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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1957
Page
10
Cubs beat Milwaukee 5-3 in ten innings as Chicago tied the game at 3-3 in the ninth and pushed two runs across in the 10th. Braves pitching faltered with Spahn Conley and Burdette struggling while Johnson relieved in defeat. The Yankees won 5-2 over Washington as Shantz delivered solid relief pitching.
In St Louis, the Cardinals rally to beat the Cincinnati Redlegs 4 to 3. Joe Nuxhall pitched seven shutout innings before unearned runs broke through in the eighth, and Alvin Dark delivered the winning hit in the ninth as Hersh Freeman failed to close out. Frankie Robinson drove in all four Redleg runs with a triple, homer, and a single.
Toronto Maple Leafs clinch the International League pennant for the second straight year by beating Rochester 4-3 as Buffalo defeats Montreal 6-4. Toronto opens a best-of-seven semi final against Miami while Columbus Jets finish seventh after a 12-4 loss to Richmond.
Althea Gibson defeats Louise Brough 6 3 6 2 on the West Side to claim the national women’s title. Unseeded Mal Anderson beats Ashley Cooper 10 8 7 5 6 4 in the men’s final, marking a rare unseeded champion. The wins cap seven years of progress for Gibson and a surprising finish for Anderson in Forest Hills.
In weekend NFL exhibitions the Bears beat the Eagles 24-14 with Willie Galimore racking up 74 and 100 yard TD runs. San Francisco and Green Bay won to run their exhibition records to 4-0 and 4-0 respectively. Steelers and Redskins also won, while the Giants slipped to 2-3 and the Cardinals fell to 0-4.
Phil Hill of Santa Monica Calif. drove a red Ferrari to victory in the nation’s first 500 mile sports car race at Road America Elkhart Lake Wis. Shelby of Dallas spun twice and finished second in a Maserati nearly a lap behind. Ed Crawford of Northfield Ill. was third in a Porsche. About 30 000 fans watched as Hill completed the rugged four mile course in six hours eight minutes and thirty seconds at an average speed of 83 mph.
Bobby Bell of Youngstown Ohio and Lulu Perez of Brooklyn meet again at St Nicholas Arena in a 10 round featherweight bout telecast tonight. Their Aug 19 draw featured a seven pound weight difference and a late surge by Bell. Bell, 28, brings a 38 29 6 record while Perez 활 36 11 2.
National scores show New York leading with 87 to 30 over Chicago 86 to 85 and tied totals. Detroit and Cleveland posted wins while Baltimore and Kansas City had mixed outcomes. Monday to Tuesday schedules list Kansas City at Baltimore and Detroit at Washington with other matchups.
Hollywood and Los Angeles hosted bouts with Jimmy Carter outpointing Mickey Northrop in a 135 pound matchup. Paolo Rosi defeated Ray Portiitla 144 to 141. Sev. Mile Savage drew with Willie Vaughn in Salt Lake City, while 10 rounds were reported in several Los Angeles events.
Battle Creek and six other teams head into day three of the American Amateur Baseball Congress tournament in Battle Creek Michigan with 12 teams in six games. Prior results saw Huntington beat Orlando 5 4 Battle Creek over Cleveland 3 2 Turner over Chicago 10 9 Knoxville over Louisville 16 3 Cincinnati over Bridgeport 4 3 East Chicago over Milwaukee 6 4 and Wyandotte over Springfield 7 1. Wyandotte Cincinnati Huntington and Battle Creek each hold 2 0 records in the double elimination event.
Los Angeles businessman Elliott Evans offered to top Louis Wolfson’s five million dollar bid for the Brooklyn Dodgers and relocate the club to Los Angeles. Brooklyn officials urged Dodgers president Walter O Malley to hold actions as stadium plans in Flatbush face possible relief.
Notre Dame and Army officials announced the October 12 meeting at Municipal Stadium is a sellout with 70 000 of 98 616 seats sold. The last clash occurred in 1947 when Notre Dame won 27-7 as Terry Brennan returned the opening kickoff 97 yards. The series record shows Irish 23 Army 7 with four ties.
Gallia Academy High School will conduct reserved seat drawings for all home football games today at 7:30 p.m. in the high school. The Downtown Coaches sponsor the drawings and will follow last year's rules. Tickets are sold by Downtown Coaches members.
Cleveland General Manager Hank Greenberg denied claims that pitcher Herb Score would only throw batting practice for the rest of the season. He said Score’s involvement depends on Dr. Charles I. Thomas and Score’s own decision, and the club will follow the eye specialist’s advice to protect Score’s career.
Cincinnati's Robert Bentley Post won its fourth American Legion junior World Series title with a 10-6 comeback over Williamette Post of Portland. Trailing 4-3 after five innings, Cincinnati scored three in the sixth and four in the eighth, aided by Tom Weber's three-run double and a critical triple play that stifled Portland in the seventh. Fred Fox earned tourney MVP honors after a standout defensive game. Cincinnati went undefeated, beating Washington, D. C. 9-7 and Portland 8-6 before the final.
Cleveland coach Paul Brown hopes to have Milt Campbell and Jim Haluska ready for action before the next Saturday night game with the Detroit Lions. Both rookies must learn the Browns system as camp and practice continue. Haluska says his arm feels ready after Bears practice and welcomed the trade to Cleveland. Campbell aims to fill the vacated halfback spot as Carpenter moves to end.
Baseball statistics show Williams leading AL batting with 476 at bats for Boston and Mantle of the Yankees hitting 1688 at bats with 115 runs. Key leaders include Fox and Mantle with 172 and 185 hits respectively, and Sievers 38 home runs. Pitching leaders include Donovan and Shante with 780 and 714 decisions, and Musial Mays and Aaron among home run and strikeout totals.
Gallia County Riding Club members rallied at the Harrisonville School fair event. Janice Houck won two first place trophies and ribbons while riding Silver Sandy owned by her father John Houck. Karen Shamblin rode Silver Sandy to the Lead-In Pony Class victory. Houck then won the Pleasure Pony Under 48 Indies Class in the same ride. Other Gallia entrants included John Houck second in Western Pleasure and Beverly Cullip third in the Pleasure Pony 48 to 56 inches.
Detroit native Billy Hoeft pitched seven hits as Cleveland fell 3 1 to Detroit at home. Gene Woodling homered in the eighth for the Indians who remain in fifth place and three games out of the first division. Cal McLish lost his sixth decision with Hank Aguirre finishing. The Indians next host the New York Yankees for a two game series.
Rob Richards reports that Rev. Bob Richards, 31, renowned pole vault champion and Church of the Brethren minister, will host a half hour weekly sports show on ABC. The inaugural program is set for Thursday October 3, and he will continue preaching and lecturing alongside the TV work.
Chicago UM Oakson and CDRS Wilson announce John D. Dewey as conference examiner. The visiting auditor will regularly visit Big Ten schools to review financial aid practices for conformity with Big Ten regulations. Dewey, a Joliet native and Northwestern graduate, has four years as Purdue staff auditor.
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