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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1962
Page
6
The 17th round knockout by Emile Griffith over Benny Paret at Madison Square Garden ends in tragedy as Paret collapses after a brutal assault. Paret, hospitalized and unconscious, is reported fighting for his life, while Griffith wins the welterweight title.
Baltimore torched New York for 18 runs and 21 hits led by Brooks Robinson who joined an elite club with a centerfield wall homer. Davie Nicholson and John Powell added multiple homers as Jay Hook endured 17 hits and 16 runs through six innings.
Walkersville 9th Grade scores total 22 7 51 with Smith Whitmore and Stoner leading. Elm Street 7th Grade totals 91 19 with Ambrose and Schattenberg among top scorers. Wilmington Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park grows to a record 2 100 000 with May 28 opening and July 28 closing highlighted by a 150 000 Delaware Handicap race.
Jerry Lu cas, two time Ohio State Player of the Year, was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the NBA draft. Territorial picks included Al-America Lucas and Dave Debrusschere. Chicago, New York, Detroit and others followed with first round pivots led by McGill Havlicek and Ellis. Debrusschere and Havlicek, both six five, were noted as potential forwards.
Baltimore shortstop Ron Hansen aims to play over 100 games this season by taking spring training on leave from Ft. Meade. He hopes to attend most home games in Baltimore and Washington, with weekend Army passes to join road trips. If possible, he would miss no regular season games until May 1 and plans to drop weight from 215 to 205 pounds before returning to duty.
George Halas told a U S district court that the NFL planned to expand to Dallas and Houston as early as 1958-59, with Dallas viewed as a leading southwest city. He described signing a commitment to Dallas with Dallas backer Clem Murchison and noted Lamar Hunt later helped form the AFL after that contact.
New York state investigators delivered a report to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller after welterweight Benny Kid Paret was left in critical condition from the Madison Square Garden title fight with Emil Griffith. Medical bulletins said brain pressure was removed and a tracheotomy performed as doctors warned the outcome remained grave.
Cincinnati manager Fred Hutchinson remains optimistic as he lines up the Reds for 1962 spring action in Tampa. He cites batters Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson, new third basemen options Cliff Cook and Eddie Kasko, and a pitching staff featuring Jim O'Toole Joey Jay Ken Hunt and Sam Jones as key sources of potential improvement.
Frederick's Frank Martz will start at third base and cleanup for Maryland in the 1962 baseball opener against Dartmouth. Tom Brown returns as AI-ACC center fielder, with a lineup featuring Ruhs, Gorewitz, Water, Johnson, Harmeyer and catcher Roeper. Schedule lists games from March 28 to May 16 against Lafayette Syracuse Harvard South Carolina Clemson Navy North Carolina N.C. State Georgetown Duke Wake Forest Virginia and Penn State.
Herman Fischer 71 of Chicago, former vice president of the National Amateur Athletic Union, died in a Fort Lauderdale hospital. He and wife Lillian kept a winter home in Fort Lauderdale. He led the Central AAU, co founded the Chicago Tribune Silver Skates Derby, and served as recreation director for the Chicago school board.
Zipfel arrives at Pompano Beach camp after Marine discharge to find Dale Long firmly atop first base duties. Long hits .450 with six homers and 16 RBIs for the Senators as manager Mickey Vernon notes Zipfel may spell Long briefly later this week. Practice is postponed due to rain.
Maryland holds a narrow lead over North Carolina and Duke in the first Carmichael Cup standings for ACC athletics. Maryland secured championships in swimming wrestling and indoor track contributing to 46 points. North Carolina follows with 44 4 and Duke with 41 44. Wake Forest tops the remaining winter sport basketball and moves to seventh ahead of South Carolina. Points are awarded on a 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 basis with spring sports to come.
The tile-fish exhibits a bright color pattern and a unique greenish yellow dorsal fin on its head. No other North American fish shares this peculiar fin type, marking it as exceptional among local species.
Lady Edith Summerskill urged Britain's House of Lords to prohibit professional boxing or charge promoters with manslaughter if fatal injuries occur. She framed the debate around the Benny Paret Emile Griffith bout and warned of permanent brain injury from repeated blows.
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