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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1960
Page
10
Decatur hosts Decal Day on Saturday to raise funds for the Decatur Youth Baseball Association. Hundreds of boys ages 8 to 16 across Gordon Bibb, Little League Minors and Majors, Pony, and Colt Leagues will sell decals for $1.00 each to support supervised summer baseball and program financing.
Indians topple Tigers 9 to 7 in eight innings on two walks and two hits. Charles Maples worked seven innings, Larry Bridges recorded the win, Holt started for the Tigers before Turner and Ruffner. Keith Childers hit a bases loaded triple in the fourth.
Ronnie Hall of 2330 Spring Ave won last night’s miniature golf tournament at the Decatur Putt Putt with a 105. Ken Meguiar of 1717 Pennylane was second with 109 and Don Hamilton of 541 Austinville Road took third with 113. Thirteen contestants each played three games.
Dodgers fear a flop as they slip from first to seventh place after a 10-8 loss to the Cubs. Frank Thomas and Don Demeter homer for the day. Cardwell beat the Dodgers while Banks and Williams contributed solo shots. Braves rally past Phillies. Giants, Pirates win to widen gaps.
The American Legion Post 15 base ball team hosts Huntsville Legion Post 37 Saturday night at West Town Field. Game time is listed as 7:3.
WIFFI SMITH discusses sand trap strategy at the Columbus Open noting how land conditions dictate the shot. He explains adjusting clubface, choosing blast over waste strokes, and preferring the sand wedge for deep or embanked lies. Betty Jameson on pitching wedges follows.
Mutual stopped Worthington 11 9 and Briscoe Agency beat Sims Homes 9 6 as Worthington collected four hits while Mutual had nine. Sims Homes totaled 11 hits with two homers by Dale George and Lucy Lowery. Briscoe Agency leads the league at 4 0, Mutual Savings 3 1, Worthington 1 3, Sims Homes 0 4.
The Orioles beat the Yankees 9 to 5 in a Decatur Pony League game yesterday. The Orioles pounded out nine runs and held the Yankees to five.
The Memphis Open moves into its second round with a crowded leaderboard. Tied at 65 are rookie Bob Shave and veterans Ken Venturi Howie Johnson and Bob Rosburg, with Ben Hogan and Bill Collins one stroke back. Defending champ Don Whitt sits at 67 as six players at 67 and eight at 69 trail the leaders.
In the game, V Mathes and Ray Stephenson each had two hits for Baltimore while C Joy and R Quillen produced the Yankees only bright spots with a triple and two hits. Stephenson earned the win with eight strikeouts, Phillips took the loss with four K's. Tonight at 7 the White Sox face the Redlegs.
Orioles win nine of 14 to stay second as Stigman saves five of nine for Cleveland in a 7 46 victory over the A s. Baltimore beat the Yankees 6 5 while Chicago and Washington win their games in tight pennant race action.
AP baseball standings show Washington 8 8 and Boston 3 7 with Detroit 4 Chicago 3 and Cleveland 7 Kansas 6. Friday games list Kansas City at Chicago and Detroit at Baltimore with Boston at New York and Washington at Cleveland among others in a rain affected schedule. Southern Association standings include Birmingham 7 0 and Nashville 2 3 with Atlanta 2 4 and Shreveport 2 6. Multiple matchups appear with Shreveport Memphis and Mobile Atlanta listed, rain noted in Pod-rain events.
Wolverine and Chemstrand clash at Delano Park tonight at 7 30 for first place in the City League. Wolverine seeks revenge after an eight inning 3 2 win in their last meeting. Pitchers Sterling Holt and Bill Melson are listed for the contenders with Merchants and Flour Mills to follow in the twin bill.
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