City Cage League Names Six Teams and First Practice
City Cage League assigns players into six teams for Biddeford basketball season. First practice at Biddeford High School gym Monday evening with six groups and rosters led by captains Al Chretien Art Descoteaux Moe Duross and Red Fleurent.
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Triple Cola
Duiremble Brothers
White Star Laundry
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Wwilil EF Iesever Metal
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Bill Cosgrove
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Dick Mondor
Jim O'Leary
Jim Vanites
Tom Bryant
Roger Gagne
Jim Throumoulos
Dick Watson
Guy Farrell
Dutrembie Brothers
Art Descoteaux
Rod Cyr
Pete Judge
Joe Lauzon
Gerry Forcier Out To Regain Bowling Title
Gerry Forcier and Paul Binette contest the Twin City title today at Pastime lanes. The 20-string match offers undisputed crown bragging rights as the winner claims the title after a season with illness and delays. The bout starts at 6 p.m. and follows a prior match where Forcier had held the title before illness sidelined him.
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Gerry Forcier
Twin City
Paul Binette
Forcier
Binette
Lou Lachance
Local high school hoops and Maine sports notes
In a sprawling column, area schedules unfold with six schools in a Lions Club round robin, next week’s matchups including Sanford at St Louis and York at Old Orchard Beach. It also covers Lewiston’s $256,500 five year recreation plan, upcoming Maine Class A football shifts with Bangor joining, and a nostalgic Bowling memory of Biddeford’s Billy Manning winning the state title in 1937.
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Maine
Board of Education
Lewiston
Weekend Round Robin Basketball At Biddeford High
Tonight at 7 50 the Biddeford High gym hosts a round robin basketball event with Thornton facing St Louis Kennebunk meeting Old Orchard Beach Sanford playing Biddeford St Louis vs Kennebunk Thornton vs Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach vs Sanford. In bowling the Women's State championship pits Doris Gillis of Biddeford against Dorothy Van Derveer of Scarborough this afternoon at 4 30 at 20th Century Lanes Biddeford.
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Biddeford High School
Thornton
St. Louis
Kennebunk
Old Orchard Beach
Sanford
Biddeford
Doris Gillis
Dorothy van Derveer
Scarborough
20Th Century Lanes
Thornton Girls List 13-Game Hoop Schedule
The Thornton academy girls basketball team opens a 13 game schedule December 15 at St. Joseph Biddeford. Varsity players include Sheehan Anderson Olsen Warren Cote Marte Massie Cole Clark Stoddard Mullins. Schedule lists home and away games with St Joseph Old Orchard Beach Biddeford Deering plus single games with Kennebunk Sanford Baxter School for Deaf South Portland Waynflete and Deering.
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Thornton Academy
St. Joseph
Biddeford
Martha Norton
Old Orchard Beach
Deering
Kennebunk
Sanford
Baxter School For the Deaf
South Portland
Waynflete
Pat Sheehan
Sharon Anderson
Martha Olsen
Barbera Warren
Rose Cote
Carol Marte
Pat Massie
Carol Cole
Ann Clark
Betsy Stoddard
Cathy Mullins
Baxter School For Deaf
Red Knights Fall 69 65 To Bay Staters In Opener
St Francis dropped its season opener 69-65 at home to Bradford Durfee. Jim Connell led the Bay Staters with 23 points and limited St Francis star Hank Rojas to five in the second half. Bradford-Durfee built a four point first half margin and held on as the Knights scrapped throughout the game.
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Bradford Durfee
Poo Gym
Jim Connell
Bay Staters
Hank Rojas
Red Knights
Bradford-Durtee Gfp
Clitherd
Cecesees
Spiross
Ae Gleteatie
Eagles
Miami
Ojas
Seseseeesesees
Inca Essesesss
Hawes
The
Cleveland Browns
New Pee
Topcra Vacedess
Aeenee
Bradford-Durfee
Beaudette
Minuiti
Gillis Caps Early Lead In Western Maine State Match
Gillis built an early advantage at Pastime lanes scoring 134 and 139 in late strings to finish with 1,202 pins, edging Lachance who totaled 1,113. The final 10 strings are set for next Wednesday at Century lanes with Gillis holding a substantial lead.
