Four-Run Homers Lift Yankees in comeback win
The Yankees rallied for an 11-8 comeback win highlighted by Johnny Blanchard's pinch hit grand slam with two out in the ninth after Maris, Mantle homered earlier. The Tigers fell two games behind Cincinnati in the AL pennant race while other league results included St. Louis 10 Los Angeles 1 and Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 3. Maris and Mantle extended their homer pair to 73 this season.
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Hank Bauer
Kansas City
Detroit
Tigers
Bauer
New York Yankees
Johnny Blanchard
Blanchard
Roger Maris
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Minnesota
Cleveland
Los Angeles Angels
Washington
Baltimore
Chicago Cubs
Maris
Mantle
Bill Monbouquette
Mick
Ruth
Junior Golf Team Wins Title Here
The Atlantic junior golf team won its second title in a five team meet here yesterday with a 160 total led by Bill Ellis who posted a 35. Ellis O Connor Jessen and Cornell for a nine hole score. Shenandoah 176 Red Oak 178 Clarinda 186 Corning 197. Craig Waugh was boys under 12 medalist with 44. Linda McConnelee and Susan Shirley shared the girls medal with 56.
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Bill Ellis
Atlantic
Ellis
Bill O'Connor
Jerome Jessen
Roger Cornell
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Clarinda
Corning
O'Connor
Jessen
Connell
Craig Waugh
Linda McConnelee
Susan Shirley
Bowler 72 Rolls 12 Strikes But Misses Perfect Game
Davenport AP Carl B. Schmidt 72 started with a spare and struck 11 in a row for a 290, then after the game ended he threw a 12th strike for another score. He posted a 72 percent series with games of 188 and 246 to accompany his 290.
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Davenport
Carl B. Schmidt
Schmidt
Stanton-Thomas Jefferson Triumph in District Final
Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson defeated Elk Horn 12 to 1 to win the district tournament and advance to the sub state round. site to be announced. Detroit’s Mary Wilson won the first annual National Golf Championship for women amputees with a 120 at Grantwood, earning the national title.
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Stanton
Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson
Elk Horn
Cleveland
Mary Wilson
Detroit
Grantwood
Crampton Leads Milwaukee Open At Halfway Mark
Bruce Crampton former Australian Open champion holds a one stroke lead at the halfway point of the 72 hole Milwaukee Open worth $90,000. His prior U.S. pro tour results have been modest as he sits atop the leaderboard halfway through the event.
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Crampton
Milwaukee
Bruce Crampton
Atlantic Junior Golf Team Wins Five-Town Tourney
The Atlantic junior golf team won the five-town tournament yesterday with Bill Elliss taking medalist honors at 35. Teammates pictured from left are Jerome Jessen, Bill O Connor, Elliss, and Roger Cornell.
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Atlantic
Bill Elliss
Jerome Jessen
Bill O'Connor
Elliss
Roger Cornell
Methodists Tie For Lead With 8-4 Victory In YMCA Standings
The Methodists move into a first place tie with the Baptists after an 8-4 win over First Lutheran. Nelson Wehner pitched a four hitter with ten strikeouts, while Jim Pellett hit a two run homer and Wehner added a double. First Lutheran’s Remmer Voss allowed four runs on three hits with one strikeout. Monday night United Church of Christ faces St. Pauls Lutheran. Hank Bauer retires as a player after Kansas City’s 3-2 win over Detroit, ending a 14 year run as a clutch performer. Bauer drove in the winning run with a bases loaded single in the third. He also made a key throw to nab Rocky Colavito at third.
