Hypnosis and power surge in tight AL pennant race
Detroit rookie Bill Faul mesmerizes hitters with hypnosis as he wins 5-1 in his first major league start for the Senators. Frank Malzone fuels Boston’s surge with six hits two homers and five RBIs as the Red Sox split a doubleheader with Kansas City and hold a slim lead in the American League.
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Bill Faul
Detroit
Boston
Frank Malzone
Faul
Washington
Malzone
Kansas City
Red Sox
A’s
Baltimore
Chicago
White Sox
Orioles
Los Angeles Angels
New York
Yankees
Cleveland
Minnesota
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
Cubs
Milwaukee
Braves
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Houston
Senators
Ken Retzer
Jim King
Marv Breeding
University of Cincinnati
al Kaline
Tigers
Bill Bruton
Local high school football schedule listed
Salem hosts Hoosick Falls in New York today. Otter Valley visits Bennington Catholic at Alumni Field. Burr and Burton plays West Rutland. North Bennington faces Leland and Gray. Arlington meets Whitingham.
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Salem At Hoosick Falls, N.Y
Otter Valley
Bennington Catholic
Alumni Field
Burr and Burton
West Rutland
North Bennington
Leland- Gray
Arlington
Whitingham
Schooch Schoonmaker wins Bennington Special at Lebanon Valley
Schooch Schoonmaker of Ravena wins the Lebanon Valley Speedway feature in the Bennington Special before 5,000 fans on a slick track. He takes the lead on lap three from East Greenbush driver George Henderson and dominates to finish three feet ahead of Ralph Chittenden who finishes second. Joe Rosmer and Joe Messina also place strongly as the fourth night of racing yields another new winner.
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West Lebanon
N.Y
Schooch Schoonmaker
Ravena
Schoonmaker
Ralph
Schooch
Joe Rosmer
East Greenbush
Joe Messina
Albany
Bennington
Fred Babson
Babson
Lebanon Valley Speedway
Rebel Harris
Poughkeepsie
Link Petitt
Schenectady
Billy Webb
Ralph Chittenden
Lebanon
Dan Dudley
Pittsfield
Mass
Nelson Grignon
Troy
George Henderson
George Harrison
Hudson
Norm Thomas
Hank Wells
Canaan
Conn
Joe Roemer
Big Ten Bans Women from Intercollegiate Athletics
The Big Ten announced it would restrict intercollegiate athletic competition to men. Commissioner Bill Reed stated spring talks closed with a decision to confine programs to male participants. The move followed furor over Washington University of St. Louis star Carol Hanks, whose presence prompted several schools to cancel matches.
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Minneapolis
Big Ten
Bill Reed
Washington University of St. Louis
Carol Hanks
Washington
LI All Stars To Receive Vermont Award
The 1962 Vermont state trophy will be awarded to the Norshaft Arlington Little League All Stars at the North Bennington field Thursday evening before the season opener, announced league president Joseph Crossman today.
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North Bennington
Norshaft- Arlington
Joseph Crossman
Elks Hold Practice After Game If Underway
The Elks interstate league team schedules practice and tryouts at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Alumni Field pending the Bennington Catholic versus Otter Valley game. Mickey Wright of Dallas led LPGA money list in 1961 and 1962.
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Elks
Alumni Field
Ev Chaffin
Bennington Catholic
Otter Valley
Mickey Wright
Dallas
Tex
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Bickham Retains National White Water Canoe Slalom Title
Bill Bickham of the Penn State Outing Club wins the men’s singles at the National White Water Canoe Slalom Championships on the West River 475 yards with 22 gates. Runner-up Tom Southworth trails 417 to 518 points. Bickham also pairs with Barbara Wright to keep the national mixed doubles crown. Proceeds aid the U.S. White Water Slalom Team for the World Championships in Spittal Austria.
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Jamaica
Bill Bickham
Penn State Outing Club
Bickham
West River
Tom Southworth
New York
Barbara Wright
Washington, D.C
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Ball Mountain Dam
United States
U.S
Spittal
Austria
Joe Mira steps into spotlight at Key West High
Joe Mira, 16, brother of University of Miami quarterback George Mira, earns early college potential talk as Key West High star returns from shoulder injury. Observers praise his precise passing and running, noting he may outgrow his brother in size and skill, with Miami as his preferred destination.
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Mira
George
Joe Mira
University of Miami
George Mira
Key West High School
Joe
Gold Coast
Miami
Key West
Jimmy
Burr and Burton Beats Wallingford In Marble Valley Victory
Burr and Burton Bulldog Dan Ouvellette pitched a three hitter as the team defeated Wallingford 11 to 6 in Marble Valley League action. Bill Kapusta doubled and Dick Smith tripled in a strong early scoring burst. The win improves the Bulldogs to 3-4 in league play with three games left on the schedule.
