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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1961

Page

6

Twins Back in the AL Lead Chase With Big Wins

Twins ride solid starts by Camilo Pascual and Pedro Ramos to reel off four straight wins keeping them within four games of Detroit. Harman Killebrew drives offense as Minnesota climbs to third and gains on the Tigers while San Francisco leads the NL.

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Baseball and basketball results and schedules from Associated Press

Major league standings show San Francisco leading the NL with 18 wins, 8 losses, and Los Angeles at 18 13. AL and NL schedules list Monday games including Minnesota at Chicago and Detroit at Baltimore. Tuesday games include Cincinnati at Philadelphia and Milwaukee at Los Angeles with rain in St Louis.

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Gambling Scandal Hits North Carolina Colleges

In Raleigh AP reports a statewide betting scandal touches two NC state schools. NC State coach Everett Case calls for a truce as three players face bribe charges in the point shaving scheme linked to UNC and Duke games. District warrants target New York conspirator Joseph Green amid ongoing probes. Gov. Sanford urges de emphasis of major college basketball.

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Notre Dame Football Shows Signs Of Spring Improvement

Notre Dame, after a 2-8 season in 1960, shows optimism as sophomores emerge. Coach Jace Kuharich highlights rookies Frank Budka Lamonica Snowden Costa Pfeiffer MacDonald Phillips Lehmann Olosky Cullen and others, with a 50-7 spring game win over the oldtimers.

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Funeral services held for Conder Ray Russellville coach

Funeral services for Conder Pete Ray, Russellville High School football and baseball coach, were held Monday in Hackleburg Alabama. Ray, 37, was found dead in his car near Phil Campbell, with death attributed to a heart attack by Franklin County Coroner Tooney Malone. Ray, a Hackleburg native who moved to Russellville in 1952 after coaching at Hamilton, played football in high school. The girls City Softball League will not open tonight due to an unready park, with plans to start a week from tonight. Elkmont independent baseball seeks teams to play.

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Pony League Opens With Orioles Defeating Indians 13 4

The Pony League opener at West Town Field saw the Orioles beat the Indians 13 to 4 with Harry Lewis earning the win and L White taking the loss. Today at West Town Field the Red Legs face the Tigers at 4 45 p m and the Yankees meet the White Sox at 7 30 p m.

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De Emphasis Plan To Be Presented To University Board

The cio chairman of the university board said he understood a de emphasis plan would be presented to the group Monday.

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Mathews Sparks Braves With Home Runs Against Dodgers

Ed Mathews returned to form for the Milwaukee Braves, blasting two homers in a 7-5 win over the Dodgers as his season average rose to .378 with a 14 game hitting streak. Lew Burdette earned the win, driving in three Braves runs, while San Francisco defeated Chicago 14-1 behind Cepeda and Alou.

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Barons Seize First in LA Race as Nashville Rally Tops Shreveport

Joe Christian crushed his first homer of the season with the bases loaded in the fifth to lift Nashville to a 12 10 win over Shreveport. The Vols moved into fifth ahead of Sports while Birmingham topped Atlanta 11 2 and Little Rock beat Chattanooga 6 5 in 10 innings.

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Interested Parties Invite Contact for Decatur Daily Ad

Readers may reach Winford Turner of The Decatur Daily or James Turner of the Dr. Pepper Bottling Co in Athens for information. Dates and details are not provided in the readable text.

Winford Turner The Decatur Daily James Turner Dr. Pepper Bottling Co Athens

Gordon Tries Managing Team From Press Box

Gordon managed the Kansas City Athletics from the press box during a 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels. He described a trial of relaying directions by telephone and noted improved sightlines on fielding, hitting, and rookie Dick Howser’s defense from above.

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Major League Crowds Down Across Baseball Season

Major league baseball attendance dipped 17 percent through Sundays games with a total of 2,742,219 versus 3,291,482 last year. Minnesota Twins led the American League with 211,097 at home, while the Los Angeles Angels ranked second with 135,280 in Los Angeles.

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Nieder Admits He Flopped Badly As A Pro Boxer

Olympian Bill Nieder confessed he flopped in his boxing debut at the Alhambra Boxing Club in Philadelphia. The Santa Monica native, 26, was knocked out in the first round by Jim Wiley, who stopped Nieder at 2:10 of the round with Nieder failing to land a punch.

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