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Biddeford
Billy Manning
Eddie Garon
Portland
Billy
Garon
Champ
Manning
Nick Gillis
Chris
Anton
Pine Tree Domain
Maine
Lachance
Joe Lachance
Timbers
Aver
Gillis
N. Gillis
J. Lachance
Eagles Aim for Eastern Title and Shaw's Prize Shot
The Associated Press reports the Philadelphia Eagles need a win over the St. Louis Cardinals to clinch the NFL Eastern Conference crown as Buck Shaw eyes a potential retirement after a title game in Philadelphia. The Colts, Bears and 49ers also figure as title threats with two Sundays left.
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Buck Shaw
Eagles
Shaw
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco 49Ers
Cleveland Browns
Ders
Los Angeles Rams
May
Air Force Academy
Philadelphia
49Ers
Baltimore Colts
Colts
Detroit Lions
Chicago
Bears
Packers
Rams
Los Angeles
Lions
1961 Grid Schedules For Thornton and St Louis High Schools
The Southwestern Maine conference redraws the 1961 grid cards adding three new Class A schools. Ed Little moves off Thornton Academy to Cony High. Stephens of Rumford yields to Bangor. St Louis plays Cheverus at home September 16 and Portland, Sanford, Lewiston, and Deering across October and November with Thornton Academy matching Lewiston and Sanford among others.
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Maine
Southwestern
Bangor
Cony
Augusta
Stephens
Rumford
Thornton
St. Louis
Lewiston
Edward Little
Androscoggin
St. Louis High School
Thornton Academy
Southwestern Maine
Athornton Academy
Cony High
Bangor High
South Portland
Deering
Sanford
Cheverus
Little Leaguers To Hold Saco Meeting
The Saco-Old Orchard Beach Little League plans an early 1961 season start with a meeting called by President Atty. Philip Graves for Tuesday at 7 30 in the Saco municipal court room Nomination and supper committees will be named to organize a stronger league for next season Graves said.
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Saco-Old Orchard Beach
Atty
Philip KE. iGraves
Saco Municipal Court Room
Graves
Hockey Results From Friday and Weekend Schedule
Associated Press lists Friday results with no games reported. Weekend slate includes Boston at Montreal and New York at Toronto.
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Associated Press
Boston
Montreal
New York
Toronto
Detroit
Major Leagues Clearing Barriers For Expansion
The American League seeks to place a Los Angeles franchise in 1961 by amending Rule No 1 to win 16 owners consent. If approved, Los Angeles would host 81 home games in a 162 game season with Coliseum and Wrigley Field. Key backers include Walter O Malley Gene Autry Kenyon Brown and Bobby Reynolds.
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ST. Louis
Los Angeles
Associated Press
New York
Ford Frick
Joe Cronin
Warren Giles
Walter O'Malley
Los Angeles Dodgers
O'Malley
Coliseum
Wrigley Field
Kenyon Brown
Gene Autry
Bobby Reynolds
Stanford
West Leads Lakers Past Celtics in Close Night Finish
Jerry West, a Los Angeles rookie, hit two baskets in the final 30 seconds to lift the Lakers 120-117 over the Celtics in Boston. Boston carried a two-game skid as New York halted a four-game Knick streak with a 116-111 win over Boston. The Hawks defeated New York 139-133 in overtime. Boston still led the Eastern Division by a slim margin over idle Philadelphia.
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Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
New York Knickerbockers
Jerry West
Los Angeles
Boston
Lakers
Celtics
New York
Knicks
St. Louis Hawks
NBA
Philadelphia Warriors
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