Griffiths Knockout Wins Welterweight Title Defense
Emile Griffith of New York retained his world welterweight crown by stopping challenger Gaspar Ortega in the 12th round at the Olympic Auditorium under California rules. Griffith, 145¼ pounds, dominated with his left hook, flooring Ortega twice in round seven and again before the bell in round twelve. Ortega suffered cuts and his first knockdown in 83 fights, though he fought valiantly until the stoppage with 48 seconds remaining.
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Los Angeles
Emile Griffith
New York
Tommy Hart
California
Griffith
Gladiator
Tijuana
Gaspar
Olympic Auditorium
Ortega
Benny
Kid) Paret
Miami Beach
Sox Rally Past Yankees In 13th Inning For 6 5 Win
Roy Sievers opened the 13th with a first pitch homer to lift the Chicago White Sox from last in the AL with a 6 5 victory over the New York Yankees. Warren Hacker earned his first AL win as Chicago snapped an eight game skid and moved into ninth, ahead of Los Angeles. Maris homered for New York and Floyd Robinson and Sievers also connected for Chicago.
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Chicago
Roy Sievers
White Sox
New York Yankees
Siever
Art Ditmar
White “Sox
Warren Hacker
Chicago Cubs
Sox
Los Angeles Angels
Cleveland
New York
Roger Maris
Floyd Robinson
Maris
Boyer
Tony Kubek
Robinson
Sherm Lollar
Minnie Minoso
N.Y
Perry
Clevenger
Arroyo
Ditmar
Howard
Shaw
Memphi Open Duel: Dickinson Trails Middlecoff by One Shot
Cary Middlecoff fired a 64 to shave the lead to one stroke over Gardner Dickinson in the Memphis Open. Dickinson, after a 198 aggregate through 52 holes, faced a tight contest as Bolt Littler Sullivan and Souchak sat five back at 204.
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Bill Crider
Memphis
Cary Middl
Gardner Dickinson
Dickinson
Tequesta
Fla
Middlecoff
Tommy Bolt
Gene Littler
Buddy Sullivan
Mike Souchak
Cary Middlecoff
Don Fairfield
Billy Maxwell
Don Whitt
Ken Venturi
Friday Night Softball Briefs From Local Leagues
In the Girls Softball League Buds Minnow Pool beat Decatur Nursery 16 to 13. Briscoe Agency defeated Baugh Wiley Smith 12 to 4. Buds M Barnes went 3 for 3 and W Keenum 3 for 4. Decatur Nursery leaders were M Slayton 3 for 4 and W Wallace 3 for 3. Alabama Flour Mills beat Chemstrand 6 to 5 with A Noy winning and Hester losing. Athens routed Worthington 22 to 0 as Jim Johnson pitched a five inning no hitter with nine strikeouts. In the American League Pee Wees beat the National League 13 to 1 at Gordon Bibb Field. Mark McClanahan threw a no hitter for the American Leaguers, walking two and fanning the side in each of four innings. Ronnie Akins hit a homer. The American League leads the National League 2-1. All games are Fridays at 5 p.m. for boys 8 to 10.
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Bud’s Minnow Pool
Decatur Nursery
Sales Yard
Briscoe Agency
Baugh-Wiley- Smith
Bud’s
M. Barnes
W. Keenum
M. Slayton
W. Wallace
Alabama Flour Mills
Chemstrand
A. Noy
Hester
Athens
Worthington
Jim Johnson
Pee Wees
Gordon Bibb Field
Mark McClanahan
Ryans Steady Performance Nets Victories
In Montgomery, Jim Ryan wins two early rounds at the fional Golf Tournament, defeating Ed Brown 5-4 and Jim Martin 4-3 to lead a strong showing. Holt, Wesley, Pride, and Greene also post multiple wins as Ryan, Pride, Wesley, and Holt advance to Sunday semi finals.
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Montgomery
Jim Ryan
Ryan
Ed Brown
Jim Martin
Sonny Holt
Selma
Holt
Col
Jim Hill
Maxwell Air Force Base
Jack Bertram
Harold Wesley
Greenville
Hamp Greene III
Jim Walter
Tuscaloosa
Dick Pride
Bill Ferriss
Richard Anthony
Andalusia
Pide
Wesley
Greene
Buddy Walker
Greene Brown
Hill
Ferriss
Records Fall In NAIA Track and Field Meet
Four more records fell at the NAIA championships as Saturday night reached halfway. Walter Johnson 440 in 46.3 seconds. Major Adams 880 in 1 50.8. Tony Conkle shot put 55 feet 7.42 inches. Ralph Boston hop, step and jump 48 feet 10.75 inches. Robert Hayes tied 220 yard dash NAIA record in 21.00 seconds.
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Lew Ferguson Sioux Fales
S.D
Walter Johnson
North Carolina College
Robert McMurray
Morgan State
Major Adams
Texas Southern
Ted Nelson
Mankato
Minn
Tony Conkle
Laverne
Calif
Dick Verdon
Redlands
Ralph Boston
Tennesse A&i
Godfrey Moore
Winston-Salem
N.C
Robert Hayes
Florida A&m
Stone Johnson
Grambling
Fred Shaffer
Whitworth
Wash
Ian Stewart
Lamar Tech
Soviet Cabinet orders expanded foreign language study
Moscow reports that the Soviet government directed on Saturday that foreign language instruction be improved. Tass said a cabinet decision requires all school children to speak a foreign language and that higher students should have free command of a foreign language at graduation.
