Pennant Races Near End As Yankees Dodgers Lead
The Yankees hold a four game magic number to clinch the AL pennant and the Dodgers need six to seal the NL title. The Twins and Giants faded after losses to the Tigers and Cardinals, while the Indians beat the Athletics and White Sox defeated the Red Sox in other AL action. Pirates and Colts won in NL play as Cubs edged Phillies.
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Giants
Minnesota
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San Francisco
St. Louis Cardinals
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Phil Regal
al Kaline
Jim Kaat
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Cardinals
Jack Sanford
Clevelad Indians
Kansas City Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Colts
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Hanover Is Winner Of Trotter Classic
Hanover wins the Little Brown Jug pacing classic at Delaware Ohio with Lehigh Hanover driven by Crafty Stanley Dancer. The New Jersey colt surged from the rear to beat Coffee Break in a 75 038 dollar race for 3 year olds, boosting earnings to 191 835.
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New Jersey
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Lehigh
James B. Hanover
Sly Yankee
Majestic Hanover
Overtrick
Helen Buck
Far Hills
N.J
New Automatic Scoreboard Planned for City High
Ten years ago Washington prepared a new automatic score board and time clock for the high school football field. The Kiwanis Club has ordered the device and aims to use it by the homecoming game at Case Field on October 10.
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Kiwanis Club
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Major League Standings and Upcoming Games Summary
United Press International reports the American League standings led by New York with 91 wins and Minnesota 87, followed by Los Angeles Los Angeles Chicago Detroit Baltimore and others. National League shows Los Angeles atop with 99 wins, San Francisco 58 and Cincinnati 61, Pittsburgh 63, Milwaukee 74, St Louis 75, Philadelphia 77, Houston 91. Friday night matchups include New York at Chicago and Cleveland at Los Angeles among others.
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Brown Finance dominates five towners bowling clash
In Crawfordsville League action Brown Finance tops Dutch Tensorial and Don Boyer headlines with 579 series and 245 game. Dutch Tensorial posts 2540 team total and 1048 team game while Dallas Chamberlin adds 230. An unrelated note estimates 14 percent of US shotgun ammo targets squirrels with up to 5 million animals killed annually.
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Don
Brown Finance
Dutch
Brown
Don Boyer
W. Lance
Dallas Chamberlin
United States
Waco Pekin Sophs to Play Wayland in Benefit Game
Freshman and sophomore teams from WACO and Pekin meet at Wayland on Monday Sept 24 at 7 p.m. for a benefit for the WACO Parent-Teacher Association. Admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children. High school students run a concession stand.
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Pekin Sophs
Wayland
Pekin
Parent-Teachers Association
Iowa Prep Gridders Face Tests Tonight
Iowa high school football opens under floodlights with Cedar Rapids Jefferson favored over Mount Pleasant and showing a 20-6 opener win. Davenport Central defends No 2 against Cedar Rapids Washington as East Waterloo meets Columbus. Ames No 4 visits Boone in a key matchup while Clinton River Kings challenge Iowa City No 6 and Heelan faces Sioux City East.
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Mount Pleasant
United Press International Board of Coaches
Gary Herman
Moline
Ill
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Davenport Central
Washington
UPI
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Columbus
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Boone
Des Moines Roosevelt
Little Cyclones
Tom Landsberg
Waterloo
Gary Stephens
Toreadors
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Clinton River Kings
Sioux City Heelan
Sioux City East
Des Moines Lincoln
Des Moines East
Newton
Grinnell
Des Moines Tech
Des Moines
Weatherly Wins Second Race in Australia Cup Series
In Newport Rhode Island, Weatherly sailed a decisive win over Gretel to move 2-1 ahead. Winds collapsed late, Gretel struggled with a failed spinnaker as Weatherly pulled away, while Sturrock sought a postponement for Saturday.
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UPI
Mosbacher
Gretel
Weatherly
Jock Sturrock
Sturrock
Mt. Pleasant Faces No. 1 Jefferson In Key Southeast Six Clash
Southeast Six games spark action as Mt. Pleasant hosts top ranked Jefferson of Cedar Rapids after a setback to North Scott. Other games include Washington vs Mid Prairie Golden Hawks, Centerville vs Hannibal, Davis County at Albia, Fairfield at Tama, and Fort Madison hosting Muscatine.
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Cedar Rapids
Panthers
North Scott
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Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks
Centerville
Hannibal
Davis County
Albia
Fairfield
Tama
Fort Madison
Muscatine Muskies
Aerospace sector reinvests most earnings in 1961
New York report from the Aerospace Industries Association of America shows the industry plows about 57 percent of its earnings back into business in 1961, higher than any other major manufacturing sector.
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API
Aerospace Industries Association of America
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