NBA to Start Pension Plan for Players
NBA players will contribute 500 dollars annually toward a pension fund, with owners matching per player on each team. A pension committee, including owners Eddie Gottlieb Walter Brown Fred Zollner and Dave Trager, and player reps Richie Guerin Gene Shue Tommy Heinsohn, will meet around June 19 to finalize plans. The Board also announced the 1962 All Star Game in St Louis and pending franchise bids from Baltimore and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBA
League
Board of Governors
Eddie Gottlieb
Philadelphia Warriore
Walter Brown
Boston Celtics
Fred Zollner
Detroit Pistons
Dave Trager
New Chicago Packers
Richie Guerin
New York Knickerbockers
Gene Shue
Detroit
Tommy Heinsohn
Boston
Heinsohn
Players’ Association
Bob Pettit
St. Louis
Shue
Baltimore
San Francisco
UPI report shows Hemus clashes with umpire Dascoli at Forbes Field
A rain postponement in the St Louis at Pittsburgh game set the stage for a heated exchange between Cardinal manager Solly Hemus and umpire Frank Dascoli. Hemus called Dascoli arrogant, Dascoli answered that Hemus is an umpire baiter with a poor reputation.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Cardinal
Solly Hemus
Frank Dascoli
Hemus
Dascoli
David Goliath
Forbes Field
St. Louis
KMOX
Harry Caray
Philadelphia
Frank Secory
Solly
Philly
Jim Woods
Ken Boyer
Secory
Gus
Pirate
Danny Murtaugh
Smoky Burgess
Cincinnati
Murtaugh
Caray
Cascoli
St. Louis Cardinals
Bush
Busher
Red Sox Slump Hits Nine Hits In Three Losses
Washington reports Boston Red Sox batters struggle with only nine hits and one run across three straight losses. Manager Mike Higgins searches for offense as team batting average sits at 167. Star outfielder Jackie Jensen endures a 13 at bat hitless stretch.
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Washington
UPI
Boston Red Sox
Mike Higgins
Red Sox
Boston
Jackie Jensen
Nary
Granatelli Says He'll Be Back At Speedway
Granatelli departs for California vowing return next Memorial Day 500 with two cars and seven drivers if needed. He has signed Dick Rathmann to pilot the yellow and black Novi with a second driver to be a rookie or hot prospect developed during the year. After a string of misfortune including engine and transmission failures, he withdraws for safety stating the car will be ready for qualification but not sent out with an unfamiliar driver.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Andy Granatelli
Novi
California
Granatelli
Dick Rathmann
Rosellé
Ill
Lew Welch
Ralph Ligouri
Russ Congdon
Ligouri
Beckley Semi-Pro Team Opens Season Away
Beckley semi pro baseball opens 1961 season on the road against MW team at Market Wednesday night at 8. Manager Pat Fragile lists possible starters such as Harry Perkowski Bob Cerrito Leonard Davis Willie Jo Chandler Wheel Thomas Ken Wheeler Denny Skiles Dwayne McGraw Jack Perry and Ted Belcher and hopes Walter Craddock will join the trip and play if he reports. Players expected to attend must be at the Smokehouse by 6 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Market
Pat Fragile
Fragile
Harry Perkowski
Bob Cerrito
Leonard Davis
Willie Jo Chand
Ler
Wheel Thomas
Ken Wheeler
Denny Skiles
Dwayne McGraw
Jack Perry
Ted Belcher
Walter ‘Craddock
Craddock
Smokehouse
Huntington Douglass High Drops Football
Huntington's Douglass High cancels its eight game football schedule due to rising costs and low attendance. Principal Joseph Slash cites high stadium rental and equipment prices as reasons, with enrollment under 100 in grades 10 to 12 due to integration and only about 30 boys remaining.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPID
Douglass High
Joseph Slash
Slash
Guyan Valley
Clear Fork
Crum
Kenova Buffalo
Williamson Liberty
Hannon
Logan
Aracama
South Point
Ohio
Miteff Favorite To Whip Williams In Houston Fight
Cleveland Williams, back from a Gulf Coast fishing trip, dismisses Miteff as an 85 favorite for their 10 round heavyweight bout at the Sam Houston Coliseum. Williams, 50-4 with 41 knockouts, weighs about 210 pounds, while Miteff weighs about 208. Both boxers eye a title shot with Floyd Patterson if he avoids Sonny Liston or other top challengers.
