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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
6
The Los Angeles Angels, once lightweight in pitching, show a surge as Don Lee and Ken McBride toss shutouts to keep pace with the Yankees. Minnesotas grand slams, Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison spark a 11-run first inning, while new starter Bob Giggie shines in his first major league start.
A dense catalog of trot and pace races with class levels and purses. Entries include trainers and horses such as Scotch Land, Eva's Dream Boy, Oteca's Lucky Seven, Dewey's Pal, and Bay Cochato across multiple race days from Class D to Three, with purses ranging from 350 to 1358 dollars and notable owners or drivers like A Nason H Ralph Zeh and J Gerry.
The standings show Los Angeles and San Francisco leading with 66 and 61 wins respectively, followed by Pittsburgh and St Louis, then Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Houston, Chicago, and New York. Wednesdays results: Milwaukee 6 San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 5 innings. St Louis 2 Chicago 1. Philadelphia 6 Houston 2. Pittsburgh at New York rained out. Today Chicago at St Louis, San Francisco at Milwaukee, Philadelphia at Houston, Pittsburgh at New York, Los Angeles at Cincinnati. Fridays: Los Angeles at Chicago, St Louis at Houston, New York at Cincinnati, San Francisco at Pittsburgh, Milwaukee at Philadelphia.
Saco Memorial Field will host a sneaker event on the tennis courts tonight at 8 30 announced by Saco Summer Recreation director William Finch.
Francis La montagne delivered a single in the bottom of the seventh to drive Dave Shields home for the winning run as the Komets beat Water Company 9 7 in Kennebunk softball. Vic Sampson earned the win to improve to 5 3. D Holbrook took the loss. Umpires Dutch and Walker.
The Saco Junior Recreation League All-Stars, age 13 to 15, host a Babe Ruth league group from Biddeford tomorrow at 6 pm at Saco Memorial Field. Team selectors were Bob Cote in Biddeford and Bill Finch and Armand Mercier in Saco.
The American League standings show New York leading with 52 wins and 35 losses, followed by Los Angeles at 50 40 and Cleveland 48 42. Minnesota sits at 41 43 and Baltimore 47 45. Upcoming games list New York at Boston and Cleveland at Minnesota with several non play dates.
Memorial Field hosts basketball classes announced by director Bob Cote. Morning sessions for ages 9 to 12 run daily from 10 to 11 o clock, followed by a one hour drill for ages 13 to 14. Cote praises his baseball program, noting initial 60 participants with some attrition but overall satisfactory results.
Tierra Verde, a city for 25,000 persons on fill land in the Gulf of Mexico off St. Petersburg, will have only one TV antenna. Zoned 50 percent residential and 50 percent commercial, one master antenna will boost signal and transmit it to each building site by underground coaxial cable.
Butler's defeated Elks 7-1 at Waterhouse Field last night in East Biddeford Little League competition. Butler's scraped seven runs on seven hits and held Elks to one run as the game turned on strong early offense and solid defense from Butler's.
Dodgers lead, with Arthur Nason and Byron Smith each on ten wins, closing in on Al Langille in a night of heavy racing at Gorham Raceway. The card features Provencal, Smith, and Gosselin in a tight field, while baseball notes cite Alston's controversial intentional walk of Gordie Coleman to set up a late heroics by Marty Keough in a 6-5 Dodgers win.
Opposition witnesses from Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford Saco Water Co voiced concerns about further brook pollution if the license is granted. O Connor cited two 150 by 50 foot filter beds that have overflowed. tests show no current contamination and 450 tons of lime await salvage if production expands. A decision on the application will follow after advisement.
Lemire toppled Larochelle 16-2 at Decary Field. Gregoire earned the win with nine strikeouts, while Binette took the loss after giving up nine runs on four hits. Larochelle stranded ten, as Lemire tallied nine hits and committed two errors.
Parady resigns as Kennebunk High head football coach after five seasons to take a similar post at Laconia High School in New Hampshire. A native of Old Town and former U Maine star, he helped coach basketball and baseball, taught science and driver education, and led the 1960 grid squad to a State Class C runner up finish and Southern York League title.
In Peru the left led by Haya faced military opposition as officers rejected a Haya victory and accused fraud while allowing voting. Haya won most votes among seven candidates but lacked a third needed for direct election. If Congress throws the outcome, a deal with Odria could trigger a decisive military intervention, likely reshaping Latin American political dynamics. A stray line notes chopped chives improving a simple lettuce salad.
The New York Yankees crushed the Boston Red Sox 12-4 at Fenway Park as Mickey Mantle slugged his 18th homer and Paul Richards? No, Yogi Berra and Bobby Richardson also homered. Ralph Terry and Jim Bouton went the distance for NY, while Mantle’s long drive capped a 16 hit, 33 base game as New York extended a win streak and moved atop the league standings.
Al Polackwich led with 37, Ed Boucher and Fred Thomp son tied at 40 for second. Newman Bagley 41 netted fourth. Other scores included Art Penon 42 Hubert Watson and Roger Parker 43, John McGonigle 44, Paul Grenier and Don Leonard 45, John Kaler 48. Team standings show six on 47, two on 46, fours and fives tied on 40.5, one on 39, three on 27. sign up with Harvey Lamontagne before Sunday.
The season leaders include T. Davis of Los Angeles and Clemente of Pittsburgh toping the NL batting at .349 with 225+ at bats. Wills leads in runs with 83, Mays 75. Davis drives in 96, Mays 82. Davis posts 134 hits, Great 121. Robinson leads doubles with 34, Mays 2. Davis and W. Davis tied for triples at 8. Mays tops home runs with 25, Banks and H. Aaron at 23. Wills steals 47, W. Davis 19. Purkey 14 3 in wins, Drysdale 10 4. Koufax 209 strikeouts, Drysdale 136.
Batting leaders include Jimenez of Kansas City and Runnels of Boston with 341 at bats and 113 hits respectively. Wagner of Los Angeles tops runs and home runs with 65 runs and 26 homers. Robinson of Chicago ties for RBIs at 69. Pitching leaders show Pascual of Minnesota with 130 strikeouts and Donovan of Cleveland 12-3 record.
Frank Howard of the Dodgers hit two two-run homers in a 6-5 victory over Cincinnati. His first tied the game in the ninth with two outs, and his second capped an 11th inning rally. Bennie Daniels of the Senators allowed three hits to edge Ray Herbert of the White Sox 1-0.
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