Third Major League Is Formed
New York AP reports the Continental League forms in 1961 with five founding cities New York Houston Toronto Denver and Minneapolis St Paul and plans a 151 game schedule. at least three more cities and a meetings Aug 18 to join major leagues are noted along with backers and finances.
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Denver
Minneapolis-St. Paul
William Shea
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Montreal
Atlanta
New Orleans
Miami
Indianapolis
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Portland
Seattle
San Juan
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Ford Frick
Frick
Warren Giles
National League
Joe Cronin
American League
Lou Per
Milwaukee
Bob Carpenter
Philadelphia
Tom Yawkey
Boston
Arnold Johnson
Kansas City
Continental League
Kefauver
Washington
Canada
Giants
Dodgers
M. Joanson
John Hay Whitney
Great Britain
Tre Houston
Graig F. Cullinan
Jack Kent Cooke
Maple Leafs
Denvers
Robert L. Howsam
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Wheelock Whitney, Jr
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Edward C. Johnson
Colorado
U.S
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R. H. Oy
Colavito Narrowing Gap In Home Run Race
Harmon Killebrew has slid in the American League home run and RBI totals as Rocky Colavito closed the gap in seven games last week. Killebrew went homerless with 0 RBIs, while Colavito hit one homer and collected five RBIs. Through Sunday Killebrew led with 32 homers and 80 RBIs to Colavito’s 30 and 74. Banks Leads National In RBI and climbs on Mathews in the HR race as Ernie Banks drove in seven runs to reach 92. Mathews remained the NL pace-setter with 47 homers and 129 RBIs. Maris tops AL batting. Kuenn, Wood, and Aaron hold key RBI and hit totals. New Market Tops Middletown. Continental Baseball League titles shaping park plans for five franchises including Toronto and New York. West Berlin remains Germany’s largest city with 2.5 million residents.
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Harmon Killebrew
Washington
Cleveland
Rocky Colavin
Killebrew
Colavito
Banks
Ernie Banks
Chicago Cubs
National Azue
Eddie Mathess
Milwaukee
Frank Robinson
Cincinn
RBI
Mathews
Roger Maris
Kansas City
Stengel Expands All Star Game Roster for Los Angeles
Casey Stengel adds three pitchers and three outfielders to the American League squad for the upcoming annual All Star Game in Los Angeles. Replacements include Camilo Pascual and Taney for Whitey Ford and Jim Bunning. Gene Woodling, Roger Maris, and Bob Allison added to the outfield mix with a raised roster limit of 28.
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Casey Stengel
Los Angeles
Yankee Pilot
Joe Cronin
Billy O'Dell
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Cal McLish Cleve
Janet
Camilo Pascual
Washington
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Whitey Ford
Stenzel
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Jim Bunning
Detroit
Lilly Pierce
Chicago
Pittsburgh
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Stengel
Gene Woodling
Roger Maris
Kansas City
Bob Allison
Bud Daley
Early Wynne
Ryne Duren
Hoyt Wilhelm
Theers
Harmon Killebrew
Roy Sievers
Luis Aparicio
Nellie Fox
Pete Russell
Frank Malone
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Vic Power
Cleveland
Gr McDougald
Bil Skowron
Williams
Ted Willams
Harvey Kuenn
al Raline
Mickey Mantle
Rocky Colavito
Moso
Sherri Lollar
Yogi Berra
Gus Triandos
Lewistown Beats Walkersville In Exhibition Softball
Lewistown collects a 5-2 exhibition win over Walkersville as Eyler and Cramer join Baker and Main for Lewistown. The Hillside section lists home runs by E Starr with two dingers among scattered scoring notes and partial box details from East Frederick Little League.
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E. Starr
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D. Pratt
Baseball Scores and Standings Across Leagues
American League standings show Chicago leading with 36 wins and 40 losses, Cleveland 52, Baltimore 49, New York 49, Kansas City 49, Detroit 52, Washington 55, Boston 55. Tuesday results include New York at Chicago, Washington at Kansas City, Boston at Cleveland, Baltimore at Detroit. Monday scores: Baltimore 5 Detroit 2, Boston 4 Cleveland 0, Kansas City 7 Washington 6. Wednesday pairings include New York at Chicago, Washington at Kansas City, Boston at Cleveland, Baltimore at Detroit, Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 8 St. Louis 3, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Milwaukee at Los Angeles, San Francisco at Los Angeles.
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Betsy Rawls Wins Mount Prospect Open by One Stroke
Betsy Rawls captured the Mount Prospect Women’s Open at 291 after a final round 72, edging roommate Mickey Weight by one stroke. The win nets Rawls $6,500 out of a $20,400 purse, boosting her season total and inching closer to her 1956 earnings.
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Betsy Rawls
Mickey Weight
Miss Wright
Bontta
Talif
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Miss Rawls
Spartanburg
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Red Sox promote two Cleveland players to roster
The Boston Red Sox call up Joe Mahoner and another right handed pitcher from the American Association, replacing Herb Plews and Murray. Hickey named UNC coach on a three year contract. Birrell expulsion planned in Brazil on passport charge.
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Boston Red Sox
Joe Mahoner
Herb Plews
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Springfield
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Sports Echoes of Jim Tatum and Packers Trade News
The column reflects on Jim Tatum’s death and the tributes from sports writers, noting his impact on football. It also reports the Green Bay Packers trading first string right tackle Oliver Spencer to Detroit for Ken Russell and listing waivers on seven rookies.
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Dave Brady
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Oliver Spencer
Detroit
Bays
Ken Russell
Bowling Green
Merrell Whittleser
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Syracuse
Terp
Fred Lee
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