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YMCA
First Lutheran
Baptists
St. Paul's Lutheran
Nelson Wehner
Jim Pellett
Dave Nelson
Wehner
Jack Bainbridge
Dick Hensley
Don Pelzer
Remmer Voss
Jack Thaken
Bill Russell
Jim Simpson
United Church of Christ
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Kansas City
Hank Bauer
Bauer
Kansas City Athletics
Detroit
Tigers
New York Yankees
Joe Gordon
Hank
Norm Siebern
Athletics
al Kaline
Rocky Colavito
Norm Cash
Kaline
Colavito
Rocky
Wayne Causey
Will
Portsmouth
Logan
Hamburg
Avoca
Larry Clayton
Kevan Cook
Mike Moody
Moody
Jim Leslie
Denny Peters
Paul Levien
John Slaven
Bruce Waterman
Rusty Field
Logan Battery
Audubon
Jamaica
Clay Faces Heavyweight Alonzo Johnson In TV Bout
Louisville native Cassius Clay, 19, fights Alonzo Johnson in a nationally televised 10 round bout at Fairgrounds Coliseum. The ABC telecast from Louisville begins at 9 pm EST and tests whether the Olympic light heavyweight champion can handle top foes.
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Cassius Clay
Alonzo Johnson
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Fast Finish Lets Fladoos Keep Title
Sharon Fladoos, 18, from Dubuque High, wins Iowa women’s amateur golf title again. She shoots a sub par 74 in final round amid driving rain to total 307, three strokes ahead of Andy Cohn of Waterloo. Sue Meerdink third at 319, Polly Gerhardt fourth at 324, Nan Gauthier tenth at 350.
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Ottumwa
Sharon Fladoos
Iowa
Dubuque
Andy Cohn
Waterloo
Andy
Miss Cohn
Sue Meerdink
Muscatine
Polly Gerhardt
Des Moines
Fred Nydle
Linda Jordan
Cedar Rapids
Ed Mueller
Bettendorf
Jane Hawkins
Mount Pleasant
Gretchen Grote
Nan Gauthier
Corning
Grand Slam Homer Lifts Marne Cubs 9 to 5 Victory
A grand slam by Den ny Turnure powered the Marne Cubs to a 9-5 win over Anita on the winners' field. The rally followed a walk and two singles in the eighth inning as Marne erased a 5-2 deficit after five frames. Turnure earned the win with ten hits supported. Anita’s Watson allowed seven hits.
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Denny Turnure
Marne Cubs
Anita
Waters
Dahl
Maine Cubs
Marne
Turnure
Watson
Smith
Barnholdt
Portsmouth and Hamburg Advance In Cub Tournament
Portsmouth topped Logan 7 0 while Hamburg beat Avoca 3 2 to reach the district cub tourney semifinals at Avoca. Hamburg earned the winner on Kevan Cook pitched win with Mike Moody driving in a run and catching.
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Portsmouth
Logan
Blanchard Hits Grand Slam Sends Yankees Top in AL
Boston faced New York as John Blanchard delivered a ninth inning pinch hit grand slam off Mick Fornieles, turning an 8 6 deficit into an 11 8 Yankees win and reclaiming first in the American League. The blast was the sixth pinch hit grand slam of the season, a new AL record.
Indians Extend Lead as Omaha Drops Two to Leaders
The Indianapolis Indians defeated Omaha twice on Friday to extend their division lead to two games. Indianapolis won 8-5 and 4-3 as Houston beat Louisville 4-3 and Dallas-Fort Worth upset Denver 7-5, while rain paused the second Indy-Omaha game after 5 innings.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis Indians
American Association
Tribe
Houston
Louisville
Dallas-Fort Worth
Denver
Yanks Rally with Pinch Hit Homer to Beat Red Sox
Yesterday's Stars Hitting John Blanchard belted a bases loaded pinch hit home run with two out in the ninth inning to give the Yankees an 11 8 victory over the Red Sox and move them back into first place. Curt Simmons pitched eight innings of shutout ball against the Dodgers in a 10 1 win.
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Associated Press
John Blanchard
Yankees
Red Sox
Yanks
Curt Simmons
Cardinals
Dodgers
Santa Anita unveils 31 stakes for 1961-62 winter meet
Arcadia California. Santa Anita Park announced a schedule featuring 31 stakes races with a total of 1,185,000 dollars in added money for the 1961-62 winter racing season.
