Roswell Coyotes Knock Off Hobbs for State Berth in Las Cruces
Roswell defeats Hobbs 5-4 to clinch a place in the state baseball tournament in Las Cruces. Glen Harrison homered early for Roswell, Ricky Laub pitched the pivotal seventh, and a seventh inning error spree sealed the win. Coach Skip Northrup, in first year, celebrates a landmark victory as Roswell advances to meet Albuquerque Manzano in the tournament opener.
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Mike Clark
Roswell
Hobbs
Las Cruces
Lovington
Coyotes
Glen Harrison
Ricky Laub
Coyote
Skip Northrup
Big Red
Northrup
Albuquerque Manzano
LAA
Albuquerque Valley
Phil Hutson
Louie Bagwell
Harrison
Bagwell
Gary Clark
Larry Stiles
Dale Brooker
Stiles
Hal Reese
Jim Martin
Laub
Major League Standings And Tuesday Results
Major League standings and results from Tuesday include Cleveland defeating Washington 3 to 2 and Baltimore routing Boston 8 to 6. Minnesota beat Chicago 8 to 3 while Detroit toppled New York 7 to 2. Postponements include California at Kansas City and Houston at Chicago due to rain.
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Cleveland
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Minnesota
Chicago
Detroit
New York
California
Kansas City
Detroit California
Chicago Washington
Manzano Wins 1AA Title Advances to State Tourney
Manzano defeats Rio Grande 6-2 on Don Greenstreet two hitter to claim Dist 1AA crown and earn the right to meet Roswell in the Class AA opener Friday in Las Cruces. Roswell beat Hobbs 5-4 to finish second in Dist 2AA and Las Cruces faces Valley in the other first round.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
Manzano
Roswell
New Mexico
Las Cruces
Albuquerque Rio Grande
Don Greenstreet
Hobbs
Albuquerque Valley
Los Lunas
Albuquerque St. Mary
Bernalillo
Los Alamos
Anthony Gadsden
Portales
New Mexico Military
NMMI
New Mexico High School Activities Association
Gadsden
Plans for Roswell High All Spring Sports Banquet
Final plans are nearing completion for the Roswell High School All Spring Sports Banquet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Roswell High cafeteria. Sponsored by the Roswell Booster Club the event honors participants in eight spring sports with awards to follow in the Little Theater. Tickets available by calling Mary Martin or Grace Gregory.
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Roswell High School
Roswell Booster Club
Mary Martin
Grace Gregory
Five Broncos Head For National Junior College Meet
Five members of the New Mexico Military Institute track team and coach Gary Sloan depart Roswell for Garden City Kansas to compete in the National Junior College Track Meet. Rick Galles and Mark Kastner will contest field events while Terry Turner runs the 880 yard dash and Bill Gomez covers the 1 and 2 mile distances with Clark Chambers in the javelin.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Gary Sloan
Roswell
Garden City
Kan
Broncos
Rick Galles
Albuquerque
Mark Kastner
Terry Turner
Tucumcari
Bill Gomez
Hagerman
Clark Chambers
Hobbs
Little League Heights In Union Plaza Contest
Union Plaza edged Hall 6 to 3 as Preston Hall struck out two hits off Pete Torres and Union scored four straight in the fourth to pull away. Western Gas rallied to beat Fire Department 4 to 5 behind a fifth inning bases loaded single by Rickie Melendez driving in four.
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Hall
Preston Hall
John Arellano
Pete Torres
Shawn Holmes
Jerry Duran
Doug Crumley
Union
Torres
RHE
Western Gas
Fire Department
Leroy Gonzales
John Christy
Dick Christy
Gary Ringler
Harvey Reynolds
James Laughlin
Pete Hebert
Fire Dept
Rickie Melendez
Sam Angels
Sports City
Valley Glass
Cavalier Car Club
Dodgers Edge Marichal in 13 Inning Win Over Giants
Dodgers finally break through in the 13th as Wes Parker starts the decisive rally with a leadoff single and Maury Wills plates the tying run in the ninth. Parkers’ run and Ollie Brown’s throw seal a 2-1 victory over Juan Marichal and the Giants. Cincinnati blanked New York 4-0. Pittsburgh beat Atlanta 5-2. Philadelphia topped St Louis 5-3. rain washed out Houston-Chicago.
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St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Cincinnati
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Houston
Chicago
G.B. San Fran
Marichal
Dodgers
Maury Wills
Jim Gilliam
Willie Davis
Willie Mays
Wes Parker
Frank Linzy
Wills
Ollie Brown
Jim Maloney
Don Pavletich
Vada Pinson
Boxer's Tale Ends with Gun Blast
Randolph Turpin former world middleweight champion dies from gunfire in Leamington Spa cafe. His 17 month old daughter Carmen wounded. Turpin recently defeated Sugar Ray Robinson for the title then lost it in New York 64 days later. He had earned about 560000 but became bankrupt by 1961.
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Granville Watts
London
Randolph Turpin
Turpin
Carmen
Leamington Spa
Sugar Ray Robinson
New York
Robinson
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