Wahconah Park to Host Major Boxing Card Tonight
Wahconah Park hosts a 10 round main bout with Arthur Persley and George Monroe as top attractions, promoters predicting the largest crowd of the season. Persley, 35, has fought three world title holders and aims to impress as Monroe seeks a knockout bid. Additional bouts feature Lopes vs Tisdale, Goslow vs McCray, Rossi vs Chamski, and Alterio vs Harkins as gates open with weigh-ins set for 2 to 3 p.m.
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Red Cross
George
Curly) Monroe
Worcester
Sam Silverman
Silverman
Persley
Fie
Willie Pineapple
Stevenson
Boston
Monroe
North Adams
Tommy Garrow
Persiey
Garrow
Warking
Joe Brown
Viren Akins
King Wallace
Bud) Smith
Brown
Akins
Smith
Paolo Rosi
George Araujo
Joey Lopes
New Bedford
Billy Tisdale
Bridgeport
Tisdale
Hey
Big Abe Davis
Hartford
Davis
Fred M McCray
Danny Goslow
McCray
Butch Craig
Paul Rossi
Thompsonville
Conn
John Chamski
Trudson
N.Y
Carlos Alterio
Nelson Harkins
Springfield
Rossi
Ed 'Red McKenna
Danbury
Alteriot
Paul Clemons
167 Aspirants Attend First Warner Drills
167 boys ages 9 to 13 attended Pittsfield Pop Warner Football League drills on the Common for the season’s first practice. Sessions run 6 to 7:30 pm over the next two weeks with conditioning and fundamentals emphasized. Commissioner Frances Viale praised the turnout and noted many last year’s coaches attended along with new coaches despite bad weather.
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Boes
Iff
Pitsfield
Pop Warner Football League
Frances Viale
Restrictions Listed for Coast Teams
LOS ANGELES. UCLA and Southern California begin fall football practice under the new Athletic Assn of Western Universities. For the first time in years, both may play a full season with no conference penalties. USC is barred from a bowl bid due to an NCAA penalty tied to recruiting difficulties deemed a technicality.
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Los Angeles
Pacife Coast
Ted Sylver
Williamstown High
Berkshire County
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Stillwater
N.Y
Windsor
Bill Clark
Line Score Of Big League Night Game
National League action saw San Francisco defeat Los Angeles as Koufax and Roseboro starred for the Dodgers. Moon and McCover homered in a high scoring affair. San Francisco 27 Los Angeles 8 12 3 7. Other notes mention Sanford Worthington and Schmidt.
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Rae
San Franciscs
Los Oro
Los Angeles
Sanford
Worthington
Schmidt
Koufax
Roseboro
Losee
Williams football reporter Fay Vincent Jr a Williams standout
Fay Vincent Jr of Hamden Conn returns for a second year as Williams College football reporter. Son of Yale’s 1930 captain Fay Vincent Sr, he recovered from a 1948 dormitory fall to become a key source beside Coach Walters and Captain Bob Stegeman. He trained with Yale’s Kiphuths and worked in Chile before resuming coverage.
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Williams
Husky Fay
Yale University
Fay Vincent Sr
Southern New England Telephone Co
Hamden
Conn
Fay
Len Watters
Hotchkiss School
Len
SQ Fay
Walters
Bob Stegeman
Bob
Alpha Delta Phi House
Stegeman
Willams
Amherst
Chile
Santa Barbara Co
Jim Ryan
Williams College
Jim
Peru
Kiphuths
Yale
Payne-Whitney
Bob Wiphuth
DeLaney Kiphuth
DeLaney
Hotchkiss
Kiphuth
America
New Haven
Navy
Bob Rorke
Schson
Danny Rorke
Chip Ide
Mr. Watters
Tennis Event Set Tomorrow At Merrill
The 1959 Berkshire County tennis championship will be held tomorrow at Camp Merrill courts. Four divisions include men's singles and doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles with named chairmen and entrants. Notables like Dick Moffat and Walt Stugger feature as past champions seeking the cup.
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Berkshire
Dick Moffat
Stockbridge
Faye White
Iordon Naugle
Peter Moelle
Virginia Field
Baseball Runs and Batting Totals Across Leagues
Fragmented box score style summary lists runs batted in and key players by team in both American and National Leagues. Mentions Banks Cubs Robinson Aaron and others with scattered totals and ranks, reflecting early season batting and scoring leaders.
