Yankees Clinch AL Title As Mantle Leads Home Run Surge
The New York Yankees claim the American League pennant with a 15 game winning streak, led by Mickey Mantle’s 40th home run and Roger Maris’s 112 RBIs. Dale Long’s ninth inning homer sealed an 8-7 win over the Red Sox, setting up a World Series with the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Pete Runnels won his first batting title, Jim Perry and Chuck Estrada posted wins, and Baltimore finished second after beating Kansas City 2-1 behind Jackie Brandt’s 15th homer.
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Associated Press
Pete Runnels
Jim Perry
Chuck Estrada
Baltimore
Orioles
New York Yankees
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
RBI
Yankees
Casey Stengel
Casey
Yankee
Boston Red Sox
Dale Long
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Long
Giants
Sox
Runnels
Red Sox
al Smith
Chicago White Sox
Perry
Cleveland
Indians
White Sox
Early Wynn
Estrada
Kington
Jackie Brandt
Senators
Seagulls Tie Mexico Ending Win Streak
Mexico High Panthers rally in final minutes to tie Old Orchard Beach 6 6 and end a 31 game Seagulls win streak dating back to 1986. Gene Geaumont drives a 52 yard TD march. Frank Wish and Art Fernald answer for Mexico. Geaumont and Wells connect before time runs out.
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Mexico
Mexico High Pintos
Old Orchard Beach
Sercety
Seagulls
Gene Geaumont
Gulls
Frank Wish
Art Fernald
Pinto
Confort
Geaumont
Kommy Wells
Regina
Old Orchard
Wells
Hirst Desjardins
Blaney Viger
C_ Roy
Tg Rc
T. Timmons Millett
Tripp Churchill
Prendergast Bernard
Ob Ab
Reckliff Bournier
Ouellette
D. Roy
J. Timmons Hiebert
M Mexico
Wyman
C. Wish
Perry Provercher
Veno
Casey
Marshall
Pratt
Lee Herson
Ferland
Aliberti
Provencher
Callie
Al Polackwich Wins Class A Low Gross at Old Orchard Beach
Al Polackwich shot two over par 74 to win the Class A low gross in the Jimmy Fund golf tournament at Old Orchard Beach Country Club. His brother Dr Steve Polackwich finished second and Phil McCallum took third. Other winners included Class A net Hal Dodge 78 69 Herschel Bates 83 71 Jim Prendergast 82 7 and Class B winners Bill Murphy 89 64 Bob Mullen 82 Tony Anthony 85.
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al Polackwich
Old Orchard Beach Country Club
Steve Polackwich
Phil McCallum
Hal Dodge
Herschel Bates
Jim Prendergast
Bill > Murphy
Bob Mullen
Tony ‘Anthony
George Shaw Emerges For Giants In Big Victory
George Shaw stepped in for Charley Conerly and threw four TD passes as the New York Giants routed the St Louis Cardinals 35 14 to stay unbeaten. Shaw completed 15 of 22 passes for 238 yards and connected with Joe Morrison twice in the second half, lifting the Giants from a 7 0 deficit.
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Associated Press
George Shaw
New York Giants
New York
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Shaw
Baltimore
Johnny Unitas
Charley Conerly
Cardinals
Jim Roach
John David Crow
San Francisco
Joe Morrison
Cleveland Browns
Two Old Pros Lead Teams To AFL Wins
Old pros Dorow and Tripucka piloted their teams to victories as the AFL season opened. Dorow threw four touchdowns for the New York Titans in a 37 35 win over Dallas, while Tripucka led Denver past Oakland 31 14 with two TD passes and key plays from Yelerton and Rolle. Los Angeles topped Buffalo as Maguire and Konourek combined on TDs and a Ferguson burst closed the scoring.
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Associated Press
al Dorow
Frank Tripucka
Dorow
Washington
Philadelphia
Toronto
New York Titans
Dallas
Denver
Oakland
Tripucka
Lionel Taylor
Los Angeles
Buffalo
Boston
Houston
Doren
Michigan State
Bill Shockley
Don Maynard
Shockey
Dave Ross
Art Powell
Cotton Davidson
Chris, Burford
Bo Dickinson
Abner Haynes
Johnny Robinson
Tripuka
NFL
Canada
Bill Yelerton
Dave Rolle
Paul Maguire
Bob Clatterbuck
Dave Konourek
Howie Ferguson
Pastime Opens Lanes Season With A Victory
Pastime topped Congress Square 1679 to 1644 in a season opener at Portland. Roy Perry led Pastime with 354, Don Saucier 352, Al Huot 346, while Ralph Pearson led Congress Square with 358, Earl Brazier 346. Next week the two teams meet again at Pastime Lanes.
