Brunswick Falls 12 5 to Rising Sun in Little League
Rising Sun rallied for 12 hits off Brunswick pitchers Banner Wenner and Palmer to beat Brunswick Rising Sun 12 5 in the double elimination sectional round. Banner started and was relieved after one third of an inning as Rising Sun built a 3 0 lead then pulled away with timely hitting including Bob Holbrook two run homer and Palmer two run double. Brunswick tied it 3 3 in the first before Rising Sun surged ahead again. Fowler Brewster and Banner each had two hits for Brunswick while Holbrook Palmer Shakespear Bannister Foster and Hobbs led Rising Sun with multiple hits. Brunswick now meets Rising Sun again at 6 p m for the Section I title and a shot at the state championship series.
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Rising Sur
Brunswick
Kenny Banner
Banner
Brunswick Rising Sun
Rising Sun
Todd Wenner
Ernie Bitler
Kenny
Bitler
John Fowler
Wenner
Bob Holbrook
Randy Feaster
Feaster
Holbrook
Mike Henderson
Eric Palmer
Henderson
Palmer
Calvin Brewster
Keith Hobbs
RBI
Barry Shakespear
Chris Bannister
Steve Foster
Brewster
Mark Solack
Bolack
Fowler
Jeff Walden
Kevin Myers
Brunswick fans upset with tourney length
Brunswick fans angry as state Little League tourney schedule extended two days for a double elimination format. Misunderstanding left Brunswick, Valley of Hagerstown, and St. Mary's families planning vacations disrupted, with lodging costs rising up to 30 per night and local parents budgeting hundreds more.
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Green
Clair Ebersole
Mark
Brunswick
Owners approve split season in baseball
Major league owners vote 21-5 to endorse a split season for 1961 after the strike. NL 9-3 and AL 12-2 approvals set a best-of-5 final for division winners and second-half contenders, with home-field rules to be announced in Cleveland.
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Chicago
Chub Fenney
Lee MacPhail
MacPha
MacPhail
Feeney
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Jerry Reinsdorf
White Sox
Eddie Einhorn
Einhorn
Phillies Beat Orioles 4-3 In Exhibition Game
Phillies catcher Bob Boone drove in two runs as Philadelphia edged Baltimore 4-3 in a seven-inning charity exhibition at Veterans Stadium. Boone was booed at bat in the second inning but later cheered after a run-scoring single. General admission was $3 as part of a 10 day training period before the season resumes Monday.
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Bob Boone
Philadelphia Phillies
Baltimore Orioles
Veterans Stadium
Boone
Baltimore
Frederick Babe Ruth team wary of host in regional opener
Frederick manager Eddie Renner cautions that hosting Ithaca in Ithaca College Foreman Field for the 13-15 Mid-Atlantic Babe Ruth Regionals may not be easy. He notes past hosts Hornell and Newark have upset or challenged favorites and previews pitching by Jeff Garvis and Wayne Finley as key. The team travels from McCurdy Field for a seven and a half hour bus ride with two games daily through Friday and possible games Monday or Tuesday depending on results.
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Dick Wagner
Reds
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Minnesota Twins
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Steinbrenner
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Frederick
Babe Ruth
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Reener
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Wayne Finley
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Wayne
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Jeff Phebus
Phil Selby
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Chris Olson
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David Rice
Bob Mangold
Frank Martz
Gene Fossett
Eric Smith
Harlen DeGrange
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
McCurdy Field
Stan Goldberg
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