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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
7
Eastern Open winner Doug Ford said he will not quit soon, inspired by his son Mees now seventeen. The New Yorker, a top money winner for years, plans to enter Buick Open after Western Open and aims to keep competing on the tour.
Betsy Rawls, veteran pro and three time Women's National Open winner, secured her first win of the season at the J. E. McAuliffe Memorial in Plainfield New Jersey after a sudden death playoff with Kathy Whitworth. Rawls earned $1250 for the win while Whitworth bogeyed on the decisive hole. Mickey Wright tied for third, Marilyn Smith fourth, with Bauer Hagge and Englehorn tied for fifth.
Binghamtons Ken Harrelson belted a homer in the opening inning as the Triplets edged York 2-1. Russ Gibson hit a four-bagger for the White Roses in the second. Granville Hamner earned the win while Bob Heffner took the loss.
A field of 175 began qualifying play in the 36th Women s State Amateur Championship in Louisville. Defending champion Mrs Gaines Wilson Jr of Louisville passes up the tournament after four wins. The only former champion in the field is Katy Wylie of Richmond.
Cincinnati Reds manager Fred Hutchinson seeks a lift as his club opens a three game set with the San Francisco Giants. Cincinnati trimmed Los Angeles' lead to seven as they swept a weekend series. Jim Maloney will start against Billy O Dell. O'Toole plus a burst of offense powered a 12 10 win in Sunday's wild finale. Purkey hurt back, possible pitching turn in doubt.
Le Mans champions Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien, who secured their third 24 hour victory for Ferrari, pursue divergent futures with Hill aiming to defend the title and Gendebien retiring at his wife’s urging. They led Sunday to end at 11 a.m. EDT, averaging 115.176 mph on the 8.5 mile course after the Rodriguez brothers faded.
WALNUT California United States track and field forces, buoyed by performances at the AAU meet, named a 40 man squad to face Poland in Chicago and Russia at Stanford July 21 22. Additional athletes will tour Europe July 4 14. Notable results included Al Oerter discuses over 202 feet twice and Jim Beatty winning the mile in 3 57 9 with other runners under four minutes.
Former West Virginia University star Dave Tork finished third in the pole vault at the National AAU meet in Walnut California with a height of 15 feet 8 1 2 inches. Ron Morris of the Southern California Striders won at 16 feet. Tork, who has cleared 16 2, will join a U S team touring Oslo Helsinki Zurich and London.
UPI reports Big Ten coaches Murray Warmath of Minnesota and Woody Hayes of Ohio State meet as rivals in the All-America football game Friday night in Buffalo. Warmath builds a 240-pound west line. Hayes centers on Ernie Davis Ferguson and Roman Gabriel. Last year Warmath’s west won 30-20 behind Schloredt and Luster. game telecast nationally by the American Football Coaches Association.
Hill set a 3:57.3 lap on the 30th circuit as the 24 hour event covered 2764.2 miles. The French duo Pierre Noblet and Jean Guchet finished second, five laps back, driving a Ferrari, with Louis Dreys of France and Jean Buerlys of Belgium claiming third. Only 18 of 55 starters finished the race.
In Detroit the Tigers and Yankees battled for seven hours, the longest major league game by time. New York won 9 7 after Jack Reed homered in the 22nd inning, with 43 players used and seven Yankee pitchers. Mantle played seven innings before Reed delivered the decisive blow as dusk settled over the stadium.
In Indianapolis, Louisville Seneca’s David Cosby hit a game winning jump shot to give the Kentucky All-Stars a 70-68 win over Indiana. Cosby led with 21 points and scored the final six points to break a 68-68 tie in the annual Hoosier clash.
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PITTSBURGH UPI Three players signed 1962 contracts with the Pittsburgh Steelers during the weekend. Former Chicago quarterback Ed Brown joins the squad, and rookie halfbacks Bernie Wyatt of Iowa and Sam Murdie of Rutgers aim for spots on the defensive platoon. Brown will compete for the No 1 quarterback job with Bobby Layne and Terry Nofsinger.
Charleston Indians face the York White Roses in an Eastern League game to start a 13 game home stand. Charleston routed Williamsport 7 1 Sunday behind five hit pitching by Lefty Tommy John and piled up 14 runs with four in the second inning and three in the fifth.
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