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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1962
Page
1
Al Kaline drives in two with a double and homer No 9 as he leads Detroit to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Rocky Colavito adds three RBI with a triple as the Tigers win their second straight, four games back of the Yankees.
May 9 deadline forces MLB clubs to trim rosters with pitchers taking heavy cuts. Don McMahon moves to Houston via trade. Joe Nuxhall released by Los Angeles. Sherman Jones and Al Cicotte optioned to minors. Jim Umbricht also routed to Oklahoma City. others sent to Louisville and Rochester as teams finalize cuts.
The Associated Press lists Friday's board featuring Philadelphia at Chicago Milwaukee at New York Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Los Angeles at St Louis San Francisco at Houston Washington at Baltimore New York at Cleveland Boston at Detroit Kansas City at Minnesota Chicago at Los Angeles with multiple nationally televised showdowns and regional clashes.
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The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 6 to 3 to end a four game skid. Brooks Robinson hit a record-tying grand slam his second in two games as Baltimore exploded for six runs in the second inning against Ed Rakow. Relievers shut down KC after the burst, with Milt Pappas earning his third win of the year.
The summary lists top players by batting, runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and pitching. Notable names include Musial, Mays, Cepeda, Alou, Davis, Pinson, Robinson, Kaline, and Koufax with standout marks such as Musial at .394, Mays with 28 runs, Cepeda 32 RBIs, and Koufax 62 strikeouts.
Ottawa High School won a four team golf meet with a total of 350. Seaman totaled 366, Paola 387, and Osawatomie 431. Ottawa’s Jeeper Deputy led with 77, supported by Gary Duffield 82, Don Meyers 95, and Jim Trigg 96.
Ottawa bowling recap after the Sponsor's Banquet shows Todd's Mobile Homes posting a 2 705 team series to defeat Pure Milk 3 1 in Commercial League action. B Wen the led with 233 and 592, while H Kramer 519 J Krayner 514 R Shofner 512 and J Doty 569 supported. Velma Foster led the Laides League with 530 on 150 190 190 as Arnold's Jewelry split four games with Todd's. M Lichtenberger 513 Pat White 504 aided KOFC's 4 game win over VFW.
Arnold Palmer leads 57 top players in the first round of the $40,000 Colonial tournament at 7,112 yards with a par 70 layout. Palmer seeks his first Colonial title as a strong field vies for a $7,000 payout, amid last year’s 281 final score that helped Doug Sanders win.
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Stan Musial, 41, moved within one hit of Honus Wagner's NL career mark as Curt Simmons pitched a 9 hitter in a 7-3 St Louis win over San Francisco. Carl Sawatski drove in four with a homer and two singles, while Cepeda hit his 9th for the Giants in the defeat.
West Jordan Utah AP Fight manager Marv Jenson says talks for a championship doubleheader on theater television delay a June 9 bout between Gene Fullmer and Paul Pender. He notes promoter Norm Rothschild aims to pair welterweight Emile Griffith with Ralph Dupas the same night on close circuit TV, with Fullmer and Pender set for Bozeman Montana.
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