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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1962
Page
7
The Australian America’s Cup challenger Gretel struggled in light winds against Vim in a 12 mile unofficial race off Sydney. Vim led early and won by two minutes as both yachts were towed back to harbor after becalmed conditions.
Concord NH. During the 1962 trout season running from April 28 to October 15 anglers will have 1.4 million catchable trout stocked in New Hampshire streams and ponds. The total includes brook trout as the majority with rainbows and browns also stocked. An uncounted stream stock and carryover trout add to the potential catch.
In Huntsville Alabama a teen dashed onto a parade platform at a shopping center and kissed winner Janice Mc Knight 15. He then disappeared. The kiss was said to come from her boyfriend Don Hutcheson. She noted they had just broken up.
Paul Richards repeatedly obtained Dick Williams over six years, trading him between Brooklyn Cleveland Kansas City and Baltimore. Williams recalls spring meetings and a 1960s quest to join Richards in Houston as Hitchcock notes Williams’ versatility and value as a utility infielder and outfielder.
MIT crews show strong start in the season as the heavyweight varsity beat Columbia in New York 10:04.8 to 10:06.2 and stand 2-0. MIT 150-pounders won the Durand Cup in Hanover with 6:39. Yale placed second, Dartmouth third. Dartmouth heavies edged Boston University by two feet in a Connecticut River two-mile race. Princeton upset Navy at Annapolis by a quarter length over 10 miles. Hale edged Rutgers at Derby Connecticut. Harvard opens heavyweight season on the Charles against Rutgers and BU while Crimson lightweights lost a close race at Cornell.
New York based feature on the high stakes of horse claiming led by Harold Jacobson the King of the Claimers. The piece notes Stymie earned 918485 while 403 claims occurred in New York this season. It details claiming rules risks and kennels of the trade with quotes from Jacobson on ethics and strategy.
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