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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1958
Page
8
Fairmont iced Austin 9 1 at Marcusen Park to raise its record to 6 2 and extend its win streak over the Packers to eight in two years. Austin sank to 3 5 and eyes a makeup game Saturday with Fairmont, as the series continues with a Sunday tilt.
Ken Rosewall endures back to back matches in Forest Hills in the $15,000 pro tennis champions event with Pancho Gonzales and Lew Hoad scheduled. A win in both could net Rosewall $3,000 as the six match round robin tightens. Gonzales leads with 3-0, Hoad 3-1, Rosewall 4-0 after a 6 3 6 3 win over Rex Hartwig.
Brownsdale, Minn. Woodbury won 30-0 in a Mower County League softball game on Thursday. Winning pitcher John Johnson provided strong pitching and hit two home runs, and Bob Peters hit another four bagger.
Detrey Moore of Springfield Ohio outpointed Laura Salas of Mexico in a Los Angeles bout. Benny Davis of Minneapolis stopped Joe Parks of Omaha in Council Bluffs Iowa. Bobby Gordon vs Charley Joseph postponed to Saturday night due to rain in Charleroi Pennsylvania.
In a rain interrupted game Austin rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat Minneota 7 to 6 and reach the Minnesota state baseball consolation final at Met Stadium. Daryl Richardson relieved for the last 1 2 innings and drove in the winning run with a single.
St Paul Johnson and Minneapolis Washburn advanced to tonight's championship after semis. Johnson beat Mankato 19-2 with 17 hits led by Glen Marion and Mike Payton while Washburn topped Grand Rapids 3-0 as Stan Carlson allowed three hits. Attendance nears 1956 stadium record as final tickets count.
Mrs. Charlotte Phillips Thompson jokes about aging as she recalls hitting home runs but struggling to reach first base. The Nebraska teacher, nearly 80, plays with students in the school yard and stays in shape by tending a ranch from dawn to dusk.
Milwaukee lefty Warren Spahn suffered his third straight loss as the Chicago Cubs clubbed four homers to beat the Braves 5-4 and trim Milwaukee's lead to two games. Rookie Tony Taylor hit his first major league homer the decisive ninth inning blow, continuing a spurt that has seen Spahn surrender 11 homers in three games.
Tommy Bolt led the Flint Open after a 69 as Sam Snead struggled with a 78. Bolt, the U.S. Open champion, built a one stroke lead over Bill Casper Jr., while 15 of 140 starters broke par and many shot 80s.
Mike DeJohn a 7-5 favorite takes on 31-year-old Baker at War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse. DeJohn seeks a decisive win to reenter the spotlight after losses and a notable knockout earlier in his career. Baker carries a 50 11 1 record with 19 knockouts and has won three straight fights before a long layoff.
A crowd of 5 442 in Davenport watched the Three I League pace setters win 64 over Rochester. Cedar Rapids shut out Green Bay 7 0. Burlington beat Fox Cities 5 1. Lindstrom homered and added a single in Day Sex 12 hit attack. Howser went 2 for 3 with a triple. Henley struck out seven through five, Moore earned his fifth win for Burlington. Caviness hit a homer for Burlington as Reiser broke ribs Monday.
Willie Mays, NL batting leader despite a two week slump, was in hospital overnight for a physical checkup and was expected to rejoin the San Francisco Giants soon. Giants manager Bill Rigney said the examination report would be furnished, noting Mays appeared run down with a possible touch of flu after a brief benching in Pittsburgh.
Milwaukee World champions the Braves dropped three of their last eight games with Warren Spahn taking the loss in all three defeats. The team still leads the National League by two games.
About 400 athletes compete in the 70th National AAU track and field championships in Bakersfield California with top foreign entrants led by Australia mile runners Herb Elliott and Merv Lincoln aiming to break John Landy’s 3 58 world mile record. Don Bowden will run the mile rather than the 880 yard race to boost America’s hopes and redeem a NCAA fourth place. The final is Saturday after tonight’s qualifying heats and a Moscow tour meet is the summer focus as Russia awaits.
Pacific Coast League results Portland 2 Vancouver 1 Seattle 7 East Lake City 1 Phoenix 2 Sacramento 1 Spokane 5 San Diego 3. International League Havana 3 Montreal 2 Miami 6 Toronto Richmond 9 Buffalo 1. Rochester at Columbus postponed. American Association Wichita 8 Omaha 6 7 Minneapolis 1 Charleston 1 in 7 innings rain. Other games postponed.
The Charleston Sen ators failed to advance as rain cut a 1-1 tie with Minneapolis after seven innings, leaving them unable to gain a share of first in the standings. Omaha split with Wichita, 8-6 and 9-3, while Denver and St. Paul Indianapolis and Louisville games were postponed. Nottebart homered and drove in two for Wichita in win.
Al Lopez’s trades for pitching fuel a Chicago run of four shutouts in five games as Early Wynn leads a two hit win over Boston. New York Yankees sweep Cleveland 9 3 with five homers as Williams and Carey pace the attack. Wynn adds a two hitter for his 36th career shutout while New York strengthens its AL lead. Detroit and Baltimore post wins in the standings chase.
Chicago ace Early Wynn, age 38, aims to pitch three or four more years if he slows down gradually. After a 4-0 shutout of the Red Sox, his 18 season career tally reaches 36 shutouts and a 7-5 record this year, with past struggles noted at Cleveland. He says fatigue limits him and hints at adjusting pace to extend his career.
Carole Pushing, a Carleton freshman, reaches the finals by toppling JoAnne Gunderson and Meriam Bailey in successive days. Judy Bell of Arizona University earns her final spot with a 5 and 4 semifinal win over Ann Rutherford after a strong amateur and national circuit record.
Benny Davis of Minneapolis secured a technical knockout over Joe Parks of Omaha in the sixth round. The bout was halted at 1 minute 40 seconds into the sixth after Parks opened a gash over his left eye. Parks weighed 136 pounds and Davis 139.
In Hollywood Park's Hollywood Oaks stakes, jockey Jackie Westrope died from internal injuries after his mount Well Away bolted into the rail. Westrope, 40, had a long career with 2,439 winners from 17,136 mounts and was national champion earlier in his career. An autopsy will be performed and officials blamed the horse for the fatal incident.
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