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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1961
Page
2
Phillies general manager John Quinn calls high school bonuses excessive and proposes a free agent draft as a remedy. He notes the rule on first-year players has failed and says Philadelphia may push legislation at the league meetings.
In Lafayette Indiana Jack Nicklaus of Ohio State and Purdue both led after the opening round of the NCAA golf tournament. Nicklaus scored 70 70 to win medal while Purdue edged Houston in the team competition as defending champ Houston failed to reach match play with an 80 75 showing from Dick Crawford.
Cincinnati Reds split a twinight doubleheader with St Louis and stayed 1 game ahead in the NL pennant race. The Reds won 4-3 in 11 innings and lost 6-3 as Joey Jay’s eight game winning streak ended. Dodgers moved to second with a 3-0 win over Chicago behind Sandy Koufax.
Roger Maris hit his 26th homer as the Yankees beat Kansas City 6-2 to climb into sole second in the American League pennant race. Detroit held a 12 game lead with a 5-4 win at Washington. Cleveland lost 5-3 to Chicago. Boston beat Los Angeles 11-8. Minnesota toppled Baltimore 5-4.
Nashua Blue, a Ben Crist Farm colt, shipped from Camden to Suffolk near Boston by trainer Lloyd Murray. Owner Chris Devine then aimed for the Preakness, where Nashua Blue finished seventh in the nine horse race won by favored Carry Back.
In New Orleans Jesse Smith of Philadelphia stopped John ny Smith of Los Angeles in the ninth round. In Detroit Joe Black of Detroit knocked out Clarence Johnson of Alliance Ohio in the fourth round.
Sandy Koufax tossed a two hitter with 14 strikeouts guiding the Dodgers to a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Carl Yastrzemski starred for the Red Sox with four hits including a homer driving in five runs in an 11-8 victory against the Angels.
Minor League games list Bloomfield vs Hume and Washburn vs Warrick at Goodwill Park. Midget League starts at 9 a.m. at Morris Paper Mill. Pony League plays at 6 p.m. at the High School diamond. Little Leagues match Hanouns and Foxs at Goodwill Park. Panthers face Cougars on Wednesday.
Tibbott's Team beat Warwick 28 2 on Tuesday at Goodwill playground Paper Mill with Bob Edmundson earning the win and Brad Thompson the loss Dick Lois and Pat Livermore homered for Tibbett's Washburn's defeated Bloomfield 13 6 with Mark Washburn the winning pitcher and Doug Hunter the loser The second day of play featured scoring by innings and multiple pitchers.
Blair's defeated Hougas's 12 to 5 with pitcher Tom Chapple earning the win and Jim Hougas taking the loss. Ed Harseim hit a home run for Blair's.
Harper's beat Fox's 3 to 2 in extra innings at M C H S field. Gary Lyon and Dave Harper led Harper's with two hits total. Larry Fox and Jack Waddell went 2 for 3 for Fox's. Lyons hit a home run for Harper's.
The Cub's defeated the Cougars 5 to 4 at Goodwill Park. Dan Hanson led the Cub's with 1 hit in 2 at bats, while Tom Black went 1 for 2 for the losers. Jim Struck (Lefty) earned the win, and Larry Brooks took the loss. The scoring sequence was Cub's 010 31x and Cougars 120 010.
Sheridan defeated Nettle Creek 9 to 0 in softball Tuesday, breaking a tie for first in the County Line league. Cofoid pitched a four hit shutout while Del Johnson struck out 12. Lemont moved into sole first with a 4 0 record after beating Yorkville.
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Dale Schofield of Springfield captured medalist honors with 145 after rounds of 72 and 73 at the University of Illinois course. Jim Jamieson of Moline and Harry Musatto of Macomb joined the top tier, while Ed Moehling and others qualified for match play as 63 scorers.
Ed Franklin a 6-7 197 pound top high school rebound artist signed a basketball scholarship with the University of Cincinnati Tuesday. Franklin led Chicago Marshall to third place in the Illinois State tournament this spring according to UC coach Ed Jucker.
The standings recap shows scores from Tuesday including Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 3 and St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 2 with adds from Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 2 and San Francisco 1 at Los Angeles 3. Wednesday features Los Angeles at Chicago and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia among others. Thursday lists Los Angeles at St Louis and Cincinnati at St Louis.
Newark's Pony league team defeated Hinckley 13 to 0 last night at Newark. Larry Larson pitched a no hitter for the winners while Rasmus Viland took the loss for Hinckley.
Braulio Baeza, who rode Sherlock to victory at Belmont, began riding at age 15 in his native Panama. His father and grandfather were jockeys, tracing a family line in racing.
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