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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
8
Reds extend streak to 12 straight over the Phillies with a 7 2 and 10 4 twin bill. Gene Freese and Wally Post pace Cincinnati while Howie Nunn and Jim O Toole earn wins. Giants Cubs Dodgers Braves and Pirates win or split as NL race tightens.
Gene Freese blossomed into a solid regular for Cincinnati, totaling seven hits, a homer, a triple and a double to fuel a 7-2 and 10-0 sweep of Philadelphia. The wins push the Reds to a 12 straight over the Phils and two games up in the NL standings as Freese drives in runs and supplies key hits at Crosley Field.
Golf stars upstaged by youth as Gene Littler wins the United States Open in Birmingham Michigan with a one over par 281 on a demanding layout. Palmer, Player, and Snead had dominated majors recently while Sanders missed chances in the Masters style finish.
The Reds hold the Phillies to a one sided run of games with 13 straight wins and 27 total runs in three matchups. Cincinnati leads the league and enjoys a confident run against Philadelphia as fans recall past easy wins against Milwaukee.
Miami University mourns Vivian Chief Crawford class of 1917 who died in Washington Court House. Crawford, a standout fullback, was named to Miami’s all time team in 1952 and known as a veteran grid rooter on the Oxford campus.
The National League expansion committee will decide today on plans to supply the New York Mets and the Houston Colts with players for 1962. The plan, likely mirroring the American League approach used for Los Angeles and Washington, will be submitted to league owners for final approval.
Tecumseh standout John Hartke pitched six innings and allowed one hit to power the West All-Stars to a 2-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader, giving the West a 2-1 lead and the sixth annual all Ohio high school baseball title in Jet Stadium Columbus. Hartke retired 15 straight before Gary Smith of Akron Kenmore lined the lone hit.
Batting Del Rice of the Angels tied the game with a ninth inning pinch homer and won 5-3 over Kansas City in 11 innings. Whitey Ford of the Yankees won his 11th of the year with a three hit shutout of Detroit 9 0, aided by Luis Arroyo in the ninth after a blister, with 12 strikeouts.
New Yorker Dulio Nunez, 58, outpointed Denny Moyer of Portland, Oregon, in a lightweight fight in New York. In a separate Mexico City card Ultiminio Ramos from Cuba outpointed Alfredo in Urbi, Mexico, in a lightweight contest.
No games Sunday with results: Pittsburgh 5 to 3 over St Louis 3 to 7 over Cincinnati 7 to 10 over Philadelphia 20 to Milwaukee 10 over Los Angeles 2 to San Francisco 7 over Chicago 2. Tuesday schedule lists LA at Chicago and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia with additional games St Louis at Cincinnati and San Francisco at Milwaukee.
Scores show Boston beating Washington and Cleveland exploding Baltimore in 13 innings while New York and Detroit were shutout. Other results include Chicago over Minnesota and Los Angeles defeating Kansas City in extra innings. Upcoming matchups list Detroit at Washington and Cleveland at Chicago among others.
Whitey Ford pitched on four days rest to dominate Detroit as the Yankees beat the Tigers 4 0. Ford allowed three hits and fanned 12 to lead New York into first place contention while Cleveland and Baltimore shuffled behind. The day also featured Chicago White Sox sweeping Minnesota and Boston's 13 12 nail biter over Washington with Pagliaroni's grand slam in extra innings.
Valery Brumel cleared 2.23 meters in Moscow, a mark that would exceed John Thomas’s 2.22 under international rules. U S officials say Thomas’s 2.22 converts to 2.23 only with rounding, a discrepancy fueling a dispute ahead of the Moscow meet on July 15-16.
James Manning, 70, a renowned crew coach, collapsed and died Saturday at the Penn Athletic Club boathouse. He coached the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia for a decade and previously served as plebe coach at Annapolis and freshman coach at Harvard.
The IOC opened a three day Athens meeting amid calls from Russia to democratize the body and from Western delegates to curb nationalist displays. Avery Brundage voiced optimism as members discussed reforms affecting Tokyo 1964 Innsbruck 1964 and the committee itself.
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