White Sox Face Red Sox Amid Injury Problems
The Chicago White Sox, missing ace Dick Donovan for four weeks, battle the Boston Red Sox while battling for position in the AL race. Connie Johnson starts for Chicago and Tommy Brewer for Boston as Yanks and Indians chase behind.
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Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
White Sox
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Red Sox
Yanks
Indians
New York
Marty Marion
Dick Donovan
Connie Johnson
Tommy Brewer
George Kell
Indians Are Lucky Says Manager Lopez
Cleveland manager Al Lopez says his club is lucky to be near the top of the American League amid a sluggish start. The Indians have won 9 of 12 and are tied for second with the Yankees, one game behind the White Sox. Lopez plans to evaluate pitcher Sal Maylie before deciding when to use him.
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NEW York
al Lopez
Cleveland
Indians
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Maylie
Lopez
Top Golfers Vie For Tam O'Shanter Berths
Chicago hosts the All American tournament with 72 professional qualifying spots. Doug Sanders of Cedar Town Georgia and Chick Evans of Chicago led 17 amateur qualifiers with three under par 69. Women qualifiers also decided with Joyce Ziske and Alice Bauer Hagge posting 75. Greta Leone topped the women amateurs with 78, followed by Ruth Jessen and Nadine Granick with 79.
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Chicago
Tam O'Shanter
Doug Sanders
Cedar Town
Chick Evans
Joyce Ziske
Waterford
Wis
Alice Bauer Hagge
Sarasota
Fla
Rule Dropped Spurs Early Spring Training Reports
Major leagues eliminated the March 1 start rule allowing players to report to spring training before March 1, with teams scheduling workouts and camps to begin immediately.
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Chicago
Baseball Scores and Standings Across Leagues
American League standings show Chicago leading with 62 wins and New York and Cleveland at 62 and 41. Detroit trails, Kansas City at 43 and Baltimore at 30. Tuesday night features several night games including Cleveland at New York Wynn against Byrne, Chicago at Boston Brewer, Detroit at Washington Gromek against Lchmitz, and Kansas City at Baltimore Shantz versus Wight. National League standings list Brooklyn leading with 72 wins, Milwaukee 57, New York 55, Philadelphia 53, Chicago 50, Cincinnati 47, St. Louis 45, Pittsburgh 38, and Philadelphia at Cincinnati in the later schedule. Result summaries note Brooklyn 9, St. Louis 1. Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4. and Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3. The American Association and Texas and Western leagues provide scores for Denver, Dallas, and other cities.
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Indians
Barry Wynn
Tommy Byrne
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Milwaukee Braves
New York Giants
St.Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Redlegs
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Lew Burdette
Brooks
Johnny Logan
Junior Gilliam
Karl Spooner
Third Brook
Ernie Johnson
Don Liddle
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Willie Mays
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
Baltimore
Wynn
Byrne
Brewer
Gromek
Lchmitz
Shantz
Wight
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Negray
Rogovin
Nuxhall
Knppstein
Baseball League Leaders and Pitching Averages Report
League leaders listed for batting runs and home runs with Kaline and Mantle tied for 23. Boon, Jensen, Kaline lead RBIs. Kaline tops hits with 141. Fox 126. Power 123. Snider and Kluszewski tie 35 homers. Mays 34. Pitching leaders include Newcombe 18-1, Lees 9-3, Erskine 9-4.
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Campanella
Brooklyn
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Snider
Ennis
Mays
New York
Post
Cincinnati
Aaron
Milwaukee
Kluszewski
Logan
May
Nats Honor The Memory Of Big Train At Griffith Stadium
Washington honors Walter Johnson 48 years after his MLB debut as the Tigers oppose the Senators led by emboldened veterans. Johnson pitched 20 seasons for Washington with 373 wins and 208 losses, later a Hall of Fame charter member.
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Washington
Walter Johnson
Griffith Stadium
Big Train
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Johnson
Walter Jr
Carol
Eddie
Senators
Tigers
Baseball Hall of Fame
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Christy Mathewson
Bobby Boyd Knocks Out Tony Anthony at St Nicholas Arena
Chicago’s Bobby Boyd stops Tony Anthony in the third round of a scheduled ten round bout at St Nicholas Arena. Boyd’s 21st knockout improves his record to 34 wins 6 losses 2 draws. Anthony who had 23 wins loses four by knockout. A hard right punch ends the fight with Anthony down for the count.
