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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
5
The Orioles climb into a first place tie after a 7-3 win over Cleveland while Washington edged Chicago 7-4. New York reached .500 with a 9-8 13-inning victory over Kansas City, pulling into a fourth place tie with Detroit.
Red Schoendienst, veteran Braves second baseman, is recovering from tuberculosis and may not begin workouts in Milwaukee as planned after the All-Star Game on July 8. His wife Mary says the doctor has not cleared serious training, though a 40 minute backyard drill showed sharp reflexes and grounder skills.
Floyd Patterson ignores reports that Ingemar Johansson relies only on a powerful right. He says Johansson could be dangerous with both hands and vows to be prepared for any punch. The No. 1 contender has 13 KOs in 21 fights. Patterson resumes training ahead of the June 25 Yankee Stadium bout.
Columbia increases overtime parking penalties from 50 cents to one dollar. Among first fined was Robert S. Davis, chairman of the traffic committee that backed the higher penalty.
Score by innings shows team totals and key game stats. Highlights include two-base hits by Willett, left on bases by Boucouvalas and Lions, multiple walks by Pike Choroszy Golojuck Geaumont, and strikeout counts for Pike Choroszy Golojuck Geaumont. Winning pitcher Pike and losing pitcher Golojuck. Time 1 45. Bolded names Gar land and McNabb appear in box note.
American League standings show Baltimore Cleveland New York Detroit Kansas City Washington and Boston with varying win totals and winning percentages. Tuesday results include Washington 7 Chicago 4 Baltimore 7 Cleveland 3 New York 9 Kansas City innings and Boston 5 Detroit 2. National League standings list Milwaukee San Francisco Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philadelphia and St Louis with win totals and gaps. Thursday matchups include Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Baltimore and various league games with several decisive scores such as Chicago 8 Cincinnati 4 and St Louis 12 Milwaukee 3.
Gorham Raceway hosts the Clearview pace for 11 horses in an $1,800 event. Prominent entrants include Peppy Hal and Bob Lee Boy from Francis Inman’s stable, with Victorious Sam and Lady Fair among others from Sam Aceto and Harold Ralph. Post time 7:45 P.M. and a second race card features multiple divisions and a $2,500 purse.
Boston’s Gerry Casale shone as the Red Sox beat Detroit 5 2. He struck out six, yielded six hits in a strong six innings, and Casale’s double drove in two runs in the decisive first inning. Charlie Maxwell homered for Detroit, matching Casale’s outburst in a rugged game.
Summary of top MLB leaders across batting and pitching categories with players from multiple clubs. Includes Fox and line items for runs and RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and key pitchers with win loss records and strikeouts.
Mrs Margaret Edgecomb of Saco wins the 20th Century lanes ladies title, defeating Madeleine St Ours of Biddeford 924 to 869 in the final. Edgecomb led by a cushion built over two halves, posting two games over 100 while St Ours had one century game. The final tilt of the season ends until fall.
Houston light welterweight Roy Harris outpointed Charlie Powell in Cut and Shoot Texas while Jerry Luedee stopped Charlie Parks in Wichita Fresno followed by Ben Medina outpointing Chico Santos in Fresno Portugal dominated by a trio of results from the night of boxing.
Pinson and Mathews lead home run totals with Mathews hitting 20 for Milwaukee and Aaron 15 for Milwaukee. Neal and Mays dominate steals with 10 and Blasingame adding 9. Face tops wins at 8 0 for Pittsburgh while Elston, Cmon and Rush post 4 1 from Milwaukee. Drysdale leads strikeouts with 89. S Jones of San Francisco also affected.
In a key National League game the St Louis Cardinals crushed Milwaukee 12-3 cutting the Braves lead as Warren Spahn took the loss. Ken Boyer drove in four with a homer and double while Gino Cimoli added three RBIs including a five-run sixth. The win trimmed Milwaukee’s edge to two games over San Francisco.
Le Voltigeur built a 14-2 lead and held off Green Lantern’s late six run rally to win 14-9 at Memorial Field in the Biddeford Softball League. Seven runs in the sixth helped Le Voltigeur establish the big advantage as Melanson was relieved by Bissonnette in the final inning.
Bissonnette allowed one run in the first inning while Bouthot pitched seven innings of relief to secure a win. Melanson took the loss as SPVULEIUL defeated the Braves in a 6 inning game that lasted 1 hour 15 minutes. Umpires Martel (plate) and others officiated. scorer Tony Dallaire recorded the game.
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