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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1962
Page
6
Dodgers hold a 3 1/2 game NL lead as Don Drysdale wins his 23rd with an 8-0 blanking of the Braves and Maury Wills pushes base theft total to 76. Yankees sweep the A's and prepare for a doubleheader with the Angels as both leagues race toward October.
The New York Giants face Green Bay in a rematch of last season’s title game at Green Bay. The Packers aim to rebound from a 37-0 win over the Giants last December as they boast a 4-0 pre season run and 149 points. The Giants are injury riddled with one win, one tie and one loss.
A large group from the Christian Tabernacle traveled to Moline Illinois for the annual convention at the Moline Gospel Temple. Rev. W J Stevens pastor of the Tabernacle is named as a speaker on the program.
American League leaders include New York and Minnesota with Kansas City and Baltimore in pursuit as Boston, Detroit, Chicago, and Washington trail. National League standings feature Los Angeles atop, followed by San Francisco and Cincinnati with Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Philadelphia and Houston fluctuating, while weekly results and upcoming doubleheaders shape the race.
Arden Bailey of Centerville fired a 31 to tie the local Country Club course record during the South east Six teachers golf tournament. Bailey finished 66 with a 31 and 35, sharing the championship honors as 35 teachers from Southeast Six conference schools competed. Bob Evans and Russell Bannister followed in the field with 76 and 38 42 respectively.
SMU center Mike Kelsey died after collapsing from heat stroke during a three hour football practice. He was 20 and the first SMU football death in the Southwest Conference era. The team and staff will be pallbearers at his funeral at Highland Park Methodist Church.
The New York Titans push to strengthen the roster one week before the AFL season. They acquire fullback Charlie Flowers from the Chargers to replace injured Bill Mathis and eye quarterback George Shaw from the Vikings. Coaching changes and multiple trades shape a reshaped lineup as faces like Ed Longin, Johnny Green, and Dean Look vie for key roles.
Indianapolis police report another grandmother, Helen Hower of Lake City Michigan, claims the missing three year old known as Little Miss Q as her granddaughter. The child, found in a downtown doorway two weeks earlier, remains an unofficial ward of Marion County.
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