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Moscow
Asia
Latin America
Tass
New Warrants In Fix Probe
Raleigh North Carolina AP Solitor Lester V. Chalmers Jr announced that war rants have been sent to New York for Aaron Wagman and Bob Kraw in a bribery fix probe. A third unnamed man and more warrants are expected next week as the investigation expands to North Carolina State College players Terry Litchfield and Anton Muehlbauer.
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Raleigh
N.C
Lester _V. Chalmers Jr
New York
Aaron Wagman
Bob Kraw
Terry Litchfield
Anton Muehlbauer
North Carolina State College
Chalmers
Cuban boxer Josef Rigores dies after ring KO in New York
Cuban bantamweight Josef Rigores, 25, died after a knockout defeat last Monday and four days in a coma. It marks the third U S ring fatality of the year, following June 8 in St Nicholas Arena where Tommy Pacheco died from a brain injury. Rigores had fought all pro bouts in the United States after entering the country 70 months ago.
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New York
Josef Rigores
U.S
Rigores
Tommy Pacheco
St. Nicholas Arena
St. Nicks
Anselmo Castillo
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Eisenhower Criticism of Castro Prisoners Exchange
Republican associates say former President Eisenhower views Castro's swap of 500 tractors for 1,200 Cuban prisoners as setting a bad international precedent. Milton Eisenhower joins a fundraising committee at Kennedy's urging, while Castro has not yet replied to the exchange plan estimated at 15 million dollars.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Republican Associates
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Castro
U. S
White House
Snead and Demaret Lead Canada Cup Competition
Sam Snead shot 70 on a windy day to keep a six stroke lead in the individual Canada Cup. Jimmy Demaret added 74 as the U S team built an eight stroke lead over Australia at Dorado Beach Puerto Rico after 34 holes.
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Dorado Beach
P.R
Sam Snead
Jimmy Demaret
United States
Snead
Ben Arda
Philippines
Peter Thomson
Australia
Arda
Thomson
U.S
Demaret
Kel Nagie
Lookouts Swap Batting Lead In Hot Race
Two Chattanooga infielders swapped the Southern Association batting lead with Norm Gigon at .356, overtaking Wayne T at .354 after May 31 games. Birmingham outfielder Stan Palys stood third at .347, while Gene Marinacci and Cal Emery led the home run race with 11. Pitcher Howie Koplitz had a 7-0 record. Warren Hacker led ERA at 1.57 followed by Jack Smith.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Norm Gigon
Wayne T
Birmingham
Stan Palys
Gene Marinacci
Atlanta
Cal ‘Emery
Howie Koplitz
Warren Hacker
Jack Smith
Junior Golf Meet at Vestavia Set for June 12 14
The 6th annual Alabama Golf Association junior meet will be held at Vestavia Country Club from June 12 to 14. Defending champion David Outland of Vestavia cannot compete this year due to age limit.
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Birmingham
Alabama Golf Association
Vestavia Country Club
David Outland
Vestavia
Griffith Ortega Set for Welterweight Title Bout
World champion Emile Griffith of New York weighed 145 pounds and Gaspar Ortega of Tijuana scaled 146 pounds for their 15 round welterweight title fight at the Olympic Auditorium Saturday night.
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Los Angeles
Emile Griffith
New York
Gaspar Ortega
Tijuana
Mexico
Olympic Auditorium
Chattanooga Leads In Batting Fielding And ERA
The report notes 1.71 and Johnny Seale of Birmingham at 1.85 in the figures. Chattanooga posted strong team numbers with a .285 batting average, .975 fielding percentage, and an earned run average of 3.89, the lowest among teams.
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Johnny Seale
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Faulk Takes Lead In Women's Western Open Golf
Mary Lena Faulk, a Sea Island professional, shot 67 on Saturday to surge ahead of Betsy Rawls in the $7,500 Women's Western Open. Faulk's 54-hole total reached 217, three strokes better than Rawls, with Wright and Smith tied for third at 223. Amateur Polly Riley posted a 233 after a 75, as final round set for Sunday at Bell Meade Country Club.
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Nashville, Tenn
Mary Lena Faulk
Sea Island
Betsy Rawls
Miss Rawls
Spartanburg
S. C
Miss Faulk
Probable Pitchers for AL and NL Matchups
A list of probable starting pitchers for midweek games across the American and National Leagues. Notable matchups include Pascual versus Lary in Detroit, Kaat against Detroit, Perry and Hawkins for Cleveland, Williams against Jones in the west, and multiple doubleheader style entries with mixed lineups and current win loss records.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Pascual
Kaat
Detroit
Lary
Bruce
Los Angeles
Kline
Casale
Cleveland
Perry
Hawkins
New York
Stafford
Chicago
Pierce
Baltimore
Barber
Boston
Conley
Kansas City
Archer
Washington
Hobaugh
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Rawls
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Spahn
Ferrarese
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Cardwell
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