Descoteaux Leads Oilers Into Top Spot In Loop
Roy and Perreault moved into first place in the Biddeford Softball League with a 10-4 victory over the Lightning at Memorial Field. Art Descoteaux earned his third win in as many starts, setting a league record with eight strikeouts and lowering his ERA to 0.33. The Oilers sit 8-2, half a game ahead of Springvale of C at 8-2 while several clubs chase.
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Perreault
Biddeford
Lightning Club
Memorial Field
Springvale
Art Descoteaux
al Chretien
Descoteaux
Everadee
Memoir of lipstick warning sparks odd Memphis tale
MEMPHIS report notes Bill Judkins returning from a Georgia convention, hearing a stranger hiss for silence as he reentered his home. The scene includes a handbill delivery warning about lipstick and a mention of Samuel Delano, an ancestor of FDR, who owned a shipyard in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1760.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bill Judkins
Samuel Delano
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Duxbury
Mass
Local sports notes on Joyce no hit game and Gorham track events
A weekly sports column notes Dick Joyce of Cheverus High posting a no hit no run game against Falmouth in Legion junior action, striking out 25 of 27. It mentions Joyce’s late hours, family ties, and compares him to his father Pick Joyce. Also previews upcoming Gorham track events and a skeet shoot in Goodwins Mills, plus brief items on local sports figures and a new low round by John Foster at Hillcrest Pitch and Putt.
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Cheverus High Star
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Ron Piche
Broglio
Curt Simmons
McDaniel
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Hank Aaron
Dick Stuart
San Francisco
Dodgers
Roberto Clemente
Pirates
Cubs
Roy MacMillan
Reds
Bob Grim
Pappas
Homer
Billy Pierce
Bucs Pull Away From Braves in Playoff Memory
A 1960 clipping recounts a golf teeing start by Foster with a 19 on the front and 24 on the back nine and mentions upcoming archery events at York County Fish and Game grounds near Goodwins Mills. It also notes plans to house over 100 families for a weekend camping event and recalls a Trout fishing outing at Swan Pond and a Memorial Day Telegram league game in 1955 where Bob Constant outpitched Brad Leach to lift St. Louis over Thornton Academy.
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Goodwins Mills
F&g
Bob Constant
Brad Leach
St. Louis
Thornton Academy
Warner
Thornton
Maroon
Courtois
Perreault
Charette
Montembe
Ted Williams Keeps Hot Slugging Pace In A Williams Spotlight
Boston's Ted Williams, age 41, posts a .771 slugging average and a rapid home run pace while the Red Sox split a rainout start with Kansas City. The AP notes Williams has 13 homers in 25 starts, 74 total bases, and leads a discussion of season records as Frank Sullivan prepares to face Bud Daley.
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Ted Williams
Roger Maris
Williams
Red Sox
Kansas City
Frank Sullivan
Bud Daley
Ted
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Rogers Hornsby
Maris
National League and American League standings and results brief
National League results include St Louis over Milwaukee 8-7 in rain delayed action, Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 3 in 10 innings, Cincinnati 5 Chicago 3 in 12, with San Francisco at Philadelphia postponed. American League shows New York 42 15 1 2, Baltimore 43 30 0.589, Cleveland 37 28 0.569, Detroit 30 04, Washington 30 35 0.462. daily games include Baltimore 4 Chicago 0 and Detroit at New York postponed. Stephen Foster born on July 4, 1826, the day Thomas Jefferson died.
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Associated Press
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching Stats
A compendium of season leaders by players and teams. Gentile Baltimore and Minoso Chicago top batting averages with 335 at bats and 87 hits respectively. Mantle and Maris pace runs with 60 and 49, while Maris also drives in 64. Pitching leaders include Cowens and Brown for decisions and strikeouts by Running and Pascual.
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Lemon
Washington
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Detroit
Pascual
Son of Ex-Sox Pitcher Receives Cardinals Bonus
Seekonk Massachusetts reports that Bill LeFebvre, 19, son of former Red Sox pitcher Lefty LeFebvre, has been given a bonus between 30000 and 40000 dollars by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Ithaca College freshman will join Rochester in the International League, while his father Lefty previously pitched for Boston and Washington and now coaches at Brown.
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Seekone
Mass
Bill LeFebvre
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Seekonk
Ithaca College
LeFebvre
Rochester
Lefty LeFebvre
Bill
Red Sox
Washington
Holy Cross
Brown
Stockton boxer knocks out rival in last night bout
Stockton fighter Dommy Ur sua, aged 41, delivered a knockout over Mario Delson in a Los Angeles matchup. Ur sua showed early power as Delson fell in the later rounds, leaving the arena shortly after the decision.
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Associated Press
Stockton
Calif
Dommy Ursua
Mario Delson
Los Angeles
Baseball season stats fragment shows league leaders
Fragment lists player decisions and strikeout totals for Roebuck of Los Angeles with 61 decisions and .857, and Drysdale with 120 strikeouts, alongside team Pittsburgh with 113 decisions and .786 and 97 strikeouts for Friend.
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Los Angeles
Law
Pittsburgh
Drysdale
Friend
Yank Slugger Not Seeking Ruth's Mark
New York Yankee outfielder Roger Maris says he has no plan to chase Babe Ruth’s home run record. The 25 year old, a refugee from Kansas City, has 25 homers this season, four behind Ruth’s 1927 pace. Maris aims for a good season and team wins, not record-setting feats. Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg previously neared Ruth with 58 homers.
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Babe Ruth
New York Yankee
Roger Maris
Kansas City
A's
Ruth
Maris
Yanks
Jimmie Foxx
Hank ‘Greenberg
National Safe Boating Week Examinations Offered
President Eisenhower proclaims July 3 to 9 as National Safe Boating Week. Flotilla 301 of the Coast Guard auxiliary and volunteers William Gilpatric of Kennebunk and Roland Hussey of Wells will offer courtesy motorboat examinations to owners who request it. Boats meeting safety standards will receive a decal, aiding Coast Guard checks during rounds. If improvements are needed, owners will be advised to meet specifications. The program aims to raise public awareness and safety on the water across the country.
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Wells
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