Cobb Battled for Breaks to Win Games
A four part series on Ty Cobb recounts his relentless drive and genius on field. It covers Cobb’s early struggles, Leidy’s mentorship, and how he transformed batting and base running. The piece highlights Cobb’s speed of mind and limb, pioneering slides, all fields hitting, and daring baserunning feats.
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Ty Cob
Associated Press
Ty Cobb
Georgia
Peach
H. G. Salsinger
Detroit News
Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Christy’ Mathewson
George Leidy
Mathewson
Honus Warner
Matty
Wagner
Leidy
Branch Rickey
Lou Criger
Cy Young
Cleveland
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Criger
Young
Detroit
V'H
Night Baseball Results Across Leagues
Recount of multiple games with Kansas City Chicago Minnesota Los Angeles Boston Cleveland Milwaukee Philadelphia San Francisco St Louis and Los Angeles again. Key pitchers batters and home runs listed for each matchup with run totals and winning and losing pitchers.
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St Louis
McCormick
S. Miller
Ors Landrith
Sadecki
Shaffer
Vson
L.S. Miller
San Francisco
Buena
Village Lanes Bowling Standings and Leaders
Wayne and Sam Fox lead the Father-Son League with 15 points while a three way tie for second sits at 14. Monocacy Village League crowns Seminoles. Pine Knots second, Delaware Chiefs third. Betty Soule tops women with 125 and Lucille Tucker 366 for set honors. Chick Cramer dominates Peterson Point Singles with 12 of 13 wins and 500+ series. Dave's Gulf leads Service Station League with 20 points. Wedneday Mixed leads Elaine Thompson team at 20. Junior League shows Team 4 at 24, high game Warren Stevens 151. Thursday Men’s League Wahl Automatic Heating leads.
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Wayne
Sam Fox
Village Lanes
Ricky
Carl McQuillen
Eddy
Ike Nicodemus
Richard Wenzel
Mike Schaden
Seminoles
Pine Knots
Delaware Chiefs
Monocacy Dogs
Bowling Indians
Shawnee Cats
Betty Soule
Lucille Tucker
Wayne Feaga
Leo Tucker
Miss Soule
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Delaware
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Chick Cramer
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Herman Brown
Charley May
Brown
May
Leo Wickless
Charles May
Dave's Gulf
Willace Lanes
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Jackson
Buck Klipp
W. Shaffer
Colonial Service
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Wednday
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Leroy Flickinger
Razor Blades
Rodney Duvall
R. Cook
Bobby Gilbert
Jack Miller
Carlings
Virginia Cook
Warren Stevens
Jerry Campbell
Team 7
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Bill Walter
Doris Lydard
Walter
Miss Lydard
Bob Reed
Liz
Monday Minor League Bowling Dominates Terrace Lanes
Pirates showcase strong season with 444 19 record leading LO team bowling Monday nights at Terrace Lanes. Rockets second at 38 26, Carlson's Market third at 37 27. Ernest Pete Shank starred with a 621 series for West End Laundry, including a 246 game. Rich ard Frost 563 and A Miller 342 also notable. Family Drive-In posted high team set 2 679.
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Pirates
Terrace
Rockets
Carlson
Market
Ernest Pete Shank
Shank
West End
Richard Frost
A. Miller
Mixed Doubles Bowling Leads and High Scores at Visage and Village Lanes
Thursday bowling results show Claire Frock's Stimmel achieving a 366 set and 140 high game, with VanFossen second at 335. In Visage Lanes Division 2, Mills and May lead with 17 points, Kanode tops ladies averages at 112, and Hahn posts 384 set total. Village Lanes Division 1 sees Bill and Thelma Grams leading, with Kidwiler atop men’s average at 122 and Thelma Grams high for women with 101.
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Shirley Mills
Kenneth May
Harry Wolfe
Bill
Thelma Grams
Haller
G. W. Kidwiler
Romance Helps Latman Win Ninth. Indians Top Red Sox
Cleveland pitcher Barry Latman credits engagement and romance with improved focus as he earned his ninth win without a loss, beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in the first game of a double header. The 20-year-old Lynne Schwab is the fiancée, with a wedding planned for October. Latman also surpassed his previous best of 83 decisions in a season.
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Cleveland
Barry Latman
Boston Red Sox
Indians
Lynne Schwab
Los Angeles
Latman
Dodgers Beat Reds 8-3 Behind Padre Nine-Hit Pearl
Dodgers surge with two four run innings to defeat Cincinnati 8-3 as Johnny Padre allows nine hits in a complete game. Larker keys offense with three hits and drives in two in the third and sixth innings. Padre improves to 11-2, Purkey suffers loss at Crosley Field.
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ED Wilks
Associated Press
Los Angeles Dodgers
Johnny Padre
Cincinnati
Reds
St. Louis
San Francisco
Giants
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Phils
Chicago-Pittsburgh
Dodgers
Bob Purkey
Norm Larker
Charlie Neal
Willie Davis
Wally Moon
Purkey
Larker
Neal
Podres
Crosley Field
Bill White
White
Harvey Kuenn
Carl Willey
Ninth inning rally features Vale Callison Walls singles
Elmer Vale John Callison and Lee Walls delivered singles in the ninth to back a rally. In the opener rookie Mack Jones nicknamed The Knife drove in three runs with a triple and two singles.
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Hander
Elmer Vale
John Callison
Lee Walls
Mack
the Knife) Jones
Baseball League Leaders From The National And American Circuits
National League batting leaders include Clemente .357 and Moon .340 with Cepeda 81 RBIs and Mays 27 homers. Robinson leads San Francisco runners, Pinson tops hits with 117, while Koufax and Williams lead strikeouts. American League figures show Howard .367 and Cash .352, Mantle 83 runs and 85 RBIs, with B Robinson and Kubek at 110 hits.
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Daley to Receive 1961 Grantland Rice Memorial Award
The Sportsmanship Brotherhood will award the 1961 Grantland Rice Memorial Award to a prominent sportswriter in Rice tradition. Daley, a 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner, will accept the honor at a luncheon on November 1, Rice’s birth date.
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Grantland Rice
The
Sportsmanship Brotherhood
Rice
Daley
Daley Honored As Pulitzer Winning NY Times Columnist
Arthur Daley, Pulitzer Prize winning sports columnist for the New York Times, was named winner of the.
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