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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1961
Page
7
In Baltimore Memorial Stadium a 32 year old fan grabbed Roger Maris 59th homer ball, hoping for World Series tickets and a trip to New York. Maris declined the exchange offering, autographing a second ball for another fan instead.
In the Health Center Lanes league Carroll Manor New Market and Frederick share first with four wins, Middletown has three, Frederick one. Middletown posted the week’s high game 507 and Carroll Manor the high set 1460. Brashear New Market had top individual game 147 and set 373. In the Ladies Church League St Johns and Mt Pleasant Methodist swept four. Forest Grove led in team game 532 and set 1540. Smith Buckeystown 339 and Cook Forest Grove 334 were top individual sets. Brown Mt Pleasant 126 and R Ahalt Middletown Lutheran 125 led singles. Thursday Nite League Arcade No 2 leads with seven. Ausherman's Construction second with six. G Ramsburg 400 led men sets. S Halsey 303 women. Ramsburg 146 top men game. S Halsey 118 top women. Industrial League opened with Shell Oil and Red Men each at four points. Morgan's Lunch and Bill's Market at three. Morgan's Lunch led team game 595 and team set 1758. Lem Shafer Shell Oil 148 and Adrian Shriner Morgan's Lunch 361 top singles. Next week's matchups teased as strong showdowns.
Francis Scott Key Post No 1 leads after two weeks with 7 wins and 2 losses. Skip's Five sits second at 6 and 2 while Jackson's Jokers are third at 53. Francis Scott Key Post No 11 posts top 1631 set and Model Garage tops a 588 game. R Wentzel of Skip's Five earns high weekly 3336 in sets, while R Jackson of Jackson's Jokers notches 142 high game. Season highs show Skip's Five leading sets 1725 and 837 high game. Don Young of Allstate Insurance tops with 408 set and 159 game.
Mrs Roger Maris swapped seats during the New York Baltimore game and recalled a superstition that her leaving her seat hexes her husband. In the ninth, Maris struck out for the season home record of 60. She watched from KMBC TV studio in Raytown.
In Baltimore fans were told It Can Be Done In '61 before the season began. The AL pennant was clinched last night in Baltimore, but the Yankees won the championship. Baltimore sits in third place.
National League batting leaders include Clemente of Pittsburgh with 354 at bats and Pinson of Cincinnati with 342. Mays of San Francisco leads runs with 120, Robinson of Cincinnati 112. Cepeda of San Francisco 131 RBIs, Robinson 119. Pinson and Clemente lead hits with 200 and 198. Aaron of Milwaukee tops doubles with 38, Altman of Chicago 12 triples, White and Boyer of St Louis tied. Cepeda leads home runs.
The整理 list details batting and pitching leaders across leagues with names like Mantle Maris Aparicio Koufax and Wills. Notable marks include Maris 139 RBIs and 39 homers, Koufax 25 strikeouts in the year, and Wills top stolen bases.
Fragmentary OCR lists players and numbers including Howser from Kansas City 52 and Ford from New York with 244 857 34 decisions and 858 strikeouts for Kaseua mainesota 207. reads as a partial box score or batting log without full context.
AP reports leading batters with lines showing player and club, averages, hits and games. Names like Cepeda, Mays, San Francisco and Los Angeles are listed among top hitters with notable PCTs and stats. rookies and veterans mixed in a year’s standout performances.
Yesterdays stars Rooger Maris and the Yankees beat Baltimore 4 2 to clinch the American League pennant. Ralph Terry pitched a four hitter for New York securing the pennant in a second straight season. In Rio de Janeiro Brazil an arms team moved into Amapa border region as French Guiana frontier efforts faced resistance from indigenous tribes.
Classified notes list 1960s and 1950s vehicles for sale including a 60 CHEV 2 ton pickup floatside and a 57 CHEV station wagon with cylinder shift and radio, a 57 CHEV 2 door sedan with standard shift, and an 80 FORD 2 ton pickup described as in good running condition.
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