Ten Team Major League Baseball Opens in Nation’s Capital
The 1961 expansion era launches with the Washington Senators debuting against the Chicago White Sox in Washington on opening day with President Kennedy slated to throw the first ball Weather rain could push the game to Tuesday as the American League begins a 10 team circuit The National League opens Tuesday with Pittsburgh at San Francisco and Philadelphia at Los Angeles The Yankees face early questions after losing Casey Stengel while four new managers take the stage in the Openers
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Chicago White Sox
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Early Wynn
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Houston
New York
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Minnesota Twins
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Yankees
Cleveland
Tigers
Detroit
Kansas City
Boston
Los Angeles
Orioles
Baltimore
Chicago
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Ralph Houk
Casey Stengel
Stengel
Pirates
Tigers Open Season With Indians In Front-Loaded Attendance Hope
Detroit expects about 37 000 fans for the season opener as Jim Bunning faces Jim Perry. Bunning won 11 games last season, six fewer than 1959, while Perry led Cleveland with an 18 10 record.
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Tigers
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Jim Perry
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Perry
Cleveland
Athens Rollerbowl Women Defeat Lancaster in Inter-City Match
The Athens Rollerbowl women topped Lancaster 2526 to 2376 in an inter-city meet. Dot Gayle led Athens with a 592 series, Irene McBride added 530, while Lancaster’s Irene Widener led with 560.
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Lancaster
Dot Gayle
Irene McBride
Irene Widener
Television Schedules Collide Across Daytime and Night Airtimes
A partial listing shows several stations offering a mix of dramas news and comedies. Programs include Asked for It Acapulco Jim Thacker Dante Stanwyck Tallahassee Huck Hound NBC News and Life dramas with News Weather and sports segments throughout the day.
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Jim Thacker
Dante
Stanwyck
NBC News
Tallahassee
Huck. Hound
Wells Fargo
Jack Paar
Television Schedule Highlights and Gaps
A readable TV timetable lists programs from morning to late night including Hiway Pat Paradise Weather Peter Gunn Circus Bay News Expedition Weather Cheyenne Movie Surfside Hiway Pat Stagecoach Weather Alcoa Pres McGraw Law Jones Rescue News Bugs Bunny Weather Rifleman Movie Wyatt Earp with time slots and channel flow notes
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Stagecoach
Weather
Alcoa
Evening TV Schedule Listing
Channel lineup lists 6:00 M Squad 6:30 News 6:40 Weather 6:45 News 7:00 Track Down 7:30 Cheyenne 8:30 Surfside Six 9:30 Paradise 10:30 Peter Gunn 11:00 News 11:10 Movie.
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Paradise
Cheyenne
Television Schedule Daily lineup with host times
The listing shows 9:00 Tom Ewell followed by 9:30 Red Skelton 10:00 Garry Moore 11:00 News 11:10 Weather 11:15 A'mehair PM 12:45 Adventure for the day. Some slots featured variety programs and a weather update.
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Srch. Tomor
Stooges
Life of Riley
Tom Ewell
Red Skelton
Amos-Andy
Garry Moore
Dobie Gillis
Cinderella
Susie
Courtneys
Love Bob
Camouflage
Casper
Rocky
A’mehair
D. Thomas
Griffith
Hennesey
Chet Loi
Allyson
Dune
Marshal
Pete Cladys
Univ. Hall
Miss Brooks
Marsha
Ann Reider
Flippo
Nighttime TV Highlights and Suspected Crimes
TV guide lists Dante investigating a missing step-daughter amid murder notes at 9 30 p m and Lex Rogers pursuing a murderer through the Everglades at 10 30 p m A deep sea expedition and western frontier adventures fill the schedule with dramas and mysteries across theaters and networks.
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Tallahassee
Lex Rogers
Florida Sheriffs Bureau
Ed Morse
Sam
Everglades
Pete Crawley
TV Guide Highlights by Channel This Week
Prime time listings show channels 6 8 and 10 with Nurse Secrets A Stranger in Town and The Secret Fury at late night slots Channel 13 features Golden Gloves at 11 pm Tuesday lists include How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant The Citadel Part 2 and more schedule items Across days bar a few gaps the guide presents a mix of dramas sports and public affairs for viewers to plan their week.
