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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1961
Page
1
Yankees expand lead as Mantle slams his 47th and Howard adds a ninth inning homer. Tigers drop to 249 games back after Sox and Orioles win. Gentile homers for Baltimore with three hits and four RBIs. Cleveland and Boston also win as minor league-esque scoring spree continues.
New York leads in the pennant race as Chicago beats Detroit 7 4 while the Yankees beat Minnesota 4 0 behind Bill Stafford four hits. Manager Ralph Houk downplays Mantles 47th homer and stresses winning the pennant over home run totals. Maris risks injury with a hard slide into Billy Martin during a double play attempt, saying records are incidental to victory.
Topeka claimed the league crown with a 3-1 win as Lincoln slipped, Cedar Rapids lost for the third straight, and Topeka star Miles McWilliams powered the victory with a homer and four RBIs. Edwards and Hipps contributed for Des Moines, while Kilakowski tossed a one hitter for Burlington in a 3-0 win.
DU QUOIN Ill AP Del Miller veteran harness trainer driver may earn a record week if Hambletonian Society directors vote to keep the 3 year old trotting classic at the Du Quoin State Fair Grounds Miller 48 of Meadow Lands Farm Pa is part owner of Harlan Dean with Max Hempt and Royal Cleveland Harlan Dean driven by Miller s longtime assistant Jimmy Arthur won the Hambletonian with a record performance of consecutive mile heats in 1 53 25 and 1 59
Baseball scoreboard lists Wednesday results Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 3 Los Angeles 3 Chicago 2 San Francisco 2 Milwaukee 1. Thursday games San Francisco at Chicago St Louis at Philadelphia Los Angeles at Milwaukee. Friday schedule Pittsburgh at St Louis Cleveland 9 Washington 9 New York 4 Minnesota 0 Chicago 4 Detroit 4 Boston 9 Kansas City 3 Baltimore 11 Los Angeles 4. Chicago at Detroit New York at Minnesota Cleveland at Washington Kansas City at Los Angeles Chicago at Washington Detroit at New York Cleveland at Baltimore Boston at Minnesota.
Big Eight football prepares for the opener with practice starting this week. Iowa State, reaching for a faster attack, leads with 48 players as coach Clay Stapleton eyes a wider offense. Oklahoma tops rosters with 76, while Kansas 75 and Colorado 74 share large squads as heavy conference action looms.
AP reports Al Lopez the White Sox manager courted for the Baltimore Orioles post after Paul Richards accepts Houston GM role. A reliable source says Richards discussed the Baltimore manager job with Lopez Wednesday night.
Don Demeter's second double, with a man on, helped the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in Philadelphia. Frank Sullivan held the Cards to one hit through five, but St Louis surged with three runs in the sixth. Don Ferrarese finished, earning his third win. Ray Sadecki took the loss. Gene Conley drove in the winning run for Boston as the Red Sox beat the Athletics 19-3 in Kansas City. Conley contributed a key seventh inning single helping Pete Runnels and Carl Yastrzemski. The Phillies claimed two runs in the first. Demeter and Smith aided the late rally, while Callison homered to begin the scoring.
Washington AP report says William Halsey resigns as top aide to Rep. Walter L. McVey of Kansas. Halsey will move back to Independence Kansas to join Sinclair Pipeline Co. in a personnel role on September 25.
Tom Sturdivant, an American League castoff, earned his fourth win in five decisions and his fifth straight complete game as Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 4-1. He fanned five, yielded four hits, and finished off the Reds after a two-run first inning, while Bob Purkey took the loss.
The list from Wednesday night bowling shows high scores by players across teams including Morris 133 and Richardson 343 for Romstedt-1, Dengel 378 for 20-C, Brown 167 for 10-C, Lollar 160 and 475 Kansas State 46414, Liegerot 46414, Mags 183, Toubmeritin 303, Wolgmst 185, Motelet 226, Miller 439, Lawrance 216, Jones 195, Fowler 179, Beier 173, and Korkames 158 among many others across teams such as First National Petrex and Bank's Linclair.
PHILADELPHIA AP Stan Musial star of the St Louis Cardinals says he will play baseball again next year for his 22nd major league season. At a luncheon by the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association he spoke about the NL additions Houston and New York in 1962 and said he plans to return as long as he can be an asset to the Cardinals. Musial, 40, holds many records and is batting .281.
Eder Jofre, world bantamweight champion, repeated as Ring Magazine Fighter of the Month for August after knocking out Ramon Arias in Caracas to defend his crown. Harold Johnson takes runnerup after his title win over Eddie Cotton in Seattle Tuesday night.
AP report from Seattle notes four month campaign by non playing captain Charles Lawrie to ready the British Walker Cup squad for matches at Seattle Golf Club. Lawrie aims to rally eight players for Friday Friday Scottish foursomes and pairings to be announced with US captain Jack Westland after a flag ceremony. He emphasizes focusing on the team as usual and ignoring public hype about the Americans' favorable record.
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