Mixed-Up Race Shapes AL Standings As Sox Rally
The American League saw Boston move to second place after an 8-5 win over Washington while Los Angeles beat Chicago 7-3. Houston climbed from cellar to ninth with a 4-2 win over the Mets, aided by Bob Bruce's near-shutout before late Mets errors.
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Pesky Praises Boston Hitting In Big Win Over Washington
Dodgers shift Maury Wills to third as Alston tests new defense while Boston gains on league leaders after an 8-5 victory. Tillman, Malzone, Stuart key as Pesky’s club erupts with homers and extra-base hits, inching within one game of top spot.
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Country Club Ladies League Golf Starts Season
The Biddeford and Saco Country Club Ladies League opens Thursday night with Team 1 versus Team 6, Team 2 against Team 5, and Team 3 facing Team 4. Score cards, not times, will be used and may be picked up at the pro shop. Team rosters include six players per team with captains Eve Prendergast Justine Harvey Lorraine Poissant Leona Driscoll Pearla Tapley and Florence Driscoll leading their squads.
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Justine Harvey
Minnie Bougrakos
Betty Carr
Ellie Gee
Jeanne Taillon
Lorraine Poissant
Alicia Thurlow
Jeannette Dehetre
Lorette Cote
Joan Deans
Leona Driscoll
Lois Watson
Fran Mitchell
Jane Murphy
Claudette Gendron
Pearla Tapley
Charlotte Bagley
Kathy Mourmouras
Carlene Gauthier
Dorothy Minnuitti
Florence Driscoll
Marion Hanson
Marie Brousseau
Charlotte Lake
Maxine Burnham
Pastime Schedules Five String Rolloff
Tomorrow night at the Pastime lanes in Biddeford another five string bowling rolloff will be held for bowlers with a mean of 106 or less. It is the sixth such event in as many weeks. First place went to Richard Lajeunesse, Leo Laverriere, Jerry Bissonette, Bob Cote, and Leo Laverriere again. The 8:15 start remains open to any qualifying bowler.
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Final Details Of Lipscomb's Death Probed
Baltimore police tied the last details of the Gene Lipscomb case, linking a party where the Steelers star allegedly took a heroin injection to his death. A 24-year-old man questioned, released, and statements from two women at the party support the medical examiner’s finding that an injection caused Lipscomb’s death. Senator McClelland eyes the case as part of a broader narcotics inquiry. Timothy Black, Lipscomb friend, faces narcotics paraphernalia charges.
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Big Daddy) Lipscomb
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Mal Strange Wins Pro Golf Sweeps at Country Club
Mal Strange of Brunswick Golf Club captured the pro sweeps with a 74 at the Monday pro-am tourney at Old Orchard Beach Country Club. He teamed with Larry Caron for low net 68-65 while A Bondi and Andy Widdoes led the low gross with 68.
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Major League Stars Tie Associated Press Report
Leon Wagner of the Angels collected three hits in a game noted by the Associated Press. The report highlights his multi hit performance and the team's offense in a tight matchup.
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Merchants League Banquet Planned at Rochambeau Hall
The Merchants bowling league plans a banquet Saturday at Rochambeau hall on South Street Biddeford. The 6 p.m. event honors Archie's Variety as this year’s champions with cash awards for all teams. Trophies go to handicap rolloff winners Joe Laichance and Norman Daigneault. Tickets available at 20th Century Lanes with Thursday evening deadline.
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20th Century Lanes Standings Show Close Palms of Teams
Boy's High School and Pepperell Mfg leagues post tallies with Bears at 38 Eagles 32 Panthers 29 Tigers 11 in boys ranking while T. Total lists Bears 1156 and Eagles 404. Moppers top Pony League with 1227 total and Vikings lead Pastime with 1477. Wildcats win final tally 1447 with Jets 537 best single.
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Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
American League leaders include batting average Ca usey 0 Kansas City .352 and Wagner 0 Los Angeles .349. Hinton leads runs with 23, Kaline and Pearson tied at 20. Nicholson and Robinson top RBIs with 24. Wagner and Hinton lead hits with 44 and 40. Yastrzemski and Versaries tied 9 doubles. Hinton tops triples with 5. Cimoli and L Thomas 3. Nicholson, Wagner, Tresh lead home runs at 7. Aparicio 10 steals. Charles 6. Fischer 5 0 1.000 and Stock Morehead 3 0 1.000. Barber and Cheney 51 strikeouts. National League batting is Covington .367 and F Alou .355. Aaron and Flood each 30 runs. Fairly 27 RBIs. Covington 26. F Alou and Cepeda lead hits with 44. Cardenas, F Alou tied 10 doubles. Cardenas and Slams lead triples with 4. Aaron 11 home runs. Covington and Cepeda add. Wills leads steals.
