All-Star Game Ends 6-5 With Minoso Heroics In Ninth
The American League edged the National League 6-5 as Minnie Minoso drove in Kaline with the winning run in the ninth. Jim Bunning, Lew Burdette and Billy Lynch delivered strong pitching while Kaline and Minoso made key defensive plays. Critics question the ninth inning calls and base running as Walter Alston and Casey Stengel faced late-game decisions.
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Joe Reichler
ST. Louis
Chicago
Minnie Minoso
Detroit
Jim Bunning
al Kaline
Casey Stengel
Minoso
Stengel
Kaline
Young Bunning
Baltimore
Billy Lees
Milwaukee
Lew Burdette
Walter Alston
Eddie Mathews
Cincinnati
Gus Bell
Ernie Banks
Bell
Boston
Frank Malzone
Frank Robinson
Mathews
Robinson
Alston
Eddie
Crafty Old Casey Stengel Wins All Star Game
Casey Stengel won his second All Star Game as manager by strategic moves. He replaced early scoring choices with Moose Skowron Gil McDougald and Frank Malzone after three innings. Minnie Minoso delivered the decisive hit and fielding play, while Jim Bunning and strong AL pitching supported the win.
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ST. Louis
Casey Stengel
Detriot
Jim Bunning
Cleveland
Early Wynn
Bunning
Casey
Harvey Kuenn
Detroit
Vic Wertz
Moose
Case
Minnie Minoso
Chicago White Sox
Minoso
Cincinnati
Gus Bell
Bell
Minnie
Boston
Ted Williams
Brissie Tours Australia To Teach Baseball
Former pitcher Lou Brissie says his tour to Australia to teach baseball, arranged by the State Department, was justified. Representative Brown questions using taxpayer funds for a sport popular in cricket nation. The department says Australia requested assistance in learning baseball.
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Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Lou Brissie
Australia
State Department
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Brissie
Middleweights In 10 Rounds
Hernandez and Vaughn two 10 round middleweights meet at Chicago Stadium in a televised nationally broadcast bout. It is the fourth meeting between the pair with a prior two draws and a Hernandez knockout three years ago.
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Chicago
Chebo_ Hernandez
Willie Vaughn
Chicago Stadium
Hernandez
Vaughn
ABC
Three Middleport Men Catch Fish in Canada
Orin Smith superintendent of Rutland Schools Wallace Russell Middleport post office clerk and Richard Reuter trucker spent two weeks camping along the Rapid River in Northern Ontario They returned with a limit of speckled trout bass and pike and did not shave during the trip They noted abundant fish mosquitoes rain and a warmer second week of weather.
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Middleport
Ontario
Orin Smith
Rutland
Wallace Russell
Richard Reuter
Rapid River
Minor League Presidents To Meet Frick For Exploratory Talks
In St Louis Ford Frick hosts discussions with upper classification minor league presidents on realignment and potential creation of a third league. Frick told Congress the talks will span several months as major expansion prompts reconsideration of the structure.
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Frick
ST. Louis
Baseball Commission
Ford Frick
Congress
Ousted Bell Leads Redlegs In NL All Star Showing
Cincinnati five dominate voting but lose 6 5 to NL. Gus Bell paced the Redlegs with a two run double and a walk after a hitless 1956. Frank Robinson Ed Bailey and others contributed while Johnny Temple Don Hoak and Roy McMillan went hitless. They rest today before a three game series versus Brooklyn.
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Gus Bell
Bell
Ed Bailey
Willie Mays
Bailey
Redleg
Johnny Temple
Don Hoak
Roy MccMillan
Redlegs
Brooklyn
All Star Box Score Highlights In Ninth Inning Clash
The game features a pitchers duel with Bunning and Simmons mixing efficiency. Key hits include Berra Bell Kaline Minoso Mays and Mays scoring on a wild pitch as the National and American lineups showcase power and pace. Attendance hits 30,693 with receipts over 104 thousand.
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RBI
Wertz
Kuenn
Berra
Bell
Kaline
Minoso
Mays
Banks
Musial
Skowron
Fox
Malzone
American
National
Bob
Simmons
Williams
Burdette
Jackson
Mantle
Pierce
Loes
Temple
Cimoli
Aaron
Labine
Mossi
Mathews
Bunning
Sanford
Lees
Wynn
Grim
Rer
Das‘eoli
Napp
Dixon
Stevens
Landes
Chulak
Essex Hurls 7-1 Victory
Dick Essex pitched well for Swearingen's in City Softball League play as the Sportshop team beat Royal McBee 7-1. Essex allowed three hits including a Say lor homer for McBee. Rex Snider homered and scored four times for Swearingen's, which had 10 hits.
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Dick Essex
Swearingen
Sportshop
Royal McBee
Essex
McBee
Saylor
Rex Snider
Vandergrift
Bronson
Allen
All-Star Highlights From St Louis All Star Game
St Louis detectives arrested 16 men before the game on suspicion of scalping tickets. Yogi Berra drove in his first All Star RBI in nine games as Moose Skowron scored on his single in the sixth. Hutchinson defended a bundle strategy and Williams praised Musial while Bunning pitched three perfect innings. Gil McDougald played three different infield positions across his three All Star appearances.
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St. Louis
Yogi Berra
Yankees
Moose Skowron
Gil McDougald
Yankee
Gil
Aaron Ties Ruth on Home Run Pace at Season Half
In midseason recap Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth are tied for the pace to a historic home run total. Aaron leads the National League with a .347 average and 73 RBIs and has 27 homers in 78 games, matching Ruth’s 27 games at that point in 1927. Mantle trails by four with 22 homers in 77 games.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Aaron
Ruth
Yankees
Mantle
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Bill Dana
Robby Robinson
Bill Sinnett
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