Humker, Travers Spark Yanks Over Austin, 1-0
Lefty Art Humker pitched 12 innings of shutout ball and Bob Travers delivered the key hit as the Rochester Yanks edged Austin 1-0 in extras at Mayo Field. Humker earned his first win in two starts, in a duel with Jim Lawler that kept Rochester tied for second in the East Division of the Southern Minnesota League.
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Minn
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Bob Travers
Austin
Mayo Field
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Humker
Jim Lawler
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Yanks
Albert Lea
Pack er Averages Humker and Travers Spark Rochester Rally
Humker pitched six solid innings with ten strikeouts and five walks, allowing only singles. Travers delivered the game winning double in the 12th, plus standout defense to thwart a potential Packers surge in the seventh. Rochester rallied in the 12th as Sedor and Bawek set up Travers final blow to left center.
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Joe Raso
Frank Brown
Fred Folkes
Rase
Bob Mathias
Rochester
Chuck Sedor
Ken Bawek
Sedor
Brown
Sedtor
Lawler
Folkes
Dick Morgan
John Steffen
Dick Notermann
George Gleason
Huinker
Dave Ploof
Chuck Mathews
Jaycee Junior Golf Test Set Tuesday in Austin
Youthful golfers will compete next Tuesday in the Austin Jaycees annual Junior Golf tournament at Ramsey Golf Club with an 8:30 a.m. tee off. Top 10 advance to the regional meet June 16 at Austin Country Club. no entry fee. No registration is needed and Bruce Hall Memorial Trophy honors past state qualifier.
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Ramsey Golf Club
Tal Jones
Austin Coca Cola Bottling Co
Austin Country Club
Wally Ulrich
Faribault
Jon Konz
Bruce Hall
Hall
Minnesota
Minnesota Jaycees
Craft Happy With Trade Strengthens A's Split
Kansas City Athletics manager Harry Craft says the deal with the New York Yankees has made the club stronger after a 5-2 loss to Boston. Kansas City acquired infielder Jerry Lumpe and pitchers Johnny Kucks and Tom Sturdivant for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry, with another player to be named later. Lumpe fits at second base as the infield improves, and Kucks and Sturdivant show value with balanced results since the swap.
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Harry Craft
Kansas City Athletics
A's
New York Yankees
Craft
Boston
Athletics
Yankees
Jerry Lumpe
Johnny Kucks
Tom Sturdivant
Hector Lopez
Ralph Terry
Lumpe
Kucks
Sturdivant
A’s
Recreation Baseball Registration Saturday
The Austin Park and Recreation Dept will run Pee Wee Midget and Junior leagues this summer with teams formed from all registrants. Ove Berven and Harold Hastings lead at the Athletic Field while Dick Seltz and Art Hass direct Chesner Park. West side and east side players report to specified locations on Saturday June 6 at 10 am.
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Ove Berven
Harold Hastings
Dick Seltz
Art Hass
Chesner Park
Kaufman and
Neveln
West Side
Athletic Field
Driesner and Kaufman
Seltz
Driesner Park
Hass
Hastings
Littler Shows Signs of Gaining Golf Peak
Gene Littler, 28, from Singing Hills, Calif., shot 65 in the opening round of the Eastern Open at Pine Ridge, signaling a peak as the US Open looms. He leads a crowded field with Oliver and Lema close behind, amid winter rules easing play on the two month old course.
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Baltimore
Gene Littler
United States Golf Assn
Singing Hills
Calif
Paul Runyan
Pine Ridge
Porky) Oliver
Denver
Tony Lema
San Leandro
Don January
Bill Lawton
Coronado
John Eisenger
Bethesda
Fred Hawkins
el Paso
Tex
Crowe Plans Cage Clinic For Pacelli Students
Former Pacelli coach Marty Crowe announces the second annual spring basketball clinic starting Monday. The week long event runs 10 a.m. to except the first three days at Queen of Angels gym before moving to Pacelli gym Thursday. About 40 to 50 boys in 7th to 9th grade may register. registration closes Monday. Crowe will coach next year in Marinette Wisconsin.
