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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1961
Page
8
With the NL pennant on the line, Cincinnati faces the Cubs in Chicago while the Dodgers play a twilight doubleheader in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. A Reds win or Dodgers loss would push the NL champion toward the World Series versus the Yankees.
Kansas City Athletics owner Charles C. Finley seeks a formal apology from baseball commissioner Ford Frick for a previous incident. Finley, who gave Ernest Mehl a poison pen award after criticism, questions Frick about withdrawing the apology Frick issued to Mehl. Frick would not comment on whether he apologized to Mehl.
Sugar Ray Robinson, 41, earned a 10 round split decision over Wilfie Greaves in Detroit. He survived a eighth round low blow and said he hopes to challenge Gene Fullmer or Terry Downes once ready, aiming for another middleweight title bid.
Buffalo Bisons top Louisville Colonels 2-0 to move ahead two games to none in the best of seven JWS series. Kerby Farrell, aiming to become the first manager to win titles in both represented leagues, saw his defensively solid club shut out the Colonels as Indianapolis AA champion 1956 data is noted.
Massillon Tigers top the first AP poll of the season led with six first place votes, narrowly ahead of Niles McKinley in second with seven. Alliance and Sandusky swap spots in third and fourth as new teams enter the top ten including Toledo St Francis Mansfield Tygers and Steubenville Big Red.
Iowa collects 343 points to lead the first regular season AP poll with 19 first place votes. Mississippi ranks second with 332 points and 12 first-place votes, while Ohio State sits third with 309 points and seven first-place votes. The Buckeyes face Texas Christian in their opener as Mississippi defeated Arkansas 16–0 in a nationally televised game.
New York Yankees reserve outfielder Bob Cerv entered hospital for a cartilage operation on his right knee. He had set two records last Saturday by hitting his 12th career pinch hit homer and the team’s 10th of the season.
New York reports Sugar Ray Robinson of Detroit knocked out Wilfie Greaves of Edmonton in 10 rounds. In New York Cecil Shorts stopped Fernando Barreto in 6 rounds. San Francisco saw Alejandro Lavorante defeat Alonzo Johnson in 10 rounds.
Major league notes show Orlando Cepeda of the San Francisco Giants collecting a double and three singles in five trips, driving in four runs to reach 140 RBI for the season in a 10-2 win over Philadelphia. Bob Shaw of the Kansas City Athletics threw eight no hit innings and finished with a three hitter in a 6-3 victory over Detroit.
Lopez, 53, signs a one year contract to manage the Chicago White Sox for 1962. He becomes the only manager to break Yankee pennant supremacy since 1948. The Sox finished fourth this season and Lopez will return for a sixth straight year.
The Plains High School Athletic Association will meet tonight at the high school starting at 8. President Charles McAllister will conduct the session.
Buffalo tops Louisville 2 0 to take a 2 0 lead in the best of seven as the series shifts to the next games.
MAC football saw heavy use of kicking and rushing as several teams posted strong totals. Bob Jencks drilled a 27 yard field goal for Miami over Xavier, Ohio U’s Jim McKee added a field goal in a 10 6 win at Toledo, and punters Harl Evans and Jerry Baumgartner staged a duel after heavy rain. Bowling Green rammed 488 rushing yards at Marshall with no punts, while Frank Baker surged for Toledo in a 129 yard total. Western Michigan’s Ed Chlebek led in completions with 14 of 25 and three touchdowns as Bronco receivers Schau and Harrison each had six catches.
Monday Night League standings show Joe's Shell third place with Robert's Clothing first Chapman's Jewelry second Lions Club second Cornwell Jewelry third and State Hospital first after rounds.
Kent State, bigger and more experienced, forms a tough opening test for Ohio University as the defending conference champions host Kent State at Peden Stadium. Coach Trev Reess line averages 224 pounds with standout Jim Flynn at quarterback and seniors Grabowski Youngblood Alford Mancini anchoring the front, while Ohio U promotes Roger Farr to fullback after a strong Toledo showing.
Cleveland GM Gabe Paul proposed JIm Piersall and Walter Bond to Kansas City for Norm Siebern but was rejected. Piersall, popular with fans, bats 50 points above his career average and could spark a major public reaction if traded amid a three game series with the Minnesota Twins. Gary Bell faces Jack Kralick in the opener.
Texas Christian quarterback Sonny Gibbs, a 6 foot 7 inch 230 pound quarterback, is seen as a major defensive challenge for Ohio State ahead of their next meeting. Woody Hayes acknowledged Gibbs's passing threat during his season kickoff press luncheon.
Detroit 63 Kansas City 46 leads a Monday recap with further schedules: Tuesday Chicago at Boston Cleveland at Minnesota Baltimore at New York Detroit at Kansas City Washington at Los Angeles. Wednesday brings Chicago at Boston Baltimore at New York San Francisco 10 Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 1 with Los Angeles at Pittsburgh rain postponed and other matchups listed.
Ohio University ticket director W. J. Trautwein announced plenty of tickets remain for the Saturday contest with Kent State in Peden Stadium. Fans are urged to pick up season books and individual tickets at the Grove Center office. Dayton tickets for the Oct. 7 game are also available with daily hours 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m.
The Garden State stakes, a two year old on one mile and a sixteenth, receive an extra 125000 dollars. The event is scheduled for November 4 at the Camden New Jersey oval.
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