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Manchester
Dan Ouvellette
Burr
Burton
Bulldogs
Wallingford
Bill Kapusta
Dick Smith
West Rutland
Ludlow
Summer League Bowling Starts at Bennington Lanes
Green's Mobil H and W Esso and Whitman Feed Store led last week’s Men’s Tuesday Summer Bowling League at Bennington Lanes. High scores included Mullens 226 single 619 triple for H and W Esso. Fisher 215 single 538 triple for Eddington’s. Weaver 210 single 580 triple for H. Weaver. Johnson 205 single 510 triple for K Johnson. Kline 213 single 565 triple for Winds. Umpires Bizzaro and Waite.
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Green’s Mobil
H & W Esso
Whitman Feed Store
Bennington Lanes
Esso
Volkswagen
R. Mullens
Heald Plastic
Eddington
D. Fisher
Manchester
Diamonds
F. Baldwin
D. Hogan
Green’s
Mobil
Kennedy’s
H. Weaver
Whitman Feed
Connecticut Clinches Tie Race for Yankee Title in Baseball
The University of Connecticut earned at least a tie for the Yankee Conference baseball championship as Vermont upset Maine 14-11. Connecticut sits 7-2 in league play and awaits a final District 1 playoff site and participant decision next Sunday.
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University of Connecticut
Huskies
Vermont
Maine
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Earl Lorden
Holy Cross
Boston College
Providence
American International
Bridgeport
Selby
Northeastern
Lorden
Omaha
Neb
Gutty to the End Davis Probably Knew Of Approaching Death
Ernie Davis, 23, died in Lakeside Hospital after acute leukemia. Friends say he sensed death but remained cheerful. Davis, Syracuse Heisman winner, had signed with the Browns for 80 000 dollars with a 15 000 dollar bonus and met President Kennedy. Funeral in Elmira, New York, at Monumental Baptist Church.
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Cleveland
Ernie Davis
Lakeside Hospital
Davis
Arthur Modell
Cleveland Browns
Modell
Syracuse University
Kennedy
Elmira
N.Y
Monumental Baptist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
New Salem
Bennington Softball Today at Memorial Park
Bennington hosts Tansitor versus Union Carbide at Memorial Park while Davey Oil faces BenMont at Tansitor Field in a doubleheader style lineup of today’s games.
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Union Carbide
Memorial Park
Davey Oil
BenMont
Tansitor Field
Parnelli Jones Favored For Indianapolis 500
Parnelli Jones won the pole for the 47th Indianapolis 500 with a 151.153 mph 10 mile qualifying run and will lead a field of 18 cars for the May 30 race. Hurtubise and Clark set new records in V-8 and rear-engine classes. Turner announced retirement after suffering burns and possible vertebra injury in a rollover.
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Indianapolis
Parnelli Jones
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Jones
Torrance
Calif
Speedway
Jim Hurtubise
North Tonawanda
N.Y
Jim Clark
Gene Hartley
Jack Turner
Seattle
Turner
Maine Wins Third Straight Yankee Conference Track Title
Maine captures its third consecutive Yankee Conference title scoring 79 points to Massachusetts 551. Maine’s Baron Hickey wins both hurdles as MIT tops Bowdoin 64-52 in the Easterns with Jim Flink scoring 17. Yale defeats Harvard 76-73 in a rain-delayed New Haven meet, Wendell Mottley edging John Ogden in the final lap of the mile relay.
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Maine
M.I.T
Bowdoin
Yale
Harvard
New England
Baron Hickey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Bruce Frost
Tech
Jim Flink
Frost
Jim Keefe
Central Connecticut
Bates
Worcester Tech
Trinity
Central Conn
Tufts
Williams
Brandeis
Colby
Southern Conn
Wendell Mottley
Trinidad
Crimson
John Ogden
New Haven
Conn
Golf Teams Vie Today At Equinox
Manchester scholastic golf teams from Bennington High School Bennington Catholic High School Burr and Burton Seminary and Springfield High School meet this afternoon at Mt Equinox Country Club. BCHS and Springfield tied at the Mt Anthony Country Club in a prior joint meeting.
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Manchester
Bennington High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Springfield High School
Mt. Equinox
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
BCHS
Springfield
Ernie Davis Remembered. Browns Launch Leukemia Fund
Arthur Modell announced the Cleveland Browns would back a leukemia research project after the death of Ernie Davis, 23, Syracuse Heisman winner. Davis died after a 13 month battle with acute leukemia and was buried in Elmira. His mother asked for donations to Western Reserve University Hospitals in Cleveland.
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Pete Ramos
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Zoilo Versalles
Jim Hall
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Lenny Green
Mercury
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Frank M. Carpenter
B and S Trailer Court
Park Street
Walloomsac
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Asher
Green Mountain Park
Edmunds
Wilmington
Del
Lee Arnold
Louise Davis
Appalachian Mountain Club
Miss Wright
Heinz Poenn
Toronto Voyageurs
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Seward
Ouellette
Lawson
Zambalis
F. Bizzaro
Waite
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Happy Cookers
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Ernie
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Vermont Bank and Trust CO
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Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland
Jantzen
Adams Clothes Shop
Foundation For Leukemia
Arthur B. Modell
Woodlawn
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Arthur Radford
Western Reserve University Hospitals
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