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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1960
Page
5
Portrait by Marty Gleason highlights LaBruzzo achieving notable success in a sports portrait feature, praising skill and impact. The piece emphasizes the subject’s standout performance and potential at local events, framing the narrative with a celebratory tone.
Don LaBruzzo, 41, Buffalo Bisons general manager, turns a struggling minor league club into a pennant winner and top attendance getter. His 1959 leadership lifted Buffalo to a league pennant and set a Buffalo attendance record of 413,263 at Offermann Stadium. A Continental League bid could lift him toward a major league post.
LaBruzzo, a Buffalo investor, has spent 223 730 for 21 players and sold six for 63 000 leaving a 158 750 deficit. He says they own 10 veterans worth 15 000 each as a foundation for a Continental league venture. He answered the question with three words:
The Buffalo team credits outfielder Bobby Del Greco, infielder Bobby Morgan, and pitcher Ken Lehman for winning the 1959 Larry MacPhail Trophy for outstanding promotion in the minor leagues. Del Greco has since joined the Philadelphia Phillies while Morgan and Lehman remain with Buffalo.
The excerpt traces Den LaBruzzo from studying journalism and law at Ohio State to an administration career in baseball. After college and a stint in the armed forces he rose to business manager in Bartlesville Oklahoma and entered public relations for the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League before returning to baseball operations in Columbus for three years. He now works in Buffalo where fans await major league baseball with LaBruzzo’s poised for leadership.
Grant Teene, Houston skeet veteran, won the Pamamican championships in Dallas after a shootout with Jas Frog of San Antonio. Teene edged the field 483-500 in the final stage to claim the title, securing his seventh crown at the event. Mrs. Fred Alford Jr. of Dallas won the ladies’ title with a score of 198x200.
A retrospective roundup lists top players across Major and National Leagues, naming Clemente of Pittsburgh as batting leader with a .360 average and other standout feats. It notes Skinner and White among RBI and runs leaders, with pitchers like Koufax and Drysdale featuring in strikeout and decision totals.
The San Antonio Missions receive Sammy Drake in a midseason swap with the Houston Buffs of the American Association. Drake will give the Missions speed and another big bat as they chase the league leading Rio Grande Valley Giants. Wayne Connally heads to Houston in the exchange.
The Philadelphia Phillies, badly weakened by injuries, handed the Pittsburgh Pirates two straight defeats 2-0 and 4-1 to clip Pittsburgh’s first place NL lead. Gene Conley shut out the Pirates while Jim Owens allowed little danger and Dick Stuart homered in the eighth to avoid a shutout.
Spain's Andrea Gimeno won the Godo Trophy International Tennis title defeating Giuseppe Merlo 6 1 6 2. Heather Segal beat Pilar Barril for the women's singles. Australia’s Fraser and Emerson took the men’s doubles, while in Oklahoma City Tim Tekking defeated Don Russell in the final. The Pirates led the NL standings after a 9-4 win over San Francisco. Cubs, Dodgers, Phillies batting details noted. Ben Lindheimer, longtime racetrack executive, died at 70 in Beverly Hills after a heart attack.
Los Angeles first baseman Norm Larker was fined 100 by National League President Warren Giles after an ejection in the third inning. He clashed with umpire Stan Landes following a disputed strike call and threw a helmet in the Los Angeles dugout before storming onto the field.
Mexico’s Santiago Plaza smashed the curve 220-yard dash in 20.6 seconds to tie the world record. Texas placed three firsts in nine events on the final day led by Drew Dunlap in the 580 yard, Rex Wilson in the 440 yard hurdles, and Charles Bankhead in the pole vault. Mexico won with 92 points, Texas 52, and the Mexican B team 1.
In the Northside League update Western Life and Amer Sports playouts show scores and players Fillier Dressen Trevino Yanotek Ozona Mortg Invest Edmiston Durtado Reynolds Rochelle Zunker among listed teams and items. Action centers on player pairings and team matchups across the league standings.
The summary lists American League results with New York and Boston scoring 42 and 6 runs against opponents, plus Baltimore and Washington tallies. It then outlines a tentative schedule with Detroit at Baltimore, Chicago at Cleveland, Pittsburgh at San Francisco, Cincinnati at St. Louis, Los Angeles at Chicago, Philadelphia at St. Louis, and other matchups.
Legion Warlandale tops Alaino Heights while Wheatley defeats Sout hout in 3p. mm action. Sam Houston blasts Highlands 21 to 0 as Pete Servin drives in the lone Samm run in the seventh inning. Shifter, Davis, and Mone collect multiple hits as Cartwright, News, and Servin contribute for Sam Houston.
In a tense inning Massa walked, Williams tripled, and Connally lined a single to center to bring Williams home. Rogers added a two-base hit, scoring Massa, but Connally was thrown out at the plate on Leroy Thomas' relay. Sox win extended to five in last ten games.
Three teams from last year's NAIA tournament begin bids as Southern Baton Rouge defends title facing Southern Indiana in the opener. Sam Houston State meets Indiana State of Pennsylvania while Omaha faces Georgia Southern and Morningside plays Whitworth. Southern Illinois and Omaha also return for the small college championship. Four people enter the NAIA Baseball Hall of Fame: Sigur Reque, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, and Rankin Williams.
An OCR readable section shows Pan Am standings and scores with teams like Rio Grande, Amarillo, Victoria, and Dallas County teams. Players such as Villarreal and Arthur are noted in fragmented lines, with multiple game results and aggregate totals across divisions.
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