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Wells High Falls to St Ignatius in 7 3 defeat
Wells High School lost to St Ignatius of Sanford yesterday by seven to three. St Ignatius built a seven run lead with three in the first and third and added single runs in the fifth sixth and seventh. Wells scored three runs in the later innings. Box score lists pitchers and players Phillips Hutchins Coombs Valliere Doiron Carignan.
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Thornton Golfers Defeat Kennebunk in league match
Thornton academy golfers defeated Kennebunk High 4 2 in a Biddeford Saco Country Club match. Bob Polackwich led Thornton with a 78 securing a six over par and handing Kennebunk its first loss. Kennebunk’s record fell to three wins and one loss.
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Enth Homer Drives In Two In 7 3 Victory Over Sox
Enth homer of the season and drove in two runs as the team defeated the Chicago White Sox 7 to 3. Bob Bruce of the Colts allowed three hits and struck out 11 over 82 3 innings as Houston beat the New York Mets 4 to 2.
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Notre Dame Tops Burns 11 6 In Area League Baseball Fight
Notre Dame moved into first place in the area grammar school baseball league by defeating arch rival C. K. Burns 11 to 6 at Saco yesterday. Choroszy yielded seven Burns hits as Notre Dame rallied with five runs in the sixth inning. Paquette and Caouette delivered big hits. Choroszy finished three for five and earned the win. Burns’ Nason had two hits. Letellier took the loss. Time 2:10. Umpires Mercier and Arel.
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Biddeford Minor League rosters announced after tryouts
Rosters for six Biddeford Minor League teams are listed after Decary Field tryouts. Teams include Marcotte Oil, Lemire Furniture, Hebert's Superette, Emond's, Ray's AG and St. Jean's with named players for each roster. Practices set for May 14 to May 17 across venues. players must show birth dates to coaches at first practice.
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Ronald Hamel
Richard Bellerose
Normand Neault
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Donald Parent
Marc Lavigne
Richard Rossignol
Ronald Laflamme
Andre Drapeau
Reginald Gilbert
Norman Fecteau
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Denis Dery
Benoit Demers
Marc Cassavant
Roland Michaud
Richard Fecteau
Robert Roy
Roger Labranche
Martin Gervais
Normand Beaudoin
Donald Baigny
Denisasse
Steven Tanguay
Norman Cote
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Donald Dube
Steven Mantis
Thomas Anton
Denis Crowley
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al Carrier
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Mets fans and their mind games with a new toy
An AP interview with Dr. G Eliasberg explores why New York Mets supporters show mass, contagious enthusiasm as the team struggles. He calls it a mathematical, en masse phenomenon fueled by a fatherly Casey Stengel figure and collective identity, contrasting with Yankees fans.
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Gorham Downs Yarmouth And Beach In Track Meet
Gorham High crushed Old Orchard Beach and Yarmouth in a three cornered track meet Monday. Gorham led with 95 percent of points to 27 for Seagulls and 17 for Yarmouth. Steve Watts of Gorham equaled his 51.5 sec 440 and 220 times, with multiple wins across events.
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Twilight League Standings at Old Orchard Beach
Twi Golf at Old Orchard Beach sees Team four captained by Harold Dodge leading after round two with nine points. Team 1 led by Alan Coker sits runner up one point back, followed by Team 3 with four and a half points and Team 2 with two and a half. Low scorers so far are Harold Dodge and Fred Valliere with 38s.
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Fred Valliere
Norm Daigneault
One-Sided Wins Highlight School Union Six Baseball
A rash of lopsided scores in the School Union Six Baseball league features Waterboro’s 21-4 destruction of Newfield and Alfred’s 20-8 win over Lyman while Shapleigh’s 29-1 blowout of Acton echoes the dominating week. Standings show Shapleigh and Waterboro atop the group with high win totals and low team ERA figures.
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Baseball Standings and Weekly Schedule Highlights
Summary of standings for major teams with win loss records and percentages. Includes recent results Boston 8 Washington 5 and Los Angeles 7 Chicago 3. Lists Monday results and scheduled games for today and Wednesday, noting matchups Minnesota New York Detroit Chicago Kansas City Cleveland Baltimore Washington Los Angeles Boston and other fixtures.
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Rod Tibbetts Fires No Hitter At St. Louis
Westbrook High defeated St. Louis High of Ricford 7 1 at Warren League grounds. Senior Rod Tibbetts pitched a no hit no run game until a seventh inning unearned tally. he fanned 14, walked four, hit one. Westbrook pushed two runs in the second and third, three in the seventh, aided by miscues and timely hits. Final line score St Louis 000 000 100 103 Westbrook 022 000 3x 7 13 1 Tibbetts and Christianson Huot and Regis.
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