Venturi Leads Chicago Open Final Round With Helicopter Distraction
Venturi, a 20 year old sophomore pro, holds a three stroke lead at 200 after 54 holes at Gleneagles in Chicago. Burke and January share second at 203 with Player at 204 and Vossler Furgol at 205. Palmer, Snead, Middlecoff, Fine rwald trail. The helicopter overhead disrupted play on hole 13 as Venturi carded a 7 and 4 on 17.
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Don Finsterwald
Arnold Palmer
Moore Seeks KO Record In Reno Bout
Archie Moore aims to extend his boxing record with a fifth KO against Howard King at Moana Park, hoping to set a 127 knockout mark. The 41 or 44 year old contender weighs 202 pounds and has previously defeated King in four 10 round non title bouts.
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Swearingens to Meet Pyles in Athens Country Club League
First place Swearingens face the Pyles Tuesday at the Athens Country Club in the Men's League with other matches pairing the Snyders against Rutkoskies the Littlers versus the Blossers and the Coons against the Gardner s in a busy schedule.
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Indiana University Gridsters Face Assault Charges
Indiana University football players Victor Jones Ted Aucreman and Lloyd Anderson are jailed on assault and battery charges after a Friday night home intrusion and brawl. Police fired three warning shots to halt the fleeing witnesses. Head of the home Richard Head says one athlete broke a door glass and announced intent to "clean up this place."
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Little League Stars Named at Gallipolis
Thirteen Gallipolis Little League players named to the official All-Star team chosen by Jim Thomas and umpires Lester Thompson and John Thomas. The squad features Porter, Beard, Williams, Scott, Bomgardner, Chick, Fraley, Blazer, Gilmore, Bachus, Armstrong, Carter, and Bostic with coaches Chick and Lang.
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Braves sweep Giants as Kellner powers 5 hit win
Milwaukee braces a four game weekend sweep over San Francisco after Kellner delivers five hits in a 3-1 victory. Braves extend NL lead to five games while Giants drop further, Pittsburgh and Chicago-Philadelphia split separate games and Pirates hold two shutouts over St Louis as curfew halts play.
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Little League One-Hitter Shines for Athens Team
Medics (HM) held a 5 7 2 scoreline while Battery (V) led by Dick Duncan and Murf Chambers featured a one hitter by Murf Chambers. Williams and Mulligan contributed multiple hits as the Athens squad dominated with strong pitching and limited batters faced.
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Buchtel Romos Run Past Jacksonville in Pony League
Buchtel Romos defeated Jacksonville 10 to 0 at the fairgrounds diamond to extend its unbeaten streak in the Athens County Pony League. Jerry Mellinger threw a no hitter with ten strikeouts in six innings, adding two doubles. Dan Wright had two hits including a double, while Bill Barrett allowed four hits and walked four in the loss.
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Weekend Fights Roundup with Heavyweight Outs
Hollywood's Billy Walker, age 128 from San Francisco, outpoints Ernesto Figuera 1295 from Mexico City in a ten round bout. George Araujo 1357 from Providence tops Pat Mc Coy 155 from Ireland over ten rounds. Willie Morton of San Jose defeats Alvaro Futier from Mexico in ten rounds. weights not listed.
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Gallipolis, Wheelersburg square off in SE Ohio Little League tourney
Gallipolis Little League All-Stars meet Wheelersburg at 7 30 p m Tuesday August 12 in Wellston for the Southeastern Ohio Little League Baseball Tournament. Meigs County faces Zaleski the same night with a bracket including Middleport Hamden Waverly and others as the schedule runs August 12 to 16.
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National and regional baseball scores and schedules
Summary of multiple leagues with results from the National League American Association and Pacific Coast League plus upcoming games. Includes Milwaukee win over San Francisco and Philadelphia victories, plus standings style notes for several cities and exhibition events in Cooperstown New York.
ChiSox Hand Yanks Setback in Weekend Rainout Rush
Chicago White Sox climbed within a half game of second place after two Sunday wins 3-1 and 4-0 over the New York Yankees. Dick Donovan and Ray Moore spun three hitters and five hits respectively as Boston, Detroit, Kansas City, and Baltimore moved in other directions in the American League standings.
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Hval's Second Half Opens With Narrow Chauncey Win
Chauncey edges Glouster 1 to 0 as J Barich and W Freeman spark a ninth inning run under lights at county field. Buchtel shells New Marshfield 11 to 6 behind strong pitching from Exline and timely hitting from Kieffer and McQuire. Rain postponed several other league games at Racine, Plains, and Deed’s Dairy.
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End Quits Browns Wants Peaceful Life
Hiram Ohio Declaring pressure of professional football was too great Farrell Funston Sunday quit the Cleveland Browns Coach Paul Brown compared the rookie candidate to Dante Lavelli Funston, formerly of the College of the Pacific and a Los Angeles native, told Brown he wanted to go home and live a peaceful life. The coach told Funston that professional football was a competitive life and that if he was interested in peace he was in the wrong business. State of Ohio Certificate of Compliance RESOLUTE INSURANCE COMPANY Providence Rhode Island certified to transact in Ohio. Financials as of Dec 31 1957 show assets 18 811 268.04 Liabilities 13 268 818.85 Net assets 5 542 449.19 Surplus 4 542 449.19 Income 15 044 981.51 Expenditures 13 511 196.18. July 1 1958 Arthur I. Vorys Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio.
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Castoff Southpaw Kellner Shines in Reds Dodgers Doubleheader
Reds rookie Kellner, a former castoff, wins in the nightcap with a five hit performance and a complete game potential as Cincinnati overcomes a Dodgers rally. Dodgers win opener 8-6 on three early hits in the tenth. Kellner’s late-season breakout lifts the sagging Reds as Birdie Tebbetts praises his solid professional motion.
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Baker Wins USGA Junior Golf Crown
Twenty year old Buddy Baker of Florence South Carolina captured the USGA Junior Golf title at the University of Minnesota course defeating Doug Lindsay of Bethesda Maryland 2 and 1 after a seven round sweep through a 128 player field Lindsay upset Baker’s teammate Billy Womack 1 up in 19 holes earlier Minnesota pro Les Bolstad praised Bakers talent noting the field was the strongest ever Baker finished two under par for the final round and 11 under for 114 holes across four days of play
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Tribe Redlegs Benefit Game at Municipal Stadium
Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Redlegs meet in a charity exhibition at Municipal Stadium timed for 8 PM. An estimated 35 000 to 40 000 fans are expected as Rocky Colavito may pitch brief innings to help Cleveland avenge a 4 3 loss last Monday. Paul Robinson will start for the Tribe, with prior night exposure noted. A pregame old timers versus disc jockeys game features Lee Fohl and Vic Wertz.
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Little League All Star Game Postponed to Sunday
Wet grounds on Memorial Field forced the Gallipolis Logan Little League All-Star game postponement for a week. Puddles covered base paths, notably at third and home. In a prior meeting Logan beat Gallipolis in Logan 13 hits to nine.
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