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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1959

Page

16

Yankees Rally To Beat White Sox In Comiskey Park

The New York Yankees rebound from a skid by slugging three homers and scoring in the first inning to defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle Hank Bauer and Bill Skowron homered as Bob Turley earned a 2-2 record despite nine hits allowed. Nellie Fox went 4-for-5 for Chicago.

Chicago White Sox New York Yankees Yankees White Sox Comiskey Park Bob Turley Yanks Turley Aareeey Stonewven Sen Cleveland Indians Boston Baltimore Orioles Chicago Detroit Kansas City Washington Mickey Mantle Hank Bauer Bill Skowron Mantle Ray Moore Nellie Fox Frank Lary

Baseball Scores and Schedule From Wednesday to Friday

Results show New York 5 Chicago 2 Detroit 7 Baltimore 1 in 5 innings rain stops play. Kansas City 7 Washington 6. Boston at Cleveland rained out. Friday games list New York at Cleveland Boston at Chicago Baltimore at Kansas City Washington at Detroit St Louis at Milwaukee Los Angeles at Philadelphia Chicago at Cincinnati San Francisco at Pittsburgh. Also Philadelphia 5 Los Angeles 4 Milwaukee 9 St Louis 3 Cincinnati 18 Chicago 8 Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 2 San Francisco at Milwaukee Los Angeles at Cincinnati Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Pittsburgh Richmond 9 Buffalo 4 Toronto 6 Havana 5 Miami 11 Montreal 2. Today Columbus at Rochester Richmond at Buffalo Miami at Montreal. Friday Havana at Toronto.

New York Chicago Detroit Baltimore Kansas City Washington Boston Cleveland St. Louis Milwaukee Los Angeles Philadelphia Cincinnati San Francisco Pittsburgh Richmond Buffalo Toronto Havana Miami Montreal Columbus Rochester L. Pet Milwaukee International League Ww. L. Pet Miami Ll Columbus Richmond Stone Montreal Eee

Area Play Opens After Rain Delays in District Tourney

After two days of rain outs, district high school baseball tournament action began. In Class AA Gallipolisbeat South Point 11-4, Pomeroyblanked Logan 5-0, and Mariettadefeated Belpre. In Class A Glousterwon over an opponent not listed.

Gallipolis South Point Pomeroy Logan Marietta Belpre Glouster

Big Blacks blank Parkersburg Catholic 9–0 in baseball duel

Rusty Wamsley drove in four runs and homered as Big Blacks beat Parkersburg Catholic 9 to 0 on 11 hits. Wamsley added three runs and had three more hits in four plate appearances. Frank Boggs earned the win with six innings, Haddox took the loss for Catholic, and the Blacks next host Middleport and then Ripley.

Point Pleasant Rusty Wamsley Big Blacks Parkersburg Catholic Wamsley Rusty Bill Baker Bobby Blessing Walter Sturgeon RBI Eddie Skidmore Buster Rice Frank Boggs Ted Haddox Barney Doniugh Haddox Carlton Young Terry Mason Middleport Ripley Parkersburg Pleasant

Trojans Edge Shade In County Make-Up At Field

Carthage-Troy High School outlasted Shade 12 8 in a county field make-up game in Athens County League. Don Simmons, Lockhart and Stephenson had two hits each for the Trojans while Bing Lehoe and Niggemeyer added two apiece for Shade. Simmons hit a grand slam in the eighth and Niggemeyer homered in the second.

Carthage-Troy High School Shade County Field Rome-Canaan Ames Bern Lockhart Don Simmons Stephenson Trojan Bing Lehoe Nigemeyer Simmons Carthage Troy Niggemeyer

Gallipolis Beats South Point 11-4 in Sectional Opener

Gallipolis Blue Devils downed South Point 11-4 at Memorial Field in the Class AA Sectional opener. Evans earned the win for Gallia Academy, allowing no hits in four relief innings. Gallipolis broke the game open in the sixth with six runs on five hits, many bunts.

