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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1961
Page
1
Chuck Essegian led Cleveland with five RBIs and two homers in a 7-3 win, then doubled in the ninth to seal a 4-3 victory in game two. Relief outings by Stigman and Latman powered the sweep over Kansas City, lifting the Indians into first place over Detroit.
Kansas City Athletics sign 18 year old left handed pitcher Fred Norman who graduated from Jackson High School in Miami. He weighs 160 pounds and stands 5 11. Norman will be assigned to Shreveport of the Southern Association.
Cincinnati swept into first in the National League with a doubleheader sweep of St. Louis 6-2 and 9-3 boosting their lead to four percentage points over the Dodgers. Freese starred with a 12th homer and four RBIs, while Rooke Hunt and Koufax delivered strong outings for their teams as Pittsburgh and Chicago also won key games.
Baseball scoreboard lists Monday matchups Minnesota at Boston Los Angeles at New York Chicago at Baltimore Kansas City at Cleveland Schedule shows only Sundays results including New York 2-5 Boston 8-5 Minnesota 2-10 Cleveland 7-4 Kansas City 3-5 Baltimore 8-1 Chicago 2-7 and a 76 to 47 second game in 11 innings Detroit. Saturday results include Washington 4 Chicago 3 Baltimore 4 Minnesota 3 New York 5 Kansas City 3 Los Angeles 10 Boston 5 Detroit 2 Cleveland 6 Tuesday games include Washington at Baltimore New York at Cleveland Boston at Detroit Los Angeles at Chicago twi night Kansas City at Minnesota.
National League results list shows Los Angeles at San Francisco, Milwaukee 8 3 Chicago 4 5 Cincinnati 6 9 St. Louis 2 3 Pittsburgh 8 San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 6 Philadelphia 3 Milwaukee 9 Chicago 5 Cincinnati 4 St. Louis 2 San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 0 Los Angeles 5 Philadelphia 4 St. Louis at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at Pittsburgh marked N only games scheduled.
Four time Open winner Ben Hogan says the magic Open score will be 284 or 285 at Oakland Hills where he won in 1951 with 287. The 72 hole event starts Thursday, with $60,000 prize money and $14,000 to the champion. Doug Higgins of Fort Worth will drive the first ball.
Eighteen year old John Stevens of Wichita repeated as Kansas Men's Amateur Golf champion. He defeated fellow Wichita 19-year-old Monty Kaser 5 and 4 after birdies on three of the last five holes. Stevens led 3 up after morning holes and finished 3 under par in the afternoon.
Jaycee coaches will meet 122 Little League players at City Park at 5 30 p m to assign eight teams Athletics Giants Tigers and Yankees rosters list coaches and players for future practices and games with candy fund raising for uniforms.
Ottawa Phillips 66 town team of the Eastern Kansas Softball league won both games of a double header here last night. Larry Webker pitched near perfect ball, allowing only one hit, as the Ottawans beat Richland 5-0 in the second game after a 7-2 opener won by Gene Wingert. Ottawa improves to 3-5 in the league. Scoring included Eddie Boyer, Bob Watkins, Don Morris, Keith Gaoddert, and Bo Watkins homer in the second game. Wingert struck out five, Webker six, with Lavin the lone hit allowed in the seventh. The Ottawans are set for four games next weekend at Topeka against Meadow Gold and Clinton.
New York AP Arch Moore plans a European summer tour with exhibitions and possibly two 10 round fights ending in a potential $1 million bout with Ingemar Johansson. Agent Doc Kearns said Swedish promoter Edwin Ahlquist helped set up the trip after Moore defeated Giulio Rinaldi at Madison Square Garden. Moore weighed 174 1/2 pounds to Rinaldi 173, with 9,500 in attendance and TV deals adding significant revenue for both fighters.
The Ottawa girls softball team sponsored by Best Truck Lines will face Garnett in its season opener at 8 p.m. Thursday at Forest Park. Coach Joe Moody announced a practice at Forest Park tomorrow at 6 p.m. for girls 14 and older interested in joining the team.
Ernnest Jelly a Kansas City trap expert will present a program on trap shooting at 7 30 p m tomorrow for Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce above the Peoples National Bank. Jack Morrow Jaycee director says the program includes films and talks on trapshooting as the project nears completion by August.
Duane Zuercher age 37 of Whitewater Kansas drowned while fishing at Fall River near Eureka after falling from a low dam. He was an implement dealer, married with two sons.
John A. Cole, 60, died Sunday in a Wichita home fire that caused about $5,000 in damage. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
Richter Methodist overwhelmed Sacred Heart with a five run first inning and rode strong hitting to a 14 to 9 upset. Allen Crawford Gary Beauchamp and Wayne Robuck sparked the rally with three straight singles and Wood added a triple. Winning pitcher Jack Beauchamp held Sacred Heart to two early runs as Richter added five more in the fourth and fifth, while Sacred Heart plated five in the fifth before the game ended on Westminster’s later margin.
Wendell R. Godwin former Topeka schools superintendent is named assistant secretary for lay relations of the Kansas State Teachers Association. He will succeed Minter E. Brown on July 1 as Brown retires after 18 years with the association.
The Forest Park playground will start its summer program tonight with daily hours from 7 to 10 p.m. through the summer except Sundays. Orlis Cox, director of the Ottawa Recreation Commission summer activity, notes supervised activities include volleyball horseshoes ping pong shuffleboard box hockey tennis badminton basketball and croquet.
A group rate life insurance option is available for all loans exceeding $300. The plan offers coverage tied to borrowing, enabling insured borrowers to secure protection as part of the loan package. The details specify eligibility by loan amount and the existence of a group rate.
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