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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1960
Page
10
Ohio University baseball faces Notre Dame at 6 p.m. in St. Paul after a 16-2 defeat to Detroit. Pitcher Jack Crew, haunted by a 9-0 setback to Notre Dame, hopes for a late surge as Detroit builds a big lead with 16 walks and seven seventh-inning runs.
Athens Messenger reports city news and events dated Friday June 3 1960. Highlights cover community happenings, local officials and upcoming schedules affecting residents.
Stigman, a 24 year old southpaw, saves five of Cleveland's nine recent saves to keep the Indians within 2 1/2 games of Baltimore in the pennant race. He closed a 7 4 Cleveland win over Kansas City with three runs surrendered in the ninth. Orioles win a six run, two rd lead as Gene Woodling and Brooks Robinson homer for Baltimore. The A's, Yankees, Tigers, and Senators post homers led by Tito Francona, Jim Lemon, and Bill Gardner.
Barbara McIntire, American and British amateur champion, will defend her U S title and stays an amateur. She defeated Philo Garvey 4 and 2 in the 36 hole British final and led by eight with nine to go before Garvey rallied. The 25 year old from Lake Park Florida was favored in a field of 82 players from multiple countries.
Sugar Ray Robinson and Paul Pender are set for a national TV middleweight title rematch in the Boston Garden on June 10. The Massachusetts Boxing Commission approved the bout despite the New York commission suspending Sugarman.
Ohio Division of Wildlife reports lake and stream conditions may improve for weekend anglers. Fishing ranges from poor to good depending on water and location. East central and southeast lakes like Seneca Forked Run Burr Oak Atwood Monroe Hope Alma are in good to excellent shape with average results while streams remain poor in many areas._Bass bluegills crappies catfish and wall eyes being caught at Rocky Fork Jackson Buckeye and parts of Delaware Hoover.
World champions drop to fifth after a 10-8 Chicago Cubs victory. Frank Thomas drives in runs, Don Cardwell wins for the first time in nine decisions against LA, while Ernie Banks and Bob Will hit solo blasts. Braves rally for a 6-1 lead then hold on to top Phillies as Joe Cunningham belted a tie breaking homer for San Francisco Giants suffer another loss to Larry Jackson.
Charleston defeated Denver 6 to 2 while Dallas-Fort Worth beat Houston 10 to 9. Minneapolis edged Indianapolis 7 to 5 and Louisville won over St. Paul 4 to 1.
Milwaukee series opens with Reds and Braves. Reds manager Fred Hutchinson maintains Cincinnati can contend for the pennant despite slipping to fourth in the National League and says Pittsburgh is overperforming. He asserts you can't count the Reds out.
Don Landrum led Buffalo with four hits including two homers as Buffalo swept Montreal 10-0 and 5-3 in the International League. Columbus edged Montreal 2-1 on a sixth inning homer by Tom Burgess, while Toronto beat Richmond 1-0 and Havana’s game was rained out.
International League results show Buffalo 10 Montreal 1, Miami 0 Richmond 0, Toronto 1, Columbus 2, Havana at Rochester postponed. Pacific Coast League tallies Seattle 9 Portland 1, Sacramento 3 Tacoma 1, Spokane 9 Vancouver 7.
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