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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1960
Page
9
In Chicago Art Ditmar and Casey Stengel led a splashy night as players waved sparklers to rival the White Sox scoreboard fireworks. Mantle hit his 13th homer in the eighth and sparked further celebrations from the bullpen with multiple pyrotechnics.
Milwaukee Braves rally behind Al Spangler’s timely single Friday night to beat the St Louis Cardinals 3 2. Bob Buhl earned his sixth win in relief while Curt Blefary’s glove play and Brunet’s 12 strikeouts couldn’t stave off a late unearned run.
National and American leagues list top hitters and pitchers. Frank Banks and Willie Mays lead NL home runs with 17 and 16, while Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle are among top AL sluggers. Pitching leaders include Don Williams and Whitey Ford with strong win totals and low ERAs.
Lubbock Auto Club nips Abernathy 2-1 in a seventh inning rally as David Whiteside gains the win. Mike Ritchey singles and steals, Balch scores on a misplayed throw, and Abernathy strands runners in scoring positions. Brown pitched well for Abernathy.
Ted Williams homered for his 500th career shot to break a 1-1 tie and lift Boston to a 3-1 victory over Cleveland. The Splendid Splinter connected in the third inning off Wynn Hawkins, scoring Willie Tasby after a single. Frank Sullivan pitched seven strong innings, limiting Cleveland to four hits and earning the win as Harvey Kuenn scored for the Indians. Williams received a standing ovation and the ball was kept as a souvenir by an usher.
Dan Doboscek drove in two runs with a double and a homer to lift the Washington Senators to a 3-1 win over Kansas City. Bill Fischer earned the victory in relief, tying his record at 2-2 while limiting the A’s to four hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings. Camilo Pascual and John Doe beat Ray Herbert earlier this season.
Anton’s Ronnie Biffle, Texas state champion in high and low hurdles, competes in the National High School track meet in Los Angeles starting at 1:30 p.m. California time. Fellow Texans Larry Rhodes and Lou Gunter, both state champions, also race while others from Texas enter shot put and related events.
Snyder High School promotes V V Shearburn from B team line coach to line coach of the starting eleven joining head coach John Conley. Horace Bostick returns as back field coach. Dick Hayes quarterback, named to the all state school boy second team, signs to meet Texas Tech in the fall. Snyder finished 5-5 last season with a 3-1 district record, tying for the district championship with Lamesa and Sweetwater. Lamesa represented the district in the bi district round after a coin flip. Snyder lost to Breckenridge 22-20 last season.
The legend centers on a legendary Atlan tis island said to lie in the Atlantic near the Strait of Gibraltar. Some think it may have existed, while others believe early explorers mistook the coast of America for Atlantis. The tale holds that it eventually sank.
Qualifying for the Lubbock Country Club club championship starts today and runs through June 26, with medalist qualifying on June 26. The event opens Monday the 27th with match play and runs through July 4, when finals are scheduled. Raymond Marshall is the defending champion. A Junior tournament with three age groups shares qualifying days, and Father and Son day Sunday features alternating shots in a medal Scotch format.
Burgundy won the Smoky Bear allowance feature at Ruidoso as an eight year old mare, taking the lth race. Hurrikate finished second and Beaula Faye in the show spot.
A horse racing slate lists races one through nine with details on purses 9250 and 25 percent allowances. Entries include Dream, Hootch, Lady, First Call, Palomino Joe, Animal Bue, Poncho Whiz, Rocket By, Tonto Joe, and others with jockeys and weights noted. An aside mentions an unmarked grave of the sole signer of the Declaration buried in Manhattan, Francis Lewis, at Trinity Churchyard.
Box score shows Lubbock Auto defeating Abernethy 2 to 1 with pitching by Whiteside in relief and Ritchey driving in a run. Errors and stolen-base attempts appear in the scattered play during a tightly contested nine-inning affair.
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