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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
3
A reader pleads for the return of Charlie Singletary's bat, noting it bears his name and carries sentimental value. The boy, a Sunnyland Little League catcher, saved for a smaller bat after regulation ones were too large. The note asks the finder to return the bat to the Times-Enterprise office with no questions.
The San Francisco Giants halted a six-game slide by sweeping a doubleheader from Cincinnati 3-1 and 7-4 to close within one game of the Dodgers. Orlando Cepeda drove in four runs with two homers in the nightcap, and Lew Burdette pitched six strong innings. Meanwhile the Dodgers fell further behind after a 18-2 rout by Milwaukee, the Braves beat the Reds, and St. Louis defeated Philadelphia to climb into fourth.
The night featured team results across divisions led by Atlantic Coast Line, Tville Sales Co., and Thomas Co Kiwanis. Individual high scorers included Doug Blanton 222 and Charlie Johnson 217, with detailed nightly scores for teams like Ga. Chemical Co and Moose in multiple leagues.
Stegall Electric and Sunnyland played to an 11-11 draw last night in Industrial Softball League action. Stegall scored all its runs in the first inning while Sunnyland tied with seven runs in the fifth. Bobby Fleetwood went 3 for 4, with two hits each from Marvin Bannister Ralph Duncan Hughier Taylor and Wendell Johnson. Bill Mc Corvey hit a Stegall homer and Jack Taylor slugged two homers in a 3-for-4 night for Sunnyland, with Ted Hicks adding two hits.
The New York Yankees moved back to first place after a 2-1 victory over Detroit. Lee Thomas belted his 8th and 9th homers versus Minnesota as the Angels beat the Twins 7-5 to close within a game and a half. Bill Stafford limited Detroit to three hits until the ninth. Roger Maris hit his 11th homer. Frank Lary took the loss to fall to 1-4 lifetime against New York.
Post 222 defeated Blakely 65 yesterday afternoon for its first regular season Legion baseball victory. Ex Cairo star Martin Prince homered but Gene Smokey Gulledge delivered the decisive two run single. Clarence Murphy pitched four innings for Thomasville and Lavoyd Eubanks finished the last four. Two ninth inning errors troubled Eubanks as B Hall Redfearn retired the tying run.
Kenny Lowery hurled a six hitter with 10 strikeouts and one walk to lead Moose Lodge to a 10-6 victory over Neels. Bobby Knight, Charles Lane and Don Adams led the offense with multi hit games while Len Willis took the loss despite nine strikeouts. Willis was the only Neels player with more than one hit, going two for four with a double.
In Omaha the Wolverines and Florida State, the remaining unbeaten teams, meet in the College World Series third round. Michigan relieved by Jim Bobel dominated Holy Cross 11 to 4, while Florida State edged Ithaca 5 to 4. Santa Clara beat Missouri 7 to 4 in 12 innings, and Texas toppled Colorado State College 12 to 2.
In Sacramento Zora Folley defeated Paul Andrews on points with a 199% tally in a 1 round stop in Chandler Arizona. In Omaha Bill Nielson stopped Jackie Richards after five rounds in Detroit. In Fresno Gabe Terron knocked out Floyd Sampson in the 3rd round in Reno. In Honolulu Jose Gabino outpointed Willie Castillo over ten rounds with Mexico listed.
Ramon Perez navigated 10 hits but allowed 10 runs as the Dublin Braves beat the Brunswick Cardinals 10 to 8 to widen their lead over the Thomasville Tigers in the Georgia Florida League. Dick Anderson hit his 6th homer and Tom Maust added his second as Dublin pounded two Card hurlers for 13 hits despite rain delays.
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