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Melton Champ
Orioles
Defeat
o A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
O-A Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Morning, July %, 1961
In
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nvitation
Beats Ballard
Tigers Squeeze Nightcap
To Split With Yankees
more Orioles, again paced by the H WP WERE WAGER ■ Ulllwwww
home run hitting of Gus Triandos, | ■
whipped the Cleveland Indians 5-1 By JOE REICHLER the gambled and bunted safely singled off reliever Paul Foytack
Tuesday to move within 11 games NEW YORK (AP) — Frank down the third base line as Boros scoring Howard with the Yanks'
of the third-place Indians. Lary's squeeze bunt with two out whipped home with the winning final run.'
Triandos hit a three-run homer sent home the winning run in the run
in the first inning off losing pitch- I
Cleveland
In Finals, 3-1
By JOE McLAUGHLIN
»1 Wynn Hawkins, and added a
solo blast in the fourth Rookie
Earl Robinson hit another homer
in the sixth off Bobby Locke to
account for the other Baltimore
'run
The Tigers scored their other
loth inning Tuesday land enabled The Tigers had scored one run run in the ninth Manlie was given
the Detroit Tigers to defeat the in the third -and another in the a three-base error when he fort
New York Yankees 4-3, in the fifth Yank starter Bob Turley Colavito’s long fly in the sun. Col
second game of g doubleheader forced in the first run when he avito scored on an infield out.
f to b
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and
and cling to their one-game mar- walked Cash with the bases loaded (First
gin on top of the American and was promptly replaced, by NEW YOKETFS
League. Jim Coates Rich’son % $ 1 0 Bruton cf: 2000 0
Triandos has hit five homers in I The Yanks won the first game in the fifth, Kubek let Kaline’s Marie " 10 * 1810
his last five games, giving him of the showdown doubleheader, grounder go through his legs for Mown1 19 SWrie * 5100
14 for the season 6-2, for Whitey Ford's 15th victory a two-base error Rocky Colavito down is 1971 t i 1011
usicu >um issue. Bover 3b 40e o Brown'e 3121
Ford was in complete command Ford D 410 0| Mossi P 2 0.0 9
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W'deshiek p 00 00
34 6 8 51 Totals 33 2 5 2
Yankee Stadium in 14 years, ui floodgates for the Yanks' six runs Delrin into force out for *-8080,%7",
The only run off Barber was a cluding World Series and officials in the fifth. Five of the runs were Ng Cork io 2. Fernandes, wa. 5
home run by Tito Francona lead- | estimated 6,000 were turned away unearned. schick Mantle PO A Detroit 24.9 New
Don Mossi was t he victim. Bob Mr 4 5 nNeW Y l %.
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Reporter-News Sports Writer ______,___________
Maj. Dempsey Bal lard could have pulled rank On Lefty Steve Barber, aided by of the season and ninth in a row singled him heme
Master Sgt. Walter Melton Tuesday in the finals of the four doubleplays, gained credit before a turnaway throng of
. Abilene Invitation Golf Tournament at Abilene Coun- for his ninth victory before 38,206,75,900—74,246 of them paid This of the opener, although some poor
1 try Club. the largest crowd of the season was the largest turnout-in the Fielding by the Tigers opened the Totals
1 However. Sgt Melton had the "seniority" and theein. Memorial Stadium Yankee Stadium in 14 years, in floodgates for the Yankssix runslo-dros
great finesse with his short irons to defeat the former ........"
- Dyess Air Force Base officer, 3 and 1. for the cham-
’ pionship of the annual July
4th holiday tournament in a
27-hole match.
Melton. 40 and “almost 41,"
took out the 37-year-old Ballard
in an exciting match in which
ling off the fourth inning Beating the Yanks with his bat 1 ,__uwen
The Baltimore infield ripped off is nothing new to Lary. On May Cerv opened the fifth with a double Brown - . ,
doubleplays in the third, fourth, 12, he hit a home run in the ninth and went 10 third when Colavito Mossi a. 9.2)
fifth and sixth innings to keep inning to beat the Yanks (fumbled the relay. Fernandez wondeshick
Barber out of deep trouble. The This time, though, things didn't juggled Clete Boyer’s, grounder 5 Ud " Aondthick, ‘
fifth-inning twin killing came progress so smoothly and al-and Cerv scored, tying the game. Hurley T-220.
THAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT with the bases loaded after Bar-though he recorded his 26th vic-Dick Brown had hit a home run NEW YORK Second
- 100 00# Ea Hopkins 2.1 ber allowed a single and two tory against nine lifetime defeats to send the Tigers ^ in the Rich son 245%
Ballard del Don Wilson walks - ” ‘ against the Yanks, he required top of fifth
Jim Gentile, Baltimore first help from Hank Aguirre when
baseman who leads the major Tony Kubek singled to open the
leagues in runs batted in with Yanks’ 10th
76. had 10 leave fhe game in the Kubek got around to third on
third inning after jamming his a
right thumb on a play at first
base.
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■ Melton helped himself greatly Set Walter Me
I with a pair of chip shots- from Maj. Dempsey
I the frog hair for birdies — bothP “ 21 Finals
I more than 40 feet < . Melton def Ballard, 3-1.
