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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
3
Controversy at Glen Arven Country Club centers on whether the 1961 Piney Woods Invitational should use medal or match play. The championship flight favors medal play, while lower flights use match play, a debate echoed by long-time golfers and club members.
Guidance for developing a hook in bowling outlines two techniques. One uses a late wrist turn after the ball passes the left foot, with only the wrist moving. The second combines wrist turn with a finger lift, applied as the ball passes the left foot, advised for experienced bowlers only.
Branch Rickey, 79, baseball executive and pioneer of the farm system, is hospitalized in Sudbury after a reported danger. Hospital administrator Horace Snyder said he will remain hospitalized for two to three weeks.
Sunnyland defeated Coate and Clark 7-6 in the Little League. Neel's walloped the Jaycee team 18-1 in the Pony League before the game was halted early due to a 12 run lead. Tommy Dyke led Neel's with three hits, while Jimmy Crosby starred for Sunnyland with a two hit day including a first inning home run.
Ryne Duren struck out 12 and allowed only three hits as the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 5 to 3. Duren also singled home two runs, his first hit in three years, before Albie Pearson’s three run homer in the sixth. The Yankees remain 14 ½ games behind Detroit.
The section lists teams from Cincinnati to New York with results Cleveland 32 Washington 12 Detroit 12 Chicago 5 Los Angeles 5 New York X Today Chicago at Detroit Boston at Washington South at Cleveland at Kansas City Eastern and Southern leagues show standings and yesterday games in progress noting rain postponements and today's schedule including Chattanooga Atlanta Macon Nashville Mobile Shreveport Birmingham and Charleston Knoxville Jacksonville and Portsmouth.
STORRS Conn AP Joe Clement University of Connecticut star pitcher from Henniker New Hampshire posted 16 straight victories before a 2-0 loss to Massachusetts Yankee Conference rival He ended his collegiate career 16 3 for three springs The 180 pound 6 foot 1 pitcher finished 1961 with an 086 ERA in 13 games and batted .296 He was graduated recently.
Gary Phillips reports a clear day as Piney Woods contenders gather at Glen Arven Country Club for final practice before the Piney Woods Invitational starting Saturday. The four day event ends Tuesday with 140 golfers, medal and match play formats, and prizes for champions and runners-up.
Bill Spivey, 7 foot Kentucky All American in 1951, signs with the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League for next season. Once linked to a fixed game scandal, Spivey recalls the moment as something that should have happened earlier. Teammates Walt Hirsch and Jim Line testified to accepting money to fix a game.
Results list by grade with winners and payoffs for First through Tenth races. Attendance 811. Tonight's entries in post position order show dogs, drivers, and fantasy-style payoffs across grades CO C B A D M.
Photo Shop over Cloverfarm 4-0, Rosehill Pharmacy and Al and Red's 2-2, Alligood Tire over Oak Grove 3-1, Faircloth's Foode over Frank's Beauty Salon 8.1. Individual high scores include Judy Hawke 178 Sal Ellison 172 Barbara Chastain 170 Frances Vand 163.
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