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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1962

Page

8

Pro Golfer Ward Chases 2250 Mile Bid For Thunderbird

Les Ward, a Glen Ridge New Jersey pro, travels 2250 miles this week to qualify for the Thunderbird Invitational in Montclair New Jersey. The event offers a $25,000 first prize and a $100,000 purse, with spots earned by Memphis Open results and past champions and money leaders.

Oscar Fraley UPI Les Ward Ward Glen Ridge N.J Ten Montclair Arnold Palmer Billy Casper Palmer Casper Golfing Tour

Wards Roofing Siding and Guttering Offers

For lasting home beauty Wards Roofing Siding and Guttering offers roofing shingles or embossed aluminum roofing sheets. Wards Siding modernizes cheaply with asbestos or aluminum siding in fireproof weather resistant finishes. 5 inch guttering uses 28 gauge steel, heavily galvanized for rust resistance with a 10 foot box trough. Insulation is moisture resistant and fire safe, reducing heating and cooling costs and paying for itself in a few years.

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Homerun Wise Pitchers May Face More Trying Times

Mil ton Richman profiles a battering Memorial Day slate with 18 games and a surge of home runs. Ernie Banks belts three in one game for the Cubs as Milwaukee tops Chicago 11 9, and Detroit blasts Baltimore 12 4. Pirates rally past Cardinals in the ninth as Tom Sturdivant earns his third win and Bob Shantz absorbs his second loss.

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Casket East Gulf Win No Softball Tonite

No games are scheduled tonight in the City Softball League as Memorial Day is an official holiday. Action resumes Thursday with Sparks TV facing West Virginia Casket and Long Airbox clubs meeting.

Sparks TV W. Va

National League standings and results recap

National League standings show San Francisco leading with 33 wins and a .702 pace, followed by Los Angeles 31 and 15, Cincinnati 25 and 16, Pittsburgh 24 and 18, and St. Louis 24 and 19. Tuesday results include Milwaukee 11 Chicago 9 and Pittsburgh 7 St. Louis 6. Wednesday pitchers feature Koufax and Marichal among others.

United Press International National League W. L. Pet San Francisco Los Angeles Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Houston Philadelphia Chicago New York Koufax Padres Hook Miller Marichal O’dell McLish Hamilton O’toole Drabowsky Curtis Piche St. Louis Pittsburgh - Washburn Friend Golden Koonce Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Baltimore Kansas City Boston Washington Los Ang Stafford Sheldon Bonikowski Pascual Twinight Monbouquette Conley Chance Bowsfield Osteen Cheney Bass Rakow Horlen Buzhardt Regan Jones Ramons Latman Estrada Brown

Fishing Prospect Listed As Spotty For Memorial Day

West Virginia fishing prospects for the Memorial Day weekend are spotty, according to the State Department of Natural Resources. Best bets include the Ohio River, Little Kanawha in Calhoun County, upper South Branch Potomac, most Eastern Panhandle trout streams except Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, Cranberry River, Sutton Reservoir, Elk River below the reservoir, and Bluestone Reservoir. many other waters are either high or low and muddy.

Charleston W. Va UPI State Department of Natural Resources West Virginia Ohio River Little Kanawha Calhoun County South Branch Potomac Panhandle Jefferson Berkeley Cranberry River Sutton Elk River Bluestone

Piersall alleges doctored infields favored home teams

Jimmy Piersall says baseball grounds crews doctored infields to help home teams win. He cites 1959 Go-Go White Sox at Comiskey Park and 1960 Pirates with fast turf to boost slugging, noting altered foul lines and tarp speed. He recalls Harmon Killebrew and Roberto Clemente benefiting from engineered conditions.

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