I FIRST FLIGHT
I Melton, who hails from Okla , aFinals
1 - A- , . „ Bill Gibson del Allen Baird, 3-2.
1 boma City, defeated defending SECOND FLIGHT
[ champion Ed Hopkins in the semi-l. Bill de REinak Giees »i
finals early Tuesday morning. 2 THIRD FLIGHT
and 1. Monday's semifinal match Gene - Sacco det "Jerry Roberts, Hup
was rained out on the 13th green in 19 CLEVELAND
by a sudden cloudburst FOURTH LIGHT Temple %b wrh
Maj. Ballard, who expects to Charlie Gibson def. H. C. Wilson, 32 | Prahedtoa # J
start missile school Wednesday at Finals" Romano € 3
Sheppard Air Force Base in Wich | Buddy Williamson def. Ace Ming, 34. Phillips 3b 3
a 1 3 u . SIXTH FLIGHTPower lb 3
ita Falls, rallied guttily to beat Finals Kirkland n s
young Don Wilson of Mineral Lester Barry def. Dr. Dale Johnson, 4-2 Hawkins P i
•• AAUXOL SEVENTH FLIGHT aNemar 0
Wells and North Texas State, 1-up . SET HT Locke P •
in 31 holes, to gain the finals I D. 1 Cerltar.df pclzuwandrow, * Pmmm, 3...
To Wanda "25 1 Sowas
b—Struck out for Locke in
Cleveland
Baltimore
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more 27-17. DP -Hansen and
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and Throneberry D DB—Cle
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Francona, E Robinson. S
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Hawkins <L, 5-8) • 4 7 -
EIGHTH FLIGHT
Ballard and Wilson both birdied chub Brooks del’V2 Rumpbreys, 1-up
the first two extra holes, but the NINTH FLIGHT
handsome major birdied his third Stan Wilson def ^ Ryan. 32
straight with a 10-foot putt to 10TH FLIGHT
close it out Finals
9 " Ed Meyer def R Roschell, 1-up
Melton and- Ballard had a see HITH FLIGHT
saw match on th€ final 18 after Fred Stockstill, del "Bully Davis, 1-up
they had played the first nine---
holes even-Stephen. Melton won a । _
the first two holes of the last 18 Ainsaie Tama
with birdies, his final one a chip 1 QHG
shot which neatly dribbled into *
the cup with the pin still in L • ■
Melton three putted No 3 how IT9 Tunica
ever, to lose the hole and then 11 V J I WILG
knocked his tee shot out of bounds #
on No. 4. which evened the LOS ANGELES (AP)—The Los
staff photos by Jimmy Parsons
SGT. WALTER MELTON
... . turns tables on major
hwarts. Napp
FT *__A I —• match Angele Angels unloaded five
WIRE WAAT THEM Melton then won the 5th with a home runs - including Rocky
■ VY wee woe E COli par. but Ballard evened matters Bridges first in two seasons—and
- • on the 6th with a par. Alter halv-escaped from the American
a Fo • A ing their first hole, the par No. 7. League cellar Tuesday by beating
1 A b A . 4. Melton sank his second great chip Kansas C ty tw ice 12-5 and 7-5.
I n I X shot, a 40-footer from the frog
hair on the par 3 hole Melton en of their last eight games, ran
By JIM ROGERS i Kralick gave up two runs In then birdied thf 9th hole to -go their team home run total to 103, 01 an
2-up at the turn, possibly the turn-second in the majors only to the
ing point of the match New York Yankees.
Melton increased his advan-
the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 vic five setbacks He scattered 10 hits tage on No. 10 when he sank a Los
tory over the Chicago White Sox and struck out 6. McLish now has snaky 15-foot putt on the par 3
Tuesday after the Twins won the 3 4 8 record._______.
opener 6-4 on Julio Becquer’s - In. theopener, Becquer’s third back, however, with a birdie. His Kims
ninth-inning pinch-hit homer. pinch-hit homer of the season great second shot, a wedge, came G.T
ST PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS (AP) the ninth but was able to nail
—Jack Kralick piached and batted down-his eighth victory against
a 4-8 record.
First Game)
ANGELES KANSAS CITY
ab r hbile ab r
hole. Ballard won the next one i. Thomas’s 4333 pen 21
pinch-hit homer of the season great second shot, a wedge, came 9
BALTIMORE
1 Ci B.Rob’s’n 3b 30
But the Yanks w erent finished: 1
With one out Skowron and John
Darhaderr Ouirl Blanchard singled. After- Billy f
Kocnesier s UNITA -Gardner flied out pinch hitter
. , . Hector Lopez dribbled a grounder
Huric No-hier to Dick McAuliffe that the Tiger
IIIIII) NU IIIIIVI . shortstop couldn’t handle It was
scored as a hit. Skowron seated
ROCHESTER NY (AP — the tying run.
Young Art Quirk, a 23-year-old That set the stage for Lary's!
left-hander with only two years of Frank Merriwell act Bill Staf
pro baseball experience, threw a ford, last of five Yank pitchers |
nohitter as the Rochester Red walked Norm Cash to open the
The Angels who have won sev. Wings beat the Syracuse Chiefs 10th. Steve Boros forced cash and .
