Twins Beat KC 5 2 to Move Toward AL Second
The Minnesota Twins edged Kansas City 5-2 behind Joe Bonikowsky and Rich Rollins to climb to second in the AL, one game back of New York after the Yankees shut out Cleveland 4-0. Boston, Chicago, Baltimore also won while Detroit, Los Angeles, and Washington lost.
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Joe Bonikowski
Rich Rollins
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Indians
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Baltimore
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San Francisco
St. Louis
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Houston
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Borkowski
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Dave Wickersham
Bill Stafford
Stafford
Roger Maris
Jim Perry
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Tigers
Earl Wilson
Gary Geiger
Rocky Colavito
Jake Wood
Arnold Earley
Ron Kline
al Smith
White Sox
Angels
Eli Grba
Eddie Fisher
Juan Pizarro
Orioles
Senators
Jack Fisher
Chuck Hinton
Billy Hoeft
Pete Burnside
Belmont Stakes Brings Derby and Preakness Winners Together
New York AP report notes a rare Belmont Stakes meeting of Triple Crown contenders. Kentucky Derby winner Decidedly and Preakness winner Greek Money clash after May dates, with Needles and Belmon also part of past ties. Historical context recalls 1956 Derby winner and Belmont outcomes.
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NEW York
Decidedly
Needles
Belmon
Fabius
Middle Ground
Hill Prince
Palmer Struggles as Brewer Leads Classic Round One
Arnold Palmer faltered with a 73 while Gay Brewer shot 66 to lead the Classic field at Upper Montclair Country Club. Gene Littler and Earl Stewart followed one behind as 45 players climbed ahead of Palmer, who battles a lingering cold.
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Crystal River
Fla
Gene Littler
Oakmont
Earl Stewart
Dallas
Tex
Palmer
Hinsdale Racing Entries First Trot D Mile 400
Entries list for Hinsdale trots and paces across multiple divisions with horses, drivers, and earnings. Notable horses include Song-W Biake Victor-M Beauchesne Jr and Miss Olivia Scott-P Lynaugh with $400 races, and Calumet's Haze!-L Copeland in a $550 event.
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Biake Ome
Victor — M Beauchesne Jr
Hanover
V. Horvath
Northy Abbot
M_ Robinson farborton
Beckwith
Lashy
Joe
R Chase ‘Im
Gel
Duling Ershing
Lad — Foster
Barry Jay Hanover
M_O'Neal
Pace
Olivia Scott
Lynaugh
Patterson Express
Scott
F Hodgkins
Mercury Byrd
E. Accardi
Air
Blake
Haight “Handler
M. Beckwith
Sale Barnes
Foster
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Burgoyne
Sara C
H Lamb
C. Cress
Gagne
Debby
Alexander
Tar Sarta
J Siewierski
Wally Song
Jo Schmigel
Evelyn
Ardent
R Copeland
R Copeland 4Yarley's Choice — O Ginn
Rodney Guy
V_ Horvath Sorderview
Guy — Foster
Calumet
L Copeland
al — A Wilsey Jr
Foster Newport
Ruby
Blumhard
Saratoga Racing Entries
The SPA entries list Friday’s card for Saratoga with multiple trot and pace races. Notable horses include General Sampson, Runnymede, Fedor Dick, Foregt Cheerio, Victory Sue, Windale Tip, Colonie Girl, Shadydale Blaze, The Ghent’s first leg, and The Catskill divisions in pace and trot events. Multiple purses range from 300 to 4500 dollars across eight races plus a 20 mile event and a Seaway Captain pacing assignment.
