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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1962

Page

8

Ninowski Shines In 35-10 Browns Victory

Ninowski led Cleveland to a 35-10 win over Pittsburgh in the exhibition doubleheader with Plum watching from the sideline. Brown praised Ninowski who has thrown five TD passes this preseason while Morrall added three scoring tosses for Detroit. Green Bay, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston also won in NFL action.

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Modell Sees Future for Preseason Doubleheader

Cleveland Browns president Art Modell says a preseason doubleheader has a future but not during the regular season. After a five hour five minute Saturday night twinbill, Detroit beat Dallas and Cleveland defeated Pittsburgh, with owners and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle praising the event and profits. Modell plans to discuss future plans and potential games in Los Angeles Dallas and San Francisco next summer.

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Baseball News Ends Season Stats Show Key Leaders

In final tallies T Davis of Los Angeles led in runs and RBIs with 121 and 345 batting average 0.345. Robinson of Cincinnati topped runs with 108 and tied for RBIs with 111 while Mays of San Francisco led homers with 38 and Aaron of Milwaukee had 33.

T. Davis Los Angeles Robinson Cincinnati Wills Mays San Francisco H. Aaron Milwaukee

Booster Meeting Set for Chauncey Dover Club

The Chauncey Dover Athletic Boosters Club will hold its fall organizational meeting at Chauncey High School in the music room at 7 30. All members and prospective members are urged to attend as head football coach Bill Smith outlines season plans.

Chauncey- Dover Athletic Boosters Club Bill Smith

America's Sweet Sixteen Club Makes Olympic Hopes Glow

At the National Senior Women's AAU Swimming Championships in Chicago, 16-year-olds Carolyn House and Sharon Finneran and 15-year-old Donna DeVarona led a surge of youth. House swept freestyle events from 1500 to 200 meters, Finneran swam a 200-meter butterfly under the world standard, and DeVarona claimed two titles including the 200-meter individual medley.

Chicago Los Angeles Carolyn House Sharon Finneran Donna DeVarona Santa Clara Calif Portage Park Sam Tokyo Miss House Miss Finneran Miss DeVarona Donna Nina Harmer Philadelphia Germany Wilfrud Urselmann Vancouver Mary Stewart U.S Ginnie Duenkel Summit Robyn Johnson Arlington Ginnie Robyn

Falters In Ninth Bow To Dodgers In Milwaukee rout

Major league results show Milwaukee 13, San Francisco 8 with Jay faltering in the ninth. Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh. St. Louis 10, New York 5. Chicago 4, Houston 3. Tuesday and Wednesday schedule updates include multiple city matchups and doubleheaders.

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Yankees rout A's 21 7 as Mantle Howard drive burst

The New York Yankees crushed the Kansas City Athletics 21 to 7 in a 20 hit attack. Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard combined for 15 RBIs with three homers, a triple, a double and two singles. Mantle also stole two bases in the rout.

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Dodgers Rally Sparks 5-1 Win Over Reds

Speed, power and pitching carried the Dodgers to a 5-1 comeback victory over Cincinnati. Howard delivered a lead homer as Los Angeles erased a deficit with a five-run ninth inning showing their NL dominance.

Dodgers Rally To Defeat Reds In Cincinnati

Dodgers come from behind on a hot day as Don Drysdale works all nine to beat Cincinnati 5 1 and move 3 1/2 games ahead of the Giants in the National League standings. Maury Wills and Willie Davis contribute key hits and steals in the victory.

Cincinnati Walt Alston Los Angeles Dodgers Cincinnati Reds Joey Jay Don Drysdale Reds Drysdale Jay Alston Dodgers Milwaukee San Francisco Giants San Francisco Maury Wills Frank Howard Dodger

Royal McBee Trophy golf winners dominated by Romanowski

Jim Romanowski Len Lent and Dick Sams led a field of 49 at The Elms Course for the Royal McBee Trophy. Romanowski won medalist with 74 and added closest-to-pin on No 9. Sams took driving and second-flight runner-up trophies. Lent claimed low net with 65 and finished third in driving.

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NCR Wilsman Repeat As Softball Champs

Sidney Ohio hosts the closing of the amateur slow pitch softball tournament. Dayton National Cash Register crushed Willard Donnelly 20 to 2 to keep the industrial division title, while Hamilton Wilsman’s Trucking beat London Farmer Dan’s 10 to 4 to repeat as open division champion.

Sidney Ohio Dayton National Cash Register Willard Donnelly Hamilton Wilsman Trucking London Farmer Dan

Sanders' 65 Wins St Paul Open in 4300 Prize

Doug Sanders of Ojai California shot 7 under par 65 to win the St Paul Open first prize of 4300 dollars. He finished 19 under par totaling 269 for 72 holes, three strokes ahead of Dave Hill who tied for second. Hill 273 tied with Gary Player and Dave Ragan for third place.

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Tribe Proxy Dies At 74

Cleveland Indians president Myron H. Wilson, who led the club for 16 years, died at 74 in Cleveland Clinic. His signature appeared on many tickets and he helped end ownership conflicts and block a move to Minneapolis. He had been in poor health for some time.

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Jets Sweep Twinbill Boosts Playoff Hopes

The Columbus Jets swept a doubleheader with Buffalo 5-3 and 8-6 to climb to fourth in the International League playoff race, aided by an unusual safe hit on an automatic strike. Buffalo dropped to sixth.

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