L 12 won Sev-15-0 in the seven-inning first game Jake Wood flied out
> International League double- Dick Brown doubled to left send I
header Tuesday night, ling Boros to third Up came Lary । 1
Quirk, signed by the Baltimore He looked futile fishing for two I
Orioles when he graduated from outside curves. With the count 0-2 1
Dartmouth in 1959, struck out nine —_________
Fame with two out Warren Hack- to rest about five feet from the Aver:
Kralick and Cal McLish were Noppe „
locked in a scoreless pitching duel er the fourth Chicago pitcher of pin and he drilled it to cut the Bridges 20 3000
for seven innings Then, in the the inning, was the victim. The margin Power A P 2120
eighth, Lenny Green led off with blast followed singles by Bob Al- The two halved the 12th and
a single, went to second on a lison and Earl Battey and a walk 13th with pars, both missing bird
sacrifice and scored on Kralick’s to Green le putts on 13 by inches Then a struck or Ji”
line single to center Jim Lemon and Bill Tuttle Melton parred the 14th for a win Ruder Pcupar in "
After Zoilo Versalles bunted socked solo homers for the Twins, when Ballard’s second shot, from VE Andes
safety and Billy Martin gorunded Chuck Stobbs (2-3) was the first-a bad lie, hit something in the son. Po
out Harmon Killebrew followed game victor while Frank Bau-fairway and was short.
with an inside-the-park home run, mann (5-7) took the loss.
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Ford forced Boyer and Bobby Mam
Richardson singled. Kubek flied Berra
out, but Maris singled driving Blae
Ford home with the tie-breaking BrYL
i passed ball and a long fly, run. Mossi passed Mickey Mantle Caren
Then with two out Terry Fox intentionally, loading the bases Coates
replace" "Aguirre and To Moose Elston Ifoward blasted a long
Skowron on a fly to Al Kaline. triple to right center clearing the SS
Until the eighth inning. Lary bases and chasing Mossi. Skowron SETo
was rolling along with a 2-0 lead
having given up only three sin Cards Sign Meyer
0:227gles But a double by Kubek and f $6O 000 Bonus
114 15 1 Roger Mans' 31st home run of for $20,000 Bonus petrol
% 3 0 1 0 the season tied it up I ST LOUIS (AP)—The St. Louis New Y.-
2014 Maris’ homer left him 17 games Cardinals Tuesday signed right-tron o , New Fork" S
ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace handed pitcher Russ Meyer from No 27 *12 Many:
wo 5a s when the Babe blasted his record Massapequa. N Y for a bonus of Brown. Kubek HR Maris
in Sth: 60. Maris hit No. 31 in his 77th (at least $50,000, outbidding nine Eonandez.
1" 0001 game. The Babe didn’t hit his 31st other major league clubs . xLa
14, Baltic until his 94th game. i The Ik-year-old Meyer had a 9-1 M
erry Han The Tigers went ahead again in record this spring in high school. Tur.
nd a-Ha the ninth. They- loaded the bases averaging 14 strikeouts a game Arroyo -
riandos 2. on a single by Larry Osborne and He was assigned to Johnston
ER BE so walks, to Kaline and Bill Bruton (City Tenn., of the Appalachian %
1 J a Chico Fernandez, running for Os- League
1 ° g borne, stole home and the Tigers
s. Rice, were one up again.
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Quirk has won six and lost three
for the Red Wings, striking out
72 batters in 62 1-3 innings.
His no-hitter came two days aft-
er Rip Coleman's no-hit effort for
Toronto against Richmond
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won the 16th when Melton miss-Hunt 5 Bridges, Bowtteld.
man, traded uniform number 34
12 for number 6. In his first two
0- 5
games with the new number he
made three errors
ed an easy putt for a bogey On
the 17th, Ballard’s tee shot was
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p p Totals 269
Raps Boston =
• Minnesota
WASHINGTON (AP) - Right semen g s
hander Tom Cheney, making his-ierr Lop chicako
first start for Washington, pitched Tuttle. Lemon Ber
the Senators to • 7-3 victory over " "
the Boston Red Sox Tuesday Remninerer
4 6 10 to the left of the 205-yard par 3
2182 hole. Melton’s tee shot was about
111 712 feet from the pin on the green.
1000 Ballard had to go for the hole
1000 on his chip shot and he was long
t»J’on’° the frog hair He shot again Los ANGELS
0 29 9 and missed and asked Melton, Pearson ^ 1
arun’i "You wouldn't three-putt this. Hunr dr §
in sth: would you' Mellon must have 2 Tml „ J
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re.
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Jim Pagliaroni kept his homer m
streak against the Senators alive MINNESOTA
by poking his ninth of the year Versalles =01
for Boston into the left field k471 3
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in each of his last five games Xor 3b 1 J * 0
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1199 Melton said, "Maj Ballard is a b Popped ■
I I real fine golfer and I was lucky a Grounded
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blisters on my left hand, but you “ "
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when I took those chip shots than
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