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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
6
Johnny Smith's Giants burst ahead of Herzberger Cubs 13 to 5 as Yarbrough hit a grand slam in the first inning and Carruth added a two bagger. In the nightcap rest Lumber Cards defeated Magneto Service and Supply Pirates 16 to 2 as Eggleston homered, boosting the lead early and firmly.
Garcia drives in Cot ham and England with a double. Young advances on walks and steals home. Tom adds an RBI single to score Luna for the final run. Jerry Carruth earns the win with six hits and eight strikeouts. Cards win behind Jerry Tyler while Pirates pitchers struggle. Haynie nails a grandslam and a single for St. Louis.
Jerry Foster led the St Louis Cards with a home run as they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 9 to 3. Lonnie Upton started for the Braves and was relieved by Phil Gutierrez. Ross Burns and others contributed multiple hits in a high activity game.
Carruth defeated Cass-Fitts 9 to 3 as Kenny Thompson pitched a two-hit game with eight strikeouts. Smith Drug rallied to beat Brownies 8 to 6 with five third-inning runs led by Don Payne and Paul Rowlett getting the win. Bert Griffith and James White supplied key hits for Carruth while Kip Sanders took the loss for Brownies. Thursday night schedule lists M-M Chevrolet facing Smith and Carruth facing Williams-Auto.
The Travelleres met at Harvey's Lanes in Andrews. Ann Sealy had the best single game with 213 and the top series at 565, while Joyce Townsend totaled 590 for the series and 202 in the game. Harvey's Lanes won both the high team game at 891 and the high team series at 2473, with Instrument Service Co. close at 2466.
Bankers and Underwood battled to a 8 to 8 tie Tuesday night in American Little League action. Piggly Wiggly defeated Telephone Co. 7 to 5. The Bankers led by six before Underwood answered with two runs in the fourth and a big sixth inning that loaded the bases with walks and a key single.
Corner Drug defeated Andrews Cleaners and Lelands TV 5 to 3, while Bankers won 13 to 6 over Telephone Co. Dusty Gray earned the win for Corner Drug and Bob Matthews pitched for the Bankers. Larry Martin led Bankers with four singles and Matthews added three. Cleaners TV mishaps and walks shaped the scoring in both games.
Brownie Well Service broke a long skid by defeating M-M Chevrolet 8 to 5 in Pony League. Brownie’s James Wilson Kip Sanders and Joe Clanton scored on errors in the 3rd as Brownie pulled ahead. Cass-Fitts beat Williams-Auto 6 to 1 in the final game with Rodney Monahans fanning 13.
Nazarene walloped Calvary Baptist 13 to 4 in a three inning game with Nolan the winning pitcher and Latham the loser. In the second game First Baptist beat Second Baptist 15 to 2 as Ivy earned the win and Rice the loss.
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