Oilers Scrimmage Draws 6000 at Memorial Stadium
A 6000-strong crowd watched the Houston Oilers 1961 preseason scrimmage at Memorial Stadium. Fans split over game-type play. many want a full game schedule and kicking integrated, while managers stress player safety and star QBs like Blanda and Lee. Humble Club president R J Lawrence praised turnout, hoping for a third scrimmage to boost the youth fund.
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Pasadena and BaytownTeen Baseball Tees Up District Final
Pasadena battles Orange in a 1–0 extra innings win to reach the district teenage baseball title game against Baytown Culpepper. Tex Speer struck out 15 Orangemen on two hits with a walk and two singles in the overtime eighth. Richard Walker led Senior batting with .543, Ronnie Kluch next at .524, while Jimmy Epperson won pitching with a 7–2 record. Foster took the loss for Orange as Culpepper’s manager John May eyes a final showdown.
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Sports writers select menus for Aggie Games at Kyle Field
College Station newsmen from the Southwest will serve as maitre d press box this football season. They have ballots to vote on four proposed menus prepared by A&M dining hall supervisor A. G. Peniston. The most popular will be used.
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Spahn Within One Win Of 300 Milestone
Spahn pitched 10 innings for Milwaukee beating Detroit as Henry Aaron powered two homers to fuel the win. The victory moved Spahn closer to 300 career major league wins, with his 11th win of the season and 299th with the Braves. The Reds widened their lead, Cubs beat the Dodgers, and Musial delivered a clutch pinch hit in St Louis.
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Linder Wins Batting Trophy Amid Virus Attack
Junior Teen 1961 season finale crowns Linder of the Braves with a .484 batting average as he battles a virus. Ronnie Wallace close behind for runner up. Jerry Johnson of the Optimist Giants tops pitching with a 7 2 record and 72 strikeouts. Humble White Sox dominate team pitching with 160 strikeouts in 8 1 2 innings and 46 hits allowed. Roger Wunsch nets best single game with 49 strikeouts in a seven inning stint.
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Hook Line And Sinker Fishing Buzzes In Trinity Bay Region
Fishing activity surged with speckled trout, drum, and croaker caught around Five Mile Cut Lost Reef and Dow's Reef. Notables include Joe Johnson with speckled trout up to three pounds and Rev Harbaugh’s near Lost Reef. Gar and shrimp are lining Trinity Bay ahead of opening season as anglers await saltier waters.
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Major League Leaders Display Top Baseball Stats
American League leaders include Mantle and Maris with runs and home runs while Maris stars with 41 homers and 101 RBIs. National League numbers feature Clemente and Robinson leading batting and hits, with Cepeda and Wills also posting notable totals across bat and field.
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Fullmer Fights Fernandez For World Middleweight Title
Gene Fullmer, NBA middleweight champion from West Jordan Utah, defends his title tonight in Ogden against Florentino Fernandez of Cuba in a nationally televised bout on ABC. Fullmer holds a 9-5 edge in betting. both fighters meet the 160 pound limit as Fernandez seeks his first world championship shot and a potential upset.
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College Champ Tries For Another Upset
Allen Fox the national collegiate tennis champion eyes another upset at the Tard Meadow Club Invitation Tournament. After routing Frank Froehling 6-1 6-4, Fox meets fifth seed Ron Holmberg while top seed Jack Douglas plays Bob Mark in the other semifinal. Fox notes this circuit is fun and he would quit if it stops being enjoyable.
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Frank Lary Helps Keep Tigers Hot
Frank Lary earns his 15th win as Detroit defeats Cleveland 6-1, finishing a strong stretch by beating every AL club except Washington. Kaline backs the effort with a 14th homer, Wood adds three hits and Bruton scores twice as the Tigers pull within a game and a half of the Yankees.
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Venturi Sets Tone In Baltimore Eastern Open Lead
Ken Venturi led the $35,000 Eastern Open in Baltimore after two rounds with 187, seven under par, holding a seven stroke edge over chasers Gene Littler Gay Brewer Jr. and Doug Sanders as rain interrupted play and Venturi fought through showers and mud on Thursday and Friday. Ramses TIL was the first military organizer of Egypt.
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Modern Decisions Toughest Sad To Be Born 30 Years To Soon
Fred Hartman reminisces on old Texas A&M sports coverage from College Station spanning post WWI to after Korea. He laments press access and menu choices in the 1961 press box while predicting the Aggies’ 1961 Southwest Conference title chase led by Jim Myers. He recalls hunger for coverage, persistence, and the shift from simple deadlines to selecting among four press box menus.
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Collegians Hustled But Can't Beat Pros
The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the college all-stars 28-14 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Joe Bellino was sidelined by an injury during warmups, while Norm Snead and Tommy McDonald led the Eagles with multiple touchdown passes. The All-Stars showed late life but could not overcome the early deficit as Otto Graham and Nick Skorich commented on the performance.
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Annual Texas Coaching School Opens in San Antonio
In San Antonio eighty graduating football and basketball stars arrive for the Texas Coaching School with more than 3000 coaches and athletes expected for the four day event. The all‑star squads begin workouts as the four day clinic starts Monday. The basketball game, Wednesday night, features North coach O W Follis of Lamesa vs South coach Hal Lambert of Spring Branch. The football game, Thursday night, pairs North coach Joe Golding of Wichita Falls against South coach Pete Ragus of Corpus Christi Miller. All‑state end Larry Elkins of Brownwood was lost to the North with a broken arm while oil rig work in West Texas. A substitute is being sought.
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