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MONDAYllsDefeated Well* 3-0 Behind David Olnon'* Fine Pitching Job at Ely, Minn.Fergus Falls H. T Swenson V. F. W Post 612. raptured the Minnesota State title at Ely, Minn with a 3-0 win over Wells. Fergus Falls also gained revenge in a fashion as it was this same Wells team that eliminated them 4-0 in the opening round of thestate meet last vear This means the local Post in their 3rd year in the program have heen in the state finals two years, as they were beaten 64 by St. Paul for the title in 1053.It was a tremendous team ef fort that, did it as Fergus Falls got great pitching from Roger and David Olson who allowed only 8 hits in 21 innings and three of those came in the opening in rung Defensively the team committed only 3 errors and these all ramp in the third inning of the semi final game against St. Paul.In the semi final game against St. Paul the Fergus team tallied 3 times in the opening inning and again once in the 5th as St. Paul mustered two in the 3rd on a hit and three Fergus errors.R H KSt. Paul nan a-2 2 2Fergus Falls iftl) Pill i 4 s 2Tn the championship game after a scoreless first inning Fergus got 3 big runs as David andRoger Olson singled and doubled to score. Dan Loomer walked, ad vanned to third on a passed ball and scored as Rob Warn squeezed him in.David Olson was the master all the way as he gave up but two hits and walked but one.The all state team:FERGUS FALLS VFW DISTRICT CHAMPS—Parkrow, left to right: David Anderson, Bob Bleq-stad, David Olson, John Hopper, Dan Larson, Duane Bernu. Back row, from left: Bobby Warn, Mike Nelson, Roger Olson, Phil Echel-berger, Danny Loomer and coach Odis (Oats) LeGrand. Jim Peterson is also a member of the team but not pictured above. (Fergus Falls Journal Photo)-------Braves Trip PhilsSpahn Wins15Catchers Dave Stussy, WellsMike Lolly, St. Paul.Pitchers — Roger Olson. Fergus Falls. Gary Fiest, Wells Denney Zacko, St. Paul.IB _ Jim Peterson. FergusFalls.2nd Base — .Toe Richmond.BloomingtonS S Dan Loomer Fergus Falls3B — Dave Roddy. Willmar CF Pat Roland, Willmar. John Soured Rloomington. John Latour, Duluth, Pat Kelly, Wells Utility Men — Bob Warn. Fergus Fails Monty Fannell, Winnnafituous rALUS 3Dan Loomer . . pnh Warn ....Pun* RprnuJimr*3 v* ON onBob BlepstadR o £ A r Os SOT) .Pa \AndersonJohn Hopper 2n h r 2 1* *« » #• •♦ ** • * ft *2rnr*mi3¥%ftA00 Af\11rh011rt1001npnA000nooA20WFLLS O—Larv Kust^r Pa * k el i y To»n Snhult*Oarv ,Pod B-'hnlrzLoren KaN-er pen Stuscyjoe l^anA . Mik# M IN rc *• * *33mft• »* •* #• * *• •AnA000A0ADA011AA0nA1nAAA]00Fatbtuh Fall* WallaAIA AAA X0 0 ft AAA 0 ▼?4 AR H3 40 2FACaravan(liampsA caravan of between 5ft and lt;50 cars and the V.F.W. Drill Team met the State Champion V.F.W. hasehall team early thismorning near Underwood.Odis I.e Grand, coach of the champions, was pleased with the reception and the results of the tournament. We were treated royally at Ely. saidOats. ‘ The hoys stayed at pri-vate homes and had the privilege of asking for any of theirfavorite dishes in the two meals thp hostess served.Le Grand said they woretreated to picnic with lots of food and soft drinks for thepovs. “It was a great timp fora|| — but I'm now really bushed,” said the popular coach.▼(By JOE REICHLER) Associated Press Sports Writer It is becoming more evident carh dav that if Milwaukee is to overtake Pittsburgh, it will hedone behind the strong arms of those inimitable roommates War ren Spahn and Lew Burdettewith an assist from Bob Buhl.Spahn and Burdette, relieved of the burden of relieving in he tween starts, are back on the beam again If they continue atthis present pace, they not on!vcould reach the charmed 20-vie tory circle again But thev may yet pitch the Braves to the third National League pennant in four years,Spahn Sunday hurled his 15th victory, a 3 2 decision over Phil adelphta That cut Pittsburgh’sfirst place lead to 6H games The Pirates were beaten by Cinein nati 8 4.The brilliant southpaw is now one up on roomie Burdette, whose 14th triumph last Thurs day was a no-hitter against the same PhilsSince the Fourth of July. Spahn has won nine of 11 andcompleted seven of 10 starts, lie has relieved only twice. During the same span. Burdette has won six of nine decisions and has com pleted six of nine starts. He. too. has relieved only twice. Between them. Spahn and Burdette have won 20 of the Braves’ 65 games and have