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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1962
Page
10
Don Demeter and John Callison homered as the Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5, snapping Cardinals seven game win streak. Phillies piled 12 hits and defeated former teammate Curt Simmons for the first time in nine tries.
In Huntsville Alabama low score in Monday’s qualifying round of the Alabama State Golf Association junior championship was 74 amid rainy conditions.
Among Decatur players and their qualifying scores Monday at Decatur Country Club were Mark Berrigan 81, Joe Morris 92, Dick Fleming 93, Sandy Ruark 95, Mathew Power 106, and George Jones 110.
Don Meyer of Birmingham and Wayne Downey of Gadsden tied at 74 to lead medal play. Downey won a playoff with par on the first hole while Meyer carded bogey. Defending champion R B McLendon did not play the qualifying round, planning to face Elvis Larkin in round two.
Ford Motor Co withdraws from an Automotive Manufacturers Association pact banning racing participation. Henry Ford II says racing is a major spectator sport and Ford prefers cars that win races. Chrysler GM and AMC issue mixed reactions as the five year old ban becomes inoperative.
In a 4-3 Phillies victory Callison delivered a three-run pinch hit homer in the seventh to decide the game. Jack Hamilton (4-5) earned the win as Dick Stuart hit two Pirates homers, including a first-inning solo and a three-run shot in the sixth, while Joe Gibbon claimed the win. The Mets beat the Colts in the latest chapter of their NL rivalry as Al Jackson allowed seven hits. Brazil is the sole South American nation with Portuguese as the native language.
Yankees defeated the Indians 8-2 Monday night at West Town Field. Willing pitcher Hoover. loser Sparks. Yankees had six hits to Indians four. Bethune led with a double and single, Dukes added two singles, Bolton a double. Victory ties Yankees for first with the White Sox.
Major League Leaders list top performers by batting and pitching thresholds. Rollins leads with 80 hits and 356 at bats for Minnesota, while Robinson of Chicago drives 44 RBIs and 21 doubles. Green and Cunningham pace runs and doubles. Gentile homers lead with 16. Pitching leader Donovan of Cleveland earns $2,800 decisions, with Foytack and Stenhouse tied for wins and high strikeout totals led by Pascual.
Statistics listed show season leaders by team and player across at bats runs RBIs hits doubles triples home runs stolen bases and pitching decisions strikeouts. Notable names include Mays Alou Cepeda Davis Wills and Koufax with high counts and strong averages.
The Associated Press standings show Los Angeles leading the National League with a 43 1 record, followed by San Francisco 40 21 and Pittsburgh 22 21. Cincinnati and Milwaukee linger in the middle, while New York and Chicago scramble. Monday results include Pittsburgh 6 Chicago, Philadelphia 6 St Louis 5, New York 3 Houston and San Francisco postponed at Cincinnati due to rain. Today’s games feature Los Angeles at Milwaukee, New York at Houston, Philadelphia at St Louis, and Pittsburgh at Chicago. American League standings show tight races with Minnesota, Cleveland, and Baltimore among the leaders. several games are scheduled for today. A Confederate-era aside notes a satirical line about goober peas and peanuts.
AP reporting from Oakmont Pa says Gene Littler rides strong form into the 62nd U S Open with Gary Middlecoff backing him as the favorite. Arnold Palmer suffers a finger gash in a freak accident while defending his title and battling illness. Littler aims to become the first back to back Open champion since Ben Hogan in 1950 51 following his Clinton Golf Classic win.
Alabama coach Paul Bryant led a two day football clinic in Tuscaloosa with over six coaches who played for Bryant in college. The group voted to make the gathering annual and to extend it to four days next year.
Montgomery Alabama AP Norman Perry the Los Angeles star who recently won two Alabama tournaments is expected to be seeded in the Blue Gray tennis tournament. The event opens today at Montgomery Country Club weather permitting. Perry last month captured the Birmingham Invitational title and returned Sunday to win the singles title in the Dixieland.
Orioles beat Yankees 5-3 as Boog Powell was hit in the head and carried off. Ralph Houk attempted to swing at Billy Hitchcock after a benches-clearing incident sparked by Roger Maris and field tensions. Gentile homered to lead Baltimore, Roberts earned win, Daley took loss.
New York AP reports Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle face the same 50-homer drought pattern seen before Babe Ruth. Through 52 games this year Maris has 10 homers versus 18 last year, while Mantle, out with a leg injury, has seven homers.
An estimate indicates 3.5 million people abandoned farming between 1940 and 1950, moving to urban areas as the United States reshaped its demographic balance after World War II.
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