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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1961

Page

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Lions and Cardinals Reach Losers' Bracket Final

Pomona Lions beat Orioles 10-5 and Cardinals upset Yankees 14-7 to reach the losers' bracket final in Ottawa Little League postseason. White Sox edge Braves 9-8 for ninth. Cardinals lead 6-4 late, then explode for 10 runs in sixth to overtake Yankees. Lions outhit Orioles 9-4, with 4 runs in third and fifth. Lions and Cardinals meet for fifth place Wednesday. In MLB notes, Berra and Musial provide power for Yankees in 4-1 win over the Angels as Mantle and Maris chase Ruth's homer pace. other AL games feature Baltimore over Kansas City and Boston over Minnesota.

Pomona Lions Cardinals Ottawa Lions Orioles Yankees White Sox Braves Yankes Abrh Hughes Seymour Honn Reynolds Carey Beeee Kasper AB RH Duncan Weae Fee Hamerickhouse Caylor Cochrane Collins Vone Reneau Detroit Sedom Heck Musial St. Louis Cincinnati Hogue Los Angeles Dodge Mealman Hackett jIngle Peaseereened Bowman Whittman P c Driver Hollen Svitso Mantle Maris McClure Matthews Brady Enone Harkins Tere Ken McBride Davis Terereea Yanks Berra Angels Mick Ken Hunt

Musial And Berra Current Sluggers In A Doubleheader Tale

In a clash of hitters the Yankees benefited from Maris and Berra while Mantle’s run-scoring tied the third. Bud Daley pitched well for the Angels in a 6-hit game as the Reds and Pirates also posted wins, with strong performances from Musial Sawatski and Yastrzemski amid a day of skid losses for the Twins and Phillies.

Garnett Plans Golf Tourney at City Park

The Garnett Country Club will sponsor an amateur golf tournament Sunday in Garnett City Park. All eastern Kansas golfers are invited for 18 hole medal play. Twenty prizes from the club and about twenty more from town merchants will be awarded. Five flights share the event with registration 7 to 10 a.m. Refreshments and lunch on the grounds with free coffee in the morning.

Garnett Country Club Garnett City ‘Park Kansas Garnett

Hitting Of Gentile Is A Big Help

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Estrada, an 18 game winner in 1960s rookie season, credits teammate Jim Gentile for support as Gentile belts 11 of Estrada’s 31 season homers. Gentile hit a solo homer in his first at bat, aiding a 54 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Estrada left in the seventh with a 3-0 lead.

Jackie Brandt Baltimore Jim Gentile Orioles Chuck Estrada Art Ditmer Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski Vic Wertz Don Schwall Mike Fornieles Don Lee Pete Ramos Twins Baltimore Md Baltimore Orioles Estrada Gentile Kansas City Athletics

Yankees Draw Bigger Road Crowds Than Other AL Clubs

New York Yankees with Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris lead the American League in road attendance. In 49 road games, they drew 1,177,620 fans, an average of 24,033, while other clubs totaled 4,474,967 across 871 dates averaging 12,601. The Yankees set several largest crowd records in Baltimore Chicago Minneapolis Boston Washington and Los Angeles. The majors total gate last week was 15,081, lifting the season total to 13,031,087, seven percent below last year.

NEW York New York Yankees Jin Mickey Mantle Roger Mar Yanks Baltimore Chicago Minneapolis Paul Boston Washington Los Angeles

Westminster Dominates Church Softball All Stars

Westminster Presbyterian led the 1961 Ottawa Church Softball league by placing five players on the 10 man all star team. Wellsville Methodist and Richter Methodist earned two apiece, with one First Baptist representative. Bill Abbott topped the votes at first base amid strong defense aiding the title run. Harold Wallace was a near unanimous center fielder choice and Don Kornhaus landed left field for his hitting. Gary Beauchamp of Richter Methodist is noted as catcher.

