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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
13
The report covers Tuesday results across Americas and International leagues with wins by New York and Cleveland, losses by St Louis, and a 3-2 Pirates victory over St Louis highlighted by Elroy Face stellar ninth inning. It notes a 3 hour 24 minute Braves game and a Pakistan rice crop record claimed at 9.8 million tons.
Tonight's slate includes AL matchups New York at Detroit Baltimore at Chicago Washington at Cleveland Kansas City at Boston, plus NL games St. Louis at Pittsburgh San Francisco at Milwaukee Los Angeles at Cincinnati Chicago at Philadelphia. Minor leagues list diverse regional clashes across leagues and towns.
Coach Bill Olsen of the University of New Hampshire said the team will train with a bounceless ball to curb excessive dribbling during tryouts. He discussed the issue at the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletics Assn coaching school.
Seventy five thousand fans are expected to watch the two sessions of the Olympic Games track and field tryouts at Stanford. The events are scheduled for July 1 and 2, according to athletic publicist Don Liebendorfer.
The page lists numerous 9 and 18 hole flight pairings across multiple Texas cities including Midland Lubbock Fort Worth Abilene Wichita Falls and Plainview. Matches feature players such as Mrs Paul Brown Judith Tradeway and Mrs Annie Hudson with flights scheduled from 12:50 to 8:15.
Leroy Satchel Paige the ageless baseball star signed with the Salina Bluejays of the Victory League. He said he joined to compete in the annual national semi pro tournament in Wichita beginning August 19. Paige, famed for his time with the Indians and Browns and earlier Negro leagues, confirms his age as 151.
Stirling Moss remains hospitalized in London with injuries from Belgian Grand Prix trials. Manager Ken Gregory said Moss does not have a broken back and will definitely race again, though likely not this year.
UPI reports attendance 31,892 paid, gross gate 824,814.07, theater TV receipts about 2 million, movie rights 200,000, radio rights 170,000, foreign radio 35,000, pre fight TV 85,000. Total receipts around 3.3 million. Each fighter purse estimated at 500,000.
Lubbock Auto takes over first in the central district with a 19th Legion baseball win over Plainview at Mackenzie Park. David Whiteside pitched a one hitter through seven, walking six and hit by pitch three, as Lubbock Auto tallyed four in the first and eight more in the third to pull away. Dement doubled and tripled, Balch and Johnson collected two hits each, and Knowles scored twice with solid fielding miscues aiding the rout. Plainview’s runs came on hits and walks, with Bryant’s late relief unable to stop the Avalanche.
City Athletics win their ninth straight to move to 10-2 as they rally in the eighth inning. Boston starter Daley yielded four runs on four hits and two walks before Bob Trowbridge finished the game. Throneberry and Williams hit homers as Kansas City bats totaled seven runs.
Promoter Norman Rothschild calls Jay Fullmer and Dickie DiVeronica evenly matched as they headline a 138 pound bout in Utica New York tonight. Both fighters chase their 20th victory as Carmen Basilio's protege DiVeronica and Gene Fullmer's brother meet in the ring.
Lackland Air Force Base airman Paul H. Stapper won the All Air Force High Power Rifle Championship with 974 of 1000. Staff Sgt. Richard H. Brown and Staff Sgt. William J. Maxwell, both from Lackland, finished close behind with 974 and 973 respectively after four days of matches.
Chicago White Sox rally in the ninth to beat Baltimore 4 3 as Jim Landis homers for the third time this season to snap a four game skid. Frank Baumann earns his fourth victory after a tense ninth inning stand against the Orioles. Brooks Robinson opened with a double for Baltimore before Baumann closed it out.
Cleveland pitcher Johnny Klippstein silenced Washington with three hits as Jim Grant earned his 13th straight win over the Senators. A two run double by Johnny Temple in the sixth erased a 4-3 deficit and sent the Indians to victory. Grant improves to 5-2, having dominated Washington in his major league career.
Winds gusting to 50 mph at Broadmoor Country Club pushed scores high in the NCAA qualifier. Purdue’s Gene Francis led with a 2 over 73 in windy conditions as 64 players qualified for match play from a 36 hole medal round.
In Stanford California Judy Eller of Miami and Jo Anne Gunderson of Seattle moved to the quarter finals of the ninth annual Women’s NCAA Golf Championships. Eller defeated Nancy Holmes 2-1 after a steady back nine while Gunderson outplayed Melinda Magly 2-1 with rounds of 39-39-78.
Jack Kearns, manager of light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, asked for a three or four week postponement of Moore's July 18 title defense in Toronto against Erich Schoppner. Moore needs weight reduction, having weighed about 195 pounds at his San Diego home and reaching 206 pounds for a May 25 bout with Willie Besmanoff in Indianapolis.
A brief note promotes a Reader's Digest piece in July on a strategy to focus on success. It claims the method helps in sports business and baking a cake, noting failure arises from tension tied to memory of past mistakes. Page 240. Adv
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