National League approves bonus baby plan for 1962 clubs
The National League unanimously approves a plan to stock New York and Houston with 28 players each at bonus baby prices up to 125000 per player. The scheme, aimed at 1962 competition, involves 1.7 to 2.1 million total cost and potential allocations from existing clubs.
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Chicago
UPI
National League
New York
Houston
Warren Giles
Los Angeles
Washington
Giles
Ford Frick
Little Boys Baseball Evening Schedule at West Monroe Parks
West Monroe Little Boys baseball schedule features Sanders Lumber vs A and E Grocery at 6 p.m., People's Loan vs Bancroft at 8 p.m., Shell Oil vs Farmer Heard at 6 p.m., and Firestone vs Louisiana Power and Light at 8 p.m. Shell Oil beat First National Bank 5-3 with Benny Taylor and Terry Peddy on the winning battery and Willie Panich leading hitters. Louisiana Power & Light defeated Firestone 5-2 led by Terry Kincaid.
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West Monroe
Sanders Lumber
E. Grocery
People’s Loan
Bancroft
Northside Park
Shell Oil
Farmer Heard
Firestone
Louisiana Power and Light
First National Bank
Southside
Little Boys
Benny Taylor
Terry Peddy
Willie Panich
Charlie Leonard
Louisiana Power & Light
Northside
Johnny Nelson
Terry Kincaid
Robert Holloway
Herman McGuire
Kincaid
McGuire
J. Lester
Amaco
Phillip Purvis
Vernon Hale
Junior McDaniel
Jim Hackworth
Thames
Harkness
Foremost
Mike Ketchell
Billy Downey
Freddy Hudson
Eddie Mazzante
John Hanes
David Freeman
Northside Dixie League opens second half at Legion Memorial
The Northside Dixie League begins the second half schedule with a doubleheader at Legion Memorial Stadium. Southern Equipment, first-half winner, faces Shell Oil at 5 15 p.m. Suncrest Orange meets Central Bank in the 7 15 p.m. game.
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Legion Memorial Stadium
Southern Equipment
Shell Oil
Suncrest Orange
Central Bank
Gunn Leads Monroe to 13-1 Victory in Tight Fifth District Race
Gunn returned to American Legion Junior baseball with a four hit performance and five RBI as Monroe crushed Rayville 13-1. Bernice upset Ruston Contractors 5-3, keeping Rayville atop the standings while Monroe climbs to 5-3 and Rayville drops to 7-3 with several games remaining.
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Neal Gunn
American Legion
Rayville
Bernice
James Contractors
Ruston
Neville High
Gunn
Legion Ball
Ralph “Red’’ Sims
Crew
Monroe
Ruston Contractors
Peach Parish
Jarrel Thames
Thames
Rayville High
Ed Quimby
Don Mercer
Interiom
Brown-Rivers-Scoggin
Pace Neville
Kings of Swat
RBI
Joey McGinn
John Cromwell
Joe Canal
Canal
McGinn
Quimby
Roberts
Cromwell
Eddie Kincaid
Gunn Cromwell
Kincaid
Mercer
Carl Guinn
Charlie Biggers
Randall Fallin
Kennedy
Stuckey
Rayville Monro
O'Neal
Biggers
Hamas
Sucktol
McCr'k
Guinn
Kendy
Wikrsn
Canel
Fallin
Gammill
Walton
MccGowen
National League and American League Batting Leaders
Lists show top hitters by at bats runs and RBIs for both leagues. Notable names include Cepeda Robinson Mays Aaron and Clemente across NL and Mantle Cash Maris Killebrew in the AL. Pitching leaders include Latman Terry and Ford with standout win totals and strikeouts.
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Hoak
Pittsburgh
Altman
Chicago
Aaron
Milwaukee
Clemente
Moon
Los Angeles
Mays
San Francisco
Robinson
Cincinnati
Boyer
St. Louis
Holling
Mathews
Cepeda
Freese
Pinson
Wills
Colean
Zimmer
Triples
Virdon
Altonan
Stuart
Thomas
Padres
Miller
Shantz
Koulax
Purkey Cincinnnati
Williams
Drysdale
Gibson
St Louis
Mahaney
Philadelphia
Broglio
Cash
Detroit
Brandt
Baltimore
Howard
New York
Killebrew
Minnesota
Del
Piersall
Cleveland
Mantle
Maris
Cologito
Wood
Gentile
B. Robinson
Keough
Washington
Sievers
Kaline
Long
Calavito
Aparicio
Howser
Kansas City
Versalles
Hinton
Latman
Terry
Mossi
Grant
Ford
Pascual
Bunning
Ramos
Bell
Indiana Star Walt Bellamy Leads Big Ten Rebounds
Indiana center Walt Bellamy led the Big Ten in rebounding last season with 247 boards across 14 games, establishing a dominant stride for the team.
