Balks and Spite Drive Umpire Talk in Baseball Rows
UPI report notes NL players question if umpires call balks to spite Warren Giles. The piece cites balk rule lore, trades, and comments from figures like Pat Friday and Don Leppert moves, plus notes on Bud Daley, Gordy Coleman, Bobby Wine, and other 1950s baseball events and personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Richman
NEW York
UPI
National League
League
Warren Giles
Giles
Kansas City
Red River Trout Opening Draws Cold Frosty Big Catches
The Red River area welcomed opening day of trout season with many anglers reporting limits of 8 to 12 inches, while 15 to 25 inch “outsiders” stocked fish drew standout catches. Vendors like Dexter Walthall sold 109 fishing licenses over the weekend as frigid nights gave way to clear, warming days and notable improvements around Red River canyon facilities.
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Red River
New Mexico
Dexter Walthall
Walthall
New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish
Red River Trout Assn
Eagle Nest
Rio Grande
Red River Canyon
Cero
Questa
Rio Grande River
Fellow pros expect slam by Nicklaus
The piece notes Nicklaus may complete a grand slam of all major golf championships, with Masters already in hand. Reporters say Palmer unlikely to reach the feat, while Nicklaus shows power and accuracy, though wind could challenge him in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicklaus
Oscar Fraley
New York
UPI
Fraley
Jack Nicklaus
Ohio
Arnold Palmer
George Bayer
Yankees Face Fifth-Place Challenge Early Season
Yankees manager Ralph Houk says New York has its best club in years despite a 12-12 start tying them for fifth in the American League. Orioles boss Billy Hitchcock says the Yankees are the team to beat but vulnerable, noting solid lineup and starters yet concerns on the bullpen and second-line pitching. Mantle and Maris absence cited as a factor in early struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Friday
Detroit
Billy Freehan
Red Sox
Ted Williams
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bud Daley
Yankees
Orange
Calif
Baltimore
Ralph Houk
New York Yankees
Billy Hitchcock
Baltimore Orioles
Houk
Hitchcock
Orioles
Yanks
Whitey Ford
Ralph Terry
Stan Williams
Bill Stafford
Hal Reniff
Ford
Mickey
Ronald Bohls Named Coach At St. Peter's
Ronald K. Bohls 26 a St. Ambrose College graduate and former All District NAIA star is named head basketball and baseball coach at St. Peter's High School. He succeeds Art Martinez who led the basketball team to the state tournament in two of the past three years.
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Roswell
Ronald K.bohls
St. Ambrose College
St. Peter’s High School
Bohls
Art Martinez
St. Peter's
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Ken MacKenzie
Mets
Yale University
Harry Bright
Reds
Cincinnati
Fred Hutchinson
Gordy Coleman
Scheffing
San Francisco Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Don Leppert
Washington Senators
Bobby Wine
Phillies
Vic Wertz
Tigers
South Plains Sports
Leo Htames
Red River Pass
H. C. Lewis
Lubbock
Falcon Lake
Ray Creel
Falcon
Lakefront
State Park
Texas
Mexico
Creel
Falcon State Park
South Plains
Lake Brownwood
Sam Lindley
Kirkland
Roy Cannon
Abernathy
J. V. Newton
Harold Newton
Petersburg
Hoyt Robertson
Robert Williamson
Sudan
F. P. King
Route C
Lamesa
Nick‘laus
Britain
Moore
Archie Moore
Archie
Allen Thomas
Henry Armstrong
Doug Jones
Cassius Clay
Lipscomb
Big Daddy Lipscomb
Baltimore Colts
Giants
Bib Daddy
Bob Hope
Betsy Palmer
Watson's
Watson ® Furniture CO
Lot
13Th Street
Dial
AVVO
Ronald Bohls
St. Peter’s
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