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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1961

Page

5

Dodgers Win Fifth Straight In Ten Inning Nailbiter

Dodgers beat Reds 2-1 in 10 innings behind Stan Williams eight strikeouts. Maury Wills singled in 10th but was tagged at the plate on Moon’s bouncer. Tommy Davis delivered a two-out RBI hit. Giants rally to top Cardinals 3-1 as Cepeca homers and Sanford gets win. Pirates top Milwaukee 2-1 on Dick Groat's eighth-inning homer.

Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers Cincinnati Stan Williams San Francisco St. Louis Pittsburgh Giants Milwaukee Williams Braves Reds Dodgers Bob Purkey Maury Wills Tommy Davis Jack Sanford Ernie Broglio Chuck Hiller Harvey Kuenn Alex Grammas Joe Cunningham Willie Ne Hobie Landrith Orlando Cepeda

Paul Richards Named All-Star Game Manager

Paul Richards is named the American League manager for the 1960 All-Star games set for July 11 in San Francisco and July 31 in Boston. Richards, AL manager of the year in 1960, expressed honor and responsibility, noting the games mean a lot to players and promising to do his best to win.

Boston Paul Richards Richards Joe Cronin San Francisco Baltimore New York Ralph Houk Coninie Cronin Stengel New York Yankees Houk

Little League Dads Will Meet In Saco

Saco Old Orchard Beach Little League fathers will meet at the league park in Saco tomorrow night at 6 to ready the field for the upcoming season. Fathers of each league team will bring different utensils. Owen-Davis fathers will bring rakes Boucouvalas Brothers s vell Bagley's paint brushes Western Auto paint brushes and Old Orchard Lions rakes and shovels. Four loads of gravel have been brought to the park for grading and paint has been purchased for the fences and stands.

Saco Old Orchard Beach Little League Owen-Davis Boucouvalas

Rams Rally Sparks 8-4 Victory Over St Ignatius

Kennebunk high Rams seized five runs in the first inning to beat St Ignatius 8-4 in a Southern York county league game at Sanford yesterday. Paul Bergeron led Kennebunk with a double and two singles, while Poger Laprise doubled and singled twice for St Ignatius. Final score 8-4.

Kennebunk High Rams St. Ignatius Sanford Paul Bergeron Rams Poger Laprise Spartans Kennebunk Pierce Hanscom Laprise Valliere Dumont

Mixed Couples Summer Lanes League Opens June 6

The 20th Century Summer Mixed Couples bowling league, directed by Nick Gillis, begins Tuesday at 8 p.m. with six to eight teams. Each team pairs two couples, uses past averages for sanctioned bowlers, and starts new bowlers on estimated averages. Bowlers will play three strings over five points per match. openings remain. contact Nick Gillis at 20th Century Lanes.

Nick Gillis

Baseball Standings and Schedule Mixed with Results

National League standings show Los Angeles leading with 23 wins and a .622 figure, followed by San Francisco and Pittsburgh. Monday results include Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 1 in 10 innings and San Francisco 3 St. Louis 1, with Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 1. Upcoming games list Detroit at Minnesota and Washington at Kansas City among others, with multiple N mark games.

Detroit Minnesota Chicago Baltimore Washington Kansas City Cleveland Los Angeles Boston New York National Lao L. Pet San Francisco Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee St. Louis Philadelphia Associated Press W. L. Pet. G Cleveland Seeee Moon Mathews Bolling Mays Cepeda Aaron

Springvale KC storm past Saco Tanning for third straight win

Springvale K of C beats Saco Tanning 15 to 8 to seize undisputed first in Biddeford league. Arnie Holland pitched three shutout innings in relief after Al Lessard, and Ernie Ross had four hits including a homer to drive the victory. Ledoux took the loss as Springvale rode a nine-run fourth inning to pull away at Memorial Field.

Springvale K Biddeford Saco Tanning Rochambeau Lighting Club Memorial Field May Street Tanners Caseys Saco Lads Arnie Holland al Lessard Ernie Ross Art Larose Springvale Ab R Hpo Ae Caramahalis Wormwood A. Lessard Lachance Saco Tanning Ab Wey Weeny Blanchette Harold B T. McInnis J. Chadbourne The Mary Lou Volo G. Fitch Dubuc Golden Ridge F. Lowe Giroux Dayton Hal B. Smith M. Paquette Joe Knight T. McInnis Brown Sadovsky Lagogr Sandra Rosecroft R. Sears Jr Pere Erina Hanover D. Murphy Grand K C. Walker Tammy of A. Travers Miss Gideon V. Holden Cedar Crest F. Lambert Ricki Star F. Libby Aubrey York Beebe Scott Zipper Grattan J. Nichols Connie Rip G. Carter Ency's Katrina van T. Sleeper Ditton Cram Chadbourne Dubuc Ross Ledoux J. Chadbourne Auger Blanchette Holland A.larose A Uger Belanger Springvale Ridley Dalton Fortier Martel Lajeuanesse

Notre Dame Advances In Grammar League With Burns Victory

Notre Dame defeated C. K. Burns 12 to 3 in a close three and a half innings, with Ernie Leclair homering and Norm Fecteau collecting four hits in five trips to pace the winners. Don Caouette earned his third pitching win as Notre Dame prepares to face Old Orchard Beach at Memorial Field.

