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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
6
The city announces a summer recreation program directed by the Avocet director offering swimming tennis and baseball for boys and girls. Activities are age divided with swimming Monday and Friday mornings and girls Wednesday and Friday mornings. Baseball and tennis follow Tuesday and Thursday slots with specified age group times at the State Park lake and other venues.
The Bonham Daily Favorite reports a six week summer recreation program at the VA Center with tennis for boys and girls on high school courts from 7 30 to 8 30 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Swimming requires 10 cents per day, with transportation from the high school to Bonham State Park lake. Swimming remains the program’s most popular activity and is expected to attract the largest group, funded jointly by the city and Bonham Independent School District.
Olympic champ Bobby Morrow recovered from a painful muscle spasm after a Saturday 100 yard dash fall and is expected to compete at the National AAU meet in Denver in two weeks. Coaches and doctors labeled the spasm painful but not serious as Morrow left the field with plans to rejoin his team in Abilene.
St Paul Saints defeat Indianapolis 11-3 in the opening game and 10-0 in the nightcap to pull full game behind Minneapolis as Louisville beat Minneapolis 8-4. Dallas beat Omaha 5-3 to stay ahead, while Denver blanked Charleston 10. Houston topped Fort Worth 3-1. Louisville and Omaha won Saturday clashes, with St Paul edging Indianapolis 6-5 and Houston 3-1 over Fort Worth.
A 15 year old Alabama boy Minor Cliett from Remingham won the high overall championship at the Pan American Skeet Shoot in Dallas. He tied a world record by breaking 100 straight targets in a shoot-off with four gauges .410 .28 .20 and .12, and tied the record set by Herman Ehler of Dallas. Joe Frost Jr and Joe Frost III of San Antonio tied the father son record with Letcher Brown Sr and Jr at 399 of 400. Kathlee McGinn of Houston won both the .12 and .28 gauge titles. Colonel Salvador T. Roig of Puerto Rico led the Latin American contingent with 199 of 200.
A snapshot of top performers across the National and American Leagues. Highlights include Aaron Burgess Cepeda and Pinson leading NL batting averages, Kuenn Kaline Runnels and Woodling notable AL names. RBIs and home runs list strong showings from Banks Mays Robinson and Mathews Cepeda.
Barquette, a long shot, outpaced 24 rivals in a Paris race to capture one of the season’s richest purses, with Thion de among the placed finishers.
The Austin Pioneers swept a double-header at home to narrow Victoria’s league lead to one game. Ross Carter won the opener 3-1 with Nat Peeples delivering a two-run homer. In the nightcap Austin won 6-2 behind Jack Hendl as Victoria slipped to .618 to .596 for Austin.
Two ex Geber high school basketball standouts, Joe Larry Porter 19 and Mac Broiles 20, were injured when their motor scooter skidded on gravel at Bonham State Park. Porter suffered bruises to the right arm and hip. Broiles bruised the right arm. Deputy Leon Shastid said the scooters lost traction on loose gravel, throwing them onto grass. Mr and Mrs Morris Ballew transported the injured to hospital. Porter remained under observation.
Nationalist China will seek readmission to the 1960 Olympic Games under the name The Olympic Committee of the Republic of China. The IOC must approve. George K. Yeh criticized the IOC move as deplorable and contrary to fair play.
Donald Eugene McGhee former Plano star will be Ladonia High School head coach. He earns his degree from East Texas State College in August and plans to move with his wife and two children. He replaces Jim Parsons who resigned to continue schooling. McGhee is a math major with a physical education minor and played in Plano and ETSC activities. He officiated many high school basketball games while at ETSC.
Hoyt Wilhelm improved to 9-0 with a three run shutout as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 3-0. Gus Triandos drove in two runs and Wilhelm added a third. The White Sox split with Boston while the Yankees beat Cleveland 4-3 as scores and standings shifted across the league.
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