Stock Car Drivers Clash For State Championships
The Maine State Stock Car Racing Association will present state championship races Sunday at Scarborough Beech Ridge Speedway. Two heats, a semi, and 50 lap features in bomber and modified sportsman classes highlight the card with drivers Libby Shaw Cusack Garret Wolstenhulme Nutting Tardiff and Peter son among early favorites.
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Scarborough
Beech Ridge Speedway
Phil Libby
Roger Shaw
Ralph Cusack
Dick Garrett
Windham
Dick Wolstenhulme
Limerick
Russ Nutting
Nutting
Graveville
Bob Libby
Sandy Atkinson
Bar Mills
Biddeford
Paul Tardiff
Pete Peterson
Cardiff
Gardiner Leavitt
Marty Vachon
Bucky Benson
Homer Drew
Weekend picks spark debate and reminiscence in local sports notes
A column recounts a volatile weekend of prognostications by the anonymous Mr GGG with mixed results and bold upset calls. It also relays readers’ letters and a 1934 season memory highlighting Thornton’s early promise and a Sanford game narrative.
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Fice
Dick Gove
St. Louis
Bangor
Clifford
Cliff
Phil
Bill
San Jose Wrestler Defeats Opponent In Close Bout
Steve Mendoza of San Jose, 146, beat Tony Noreiga of Bakersfield, 147, in a tight match at the California meet held in Cupertino.
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San Jose
Calif
Steve Mendoza
Cupertino
Tony Noreiga
Bakersfield
Maris Hits Sixtieth Homer as Reitz Sells No Fifty Nine
Baltimore fans learn Roger Maris belts his 60th homer at Yankee Stadium. Earlier, Bob Reitz agreed to sell No 59 to the Sports Boosters of Maryland for 500 dollars to be donated to Associated Catholic Charities, and the group will present the ball to Maris.
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Roger Maris
New York
Yankee Stadium
Bob Reitz
Reds Clinch NL Pennant As Gibbon Tops Dodgers
Cincinnati wins the National League pennant after a 8-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Dodgers, aided by Joe Gibbon's one-hitter and a late two-run homer by Jerry Lynch. The Cubs defeat and the Dodgers loss decide the pennant, sending Cincinnati to the World Series against the Yankees. Roger Maris hits his 60th and the Yankees clinch their pennant with a 3-2 win over Baltimore. Nip and tuck results highlight a long day's play across the league with Milwaukee routing St Louis 9-2 as Lew Burdette gains the victory.
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Yankees
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Joe Gibbon
Chicago Cubs
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Dodgers
Ameri
Jim Brosnan
Brosnan
Cubs
Jerry Lynch
Chicago
Bob Purkey
Zimmer
Geroge Altman
Cub
Bob Anderson
Richie Ashburn
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Ernie Banks
Eddie Kasko
Blasingame
Anderson
Altman
John F Edwards
Frank Robinson
Ander
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Joe Adcock
Ray Sadecki
Lew Burdette
Maris Aims For 61 As Yankees Beat Orioles 3-2
Roger Maris hit his 60th homer to lift the New York Yankees 3-2 over the Orioles. He has four games to break Babe Ruth's 60 homer mark, starting today against Steve Barber, then a day off before a three-game concluding series with Boston.
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Orioles
Steve Barber
Babe Ruth
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Jack Fisher
Ruth
Ford Frick
Yanks
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Aris
Johnny Blanchard
Jackie Brandt
Billy Gardner
Tom Tresh
Rollie Sheldon
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Minnesota
Washington
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White Sox
Red Sox
Ky Colavito
Tigers
Ron Nischwitz
Gary Bell
Zoilo Versalles
Indians
Twins
Gene Green
Senators
Bennie Daniels
Angels
Roy Sievers
Ray Herbert
Gene Conley
Gary Geiger
Unbeaten 1951 Maine Bears to be honored at Homecoming
ORONO 1951 Maine Black Bears, the only undefeated Maine football team, will be honored at the 1961 Homecoming on Saturday October 21. Team members returning will be recognized at a noon luncheon in Memorial Gym and guests at the Maine Connecticut game. The 1951 squad posted six wins and a 0–0 tie with New Hampshire, with wins over Rhode Island Vermont Connecticut Bates Colby and Bowdoin. Harold Westerman marks his 10th year as Maine coach this season.
