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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
5
The league leading Chisox defeated the Yankees 6 4 in a makeup game as Anthony Shires pitched a complete game with ten strikeouts. Key early scoring came in the third when six Chisox runs crossed, including a grand slam by Chicken Mitchell.
The Giants beat the Dodgers 6-4 in 13 innings to end the NL longest winning streak at seven games. Jim Davenport and Willie Mays homered in the 13th, giving Mike McCormick his seventh win as Orlando Cepeda left with injuries. the game left Los Angeles two percentage points behind Milwaukee for second in the NL.
Mitchell laced a double in the seventh as Hopkins hit a triple and Steed scored the ChiSox final run. Boston plated in the third and sixth with walks by Norman Love and Junior Whitehead. Johnny Roy Wilson drove in two with a single, then scored on a Meason double. Manuel and Petty added sixth inning runs. Manuel scored on an error after a lead, Petty reached by fielder’s choice and scored on another error. Petty’s run was the Sox's last with Billy McMinn left on base.
The Athletics rallied with eight runs in the 10th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 in the only league game. Barney Schultz and Bob Smith errs aided the uprising as Kent Hadley Ray Boone and Roger Maris along with Bob Cory and Frank House produced key hits. Bud Daley earned his eighth win in 9 1 3 innings, Schultz took the loss.
The Childress American Legion team lost 13 1 to 3 1 at Borger with Tomie Tucker taking the loss while Don Anderson earned the win for Borger. In a Sunday 10 9 defeat to Palo Duro Childress showed ten errors and a late rally, highlighted by James Self’s near homer and Jeffers and Tucker scoring multiple runs.
Dickie DeVeronica stopped Norm Gautreau in Canastota after three. Harold Gromes KO'd Jimmy Kelley in Providence. Sgt. Jackson Brown outpointed Willie Greene in Boston. Tommy Tibbs outpointed Tommy Garrow in Claremont.
Pelicans upset Barons 27 to 8 as Naylor and Kincannon led a strong hitting barrage. Knight topped scorers with four runs while all Pelicans contributed in a dominant inning rally.
The Childress Eagles won their 12th straight game by edging Lawton Bearcats 10. Hefflin pitched a no hitter with one walk and scored the deciding run after an error, aided by back to back hits from Miller and Johnson. Lawton had been highly ranked in Oklahoma circles. Next up is Childress American Legion on Sunday July 5.
Almanac notes the date June 30 1959 with events in U S history. It lists Congress creating the Department of Indian Affairs in 1834, Theodore Roosevelt signing the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, Taft becoming Chief Justice in 1921, Hitler’s purge in 1934, and Gone With The Wind published in 1936, among others.
Sheriff's deputies seized three men a plane and an ammo-filled truck in a pre dawn raid connected to a plot to smuggle arms and men into Cuba to topple Fidel Castro's government. Officials called the operation part of an overall smuggling scheme.
The Air Force announced that Discoverer IV failed to reach orbit last Thursday due to being too slow. The satellite required about 18 000 miles per hour to enter orbit.
A man announced he had ordered U S troops stationed in the Far East and Korea to assist in the war against the North Koreans. Thought for today by Press Theodore Roosevelt reflected on the government seeking the welfare of the people.
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