Corners Falls Short in District Qualifier at VFW Park
Willard Friendly Corners failed to reach the district sloitch tournament, as Willard Wilcox routed the locals 17-6 in the losers bracket final at VFW Park. Greenwich edged the Willard team 9-7 for third, while Jumps defeated Greenwich 23-10 in a Sunday title game. Sam Sparrow homered amid a weak Corners attack as the trio—Jumps, Greenwich and Wilcox—advance to the district opening Friday at VFW Park.
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Browns Begin Camp as Collier Delivers State of Team
Cleveland Browns coach Blanton Collier opened training camp with his annual state of the Browns address. Veterans checked in to join rookies as two-a-day drills approach. Free agent safety Dick Pesonen joined from the Giants while Walt Roberts Ernie Kellerman Milt Morin and Gary Lane remained out. Potential replacements for the retired Jim Brown include Ernie Green and Leroy Kelly among 54 hopefuls.
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Standings and Results From Sunday Baseball
National League standings show Pittsburgh leading with 55 wins and 35 losses followed by San Francisco and Los Angeles. New York defeated Houston 4 to 2 and 7 to 5 in two games, while Chicago beat St Louis and Atlanta edged Cincinnati. Tonight's schedule features key matchups including Houston at New York and Chicago at St Louis.
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K of C and Lions defeat Newsmen in Slo-Pitch doubleheader
In Paris, Brazil advances to the Davis Cup finals by splitting two singles matches with France to reach a 1 victory. In local action, the Lions Club beat Bob's News 6-5, then K of C won 7-3 as Bob's trailed early. Beck, Flickinger, and Smith starred for the Lions, Zipfel and Grosswiller led the K of C with three hits each.
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Weekend Scores From Local Games
Willard Wilcox led Celeryville to 17 points while Friendly Corners scored 6. Greenwich beat Greenwich 23 to 10 with solid team effort.
Ryun Smashes World Mile Record In California
Jim Ryun of Wichita Kansas shattered Michel Jazy's world mile record with a 3 51.3 at the All-America Track and Field Invitational in Berkeley California aided by three rabbits. The 19 year old's performance marked the United States first world mile record since 1937 and drew praise from US national team coach Stan Wright.
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Indians Shellack Detroit in Twin Bill to Spark pennant chase
Cleveland swept Detroit 7-3 and 15-2 as the Indians exploded for nine homers led by Rocky Colavito with two solo shots and Chuck Hinton four baggers. Kelley and O'Donoghue won on the mound, sending Cleveland one game closer to Baltimore while facing the Angels next.
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Beveridge's Homer Sends B Division Past A Division 16 15
In McGuan Park exhibition play Bob Beveridge hit a leadoff homer in the ninth and the B Division All Stars upset the A Division 16 15. The doubleheader saw Attica All Stars hammered 27 1 and 21 6 as the local lineup belted nine homers in game two and racked up 21 runs.
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Lefty Grove AA League sees Home Savings win 6 5
Home Savings bested Eagles 6 5 in junior circuit as Norb Gross Tom Ott and Matt Gross drove in runs. Keith Ridge had a first inning single and five walks for the losers. Bill Giles hit a grand slam in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game. N Grose was the winning pitcher with Dan Griffith taking the loss. Harold Gilchrist pitched a two hitter and had three hits to pace Baltes in the senior win. Scott Twitchell Dan Fairfax Gary Barman Tom Bellamy all contributed three or more hits for Baltes.
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Hinton Hittin' Once Again for Indians in Detroit rout
Chuck Hinton, a 1964 AL All Star, rapped six hits including three homers as Cleveland beat Detroit 7-3 and 12-3, lifting the Indians to third place. He extended a season slump and recovered confidence after shoulder trouble and a late homer against the Yankees.
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