Longway Aims For Third Straight Win At Gorham Raceway
Longway, the North Vassalboro pacer, seeks a third straight win at Gorham Raceway to become the meet’s winningest pacer. Merle Hodgkins Jr. pilots the Greene horse for Charles Auger, with five of seven rivals already winners. Thunder By and Desert Sun offer potential upsets as field contends on the half mile track.
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Longway
Gorham Raceway
Greene
Merle Hodgkins Jr
Gorham Meet
Charles Auger
King's Counsel
Ralph Fenno
Gorham
Lady Jane
Howard Sanborn
St. Paris
Thunder
Bangor
Norm Murray
Rome N.Y
Thunder By
Harrisburg Pa
Vernon Downs
Vernon
Norman Murray
Maine
Norman
Suffolk Downs
Norm Muray
Desert Sun
Koufax and Yastrzemski Star in Big Wins Across Leagues
Sandy Koufax pitched Dodger shutout of the Cubs allowing two singles with 14 strikeouts in a 3-0 win. Carl Yastrzemski collected four for six with a homer and three singles driving in five runs in an 11-8 Red Sox victory over the Angels. In Tucson a thief who grabbed a portable TV was stopped after crashing into a globe and an auto while fleeing storeowners.
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Cubs
Carl Yastrzemski
Red Sox
Homer
Angels
Tucson
Ariz
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Local baseball boosters back summer league for Biddeford teens
Fayne parts organize Biddeford Bombers a summer baseball team built largely from next year's Biddeford High Tigers to give high school players more batting practice and development. The piece reviews past schoolboy seasons in Maine, notes track and league honors, and highlights community support from parents and local figures.
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Art Dercoteaux
Ziggy Serpico
Biddeford Bombers
Biddeford High Tigers
Messers Descoteaux
Serpico
Maine
Legion
Saco
Portland
Trotters and Pacers at Gorham Raceway Race Card
Post time 7 45 P M features nine pony races at Gorham Raceway with $400 purses plus a $500 event for Race Six. Notable entrants include Prominent Lady Princess Diamond Toko Ri Stormy Braden Grand K V and Grand Gertrude among others.
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S. Bubier
D. Richards
A. Gerberich
R. Ireland
D. Cote
D. Murphy
C. Trot
Mr. Amos
C. Chase
L. Berry
L. Pickett
G. Nelson
Tradition
M. Keene
F. Lambert, Jr
Wake Lee
C. Smith
Miles Whitney
Kim
A. Miles Widow
Nile
C. Pace
N. Murray
Longway
M. Hodgkins, Jr
Desert Sun
R. Truitt
Mac’s Dominion
A. Langille
R. Fenno
Susan Moraka
W. Pease
Davis Gray
Miss Spangler
Snow Bird
G. Reed
Mighty Noble
the Pelican
G. Sadovsky
A. Mile
J. Gerry
Gertrude
A. Travers
Princes Hal
E. Learned
Albert Dares
G. Carter
Aubrey York
Jimmie Cochate
Linda
R. Smith
Abby
T. Taylor
Biddeford Minor League Routs Opponents in Six Inning Win
Lemire pitched for Biddeford Minor League as they beat Larochelle 16 to 11 at Decary Memorial Field. Three pitchers yielded only four hits but issued 14 walks in six innings. A fifth inning surge by the losers produced 10 runs on two hits, eight walks and two errors. Cyr led with four hits including three doubles and a triple, scoring four runs. Box score fragments show players Provencher Dery and Gagne also contributing in a high scoring, uneven game.
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Stags
Portland
Deering
St. Louis
Thornton
Dick Dion
Jeff Griffith
Paul Sullivan
Dion
Griffith
Ray Soulard
Biddeford
Keith Gachette
Charley Belanger
Lemire
Lover Larochelle
Decary Memorial Field
Cyr
Lemire Ab Rhone Provencher
Gagne
Dery
Tanguay
Waterhouse Field
Larochelle
Elks
P. Gregoire
Orne
Eagles Lavigness
Binette
Robert Desrochers
Perry
Ogiam
Michaud
Cote
Opame
Mantis
Babcock
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Lauzier
Don Martel
Lacerte
R. Lauzier
Provencher
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F. Gregoire
Lavigne _ Last sight
Hitsoff
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Goire
Mau- Desrochers
Martel
Lessard
P. Robitaille
Elroy Face
John Roseboro
Maury Wills
Charlie Neal
Dodgers
Glen Hobbie
Koufax
Ernie Banks
West Biddeford
Memorial Field
Rotary
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Toussaint
Carl Goodwin
Dicky Saucier
Goodwin
Kiwanis
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Saucier
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L. Cantara
R. Dutremble
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Gobeil
Geneakere
P. Throumoulos
M. Girard
A. Dutremble
Laliberte
Oilers Gop 40-0 In Record-Breaking Softball Victory
In a historic Biddeford Softball League game at Memorial Field the Oilers led by Roy and Perreault crushed Wasco Sox 40 to 0. Art Descoteaux fired seven innings of near no hit ball with 11 strikeouts, setting multiple records including seven stolen bases and seven runs batted in. Garon blasted two homer runs and tied batting marks as the Oilers, also breaking most runs in a game and in the first inning, dominated the action from start to finish.
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Memorial Field
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Perreault
Sanford
Art Descoteaux
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Springvale K
Hooa E Sullivan
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Lajeunesse
Gagne
Maris Banks 26th Homer as Yankees Win
Roger Maris hit his 26th home run and the New York Yankees defeated Kansas City, moving into second in the American League pennant race. Mickey Mantle drove in the clincher, with Bill Skowron adding a two run double in the fifth. Kaline stood in at third base for the Tigers and plated two runs as Detroit held a 12 game lead with a 5-4 win at Washington. The White Sox surged to sixth with an 11th win in 12 games, defeating the Indians 5-3 behind J C Martin as Mudcat Grant took his first defeat. Carl Yastrzemski drove in five for the Red Sox with a homer and three singles. The Twins beat the Orioles 5-4 on Julio Becquer’s ninth inning homer after Earl Robinson’s three-run shot tied it late.
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Redlegs Split But Hang Onto Sunberth Little League
Rotary defeats Journal 8-7 in a tight West Biddeford Little League game at Memorial Field. Saucier doubles, Goodwin drives in four for Rotary. Journal strands runners in every inning but cannot overtake the lead. Next game: Pastime vs Rotary.
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Redlegs
Sunberth
Elmira YMCA Fun Club hikers prep for emergencies
Elmira New York YMCA Fun Club youths plan overnight hikes and carry a compact kit with a flashlight canteen and cooking gear to avoid being unprepared during emergencies.
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Elmira
N.Y
Hal Smith’s baseball future in doubt over heart ailment
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Hal Smith, 30, was hospitalized with abdominal and chest pains amid fears of a heart condition. doctors ordered rest and possible permanent separation from play. General Manager Bing Devine said Smith’s return is uncertain, but he may stay with the Cardinal organization.
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Hal Smith
St. Louis Cardinals
Smith
Redbird
Jewish Hospital
Bing Devine
Cardinal
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