Gallipolis Blue Devils South Point Memorial Field Mark Wylie Gallia Academy Crew Jackson Jackson Ironmen Wellston Coal Grove Athens Blue Devil Bob Coder Paul Evans Gibson Howell Evans Code

Reds Power Past Cubs 18 8 at Crosley Field

Cincinnati exploded for 18 runs on 18 hits aided by 11 walks and four Cub errors to rout Chicago 18 8. Roy McMillan Gus Bell and Frank Robinson homered as Brooks Lawrence left after seven with a big lead. Vada Pinson reached base six times as Cincinnati seeks another win tonight with Bob Purkey slated to face Bob Anderson.

Cincinnati Cincinnati Reds Crosley Field Reds Chicago Cubs Milwaukee Cubs Redlegs Roy McMillan Gus Bell Frank Robinson Cub Frank Thomas Redleg Vada Pinson Bob Purkey Chicago Bob Anderson

Monument Co. Logan Winner In Bowling All Star League

Monument Co. Logan defeated King Lumber 2 to 1 in a three game roll off for the league title. Logan won game one 917 to 885 and game three 970 to 944 while King Lumber took game two 1047 to 884. Logan players: J Gault 587 N Baker 563 J Griffith 554 E Roberts 534 J Columber 533. King Lumber: W Nutter 577 E Thomas 557 N Maniskas 480 D Spang 643 J Wilkins 619.

LOGAN Logan Monument Co King Lumber Logan Monument J. Gault N. Baker J. Griffith E. Roberts J. Columber W. Nutter E. Thomas N. Maniskas D. Spang J. Wilkins

The Plains Triumph 8-3 Over Waterloo Rockets

The Plains beat Waterloo 8-3 in a non league game as five Waterloo errors fueled a big first and second inning. Rodney Tinkham earned the win. Dickens took the loss as The Plains’ Clendenin and Eddy provided late offense.

the Plains Waterloo Rockets Bob Burson Rudy Dickens Sheldon Lowry Thomas Lowry Howard Clendenin Plains Clarence Tinkham Dickens J-T County Field Smith Tinkham Strole Clendenin Eddy Walburn

Logan Covington Lift Braves Back to NL Lead

Milwaukee's resurgence in the NL came with Johnny Logan and Wes Covington delivering key homers. Hank Aaron added a 4-for-5 night as Lew Burdette earned his fourth straight win, lifting Milwaukee to a 9-3 victory over St. Louis and a narrow edge over the Dodgers.

ED Wilks Milwaukee Braves Johnny Logan Wes Covington Fred Haney Braves Cincinnati Logan St. Louis Covington

Baseball scores by leagues and games listed

Pacific Coast League results show Salt Lake City 4 Spokane 3 and San Diego 3 Seattle 2 Sacramento 7 Portland 1. American Association games include Omaha 2 Indianapolis 0, Louisville 10 Charleston 2, Minneapolis 9 Houston 5, Ft Worth 17 St Paul 1, Dallas 9 Denver 5.

Salt Lake City Spokane San Diego Seattle Sacramento Portland American Assn Omaha Indianapolis Louisville Charleston Minneapolis Houston Ft. Worth St. Paul Dallas Denver

OU Diving Coach Leaves for Indiana University

Hobie Billingsley of Ohio University will resign after this semester to coach diving and teach physical education at Indiana University next fall. He cited Indiana’s higher level of national and Big Ten competition and his long association with OU dates from 1945 to 1951.

Ohio University Hobie Billingsley Indiana University Indiana Billingsley Ohio State University Hobie Mary Drake Nancy Jimmy University of Washington San Leandro High School California Allen Park Michigan Red-Head Bruce Harlan Bermuda Mexico Canada United States Philippines Japan State Department

Corning Tops Buchtel York 4-0 In District Baseball Action

Corning Railroaders won 4-0 over Athens County champion Buchtel York in first round Class A district play. Freshman pitcher Blackwell scattered two hits. Dan Wright allowed two hits, struck out 12. Corning advances to meet Crooksville or New Lexington.

Chauncey Rutland Meigs County Middleport Corning Buchtel-York Glouster Nelsonville Vinton-Jackson County Kelly J. Harris Brogan German Athens County Buchtel York Railroaders Perry County Blackwell Bruins Dan Wright Wright Buchtel- York New Lexington the Plains Corning, Blackwell and Plant D. Wright and McDaniel

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