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New York
Tony Anthony
St. Nicholas Arena
Bobby Boyd
Chicago
Anthony
Boyd
Newcombe Threatens Fitzsimmons Record
St. Louis. Freddie Fitzsimmons, coach of the New York Giants, says Don Newcombe has a good chance to break Fitzsimmons NL pitching record. Newcombe is 18-1 with two months left, aiming to beat the 16-2 mark set in 1940 with the Dodgers. Preacher Roe nearly matched it in 1951 with 22-3, also for Brooklyn.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Preacher Roe
Brooklyn
Boxing Results From AP Roundup
New York bout: Bobby Boyd defeated Tony Anthony in the 3rd round with a 1574 1614 score line in New York. New Orleans: Arthur Persley defeated Joe Brown in a 12 round outpoint victory at 135 pounds. Sydney: Carl Marchin fought Yugoslavian opponent to a decision in Australia.
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New York
Bobby Boyd
Chicago
Tony Anthony
New Orleans
Arthur Persley
Red Cross
Joe Brown
Sydney
Australia
Carl Marchin
Yugoslavia
Few Pitchers Will Win 20
The major leagues may see the fewest 20 game winners since 1942 with Don Newcombe and Robin Roberts most likely to reach the mark. Others like Frank Sullivan Early Wynn Bob Lemon Whitey Ford and Dick Donovan contribute, while injuries and rotations shape the sparse tally.
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New York
Don Newcombe
Brooklyn
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phillies
Newcombe
Dodgers
Roberts
Soring
Frank Sullivan
Boston Red Sox
Early Wynn
Bob Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
Lemon
Dick Donovan
Chicago White Sox
Wynn, Lemon and Roberts
Johnny Antonelli
New York Giants
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee
Bob Grim
Yankees
Antonelli
Spahn
Grim
Walnut Rainbow Girls Plan Chanute Pool Swim Party
The Walnut Rainbow Girls met with Nell Bowles acting as mother advisor in Emma Kennedy’s absence. They scheduled a swimming party at the Chanute pool and organized watermelon feeds to raise funds for a resuscitator donation by the disaster crew.
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Rainbow Girls
Nell Bowles
Emma Kennedy
Chanute Pool
Korea
Japan
Carl Radford
Leroy Sands
City Hall
J. W. Moore
Bob Cress
W. O. Ray Bolin
Local Neighbors Visit, Family, and Community Notes
A long list of visitors and visits across Erie, Wichita, Guthrie, and nearby towns is recorded. Families include Killough, Lane, Speece, Blair, Shine, Hershberger, Seivart, McFarland, Wright, Dyson, Seals, Wadsworth, and more, with trips to Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri. The column also notes a Pinoclhe gathering and a funeral service in South Mound, plus a statistic: Americans consume about 250 million pounds of meat from wild game annually.
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Bolin
Navy
Oliver Killough
Kenneth
Erie
Clara Morgan
Guthrie
Okla
Merle Lane
Wichita
Ray Sweet
Ll. A. Speece
Arkansas City
Robert Cress
Schyler Blair
Jim McFarland
Bob Shine
Kansas City
William Welty
Lawrence Hershberger
Phyliss
Linda
Pete Seivart
Joe Seivart
John Martin
Frank Gierens
J. E. McFarland
Bryan Rule
Smithville
George Smith
Dearborn
Emma Wright
Mmes
John Wadsack
Albert Coghill
Lillie Noland
Len Houdashelt
Dick Bruenjes
August Johnson
Punch
Emma Hunter
San Antonio
Texas
Hunter
Cecil
Manhattan
Lillie Dyson
Donna Dyson
Oklahoma City
Dyson
Earl Goodson
Vesta Bowman
Independence
Phoebe Bowman
Garland
Alpha Seals
Frank Wadsworth
Hobart Wadsworth
Ft. Scott
L. L. Johns
Chanute
Loren Wallace
Augusta
Earl Cochran
Marshalltown
Carrie Buss
Esters
Leonard Jacquinot
Eileen Yockey
South Mound
Rita Dowling
John Sampsel
Carolyn Harding
Harriman
Tenn
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