Jim Ellis, Author at The Gloversville Leader Herald

31 Jul

Rizzo homers in his Yankees debut

MIAMI (AP) — Anthony Rizzo went deep in his debut for the New York Yankees, with an impressive drive that ended his new team’s scoring drought. “Putting that jersey with New York across the chest, it’s different,” Rizzo said. “I’m very fortunate to wear the Cubs jersey. This one, obviously, is one of those different jerseys. I felt really good.” A day after the slugging first baseman was acquired in a trade from Chicago, he hit a 449-foot homer, singled and walked as the Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Friday night. When Rizzo pulled Zach Thompson’s 1-0 cutter…

31 Jul

Fast day at pool, track on Day 7 of Tokyo Olympics

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By JOSH DUBOW The Associated Press TOKYO — The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics. Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona. The United States claimed the other two medals. Lilly King set a blistering pace early in the race and held on for a silver in 2:19.92. Annie Lazor grabbed bronze in…

31 Jul

Belmont Stakes-winner Essential Quality eyes G2 Jim Dandy win

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — The top contenders in the 3-year-old division usually sojourn to Saratoga Race Course in August for the Travers. But top-caliber sophomores will be competing at the historic racetrack in July, with Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy attracting a talented six-horse field headlined by Belmont Stakes-winner Essential Quality. The 58th running of the Jim Dandy, contested at 1 1/8 miles, is slated as Race 9 and is one of three graded stakes on today’s 11-race card, joining the Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap for 3-year-olds and up sprinting six furlongs in Race 8 and the…

31 Jul

Bobby Stewart…Upstate New York’s gift to the boxing world

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By MIKE HAUSER For The Leader-Herald During the first half of the 20th century, Amsterdam New York was known throughout the Northeastern part of the country as a notable hot bed of great amateur and professional boxers. In the early 1970’s, a local boy by the name of Robert “Bobby” Stewart emerged upon the boxing scene and had all of the old-time fight fans in the area being reminded of its boxing glory days, and put Amsterdam back on the boxing map. Bobby was born on February 25, 1952 in Amsterdam, to parents Robert J. Stewart and Dorothea McNeil Stewart.…

10 Jul

Luke List goes on a birdie binge for 63 to lead John Deere

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SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Luke List has a happy and healthy home life with his newborn son, and he felt pretty good about his golf game Friday in the John Deere Classic. List ran off seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch in the middle of his round, his only par on a 12-foot birdie chance on the 15th hole, and posted an 8-under 63. That gave him a one-shot lead over Sebastian Munoz going into the weekend at the TPC Deere Run. List was at 13-under 129. Munoz played early and shot a 4-under 67, getting all his birdies on…

10 Jul

Jim Furyk shoots 64 to take 2-shot lead in U.S. Senior Open

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By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The combination of wind, heat and humidity made it difficult to go low at the U.S. Senior Open on Friday. Jim Furyk and Greg Kraft found a way. Furyk shot a 6-under 64, the best round in days at Omaha Country Club, to take a two-stroke lead over Stephen Ames. The 2003 U.S. Open champion and 17-time PGA Tour winner rebounded from an opening 72 to get to 4 under. “I was able to see some putts go in, and I hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens today,…