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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
6
An outdoor piece explains crow hunting basics using 12 or 20 gauge shotguns with #6 or half shot, calls like Mallard Tone and Lohman, and camouflage notes. It guides callers to woods, start softly, and warns to leave fawns undisturbed as game wardens note a heavy fine for possession, stressing deer and fawn safety.
Victoria Park, Canada’s 2-year-old champion, breezed seven furlongs at Pimlico in preparation for the Preakness. He finished a minute 25 and 35 seconds on a sandy track, with trainer Horacio Luro praising the workout. The colt, third in the Derby, will mostly gallop this week as a jockey is sought to ride him in Baltimore. The Preakness field is expected to include about six starters, with Ed Arcaro set to ride Airman's Guide and Derby winner Venetian Way likely to be favorite. The prize purse totals 175,100 dollars with 121,000 to the winner, and several riders and horses remain unresolved for the race and related prep events.
The Twilite tournament began May 10 at the VFW country club with ten teams each featuring four players slated for trophies to be awarded at the closing banquet. After the first week notable results include Douchard Kennedy beating Fagan and Eicholtz, Scott and Garber defeating Linton and McLaren, and Crum and Dixon besting Huyett and Schultz among others. In Fort Detrick play New Market fell 11 to 4 as Frank Bornman struck out 14 for the winners.
An Associated Press survey shows a 10 percent drop in major league home run production from 1959. The American League aside from the New York Yankees trails last year, while the National League has 208 homers to 151 for the American in a week-late start. Milwaukee leads with 30 homers, followed by San Francisco and Pittsburgh with 29 each. Giants Reds Dodgers Cubs lag behind last season totals. Yankees top the American League in homers, six ahead of last year. Major totals tie at 359, down 41 from the same span in 1959.
Navy edge Villanova 4 to 2 as four unearned runs decide the game. Chuck Davis limits Villanova to one earned run with eight strikeouts while Phil Fidalgo slides to a tough loss, facing eight K and four walks. Navy improves to 12 5 while Villanova stands 13 4. Olympics ready Rome Italy ministers say all Olympic venues will be ready by July 1 defying Aug 25 start rumor.
Kansas City tops Baltimore 4-2, halting the Orioles five game streak. Whitey Herzog connected on a seventh inning homer after Clint Courtney was hit by a pitch to force in the tying run. Jack Brandt added a third inning homer to sharpen the Athletics comeback.
Cleveland pitcher Gary Bell earned his fifth victory of the season as the Indians beat the New York Yankees 7 to 6. Dick Stigman preserved the lead by ending a Yankee rally in the ninth inning after Mickey Mantle hit a third inning homer. Mantle’s 3rd of the season drove in Richardson and Kubek.
Los Angeles AP report that the Dodgers gave 38 year old Carl Furillo an unconditional release ending a longtime association. General manager E. J. Bavasi cited breach while Furillo blamed betrayal as a calf injury kept him sidelined for most of the season.
Local Baltimore Colt fans are invited to the Frederick Armory on May 25 for JC Colt Night. The event, hosted by local Jaycees and Lions clubs, will feature Art Donovan and Lenny Moore answering questions, autograph sessions, two football films, door prizes, and proceeds supporting youth sports in area communities.
Baseball standings show Chicago, Cleveland, Baltimore leading divisions with several teams close in pursuit. Yesterday’s results include Pittsburgh and Chicago loss, San Francisco routing Cincinnati, and Los Angeles over Milwaukee. Bowling tourney leaders held steady as Pat Stewart opened singles play with a win, while doubles leaders Lewis Magas and Ralph Weigland posted top total.
AP reports Don Cardwell will receive a reported 2000 salary increase after his no hitter against the St Louis Cardinals. Cubs general manager John Holland said Cardwell signed a new contract following the stellar game. Cardwell’s base salary, inherited by the Cubs after the trade from Philadelphia Friday, was just over 10000.
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