pitched 23 of their 36complete games.Fred Haney was criticized last vear for working the veteran pairM - VV( 3;,too much It looks now like the ex Milwaukee manager knew what he was doing.Milwaukee kept a game and a half in front of St. Louis Cardi nals who swept past Los Angeles into third place by defeating the Dodgers 20 The Chicago Cubs and San Francsco Giants divided a pair, the Cubs winning the first game 53 and the Giants taking the second by the same score Fddie Mathews and Johnny Lo gan harked up Spahn s four-hit pitching with home runs as the veteran southpaw registered the 282nd victory of his career. Mat hews walloped his 28 in the six th off loser John Buzhardt. After the Phils tied the score in the top of the seventh. Logan came through with his fourth in the hottom of the seventh Three Cincinnati home runs— hv Varla Pinson Cliff Conk andWally Post - paved the way for the 10th loss for Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend. The strong - armed righthander. seeking his 14th victory, was shelled out in the fifth when the Reds scored three runs to take a 6 1 lead Dick Stuart tried to put the Pirates hack in business with a pair of homers.▼F-M Twins Swamped l\St. C(Bv The \ssoeiated Press) Duluth - Superior dumped Mi not 62 Sunday night to move within one game of Northern League leader Winnipeg which was not scheduled.Last place St Cloud blankedFargo - Moorhead 11 0 and Eau Claire trimmed Aberdeen 2-0Harvey Branch limited Fargo Moorhead to six hits while his mates made hay and eight of their runs on Grand Forks and were not scheduled.▼geles Rams of the old National League also displayed a signed Cannon contract. Adams won the ease, hut hasn't really gained a ball player.The potential top draw in the new league. Cannon has been shackled by an injured knee and has seen only limited action inHouston’s first three exhibition games — two of them losses.With Cannon sidelined, under study Charlie Tolar took over and rammed for two touchdowns as the Oilers made their home dehut a success this weekend bvoverwhelming the Denver Broncos 42 3.In other AFL pre-season tests the undefeated Dallas Texans blasted New York's Titans 38 14 and the Boston Patriots defeatedthe Buffalo Bills 21-7.In the NFL San Francisco's 49ers survived a fight-filled hat tie w ith Philadelphia fo?| a 45 28 triumph and the Detroit Lions edged the St Louis Cardinals 24 21 on a Jim Martin field goal with 3.15 left.▼U.S. Athletesroll pc tedmiscups.WinnipegFinest EverIn Olympic»i I Iv UannonwShark led by■MInjured Knee' By MIKE R ATH FT)(Associated Press Sports Writerj The well heeled Houston Oil ers are worried about a knee The kne belongs to Billy Can non. the high-priced two - time All-America and Heisman Tro phy winner who survived the rigors of a court suit, hut has yet to make his mark as- a profes sional on the football field.Cannon was lured into the new American Football League by Bud Arfams, the oil millionaire owner of the Houston cluh whosupplied the Louisiana State great with a $100,000 three-year contract that also included lucrative fringe benefits.Then Adams had to take his rase to court when the I.os AnS(Bv WILL GRIMSLFYI ROME '4* — Thp head of Am erica s Olympic forces shruggedoff today suggestions that Hie star • studded L S men’s track and field team may hr going stale and forecast a cascade ofgold medals in the forthcoming games,“From top to bottom, this isthe finest collection of athletesAdditional SportsOn Page Eightwe havp ever sent to the games,” said Kenneth “Tug” Wilson of Chicago, president of the U. S Olympic Committee“They have heen superbly trained and superbly handled.• If we are beaten out for medals. it will he because of the competition We will not heatourselves.’ 'Wilson’s comments rame in the wake of charges that the U. S men’s track squad fared the Oly mpic Jetdowm because of so many preliminary meets, including the two-day weekend competition at Bern, Switzerland.Mai Whitfield, former U S.Olympic star now helping Liberians, said he believed the Yanks were leaving their fight in the gym, so to speak Hal Connolly, thp hammer throw' champ from Sanla Monica. Calif., called the Bern .junket a silly, sightseeing tour.'The track hoys, favored to dominate their division in the gam es opening Thursday, arrive here by train Tuesday night, eomplet mg American huge delegation in the Olympic villageThey showed no signs of a letdown at Bern. Switzerland, wherr Lee Calhoun, of Gary, Ind., rq ualled the world record for 110 meter hurdles wuth 13 2 seconds; Ralph Boston of Laurel. Miss., broad jumped 26 feet 8 7-8 inches, and Glen Davis of Columbus, O., did 22 5 seconds in the 200 meter hurdles around a curve, equalling the world record.Wilson said the United Stafps not only would show’ strength in men’s track and field, a long time American specialty. hut would make a better showing than ever before in the less spectacular events.