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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1961
Page
10
The piece notes Mantle and Maris revive interest in baseball, while writers and fans fear Ruth’s record would end media buzz. It highlights publicity dynamics of baseball, the M-Squad era, and the sport’s year round visibility, with contrast to football and basketball. It also reports on North Carolina Duckpin Association rankings and local bowling honors.
New York opens a three game set with the White Sox led by Whitey Ford pursuing a 15th consecutive victory to set a Yankee record. Mantle and Maris chase 60 and 16 home runs as the season race tightens with AL and NL results noted around the league.
In Chicago Kenny Lane 145 outpoints T. J. Jones 147 in ten rounds. In Oakland Carl Olson 17742 outpoints Roque Maravilla 178 in ten rounds in a second pro bout.
AL pennant chase tightens as Orioles cling to slim hopes with six games left against the Yankees and seven with Detroit. New York leads Detroit by 3 1/2 games with Baltimore 11 back, while schedule heat tests each club’s both road and home record.
In a tight NL pennant race moment, the Dodgers chose to walk the .122 hitter Alex Grammas with two on and two out in the second, only to see Ernie Broglio respond with a five hit shutout and a two run single to power St. Louis past L A 5-0. Cincinnati moved closer with a Reds split night while Milwaukee and Chicago won big.
Mack McCullough pitched Lex ington to an 8-2 win over Statesville to widen the lead in the WCL standings. Lexington moved 22 games ahead of Statesville and Salisbury in the second half chase as Salisbury notched a 21-1 rout of Newton-Conover. Shelby swept Belmont 1-0 and 7-6 as Statesville, Belmont, and Salisbury prepare for rematches. Gruber contributed three of Lexington’s nine hits.
American League standings shown with New York leading at 77 wins and 39 losses. Detroit and Baltimore follow, with Cleveland and Boston in the middle of the pack. Monday results include Los Angeles defeating Washington 5 1 and Minnesota beating Kansas City 6 2.
The column shows team records and percentages for Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco Milwaukee Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. Schedule notes include Cincinnati at Los Angeles St Louis at San Francisco Pittsburgh at Milwaukee Philadelphia at Chicago and St Louis at San Francisco with two notation N for neutral site games.
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