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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1961
Page
23
Nellie Fox singled but was denied scoring the potential winning run. Boston won 7-6 in 11 innings on a homer, while Jim Landis of the White Sox watches the play.
Don Zimmer hit a solo homer with a man aboard in the 11th inning to lift the Chicago Cubs past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4. Frank Thomas and Ernie Banks also homered. Don Elston got the win as Chicago pulled away after a 4-4 tie in the sixth.
Three players remain knotted atop the Houston Golf Classic after Peter Thomson faltered late. Ken Venturi and Tommy Bolt catch a two-stroke swing, sharing the 54-hole lead at Memorial Park as Arnold Palmer and others chase a potential playoff.
Pumpsie Green led off the 11th with a homer as Boston beat Chicago 7-6 at Comiskey Park. Pete Runnels and Gary Geiger hit two run shots, J C Martin tied it with a two run homer in the ninth, Ted Wills earned the win while Turk Lown took the loss after a chaotic ninth inning.
AP Sports writes Frank Crawford notes Boston and Chicago errors and homers in a high scoring game. Wills earned the win with relief while Fornieles pitched. Attendance reached 5,480.
The Baltimore Orioles won 5 3 behind Gus Triandos two run homer in the eighth. Jackie Brandt hit a crucial two run blast in the seventh to tie the nightcap 5 5 before rain halted play. the second game was ruled a tie and will be replayed. Brandt homered twice on the night, his second homer of the game, as Baltimore erased a 5 1 New York lead after Bill Skowron’s grand slam.
In St Paul Minnesota Twins beat the Washington Senators 5 to 4 in the 10th inning on Zoilo Versalles sacrifice fly with bases loaded. Battey opened the 10th by scoring after a bunt and a Dodger-like sequence before Versalles delivered the game winner off Dave Sisler. Bill Pleis picked up the win, Hernandez the loser.
Carl Burris of Leaksville won the 40 lap modified and sportsman stock car feature at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem. Burris led from the first lap in a modified Chevrolet built by Jimmy Scearce and held off Glenn Wood of Stuart, Virginia. Wood’s three race-winning streak at the stadium ended as Fuzzy Clift, Ken Rush, and Pee Wee Jones followed. A crowd of 2,200 watched the six event program, part of weekly spring and summer racing.
Wake Forest's Black team led by Alan White and Rudelitsch litsch and passers Bridwell and Smith rout the Gold 47 to 7 in the annual spring gridiron game at the college field. The Blacks press with 18 first downs to eight, forcing seven Gold fumbles and converting early drives into scores.
High Point star W B Wheat Miller carded his first on a 178 yard hole third at Lexington CC using a five iron. He teamed with Jack Hawks Ken Johnson and Herb Bryant as spectators noted his calm after a seven on the next two holes.
Lena Faulk of Sea Island Georgia shot 69 to take a 36 hole lead at the Babe Zaharias Open in Beaumont Texas with a 141 total. Mickey Wright Dallas added 72 to stand one stroke back at 142 while Louise Suggs Atlanta matched Faulk’s 69 to reach 143 and Patty Berg and Kathy Whitworth tied for fourth at 146.
Results from several leagues show Richmond defeating Syracuse by 12 runs while Winston-Salem edged Durham and Wilson beat Greensboro. Buffalo and the Toronto and Salt Lake City games were postponed by rain, with Denver defeating Indianapolis 5 2 and Raleigh taking a 4 1 win over Burlington.
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