Westminster Presbyterian Ottawa Church Ottawa Herald Church Wellsville Methodist Richter Methodist First Baptist Herald Bill Abbott Westminster Eugene Wingert Nte Harold Wallace Don Kornhaus Wingert Wellsville Ottawa Lawrence Luther Mustain Eddie Garcia Wll Sacred Heart Mustain

All-Star Baseball Lineup Features Wingert and Mustain

The Herald lists the All-Star batting and pitching selections with Wingert of Wellsville leading strikeouts and Mustain of First Baptist topping Eddie Garcia for the second spot. The lineup includes Beauchamp, Richter Methodist. Abbott Westminster. Robuck. Eisenbise. Yingling Westminster. Kornhaus. Wallace. Messengale Wellsville. and pitchers Wingert and Mustain.

Monday Results and Upcoming Baseball Schedule

Monday results list Boston five five Minnesota forty four New York four Los Angeles one Baltimore five Kansas City four Night games Minnesota at Boston night Washington at Cleveland Detroit at Chicago Los Angeles at New York Kansas City at Baltimore twi Wednesday Los Angeles at New York Kansas City at Baltimore Pittsburgh three Philadelphia one St Louis five Cincinnati one Milwaukee at Los Angeles Chicago at San Francisco Cincinnati at Philadelphia St Louis at Pittsburgh twi light Cincinnati at St Louis Chicago at San Francisco Cincinnati at Philadelphia St Louis at Pittsburgh

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Blames Alumni And Coaches On College Basketball Woes

NAIA coach Wilbur Sparky Stalcup attacks a lunatic fringe of overzealous alumni and some misguided coaches as the source of college basketball problems. He calls for investigations of alumni coaches players and all others and suggests making point shaving a criminal offense and expanding NCAA investigations.

Louisville National Association of Basketball Coaches Wilbur Sparky) Stalcup Stalcup NCAA

Baseball Schedule for Little League Tournament

Tonight at Forest Park Athletics face Giants at 6 30 p m and Tigers meet Dodgers at 8 30 p m Wednesday Yankees clash Orioles at 6 30 p m Lions contest Cardinals at 8 30 p m Thursday losers play for third and fourth at 6 30 p m winners play for the tournament championship at 8 30 p m

Giants Tigers Dodgers Forest Park Yankees Orioles Lions Cardinals

Decreases In Duck Flights Are Expected

Washington AP reports drought across prairies leads to forecasts of major declines in duck flights in the Mississippi and central flyways and moderate decreases in Pacific and Atlantic flyways. Mid summer waterfowl production surveys tie the drought in southern Canada and the Dakotas to the reduced central and Mississippi flyway duck populations.

Washington Prairies Interior Department Mississippi Central Pacific Atlantic Department Prairie Provinces Canada Dakotas Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife

Attacking Law On Literature In Kansas

Attorneys for a Junction City magazine distributor challenge the constitutionality of Kansas new law on confiscation of pornographic literature. The case centers on free speech and state authority over publications.

Junction City, Kan Junction City Kansas

Orioles Rally Tops Athletics. Musial Homers in Cardinals Win

Cardinals top Reds 5-1 as Stan Musial and Carl Sawatski homer, Larry Jackson earns win with seven hits allowed. Reds drop six percentage points in NL race. Joe Cunningham, Bill White key moments. Orioles beat Kansas City 5-4 behind Billy Hoeft’s late inning relief and Jackie Brandt and Jim Gentile homers.

Musial Bill White Reds Cards Carl Sawatski Ken Johnson Larry Jackson Bob Friend Philadelphia Phils Ruben Amaro Johnny Callison Bill Mazeroski Bill Virdon Bucs John Buzhardt St. Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Orioles Kansas City Baltimore Stan Musial Busch Stadium Los Angeles Jackson Sawatski Joe Cunningham Billy Hoeft Norm Siebern Ossie Virgil Athletics Jerry Lumpe Wayne Causey Jackie Brandt Jim Gentile

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