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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
6
Los Angeles Angels beat Minnesota 7-5 as Lee Thomas homered twice to power a three-run sixth inning. The win tightens the Angels’ chase of the Yankees while Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City and Boston also won in a busy AL schedule.
Kansas State basketball coach Tex Winter underwent treatment for a cornea ulcer at Kansas University Medical Center. Winter's wife Nancy drove him to Kansas City from Manhattan after a week of eye infection concerns. Publicist Paul Deweese said his condition was reported good and doctors did not specify hospital stay length.
San Francisco snapped a six game slide by sweeping Cincinnati 2-1 and 7-5, pulling within one game of the Dodgers. Juan Marichal earned the win in the opener and Orlando Cepeda drove in four runs with two homers in the nightcap as the Giants erased the deficit and the Dodgers' lead narrowed.
Scattered results list Milwaukee 14 Los Angeles 2 Houston 3 New York 2 St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 2. Tomorrow’s games feature Pittsburgh at Chicago Los Angeles at Milwaukee San Francisco at Cincinnati New York at Houston and Philadelphia at St. Louis. Tuesday results show Detroit over New York 7 1 Minnesota over Boston 4 Baltimore over Kansas City 4.
The Big Five Conference athletic directors voted to curb bench and crowd behavior after fan and bench conduct at basketball games drew concern. Executive director Tom Hamilton said the trend had not been for the better and the group aims to improve sportsmanship across all events.
Michigan and Florida State remained unbeaten in the College World Series as they won to stay in the winner’s bracket. Bobel and Davis earned key relief wins for Michigan and Florida State, while Santa Clara used Bob Balardi’s 1 hit relief to beat Missouri in 12 innings.
Chicago Packers announce dismissal of head coach Jim Pollard and offer him a role as assistant to General Manager Frank Lane, a move unlikely to be accepted. The team will relocate the 1962-63 home games to the Chicago Coliseum from the International Amphitheatre.
Brazil, defending champion, is favored to beat Chile in the semifinals in Santiago while Yugoslavia is preferred over Czechoslovakia for the other semifinal in nearby Vina Del Mar.
St Louis AP reports 40 year old Minnie Minoso refuses fear after injuries from a Busch Stadium wall crash. He sits in an empty locker while rehabbing a fractured head and wrist, on the disabled list, hopeful to rejoin the team. Ed Charles of the Athletics posted 13 homers and a .305 average for Vancouver last season.
Lew Burdette, returning from an ankle injury, pitched a strong game as the Milwaukee Braves routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 15 to 2. The win tightens the Dodgers’ grip on first place in the NL to one game over San Francisco after the Giants swept a doubleheader. Burdette credited his improved control and pace, noting the big early lead made the job easier.
Neil Roush, the No. 1 Wichita tennis singles player, departs for Palo Alto to compete in the NCAA tournament opening Monday at Stanford. He carries an 18-1 record for Wichita A. in the 1962 season.
All American Tom Stith relearns basketball after 14 months sidelined by tuberculosis. He joined a rookie camp with about a dozen peers for the New YorkKnickerbockers as the NBA season nears.
A compassionate general composed the plaintive bugle call Taps in July 1862 amid a lull in Civil War fighting. The tune later became a somber military tradition and is associated with honoring fallen soldiers.
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