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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1960
Page
17
By Jerry Nardiello.
The article notes an off year for local summer activities in New York City and mentions softball knothole programs excelling while national and state tournaments are absent. It hints at a rodeo category yet to be decided and suggests letting mothers take over cooking during a breather.
The piece notes July events including City Golf Tournament July 9-10 and Opti-Derby July 10, with Reds games and local knothole activity. It reflects a shift to quieter leisure as major league baseball in New York wanes and horse racing remains a daily draw in the city.
Ken Boyer hit his 19th homer to back Curt Simmons in a 1-0 backstop duel at Philadelphia. Simmons earned his first win in nearly two years, defeating Jim Owens and handing the Phillies a sixth straight loss while St Louis snapped their own six game skid.
At 1pm WKRC presents bowling with Jim Spaulding as today's challenger. 4:30pm WHIO airs pro football highlights featuring the 1959 Giants vs Redskins. 5pm WLW-D WLW-T cover the World Championship Golf final with Cary Middlecoff and Mike Souchak.
Cincinnati Reds sign 18 year old Dale Shuey a former Deer Park High School standout with three no hitters. He will join the Red Palatka Florida farm team after receiving a substantial signing bonus.
European and South American soccer associations agreed to hold an intercontinental cup each June. The first match for this year features Real Madrid and Penarol of Montevideo, with the Madrid game scheduled for September 3 and the Montevideo game on July 3.
Hamburg Sportverein defeated F.C. Cologne 3 2 to win the West German championship before 71 000 at Wald Stadium in Frankfurt. The match was level at halftime.
Yesterday results show Cleveland 4 New York 1 Baltimore 11 Kansas City at Baltimore. Washington 12 Detroit 4 Chicago 7 Boston 6. Today matchups feature Boston Sullivan and Borland at Chicago Wynn and Pierce. Baltimore Estrada at Kansas City Hall. Washington Fischer and Ramos at Detroit Lary and Foytack. New York Ditmar and Ford at Cleveland Bowsfield and Grant.
San Francisco defeated Cincinnati 5 to 2 while St. Louis beat Philadelphia 1 to 0. Pittsburgh edged Chicago 7 to 6 as Milwaukee toppled Los Angeles 4 to 2. San Francisco pitcher Gibson and Jack son combined in the win. Philadelphia’s Buzhardt and Short led for the losers.
Salt Lake City defeated Vancouver 3 to 1 in the first game of a Pacific Coast League matchup. Salient plays featured strong pitching from the home squad and timely hitting to back a steady bullpen.
Cus D Amato, Floyd Patterson's manager, said the heavyweight champion planned a European exhibition tour within a month or so. He noted efforts to arrange events in England, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, with a Sweden stop seen as a clash with Ingemar Johansson, to whom Patterson lost the title last Monday in New York.
Sam Snead fires a five under par 67 at Portmarnock to seize a 54 hole lead in the International Trophy and Canada Cup golf event. Arnold Palmer struggles with his putter as Snead opens a three stroke edge over Flory Van Donck and builds a strong U S team position.
San Francisco edged Cincinnati 5 2 behind Billy O'Dell who scattered ten hits for his third win against seven losses. Wally Post hit his fourth homer, driving in two runs as Cincinnati managed a solitary threat in the first and fourth frames.
Cleveland pitcher Dick Stigman limited New York to four singles and 10 strikeouts as the Indians beat the Yankees 4-1. Vic Power and Harvey Kuenn provided key support with Power's RBI single and Kuenn's three run homer, lifting Kuenn to a .312 average in his 10th straight game.
Washington Senators beat the Detroit Tigers 6 to 4 in 14 innings after 38 players appeared and both teams used 19 players. Chuck Stobbs earned the win, while Pete Burnside took the loss as Billy Consolo doubled home the winning run in the 14th. Maxwell homered for Detroit.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers announce the signing of halfback Ray Jauch 180 pounds, Iowa's leading ground gainer in 1958 and co captain in 1959, for the 1960 Western Interprovincial Football Union season.
Barry MacKay and Darlene Hard advanced to Wimbledon quarter-finals as rain halted play for a third day. Also advancing were Butch Buchholz, Nicola Pietrangeli, Angela Mortimer, and others, with top seeds Fraser Laver and Krishnan winning in straight sets.
Milwaukee calls on Warren Spahn to escape a bases loaded ninth and seal a 4-2 win over Los Angeles. Bob Buhl improves to 8-3 after fending off a late Dodgers rally. Red Schoendienst hits his first homer since 1958. Dodgers' Don Drysdale suffers his 10th loss.
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