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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1961
Page
7
Roger Maris angrily blamed a foul call for his near miss as he homered to lead the Yankees in a 2-1 defeat to the Chicago White Sox. Lefty Juan Pizarro allowed four hits, and Maris lamented the long 162 game season while calling for a return to a 154 game schedule.
Summary of top season leaders across batting and pitching. Notable names include Mantle and Maris of New York leading in runs and home runs, Cash of Detroit in batting, and Ford of New York leading in wins and strikeouts. Other leaders include Kaline, Robison, Aparicio, and Pascual among others.
Batting leaders include Clements of Pittsburgh 365 at bats and Hoak 336. Mays 100 runs. Cepeda 102 RBIs. Pinson tied with Clemente for 157 hits. Robinson leads homers with 33 and Cepeda 31. Aaron 28 doubles and 31 homers. Wills 24 stolen bases. pitching leaders list Padres 153 decisions and Koufax 191 strikeouts.
Baseball scoreboard reports Tuesday results with Milwaukee 4 over Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 5 over Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 3 over St Louis 2 Chicago 6 over Philadelphia 5. Tonight Pittsburgh at Milwaukee Philadelphia at Chicago St Louis at San Francisco Cincinnati at Los Angeles. Thursday Pittsburgh at Chicago Philadelphia at Milwaukee. Other results include Detroit 2 3 Baltimore 0 2 Chicago 2 New York 1 Boston 8 Cleveland 0 Los Angeles 8 Washington 7 Minnesota 9 Kansas City 4 Chicago at New York Baltimore at Detroit Boston at Cleveland Kansas City at Minnesota Los Angeles at Washington.
In the Minor Leagues Columbus 1 3 Rochester 0 1 Buffalo 5 2 Charleston 1 7 Richmond 4 Syracuse 2 10 Jersey City 4 Toronto 3 Pacific Coast League Vancouver 8 Hawaii 7 Salt Lake City 8 Seattle 0 Spokane 6 San Diego 5 Tacoma at Portland postponed American Association Denver 10 Omaha 1 Louisville 1 Houston 0 Indianapolis 11 Dallas Fort Worth 7
Sen. Stephen M. Young mails a capitalese sheet to explain government jargon to constituents. An event in San Luis Obispo pitted city officials against local media in a softball game, won 8-7, prompting Mayor Clay Davidson to quip that you can't fight City Hall.
Curt Simmons and Lindy McDaniel held San Francisco to four hits as the Giants edged the Cardinals 3-2 at Candlestick Park. Willie Mays scored after a walk and steal in the second, then Orsino drove him in. Harvey Kuenn doubled in the sixth as San Francisco added two more. Marichal allowed five hits for his fifth straight win. Cardinals' Keane argued a call and was ejected. Kansas City fell again to Minnesota as Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison contributed for the Twins.
The Athletics beat the Twins 9-4 with Billy Martin and another four bagger combining for seven runs. A’s started with two in the first on three singles and a sacrifice fly. Dick Howser doubled in a run in the fifth and hit a solo homer in the eighth. Jack Kralick earned the win while Jim Archer took the loss.
In Washington area lawmakers split along party lines on a Tuesday amendment that would allow Congress to veto long-range development loans exceeding five million dollars. Democratic Missouri senators Symington and Long backed the measure while Kansas Republicans Carlson and Schoeppel opposed it, and Oklahoma Democrats Kerr and Monroney supported.
A fire near a finishing machine on the seventh floor at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City caused smoke to fill the area. About 200 employees evacuated, with no injuries reported. Firemen said a resin-base plastic dust ignited in a ventilating hood above the machine.
In Havana a 2.5 million Eastern Air Lines passenger plane was exchanged for a 50 thousand Cuban patrol boat after a July hijacking. A 10 man airline crew arrived to fly back the Lockheed Electra hijacked with 38 aboard. The patrol boat, seized by Cuban refugees, left Key West for Cuba. Coast Guard escorted the craft to the U.S. and prepared for the return.
A Florida court awarded Terry Kane, an American with a Cuban tractor business, $833,998 against Fidel Castro's government after a Miami lawyer failed to attach the boat tied to Kane. Other creditors, including Erwin Harris, relinquished claims to the vessel as battles over seized assets continued.
The United States rules that a boat cannot be seized to satisfy a $429,000 judgment because the vessel is a government naval asset. The ruling emphasizes immunity from court seizure in defense and maritime service duties.
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