittsburgh Pirates rally to beat the Milwaukee Braves 6-5 as a bunt single by pinch-hitter Joe Christopher and a wild throw by Felix Mantilla in the ninth inning produce two runs. Warren Spahn pitched for Milwaukee while Haddix DeMerit Labine Cloninger McBean and Skinner appeared for Pittsburgh in a tense finish.
Don Cardwell struck out 11 in a dominant start to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Philadelphia Phillies 9 to 3. Banks added a two run homer, part of a 11 hit Cubs attack, while Cardwell improved to 8-6 with only two walks. Herrera struck out in all four trips, and the Phillies sustained their fourth straight defeat as Chicago seized control early.
Sportsmans Digest explains roaches take grasshoppers as bait and offer a crude trap method. Build a fly screen bowl trap, add raw potato or sugar bread, cover with a dome, and keep in a wet newspaper and potato peel bed inside a 5 gallon can. Puncture air holes and keep cool for best catch.
Cleveland right pitcher Barry Latman fired shutout ball to improve to 8-0 as Willie Kirkland belted a two run homer fueling a 9-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. Latman allowed 10 hits in a strong start and the Indians snapped a four game skid.
PITTSBURGH AP Vernon Law star pitcher for the defending World Series champions the Pittsburgh Pirates will be placed on the National League disabled list. Law who went 20-9 last season and helped beat the Yankees in the World Series was sidelined by a shoulder injury after an orthopedic examination. He carries a 3-4 record this year and faces at least six weeks of rest per Dr Albert Ferguson.
Jackie Donnelly, a classy young Buffalo lightweight, meets veteran Paolo Rosi in a nationally televised fight at Memorial Auditorium. Rosi, 33, favored 8-5 over 25-year-old Irish challenger due to his rating and experience, though Italy-born Rosi cuts easily and has been stopped four times for facial gashes.
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