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York- Cumberland
Congress Square
Portland
Roy Perry
Don Saucier
al Huot
Maine
Ralph Pearson
Earl Brazier
D. Saucier
R. Perry
P. Binette
L. Lachance
A. Huot
P. Rich
J. Rich
J. D'Alphonzo
E. Brazier
R. Pearson
Golfers Ready To Turn Efforts To Pin Picking
The Biddeford and Saco Country club announces the bowling league for the 1960 61 season begins October 7 at 8 p m at Pastime lanes. Six teams mix women and men to keep golfers in trim through winter. Chairman Willie leads the effort.
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Biddeford and Saco
Tigers Fall to Cony 37-0 in Class A Showdown
Biddeford High, outmatched by Class A Cony in Augusta, trailed 12-0 at halftime and fell 37-0. Cony struck quick in the second quarter with Jeff Sanborn 51 yards and added three more scores before the final period, while Biddeford fought hard with late drives and a fumble ending a potential scoring chance.
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Biddeford High School Tigers
Augusta
Cony High
Capitol City Rams
Cony
Jeff Sanborn
Biddeford
Pat Perrino
Hastings
Tigers
Sanborn
Cong
BHS
Perrino
Carleton Barter
Larry Coughlin
Vin Dostie
Dave Williamson
Coughlin
Bob Vachon
Ziggy Serpico
Teele
Hersom
Vate Seerety
Dearborn
P. Chenard
Eer
Doran Coughlin
Williamson
Asselin
Piper
Milligan
Beaudoin
Cote
Gambino
Doyon
Ellis
Boston
Degon
Trahey
Craig
Pelletier
Parent Burns
King
L. Johnson
R. Johnson
Boisse
Guignard
Dubreuil
Aguiar
Fillion
Panpas
Harrison
Pierce
Mothers Start Own School Bus
In Oklahoma City 13 mothers organized a regular bus service to transport 33 children to grammar and kindergarten. They bought an old school bus for 550, hired a driver, and received approval from city and state education officials for the plan.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Intercepted Passes Spill St Louis For First Time
South Portland beats St. Louis 14 to 12 at Alumni Field in a hard fought Class A game. Lin s key 57 yard run set the first score, Canales and Maloney recoveries sealed the Riot victory, Cote and Sevigny connected late to narrow the gap.
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St. Louis
St. Louis’ Fighting Eagles
Alumni Field
South Portland
Eagles
Airlines
Steve Linskey
Paul Allen
Bob Cote
Roger
Phil St. John
George Canales
Buzz Maloney
Dick Fontaine
Sevigny
Pob Cote
Portland
Linskey
Cote Valente
Berthiaume Frustadi
Dion Maloney
Gendron McDuffie
Laroche Ayer
Pleur de Pees
Dube
de Vasa
Vas
Sevigny John
Labrecque fHarvie
Trottier
McAllen
Moreau
Gilmore
Wright
Lavalle
Hobbs
Winn
Brasier
Inness
Canales
Wakefield Rams Upset Spartans 20 to 7 at Sanford
Kennebunk’s Rams upset St Ignatius 20 to 7 in Sanford, scoring in each of the first three periods and outrushing 303 to 99. Bruce Wakefield ran 18 yards for the opening touchdown, then a 10 yard return after a Spartan pass and a 51 yard run in the third. Pete Pierce added two PATs as Harold Wakefield, Don Holbrook and Paul Baillargeon starred on defense.