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Arcadia
Calif
Santa Anita Park
Pirates Dick Groat Makes Athletic Pop Fly Catch
Pirates shortstop Dick Groat leaps gracefully to snare a high pop fly in an athletic fielding moment, showing surprising agility for the defense.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Dick Groat
Ordinary Kennedy Family Life Revealed By Trusted Nurse
New York AP profile recalls nurse Luella Hennessey who cared for Pat Kennedy during an appendectomy in 1937 and later assisted Jacqueline Kennedy and other Kennedy women through pregnancies. She emphasizes humble, ordinary upbringing shaping the President and loyalty over money. Gifts from the family underscore long association.
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New York
Luella Hennessey
Kennedys
Kennedy
Boston
Pat Kennedy
Hyannis Port
London
Joseph P Kennedy
Walpole
Mass
Visiting Nurse Association
Hennessey
German Bishop Read Bible In English At Kirchentag
Berlin AP reports Bishop Hans Lilje of Hannover read from the Bible in English at a Berlin Kirchentag rally session. The event aids non German speakers amid a 38 000 attendee gathering, with about 11 000 from Communist ruled regions and many pilgrims learning English with foreign delegates including roughly 130 Americans.
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Berlin
West Germany
Hans Lilje
Hannover
Lilje
Oxford
Adolf Hitler
Humphrey Resigns From Willisea Post For Jamestown Move
Fred Humphrey former Willisea coach and recreation director at the mental health institute resigns effective Aug 10 to take a similar post in Jamestown South Carolina Motorists urged to obey stop signs as they intend to stop not slow down
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Clarinda
Fred Humphrey
Willisea
Mental Health Institute
Jamestown
S. C
Local News Briefs On Vacations And Travel
Audubon residents Helen Peter sen and Randy travel to Oakland to visit Bill and the Rasmus family. Frank and wife return from Colorado. H T Barres and wife in Dallas for a postgraduate course. Dave Lansman and family back from Washington and Philadelphia trip. Emmett Schmidt and family return from eastern vacation. James Deans on trip to Philadelphia. Paul Fagen, Cherokee High School teacher, receives National Science Foundation grant and studies at the University of South Dakota.
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Audubon
Helen Petersen
Randy
Oakland
Calif
Bill Rasmussen
Frank Sampson
Colorado
H. T. Barres
Dallas
Tex
Dave Lansman
Washington, D. C
Ben F. Jensen
Emmett Schmidts
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
James Deans
Paul Fagen
Cherokee High School
Orah Fagen
National Science Foundation
University of South Dakota
Grissom's Bahama furlough ends as spaceflight probes begin
U S astronauts Grissom returns from a suborbital flight and undergoes a full medical exam with doctors assessing vital signs water intake and endurance. Psychologists and engineers review the mission while plans for a potential orbital flight later this year or early 1962 proceed. Betty Grissom watches the celebration in Newport News as Dennis Gris som's father recalls the tense 15 minutes of his son's flight.
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Grissom
William Douglas
Mitchell, Ind
Dennis Grissom
Space Agency
Redstone
Cape Canaveral
Randolph
Walnut Neighbors Plan Chicago Trip and Family Moves
Walnut residents describe a weekend drive to Chicago to meet German relatives arriving at O Hara from Frankfort. The George Wendelin family relocates to Avoca pending a new house, as Harold Wattles and Donald Black plan moves into the Wendelin residence.
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Walnut
Norris Pilling
Ned
Gary
Chicago
Ned Pilling
Felisia
Angela
O'Hara
Frankfort
Germany
Pilling
William Kiefer
Karlsruhe
George Wendelin
Avoca
Harold Wattles
Wendelin
Donald Black
Wattles
Robinsons Return From Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson return to their Indianapolis home after visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Burl Roots during vacation.
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Charles Robinson
Indianapolis
A. V. Robinson
Mrs
Burl Roots
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