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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1958
Page
8
The Yankees clinched the pennant by sweeping a doubleheader in Kansas City 5-3 and 12-7 after a 14th inning rally. Bob Cerv homered in both games, Ralph Terry took the first loss of the doubleheader, and Virgil Trucks contributed a six inning relief stint.
Joe Cunningham subbed for the injured Stan Musial and slugged two homers driving the Cardinals past the Phillies 6 3. He batted .321 with 52 RBIs the season and Musial sat due to a leg injury. Sad Sam Jones earned the win with six strikeouts in six innings. Richie Ashburn collected three singles to raise his average to .342. In Kansas City, Bob Cerv homered twice as the Yankees clinched the league title with a 5 3 win and 12 7 in 14 innings.
Charlie Coe, 24, an Oklahoma City oil man, defeats Tommy Aaron 5 and 4 at Olympic Country Club to win the national amateur golf championship. Coe earns a US team berth with Billy Joe Patton, Frank Taylor, and William Hyndman to represent the United States at St Andrews in October. His turning point came at the 22nd hole when a precise second shot to a 433-yard dogleg set up a key play.
The Oklahoma golfer rallied with a 25-foot birdie at the 32nd, completing five straight holes to seal the match. Coe, calling himself an old war horse, said he felt no win until the final putt.
Baseball briefs recap Monday results from New York to Cleveland with scores from Chicago Washington Detroit Boston and Baltimore. Details include Saturday and Monday games plus Tuesday schedules and a suspended game noted as completed.
Altoona enters its second year of six man football with a rebuilt squad built on speed. The 1959 roster includes 9 seniors 3 juniors 4 sophomores and 5 freshmen led by backfield of Larry Leonard Joe Latta and Don Haring. Opening Sept 19 at Peru the schedule lists games at Peru Grant Galesburg Edna Hepler Neodesha and Walnut with all games away from its unlighted field.
Four of five Valley teams begin play this week as Houston prepares for Sept 27 opener vs Texas A&M in Houston. Tulsa hosts Harden-Simmons, North Texas State meets Texas Western, Cincinnati faces Dayton, and Wichita plays Bowling Green. Drake faces Iowa State in Ames while Bradley meets Butler in Peoria.
Jackie Pung fired a final round 70 to rally from fifth place and win the Jackson Ladies Open. The Honolulu veteran carded 75 75 70 for a 54 hole total of 220 and earned $831.25 in the $5,000 LPGA event.
In Goteborg Sweden Ingemar Johansson 198 pounds knocked out Eddie Machen 194 pounds from Redding California. Other results include Wilfredo Hurst 139 pounds over Henry Ferguson 139 pounds in Havana Cuba Ramon Arias stopping Masaji Iwamoto in Maracaibo Venezuela Bernabe Babe Vasquez outpointing Ezequiel Uribe in Mexico City Jimmy Moser stopping Irish Tommy Bain in Santa Ana CA Cisco Andrade stopping Lauro Salas in Hollywood and Smokiat Loogmatulee stopping Rufino Ridella in Bangkok Mario D Agata outpoints Ben Ali Spanish Morocco and Piero Rollo outpoints Willie Parker in Cagliari.
McPherson rolled to a 33-7 victory over Sterling in the season opener Saturday night AP report notes McPherson dominance and early lead establishing momentum for the team.
Five Big Eight football openers highlight the weekend. Kansas, under Coach Jack Mitchell, hosts TCU in Lawrence while Missouri faces Vanderbilt in Columbia. Oklahoma State meets Denver, and Kansas State plays Wyoming at Manhattan. Nebraska, Iowa State, and Colorado also schedule openers with mixed expectations.
Pirates win 6-2 over the Cubs as Bob Friend earns his 21st victory and Mazeroski sets a second baseman homer record. Milwaukee drops 3-2 to Los Angeles as the Braves’ lead shrinks to six games amid a day of clutch hits and late rallies.
Washington defeats Green Bay 23 to 14 and Philadelphia tops Detroit 31 to 24 on Sunday. Baltimore beats New York 27 to 21 in exhibition play.
Ingemar Johansson knocked out Eddie Machen in 2 minutes 16 seconds of the first round in Goteborg Sweden. The European champion said a Patterson title shot remains possible and he would consider a return bout for Machen in the United States if desired.
Tommy Jacobs, 23, of Whittier California captured first place and $2,800 in the Denver Centennial Open at Wellshire Municipal Course. He led wire to wire with a 72-hole total of 266, one stroke ahead of Ernie Vossler of Midland Texas as he secured his first professional victory.
The winner, smiling, urged rivals to get tough as he led past the halfway mark for the first time. He increased his earnings to $11,600 this year after a $76 Utah Open prize. Vossler earned $1,900 and Howie Johnson finished third with $1,300 and a 270 score in Glenwoodie Illinois competition.
Joe Cunningham fills in for injured Stan Musial and belts two homers with four RBIs in a 63 victory over Philadelphia. Bob Friend earns his 21st win as Pittsburgh sweeps Chicago in a 6-2 second game, limiting the Cubs to six hits.
Charleston 8 Denver 6 as Charleston leads 3-2. Wichita at Minneapolis postponed with Minneapolis leading 3-2. Saturday results Charleston at Denver postponed tied 2-2. Minneapolis 4 Wichita 3 with Minneapolis up 3-2.
In Our Sunday Visitor the National Catholic Action Weekly hails Haley and His Comets Decca album Rock N Roll Stage Show as a solid lively sampler of top rock and roll. The review praises the group as among the best in the field and notes the music is buoyant and well played.
St Benedict's overcame an early Springfield State touchdown with four rallies and held off a late Bear surge to win 25 to 21 in a non conference college football clash in Springfield.
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