Masters finale delayed by rain at Augusta
Gary Player holds a four stroke lead over Arnold Palmer as weather halted the Masters after 63 holes. Twenty players had completed 72 holes led by Mike Souchak and Dick Mayer at 291. Palmer need a late surge to overcome the weather and Player for the $20,000 top prize with the final round to be restarted.
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Augusta
Gary Player
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Augusta National
Mike Souchak
Dick Mayer
Player
Celtics become best team ever with Satch Sanders key
Boston moved within one win of the title after beating St Louis 119 104 on the Hawks home court. Sanders shot 22 points on 10 of 14, matching Cousy who also scored 22, as Boston opened a 3 1 lead in the series. Pettit led St Louis with 40.
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Bob Cousy
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Boston
National Basketball Association
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Cousy
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Hawks
Bob Pettit
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Syracuse
Satch
Boston Celtics
St. Louis Hawks
Boston Eyes Olympic Decathlon After Ohio Relays Show
Ralph Boston, 21, Tennessee A and I senior, dominated the Ohio University Relays with wins in 120 yard high hurdles broad jump high jump and helped two relay wins. He weighed 170 pounds and hinted at a possible decathlon in 1964 Olympics depending on his legs. Two Olympians listed as unavailable Les Carney and Tom Robinson.
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Tennessee A and I
Boston
Ralph
Baton Rouge
University of Chicago
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Oregon
Tennessee
Ohio U. Dash
Les Carney
Akron
Tom Robinson
University of Michigan
West Indies
Bahamas
Three Athens High squads set for a busy week
Athens High School teams prepare for a heavy schedule with golf opening at New Lexington, track at Lancaster and Parkersburg, and baseball aiming to start at Wellston after two rainouts. Coach McAfee plans to use Littler, Cornwell, Smith, Vermillion in the opener. runners look to Dan Olson and Ron DeVeau as they host McArthur and Brennan in a triangular meet.
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Charley McAfee
New Lexington
Lancaster Boys Industrial School
Nelsonville
Belpre
Wellston
Bulldog Linksters
Ed McGee and Company
Lancaster
Parkersburg
McAfee
Bob Littler
Blaine Cornwell
Art Smith
Gerald Vermillion
Don Eskey
Logan
Dan Olson
Ron DeVeau
McArthur
Brennan
Boyd Cornwell
Rich Bacon
Bulldogs
Golden Rockets
Bannon
Ohio U coach Jim Snyder to speak at Albany High banquet
Ohio University's Mid-American Conference champions coach Jim Snyder will be the guest speaker at Albany High School's basketball banquet held at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the high school cafeteria Athletic Director Mark Lohr announced today
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Jim Snyder
Ohio University
Albany
Mark Lohr
Moore seeks Brown title clash after quick Valdez win
Lightweight contender Davey Moore, who stopped Danny Valdez in one round, said he is ready to challenge lightweight champion Joe Brown. He noted no 126 pound opponents remain in this country and eyes a title fight.
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Los Angeles
Davey Moore
Danny Valdez
Joe Brown
Machen and Dejohn Face 10 Round Heavyweight Clash
Eddie Machen and Mike Dejohn meet in a ten round heavyweight bout in San Francisco with both fighters pursuing a shot at a championship. The event showcases two top contenders aiming for a title bid.
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Eddie Machen
Mike Dejohn
OU Golfers End Ohio State Drought With Quad-Meet Victory
Ohio University golf coach Kermit Blosser praised a strong team effort after the Bobcats upset Ohio State 19 42 to 16 42 in a quad rangler at Columbus. OU also defeated Southern Illinois and Pitt to move to 6 2 and will face Denison at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the University course.
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Southern Illinois
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OSU
Columbus
Scarlet
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Bucks
Bobcat Linksters
Pitt
Denison
Tom Mollencop
Nick Earl
Ed Gordon
Jerry Mollencop
Don Howells
Joe Hull
Bill Harding
Virginia
Boxing results from multiple bouts across cities
In Los Angeles Davey Moore stopped Dan Valdez in the 14th round after a 125 percent win. In New York Jorge Fernandez outpointed Denny Moyer in Portland. In Dortmund Erich Schoeppner defeated Peter Mueller on points in Germany.