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Stet
General Sampson
F Jevons
Fedor Dick — H
Folger Runnymede
Colin
Bogardus
Fedor Dick
Cheerio
Pick
S. Dunn
Fine Yarn
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Hickory Stick
J Morrill
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Sue
D Corneau
Harry M
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Valente Windale
Tip
Poyer Gray
Tingley Nibbie Brewer
Corneau Colonie Girl
Jevons
J Merrill
Sandy Don
Sky Eden
H Folger
Miss Lyndon
Colonie Prince
Nancy Springwood
G_ Chretien
H. Parker
Social Security
K. Lunman
Dauntless
Demon
J. Vilandre Settier
M_ Dostie
Shadydale Blaze
Scott Volemia
Hanover
P Dailey
Meddier
Pace
Vicki Penburn
F_LaRouch
Patty Bea Flash
R_ Kniffen
Viva
A_ Dimino
Shadydaie
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Not Tonight
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Luster — J Vilandre Brill
T Frisco
A. Ambo
Clayhaven Delight
Ghent
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Diplomat
R_ Richardson
Mike Clancy
C. Richards
Sanders
P. Dailey
Kimberly Abbey
K_ Lunman
Runnymede
Betsy
Masten Nixon
Ezra
K Carmichael
Hup
Rodney Key
Tone
China
Catskill
Charmette
C. Masten
Lavonne Hanover
Kazmaier
Bears Rout Eagles 10-1 in Season Finale
Leland and Gray of Townshend defeated Arlington High School 10-1 on Thursday, closing their season with a high note. Arlington finishes 2-11 overall and 2-8 in Molly Stark League play.
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Leland and Gray Bears Eagles
Gray
Townshend
Arlington High School Eagles
Arlington
Molly Stark
Seven Colts Listed For $152,050 Belmont Stakes
Seven 3-year-olds contest the 1 1 2 mile Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park with a purse of 152 050 dollars and prize for the winner 108 300. Leading contenders include Decidedly Greek Money Jaipur and Crimson Satan with others Admiral's Voyage Vimy Ridge and David K. Decidedly previously set a Churchill Downs record and Derby mark before a rough Pimlico finish.
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Sherlock
George A. Pope Jr
Decidedly
Donald P. Ross
George D. Widener
Jaipur
Peter W. Salmon Sr
Fred W. Hooper
Frank E. Power
Louis Wolfson
David K
Churchill Downs
Pimlico
Aidan
Baseball Scores From Today’s Games
Results show Baltimore 12 over Washington 5 and New York 4 over Chicago 8. Other listed games include Boston 5 against Detroit 4 and Cleveland 0 versus Baltimore 12.
Saturday Baseball Schedule Features Key Interleague Matches
The list shows score results for Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3 and others, with pairings for Saturday games. Notable matchups include San Francisco at St. Louis and Los Angeles at Houston, plus New York at Chicago and Pittsburgh at Milwaukee.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Houston
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
New York
W. L. Pet. G
Incinnati Ie
Hinsdale Harness Results Spotlight Partridge and More
Race card from Hinsdale shows Bertram Junior with 30 80 10.80 and Ophelia J at 5 60. Puer Gold by Faucher 400 340 240. Carrie Kyer 13.0 480 Amy Alden 2.8. Star Boot 5.80 2.40. Jo Jo Direct 7.20 460 420. Sadie's Dream 9 160 540. Georgi Volo 3.60 Time 2.11.4. multiple horses and drivers listed with times and purses across nine pacing divisions. Attendance shown as 2107. total purses span from 400 to 700.
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Bertram Junior
Partridge
Shadydale
Tomwyn
Beckwith
Ophelia J
Gilman
Benjamin C
Kadydeross
Peggy Regent
Pylon
Clayhaven
Damiel
Pace
Mile
Faucher
Borderview
Carrie
Kyer
Amy Alden
Lullisab
Bay State
Ellis
Darn Handsome
Hatfield
Elizabeth Dodge
Falconridge Peter
Ebon Pinion
Sputnik Tass
Jolly Jane
Padget
Lady Pace
Lynaugh
Willa Quinton
M_ Robinson
Jimmie McAbee
Lou Ann
Mary Hill
Whisby Pete
Sandra Rosecroft
Grey Valley
DeWolf
Hasty Fingo
Brooke Dillard
W_ Harp
Riverview
Eva
Topper Leigh
Prince
Solicitor's
Comet
Bebe Dawn
Foster
Gunshoe
Linda Carol
Virag
Atto Mite
Jericho Judy
Susan Reward
Jaffe
Sunset Prince
Maine Pitcher Danny Coombs Signs With Houston Colts
Left handed pitcher Danny Coombs of Brewer Maine signed by the Houston Colts of the National League as a free agent. The 20 year old will report next year to the team's Oklahoma City farm club.