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Houston, Tex
UPI
Cleveland Williams
Gulf Coast
Alex Miteff
Williams
Sam Houston Coliseum
Miteff
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston
Will Carry Back Run Out Of Ground Sat
Baltimore report notes owner trainer Jack Price optimistic Carry Back will not run out of ground in the Preakness. The colt, aiming to convert Derby speed after a longer Churchill Downs stretch, breezed a mile in 1:34 2-5 on a slow Pimlico track, with rivals Crozier and Globemaster also working out.
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Baltimore
UPI
Jack Price
Pimlico
Churchill Downs
Price
Carry Back
The
Ohioan
Stoco Favored To Win Raleigh County Track Title
Four Raleigh County schools plan full-event entries in the Raleigh County League Track Meet at Woodrow Wilson's Oval Wednesday at 1 p.m. Stoco, defending champs led by John Norris and seniors Bowman and Lilly, are favored to repeat despite weather delays and missing meet records. Shady Spring Stratton and Trap Hill will field strong contingents, with Mark Twain entering selected events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson’s Oval
Ken Wheeler
Stoco
Stoco Indians
Shady Spring
Stratton
Trap Hill
Mark Twain
Wheeler
Raleigh
Glen Daniel
Big Stick
Murray Jeffries
Joseph Seal
Jeffries
John Norris
Jimmy Bowman
Albert Lilly
Bowman
Lilly
Don Manning
al Harper
OH Youth League announces players for Oak Hill summer league
Oak Hill Youth Baseball, Inc. announced team rosters for an older youth league to operate this summer. President Elmer Sheaves urged adults to help and listed four teams Colts A, Colts B, Lions C, and Seals D with managers Charles Jackson Homer Legg White Carl Ingrean Fleming and a list of players. Players aged 13 to 15 were asked to meet May 18 at Summerlee field and bring birth certificates.
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OAK Hill
ANL
Oak Hill Youth Baseball, Inc
Elmer Sheaves
Summerlee
Sheaves
Harold Hall
Leonard Price
James Heath
Clyde Dove
Jack Flint
Pete Blackwell
Everett Flint
David Miller
George Jacobson
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New York
National Basketball Association
McHus Sims
Umps
Bosox
Speedway
Huntington's Douglass High
Slab Fork
Sophia Little League
Amigo Sunday
Marvin Spicer, Jr
Jeffry Spicer
Ronnie Nelson
Larry Kendrick
Dusty Nelson
Oakey Calvert
Ronnie Greer
Ramon Ortiz
David Frost
Sammy Houck
Billy O'Donnell
LeRoy Greer
Jimmy Stone
Donnie Booth
Freddy Saddler
Larry Grahovac
Carisle Williams
John Claypool
Lowell Sauls
Thurman Wood
David Sellars
Manning
Claypool
Sauls
Lester
Wood
Park Durg
DODGE
Duncan-Carron Motor Co., Inc
Prince Street
West Virginia
Phillips Motor Co., Inc
Main Street
Sophia, West Virginia
Lynch-Pryor Motors, Inc
Howard Avenue
Mullens
OH Youth League
COLTS
Homer Legg
Kenneth Kidwell
Randal Harrah
Kenneth Dixon
Roger Perdue
Gene Gallaher
Joe Allen
Fred Jasper
Dan Blizzard
Wayne Moreau
Ronald King
David Murphy
John Ross
Billy Angle
Paul Perry
William Laster
Mike Kirk
Douglas Campbell
Donald Lockett
Victor Rees
Gary Treadway
John Legge
William Brewer
Roger Brewer
LIONS
White
Carl Ingream
Lary Foster
Steve Richardson
Alfred Foster
James Weeks
Donnie Faulk
Ernest Murphy
James Sumner
William Booth
Terry Foster
Sam Price
Randall Holliday
Dennis Pomeroy
Jerry Wade
Criss Daniels
John Davis
Leonard Scambro
Edward Norris
Jim Young
Jim Burnett
Paul Pomeroy
TEAM
Seals
Fleming
David Stewart
Donald Barlow
Leon Franklin
Keith Fernett
John Duda
John Potter
Julius
Arrow Liqueurs Corp
Detroit, Mich
America
AMOCO
American Oil, Company
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