Category Archives: Sports

Jim Murray, April 25, 1961

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 25, 1961: You may remember Cannonball Green as the promising light-heavyweight of a quarter-century ago who once put Maxie Rosenbloom on the floor four times up in Ventura but only got a draw. Cannonball's career … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 18, 1961

Posted on April 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 18, 1961: Talk about versatility. Today, Jim Murray writes about riding to hounds: “Here in Southern California, the traditions are being carried on by the West Hills Hunt Club, a doughty band of … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 17, 1961

Posted on April 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 17, 1961: Jim Murray pulls together a column of various items, including this line about Vin Scully, who is “the only redheaded broadcaster I know who makes a ball game sound like a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 16, 1961

Posted on April 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 16, 1961: Jim Murray has a lighthearted profile of Dick Stuart, who played briefly – but memorably – for the Hollywood Stars.

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Jim Murray, April 14, 1961

Posted on April 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 14, 1961: The arrival of major league baseball in Los Angeles has curtailed network TV's games of the week, so that sports announcer Dizzy Dean is off the local airwaves, which may be … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 13, 1961

Posted on April 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 13, 1961: For years, Abe Saperstein had been enduring the slurs and digs of organized basketball, which referred to his menagerie of ball wizards as "trained giraffes playing stooges and sparmates." In the … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 12, 1961

Posted on April 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

Like Caesar’s Gaul, all golf for the moment is divided into three parts: Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and a bunch of guys playing for third money, Jim Murray says.
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Jim Murray, April 11, 1961

Posted on April 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 11, 1961: The master-mind in the third base coaching box or the middle of the dugout, acting as though he had St. Vitus' dance or a swarm of bees on his nose, is the super … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 10, 1961

Posted on April 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 10, 1961: Jim Murray takes his daughter Pam and his two sons to boxing at the Olympic.

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Jim Murray, April 9, 1961

Posted on April 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 9, 1961: Walt Alston is the first one in his family tree going back about to the time of the discovery of fire to escape being a farmer — a full-time farmer, that … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 7, 1961

Posted on April 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

Trouble for Giants Manager Alvin Dark: Phoenix police found Harvey Kuenn, who weighs 200 pounds, Jim Davenport and Bob Schmidt, one of the few men in baseball who could arm-wrestle Frank Howard even up, being attacked by a 140-pound college student at an hour of the morning no self-respecting student should be roaming the streets. Moreover, the college student kept hitting the players on the fists with his eyeglasses.
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Jim Murray, April 6, 1961

Posted on April 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 6, 1961: James Gilliam Jr. is with the Dodgers but not of them. He starts every season in the dugout. He sleeps every night with his bag packed at his feet and rumors of a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 5, 1961

Posted on April 5, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 5, 1961: Four years ago, Doug Ford restored the prestige of the Masters after a disastrous attempt to thin the field eliminated some of the greats of golf. Now Ford is returning to … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 4, 1961

Posted on April 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 4, 1961: Jockey Johnny Longden must choose between two troublesome horses for the Kentucky Derby – Flutterby or Four-and-Twenty, Jim Murray says.  [He finished seventh on Four-and-Twenty, by the way—lrh.]

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Jim Murray, April 3, 1961

Posted on April 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 3, 1961: Jim Murray has a wonderful feature on featherweight champ Davey Moore. Don’t miss it!

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Jim Murray, April 2, 1961

Posted on April 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 2, 1961: Golfer Porky Oliver  is dying of liver cancer, as gallantly as the way he lived. There’s an Easter lesson there, Jim Murray says.

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Jim Murray, March 31, 1961

Posted on March 31, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 31, 1961: Lakers coach Fred Schaus has a few things to say about ref Jim Duffy after a 114-113 loss to the St. Louis Hawks and doesn't care if it gets in print — even … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 30, 1961

Posted on March 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 30, 1961: Jim Murray takes a look at the names for horses in harness racing and  thoroughbred racing, and throws in auto racing for good measure.   Thoroughbred racing, I am glad to say, is a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 29, 1961

Posted on March 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

Jim Murray on Otto Graham: Crazy Otto is still bucking a trend. Where Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin and other of his contemporaries in the NFL have chosen glamour jobs in the pro game, Crazy Otto has picked the head coaching job and athletic directorship at the Coast Guard Academy, a football power about on a par with the Harvard Frosh, which is to say they could give Glendale High a good game.
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Jim Murray, March 27, 1961

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 27, 1961: Philip Toll Hill Jr., the Santa Monican who won the Sebring sports car endurance race over the weekend for the third time, is a bachelor and a wiry, nervous, cold intellectual type … Continue reading →

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