Braves Beat Pirates 3-2 as Spahn Secures 15th Win
The Milwaukee lefty Warren Spahn earned his 15th victory at age 37 with seven hits allowed as Milwaukee rallied with a three-run seventh inning against Bob Friend. The Braves widened their lead over the Giants to seven games while Stan Musial led the league with a .346 average and Spahn continued toward a 20-game season.
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A.P
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee
Lefty Grove
Philadelphia A's
Cy Young
Christy Mathewson
Walter Johnson
Spahn
Bob Friend
Pittsburgh
Braves
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Sam Jones
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Don Cardwell
Dave Philley
Chicago Fernandez
Bob Purkey
Johnny Klippstein
Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
Friend
Red Schoendien
Eddie Mathews
Hank Aaron
Frank Torre
Cardinals
Mike McCormick
Stan Musial
Phils
Richie Ashburn
Bully Rigney
Giants
al Barlick
Ramon Monzant
Phillies
Bob Thurman
Don Hoak
Bailey
Ed Bouchee
Phil
Cardwell
League Leaders Shine Across American League Stat Lines
Record lists top performers by batting and pitching based on 250 at bats or more. Notable names include Runnels and Fox leading in runs and hits, Jensen sharing homers, Turley and Ditmar atop wins, and Turley also leading strikeouts with 129.
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Runnels
Boston
Goodman
Chicago
Kuenn
Detroit
Mantle
New York
Cerv
Kansas City
Jensen
Sievers
Washington
Fox
Mahone
Kaline
Power
Cleveland
Tuttle
Lemon
Aparicio
Rivera
Landis
Delock
Turley
Ditmar
Wynn
Bunning
Baseball Leaders Highlight 1960 Stats Fragment
Partial list shows players like Musial from St Louis batting .346 and Ashburn from Philadelphia, with Mays of San Francisco at .337. RBI leader Banks of Chicago is referenced, alongside runs by Banks and Aaron, with Mays noted for runs.
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Cage
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Anderson
Philadelphia
Mays
San Francisco
Ashburn
Banks
Chicago
Cepeda
Hoak
Cincinnati
Aaron
Milwaukee
Thomson
Skinner
Great
Musial
St. Louis
Virdon
Blasingame
Aaron Milwaukee
Grissom
Semproch
Spahn
Jones
Antonelli
St. Leuis
Chi
Baseball Briefs Friday Games and Saturday Lineup
Friday results include Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2 and Los Angeles 3 Chicago 1. Saturday matchups feature Boston at New York Baltimore at Washington Chicago at Detroit Kansas City at Cleveland Milwaukee at Philadelphia St Louis at Chicago San Francisco at Los Angeles Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. American Association notes Denver 5-7 Wichita 4-2 Indianapolis 2-1 Omaha 1- St Paul 6 Louisville 3 Charleston 7 Minneapolis 1.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
Baltimore
Washington
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
American Assn
Denver
Wichita
Indianapolis
Omaha
St. Paul
Louisville
Charleston
Minneapolis
L Pet
Baltimore Steer
St. Louis Sweet
Hodge Charles bout postponed to September date
A 10 round boxing match between Dan Hodge and Ezzard Charles in Kansas City was postponed from August 19 to September 18 after Hodge was knocked out in a Wednesday preliminary bout in Chicago. The delay shifts the Kansas City card to a later date to accommodate the fighters.
Missouri Boxing Rules Require Six Week Rest After Knockout
State regulations demand a six week layoff before a boxer can engage in another bout after suffering a knockout in Missouri. The rule aims to protect athletes and ensure adequate recovery time between fights.