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Danny Coombs
Brewer
Maine
Houston Colts
Colts
Coombs
Oklahoma City
Girl 14 Named to AAU All America Track Team
Tammy Davis, 14, the youngest ever named to the 1961 AAU All-America women's track team, earned her spot after winning the national girls 50 yard hurdles last year in 6.8 seconds, breaking the previous record of 7 seconds. She is a ninth grade student at West Frederick junior high school in Frederick, Maryland.
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Tammy
West Frederick
Hihh School
Major League Leaders Scoreboard Results Across Leagues
Baseball scores from Major League Leaders International League show Toronto 5 Buffalo 4, Rochester 7 Syracuse 5, Atlanta 11 Richmond 0, Columbus 16 Jacksonville 1. American Association results include Indianapolis 3 Oklahoma City 1, Louisville 2 Omaha 0, Dallas-Fort Worth at Denver postponed. Pacific Coast League tallies Portland 5 Tacoma 5, Vancouver 5 Seattle 0, Spokane 5 San Diego 2, Salt Lake City 9 Hawaii 7.
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Jacksonville
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Louisville
Omaha
Dallas-Fort Worth
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Portland
Tacoma
Vancouver
Seattle
Spokane
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Hawaii
Baseball leaders in batting runs and RBIs from 100 at bats
Batting leaders include Jimenez of Kansas City at .342 with 350 at bats and A Smith of Chicago. Green of Minnesota leads runs with 43, Siebern of Kansas City has 42, Rollins of Minnesota 39 RBIs with Siebern at 41.
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Kansas City
A. Smith
Chicago
Minnesota
Siebern
Rollins
Baseball Major League Statistics Highlights This Season
Batting leaders include Williams of Chicago at .349 and Alou of San Francisco at .343. Mays and Wills top runs with 54 and 53. Davis leads in RBIs with 60, Cepeda 55. Cepeda and Davis share hits with 17 and 76 respectively. Robinson and Brock lead doubles with 20 and 13. Nine players tied with four triples. Mays hits 19 home runs, Mejias and Zepeda 15. Wills has 30 stolen bases, Davis 15. Purkey tops pitching with 9 wins. Koufax has 125 strikeouts, Drysdale and O'Dell 72.
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San Francisco
Mays
Wills
Los Angeles
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Lo Angeles
Cepeda
Robinson
Cincinna
Brock
Chiago
Aazor
Milwaukee
Callison
Philaelphia
Ranen
Houston
V'rden
Pittsburgh
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Zepeda
Los Andees
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Purkey
Cincinnati
Pierce
Track backs out from July night racing in Providence
Narragansett Park cannot run night races on the July 28 dates after the Rhode Island Racing and Athletics Commission granted a release from the commitment to operate 24 nights. Directors cited the impossibility of installing the required electric lighting system for safety and plan to request night racing dates in 1963.
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Narragansett
Rhode Island Racing and Athletics Commission
Saratoga Races Survive Suspension and Reinstatement Turmoil
In a mixed card from Saratoga, Cardinal Baby is suspended and reinstated amid a daylong tempest. Reports cite Chestnut Song and Olympia and multiple pacing results while a separate St Louis Cardinal case centers on Ray Sadecki, fined and benched after a poor outing and sulking.
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Saratoga
Cardinal
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