Cassius Clay Plans Visit to Forgotten Sonny Liston in Denver
Cassius Clay says he will visit Sonny Liston in Denver within a week or two to offer encouragement and perhaps another surprise. He recalls Liston’s neglect during Clay’s hospital stay and frames the visit as a gesture to lift the defeated boxer who is largely forgotten by the public.
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Denver
Lewiston
Maine
UPI
Cassius Clay
Baloney
Lenny Liston
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Liston
South America
West Indies
Flis
Cassius
Boston
Listom
Denny Kelly Wins Numerals At Williams College
Dennis J. Kelly son of Mr and Mrs John P Kelly of 12 Willow St Pittsfield earned numerals for Williams College freshman baseball where he started at first base. Despite a 3 5 record he also earned football numerals after a Pittsfield St Josephs High School career in football baseball and basketball.
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Dennis J. Kelly
John P. Kelly
Willow St. Pittsfield
Williams College
Denny
St. Joseph's
Pittsfield
Cornwall Enters Mt Hermon Track Meet
Great Barrington Cornwall Academy of Great Barrington is the only Berkshire County private school listed among 16 entrants in the Mount Hermon interscholastic track meet at Mount Hermon School on Saturday. The 13 event meet will attract 208 athletes and be governed by the New England Private School Track Association rules. The meet will begin at 1 p.m.
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Great Barrington
Cornwall Academy of
Manila Herald honors fighters with Oscar display
The Philippines Herald on its front page features cut out head shots of Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston overlaid on a photo of an actor and actress holding movie Oscars. The display suggests the fighters are worthy of recognition in a dramatic tie to the awards season.
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Manila
The
Philippines Herald
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Mahan Leads Gannon in Twin Bill Victory
Jim Mahan former St Joseph's High third baseman had three hits in five official at bats and two walks for Gannon College of Erie Pa in a double header sweep of Case Institute of Technology Cleveland Ohio. Gannon won 6 2 and 4 0 finishing the season at 6 9. The freshman hit a three bagger and led the team with three three baggers. Coach Ivan George a former Centerville Pa star athlete now with General Electric in Erie guided Gannon. Mahan returned home for summer vacation.
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St. Joseph's
Gannon College of
Erie
Case Institute of Technology of
Cleveland
Ohio
Gannon
Mahan
Ivan George
Centerville
General Keetrie
200 Enter Meet At Holyoke
More than 200 entries from six New England states and New York have been received for the Amateur Athletic Union track and field festival at Mountain Park Holyoke. Sanctioned by the New England AAU and Mountain Park Athletic Association, the program has 27 events in junior and women s divisions with trophies for top finishers and winning relays. Past entries accepted at Mountain Park until 12 30 pm Monday or sent to P O Box 1484 Springfield Mass.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Mountain Park
Holyoke
The
New England Aau
Mountain Park Athletic Association
P.O. Box
Springfield
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Boston Gives Butch Heffner Ride to Minors
BOSTON UP I The Red Sox sent Bob Heffner down to the Toronto Maple Leafs after an ERA of 7.58. In return they acquired Bob Duliba, 30, a journeyman reliever with a 4 1 record and seven saves this season. Duliba carries a 1.09 ERA in AAA.
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Butch Heffner
Dulba
UPI
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Butch) Heffner
Lo Dick Radatz
Red Sox
Heftner
Toronto Maple Leafs
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Duliba
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Angels
Radatz
Mrs McAlister And Mrs Graham Win Sweepstakes
Mrs W H McAlister Jr and Mrs Charles J Graham win the two ball best ball sweepstakes at the Country Club of Pittsfield with a net 70. Mrs Richard J Bridges and Mrs Frank Collyer take second with net 71. A three pair tie for third finishes at 73. Next week features match play against par and the silver bowl trophy tournament starts.
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Charles J. Graham S
Country Club
Pittsfield
Richard J. Bridges
Frank Collyer
Benjamin J. Sullivan
James R. Pemerick
James G. Garivallis
Fred G. Crane J. Scoving
Clay says he will fight anyone including three at once
Lewiston Maine AP Cassius Clay remains undaunted after the Liston knockout and says he would fight George Chuvalo Floyd Patterson or Ernie Terrell next or any opponent chosen by the public. He jokes about fighting all three in one night while Liston and Patterson seek a title shot amid calls for boxing probes and potential bans.
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Maine
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
George Chuvalo
Floyd Patterson
Ernie Terrell
Clay
Chuvalo
Patterson
Terrell
Kavo
List
Liston
Joe Walcott
Chuyalo
Ringsider
Jimmy Braddock
Lenox Beats Windsor Mt In Finale
Lenox School routs Windsor Mountain 43 to 3 on Lenox field led by Ed Miller strong relief and no hit effort of 52-3 innings. Peter Sauter and Tom Southergill drove in four Martin runs as Lenox rallied for six in the fifth to seal season at 47-4.
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Ed Miller
Lenox School
Windsor Mountain School
Scott Haskell
Windsor Mountain
Paul Douglas
Miller
Peter Sauter
Tom Southergill
Martin
Sauter
Southergill
Downs Awaits Large Crowds On Holiday
Hancock Berkshire Downs officials expect about 20 000 spectators at the Hancock track over Memorial Day weekend. Purses are raised for select feature races on Saturday and Monday with horses grouped by appearance or performance. The Springfield, a Saturday feature for three year olds and up, offers 1000 dollars over 644 furlongs. The Memorial Day Handicap on Monday is also 1000 dollars for three year olds over 11 16 miles. A Gray Ghost Purse of 700 dollars for gray and roan horses is added to Saturday’s card.
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Hancock Race Track
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NightGame St. Louis Loses to Los Angeles 7-1 in Nine
Simmons and Uecker lead the bats as St. Louis falls to Los Angeles 7 to 1. Koufax earns the win for the Dodgers while Miller and Torborg contribute for the visitors.
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Los
Twins Bomb Boston With Homers to Grab First
The Minnesota Twins slugged their way to a 4-7 win over the Boston Red Sox, blasting three homers to surge into first place in the American League. Bob Allison, Harmon Killebrew, and Tony Oliva supplied the power as Oliva hit his eighth homer and Bast a four run rally. The win came as Chicago dropped to second after a 3-1 loss to Cleveland, with Kansas City topping Baltimore and Los Angeles edging Washington. Rain halted New York at Detroit.
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Joe Torre
Felipe Alou
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Pirates
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Willie Starpell
Major League Standings and Wednesday Results
American League standings show Chicago and Minnesota atop the table with Detroit and Baltimore close behind. Leaders Cleveland and New York trail, while Kansas City and Washington struggle. Wednesday results include Cleveland 3 Chicago 1 and Minnesota 9 Boston 7. Today's schedule features key matchups across divisions.
64 Champs Lose First In BRL Play
The 1964 Pittsfield Babe Ruth League champion Ida and John's opened with a win over last year’s runner up Besse Clarke, then lost 9-3 to Union Federal at Deming Field. Buddy Gall took the loss as Tommy Williams earned the victory.
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Besse- Clarke
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North Junior High
Tommy Williams
Go Ahead
Jim Whitheld
Carter Stone
Bankers
Williams
Buddy Gall
Doc Kamienski
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Briggs
Yom Barr
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Ay del Virgilio
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Schulte
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Rembish
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Woitkowski Hitting .250 For Appleton
Former Pittsfield High star athlete Ray Woitkowski is batting 250 for the Appleton Wisconsin team in the Midwest League. He has 15 hits in 60 at bats with one homer one triple and one double and 10 RBIs according to Player Periscope.
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Ray Woitkowski
Appleton
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