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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1958
Page
10
Philadelphia toppled Milwaukee 5-2 to stop the Braves seven game surge. Hank Aaron hit his 5th homer for Philadelphia as Robin Roberts earned his 191st win and Grover Cleveland Alexander’s Phillies mark was surpassed.
The Merchants League reports team scores and high game figures for several participants including J C Penney's, Pioneer Philco, Wonder Bread, VFW posts, Dintys Tires, Maison Equip, Self Service, and Elks chapters. Individual highs list high games and series for players such as Treloggen, Edwards, Rose, Goodwin, Alcock, Madeo, and Stewart with club affiliations noted.
Cuban heavyweight Julio Mederos battles Sonny Liston in a 10 round Chicago bout. Mederos, 21 183 record with 14 knockouts, has defeated Roland LaStarza Harold Johnson and Bob Satterfield. Liston, 26 from St Louis, 17 of 18 wins, first national TV appearance on ABC at 9 p.m. est.
Mederos has lost his last two starts including a January ten round decision to George Chuvalo and a July knockout by Alex Miteff. Mary Marshall fought Liston four rounds with a broken jaw and later avenged the loss in a rematch.
American League standings show New York leading with a 14 5 record and Washington at 13 10, with Baltimore and Kansas City trailing. Tuesday results include New York 3 Baltimore 0 and Chicago 9 Kansas City 2, while Thursday schedules feature several key matchups and late games. In the National League San Francisco swept Los Angeles 16 9 as St Louis beat Chicago 5 3, with Philadelphia and Milwaukee winning to stay in the chase. American Association action in Omaha and nearby cities wraps with Omaha 7 Denver 6 in 11 innings and St Paul 4 Minneapolis 3.
Willie Mays went 5-for-5 with two home runs and 6 RBIs while Daryl Spencer added two homers and 4 RBIs as the Giants beat the Dodgers 10 to ? in a 169 inning slugfest. Don Larsen pitched four-hit ball in a 3-0 Yankees win over the Orioles extending scoreless streak to 23 innings.
In St Joseph Missouri 17 year old Kurt Brown a football and basketball star at St Joseph Central High School died after three hours of artificial respiration failed to revive him. Brown and companions swam at Lake Browning near Rosecrans Field when he cried for help and was pulled from the water by Ronnie Atkins a former teammate now at junior college.
Don Larsen pitched a four-hitter to beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0, his 29th consecutive scoreless inning. The win moved the Yankees three games ahead of Washington, with Jackie Jensen and Hank Bauer keying Boston’s offense. Detroit rallied past Cleveland 11-1, while Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City 9-2.
Mrs. Jack Martin, 27, injured in the first inning when a Hector Lopez foul ball struck her at Municipal Stadium during the Kansas City vs. Chicago game. She lost several teeth and suffered jaw injuries while seated in the lower deck between home plate and third base.
Star-studded Kansas high school track field expected at Manhattan with five top marks tied or broken. Notables include Bill Dotson and Archie San Romani from Wichita East, Lloyd Buzzi of Arkansas City, Bob Vernon of Oberlin, and Jerry Smith of Junction City. Relay teams from Shawnee Mission and Hutchinson also figure among state bests.
The article notes Shawnee Mission equalling the state 880-yard relay mark at 1:30.0 and Hutchinson posting a 3:37.1 medley near the state best of 3:38.6. Freon clocks 49.2 in the quarter, second only to the Kansas best of 49.1 from two years ago, while Wichita East’s mile relay at 3:23.8 nears the state record of 3:23.3.
Boston boxing saw Barry Allison defeating Pete Adams by points at 149 pounds in Springfield Mass. Philadelphia featured Len Matthews beating Henry Gault at 129 12 pounds in Philadelphia. Richmond Calif. and Hank Casey outpointed Joe Brewer at 160 pounds in San Francisco with eight rounds.
Former featherweight champion Willie Pep 36 meets Bobby Singleton of Philadelphia in a 10 round feature on May 20 at Mechanics Building. East versus West in Trinidad in the West Indies with a diverse island population including Chinese Hindus Muslims Parsees and others.
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The record lists candidates for county and city offices including Sheriff Jack G. Reynolds Republican Commissioner Oliver Craig Republican County Treasurer Louis Edwards Republican Marshal of Chanute City Court Merrill Moore Republican County Clerk Marion Showalter Republican Carroll Olson Democrat Register of Deeds Ava F. Jeffrey Republican Clerk of the District Court Reba M. Jones Democrat County Superintendent Hazel 8S Meeker Democrat.
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