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Missouri
Harney and Vossler Take One-Stroke Milwaukee Open Lead
Paul Harney and Ernie Vossler, both 29, shared a one stroke lead after the opening round of the Milwaukee Open at Tripoli Golf Course. They shot 63 to stand seven under par on a 35 35 70 layout, as 50 others in a 140-player field broke par.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Paul Harney
Ernie Vossler
Tripoli
Bud Morgan Tops Chanute Speedway Card Wed Night
Bud Morgan drove a 1938 four cylinder Willys coupe to win the Trophy Dash and Consolation, place second in the Feature, and challenge Charley Van Gotten to a five lap race next week. Van Gotten won the Feature run-off and the six lap event, with Almond third in the Feature and Hartley and Spencer following. Eleven cars started the Feature with six finishers. Corky Van Gotten damaged the fence in the east curve. John Knoll won the Slow Car race, with Hartley second and Herb Wilson third. George Spencer won the Fast Car event, with Almond second and Van Gotten third. Morgan’s car was the Willy's coupe.
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Bud Morgan
Chanute Speedway
Morgan
Charley van Gotten
VanGotten
Buddy Almond
Almond
Bill Hartley
George Spencer
Fred Collins
Spencer
Corky van Gotteh
Armstrong Faces Calhoun In Madison Square Garden Title Fight
New York AP Armstrong the unbeaten 14-0 middleweight from Elizabeth New Jersey meets Rory Calhoun the experienced White Plains star in a 10 round television scrap at Madison Square Garden. Calhoun 35-4-1 with 18 KOs brings punch power while Armstrong 26 holds a stylish defense and a big chance to upset.
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New York
Gene
Ace
Calhoun
White Plains
N.Y
Armstrong
Rory
Cardinals Crush Giants 12-1 in Busch Stadium Victory
Sam Jones pitched four hits allowed and eight run margin in the third as St. Louis routed San Francisco 12-1 for their fourth straight win. Stan Musial surged to a .346 average with a double and single, and Ken Boyer, Musial, Del Ennis, Hal Smith, and Wally Moon drove in multiple runs before 21,952 fans.
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Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Red Birds
Sam Jones
Jones
San Francisco
Stan Musial
Philadelphia
Richie Ashburn
Musial
Ken Boyer
Cardinal
del Ennis
Hal Smith
Wally Moon
Busch Stadium
Kansas City
Athletics
Harry Craft
Craft
Peewee Reese Declines Immediate Manager Job
In a West Coast fishing and baseball summary, Peewee Reese of the Dodgers says he has no interest in a managerial post anytime soon. Reese notes he enjoys playing and plans to continue on the field, despite occasional rumors of retirement. The report also covers regional fishing conditions across several Kansas reservoirs and rivers with fair to good catches of bass, channels, flatheads, and other species.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Walter Alston
PRATT
Dodgers
Peewee Reese
Dodger
Forestry, Fish
Game Commission
Alston
Mary
Kansas
Fall River
Reese
Neosho River
Whitewater
Marion County
Lake Blue Stem
Crawford County State Lake No
Elliott Ibbotson In Mile Battle At Edinburgh Games
Australians Herb Elliott and Albert Thomas broke world records in mile and two mile events at the Highland Games buildup. Elliott ran 3:54.5 for the mile on the Santry Stadium track, while Thomas clocked 8:32 for two miles to set a world standard. Derek Ibbotson hopes to challenge Elliott in the Edinburgh mile, though his peak form has faded since last season.
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Dublin
Herb Elliott
Albert Thomas
Edinburgh
Elliott
Santry Stadium
Thomas
England
Derek Ibbotson
Ibbotson
Little League and Pee Wee Games Postponed
All Little League and Pee Wee games were postponed last night due to muddy fields. Seven Little League games, three Pee Wee A games, and one Pee Wee B game remain to be made up. Final Little League games tonight feature the Bums versus the Yankees and the Cardinals versus the Braves.
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Bums
Yankees
Cardinals
Braves
Chanute Legion Triumphs Over Lawrence 9-2 in Tourney
Chanute American Legion beats Lawrence 9-2 in the state double elimination tourney opener. Lindblad allowed only one hit through seven innings, with Chanute building a 3-0 fourth inning lead and adding runs in the seventh. Fulkerson led Chanute with two doubles and a single. Neeley, Lindblad, and Reinhardt contributed key hits as Chanute advances to meet Great Bend at 9 p.m. Finalists may require another game Monday if the winners bracket final is defeated.
