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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1961
Page
3
Mickey Mantle belts three homers to power the New York Yankees past Leon Minnesota in game one 7 8 in 16 innings and then hits his 43rd of the season in game two to seal a 3 2 win. Joe Reichler notes Detroit splits with Cleveland as division race tightens. Dodgers take first from Reds in a close tussle while St Louis and San Francisco win.
In Slytheville Arkansas Sonny Methvin and Charles Lewis of Little Rock captured the King Cotton four ball amateur golf tourney with a 17 under par 18. They outpaced Missouri pair by six strokes. Tom Hoover of Popular Bluff and Ken Lanning of Rolla finished second at 205. J D Byrne and Roy Williams of Charleston Missouri were third with 210.
Fullmer retained his middleweight crown with a 15 round split decision over Cuba’s Florentino Fernandez in West Jordan Utah. An elbow injury suffered in the fight’s 6th round left Fullmer with a numb arm but he fought through pain and juries to keep the title.
The Lookouts extended their lead in the Southern Association to 24 games after sweeping the Bears in Chattanooga. They won 2-3 in the final game of the series and also beat Little Rock 75, while Macon and Shreveport split a doubleheader with Atlanta postposing a game due to wet grounds. Shreveport and Macon split, with the Peaches taking the first 7-5 and Sports 4-2 in the nightcap. Bob Micelotta hit a pivotal two-run homer in the seventh for Chattanooga.
Eye swelling and knuckle swelling marked a rugged defense by Fullmer in his National Boxing Association title bout. He earned the decision on points after a tough matchup with Fernandez, a fight that tested his durability at age 30 and left some fans convinced he could have lost.
High school stars start week with heat hampering prep for Saturday's All-Star football and basketball games. West players jammed a 2,000 pound elevator at the University of Arkansas Medical Center dormitory, were stuck for over an hour, and were freed by a repairman. A West football player was sent by plane to the Little Rock infirmary after an erroneous routing. Quarterbacks abound with position shuffles planned, and East defenders prepare for West scorers Jerry Rook and Tom Davis. Basketball at Barton Coliseum Saturday afternoon. football at War Memorial Stadium Saturday night.
AP fight results list bouts across Ogden West Jordan and Seoul with outpoints and knockouts. Names include Gene Fuller Florentino Fernandez Duilio Loi Christian Christiensen Kang Sae Chul Takeo Maemizo and Leo Esping among others with multiple entries from Manila Stockholm and Denmark. The page also reports 114 entries in a Hempstead wildlife fishing derby and lists prize winners and top catches by name.
CARAWAY Arkansas AP Oscou fa beat Rector 4 Sunday to win the state semi pro baseball championship and clinch the title.
The Mississippi football game on September 23 at Jackson will be televised nationally as the week’s game, announced by the American Broadcasting Co. on Saturday.
The Little Rock Boys Club captured the first Arkansas AAC Junior Olympics swimming championship, finishing with 315 points at Lone Course. Monticello, Fort Smith, Springdale, and other clubs scored, with LRBO earning top honors Saturday.
Osceola represented the state in Wichita Kansas on August 18 and clinched the final game with three late homers. Dean Waggner delivered a three-run shot in the sixth, Doug Medlin added a two-run homer in the seventh, and Robert White hit a two-run homer in the ninth. Harry Taylor pitched a four-hit performance, allowing only four hits as Redae scored all its runs in the first inning.
Dodgers nipped Cubs 11 in Chicago to edge Cincinnati by one percentage point for the NL lead, while the Reds clung to a game-and-a-half edge after a split with Pittsburgh. Vada Denson homered in the 10th to lift Cincinnati in the second game. St. Louis swept Philadelphia. San Francisco edged Milwaukee. New York opened a 2 1/2 game AL lead after a 15 inning win over Minnesota. Chicago, Boston and Baltimore split or were postponed in varied fashion. Pirates pounded Cincinnati 10 hits with Clemente and Hoak homering. Pinson’s 10th inning steal and score provided the decisive run.
Walnut Ridge won the junior state American Legion baseball tournament unbeaten, defeating Helena 8-3 in the final. Helena made eight errors, while Helena pitcher Billy Gray threw two costly third pitches that produced runs. Earlier Helena beat North Little Rock 10-9 to complete a comeback after an early loss in the double elimination event. Gray pitched eight innings for North Little Rock and earned the win. he also started Walnut Ridge’s final, taking the loss. Charles Hayes pitched seven innings for Walnut Ridge, allowing seven hits and driving in a run with a single.
Big Frank Toward and Maury Wills led the Dodgers with a 42 hit assault against three Chicago pitchers. Toward homered tripled and doubled driving in four, while Wills collected three hits including his first major league homer in three years and scored four times. Johnny Podres earned the win as the Dodgers swept three defences. Mally Alou contributed two RBIs with a single and homer as the Giants claimed third place over Milwaukee. Juan Marichal won his third straight, aided by Stu Miller, as the Giants beat the Braves. Ray Sadecki pitched four strong innings as St. Louis beat Philadelphia behind a key catching showing from Card Sawatski in a later game. Sawatski hit a pinch homer and delivered a bases-loaded single in the ninth to seal a double victory.
San Diego exhibition results show AFL action with Dallas beating Minnesota 38 to 13 and Chicago defeating Monument 34 to 16. Dallas also routed New York 99 to 2 while other AFL and NFL games reflected mixed outcomes on this Saturday.
Franklin Square New York AP reports Bill Hunling, a handyman, identified by his car’s noisy muffler, was among four burglary victims on Sunday. Police say he alerted others by hearing the burglar’s cat, then reported the robber, leading to his arrest on burglary charges.
In a four inning tilt Walnut Ridge led early but Helena surged ahead in the fourth. Helena tallied two runs in the final frame to beat North Little Rock 11 to 9 in the fast losers bracket, with key hits from Richard Sands Ken Hatfield Liddie Crouch and Bill Gray.
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