Piney Woods Dates Set For 48th Piney Woods Golf Tourney
W BR Bowers announced July 1-4 dates for the 48th Piney Woods Invitational at Glen Arven Country Club. The 72-hole event will use 18-hole qualifiers for Cham pion Cup entrants, with others using handicaps or qualifiers. Local contender Bryant Harvard shares Glen Arven course record with John Walter, both at 64. Entrants from 13 states expected. year marks 1919 launch.
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W. BR
Bill) Bowers
Piney Woods
Glen Arven Country Club
South
Ad. al
Bowers
Glen Arven
Thomasville
Harvard
John Walter
Dawson Street Baptist Softballers Win In Church League
Dawson Street Baptist won by forfeit over East Side Baptist in the Church League last night. First Baptist defeated First Methodist 7 to 6 with Freeman earning the win and Cook taking the loss. First Baptist had 10 hits led by Garbett R Taylor and Freeman wi with two singles each. First Methodist totaled nine hits led by Vaughn and Rigsby with two apiece. Games are played Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 45 p.m. in the Coats and Clark recreation area.
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Dawson Street Baptist
East Side Baptist
First Baptist
First Methodist
Freeman
Cook
Garbett
R. Taylor
Vaughn
Rigsby
Coats and Clark
Bowling Assn Elects Officers and Awards Honors
Thomasville Women’s Bowling Association held its final meeting of the season for 1961-62. Elected officers: Mrs. Robert Wise Jr president, Mrs. H. D. McMickle vice president, Mrs. E. B. Poff Jr secretary treasurer, and Miss Joan Beaver sergeant at arms. Gold pins for 500 plus series. 200 plus games awarded to Mary Jean Crew, Connie Jones, Jerry Wetherington, and Anne Wise.
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Thomasville Women's Bowling Assn
Robert Wise Jr
H. D. McMickle
E. B. Poff Jr
Joan Beaver
Margaret Brinson
Mary Jean Crew
Leah Harrell
Dot Ramey
Iris Peterson
Connie Jones
Jerry Wetherington
Anne Wise
Southern Association Leaders Dominate as Trails Singled Out
Chattanooga routed Macon 16 to 0 as Jerry Reimer and John Yerrnstein drove in four runs apiece behind Al Neiger. Birmingham crushed Nashville 14 to 8 with Scot and Jaciuk driving in three each. Atlanta split with Little Rock 4 3 after a 11 6 win in the opener. Mobile outscored Shreveport 17 to 4 as Gene Lary allowed nine hits and yielded three homers in a late surge.
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Chattanooga
Macon
Lookouts
Birmingham
Nashville Vols
Barons
Jerry Reimer
John Yerrnstein
al Neiger
Chico Suarez
Tony Bartirome
Rocky Soraci
Peaches
Sergrant Scot
Frank Jaciuk
John Seales
Gene Wallace
Atlanta
Little Rock
Bob Thorpe
Ken Rowe
Chuck Daniel
Crackers
Mobile
Gene Lary
Bears
Shreveport
Lary
Charley Bogan
Nashville
GAM Little Rock
Atlay
iNe
Neapville
Old U. S. Golf Players Top Canada Cup
In the Canada Cup at Dorado Beach Sam Snead and Jimmy Demaret, aged 49 and 51, lead the United States to a six stroke team advantage over Australia. Snead also leads the individual race at 134, with Ben Arda of the Philippines at 138, while Demaret contends in fifth at 143. Ted Dailey, former Pitt star, is noted in the report.
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Dorado Beach
Puerto Rico
Sam Snead
Jimmy Demaret
United States
Snead
Ben Arda
Philippines
Arda
Unitedtates
Australia
Demaret
Gulf of Mexico
Arnold Palmer
Jimmy
Kel Nagle
Lanky
al Lalding
Canada
Peter Thomson
Nagle
Kiwanis Caps II Contest in Baseball Victory
The YMCA Little League game yesterday afternoon saw Kiwanis nine defeat Coats and Clark 15 to 6. Kiwanis scored in every inning of six frames, collecting 11 hits off Gary McGrady while Larry Williamson limited Coats and Clark to seven hits and led with four safeties. Robert Mills added two hits for Kiwanis. Billy Anderson and Neil Robert led Coats and Clark with three and two hits respectively. Standings shown for Little League and Pony League through Friday.
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YMCA
Kiwanis
Coats and
Clark
Coats
Gary McGrady
Coats and Clark
Larry Williamson
Williamson
Robert Mills
Billy Anderson
Neil Robert
YMCA Minor League to Start Monday at 9 15
The YMCA will begin its Minor League baseball practices Monday at 9 15 at a Little League size field on Colton Avenue. James S. Mason and Sonny Stoddard will supervise with coaches from the YMCA and Little League visiting to inspect prospective players.
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YMCA
R. C. Balfour, Jr
Colton Avenue
James S. Mason
Sonny Stoddard
Compton Track Meet Highlights Teen Distance Stars
Bruce Kidd, 17, of Toronto set an American record in the three mile on his way to the 5 000 meter win at the Compton meet. Tommy Sullivan of Evanston, Illinois, impressed in the mile as part of a crowd featuring many world class athletes.
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Compton
Calif
Iap
Bruce Kidd
Toronto, Can
Tommy Sullivan
Evanston, Ill
Strikes and Spares Two Bowling Habits Fixed
A bowling column warns about ankle pain from a left foot slide and an overextended arm. It suggests keeping the left toe pointed to the target and keeping the right elbow close to the body during the swing to maintain a correct path.
