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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1961
Page
7
The New York Yankees will relocate their spring training from St. Petersburg to Fort Lauderdale Florida next year. St. Petersburg which has hosted the Yankees since 1925 will instead host the prospective New York National League team. Yankees and St. Petersburg officials confirmed the move on Tuesday.
Unbeaten heavyweight Tom McNeeley, 202 pounds, is set to face Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, or Henry Cooper after a technical knockout of Kitione Lave in Boston. Manager Peter Fuller hailed McNeeley as equal to the champions, noting his 23 straight wins and 19 KOs. Lave was down three times before the stoppage at 2:54 of the third.
Commissioner Dick Charles announces the National Bowling League is ready for its maiden season with 76 signed players and arenas under construction in 10 cities. Birmingham and Miami are dropped for arena delays. Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Fresno Los Angeles New York Detroit Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul and Omaha form the 132 night schedule running to April next year.
Sammy White, ex-Boston Red Sox catcher and bowling center co proprietor, lambasts Massachusetts lawmakers for approving a bill to ban cocktail lounges in bowling alleys and to prohibit liquor license renewals there. He blasts politicians as hypocritical and discriminatory, urges them to visit Brighton alleys to see the impact, argues bowling remains a key, affordable recreation, while supporters say alcohol should not be served where youths gather.
Montreal leads the best of seven series 1-0 after a 6 to 2 win over Chicago. Detroit visits Toronto and Chicago hosts Montreal in upcoming games as the playoff schedule unfolds.
In Arlington Massachusetts Boston fighter Tom McNeeley stopped Kitlone Lave from Tonga in the third round. Alejandro Lavorante from Rosario knocked out Tunney Hunsaker of Fayetteville in five. Phil Moyer of Portland edged Willie Morton over ten rounds in San Jose. Tod Ferring of Houston halted Wayne Womochil in two rounds.
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