Giants Hold NL Lead With 6-5 Win Over Cubs
The Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 as San Francisco maintained a slim 2 game edge in the National League. Vada Pinson hit two two run homers and Bob Purkey pitched well for Cincinnati. St. Louis swept Pittsburgh 8-4 after Harvey Haddix exited early. Bench strength and Orlando Cepeda powered the Giants with Cepeda's 14th homer and support from Bressoud and Pagan.
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Mercantile Pin Leagues End Season With Banquet
The Pastime lanes banquet capped the Mercantile bowling season with 6 American league winners led by Rochambeau Club and 5 National league victors including Wink's Place of Arundel. Individual honors went to Al Huot, Bob Dodge, Omer Binette, Joe Masterson, Joe Velevis, and Weak Crown. Billy Manning hosted with brief speeches from Rusty Janelle and others.
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Distaff Bowlers Start Summer Loop Schedule
The Ladies Summer bowling league will begin Wednesday at 6 30 PM at the 20th Century lanes. Eight quintets start a tight race with each team fielding at least one strong bowler plus beginners and average players.
League to bowl 14 week summer campaign begins
The league will bowl a 14 week schedule with prizes and a banquet at the end of the season as some highlights of the summer campaign. The girls are asked to be at the 20th Century lanes on Wednesday evening at least 15 minutes before starting time so rules and regulations governing a league may be clarified properly.
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Little Town League Opens State Season with Picnic
Old Orchard Beach Little Town league meets at Town hall with President Bill Mullen to set rules for the season. No individual team banquets, eight teams attend the second annual picnic, games start June 5 at 6 pm on the high school field, with rosters, insurance, and new equipment to be provided. Coaches listed include Conrad Hebert George Granger Robert Perrin Lewis Hoy Roger Parker Maurice LeSieur and Roland Boisvert.
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Speed) Hoy
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Major League Leaders Across Leagues
Baseball leaders from the season include Killebrew batting .357 for Minnesota and Cash at .345 for Detroit. Detroit and Cleveland players pace runs with Colavito and Cash, while Gentile leads RBIs. Pitching leaders include Mossi and Grant. In the National League Moon tops batting at .370 for Los Angeles with Aaron and Cepeda among RBI leaders. Stolen bases feature Aparicio and Versalles.
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Belfast man identified after drowning at East Belfast
The body found at East Belfast Friday was Gerald A. Brown, 32, of Birmingham. Investigators say Brown drowned and was a voluntary patient missing from Bangor State Hospital since March 2.
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Sluggers Set Home Run Record at Major League Games
Major League hitters tied and then broke the single day home run record with 27 by the American League. Detroit widened its lead over Cleveland to 32 games as power spurred a string of high-scoring games. In Cleveland, New York, and elsewhere, multiple players belted homers as teams traded blows. The day also featured a dramatic Yankee Stadium game with back-to-back grand slams and a strong performance from Don Schwall and Norm Bass fueling their clubs. Harmon Killebrew hit his 12th homer for the Twins as the pennant race heated up.
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Lachance Defends Twin City Bowling Title Tonight
Joe Lachance, Twin City bowling champion, defends his title against Al Paul as the challenger must report for service by Wednesday. The match will be conducted swiftly with the final 10 strings set for Tuesday morning, starting at 6.00.
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Memorial day harness card at Lewiston Fairgrounds
A special Memorial Day race card at Lewiston Fairgrounds on Tuesday features ten trotting and pacing events starting at 4 PM. Entries include Race One with Targo and Yes Sir Balkan, Race Two with Baby R and Sunny King, Race Three with Armour Pick and Son O'Darnley, Race Four with Little Quickey and Popsicle, Race Five with Duffy's Scotch and Betsy Moraka, Race Six led by Golden Ridge and Erina Hanover, Race Seven with Newport McElwyn and Downey Hanover, Race Eight including Dimples Fingo and Dazzle Worthy, Race Nine headlined by Jay Kay and Lyndonna, Race Ten with Big Star and Shadydale Coquet.
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Telegram League winds up season with two title clashes
The Telegram schoolboy basketball season ends over the holiday weather with two intercity matches to decide the Biddeford Saco champion. St Louis faces Thornton Academy in Saco at 3 30 p m for the twin city crown while the Maroon seeks at least a tie. Standings show St Louis 20 1 0, Biddeford 9 3, Portland 6 7.
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Yankees Open Boston Home Stand Tonight
The Yankees visit Boston with Whitey Ford slated to start against Ike Delock. Boston blanked Baltimore 5-0 as rookie Don Schwall pitched seven solid innings, matching a streak of two wins without defeat. Schwall fanned Adair four times and helped snap a skid by the Red Sox after earlier losses to the Orioles.
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Big League Stars Batting and Pitching Highlights
Vada Pinson drove in all four Cincinnati runs with two two run homers helping the Reds beat the Phillies 4-2. Don Schwall pitched seven shutout innings for the Red Sox against Baltimore, earning his second straight win with eight strikeouts in a 5-0 victory. Funeral services are set for Barlow D. Nichols who died just shy of 107, after a life spanning mule trains and a field kitchen near Gen. George Custer’s last stand site.
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Notre Dame Eyes Grammar School Crown In Final Run
Notre Dame, led by Maurice Mercier, aims to clinch the Grammar School league title by sweeping St. Mary over today and tomorrow and finishing with Burns on Thursday. Old Orchard Beach Junior High trails by one loss, with a weekend schedule featuring Burns versus Notre Dame and On Orchard Beach at Biddeford.
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Jerry Forcier Sets Own Mark In TV Roll Off
Former Twin City bowling champion Jerry Forcier won the Western Maine TV qualifying sweepstakes at Bowl-A-Rama lanes in South Portland. He rolled a career high 1,235 to beat 30 bowlers and led the second half of the 20-string set with a 2.415 total. Nick Gillis took second with 1,26 and Bob Miller was third with 1,190.
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