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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1961
Page
7
Los Angeles drops to four games back of Cincinnati after a 5 3 defeat to the Cubs. Don Zimmer and George Altman hit sixth inning homers off Phil Ortega to seal the Dodgers loss as Chicago gains breathing room in the pennant chase.
Phillies pitcher Art Mahaffey, struck in the skull near the right eye by a throw during a Sunday game with the Reds, has a skull fracture revealed by Monday X rays. He is hospitalized for three to four days as Reds physician Dr. George Ballou says he is doing well.
The New York Yankees star Roger Maris must hit two homers in the next three games to tie Babe Ruth’s all time record as the Yankees face the Orioles in a three game set starting tonight at Memorial Stadium in Cincinnati. Maris has yet to homer this season and hits .123 at the park.
Details of American and National League batting leaders, runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases. Notable names include Maris Mantle Kaline Mays Cepeda Clemente Pinson Aaron Wills and Koufax Ford Pascual and Miller with season totals and top averages.
A table of leading batters lists players from Detroit New York Cleveland Baltimore Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee and Los Angeles with games at bats runs hits and batting averages. Key names include Cash Howard Kaline Prendergast Clemente Pinson Boyer Aaron Moon and others with high averages around .327 to .339.
The AAU calls a Chicago meeting October 2 to hash out jurisdictional control of American basketball with all 12 stakeholder groups including the NCAA. Louis G Wilke proposes recommendations by year end and favors equalizing representation rather than ceding control to a single federation.
Jim Burris president of the American Association says league directors will meet Tuesday in Houston with National Baseball League officials to discuss the association's indemnity for the loss of Houston to the National. A prior discussion covered payment to the association for Houston.
The Soviet Union now has more than 380000 physicians, about a third of the world's total, according to Tass.
E. J. Bavasi of the Dodgers and John McHale of the Braves will lead NL negotiations with the association directors. In other news Don Cardwell blanked the Dodgers on four hits over eight innings as Chicago beat Los Angeles 5-3 after a rough first inning, while Don Zimmer homered in the sixth to provide the go ahead run in a 5-3 Cubs win over former Dodgers teammates.
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