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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
2
A readable fragment lists numerous players and captains across multiple midget league teams. Names appear with family or friend style identifiers and partial affiliations, indicating club rosters or internal drafts from a local youth baseball scene.
Bob Morton, 67 year old farmer and retired postal worker, shaved 0.4 second from last year as he posted a 6 54.6 mile during the annual time trial at the HOMER high school track.
Baseball results show Kansas City defeats New York 4 to 3 in Chicago amid rain postponements. Tuesday slate includes Detroit versus Washington Baltimore versus Minnesota New York versus Kansas City Cleveland versus Chicago and Boston versus Los Angeles with additional twi night games.
Crest Hill pounded out 12 hits and made five errors to defeat Minooka 14-9 in a Sunday Little League game. Minooka out hit Crest Hill 13 to 12 with Hadaway collecting three safeties, but costly miscues and late runs sealed the win.
A National League expansion committee met in Chicago to discuss stocking the New York Mets and Houston Colts with talent but reached no conclusion. The five general managers plan another meeting this week to finalize a blueprint for league presidents at the Chicago meeting.
Jim Archer pitched seven hits allowed and two walks in a 43 victory over the Yankees for the A's. Norm Siebern contributed offensively for Oakland, extending the A's lead in the matchup.
Rain washed out Monday’s game between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. Four MLB games are set in Chicago Wednesday with the Cubs hosting the Dodgers in a doubleheader and the White Sox facing the Indians in a twi night. Cubs starter Glen Hobbie faces Sandy Koufax. White Sox starter Early Wynn faces Jim Mudcat Grant.
CHAMPAIGN Ill The qualifying round of the Illinois State Amateur Golf tournament ends today with 63 low scorers joining defending champion Ed Moehling Jr of Mount Prospect in match play Wednesday After 18 holes of the 36 hole round Bruce Houdek of Glen Ellyn Bernie Magnussen of Glenview and Urban Frazier Sr of Bourbonnais were tied with one under par 71 Frazier in his eighth meet never has qualified He used a hot putter to finish 35 36 over the 6678 yard Illinois course Houdek reached the finals in 1957 before losing to Bob Dredge of Galesburg He had 33 38 Magnussen the 1955 state high school champion posted 36 35 Other former champions faced wind swept course Norando Nannini of Hawthorn had 77 Dredge 78 and John Hobart of Moline and Gus Moreland of Peoria 80s Dale Schofield of Springfield and Tore Smith and Russ Johnson both of Rockford shot 72s Bracketed at 73 were Gene Wilson of Carmi John Sjostrom of Flossmoor Jim Jamieson of Moline Harry Mussatto of Macomb Ed Somerville of River Forest and Martin Stanovich of Chicago
A half of the club's six hits produced two runs driven in and a tying ninth inning homer set up Wes Covington's winning pinch hit in a 4-3 victory.
Taylor's defeated Waddell's 32 to 4 and Hume's beat Granville 26 to 15 in Monday action. Rain washed out Little and Pony leagues. those games will be rescheduled after the first round.
Wednesday matches feature Woodridge’s Kezerle’s Minor League at 9 a.m. Waddell’s vs. Granville’s and Tibbetts vs. Taylor no. 2 with Goodwill Park and Morris Paper Mill Field. Little Leagues play 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Goodwill Park. Pony League games at 6 p.m. Tuesday Fox’s vs Harper’s and Wednesday Hanouw’s vs Fox’s.
Rain disrupted play in the Illinois qualifying round for the PGA Championship at Gleneagles Country Club. The committee let the first 18 holes stand and set the washed-out 18 holes for next Monday at North Shore Country Club. Tony Holguin and Gus Bernardi led the field of 57 with three under par 67s seeking eighth berths.
Yorkville faces Lemont at 7 30 p m and Nettle Creek meets Sheridan at 9 p m as the County Line Softball League plans a pair of games. Sam Snead reports a 14th hole in one achievement while hosting at Greenbrier courses in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
Hank Bauer, new Kansas City manager, watched Norm Siebern and Wes Covington hit ninth inning homers to erase a 3-0 deficit and beat the New York Yankees 4-3. Jim Archer earned the win for Kansas City, improving to 5-1, as the A's snapped a skid against New York.
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