Lima's Clash With Bentley Headlines Legion Opener
The opening day of the 37th Ohio State Legion Baseball Tournament pits Lima against Cincinnati Bentley Post at Athens County Fairgrounds. Rain risk looms but seven games scheduled as double elimination runs through the week with games at 9 am, noon, 1 pm and 3 pm.
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Athens
Bill Welsh
Stan Laughbaum
Larry Scales
Nolan Mace
W. C. Earenfight
Messenger Sportsphoto
Lima
Bentley
Jim Zentmeyer
Messenger
Ohio State Legion
Ohio University
West Green
Cincinnati
Bentley Post
Legion
Joe Hawk
Athens County Fairgrounds
Cincinnati Sycamore
Hamilton County
Hudson
Steubenville
Euclid
Ashtabula
Wadsworth
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A.m Fresh
Grove City
McConnelsville
Washington ¢ H
Lancaster
I P.m Fresh
Pemberville
Piqua
P.m Varsity
Weekend Baseball Scores and Night Games Summary
Weekend results show Minnesota 5 New York 2 and Chicago 4 Boston 0 with various league pairings. Saturday features Cleveland 3 Kansas City 2 and Los Angeles 5 Boston 2 while Detroit 4 Washington 8 and Chicago 5 Baltimore 3 highlight the day. Tonight and Tuesday schedules list multiple night and intercity matchups across leagues.
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New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Boston
Kansas City
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Houston
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Columbus Jets Use Long Ball In Sweep By AP
Columbus blasts Buffalo with eight homers in a doubleheader sweep as Rex Johnston Orlando McFarlane Bob Burda Larry Elliott Frank Herrera and Felix Santana go deep. Burda adds a 21st homer to lead the league in that stat.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Buffalo
Bisons
Orlando McFarlane
Rex Johnston
Bob Burda
Larry Elliott
Frank Herrera
Felix Santana
Burda
Louisville Driver Wins Rain-Soaked Mid-Ohio Feature
Roger Donovan of Louisville Kentucky drove an Elva Mark VII to victory in the main event at the Mid-Ohio course near Mansfield. The 20 lap race finished with rain in the final 14 laps after five morning 10 lap preliminaries set starting positions for the afternoon divisional races.
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Mansfield
Roger Donovan
Louisville
Here
Foyt Captures 150 Mile U S Auto Club Race
A J Foyt of Houston led all the way to win the 150 mile cham pionship at Trenton Speedway with an average speed of 100.403 mph.
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Trenton
N. J
A. J. Foyt
Houston
U. S
Trenton Speedway
Athens Legion Closes Season With Twin Win
Athens Legion wrapped up its season with two comebacks, finishing at 14-11. Dick Bates earned his fifth win in the opener as Athens rallied with a nine run fourth inning to beat Chillicothe 10-3 after a rough first frame. In the nightcap Bill Wooddell tossed five no hit innings in a 5-4 victory, aided by a sixth inning rally and strong defense. Top hitters included Mickey Winebrenner and Dick Duncan, with season marks led by Winebrenner at .387 and Duncan at .359.
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Chalicothe
Athens
Dick Bates
McArthur
Chillicothe
Bill Wooddell
Woodell
Joe Mulligan
Fred Gibson
Bill Biggs
Dick Duncan
Lee Bridgewater
Legion
Paul Ayers
Mickey Winebrenner
Bruce Bannon
Larry Coen
Jim Louks
Doug McAfee
Jim Mansfield
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Bates and Duncan
Campbell, Stout and Wills
Wooddell and Duncan
Los Angeles
Jimmy
Bill Moran
Eddie Bressaud
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White Sox
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Piersall
Kinnamon
Nellie Fox
Gary Peters
Yankees
Dave Nicholson
John Goryl
Don Mincher
Camilo Pascual
Twins
Hector Lopez
Orlando Pena
Norm Siebern
Athletics
Cleveland
John Romano
al Kaline
Tigers
Nicklaus
Palmer
Sam Snead
Snead
Charlie Sifford
Tommy Jacobs
Harole Kneece
Fred Hawkins
Piersall Clash Highlights Early Angels Return
Jimmy Piersall’s energetic pinch of controversy marks his return to the American League with the Angels after a scuffle with umpire John Stevens over a called strike. The incident followed his two-hit performance in a 5-2 Angels win over the Red Sox, with further context from other AL and NL games and note of Athens High star Bill Biggs joining the South All Star roster.
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Associated Press
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Los Angeles
Piersall
Joe Cronin
John Stevens
Angels
Boston Red Sox
Jimmy
Stevens
Home Plate
Kinnamon
Athens High
Bill Biggs
Canton
Biggs
John Grogan
Athens
Don Eskey
Eskey
Bron Bacevich
Reds Split Doubleheader as Hatch Blues Persist
Cincinnati Reds split a Milwaukee doubleheader 4-3 and 2-5 to stay seven games behind the Dodgers. Jim Maloney won the opener, Gene Freese drove in three, Hank Aaron homered for Milwaukee, and Denny Lemaster earned the nightcap win. Fred Hutchinson lamented lack of timely hitting as Leo Cardenas slumped.
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Jim Maloney
al Worthington
Don Zanni
Gene Freese
Vada Pinson
Braves
Menke
Lee Mave
Bobby Bragan
Jo Jo White
Gene Oliver
Lee Weyer
Weyer
Oliver
Fred Hutchinson
Freese
Robbie
Robinson
Leo Cardenas
Major League Batting and Pitching Leaders Listed
American League leaders include Yastrzemski Boston batting .328 and Kaline Detroit .323 with 68 runs for Allison Minnesota 65 and 64 RBIs for Kaline plus 23 homers by Killebrew. National League features Aaron Milwaukee leading in runs and RBIs with H Aaron and White of St. Louis topping hits and Pinson sharing doubles and steals. Pitching leaders show Ford and Raddatz records and Koufax Drysdale strikeout totals.
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Philadelphia
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Drysdale
Palmer Nicklaus Boros in Western Open playoff
Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus and Julius Boros reach a 18 hole playoff for the Western Open at Beverly Country Club. Palmer faces nerves on the green while Boros pursues one of his best years at age 43.
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Chicago
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Julius Boros
Palmer
Nicklaus
Boros
Beverly Country Club
Paul Harney
Tommy Aaron
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