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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
1
The Cleveland Indians crushed Washington 11-0 as Mudcat Grant won his seventh and the club moved a half game ahead of Detroit. Willie Kirkland and Woodie Held homered, while the Tribe opened a four-game series at Detroit.
Milwaukee beat Cincinnati 3-1 and the Dodgers moved into first by a half game after a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh as Sandy Koufax improved to 8-2. Stan Musial fueled the Cardinals with two two-run homers in a 8-6 win over Chicago, while Ed Mathews drove in three for the Braves in a 3-3 tie with Cincinnati and Willie Davis, John Roseboro and unearned runs helped the Dodgers rally. The Pirates fell short despite Clemente and Hoak homers, and the Giants won in the 11th on Cepeda’s hit as Mays and Alou aided a late surge.
DETROIT AP The Indians and Tigers clash in a four game series at Tiger Stadium stirring the fight for first place in the American League. Cleveland on a nine game streak leads the Tigers by a half game and 13 percentage points. Indians ace Jim Perry and Wynn Hawkins face Detroit aces Don Messi and Frank Lary to start the set. Norm Cash leads Detroit with a .345 average as slumps threaten.
Calvin Griffith and Cookie Lavagetto take a vacation break in St Paul to ease tension as Minnesota Twins suffer a 13 game losing streak. Griffin plans serious talks on personnel changes after dropping three straight to the Yankees and sinking into the AL cellar.
Ailing Carry Back is recovering at Monmouth Park and trainer Jack Price said the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner will likely start in the Choice Stakes at Monmouth on August 2. He probably cannot be ready for the Dwyer Stakes on July 15. The horse finished seventh in the Belmont Stakes after injuring his left front leg.
Results show Los Angeles 4 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 11 Washington 0 New York 5 Minnesota 1 Boston 6 Kansas City 2. Thursday games list two night matches, while Friday schedule includes Chicago at Washington, Los Angeles at Boston, Kansas City at New York, and Cleveland at Detroit.
Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh 7 to 3 in nine innings. St Louis defeated Chicago 8 to 6. Milwaukee won 3 to 1 against Cincinnati while San Francisco edged Philadelphia 4 to 3 in 11 innings. Upcoming games list Milwaukee at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at San Francisco among others.
Chicago White Sox left ace Early Wynn at home with bursitis in the right elbow as the club began a five day road trip to Washington and Baltimore. Wynn, 41, needs 12 more wins to reach 300 in a long and storied career, but doctors are unsure how long the injury will sideline him. If out two weeks, his chase for the milestone could fade. Wynn has a 4-1 record this season and 288 career wins.
The Baltimore Orioles traded outfielder Gene Stephens to the Kansas City Athletics for first baseman Marv Throneberry. Throneberry, 27, a lefty hitter, has 6 homers and 24 RBIs in 129 at bats for KC, while Stephens batted .190 with 2 RBIs in 58 at bats for Baltimore.
SHAWNEE Okla AP Fort Hays State Kansas and Northeastern Oklahoma State share seventh place in the NAIA golf team standings at the halfway point of the 72 hole event. Both four man squads posted 621 while Lamar Tech leads at 576 Stephen F Austin College 588 and Western Illinois 595 follow.
In Wichita AP coverage, Ralph Bevan the qualifying medalist is missing as 32 golfers begin second round match play. Mike Clancy, recent Wichita U golf grad, wins two of four holes with birdies to defeat Bevan. John Stevens, 17, defends title with 1-under 71 to beat Tully Myers. Sam Sadler wins 1-up over Bill Frazier. Dave Dennis defeats John Halpine 6 and 5. Virgil Parker defeats Frank McAleavey 3 and 2. Dick Price loses 1-up to Lee Neeley.
Holyoke High School star Steve Wojnar went 5-for-5 against Springfield Cathedral on Wednesday, totaling 15 straight hits across three games and boosting his team’s offense in a clean sweep effort.
Ottawa area boys urged to sign up for Little League as sign up time moved to Saturday. Jaycees candy sale June 14 to 24 funds uniforms, with signup details at area schools and Otis Cox's office. Archie Moore favored to beat Giulio Rinaldi Saturday. potential Johansson bout discussed with big money and a path to Patterson title.
Oklahoma State, 24-1 and Big Eight champions, ranked No. 2 by Collegiate Baseball poll of coaches. Southern California is No. 1 and Texas No. 3. The Trojans Cowboys and Longhorns will vie to prove ranking in the College World Series opening in Omaha Friday night.
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