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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1959
Page
5
The New York Yankees crushed Cleveland 11-2 on Friday night as they piled up 17 hits. Gil McDougald and Elston Howard delivered home runs fueling the rout.
Dodgers beat Braves 3 1 as Warren Spahn allowed nine hits and fell to 1 7 this season while the Dodgers closed within five games of NL leaders. Johnny Podres held Milwaukee to seven hits in a 3 1 New York win over Cleveland as Ditmar struggled in a one run loss.
Cincinnati right-hander Don Newcombe works curves and changeups for a three hitter as the Reds topple San Francisco 7-2. Temple and McMillan homer as Cincinnati piling 10 hits off four Giant pitchers. Newcombe earns the win. Worthington and Zanni finish. 18,930 fans attend.
Pinch hitter Harry Simpson drilled a three run double in the eighth to turn a 2-2 game into a 5-2 Chicago White Sox victory over the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park. Simpson's bases loaded hit off Lea Kiely followed a lengthy, tightly pitched affair before 32,321 fans.
The page lists American League results with New York beating Cleveland and Chicago over Baltimore, plus Detroit and Washington games. It shows upcoming Saturday pairings including Chicago vs Turley and Brown vs Emmerer.
Tut Wiler of Charleston and Gene Randolph Jr. of Clarksburg shot 74 and 75 in the Sunnehanna Amateur Champions first round in Johnstown Pa. Tut Wiler tied for 11th as Ben Smith of Birmingham Mich led with 66 in a 35 golfer field.
Floyd Patterson boxed four more rounds in a routine workout at Chatham New Jersey as he prepares to defend his heavyweight title against Ingemar Johansson on June 23. The session included sparring with Johnny James Lou Jones and Johnny Byrd.
Dick Tiger the British Empire middleweight champion and Rory Calhoun of White Plains N Y fought to a ten round draw at Madison Square Garden Calhoun weighed 1634 pounds Tiger 16342 pounds Calhoun led early Tiger led mid rounds Calhoun closed with a late rush Final scores varied with one judge 6-3-1 Tiger one 3-1 Calhoun and a 5-5 in others The Associated Press cited 5-5.
North defeated the South 92 to 81 in the opening game of the state high school series. Kim Gaskins led the North with 22 points, Steve Feola added 21, and standout Rod Thorn scored 29 in a come-from-behind victory. The South, coached by Jim Melmige, was led by Fred Burns with 17 as the North seized control late in the fourth period.
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