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Marty Crowe
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Queen of Angels
Marinette, Wis
Tiger and Calhoun to Tangle Tonight
New York AP reports a brand new face, British Empire middleweight champ Dick Tiger, faces Rory Calhoun of White Plains in a nationally televised 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden. Calhoun, 24, enters as a 7-5 favorite despite Tiger’s title claim.
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Dick Tiger
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Rory Calhoun
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Minor League Scores From Western Circuits
Pacific Coast League results include San Diego defeating Portland 5 0 Sacramento winning 6 4 over Seattle Spokane 8 2 over Phoenix Salt Lake City 10 4 over Vancouver In the American Association Houston beat Louisville 6 3 Charleston lost to Dallas 4 6 Fort Worth defeated Indianapolis 8 2 Minneapolis won 6 3 over Omaha Denver 9 2 over St Paul International League Columbus 6 Montreal and Richmond 7 Toronto 5 Buffalo 7 Savana 0 Rochester 4 Miami 3
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Rochester
Rushton wins archery title at Big Game Round
Jim Rushton tops the Expert A division with 390 in the 28 target Big Game Round at Lansing Field. Haven Rinehart is runner up with 430 while Expert B names Baker 390 Jones 380 Sellers 315 and others. Female and youth results include Peral Jester 315 Mildred Olson 180 Colleen Nelson 125 and Lynda Le Barron 215 Marjorie Koenig 175.
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Lansing Field Range
Rushton
Haven Rinehart
Lyle Baker
Wilbur Jones
Bowman
Lyle Sellers
Dick Anderson
Archer
Dale Christopherson
Charles Hinz
Denny LeBarron
Darrell LeBarron
Mildred Olson
Colleen Nelson
Faye LeBarron
Margret Jones
Lynda LeBarron
Marjorie Koenig
Randolph Paces Round Robin Golf at Canoe Brook
Bonnie Randolph, 31, from Columbus, Ohio, leads by two points entering the second round of the women's round robin at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit New Jersey. Fay Crocker trails by six, Betty Jamesson by seven, and Marlene Bauer Hagge by ten after a shaky start.
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N.J
Bonnie Randolph
Canoe Brook Country Club
Columbus, Ohio
Fay Crocker
Betty Jameson
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Albert Lea Defeats Chiefs 7-4 in West Standings Push
In Southern Minnesota League play Albert Lea beat Winona 7-4 as Wayne Hoffman pitched a six hitter and Bob Rogneby homered. Mason City swept Estherville 8-6 to move atop the West Division. Fairmont upset Bancroft 9-3 while Albert Lea, Winona, Bancroft, and Fairmont busy Sunday fixtures.
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Estherville
Braves
Clem Ozburn
Fairmont
Bancroft
Chicks
Harry Pritts
Albert Lea
Winona Chiefs
Wayne Hoffman
Bob Rogneby
Joe Shrake
Connie Gasper
Winona
Austin
KR. HL. F. Wincone
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Gasper
Rogneby
Hoffman and Ackerman
Mason City
Eatherville
Ceburn
Klunder
Rozmack
Meyer
Pritts
Kiddies Day at Marcusen Park Sees Packers vs Estherville
Emil Scheid’s Austin Packers meet Estherville Iowa in a Southern Minnesota League game at Marcusen Park at 2 30 p m Lefty Chuck Kowalski starts for the Packers as they try to end a two game slide Free tickets are available from Austin merchants for kids to enter the event and win prizes including a pony or motor car bicycles wrist watches bats gloves and baseballs Last year about 3000 attended the Kiddies Day contest
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Emil Scheid
Austin Packers
Estherville
Iowa
Minnesota
Chuck Kowalski
Packers
Austin Merchants
Moose Lodge Defeats Brown Derby 10-5 in City League
The Moose Lodge beat the Brown Derby 10-5 in a City League softball game at Northwest Diamond. Moose Lodge had 10 hits with two homers by Miller and singles by Modderman and Arnold. Next action Monday features Lansing Carvers vs Brown Derby. Tokyo W Igaya heads to New York for a new job with an insurer.
