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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1959

Page

7

Suspicion Fuels Debate Over A’s Yankee Trades

Detroit columnist Lyall Smith weighs the long running exchange between the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees. He notes the A’s have 18 players from Yankee trades while the Yankees have eight, highlighting linked ownership and stadium deals and a history of player moves between the clubs.

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Senators sweep Cats as Demeter and ninth-inning surge lift opener

Fort Worth dropped a doubleheader to Charleston 6-4 and 2-0. A five run ninth inning in game one turned a 4-1 deficit, highlighted by Steve Demeter's two run homer in the first inning of game two and timely hits from Hersh Morton and Palys. Ridzik earned the win after relief, with support from Bob Hazle and Stan Palys.

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Association Standings and Sunday Results

The Charleston nine beat Fort Worth as Don Le earned the win with George Spencer pitching a 1 2 3 ninth to secure a sixth victory. Chuck Daniel starred for the Senators, holding the Cats to three singles and earning a two game win with Dave Gerard losing the second contest. Dallas beat Louisville 4 3 while Indianapolis topped Houston 7 3 and St Paul defeated Minneapolis 2 1. Standings show Minneapolis 32 17 .653 leads Eastern, Dallas 24 11 .684?

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Ulaki Wins State Elks Golf Title in Hinton

Steve Ulaki of Beckley rose from third to first at the State Elks Golf Tournament at Willow Wood Country Club. He shot a one under par 71 to finish 214 over three days, one stroke ahead of Dick Foutche of Charleston.

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Maxwell's Home Run Secures Tigers Victory Over Indians

Detroit defeats Cleveland 7 to 4 as Jerry Davie allows four hits over five shutout innings and Charlin Maxwell belts a ninth homer of the season in the ninth inning rally. Maxwell's blast followed a walk to Perry and a single by Davie, lifting Detroit from eighth to fifth in the AL road trip.

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Sprinter Roscoe Cook Eyes 8.9 in 100 Dash

Roscoe Cook of the University of Oregon hinted that faster times may come as tracks gear and coaching improve. The San Diego native tied the world record at 9.3 seconds in the California Relays 100, finishing first ahead of Ray Norton and others who also equalled 9.3.

Modesto Calif University of Oregon Roscoe Cook Cook Mel Patton University of Southern California San Diego Bobby Morrow Bill Woodhouse Bobby Rans Abilene Christian Texas San Jose State Ray Norton Norton Sidney Garton East Texas State Bobby Poynter Morrow Weedhouse

Five Speedway Places Changed In Memorial Day 500 standings

Five positions were changed Sunday in the final Memorial Day 500 standings after an overnight timing tape check. The winner Rodger Ward remained atop, while Eddie Johnson and Paul Russo moved into eighth and ninth respectively. A. J. Foyt dropped from eighth to tenth, Bob Veith fell to 12th, Al Herman to 13th, and Jimmy Dagwalla rose from eighteenth to Monday.

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Pirates Hit Seven Homers in Doubleheader Rout Reds

Pittsburgh toppled Cincinnati 6-2 and 14-11 as Don Hoak Smoky Burgess and Bob Skinner homered, Burgess adding a pinch homer in the nightcap. Roy Face earned his 12th win in relief as Pittsburgh cruised to two wins, extending a hot stretch with three pitchers used in the opener.

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Pancho Gonzales Wins Final 1959 Pro Tennis Tour Match

Pancho Gonzales defeated Lew Hoad 6-3 14-? in the final match of the 1959 professional tennis tour in La Jolla. Gonzales claimed his fifth straight world professional title and earned 29150 dollars for the year, while Hoad took 28250 dollars.

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Whitt Wins Kentucky Derby Open in Back-to-Back Triumph

Don Whitt of Borrego Springs California captured the Kentucky Derby Open with a 72-hole total of 274 to secure his second straight win after last week’s Memphis Open title. He fired a 67 in the final round to finish ahead of Jim Ferree and a crowded leaderboard at Louisville.

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Race Fans Wager 31 Million Bucks Memorial Day

New York AP reports more than 31 million dollars wagered by 468,065 racing fans on Memorial Day across 18 tracks with a mutual handle of 26,239,342. Eleven trotting tracks contributed 106,805 in attendance and 5,092,628 handle. Total betting for runners and trotters reached 31,931,970.

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