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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1961
Page
6
The piece reflects a boyhood in Maryland tied to trapping along Town Creek near Montevue springs. It notes the thrill of catching a rat, selling it, and the decline of trapping over 15 years due to synthetic materials and cheaper furs. The author laments changing styles and the fading craft.
Gainford said promoter Norman, en route to Las, considered sites in principal cities including Miami, California and Illinois. Rothschild noted Robinson would take 25 percent of gate receipts plus 37,500 of the 150,000 TV guarantee. Fullmer would get 40 percent of gate and TV receipts. no contract yet signed.
Norm Van Brocklin ended talks with NFL champions Philadelphia on a cryptic note after a meeting with NFL president Frank McNamee. He said he would not play again and was not interested in a player coach role, signaling clear distance from the Eagles and leaving Nick Skorich as head coach successor prospects.
Sunny Los Angeles AP reports an amateur 134 event with a 3100 purse drawing many celebrities and pros. Palmer leads the field at Rancho Golf Club as the 35 year old event starts Friday with Snead absent since years. The tour has seen rare dark horses like Fred Wampler in 1954. Don Finsterwald won in 1960 at 280 in this par 36 35 format.
Frederick High School and five other schools form the Tri-State League while staying in the Cumberland Valley Athletic League. The plan codes basketball to move to Tri-State, with football and track to continue, and baseball under consideration. Chambersburg may join later. travel is centralized due to Pennsylvania law.
More than 2,000 college athletics leaders gather to discuss turning NCAA rules into laws. Proposals include a pre registration ban on approaching unsigned athletes, a national transfer rule, and curbs on premature signings by pro clubs. Meetings run through the weekend with committees and council sessions.
Charles Town Race Course won a Jefferson County court order delaying the State Racing Commission from setting spring and summer dates for Charles Town and Shenandoah Downs until after a January hearing. The case centers on how dates were allocated among WV tracks Waterford Park Wheeling Downs Shenandoah and Charles Town amid revenue considerations and disputed state statutes.
AP reported progress in franchise negotiations involving the Amer Assn and Minnesota Twins as talks moved forward with the Washington club since joining the league in October. Jim Burris, president, cited definite progress but withheld new financial figures. The 1961 schedule opens April 14 with a single game in Louisville, followed by league play the next day, with the season ending later in the year.
AP reports Abner Haynes of the Dallas Texans is chosen as the AFL player of the year in the league’s first season. A league poll credited Haynes with 14 votes, placing Jack Kemp of Los Angeles second with a lower total.
South favorite in the Senior Bowl with an oddsmaker edge of five points over the North as Weeb Ewbank and Jim Lee Howell direct the squads in Mobile. Norman and Snead lend star power through Thursday workouts while college games and NBA scores fill the sports ledger.
Frederick's Cumberland Valley Athletic League slate features six boys basketball games tonight. Cadets visit North Hagerstown while Walkersville hosts Brunswick and Smithsburg, Lincoln hosts Robert Morton, Emmitsburg hosts St Marys, and St Johns meets St Joseph's in Emmitsburg. Lincoln opens 1961 slate. St John's seeks second Rage League win after Tuesday. John Horiie's Liners pace county rivals.
Tom Stith of St Bonaventure leads a crowded scoring race, averaging 31 points per game through Jan 3, chasing Frank Burgess of Gonzaga at 31.3 as NCAA figures show shifting bids. Chilton and McGill rise, Lucas strengthens rebounding, while Ohio State leads rebounds and Santa Clara tops team defense.
Ken Sears of the Knicks and George Lee of the Pistons fought during a close play in the pivot, Sears left with a bloody mouth and later was diagnosed with a fractured jaw after an X ray at a hospital. Philadelphia played Syracuse in the second game at Convention Hall as New York took the lead late in the third period.
The Brunswick Ladies team from Baltimore led by Toots Barger will face a Frederick area men’s all star group Sunday January 8 1960 at 8 30 p m at Grand opening Hage Lanes Moor target Village Lanes hosts all day events with top local and national bowlers participating in an exhibition match context.
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