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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
6
Old Orchard Beach Lions win first in the Biddeford Saco Little League title series at Mayfield. Adrian Fournier drives in three, Robert Roberge adds two hits, Don Pushaw homers. Alan Labb rings up 10 strikeouts, Cantaro fans seven for Journal. Five Journal errors weaken their bid.
Dodgers beat the Reds 8 1 in the opener of a pivotal three game set as Tommy Davis and Duke Snider homered and Johnny Podres allowed eight hits for the win. Giants stay close with Marichal six hitter and Mays Kuenn homers in a 4 3 over Milwaukee. Pirates nip Cubs 7 4 on Mazeroski homer. Mets blank Phillies 2 0 behind Al Jackson. Phillies rebound 10 1 in nightcap behind Dennis Bennett.
American League standings show New York leading with 78 wins and 55 losses, Minnesota 59 7 , Cleveland 68 70, Boston 71 466, and Kansas City 73 451. Tuesday results include New York 2 Cleveland 1, Minnesota 2 Chicago 0, Los Angeles 10 Kansas City 5, Washington 4 Baltimore 0. National League leaders Los Angeles 83 48, Cincinnati 81 52, San Francisco 83 48, Milwaukee 71 62, Philadelphia 63 73, Chicago 83. Tuesday results: Los Angeles and Cincinnati 1 1, San Francisco 4, Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 6, Houston 4 St. Louis 2. New York 2 1 Philadelphia 0 10, Cincinnati at Los Angeles next. Don Demeter drives in three in Phils win over Miller.
Baseball season summaries highlight leaders across batting and pitching. Notable names include Runnels and Siebern atop batting averages, Pearson and Siebern with runs, Richardson and Rollins with hits, and Cimoli Bressoud with triples. Pitching leaders include Stigman with 93 wins and Pascual with 154 strikeouts.
Batting leaders include Robinson of Cincinnati with 41 at bats, T Davis of Los Angeles at 340 runs, and T Davis with 126 RBIs. Hitting tops feature Mays San Francisco with 39 home runs, Wills Los Angeles 73 stolen bases, and pitchers Purkey Cincinnati 205 strikeouts per season.
Columbia college football adds junior halfback Pat Moran, a player from County Mayo, Ireland, to the team roster. Moran brings playmaking potential and Irish football experience to the Columbia lineup.
DU QUOIN US AP Schol arly Sanders Russell 62 the driving dean of the Hambletonian field rose from crutches to drive A. C.'s Viking in the 37th Hambletonian at Du Quoin State Fairgrounds with a 40000 crowd. The race for 3 year old trotters offers 62854 to winner and may need two heats. Russell braces a tennis shoe and basket weave cast as he pilots Viking to 10 of 11 wins this year including Yonkers Futurity.
The Maine State Stock Car Racing association starts a holiday weekend at Scarborough Beech Ridge Speedway with a regular card and two 20-lap features on Saturday and a Labor Day program featuring two 50-lap windups. The modified sportsman title fight between Cusack and Libby heads the weekend, with Libby’s 99 regaining handling to challenge Cusack. Dick Garrett, George Welch, Dick Wolstenhulme, Bob Libby and Ray Worster back the leaders. About 36 bomber cars, including Wolstenhulme, Tardif, Meserve, Leavitt, Babb, Stack and Vachon, expected in Sunday’s events. Gates open at 8 p.m. Saturday with two heats, a semi, a consolation, and two 20-lap features.
The column promises gossip on football and local teams with notes from Mr GGG about Thornton chose a strong senior lineup under new coach Brad Leach and a wary view of Neil Serpico's Biddeford Tigers. It also recalls a Larry Rowe course misread hole in one and a 1928 White’s Hall boxing card with Ted Kid Drew.
Boxing fans may view a closed circuit broadcast of the Patterson Liston heavyweight title bout from Comiskey Park Chicago on September 25 at the Expo in Portland. A 15 by 20 foot screen will show the 10 30 p m start with ticket details to follow. Liston as a 7 5 favorite is anticipated to deliver a historic fight. more updates promised.
A veteran reporter discovers after three years of daily chats with a colleague that he possesses a notable item perfect for the columnist. The unexpected reveal shifts a routine feature into a creditable front page muse.
Boston Red Sox face a potential 1962 season low as Pete Runnels leads the AL race with a .339 average, while Boston fires Monbouquette and Schwal to try to spark a pennant chase. Ted Williams and Cleveland loom as rivals, with Boston eyeing an eighth-place finish for the first time since 1932. The Eagles football notebook details St Louis Biddeford’s returnees and Coach Bob Cote’s strong line and backfield depth as the team opens at Cheverus and Bangor.
Monbo (11-12) opposes Phil Regan (8-8) in the opener while Schwall (6-14) faces Paul Foy tack (9-5) in the second game. The Red Sox hold a 9-5 edge over the Tigers this year and need only a split to clinch the 18 game seed series.
The piece notes World heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan earned 14 dollars for fighting Herbert Slade in 1883 and 10 500 dollars for defeating Jake Kilrain in his most famous bout. It contrasts early purses with the larger sums of later era.
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