Tigers Rally Ends Slump With Rocky Colavito Home Run
Detroit breaks a 10-game skid with a 1-0 win at Washington on Rocky Colavito's ninth-inning two-out homer. Don Messi fans seven in a three-hit gem for his first win in three decisions. White Sox fall to Boston 9-7 as Cleveland tops New York 5-1 in 10, and Kansas City routs Baltimore 10-0 behind Dick Hall.
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Indians Eye Trades Amid Rumors and Laundry Talk
Rumors swirl around the Cleveland Indians with GM Frank Lane weighing moves as Don Dillard is optioned to Toronto on 24 hour recall. Lane targets Truman Clevenger and Ken Aspro monte from Washington, with Dick Williams of Kansas City also on the radar. Gary Bell earns a 3 1 record while Wynn Hawkins nears return and Dick Stigman may start Friday after a standout relief performance in New York.
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G5 Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 2 in rain soaked game
Cincinnati at Chicago postponed due to rain. Only games listed for Wednesday and Thursday include St Louis at Milwaukee and Pittsburgh at Los Angeles among others. American League standings show Chicago leading with a .632 mark, New York and Boston close behind. Tuesday results include Detroit edging Washington and Kansas City crushing Baltimore. International League standings feature Toronto atop with .688, followed by Buffalo and Richmond in pursuit.
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Rosters Set For HVA Action As Eight Teams Ready
The final rosters for eight Hocking Valley Association teams are filed with up to 20 players each. Openers Sunday feature Buchtel vs Jacksonville Glouster vs Racine Plantsville vs Murray City and New Marshfield vs Logan. Managers must keep rosters through the first half of seven games ending June 26 with changes allowed for the second half.
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Bing Harris In Golf Day
Bing Crosby and Phil Harris will team with 1959 PGA champion Bob Rosburg and National Open Champion Bill Casper in a National Golf Day match on June 11. The 18 hole event at Firestone Country Club Akron sets the pro’s score as the target for golfers nationwide who pay $1 to try for a PGA medal by beating the mark.
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Saperstein Proposes New League Rules
Abe Saperstein plans an eight team American Basketball League to rival the NBA starting in 1961 62. Cities include Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Cleveland Kansas City Washington Pittsburgh and Portland with arena delays shifting start. The proposed rules include 40 minute games no bonus fouls wider free throw lanes three point shots from beyond the rim defensive hand use and no 24 second shot clock with jump balls on touched balls.
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Bass Snags Lure. Meigs County Catch Weighs 5 6
Outdoors note from Ohio reports Cliff Miller of Parkersburg pulling a 5 pound 6 ounce bass from Forked Run Lake after a lure snagged on a tree limb. Everett Ridge confirms witnesses and a photo of the tree-climbing bass. Also notes northern pike appearances in the Muskingum River near Duncan Falls with 10 fish, 20 to 25 inches, likely from spillway spillover, and strong crappie and catfish action at Lowell and river mouth.
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Mark White
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Ashland
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Carroll Counties
Johansson Plans June Title Defense in Busy Schedule
World heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson says he will mix business with pleasure as he trains for the June 20 defense against Floyd Patterson. He reveals daily sparring of six to seven rounds, though he did four on Tuesday, and notes Patterson stayed mostly in the training room. Johansson, 27, and his fiancée Birgit Lundgren remain without a wedding date, and he dismisses retirement talk while acknowledging no definite rematch if he wins again.
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Toronto Grabs IL Top Spot In Beating Royals
The Toronto Maple Leafs lead the International League by 21 percentage points over the Buffalo Bisons as Toronto defeated Montreal 4-1 to seize first place while Buffalo’s game at Rochester was rained out. Richmond won 5-1 over Miami to rise to third, two and a half games back. Columbus and Havana were rained out.
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Bait Study Finds Hellgrammites Best For Smallmouth In Ohio Creek
A five year study in Mas sie Creek Greene and Clark Counties shows hellgrammites as leading bait for smallmouth bass. Ed Brown Jr. reports 804 fish taken 1954 to 1958 with live bait catching two thirds. Artificial baits produced about one third. Rock bass mainly fed on natural baits. Separately Earl Kinneer orders May 15 deadline to remove abandoned boats from Hocking Veto Clouse and Monroe lakes to reduce hazards.
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Beagle Trials Draw 100 Hounds in Ohio
More than 100 beagles and handlers from 13 clubs of the Southern Ohio Beagle Association gather at Meigs County running grounds near Harrisonville for the 11th annual all age winners stake. Winners advance to the Ohio Championship trial. Rosettes awarded to all place hounds. trophies to class winners. Judges listed. hound measuring at 7 am Saturday with drawing at 7 30 am. Races begin Saturday and may finish Sunday. Host: Meigs County Beagle Club Inc.
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Giants and Pirates Win as NL Race Tightens
Giants string four straight wins with a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia, aided by three Phila errors. Don Blasingame delivers the tiebreaking single in the seventh as Stu Miller earns the win. Pirates stop skid, edge Dodgers 3-2 behind Vern Law and homers from Hal Smith and Bill Mazeroski.
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Norm Sherry
Junior Gilliam
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Archery Club Plans Shoot In County Invitational
Hocking Hills Archery Club discussed an all county invitational shoot at a Monday meeting. The 8 am to end of day event will be a registered classifieds shoot at the Old McArthur Road range with 28 field and 28 broadhead targets. Edgar Wilson set club records with 409 and won a 20 pin award from the National Archery Association.
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Terry Minkc
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Larry Yates
Lowell Nutter Jr
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Janet Richards
Erma Bumgardner
Eunice Wilson
Lowell Nutter
Jim Richards
Reds Mull Roster Cuts After Busy Day
Cincinnati management debated trimming to 25 players amid idle weather. Fred Hutchinson and Gabe Paul held a closed door session and a four hour trade talk with Chicago Cubs officials. The Reds signed 18 year old pitcher John Flavin from El Cerrito and plan to face the Cubs with Purkey on the mound.
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Dodgers Weigh Recalling Frank Howard Soon
Dodgers consider bringing up Frank Howard from Spokane after his .385 batting mark and league leading RBIs steady as they weigh removing veteran Carl Furillo from the active roster. Furillo may retire or stay on as Sherry proves his worth in the lineup. The team has lost 12 of 18 and may cut Bob Lillis to meet the 25 man limit.
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Fullmer set for midlands bout with Redl in Utah
Don Fullmer aims for a knockout against veteran Stefan Redl in a 10 round national ABC telecast from West Jordan Utah. Manager Marv Jenson notes Redl absorbs punishment well and fights aggressively.
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Marv Jenson
Don Fullmer
Stefan Redl
Germany
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American A L S N Scores From Unspecified Games
A list shows results with American ALSN 4 Louisville 3. Minneapolis 9 Indianapolis 5. Charleston 11 Denver 5. Houston 4 Dallas Fort Worth. Richmond 5 Miami 1. Toronto 4 Montreal 1. Other games postponed.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Stengel Celebrates 50 in Baseball Memory
New York report notes Casey Stengel marking his 50th birthday with reflections on his early career. It recalls his 1910 debut at age 19 with the Kankakee club in the Northern Association, recalling a youth in Illinois and a sly wink.
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