Major League Opener Signals Old Pattern For 1957 Season
Stan Musial aims for a seventh NL batting title as the Cardinals rout the Redlegs 13-4. Warren Spahn homers pace Milwaukee past Chicago 4-1. Tom Morgan delivers a four hitter in KC’s 2-1 win over Detroit. Gino Cimoli belts a 12th inning homer for Brooklyn over Philadelphia 7-6. Pirates end eight-game skid by beating the Giants 9-2. White Sox beat Indians in 11. Yankees top Senators 2-1. Red Sox down Orioles 4-2.
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Opener jinxed as Reds crushed by Cardinals 13 to 4
The Cincinnati Redlegs suffer a 13 4 opening day defeat to the St Louis Cardinals. Herman Wehmeier shines for the Cardinals while Cincinnati pitching fails and sluggers go silent. Del Ennis Stan Musial and Wally Moon lead the attack as Cincinnati drops to 0-1 in the new season.
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Bruins Trim Rockets 8-3 In 1st Game
The Buchtel Bruins defeated the Waterloo Rockets 8-3 to open the season. Pitchers Danny and Bill Wright combined for 14 strikeouts and seven hits allowed. Odenthal, Wright, and Houdner led the offense with two safeties each for Buchtel.
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Baseball Mirror: key games from past decades
Fifteen years ago Ted Lyons limited Cleveland to seven hits as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Indians 1-0. Ten years ago Hank Greenberg belted his first National League home run for the Pirates in a 7-1 win over the Cubs. Five years ago Connie Ryan drove in two with a 11th inning homer while Jim Konstanty held the Giants to secure a 5-3 Phillies win.
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Orioles Draw Largest Crowd for Opening Day
Opening day drew 252 746 fans across eight games, 31 592 per game on average. Philadelphia set a NL record with 37 667 for its night opener, while Baltimore attracted 38 227 for the Orioles vs Red Sox and Cincinnati drew 32 554 against the Cardinals.
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Spider Webb Seeks 20th Straight Knockout Run
Chicago's Spider Webb, ranked No 3 middleweight, fights Randy Sandy in a nationally televised 10 round bout at Chicago Stadium. Webb enters as a 2 1 favorite and aims for a knockout to cement a possible early summer title shot on ABC at 10 p m EST.
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National League Tuesday results and Thursday schedule
Kansas City edged Detroit 2 1 while New York defeated Washington 2 1 and Boston beat Baltimore 4 2 with Chicago taking Cleveland 3 2 in 11 innings. Thursday games feature Kansas City at Chicago Cleveland at Detroit Baltimore at Washington and New York at Boston.
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Wednesday Baseball Scores From The NATIONAL AND AMERICAN LEAGUES
Wednesday games featured New York at Pittsburgh St Louis at Cincinnati and other schedule matches Pittsburgh beat New York 9 2 St Louis triumphed 13 4 over Cincinnati Milwaukee 4 Chicago 1 in a 12 inning Philadelphia edged Brooklyn 7 6 Pittsburgh hosts Brooklyn Philadelphia hosts New York Cincinnati visits Milwaukee and Chicago hosts St Louis in night games American Association notes Minneapolis 1 Indianapolis 0 with other games postponed Montreal Havana Rochester Richmond Buffalo Columbus Toronto Miami at 8 p m plus miscellaneous league standings and club notes
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Montreal Wins Stanley Cup
Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins 5-1 to clinch the 1957 Stanley Cup in a dominant 4-1 series victory. Canadiens outscored Bruins 15-6 over the four games and secured hockey history with a hard-hitting, decisive finale.
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Reds Oldest Fan Finally Gets Ticket
Cincinnati reporter notes Charlie Shaw, 74, long time hockey player and fan, secured a ticket to the Redlegs opener against the St Louis Cardinals after county auditor's office coworkers helped. He planned a half day off with the reason, ball game.
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OSU Track Captain Isaac Scott Cook Dies at 73
Chillicothe reports Isaac Scott Cook former Ohio State track captain died Tuesday on his 73rd birthday. He captained the OSU team in 1906 and held a Big Ten broad jump record at that time.
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Newcombe Spars With NY Times Writer Before Phillies Game
Brooklyn star Don Newcombe argued with Roscoe McGowen of the New York Times at the batting cage before a game with Philadelphia. The 30 year old right hander questioned a story about an inferiority complex after missing World Series games, and called McGowen old as manager Walt Alston listened.
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Lotta Bull Wild Bulls Guard Old Panama City
The Span iards use wild bulls to defend the city of old Panama against the British pirate Henry Morgan in a historic frontier clash.
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