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Los Angeles
Davey Moore
Springfield
Danny Valdez
New York
Jorge Fernandez
Argentina
Denny Moyer
Portland
Ore
Dortmund
Germany
Erich Schoeppner
Peter Mueller
Butler Tests Wesleyan For Ohio U. Tuesday
Butler starts for Ohio University against West Virginia Wesleyan at Trautwein Stadium Tuesday afternoon. Coach Bob Wren plans to split pitching with Bill Hirzel getting late innings after Butler shined in relief of Jack Crew to close a 15-4 win over Bowling Green. Ohio U. opens MAC defense with a 2- game sweep of the Falcons and faces Toledo in upcoming two games.
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Husky
Ohio University
Trautwein Stadium
Bobcats
West Vir
Ginia Wesleyan
Butler
Rockey River
Bowling Green
Falcons
Jack Crew
Bobcat
Bob Wren
West Virginia Wesleyan
Bill Hirzel
Ohio U
Wren
Rew
Vince Scales
Ralph Wisniewski
Murray Cook
John Zaffer
Duke
Toledo
Alley Masters Lead Week at Athens Rollerbowl Junior League
Alley Masters top the standings 72 24 2 with 921 high single and 2609 high three games by Alley Masters. L. Duncan 240 tops boys single game while W Campbell 597 tops boys three games. J A Dublin leads girls with 240 and 597. This week results show Alley Masters 5 Jays 1 and Demons 4 Alley Cats 0.
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BOL
Oys
L. Duncan
J. A. Dublin
W. Campbell
Rollers
Demons
Alley Cats
Stanley Cup Playoffs Finals Open With Tie After Game Two
Sunday result shows no game. on Monday Detroit visits Chicago in the best of seven final series tied at one game each.
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Detroit
Chicago
Week's Baseball Schedule by County Field
The schedule lists multiple regional baseball matchups across several counties. Wednesday features The Plains versus York at Chauncey and Rome Canaan versus Carthage Troy with Racine at Middleport, Ames Bern at Chesterhill, and more. Thursday includes Before at Athens and Waterloo at Chauncey Shade, plus Middleport at Point Pleasant and Pomeroy at Eastern. Friday brings Lancaster at Athens and The Plains at Logan among other games.
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Chauncey Ames-Bern
Rome-Canaan
County Field Eastern
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Racine
Rome
Canaan
Carthage
Troy
County
Middleport
Ames
Bern
Chesterhill
Athen
Waterloo
Chauncey Shade
Ames-Bern
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
Eastern
Gallipolis
O'Toole To Start For Reds In Opener At Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs begin 1961 season in front of about 30 000 fans as Jim O'Toole faces Glen Hobbie in the opener. Billy Williams and Vedic Himsl lead Cubs. Reds eye Eddie Kasko Gene Freese and Baumer in possible second base spot. Starting time 2 30 p.m. EST.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Cubs
Vedic Himsl
REDS
William
Dummy) Hoy
Billy Williams
Jim Baumer
Eddie Kasko
Gene Freese
Glen Hobbie
Jim O'Toole
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Zimmer
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Bouchee
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Thacker
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Kasko
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Robinson
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Bell
Freese
Coleman
Bailey
Baumer
Chacon
O'Toole
Masters Round Extended After Rain Delay
Final round of the Masters in Augusta delayed by rain with Gary Player leading Arnold Palmer by four strokes, 206 to 210. Other brief results include Moore defending featherweight title in Los Angeles, Celtics topping the Hawks in St. Louis, Emerson winning in St Petersburg, Detroit tying Chicago in hockey, Abilene Christian setting NCAA record in Austin, Von Saltza winning in Hialeah, Ambiopoise winning Gotham Stakes in New York, and Derby favorites growing.
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TV Movie Guide
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the Citadel
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Jungle Jim) Loscutoff
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