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Walt Bellamy
Indiana
Big Ten
Little League Eastside half ends with Three-Way Finance clash
First half standings show Little League College Pharmacy at 6-1 in the Eastside League slated to face Three-Way Finance at Bendel Stadium at 5. Monroe Police meet Gay Clothing in a Northside League game after the Eastside tilt. Twin-City Printing blanked North Monroe Lions 13-0 with Youngblood pitching and a grand slam by Ken Peters.
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College Pharmacy
Bendel Stadium
Monroe
Lions Field
Klic
Twin-City
North Monroe Lions
Youngblood
Ken Peters
McCarty
Stewart
People’s Homestead
Mahr Poultry
Hancock
Morrison
Mathews
Moore
Monroe Glass
Glenn
Louisiana Machinery
Keenes’ Shoe Store
Eastside
Galligan
Jeeter
Slaughter
Fury
Ogg
Battery
Northside
Texico
King Finance
Smith
LeGrange
Mabry
Moncrief
Nelson
McSherry
Baseball schedule and results roundup
AP reports New York fell 3 to 6 at Los Angeles while a full slate of games is listed for Monday and Wednesday. Notable pitchers named include Perry Stigman Bass Ditmar Daley Bowsfield Kant Ramos Monbouquette and Marichal.
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Washington
Hobaugh
Cleveland
Perry
Stigman
Chicago
Pizzaro
Baumann
Detroit
Regan
Casale
Baltimore
Estrada
Pappas
Kansas City
Bass
Ditmar
New York
Daley
Los Angeles
Bowsfield
Boston
Cisco
Monbouquette
Minnesota
Kant
Ramos
Fight Results From Las Vegas San Francisco Philadelphia Cards
In Las Vegas Cassius Clay of Louisville outpointed Kolo Sabedong. In Fresno Benny Medina stopped Al Medrano. In Philadelphia Holly Mims of Washington knocked out Jimmy Remson of Detroit.
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Associated Press
Las Vegas
Cassius Clay
Louisville
Kolo Sabedong
Hawaii
San Francisco
Benny Medina
Fresno
Calif
al Medrano
Sacramento
Philadelphia
Holly Mims
Washington
Jimmy Remson
Detroit
Ford Seeks 30 Wins As Whitey Ford Dominates AL
Whitey Ford, 32, aims for a 30 win season after posting his 13th win and extending a seven game streak. He beat the Angels 8-6 at Wrigley Field, matching a Yankees surge to close within one game of Detroit, while Mantle and Berra homered to power a 101st team homer.
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ED Wilks
Associated Press
Whitey Ford
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Hal Newhouser
Detroit
Ford
New York Yankees
Whitey
Los Angeles
Yankees
Angels
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Phils
Jim Owens
Dallas Green
Bill Skowron
Jim Donohue
Cozy Wrigley Field
Albie Pearson
Steve Bilko
Ken Hunt
Cen ius Cen ius Monday Night Ladies Match Card
A newspaper-style roundups lists participants in a local bowling or club event. It names teams such as Home Insulators Roberts Lumber Seven Eleven Riverside DeLoach Cleaners Cloyds Packing and Ridgecrest Subdivision plus sponsors and players like J Brown M Craughan and Sam Thomas Appliances. Team and individual scores appear with game and series tallies.
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Ladies Home Insulators
Roberts Lumber Company
Riverside-DeLoach Cleaners
Cloyd’s Packing Company
Ridgecrest
S. and
H. Green Stamps
Sam Thomas Appliances
J. Brown
M. Craughan
Cloydy'’s Packing Company
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James McGough
Bobby Newcomer
Tommy Davidson
Anthony Danna
Wayne McGough
Monte McGough
al Gonzales
James Evans
Mike Alford
Kenny Barrington
Billy Kemp
Reggie Kitchens
Randy Walker
Wayne Kimball
Tommie Antie
Davis Roane
B-R-S Legion Triumph
Ralph Roberts
Luck
The
Associated Press American League
Hunt
Ellsworth
Marichal
Buzhardt
Friend
Buhl
Cloninger
Simmons
Twinight
Southern Assn
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Little Rock
Nashville
Shreveport
Macon
Mobile
Kaeck
Vancouver
San Diego
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
I Vancouver
Fila Portland A
Salt Lake
Portland
Salt Lake City
Ken McBride
Mickey Mantle
Johnny Blanchard
Yogi Berra
Skowron
Roger Maris
Art Fowler
Yanks
Luis Arroyo
Owens
Gene Mauch
Williamsport
Giants
Jack Sanford
Stu Miller
Don Demeter
Charlie Smith
Joe Adcock
Braves
Larry Jackson
Lew Burdette
Don McMahon
Frank Bolling
Ed Mathews
Hank Aaron
Frank Thomas
Adcock
Cypress Street Sekate
Highland Esso
Wandc, Well Company
Webb
Southern Tool
Delta Music Company
Custom Machinery
West Monroe Lions
C. Redding
Cypress Street Texaco
Wham-O
Colbert Hardware & Sporting Goods
Natchitoches
Rraz
Trenton
W. Monroe
America
Edward
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire
Cort
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