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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1959
Page
5
Race tightens for top honors at Beech Ridge as Maine State Stock Car Racing members rebuild cars after frequent wrecks. Eight race card set for 8 p.m. with two semifinals and 20 laps per class. Cusack and Mesthraed lead stock class rivals as Dick Garrett exits due to race wear.
Dick Wolstenhulme presses a challenge to Cusack in a bid to derail her repeat bid as 1959 champion. Paul Tardiff remains a strong contender, with Dick and Ralph close behind. Norway cars boost field to about 25 stocks and 35 bombers at Beech Ridge this weekend.
West Hartford Conn. opened Eastern Sectional Junior American Legion Baseball Tournament with a 6 3 win over Greenbelt Md in a double elimination round. West Hartford backs the victory with a seventh inning homer by Mike Traynor. Greenbelt battles Milford Mass. tonight to stay alive.
Horseracing at Scarborough Downs tonight with post time 7 45. Stock car racing at Beechenlnt caving of 6 at 8. Biddeford Softball League tournament features Chambau vs Young Democrats tomorrow at 1 PM at Biddeford Memorial Field.
The Biddeford League city championship will be decided tomorrow at Biddeford Memorial Field. Rochambeau Club faces Young Democrats in a best two out of three series starting at 1 PM. If needed, a third game will follow to decide the title. A Munich theater advertises as an off Broadway playhouse showing American and English plays in original languages.
The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 as Willie Mays hit his 23rd homer in the first two innings and Sam Jones pitched a complete game. Mays, McCovey, and Cepeda produced early runs while Jones allowed eight hits and struck out 11. The win tightens the pennant race in the National League as Drysdale suffered his fourth straight loss.
The list details AL leaders by batting and fielding stats with players such as Kuenn and Kaline of Detroit, Colavito and Killebrew, Fox, Runnels, and Aparicio, plus pitching leaders Shaw and McLish. NL leaders include Aaron, Pinson, Banks, Mathews, and Mays across at bats runs RBIs hits and power stats, with Drysdale and Jones notable in strikeouts.
Bridgton High School senior Martha Page, 17, captured the 1959 Maine Women’s golf title at Riverside, defeating Portland’s Mrs Connie Marin 4 and 3 after a split 36 holes. Page posted 83 on the first 18 while Marin had 82, then Page shot 66 to Marin’s 72 in the afternoon 15 holes.
The Chicago Bears chase a third consecutive victory as part of a four game exhibition schedule. The Colts, strong on defense, won 22-10 over the Washington Redskins in Baltimore. Johnny Unitas connected with Jerry Richardson and Gino Marchetti recovered a fumble for a Colt score.
Waterville golfer Roy Moore fired a two over par 73 to win the Maine Senior golf crown at Portland Country Club amid a record field of 117 entrants yesterday.
Gene Fullmer, Utah born middleweight, captured the title by stopping Carmen Basilio in the 11th round and called for a rematch. Basilio, battered and exhausted, hinted at pursuing another title shot as Fullmer earned a big payday from the victory and TV money. The bout followed Robinson’s title-stripping and set a potential No. 1 challenger rematch timeline.
In the senior tournament participants from the area included Arthur S. Bradford of Biddeford Saco Country Club and F. M. Thompson of Old Orchard Beach Country Club.
Saturday schedule lists New York at Washington Detroit at Kansas City Chicago at Cleveland Baltimore at Boston. Friday results show Chicago 7, Cleveland 3. New York 4, Washington 0. Boston 6, Baltimore 4 in 10 innings. Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 in 10. Monday games include New York at Baltimore and Washington at Boston. Other baseball standings feature San Francisco, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Philadelphia, with results across multiple matchups.
Advice columns urge teens to build genuine ties rather than chase popularity. Tips include understanding others, avoiding gossip, helping without motive, not flaunting wealth, and welcoming all classmates. Learn to like people, meet many peers, and let friendships grow from mutual understanding.
Two brothers oversee the Saratoga score by Harold Arlen, veteran composer, with the younger Jerry Arlen conducting the orchestra for the Broadway production opening in November.
Wells Corner erased a 15-12 deficit with a four-run seventh inning to beat the Biddeford Pipers 16-15 in York County softball at Biddeford Memorial. Chadbourne started the rally, Bridges and Bragdon delivered key hits, L. Bridges and Russell Bunker scored the winning run as rain-softened defense yielded a slugfest.
Friday results show Baltimore beating Washington 23 to 10 while Chicago Bears visit Pittsburgh and Green Bay play Philadelphia. Locations Houston Portland Portland Ore appear as venues with no full context. No scores available for the Bears or Packers games in this fragment.
The Rev Frederick D Graves retired as an Episcopal priest yet pursues religious work via woodcarving. His projects include the sanctuary for St Stephen's Chapel at the University of Nevada depicting a complete life of Christ and a creche for St Christopher's Mission to the Navajos in Bluff Utah showing the Holy Family as Navajos and the Wise Men as Comanches on Indian ponies.
Maryland summer theater presents Ray Hamby’s three act work Wired for Stage a restrained comedy about electronic shoes that allow political dictators to influence wearers thoughts the play explores control and manners of 20th century life.
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