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Robinson
Rede
Aaron
Beaves
Bell
Reds
Mathews
Braves
Cepeda
Giants
Wome
Braven
Kean
Giannis
Rover
Chips-Down Game In CSL Slated Tonight at Deming
Madison Cafe and Fagie Cafe meet at Deming Field tonight at 6 15 for a half share of first in the City Softball League and a shot at Berkshire Auto in the championship. It is the last regular season game after rain postponed yesterday. Berkshire Auto secured a playoff spot by beating Eagle Cafe 11 5 last Friday.
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Madison Cafe
Fagie Cafe
Deming Field
Berkshire Auto
Eagle Cafe
Donkey Game Listed by DA Aces Donkey Baseball
The Dalton Appliance Aces plan a special donkey baseball game at Wahconah Park Monday night at 7 40 to raise funds for a Battle Creek trip and American Baseball Congress tournament. Donkeys from Lazy K Ranch will carry players from the Donkey College. Proceeds fund travel, with 1700 tickets on sale and past collections totaling several hundred dollars plus a planned GE plant collection.
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Dalton Appliance Aces
Battle Creek
Mich
American Baseball Congress
Frankie Martin
Wahconah? Park
Donkey College
Lazy K Ranch
General Electric Naval Ordnance Department
Whalen Ranks 112th in Portsmouth Junior Golf
In Portsmouth Virginia Kearons Whalen Jr of Pittsfield Massachusetts finished 112th among 208 in the 11th annual junior chamber of commerce tournament. He failed to qualify in the A division with 92 85 177, but placed ninth in the B division with 149 on 77 and 72.
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Portsmouth
Kearons Whalen Jr
Pittsfield
Mass
Ith
30th WNE Tennis Event Slated This Weekend at Country Club
The 30th Western New England men's singles and doubles tennis championship takes place this weekend at the Country Club in Pittsfield. Singles start Friday, doubles Saturday, with semifinals Sunday and finals Monday. Notables include former champions Bill Power Franklin Pierce and Fred Keats. Defending champ Bill A McClung has not entered. Draws announce Thursday evening and Saturday noon. Local entries welcome.
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Country Club
Western New, England
An Pittsfield
Jack Talbot
Bill Power
Worcester
Franklin Pierce
New York City
Fred Keats
Pelham
N.Y
Bill A McClung
Walpole
Dartmouth College
Martin's Team to Play at Lee in Craet Tourney Loop
Fresh from a 5-2 win over the Schenectady Barons in Schenectady New York, Martin's Team heads to Lee to meet the Lenox Merchants tomorrow night. The Merchants then travel to Clyde Park to face the Dalton Appliance Aces Thursday night.
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Martin
Lee
Frankie Martin's
Schenectady Barons
Schenectady
N.Y
Lenox Merchants
Dalton Appliance Aces
Clape Park
Play-Off Game Postponed in MSPL
Last night's opening round game in the Municipal Slow Pitch Softball League play-offs between the Water and Park Departments was postponed because of rain and wet grounds. The contest is slated for tonight at 6:15 at Clapp Park.
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Municipal
Water and
Clapp Park
Hairston Voted Charleston White Sox Most Popular Player
Sam Hairston, Negro catcher for the Charleston White Sox, was named the team's most popular player by fans in the Class A South Atlantic League. He leads with a .326 batting average, placing him in the circuit’s batting race.
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Charleston
D.C
UPI
Sam Hairston
Charleston White Sox
Heen
Hairston
Coaches Deny Moegle Trade Rumors
United Press International reports say San Francisco Forty Niners coach Red Hickey denied rumors that defensive back Dick Moegle, a standout last season, was available in a trade. He stressed Moegle is versatile and eager to play more on offense if needed.
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San Francisco
Red Hickey
Dick Moegle
Hickey
Moegle
Morsla
Oakies
Ed Dove
Dave Baker
Fe Hall
Rice
Snider Fans Home Run Off Schmidt in Dodgers Win
Duke Snider of Los Angeles hit a solo homer off Cincinnati pitcher Willard Schmidt after Schmidt appeared in 16 games this season. The event highlighted the Dodgers offense in a midseason matchup.
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