“I think we will surprise a lot of people in such things as Grp co-Roman wrestling, gymnastics fencing and pv cn women s track and field, which we never havebeen overpowermgly strong,” theU S executive added.Wilson said morale and esprtldo corps was the highest on thet S team in his memory.There are a few- of the roil♦ me complaints — the beds are too hard, the food isn’t good or the village is t.on noisy — hut generally everybody is happy,” he observedThe only thing I'm reallyafraid of ts that they'll eat them selves out of shape Sometimes there are three kinds of meat and I 11 see a hoy take all three.” As the village population near ed its 8.OHO capacity, the Inter national Olympic meetings hr gan a series of nprn meetings to thrash out political and other problems.▼The Pittsburgh Pirates will continue their working agreementfor I960 with Columbus. Ohio.in the International League and Salt Lake City in the PacificCoast LeagueOriolesKapSox♦fSenators Top Yankees(By JOE REICHLER)If Baltimore's Orioles should pull off the biggest upset of the 1960 baseball season and win the American League pennant, they can thank the Boston Red Sox.Of the 18 games played between the two teams, the Orioles have won 14.One of the reasons for the Or ioles’ superioprtty over the RedSox has heen Ronnie HansenThe 22 year-old shortstop, w ho seems hent on capturing rookie-of-the-year honors, hit one of Baltimore’s two home runs Sunday as the Orioles drubbed the Red Sox 10-4 to move into a second place tie with Chicago, only a game and a half behind the league-leading Yankees The other Baltimore homer was a grand slammer hv catcher Gus Trian dos.Hansens hatting average is a modest 268 hut in 18 gamesagainst Boston pitching, he owns a 451 mark Of his 71 runs hat ted in. 34 have come against the Red Sox.Washington heat N'ew York 7 4 and Kansas City frounced Chi rago 8 1. Detroit swept a pair from Cleveland by the same 6-4scores.Steve Barber pitched his cighth victory for the Orioles. Therookies southpaw was staked to a 5 0 lead hut it took a neat re lief job by Wes Stock to preservehis fourth victory without a loss over the Red Sox.Three Washington home runs ruined the Yankees. The most productive was the three runner by Harmon Killebrew, his 21st, hut the key blow was Jim Lemons 29th. with one on that snapped a 4-4 tie ip the eighth Bob Allison added his 13th.Whitey Ford, who hurled back-to-back. 1-0 shutouts in his last two starts for the Yankees, gave up a run in the third to end his scoreless string after 23 innings. He left with a 3-1 lead after the fifth, wilted by the heat. Jim Coates, Ford's successor, walked two batters in the sixth and Kille-brew greeted Luis Arroyo with his three-run homer. The victory boosted the Senators into Fourthplace.▼15-Pound Northern lops Week's CatchesGood fishing continues. A 15-pound northern was taken out of Silver lake this past week.Entries in a contest at Sports men’s Service include a 9-14 nor them caught hv Joseph Ander son of Fergus Falls in North TerMile.Vera Jacobson of Vallejo, Cal entered a 5 13 walleye from Wall lake Melvin Rindahl of Fergu? Falls weighed in a 4-13 walleye and a 5-pound largemouth from Jeu’ett lake.▼BURLINGTON. Wig JP—When Art Zimmerman went to his car in a parking lot he found that a large swarm of bees had gathered on the tail pipe.Mrs Mary Amnreaux, a businesswoman saw the trouble and drove to her home She returned with a hee hive, calmly brushed the bees into it and drove away.$ WSHOESTHEBOOTERYMadsen’sfrom(By Th***Bajtmsr ^ Hurmnn KiHebrew, Jim L^mon and H«*h A11N»h, Senators* K iINhrew hit h h me run uith two on l4#mon hit onf with on* on and on uith none on to account for hut one of U’ashmgfnn’s runsho Senators defeated the New k N a nKcos*, * ~4.PitchitiK Kmi* Hrogllo and Lin d.v Me Daniel, Pardinals. 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Fergus Falls Daily Journal
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