Junior Golf Meet Begins Monday At Glen Arven TPC
The John Walter Junior Golf Tournament starts Monday and runs through Thursday at Glen Arven Country Club. Walter is honored for his retirement as pro. last year’s champion Marcus Calhoun cannot defend, now at the U S Naval Academy.
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AL Yancy
Tallahassee
Fla
U. S. Army Academy
West Point
John Walter
Glen Arven
Tom Horne
Walter
Marcus Calhoun
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Americus Nine Wins Class A Baseball Title
Leveard McMichael pitched Americus to its first Class A championship since 1955 with a 12th win and 11 strikeouts. He extended a 47 inning scoreless streak and hit a three run homer in the third inning to help defeat Model 60 in Thomaston.
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Americus. Ga
Leveard McMichael
Americus
Thomaston
Ortega Gets First Crack For Crown
Mexico's Gaspar Ortega meets welterweight champion Emile Griffith in a 15 round title bout at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Griffith enters as 2-1 favorite after defending the crown April 1 in Miami Beach. Promoters expect about 7,500 fans with gate and TV rights around $60,000, Griffith guaranteed $50,000 and Ortega 20 percent of gate and TV.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Gaspar Ortega
Emile Griffith
New York
Olympic Auditorium
ABC
California
Griffith
Virgin Islands
Benny
Kid) Paret
Cuba
Miami Beach
Fla
Cal Eaton
George Parnassus
Ortega
Olympic
Denny Moyer
Portland
Ore
Record Shatters in Memphis Open Lead By Gardner Dickinson
Gardner Dickinson shot 12 under through 36 holes to hold a cushion at the Memphis Open, firing 65 after a 63 and 128 total. The 5-11 120-pound player sits two behind the PGA 36 hole record of 126, shared by Tommy Bolt and three others as Bolt tied for second at 135.
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Memphis
Gardner Dickinson
Dickinson
PGA
Tommy Bolt
Bolt
Cary Middlecoff
Tony Lema
Gene Littler
Ken Venturi
Don Whitt
Whitt
Florida State Nine Victors In District Tourney Preview
Florida State Seminoles and West Virginia Mountaineers meet again as the loser leaves the District 3 NCAA baseball tournament. Duke University sits in the driver's seat as ACC champion with Omaha World Series on the line and no SEC representative in the district.
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Gastonia
N. C
Florida State Seminoles
West Virginia Mountaineers
Duke University
Omaha
Neb
Dodgers Surge Past Giants on Tommy Davis Grand Slam
Los Angeles beat San Francisco 6-2 after Willie Davis and a late grand slam by Tommy Davis. Dodgers move into a near tie for NL lead as Reds stumble. Giants fall despite late rally.
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Dodgers
San Francisco
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Fran
Cisco
Tommy Davis
Willie Davis
Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Baseball Standings and Results From National League and A Levels
Baseball standings show Detroit 30 16 .652 and Cleveland 27 17 .1614 among leading teams. Yesterday’s scores include Boston 4 Baltimore 2 and Cleveland 6 Los Angeles 4 with several matchups today's games listed. Cincinnati leads the NL with 26 4 7 .695, while St Louis and Philadelphia post sub-.500 marks. Southern Association results include Asheville 6 Portsmouth 2 and Knoxville 6 Charlotte 4 with Charleston 1 in another game.
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Detroit
Minnesota
Cleveland
Los Angeles Angels
New York
Chicago
White Sox
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Angeles
Anret
Francisco
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cincinnatii
San Francisco
Greenville
Knoxville
Asheville
Coumbia
Charleston
Charlotte
Portsmouth
Jacksonville
Greenville & Columbia
Columbia
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Pelham
Bryant Harvard
Auburn University
Joe Cunningham
Cardinals
Chuck Hiller
Cunningham
Dawson St. Baptist
Bowling Assn
By Fulton Lovell
Clark Hill
Georgia
Lake Lanier
South Carolina
Hartwell
Savannah
Sanger
Game and Fish Department
Segond
Corps of Engineers
Chet
Southern Asia
Wallop League
David Swit
Associated Press
Travelers
U. S
Harold Claassen
Ted Dailey
Syracuse
Pitt
Kiwanis Caps
Little League
Coca.Cola Sunnyland
Elks
Coats & Clark
VFW
Davis Meter Pony League
Robinson-Smith Ee
Watkins
Moose
Neel
Jaycees
Jof Wilman
Thomasville Bales Billard
American Oil
Atlantic Coast Line
Caldwell and
Langford
Thomas
Goodrum's
Thomasville Sales Company
Goodrum
Billiard Aed
American
Thomas Drug Stores
M. Copeland
L. Co. Willis
J. May
Copeland
Roo
L. Keadle
Dodds
Nalley
Thomasville Sales
McMichael
Model
Crown
Florida State
THE
Dogers
Jack Sanford
Bob Bolin
Ron Fairly
Willie Mays
Duke Snider
Jim Gilliam
Bob Aspromonte
Ed Fisher
Bis
Sanford
Jim Davenport
Roger Crate
Larry Sherry
Dick Farrell
Ron Perranoski
Perranoski
Cincinnati
Gene Freese
Jerry
Jack Curtis
Don Elstons
Reds
Bob Purkey
Cubs
John Buzhardt
Phils
Pirates
Phillies
Bob Friend
Braves
Ray Sadecki
Ken Boyer
Carl Willey
Ed Mathews
Amer
Southern Association
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