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Harry Richardson
Dick Breen
Jim Butterfield
Pete Jus
Win Brown
Gene Sturgeon
Ed Bogdanovich
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Jack Butterfield
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Ray Cox
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Ed Clanchette
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Sturgeon
Dave Wiggin
Charlie Burgess
Bill McCann
Medford
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R.L
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Kan
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Banor
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Softball Finalists to Contest State Crown in Maine
The Roy and Perreault Oilers of Biddeford meet the Citizens Utility team of Bangor in a best of three for the state softball championship after a Maine State Softball Association ruling reinstated Bangor and barred Citizens Utility from a prior forfeit loss. All games are at Elks field in Saco with 11 am, 1:30 pm, and 3:30 pm starts.
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Old Town
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Lewistin
Cyrus K. Briggs
Portland
John K. Gribbin
Lucien Reny Augusta
Donald Searway
Banger
Ed Gallagher
Hayes
Ben Campbell
Phil Candermo
Portland Recreation Department
Dick Berra
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Bangor Recreation Department
Bidae Tourney Committee
Memios
Tiger Cubs Beat Kennebunk Freshmen 7-0 at Kennebunk
Biddeford High School freshmen edged Kennebunk yearlings 7-0 on the Kennebunk field. George Garnache scored from seven yards in the third period after a 30-yard drive. A Ram score was nullified and Biddeford halted at the Kennebunk six as time expired.
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Kennebunk High
Kennebunk Field
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Tough Picks For College Crystal Gazer Coming Up
Associated Press Sports Writer Harold Claassen surveys this weekend's college football matchups. Iowa over California and Notre Dame over Oklahoma lead a slate that tests predictions, with teams like Mississippi, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Syracuse, Baylor, Penn State, Texas, Duke, Georgia Tech, Washington, and Kansas also favored in varied contests.
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Associated Press
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Woody Hayes
Bob Ferguson
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Syracuse
West Virginia
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Pittsburgh
Penn State
Miami
Texas Tech
Duke
Virginia
Georgia Tech
Rice
Washington
Illinois
Wyoming
Big League Stars deliver big day in doubleheader
Roger Maris and the Yankees homered for number 60 in the third inning of a 3-2 win over the Orioles, tying Babe Ruth’s 1927 total. Joe Gibbon of the Pirates tossed a one hitter in an 8-0 win over the Dodgers, completing a doubleheader sweep that clinched the Reds’ first NL pennant in 21 years.
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Orioles
Babe Ruth
Joe Gibbon
Pirates
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Cincinnati Reds
Fights Last Night Across Cities Record Wins and Stops
In Sacramento Joey Lopes defeated Cisco Andrade in a 135 to 138 card while in Los Angeles a fighter stopped Abe as the action continued. Hartford Rudy Davis 206 earned a stoppage against a Philadelphia opponent, with results reflecting a night of mixed outcomes.
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Sacramento
Calif
Joey Lopes
Cisco Andrade
Los Angeles
Hartford
Conn
Rudy Davis
Philadelphia
Abe
Big Fall Meet Set At Lexington Track
Lexington Ky more than five million dollars worth of top standardbreds arrive for the nine day fall meet at the Big Red Mile. Feature race is the 16353 Han over Shoe Filly Stakes for trotters with a total purses of 350000 offered during the meet part of harness racing s grand circuit. The big event Kentucky Futurity the triple crown trotting race is set for October 6.
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America
Lexington Trots
Davis and Carter Defeat Tombstone Smith In West Coast Meet
Davis of Hartford and Carter of Philadelphia upset veteran Charley Tombstone Smith of Los Angeles in a crowded Fresno event. Thorn ton of Fresno edged Smith on points, with multiple hometown rivals present.
Brain predicts Bowdoin as 1961 state football champion
AP reports UM's new IBM computer, called the brain, analyzed five years of Maine college football data. It forecast Bowdoin as Series champ with a 2-1-0 record, placing Bates 1-1-1, Colby 1-1-1, and Maine 1-2-0, with a slight Bates edge over Colby possible if injuries alter outcomes.
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University of Maine
Brain
Bowdoin
IBM
Bangor Daily News
Owen Osborne
Maine
Bates
Colby
Mane
Maris and Reds Clinch Goals With Historic Wins
Roger Maris hit his 60th homer to tie Babe Ruth but will be listed separately due to the longer 162 game schedule. The Cincinnati Reds clinched the National League pennant with a 6-3 win over the Cubs and set up a World Series against the New York Yankees starting Oct. 4 after a doublesheader in Pittsburgh.
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