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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1961

Page

15

Eagles State Pin Meet enters final weekend limelight

Polonic predicts a disruptive finish as top bowlers chase higher scores than 1960 Akron winners. He notes Larry Hosey leads with 2 095 total pins across events, with three majors trailing last year’s marks. Seventeen cities will compete with shifts at 5 and 7 30 p m Saturday and 9 11 a m 1 3 and 5 p m Sunday for doubles and singles.

John Polonic Polonic Eagles Akron Larry Hosey Bucyrus Cleveland G. Vrean

Franklin Dominates Five-Wteam Track Meet in Dayton Area

Franklin defeats four rivals led by riders Rhodus and Carmack with 10 event wins and scores 74 1 3 to 35 1 2 for Little Miami. New Vienna, Springboro, Fenwick trail as Franklin sweeps sprints, relays, throws, and jumps.

Franklin Cat Cindermen Little Miami Springboro New Vienna Fenwick Lamb Morris Pitts Pleasants Fry Carmack Vinord Watts Snider Rhodus Hawthorne White Hilton Harris Hefflin Pierce Haynes Dyas Whaley Richards Litle Miami Powell Creech New Miami Jones Thompson Snyder Steiner McDonough Riodus Bewolfe Figley Strumake Howard R. Stevens B. Stevens Wallace

Middletown Middies Rout Miamisburg in Big 11-2 Victory

Middletown baseball at Barnitz Field hammered Miamisburg 11 to 2 as pitchers Billy Truck and Crowe combined to limit the Burg to four hits. Shortstop Milt Pate and catcher Al Fugate each had three hits for the undefeated Middies who moved to 4-0 on the young season and completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-1 Jayvee win over Madison.

Middletown Middies Barnitz Field Miamisburg Milt Pate al Fugate Billys Truck Crowe Jayvees Madison Truck Fugate Westbold Hanson Stamm Thomas Kershner

Al Singer, Famed Boxer, Dies at 51 in New York

Al Singer, a colorful figure in boxing who competed during a era with stars like Sharkey Canzoneri and Rosenbloom, died of a heart attack at age 51 on Thursday. He had worked as a salesman for the past four years.

al Singer Boxer New York Jack Sharkey Primo Carmera Kid Chocolate Young Strimbling Jimmy McLarnin Tony Canzoneri Maxie Rosenbloom Singer

Yale track team features mixed South African, Venezuelan, Jamaican athletes

Traveling Thinkies lists Yale track members Johannes Gouws from Pretoria Burgert Roberts from Er mijo South Africa Robert Winter from Caracas Venezuela and Rod Weekes from Kingston Jamaica as part of the squad all competing in distances sprints throws and pole vault events with diverse national origins highlighted.

New Haven, Conn Johannes Gouws Pretoria South Africa Burgert Roberts Er‘mijo Yale Robert Winter Caracas Venezuela Rod Weekes

Bowling Scores and Results Across Leagues

OCR sports roundup lists individual bowler scores led by Art Spruance and Bil Crase with totals 639 and 8543 respectively. It covers multiple lanes, women and men divisions, and weekly results from Frontier Lanes, National Reds and Major Consolidated leagues with numerous team names and high game tallies.

Art Spruance Bil Crase George Lucas Don Eisele Ed Fabing Ora Marshall Don Dennis Bart Feinthel John Hatton Martha Davis Bonnie Barach Pat Paynter Gerry Gunderson Jenny Stem Mattie Sorrell Gail Medley Kay McCue Marge Sanders Elouise Davidson Betty Murphy Margie Moore Dean Dickerson Peg Wombold

Gibbys First Pin Champion Crowned Local Bowling Champs

Gibbys was crowned Middletown's first bowling champions of 1960-61 after winning the Central League title at Frontier Lanes. The team beat Wiedeman's in a roll off 2845 to 2770 with Harold Combs leading scoring for the victors at 216 193 211 620.

Gibby

Charley Noble Earns Outstanding Senior Athlete Honor

Germantown High honors Charley Noble 150 pound football and basketball star as outstanding senior athlete at an all-sports banquet in Camp Miami. Noble received the trophy from Mrs Paul Kelly, with three other seniors earning top awards including MVPs for football and basketball and a high scholastic prize for his cumulative grades.

Germantown Charley Noble Camp Miami Noble Paul Kelly Order of Eagles Germantown Eagles Bob Seither Ray Whitt Kent Southard Germantown High Bill Mulliken

Marichal First NL Pitcher Debut Lone-Hitter

Juan Marichal, a 21 year old righthander for the San Francisco Giants, became the first National League player to throw a lone-hitter in his major league debut. He allowed the Phillies only one hit in the game played on July 39.

Juan Marichal San Francisco Giant Marichal Phillies

Graham Blanks Chaminade 4-0 in tough loss

Fenwick right-hander Pat Graham pitched a two hit complete game to defeat Dayton Chaminade 4 to 0. Graham allowed two runs in eight innings and benefited from strong offense as Joe Hornback and Graham drove in three runs with timely singles.

Datyon Fenwick Pat Graham Dayton Chaminade Chaminade Doug Wessels Falcon Joe Hornback Graham Hornback Wessels Jones

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