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Wakeeny
Lindblad
Chanute American Legion
Lawrence
Gary Neeley
Gene Reinhardt
Pat Fulkerson
Chanute
Neeley
Reinhardt
Fulkerson
Stevens
Dave Durham
Stinson
Aldrich
Vann
Great Bend
Wakeeney
Topeka
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Wichita
Salina
Powell Stops Edwards in North Adams Bout
In North Adams Charlie Powell of San Diego stopped Billy Edwards of New York in six rounds. In Los Angeles L C Morgan from Youngstown stopped Augustine Rosales of Mexico City in ten rounds.
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North Adams
Mass
Charlie Powell
San Diego
Calif
Billy Edwards
New York
Los Angeles
L. C. Morgan
Youngstown
Ohio
Augustine
Rosales
Mexico City
State Lake Fair to Poor Counts Across Counties
Southeast counties report fair to poor conditions at state lakes with black bass crappie channels and drum noted. Montgomery Neosho Woodson Nemaha Lyon counties show variable fishing prospects across lakes.
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Montgomery County
Neosho County
Woodson County
Nemaha County
Lyon County
Musial Tops NL Batting Lead with Double and Single
Stan Musial of the Cardinals moved into the National League batting lead at .346 by delivering a double and a single in three trips as the Cardinals defeated San Francisco 12-1. Warren Spahn of the Braves became NL’s first 15-game winner by beating Pittsburgh 3-2, widening Milwaukee’s lead to seven games.
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Associated Press
Stan Musial
Cardinals
San Francisco
Warren Spahn
Braves
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Little League Pilots to Meet Tonight at VFW Hall
Managers from the Little League circuit convene at the VFW hall at 8 PM to decide on holding a tournament after remaining makeup games.
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Little League Pilots
VFW Hall
Erie Area Social Notes Highlight Family Visits
Eric and Vicinity Kyser family plans weekend travel to Cushing Oklahoma then Miami Oklahoma for two week visit with relatives. Mrs John Finley and children spend a few days with Havely family in St Paul. Virginia Pierce visits from Kansas City to see her mother Helen Pierce and kin.
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Kay Kyser
Cecil Kyser
George Brown
Cushing
Okla
Miami
Sidney Wooldridge
John Finley
Erie
James Hickey
Parsons
Harvey Steele
Local notices and visits fill Chanute landscape
The Chanute Tribune reports a flurry of community visits and departures on August 8 1958. Rev J M Torrence and Mary Ann plan a California road trip with Mary Ann sailing to Guam for teaching music, while a friend’s death spurs a trip to Osawatomie. Other towns seen include Eudora Erie Chanute Parsons and Ponca City with varied social calls and weekend plans.
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A. W. Swanson
Osawatomie
Fields Holmes
Eudora
J. M. Torrence
Torrence
Mary Ann
Holmes
Melvin Wikle
Ponca City
Okla
Erie
Anita Cambern
Knox
Johnson Cabin
Vera Johnson
Chanute
Oakland
Calif
Guam
Agana
Edna Vance
Arthur Newbro
Parsons
DeLena Casady
Ronald Johnson
Jack rabbit bites dog and dies in Pixley incident
In Pixley California a jack rabbit chased and bit a dog owned by farmer James Shott. The rabbit collapsed and died while the dog recovers from shock. In Hollywood Gene Nelson and Marilyn Morgan wed at a Sherman Oaks home. Pittsburgh post office handles rate change with a mixed 3-cent stamp and a third of another.
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Pixley
Calif
James Shott
Hollywood
Gene Nelson
Marilyn Morgan
Friends
Sherman Oaks
Pittsburgh
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Kansas University Medical Center
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Duettes Bridge Club
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