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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1961
Page
18
HCC action dominates AC scene as baseball and golf set to start at East Fifth Street diamond and Grandview course. Earlham swept by Earlham but Ravens eye revenge against Manchester to climb toward the HCC title.
Delco Sparks of Anderson topped the opening night standings at Olympia Lanes 1312 W 29th St with 3061 pins after two nights of competition in the Herald-Olympia Lanes first annual Team Handicap Tourney. Herald No 1 trailed with 3023 pins led by Jack Harless who struck 608 in three games for his best ever score. The event continues two weekends with a prize pool distributed to top 17 finishers and a 25 dollar prize for the highest actual game.
Frisch's Big Boy defeated Lynch 5 to 4 and Emge's beat Guide Lamp 13 to 9 in the Anderson Amateur Softball Association opener at Shadyside diamond. Homers by Carroll and Moorehead for Lynch, Carson for Guide, and Seybert for Emge's highlighted the night. Tonight, South Meridian A vs North Anderson A at 6:30, Arrow Heights against Christ Lutheran at 7:30, Park Place versus South Meridian B at 4:30.
Featherweight Davey Moore and light heavyweight Harold Johnson shared April NBA boxers of the month honors. Moore scored a first round KO over Danny Valdez on April 8, while Johnson retained the 175 pound title with a second round technical knockout of Von Clay on April 24. Additional April standouts included Jorge Fernandez, Joe Brown, Dick Tiger, Guy Sumlin, Eddie Machen, Paul Pender, and Doug Jones.
Capt Raimondo d Inzeo world and Olympic champion defeated 56 riders from seven nations for the Conte Ranieri di Campello Prize in Rome. He rode Merano. No United States riders participated.
Mice, gophers, and other rodents can probably be best controlled in home fruit plantings by systematic poisoning programs using poisoned spray.
Lefty Jim O'Toole held Philadelphia to six hits as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Phillies 3-2 Monday night. Gordon Coleman hit his fourth homer of the season and Del Greco and Herrera doubled for Cincinnati.
Alexandria defeats Summitville 66 to 53 at the Alex Oval for the Tigers first track win this meet. Readers learn event wins and times with multiple Tigers named including Phipps, Stitt, Latchaw, Dyer, and Fromholtz. Alexandria's teams schedule further meets at Madison Heights and Peru CIC invite.
Madison Heights reserves defeated New Castle 13 to 5 on the Pirates’ diamond for their fourth straight win. The future Pirate stars play Thursday at Muncie Central while MH varsity faces Alexandria and Muncie Central varsity visits MH on Wednesday.
The Carolina League will operate with six teams this season and opens April 18. Greensboro visits Winston-Salem, Burlington plays Durham, and Wilson travels to Raleigh in the opening. All games are at night except Sunday matches.
Seattle veteran Shorty Templeman won the season s first practice ahead of the Memorial Day 500. Eddie Sachs failed to start his engine in the pole car as rookie tests began under a 135 mph speed limit. Gusty winds marked opening day with 37 of 69 entries present.
Charles Laughlin captains a foursome to first place in the Edgewood Men s 18 hole pro am event played Sunday on the Edgewood course. The meet was scored on a point basis with teams listed by placement and sponsors noted as Anaconda.
St Marys golfers defeated Greenfield 11 342 at Grandview in high school action. SM names Trent Heider Daoust and Laughlin as winners over Greenfield opponents with convincing margins. The Gael team prepares to face Sacred Heart of Indianapolis next Thursday at Sarah Shank.
Bowling league meetings set at Brown's Recreation Lanes this week. The Tuesday Mixed League meets at 7 p m today before kegling. The Thursday Men's Doubles hold a 7 p m session on Thursday May 5. The Sunday May 7 meeting for the Monday Mixed League starts at 2 30 p m at Brown's Lanes.
St. Bonaventure star Tom Stith, a 6 foot 5 forward and leading scorer, has pulmonary tuberculosis and will be confined indefinitely to a Mt. Morris sanitarium. He entered St Francis Hospital last Friday as doctors run tests on his general rundown condition.
National League: Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 2. Los Angeles 2 Chicago 1 San Francisco 14 Milwaukee 4. Philadelphia 11 St. Louis 7 in 10 innings. American League: Detroit 8 Baltimore 2. Boston 4 Cleveland 2. New York 4 Washington 3. Chicago 5 Minnesota 3. Los Angeles 6 Kansas City 4. American Association: Denver 5 Indianapolis 1. Louisville 13 Dallas Fort Worth 4. Houston 6 Omaha 3. Monday Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 3. American or Minnesota 6 Chicago–New at Washington rain. Other American Association and International League results listed.
listings show several 1960s era matchups with times and pitchers such as Cardwell Nottebart Hunt Wynn Pascual Ditmar Grba Fisher Daley and Delock. note incomplete lines include city pairs like San Francisco Chicago Detroit Washington and Baltimore with dates and telegraphed p.m. times.
Indiana women bowlers head into the weekend with leaders unchanged after last weekend's rolling. Top players include Dorothy Kruszewski of South Bend with 653 in singles, Lois Glass and Bonnie Yeager of Indianapolis for doubles at 1265, Pat Dryer of Indianapolis for all events at 1840, and Drewrys of South Bend leading team with 2850.
The Wednesday night league at Murnan's East Side Lanes starts at 7 p.m. and runs 15 weeks. Interested bowlers may call 644-9262 for details, per loop official Bob Byrne.
Billy Gardner delivered a two out line double scoring Jim Lemon in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox. Lemon added his fourth single and Harmon Killebrew homered in the first. Gardner earned his second RBI of the game and the year as Ray Moore earned the win in relief.
Manchester Spartans outscored Anderson 70 to 66 in a tight college track meet yesterday. Multiple event wins and close finishes highlighted the meet with Loomis Mast and Johnson among top performers. Next, Anderson heads to Earlham Invitational with Hanover Wilm ington and Taylor at Richmond.
A broken thigh bone ended the collegiate career of Bob Smith the University of Toledo's 6 foot 4 senior end from Warren Ohio. He shattered his right thigh during a scrimmage Saturday and will not play this autumn. Smith was an all Mid American Conference end last season and finished his Toledo career with 32 receptions for 736 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Kokomo Wildcats face Coach Bob Freeman's AHL cinder men in the season finale at 4 pm on Denny Field. Anderson, winner in five of six dual meets, expects a tough clash with Howard County speedsters. summary notes from the Kokomo Relays include multiple event winners and meet records by Roosevelt and others, with Kokomo placing in several relays and field events.
Walt Bellamy of Indiana, an all-Big Ten and 1960 Olympic basketball player, was signed by Chicago NBA club owner David Trager. Bellamy received a good contract for one year and a signing bonus, terms not disclosed.
Alexandria belted two five run innings to beat St. Marys 11 to 6. Harber led St. Marys with four hits while Davis Prough Henderson each had two hits for the winners. St. Marys next plays Marion Bennett.
Jackie Jensen, star outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, quits baseball claiming his reflexes are gone. He cited pride and poor performance including a .130 average in 12 comeback games and six hits in 46 at bats. He refused to take owner Tom Yawkey’s money and said he did not want to hurt the team or manager Mike Higgins.
Kenneth Vincent, age 8, of Fitchburg Massachusetts, made a hole in one on the 145 yard seventh at Westminster Country Club in Westminster Massachusetts.
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