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Modderman
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Millers stay top as Omaha beaten and divisions shift
The Minneapolis Millers win 6-3 at home, widening their Eastern Division lead over Indianapolis to 14-2 games. Fort Worth scores all its runs in the seventh to defeat Indianapolis 8-2. Dallas falls 4-0 to Charleston while Denver beats St Paul 9-2. Houston stops Louisville 6-3 as Maye goes 4-for-4. Eight pitchers work in the Omaha game with Borland earning the win.
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Omaha
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Houston
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Colonels
Minneapolis
Tom Borland
Ben Johnson
Bill Gabler
Ken McBride
Don Lee
Ossie Alvarez
Curt Hardaway
Jim Fridley
Bill Bethel
Mel Wright
Lee Maye
Cepeda Powers Giants Past Brewers With Two Homer Game
Cepeda slugged two home runs driving in seven runs as the Giants defeated Milwaukee 11-5 to close in on the Braves. He carried a .427 batting streak since May 16, belting his 11th and 12th homers in the game and lifting San Francisco from behind.
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Giants
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Mays
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Lew Burdette
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Philadelphia
de Crandall
Wes Covington
Braves
White Sox Grab Lead With 6-5 Win Over Orioles
Al Lopez praised a spurt and the White Sox delivered with a two-run rally in the eighth and a 13th inning hit sequence. Torgeson provided the big blow as Chicago beat Baltimore 6-5, moving past Cleveland into the AL lead while Baltimore fell two games back.
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al Lopez
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Farl Torgeson
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Boston
New York Yankees
Detroit
Tigers
Larry Doby
Oriole
Torgy
Austin Teams Travel to Mankato for Big Nine Tourneys
Austin golf and tennis squads head to Mankato for Big Nine Conference events. Golf leaders include Jon Konz and teammates Pike Heimsness Langeberg Wright as they chase a third straight title at the 27 hole Mankato Country Club. Tennis squad features Berven Klement La Vine Krueger Eriksson Henricks Dean Bulger.
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Mankato
Walt Lembcke
Jon Konz
Mankato Country Club
Konz
Clayton Pike
Larry Heimsness
Ken Langeberg
Bob Wright
Red Wing
Rochester
Faribault
Winona
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Northfield
Bill Lewis
Tom Berven
Wally Klement
Lance LaVine
Bill Krueger
Kjell Eriksson
Tom Henricks
John Dean
Don Bulger
Austin Netters
Fariball
Mike Parmalee
Jeff Fischer
Ramsey Golf Test Sunday In inaugural invitational
The Ramsey Men’s Club hosts the first annual Ramsey Invitational golf tournament this Sunday for amateurs from southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. About 80 entries have been received with registration by 10 a.m. 27 holes will be played with scoring on the first or second nine to determine slighting. Over $700 in merchandise prizes await winners, with one in four or five golfers expected to win. Ramsey Golf Club will close to the public during the event.
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Ramsey Men's Club
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Iowa
Art Vogel
Vogel
Ramsey Golf Club
Legal to Paint New License on Your Boat
The Minnesota State Conservation Department clarifies the new boat license rules for July 1. Licenses must be black figures at least three inches high and visible on both sides of the front half reading left to right. The same number can be reused with continuous renewal. permits sold now are valid for 1960.
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State Conservation Department
George A. Selke
Selke
Rigney Predicts Dog Fight to Finish for NL Pennant
Milwaukee AP Bill Rigney, manager of the San Francisco Giants, foresees a close race for the National League title as the Giants, Braves and Pirates vie for first. Warren Spahn of the Braves doubts SF can win, noting the Giants beat Milwaukee 11 to 5 and predicting a top three finish at best while focusing on the Pirates as the key rival.
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Warren Spahn
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Giants
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Spahn
Stengel Pleased With Yank Bounce In Cleveland
Casey Stengel praised the Yankees after arriving in Cleveland from Detroit where New York routed the Tigers 14 to 3. He warned against predicting how long the good spell will last and emphasized the need for continued improvement.
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Yankees
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Tigers
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