Cubs Stop Losing Streak at 5 With 7-5 Win Over Dodgers
The Cubs beat the Dodgers 7-5 as Ford, Altman, Williams and Kindall drove in two runs each. Chicago erased a 4-1 lead, while Roseboro Spencer and Snider homered for Los Angeles.
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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
2
The Cubs beat the Dodgers 7-5 as Ford, Altman, Williams and Kindall drove in two runs each. Chicago erased a 4-1 lead, while Roseboro Spencer and Snider homered for Los Angeles.
Thursday results show Baltimore 8 Minnesota 2 Detroit 6 Washington 4 New York 8 Kansas City 3 Boston 3 Los Angeles 2. Friday schedule lists Detroit Cleveland New York Minnesota Baltimore Los Angeles Washington Chicago Boston Kansas City. Saturday fixtures include Detroit Cleveland Washington Chicago New York Minnesota Boston Kansas City Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis Milwaukee San Francisco.
Ed Moehling Jr. of Mount Prospect heads a star-studded survivors field at the Illinois Men's State Amateur Golf tourney. Moehling beat Bruce Houdek 3 and 2 and faces Buzzy Wohl, while Bob Dredge and Martin Stanovich also advance in a crowded bracket. In Grand Rapids, the Western Open opened with bold scores as Palmer and Geiberger shot 65 in windy conditions.
George Dawson of Glen Ellyn Illinois shot 68 71 for 139 total to win the 13th Western Seniors Golf tournament in Milwaukee on a 36 hole event. He bested a field of 220 and tied the previous 1959 mark for 36 holes. It is Dawson's third title following wins in 1958 and 1959.
The County Line Softball League announces Friday night games with Sheridan facing Wilson at 7 30 p m and Lemont meeting Newark at 9 p m under the league schedule. The venues and exact ballpark details are not listed in the readable text.
Ernie Banks, the Chicago Cubs star and 717 game consecutive start holder, will rest his balky left knee if his doctor advises. An appointment with Dr. Ralph Metz comes before the team heads to Milwaukee, with surgery considered only if needed after the season.
Bobby Gordon, a 6-2, 190 pound high school star, signed with the Chicago White Sox for a bonus about 60 000 over four years. The Idaho Falls Diamond Fund contract was signed Thursday and he will report to the White Sox in February.
Del Johnson pitched a one hitter for Nettle Creek improving to 4-1 with a 3-0 win over Muffler's. Ken Hunt doubled for Muffler's only hit. Jim Scent limited Lisbon to three hits in a 1-0 opener as Yorkville won. Yorkville scored in the third inning to back Scent.
Adolph D. Driehaus of Chicago scored a hole-in-one at Morris Country Club on the No. 2, 135 yard par 3, Thursday. He achieved the feat with Morris residents Parker Robinson Bill Ostrum and Herb Wietz and Dr E W Fellows of Seneca observing. The last ace on the course was in 1958 on the same hole. Driehaus resides at 5962 West Adams Street and works for Western Electric.
Pony League at 6 p.m. features Hanoun's versus Harper's after Harper's beat Mettille's 4-1 with Tom Hunter throwing three hits and Harold Olson charged with the loss. Harper's Dick Helland doubled as Mettille's Jerry Mettille and Bill Hiney each went 1 for 2 with a homer apiece. In Minor League action Washburn's defeated Warrick's 15-9 with Mark Washburn earning the win and Brad Thompson the loss, while Hume's toppled Bloomfield's 7-? at Goodwill Park and Morris Paper Mill field. Little League Bien's Wildcats beat Struck's Cubs 6-4 as Denny Thorson earned the win and Bill Ragan the loss. Thorson also hit a homer for Bien's.
Ed Prombo earned the win for Woolridge’s as they defeated Hougas’ 16 to 2 on Thursday. Jim Hougas took the loss. Woolridge homered via Kevin Woolridge Steve Meister and Ed Prombo.
Richie Guerin commits to a sixth season with the New York Knickerbockers. The announcement confirms his continued role on the franchise as they plan for the upcoming campaign.
Montreal fighter Bob Cleroux, 206, stops Alex Miteff, 208, in the seventh round. In Los Angeles Franklin Haynes, 181 pounds, outpoints Irish Roy Smith, 176 pounds, over ten rounds. Jim McCarter, 216, tops Dave Furech, 197, over ten rounds in Phoenix.
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