Notre Dame C. K. Burns Ernie Leclair Norm Fecteau Don Caouette Old Orchard Beach Memorial Field Saco Burns Pike Shea Brown Caouette Martin

Lamontagne Cops Prize In Pro Am

A newcomer won the weekly pro am golf event at Old Orchard Beach. Jim Gillis, Portland Country Club, teamed with amateur Pete Jarboe for 68 and low gross. Harvey Lamontagne Jr. of Saco teamed with amateur Pat Maiorano for 70 65 to take low net, with Maiorano earning amateur low net while Lamontagne trailed pro leader Ronnie Leclair by two strokes.

Old Orchard Beach Jim Gillis Portland Country Club Pete Jarboe Harvey Lamontagne, Jr Saco Willowdale Pat Maiorano Riverside Maiorano Lamontagne Ronnie Leclair Waterville Gillis

First Place Tigers Triumph In Night Of Harness Racing

Multiple harness races billed at Lewiston with D race winners and starters listed. Detroit tops KC 10-2 in MLB action while Indians edge Twins in 15 innings, Yankees rally past Orioles as White Sox and Angels also win. Tigers rally with Cash homer, Regan superb relief as Cleveland, Boston win in tight games. Local schedule confirms Tigers host Portland at Waterhouse field.

Associated Press Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Indians Minnesota New York Jack Fisher Baltimore Boston Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels Washington Clete Boyer Fisher Yankees Boyer Jim Coates Art Ditmar Yogi Berra Larry Napp Mary Breeding Elston Howard Orioles Breeding Tony Kubek

Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching

American League top batters include Temple of Cleveland at .355 and Casa of Detroit at .350 with Temple also leading hits at 50 alongside Barlowe Boros. Detroit’s Colavito tied for home runs with Gentile at 12. Mantle and Killebrew trail with 10. Detroit pitchers Regan and Mossi share 50 and 40 decisions at 1.000, while Pascual leads NL strikeouts with 50.

Associated Press Temple Cleveland Casa Detroit Colavito Mantle New York Gentile Baltimore Boros B. Robinson Power Romano Wood Kaline Killebrew Minnesota Aparicio Chicago Versalles Regan Mossi Pascual Ramos

Fights Last Night Scali Outpoints Bonner in Chicago

Baltimore fighter Joe Scali 145 outpointed Johnny Lee Bonner from New Rochelle in light heavyweight action. Chicago results show Stininato of Cleveland stopped Bonner in a separate bout.

Associated Press Baltimore Joe Scali Wilkes-Barre Gee New Rochelle Chicago Bobby Stininato Cleveland Johnny Lee Bonner

Seagulls Stay On Yorks Heels In Golf League

In a York County schoolboy golf league match, York high led early but Kennebunk closed within 3 1/2 points as Perry drew even with McKenna, Wildes beat Todd 3 and 2, and Rams won best ball 2 and 1. York’s second foursome surged ahead with Todd defeating Clark 7 and 6 and Eldridge beating Nompleggi 6 and 5.

York County York High Kennebunk York Old Orchard Beach Thornton Academy Perry McKenna Wildes FE. Todd Rams R. Todd Walloping Clark Eldridge Nompleggi Tate Thunton Roberge Bagley Pendergast Maroon

North Carolina Colleges De-Emphasize Basketball

A long series of basketball troubles at UNC and NC State led to a sweeping de-emphasis program by the university system. Trustees approved limits on games, recruiting, and summer activity to curb gambling influence and preserve education. The Dixie Classic faced elimination. possible rebirth in other cities was discussed. Players from both schools were implicated in a game-fixing probe.

Raleigh N.C University of North Carolina N.C. State College Everett Case N.C. State Case Consolidated University of North Carolina William Friday Alh‘elies State UNC Duke Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference ACC Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Bill Gibson Colgate Linois Tulane Stanford Winston-Salem Greensboro Charlotte Roy Clogston Lou Brown Doug Moe New York District Attorney's Office Carolina Stan Niewierowski Anton Dutch) Muensbauer Terry Litchfield NCAA

Bio League Stars Pitching Leads Frank Funk's Five-Win Start

Frank Funk of the Indians logged eight innings of two hit shutout relief as Bio League Stars beat the Twins 7 to 5 in 15 innings. Dick Groat of the Pirates broke a 1-1 tie with an eighth inning homer for a 2-1 win over the Braves.

Associated Press Frank Funk Indians Twins Dick Groat Pirates Braves

Golf Round Highlights at Beach Course

The first foursome at the Beach saw the Seagulls sweep the second. Horne defeated Roberge 3 and 2. Dowd achieved a maximum margin of 10 and 8 over Lafond. The home team won best ball 5 and 4.

Seagulls Horne Roberge Dowd Lafond

Saucier Third In World's Pin Singles Event

Former Twin City bowling champion Don Saucier placed third in the men's world singles championship in Waltham Massachusetts. He rolled 1181 to finish behind Walter Finn of Dorchester who led with 1216 and Charlie Sievers of Plymouth who had 151 single to edge Saucier by two pins. Saucier earned a cash prize and two trophies for top Maine bowler. A field of 184 competed with Bob Reed and several Maine bowlers also present.

Twin City Don Saucier Waltham Mass Saucier Walter Finn Dorchester Charlie Sievers Plymouth Edge Saucier Bill Derby Boston Boston Traveler Maine State Rowling Association Maine Bob Reed Portland Nick Gills Joe Lachance Chris Anton al Huot al St. Clair

Two Games On Local Diamonds This Afternoon

A Telegram league schedule opens with two 3:30 pm games in the twin cities. Biddeford hosts second place Deering, while Thorn ton welcomes Sanford, cellar dwellers.

Twin Cities Biddeford High Deering High Thornton Sanford St. Louis Westbrook Portland Biddeford Saco

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