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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1958
Page
13
In New York today Ted Williams failed to win a starting spot in the July 8 All-Star lineup chosen by players, coaches and managers. The 39 year old Boston slugger, with 13 prior All-Star selections, was left out of the starting nine but expected to be added to the squad for the Baltimore game.
Manager announcements reveal missing stars Ted Williams Yogi Berra Harvey Kuenn Al Kaline and others from the 25 man rosters. Stan Musial tops NL voting with 201 of 231 ballots while Frank Malzone leads AL with 186 votes.
Dodgers win fifth of six to climb from cellar as Don Drysdale earns his second consecutive complete game beating the Braves 4-1. Cardinals sweep Pirates 6-2 to run six straight. Giants rally past Reds 5-1 as Cepeda homers in the eighth.
Joe Gordon former Yankees and Indians star flies in to take over as Cleveland manager for tonight's game against Baltimore. General Manager Frank Lane fires Bobby Bragan citing a string of small issues and plans Gordon for rest of season and 1959. Bragan praises Lane while Gordon, 43, returns to pro baseball after leading San Francisco to a Pacific Coast League title last year.
Kansas City faces the Yankees after a six game KC win streak, the A's ride a hot stretch back to 1953 thanks to unexpected slugging by Hec. Williams' late homer sinks McLish in a 2-1 defeat.
Lopez hit three homers in a 65 game span as he drove in five runs and lifted his team to an 8-6 win over Washington with a two run shot in the 12th. The Yankees topped Chicago 4-3 as Harshman blanked Detroit 2-0 for Baltimore. Boston beat Cleveland 2-1 as Bragan was fired and Joe Gordon hired.
Athens 14 year old Robbie Littler reached the 36 hole final at Walnut Hill Country Club Columbus for the 15 and under division of the District Junior Championships. In semifinals Littler beat Jerry Bridges 3 and 2 while Jerry McGee defeated Dennis Rawls by the same margin.
Meigs Independent Softball League schedules two Friday games. Undefeated Darwin travels to Syracuse, while Kingsbury hosts an exhibition in Harrisonville. An ice cream social to aid Harrisonville uniforms follows the game. Harrisonville beat Kingsbury 12 to 6 on Wednesday.
The Ohio Wildlife Council announced lengthened ruffed grouse hunting and similar seasons for pheasants, rabbits, squirrels and other species. Squirrel season runs Sept 5 to Nov 1 in the south with four per day. north section Sept 15 to Nov 1. Other species include rabbits Nov 15 to Jan 3 with four per day, pheasants Nov 15 to Dec 6 with two per day, raccoon night season Nov 15 to Feb 14 with four, and trapping Nov 15 to March 15 with a trapper limit.
About 160 amateur golfers from eight Southeastern Ohio teams gather at Athens Country Club for the SEC Golf Association Championships opening. Teams Athens Gallipolis Logan Marietta Lancaster Cambridge Chillicothe Jackson field complete 10-man squads. Team and individual play begins Saturday with rounds Saturday and Sunday.
Larry Snyder and Charles Vandick, Ohio University qualifiers, fell in early NCAA match play in Williamstown Mass. Snyder beat Willie Turner 1 up in the morning then lost 8 and 7 to Jackie Cupit in the afternoon. Vandick lost 5 and 4 to Frank Wharton after Wharton birdied on No 12.
Nelsonville seeks a third straight Heart of Ohio League win as it hosts Lockborne Air Force Base Sunday at 2 p m. Junior Dane earned both recent wins and has not allowed a run in 17 innings. A win could lift the Merchants into fifth in the eight team league.
Heavy rains across Ohio have disrupted most streams and lakes. The Fish and Wildlife Division reports overall poor fishing statewide, with some lakes in Leesville Seneca Alma and Muskingum offering the best chances. Streams remain high and muddy in many areas, though Hoover and Delaware reservoirs and certain lakes show fair to good conditions.
Saturday features the SEC Golf Association Championship at the Athens Country Club starting 8 a m. Sunday hosts HVA League matches with games at The Plains Buchtel Hogan's Bar Glouster Deed's Dairy Plantsville Racine Amesville Chancey Nelsonville and Heart Of Ohio Lockbourne. The SECGA event resumes at noon.
H W Emswiler former Ohio High School Athletic Association commissioner will speak at Men s Gym Athens to athletic officials and coaches in Southeastern Ohio He will meet Ohio University students in Problems of Interscholastic Athletics at 730 pm Films of the Melbourne Olympic Games will follow the talk.
Jose Lopez of Mexico beat Willie Parker of Pittshared 119 to 120 in Los Angeles while Al King of thington and Corrado Amancarella of Sicily fought to a draw 8 rounds in East Hartford Connecticut.
In the third round of the National Collegiate Golf Championships held in Williamstown Massachusetts Southwest Far West teams face rising challenge from New England Midwest players. Dick Diversi of Rollins College matched against Frank Wharton of Houston with Diversi upsetting Maryland's Jerry McFerrren to reach the later rounds.
The schedule lists daily opening times: Monday through Sunday with various start times. Junior League runs Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00, league play 7:30 to 9:30 on some days, and additional Friday or midweek openings as shown.
Orioles outfielder Bob Nieman may undergo surgery for a partial dislocation in his right hand diagnosed by Detroit Tiger team physician Dr. Luther Leader. He has been out since June 2 after being hit by a line drive from teammate Bob Boyd, marking a third diagnosis in his injury timeline.
Marvin McCollum is named new head basketball coach at Hamilton High School succeeding Warren Scholler who resigned to join Bowling Green State University. McCollum has served as Hamilton’s reserve coach for three years.
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