City Softball League Shrinks to Seven Teams After Merchants Exit
Commissioner Ed Burch announced Clarke and Frederick Merchants left the City League last night due to player shortages and weak pitching, reducing the loop to seven teams. C&F forfeited two games and no Merchants players joined other clubs yet as a revised schedule for a seven team league is prepared.
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Clarke and
Frederick
Ed Burch
Merchants
C&f
Secree
R. H. Hummer
Berryville
Lucky Inn
Clarke County Esso
Burch
Orioles State Tryouts At Ford High Saturday
The Baltimore Orioles schedule a tryout camp at Stafford High School two miles north of Fredericksburg conducted by scout Dick Bowie and team officials. Prospects cover travel. players provide shoes gloves and uniforms. Orioles supply gear. Lunch sold on site. American Legion Junior players require coach permission.
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Baltimore Orioles
Stafford High School
Fredericksburg
Baltimore
Dick Bowie
Orioles
American Legion
Ford Mantle May Hold Key to Race in Yankee Comeback
Whitey Ford returns to form with a three hit shutout of Baltimore lifting the Yankees from a skid. Mickey Mantle plans a tough test in Detroit as he rehabs a leg injury. The stretch run tightens with Cleveland, Boston and Los Angeles in pursuit.
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Ford
Mantle
Associated Press
Whitey Ford
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankee
Yankees
Baltimore
Yankee
Mickey
Detroit
Baltmore
Puede
Philadelphia
Chicago Cubs
Braddock Street Edges Cedar Creek 1 0 in Church League Thriller
Braddock Street beats Cedar Creek Presbyterian 1 0 to break the first place tie. Gene Pyne pitched eight shutout innings before Linden Pingley and Jim Turner delivered nine singles for the decisive run in the ninth. Cedar Creek’s Carroll Shiley allowed five hits and struck out 10 but took the loss as Braddock Street gains a seventh place tie with Welltown while Burnt Factory leads.
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Lowry Braddock
Buddy Zirk
Pingley
Pyne
Bobby Gladden
Shiley
Braddock Street
Welltown
Cedar Creek
Burnt Factory
Denny Rhodes
Rhodes
Saddle Club Western Show Planned Sunday
The Opequon Saddle Club stages a Western Show this Sunday at 2 p.m. on Route 277 between Stephen's City and Double Toll Gate featuring calf roping and bull riding. Grounds are highway visible with no admission. refreshments fund Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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Opequon Saddle Club
Stephen's City
Double Toll Gate
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Boxing results from Miami and Tokyo cards
In Miami Bobby Monroe from Fort Lauderdale outpointed Harry Tetlow of Miami Beach over eight rounds. In Tokyo Leo Espinosa from Manila outpointed Haruo Sakamoto of Japan over ten rounds.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Bobby Monroe
Fort Lauderdale
Harry Tetlow
Miami Beach
Tokyo
Leo Espinosa
Manila
Haruo Sakamoto
Japan
F and M Girls Softball Set for Four-Game Weekend
F and M girls softball team schedules a four game weekend. Saturday hosts Virginia State Champion Pollyannas of Richmond in a twinbill at Recreation Park at 2 30. Pitchers Pat Perry and Doris Connors start for F and M. Pollyannas counter with Call and Smith.
Major League 3 standings and Thursday results
The American League table shows Cleveland leading with 38 wins and 26 losses, followed by Minnesota and Los Angeles. Thursday results include New York 3, Baltimore 0 and Boston 3, Cleveland 1, with Chicago 6, Minnesota 2 and Detroit 6, Washington 3. Today scattered games include New York at Detroit and Washington at Cleveland, among others.
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Boston
Los Angeles Angels
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago White Sox
Twins
Washington
W. L. Pet. G
Los Angeles
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
Chicago
Rotary Edges Exchange 4-3 In Little League
Rotary edged Exchange 4 3 in a Little League game yesterday evening. Ross and Thompson doubled and scored for Rotary in the third. Yost drove in two with a fifth inning double as Rotary built a lead. Exchange tallied in the fifth and sixth, with Toan and Bush contributing. Clevenger and Thompson split pitching duties for Rotary, while Boyd and Toan handled mound duties for Exchange.
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Exchange
Ross
Thompson
Yost
Toan
Bush
Clevenger
Boyd
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching for 150 At Bats
National League batting leaders include Williams Chicago H Aaron Milwaukee and Musial St Louis at .335. Mays San Francisco leads runs with 60 and RBI with 69 while T Davis LA hits 91. Pitching best is Purkey Cincinnati 12 1 and .923. Koufax LA 10 2 and .833.
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New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Williams
H. Aaron
Musial
Mays
Wills
T. Davis
Los Exedes
Robinson
Virdon
Ranen
Fairly
Banks
W. Davis
Purkey
Koufax
Gibson
Belinsky Says He is a Changed Man After No Hit Era
Bo Belinsky the Angels pitcher, in Kansas City for a 3-1 win that lifted Los Angeles to second in the AL, denied headlines but faced a postgame drinking episode with Eddie Fisher party fallout. He and Dean Chance were fined $250 each for the after hours incident.
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Kansas City
Bo Be
Los Angeles Angels
Angels
Athletics
Bill Rigney
Belensky
Baltimore
Boston
Los Angeles
Long
Stan Bo
Dean Chance
Eddie Fisher
Gloria Eves
Hollywood
Belinsky
Bridget Whitaker
Miss Eves
The
Chance
Betty Sheetz Sets Season High with 146 in League Bowling
Betty Sheetz rolled a season high 146 as Charlie's Team remained undefeated with three wins over Tri-Hards. Nellie Vaughn led with 369 series and nine spares, while June Bageant and Hannah Joyce topped Tri-Hards. Four Pops fell to Die Hards by seven and eight pins as Vista Eskridge and others led the winners.
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Betty Sheetz
Charlie’s
Nellie Vaughn
Nellie
Helen Richard
Evelyn Tucker
June Bageant
Hannah Joyce
Vista Eskridge
Janice Bolton
Irene Borrer
Garnett McCarty
Virginia Schneider
Billie Towlen
Jeannette Combs
Maryann
Winchester-Nips Waynesboro in ninth inning rally
Winchester rallied from five runs down in the ninth to beat Waynesboro 8 to 4 in American Legion Junior Baseball. Marvin Griffith led Orndorff and Ponychaff with hits, Dickie Longerbeam drove in the lone Winchester run, and Dickie Longerbeam also tripled. Waynesboro led 4-3 entering the inning before Winchester plated five to secure the win.
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Winchester
Waynesboro
Toser
American Legion
Marvin Griffith
Orndorff
Ponychaff
Larry Wadsworth
Teddy Reed
Dickie Longepbeam
Gary Yates
Jones
Boone
Wadsworth
Griffith
Reed
Dickie Longerbeam
Bobby Beahn
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