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Kennebunk
Rams
Paris
Sanford
St. Ignatius
Spartans
Kcck
Bruce Wakefield
Wakefield
Pete Pierce
Harold Wakefield
Don Holbrook
Paul Baillargeon
St. Ignatius Holbrook
Je. Martineau Cook
Chevalier Bridges
Beaudoin Poo
Remy Landon
Eccles
Towns
Smith
Camire
Beattie
Lessard
Cote
Doiron
B. Wakefield
Dugre
Pierce
Grondin
Potvin
Hatfield
Gobe
Traip Edges Wells In Low-Scoring Bout 20–19
Traip narrowly defeated Wells 20 to 19 after a first half surge left Wells trailing by a score. Russ Johnson and McLean scored early for Traip, Brown returned with two Wells TDs, Bridges recovered a fumbled ball setting up a Wells score, and a late Wells drive was halted by penalties.
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Wells High Warriors
Traip Academy
Wells
Rangers
Russ Johnson
McLean
Bob Brown
Paul Bridges
Traipi
Bridges
Brad Goodale
Jover
Traip
Bryant
R. Goodale Prince
Porter Kolzam
le Pineo Auet
C. B
Bridges Rowan
Harmon Pasqual
Chase Wyman
Adams Foley
Bridges Johnson
McDonald McLean
Brown Powell
Goodale
Moulton
Roberts
Varney
Rogers
Smith
Marvel
Galligan
National Mercantile League Opens Tonight at Pastime Lanes
The 1960 61 season starts tonight as a six team circuit gathers at Pastime lanes for the National Mercantile league opener. Teams include familiar clubs as competition kicks off with lane setup and expected high scoring.
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National Mercantile League
Portland Bulldogs Triumph Over Thornton 19 7
Portland edges Thornton 19 to 7 for first win of the season at Saco. Vin Grosso returns a 73 yard TD run in the second period and adds a two point play. Tom Murphy hits Dave Bowman for a late score as Portland leads 13 0 at halftime and 19 0 after three quarters before Thornton’s 45 yard TD run and final 44 yard scamper by Grosso close the gap.
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Portland
Bulldogs
Saco
Thornton
Vin Grosso
Grosso
Dave McNabb
Bob Kimball
Maroon
Tom Murphy
Dave Bowman
Bowman
Roland Lavigne
Lewiston
Thornton Bowman
Shaffer Peterson
Charest Gogsor
Lp Cyr Maleonian
Massie Comi
Hyland Caporza
Nolette V. Allen
T. Murphy
Don McNabb McDonald
Drouin Grosso
Brown McDonough
Lavigne Portland
Blaisdell
DiBiase
Smith
Glasier
Matheson
Rand
Libby
J. Allen
Harris
Carson O'Mally
Uska
Colucci
J. Murphy
Kimball
Callahan
Tarbox
Tardif
Sicard
Sawyer
Tripp
Freedman
Taylor
Forcier Leads In Pin Title Joust At 20th Century Lanes
Jerry Forcier, former Twin City bowling champion, holds a 21 pin edge over Paul Binette in the first half of the title match at 20th Century lanes. Forcier totaled 1144 to Binette 1123 as the contest moves to the final half in two weeks.
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Twin City
Jerry Forcier
Paul Binette
Forcier
Binette
P. Binette
Two Teams Remain From Last Year in Local League
Wink's Place for Kennebunkport and J. C. Window and Siding of Biddeford are the two holdovers from last season. Paquette Grocery of Biddeford L and J. Oils of Kennebunk, Central Pharmacy of Biddeford, and Champion Home Improvement of Saco join this year. League play starts at 8:30 p.m.
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Wink
Kennebunkport
J. C. Win‘dow and Siding
Biddeford
Paquette Grocery
J. Oils
Kennebunk
Central Pharmacy
Champion Home Improvement
Saco
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Patricia Damone Owens
David Ladd
Raymie
Bens
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Vane E
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John Carradine
Phyllis Coates
Poste Clarke
Pittsburgh Steelers
Colts
Chicago Bears
Unitas
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
Browns
Morrison
Kyle Rote
Mel Triplett
Newark
King Hill
St Louis
Lenny Moore
Moore
Ray Berry
Jim Mutscheller
Bears
Nadeau
Thornton Academy
Saco Field
Dennis McNabb
R. Capazza
J. Uska
J. Colucci
D. Libby
Red) Sevigny
Alumni’ Field
Coaptain
Roger Gendron
Roger Dion
Paul LaRoche
al Rams
National Mercantile
Westbrook
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