Lane trades and pennant hopes tilt in 1960 baseball
Cleveland fans react as Frank Lane swaps home run king Rocky Colavito for batting champion Harvey Kuenn in a pivotal 1960 deal. Lane also exchanges Herb Score for Barry Laiman, reshaping the Indians and Tigers as Washington opens the season.
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Gil McDougald
Jim Bunning
Kuenn
Colavito
Thunder
Eienhower
Rocky
Harvey Deal
Rocky Celavito
County Junior League heads into 60th season
Frederick County Jr. Baseball League inaugurates new season under President Lee W. Schaeffer with divisions West and East. Teams include Braddock Harmony Middle town Myersville Shockstown Yellow Springs Araby Hyattstown Urbana Mt. Carmel New Market Walkersville. Shaughnessy playoff finals set for National Little League park Frederick.
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Frederick
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New Market
Walkersville
Hyattsville Fire Department
Carnival Grounds
Donald Ausherman
Araby
C. Howard Ziegler
Middletown
Braddock Heights
Kelley Faces Finns in Boston Marathon Showdown
In the 64th Boston Marathon Kelley, 29, Groton CT, seeks a second straight Olympic berth as Finns Paavo Kota Koivumaki challenge him. Seventy plus runners, led by the Finns, join the field in a race shaping Olympic hopes for Rome.
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Associated Press
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A Koivumaki
Babe Ruth
Jimmy Fox
Basilio to challenge Fullmer winner after title bout
Carmen Basilio said he would challenge the winner of the Gene Fullmer Joey Giardello fight after watching Fullmer defend his NBA middleweight title in Bozeman Mont. Basilio, former world welterweight and middleweight champion from Syracuse, traveled via Ogden en route to the Montana venue. Fullmer won the NBA title from Sugar Ray Robinson last August 28.
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Carmen Basilio
Gene Fullmer
Joey Giardello
Syracuse
N.Y
Bozeman
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Fullmer
Aight
NBA
Sugar Ray Robinson
Colt Night at the Armory May 25 planned by JC
In a meeting last week the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce set May 25 as Colt Night at the Armory. Two films will be shown one from the Colts' season and a highlights reel of 1959 NFL plays. Colt players will attend to speak answer questions and sign autographs with door prizes to be awarded. Final plans to be announced.
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Armory
Frederick
Idaho Olympian Beverly Anderson to ski in Nice meet
Beverly Anderson, 21, of Mullan Idaho, plans to travel to Nice France for an international water skiing meet. She also won a special slalom event on Mt Etna two days ago, proving her versatility on snow and water.
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Sicily
Beverly Anderson
Mullan
Idaho
Nice
France
Mt. Etna
Senators crush Red Sox 16 1 as Pascual shines
Washington Senators rout Boston 16 to 1 at Griffith Stadium led by Camilo Pascual who struck out 15 and allowed three hits. Jim Lemon Bob Allison Earl Battey and Billy Consolo homered while Ted Williams provided Boston’s lone bright spot with a second inning homer at age 41.
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al Worthington
Worthington
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Mincher
Marty Keough
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Rade
Associated Press
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Earl Batter
Baseball notes and an evening of soil conservation updates
The day featured Pascual’s record strikeout performance as he fanned 15 batters, surpassing Walter Johnson’s 50 year old mark, with Battey’s two RBIs on two singles and late defense ending the inning. Also, the Old Line Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America meets in Winchester Hall with Lewis Rudasik addressing soil and water conservation, followed by a Frederic County discussion.
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Gene Stephens
Washington
Bob Feller
Sandy Koufax
Old Line
Soil Conservation Society of America
Agricultural Conference
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Lewis S. Rudasik
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Frederick County
George T. Swartz
Soil Conservation Service
Araby Little League Sets Start of 1960 Practice
The Araby Little League will begin practice for the 1960 season on Thursday April 21 at 6 00 p m at the Araby Little League diamond. Donald Ausherman is the manager.
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Araby Little League
Donald Ausherman
Trade Sends Herb Score to White Sox for Barry Latman
Cleveland completes a straight player swap as Herb Score is traded to Chicago for Barry Latman amid pitcher injuries and a shakeup ahead of the 1960 season. Indians GM Frank Lane notes Score’s shoulder problem limits immediate help and cites Colavito’s recent trade as stirring opening day expectations.
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Cleveland Indians
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Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Score
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Indians
Latman
White Sox
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Tribe
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Lane
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Tigers
Harvey Krenn
Municipal Stadium
Colavito
Gil McDougald
New York Yankees
Chicago
Sox
al Lopez
Waterloo
Memphis
Indianapolis
Herb
Joe
Gordon
Germantown Tri-County League Team Gears Up
Germantown manager Herbert King expects a brighter season with a strong lineup headlined by John Warfield at third base and Mike Menard and Jim Riley in pitching roles. Returning players include Bob and Earl Ricketts, Wilkie Ricketts, and Leroy Johnson to boost a squad aiming to improve on seventh place.
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Germantown
John Warfield
Mike Menard
Jim Riley
King
Bob Ricketts
Earl Ricketts
Earl Ship
Bob Poole
Joe Wisner
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Wilkie Ricketts
Bill Copenhaugen
Bob Speil
Dick Burdette
Leroy Johnson
Riley
Gardner deal details known for Senators second baseman
Washington officials confirmed Billy Gardner will join the Senators as the new second baseman with no conditions tied to Clint Courtney after a deal with the Baltimore Orioles. The arrangement removes contingencies that could void the trade after the season opener. Gardner replaces Courtney pending the healing of Courtney’s infected finger and re negotiation by commissioner Ford Frick.
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Washington Senators
Billy Gardner
Clint Courtney
Gardner
Senate
Baltimore Orioles
Courtney
Ron Samford
Ford Frick
Cal Griffith
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