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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1961

Page

7

Shaw Challenges Mopars At Beech Ridge Speedway Saturday

Roger Shaw of Gorham headlines a stock car program at Scarborough Beech Ridge Speedway challenging Phil Libby and Pete Peterson in Mopars. Libby has dominated Class A stocks recently, while Peterson has two feature wins this season. Shaw, driving a late model overhead valve Ford, has been rising in form, noted after Oxford Plains victory. Four heats, two semi finals and four 20 lap features on the card.

Roger Shaw Gorham Phil Libby Pete Peterson Scarborough Beech Ridge Speedway Libby Oxford Plains Speedway Ridge Shaw Ford Biddeford Bucky Benson Paul Tardif Win Dick Wolstenhulme Buxton Hug Meserve

Pair High School Coaches Quit Jobs at Farmington and South Portland

Farmington High School baseball coach Robert Friberg resigned Tuesday to devote more time to duties as physical education director for School Administration District 9. Football coach Willard Farnham will take over baseball duties. South Portland High School also announced resignations with Track Coach Nate Johnson leaving for a mathematics post at the Kent School in Connecticut and assistant coach Joan Gilmore succeeding Johnson.

Farmington Robert Friberg Farmington High School Willard Farnham South Portland High School Nate Johnson Kent School Connecticut Joan Gilmore Johnson

Flying population fairbanks Alaska

Air minded Alaskans fly a great deal and figures might seem to show that every person here flew south to Seattle once last year and returned. Pan American World Airways reports its Boeing 707 inter continental jets carried 24 000 passengers to and from Seattle the first year. Population of the Fairbanks area is only about 12 000.

Fairbanks, Alaska Seattle Pan American World Airways Fairbanks

American League Standings and Weekday Scores Summary

AP report shows AL leaders Cleveland and Detroit atop the standings with New York and Baltimore close. Tuesday results include Chicago over Los Angeles in a twi night, and Detroit routing Boston. Wednesday and Thursday schedule list multiple cross league matchups and remaining rescheduled games.

W. L. Pet G.B. Cleveland Detroit New York Baltimore Washington Boston Kansas City Chicago Minnesota Los Angeles Civeland Ashington Cleveland W. L. Pet. G.B Cincinnati San Francisco Pittsburgh Milwaukee St. Louis Philadelphia

Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching

Summary of top performers across batting and pitching categories. Hoak leads with .355, Moon .352. Cepeda 48 RBIs. Mays 44 runs. Pinson 71 hits. Cepeda and Mathews 17 homers. Wills 3B leaders. Koufax 89 strikeouts. Miller 6-0, Drysdale 3-0 among pitchers.

Associated Press National League Hoak Pittsburgh Moon Los Angeles Mays San Francisco Bolling Milwaukee Cepeda Aaron Pinson Cincinnati Miller Buffalo Koufax Drysdale

Maine Postmasters Convene 1961 Convention at Kennebunk Beach

The 26th annual Maine Chapter convention of the National Association of Postmasters will run June 15 to 17 at Narragansett by the Sea in Kennebunk Beach. More than 250 postmasters, wives, and guests are expected. Miss Dawne Christie of Gray will appear publicly for the first time since her Miss Maine 1961 coronation, performing piano, with a Judo demo from Pease AFB NH. The program features panel discussions and talks by U S Post Office staff, organized by Donald Miller, Lewis H Burr, and John R Walsh.

Maine National Association of Postmasters Narragansett by-the-Sea Kennebunk Beach Dawne Christie Gray Pease Air Force Base U. S. Post Office Department Donald Miller Kennebunkport Lewis H Burr Kennebunk John R Walsh Association of Postmasters

1 000 Strikeouts Ramos Minnesota 72 Ford New York 70

A compact box score note records 1000 strikeouts for Ramos and a 72 70 line for Minnesota and New York with Ford. The entry highlights career milestones and team performance in a brief archival summary.

Ramos Minnesota Ford New York

Larochelles Rally To 11 9 Win In Biddeford Minor League

The Larochelles broke a three all tie with eight runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Heberts 11 to 9 at Decary Memorial Field last night. The winners had only four hits but made nine walks and one base hit fuel the big inning. Maurice led Heberts with three of their nine safeties.

Larochelles Heberts Biddeford Decary Memorial Field Dhuckers Maurice

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