Next Few Days Set Tests for Braves Giants Dodgers
The article outlines looming NL and AL pennant chases. Milwaukee faces top rivals Giants and Dodgers in a three game series before two at the Coliseum. Chicago and Cleveland ride long road trips as the White Sox and Indians pursue the pennant with powerful pace needs.
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Braves
White Sox
Tribe
Chicago
Indians
Dodgers
Giants
San Francisco
Fred Haney
Warren Spahn
Mike McCormick
Willie McCovey
Cincinnati
Cleveland
American All Stars Sink Nationals 5 3 at Memorial Coliseum
In Los Angeles the American League defeated the National League 5 3 in the 1959 All Star game. Yogi Berra hit a two run homer to put the AL ahead in the third as Jerry Walker earned the win and Don Drysdale took the loss. The game lasted 4 hours 42 minutes with several early stars honored and Colavito Malzone homers highlighted.
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Casey Stengel
Fred Haney
Nationals
Memorial Coliseum
Stengel
Pittsburgh
Yogi Berra
Yankees
Don Drysdale
Yogi
Hank Aaron
Ernie Banks
Willie Mays
Jerry Walker
Baltimore
Knoxville
Tenn
Walker
Dodgers
Don
Frank Malzone
Red Sox
Kerra
Yowi
Rocky Colavito
Cleveland
Malzone
Early Wynn
Hoyt Wilhelm
Billy O'Dell
Cal Me Lich
Jim Gillam
Frank Robinson
Cincinnati
Ted Williams
Stan Musial
Gilliam
Wally Moon Drysdale
Charlie Neal
Williams
Musial
Johnny Temple
Baseball scores and All Stars results across leagues
American League and National League All Star teams played, with a 5 to 3 AL lead over NL. Regular games included Chicago at Baltimore and Kansas City at Boston, plus Detroit at New York and Cleveland at Washington among others.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Oakland Boxer Ward Vee Outpoints Urana in Pasadena Bout
In Oakland California Ward Vee aged 117 from Pasadena defeated Dommy Urana aged 118 from the Philippines by outpoint in a boxing match held in Pasadena.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif Ward
Harness Races Take Spotlight at Greenwood County Fair
Eureka to host harness racing at the Greenwood County Fair from August 12 to 16 with six hours of racing daily and three open running races. Purses total 7500 dollars. Hugh Dennis notes entries from ten Midwestern states for the event.
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Eureka
Greenwood County
Association of
Hugh Dennis
Fair in Kansas Promises Best Program Yet
A Kansas fair showcases a program touted as the best in its history with post time scheduled at 2.00 pm. The fragment indicates an emphasis on a notable future event within the fair agenda.
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Kansas
Athletics Slip From Top, Race for Second Division Looms
In the latest outlook by Larry Mathews, the Kansas City Athletics drop to third as an 11-game streak ends. The piece surveys standings with Chicago edging Cleveland for the pennant and shifts in the Yankees Detroit and Baltimore positions. It also notes Lumpe’s impact after a Yankees trade and discusses a looming third major league and a Chanute stock car racing revival parade and demolition derby.
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Kansas City Athletics
Athletics
A’s
Boston
Kansas City
Yankees
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Baltimore
Chanute
Junkers
Chanute plans open speedway with 106 inch wheelbase cars
Chanute launches a new weekly racing series open to all cars with 106 inch wheelbase and 1948 model year or older. An initial purse of 250 dollars attracts drivers. races scheduled weekly through September at the Chanute speedway.
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Chanute Racing Association
First Baptists and St Patrick's Sweep Church Softball Round
First Baptists completed a third round sweep with an 83 over EUB. St Patrick's clinched second place by beating Stark 19 9 in the second game. With four makeup games left, third place race remains wide open as Lutherans Christians and Methodists contend and Methodists meet Lutherans tonight.
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First Baptist
EUB
St Patrick's
Stark
St. Patrick's overwhelms Stark in five inning slugfest
St. Patrick's exploded for 11 runs in the fifth inning to pull away from Stark, then added five in the bottom of the inning but fell short of the comeback. O Fehr hit a bases loaded homer and J Fehr drove in two as Godinez and Marcos limited Stark. St. Patrick's pitchers Perez and Beach earned the win while St. Stark's Evans and Stoll took the loss.
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Eub
First Baptist
Frank Hall
Earl Grogan
G. Evans
O. Stoll
St. Patrick's
St. Pat's
O. Fehr
J. Fehr
Gooding
A. Dodinez
Godinez
Marcos
Perez
Beach
Richwine
Christmas
Cesses
Baptiste
Patterson Johansson Title Bout Seen Sept 22
New York AP reports the Floyd Patterson Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title rematch likely set for September 22 with venue and arrangements still uncertain. Rosensohn Enterprises faces internal split as Vincent Vellela and Irving Kahn gain control amid promoter instability and sale talks.
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New York
Ingemar Johansson
Rosensohn Enterprises, Inc
Vincent Vellela
Irving Kahn
Vellela
Kahn
Teleprompter, Inc
Bill Rosensohn
Rosensohn Enterprises
Rosensohn
Johansson
Boxing promoter disputes over books and losses tied to return bout
Vellela refuses to buy or sell without reviewing the company books and notes the first fight loss was nearer 70 than 40 000 with promotional expenses near 300 000. Rosensohn says he is out of the picture though his company holds Hansson's return fight contract. In Sweden adviser Edwin Ahlquist calls for a full investigation before any return match decision.
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Vellela
Rosensohn
Bill Rosensohn
Western Petrochemical unveils Polymer Division in New York
Western Petrochemical Corp announces the creation of its Polymer Division led by Norman G. Gaylord as research and development vice president. The division aims to apply polymer technology to waxes to create polymer modified waxes for polishes coatings and improved machineability with plastics.
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New York
Western Petrochemical Corporation
Polymer
Maurycy Bloch
Western
Norman G. Gaylord
Warwick Wax Co
Chanute
Kan
Western Petrochemical Corp
Gaylord
Polymer Division outlines two phase plan for new materials
Gaylord describes a two phase program for the Polymer Division. The first phase focuses on blending and copolymerization to create wax based polymers with improved vapor transmission and adhesion. The second phase aims at entirely new polymers and markets including emulsions and coatings, possibly molding powders.
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Polymer
Gaylord
Parsons proposes budget with 898 thousand dollar expenditure
The Parsons public schools plan a total expenditure of 898066.65 for 1960, up 64258.92 from the current year, with 33768 mills levy rising 3.654 mills and 15666.60 added for city recreation programs. Ambulance service changes affect Iola residents as Mercy Ambulance closes.
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Parsons
Parsons Public Schools
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