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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1961
Page
9
The opening Pony League All Star game between Winchester and Martinsburg is moved to the J.C.C. Pony League Diamond tonight at 6 p.m. due to a flooded field from heavy rains and a night cloudburst. The best of three series may shift back to Martinsburg tomorrow if field conditions improve.
The National Clay Courts Tennis Tournament resumes today in Chicago with top seed Bernard Bartzen and No. 2 Chuck McKinley advancing from Monday's first round. Don Dell and John Karabasz' lengthy match was halted at 5-5 in the third after Dell won the first set 6-2 and dropped the second 14-16.
New York Yankees stars Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were affected by rain in Baltimore, with the second game of a doubleheader postponed. Maris had 35 homers in 128 games and Mantle near the Babe Ruth pace, as Commissioner Ford Frick's rule update ties or surpasses Ruth’s 60 in 154 games.
Ed Reulbach, 78, a durable pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, died at his Glens Falls home soon after Ty Cobb’s death. Reulbach helped the Cubs win the 1907 and 1908 World Series and is famed for back to back shutouts against the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sept 26 1908 during a string of four that tied the National League and majors records.
The South Atlantic League seeks replacement clubs amid minor league realignment. At a Asheville meeting President Sam C. Smith Jr said no indemnity payments are required if moving a city from another league. Lynchburg Newport News and Savannah bid for franchises while Jacksonville is not confirmed to leave.
The Virginia Game Commission clarifies display rules for motorboats with 10 or more horsepower. Numbers must have the prefix letters separated from numerals with a space or hyphen of equal width, except for the digit one. The forward half of the vessel is the display area.
Virginia owners of registered motor boats must display block style numbers at least three inches high on at least the forward half of the hull. New rules become effective upon certificate renewal or after April 1, 1963 with enforcement by the Game Commission and Coast Guard boarding teams.
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