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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
6
Indians moved to an eight game win streak after a victory cited by ED Wilks. The Dodgers held a slim lead in the N L race as they beat Pittsburgh 8-7. Giants and Reds also featured in late standings twists with Demeter and Dalrymple driving Philadelphia’s 15-9 win.
Scores from multiple games including New York 7 Minnesota 2 and Cleveland 14 Washington 3 with late schedule notes. Also St Louis 6-3 Chicago 2-3 tied in twi light game, Cincinnati 7 Milwaukee 3, Los Angeles 8 Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 13 San Francisco 9. Wednesday and Thursday games list Milwaukee Cincinnati and others. John Roseboro’s status noted. Bill Virdon and Glen Hobbie referenced with Dodgers and Cubs. Johnny Podres improved to 6-1 after return from arm trouble. Larry Sherry earned save. Cardinals move into fifth place behind Ernie Broglio. Bill White drives in three for Cards. Cubs rally for a 2-2 tie late with George Altman homer. Sadecki and Cards’ offense cited.
Archie Moore defends his light heavyweight title June 10 at Madison Square Garden against Giulio Rinaldi with Father Time looming as a strong challenger. Rinaldi, 31st title bout for Moore, seeks upset after a 10 round decision over Moore in Rome last October.
In St Louis a rain delayed 10 inning affair between the Cardinals and Cubs ended tied 3 apiece after Ray Sadecki worked three hits over 10 innings and Ernie Broglio won game one for the Cardinals. Bill White drove in three runs across the doubleheader. The second game was called under league rules with no innings after 12:50 a.m. and will be replayed in full.
Italian challenger Guilio Rinaldi dismissed claims he is slumping in training for the world light heavyweight title bout with Archie Moore. At 26, he says he feels very good and trains hard, not spectacular, and notes he has adjusted to Jamesing style by sparring with Freddie Mack Randy Sandy and Vince Martinez.
Detroit's Sonny Banks knocked out Joe Shelton in Detroit. Lou Molina outpointed Cisco Andrade in San Jose. Lou Capellano outpointed Chino Dias in Omaha. Paul Armstead outpointed Joey Lopes in Sacramento.
Tigers vs Yankees featured winning pitcher Terry Hilliard with 10 strikeouts and losing pitcher Warren Long also with 10. Tuesday's Orioles versus Senators ended 6 to 4 with winning pitcher Miegkov McDonald and loser Steven Williams, each recording three and none respectively.
Cubs win 11 to 4 behind Harry Loman homer as Randy Ziegler secures the win and George Floyd takes the loss. Dodgers and Pirates games show Nathaniel Hawthorne earning a win with two strikeouts and Terry Henry suffering the loss, while Mike Williamson hits two home runs for the Dodgers.
Ski edges Montgomery Ward 4 3 in a pitching duel as Frostie outs Machinists Local 1417 11 6 for its second win of the year in city park softball. Don Karch led Ski with three hits, Jake Howell worked the win, while Gary Henry homered for Frostie and Deanie Williams won his second decision. Tonight Mt Vernon Post 141 faces Effingham at 7:30. league play resumes Thursday.
The Indians moved to first place by 0.008 in the American League after routing Washington 14-3. Johnny Romano homered twice as Cleveland piled up 16 hits, including a seven-run sixth inning. Vic Power homered, Gary Bell earned the win, and Tribe relievers carried the momentum in the eight-game streak. The White Sox beat Detroit 7-1 to climb to second, while the Yankees beat Minnesota 7-2 as Whitey Ford and Luis Arroyo kept the Twins to one hit. Chuck Estrada threw his first complete game, nine strikeouts, as the Orioles beat the Angels in the nightcap. Los Angeles also won the opener behind a two-homer onslaught.
The commissioner's office sets ground rules for two All-Star games on July 11 in San Francisco and July 31 in Boston. Each league will field 25 players at San Francisco and 28 at Boston, with 30 players in 1960. Eight starters chosen by votes. rest picked by opposing managers. Second game adds three more players. pitchers may be replaced. Paul Richards to manage AL, Danny Murtaugh to manage NL. First game 1 p.m. SF time, second at 2 p.m. EST. Ticket prices range from 8 to 2 dollars. Voting runs June 23 to 29, results July 5.
First National Bank defeated AMVETS 10-4 in Khoury League play yesterday. Winning pitcher Billy Kirk and loser Terry Leigh pitched well. John Wielt hit a triple and a double for AMVETS, while Jimmy Woods contributed a key hit for First National.
Three Southern Illinois University gymnasts Fred Orlofsky Bruno Klaus and Fred Tijerina earned 1961 collegiate All-American first team honors for NCAA titles in Champaign NL where Coach Bill Meade's Salukis finished second to Penn State Orlofsky won rings Klaus took high bar and Tijerina tied for parallel bars top honors This marked SIU gymnastics first All-America awards in school history
Vic Wertz hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to cap a four-run rally and lift the Boston Red Sox over reliever Jim Archer. Bill Monbouquette won to improve to 5-5 after the A's, aided by an unearned run, scored three in the fifth. Norm Siebern also homered for Oakland.
The coach notes emphasize moving weight quickly to the left side and shifting the hips forward laterally. Failure to perform these movements results in incorrect positioning, illustrated by the drawing, and leads to chronic hooking.
Coleman Carrodine, Mt. Vernon High standout, batted .216 as a Western Illinois freshman in 16 of 29 games for an 11-18 season. He came to bat 37 times, with eight hits, five runs, four RBIs and four stolen bases. Honolulu Teddy Rand outpointed Danny Brown in a 126-pound bout in Mindanao, Philippines.
Hank Greenberg, famed slugger who built wealth and invested in the game, takes control of the Chicago White Sox after halting a proposed $4.8 million sale of 54 percent of the club led by Bernard Epton and Danny Thomas. Greenberg vows to move the team from second division to contender as longtime executive Bill Veeck rests due to illness.
James Quinn rolled a high 215 followed by James Bundy 208 Sam Korach 208 Wilma Cambi 200 Jable Korach 200 and Yommi Gant also noted in the bowling results for the section.
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