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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
8
Sportswriter Jerry Nardiello notes Cincinnati general manager Gabe Paul’s view that color television will hurt attendance tonight but may boost sponsorship and fan interest later. He questions color’s impact on crowds, praises WLWT WLW-T transmission quality, and predicts broader telecasts before season’s end.
Ann Arbor Michigan coach Gus Singer heads the U S swimming team to Rome for the summer Olympics. Stager notes he will learn the team on August 5 with trials in Detroit August 25. He cites rivals from Australia and Japan and highlights standout Americans like Allan Somers George Green George Harrison Charles Biltick Frank McKinney Mike Troy Jeff Farrell and others. The squad totals 25 swimmers and divers for the Games.
Cleveland general manager Frank Lane says the New York Yankees are the team to watch in his first 1960 visit. Lane believes the Yankees will be rough if healthy and good on the mound. Joe Gordon notes the Indians score more on the Yankees than the White Sox, while Yankees show greater run potential.
Chicago AP report notes 16 MLB club owners meet two days before Kefauver hearings. Frick denounces the bill as discriminatory while Cronin and Rickey linked to district topics. Bonus pay, minor league territorial rights, and potential new league formation figure in talks with no formal agenda.
American League action reports Baltimore beat Kansas City 2 to 1 in a scheduled Tuesday game. Other listed matchups include Boston at Chicago New York at Cleveland and Washington at Detroit with several Wednesday and upcoming pairings across leagues. International League results cite Miami over Richmond 4 0 Rochester 8 Buffalo 5 and American Association scores Denver 14 Minneapolis 18 Houston 7 St Paul 4.
Dodgers veteran Carl Furillo, 38, claims the club betrayed him by releasing him as teams cut to 25 players. He says the timing blocked his chance to sign with another club, while Dodgers GM Buzzie Bavasi defends the move as allowing Furillo free agency after waivers. Furillo spent 14 years with the Dodgers and laments the situation more than his aging legs.
Milwaukee manager Charlie Dressen blamed weather for a seventh postponement as the Braves seek to rebound after a slow start. Los Angeles manager Walt Alston urged patience, noting the 1959 champions can still rally and prove they can go the distance.
Cincinnati pitcher Bob Purkey credits prior coaching and his own pitching changes for his 9-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. He says he is a changeup pitcher, not a fastball overpowerer, and he overcame a 12-hit barrage by the visitors. Purkey struck out the side in the ninth to seal the victory.
Cincinnati Reds defeat San Francisco Giants 9-2 as Bob Purkey overpowers Sam Jones for the second time this season. Purkey improves to 3-1 while Jones falls to 4-2, trimming the NL lead of the Giants to one game over idle Pittsburgh. Meanwhile Baltimore Orioles surge to first place in the American League for the first time since the franchise’s return to the league, following a 2-1 win at Kansas City behind Arnie Portocarrero and Jack Fisher. Portocarrero forges a no-hitter through four innings and delivers six strong frames before Fisher finishes. References to other AL games and standings are included in brief summaries.
Monroe High tennis ended its season with a 4-0 defeat to Hamilton Taft as one doubles was rained out, finishing at 10-2. Singles saw Nanning beat Stitt 6-2 6-1, Browne over Snowden 6-2 6-4, and Mohler defeat Burcham 6-3 6-1. Doubles Chambers Morgan defeated Hoelle Heck 6-3 6-2, with the last doubles match rained out.
Orioles pitchers Arnie Portocarrero and Jack Fisher beat the Athletics 2-1 to move Baltimore into sole first place for the first time since rejoining the American League in 1954. Daryl Spencer of the Cardinals hit a homer and a double that sparked a three-run ninth. Ronnie Cohen, of New Rochelle, stopped Jimmy Archer in New York action.
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