Bell Emerges as Cleveland's 23-Year-Old Pitching Dean
Gary Bell of the Indians, 23, shows signs of becoming the staff anchor. The right-hander sports a 1-1 record through two starts, but his early control and breaking pitches have impressed fans despite a setback last night. Bell entered the season strong, delivering shutout innings and a 12-10 rookie year, then 16-11 last season with a standout 4-hitter shutout versus Detroit.
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Odds and Ends from Corry and Beavers Track Tales
Connie French holds the Corry 920 yard dash record at 2 24. Northern Area winner Jim Vanik’s 42 18 timing was voided after a measurement error found the track only 202 yards. Beavers star Doug Stewart is noted for discus, with Art Perkins emerging as strong runner in early meets. Season begins June 15, per Journal printer Carl Wastak. deadline near midnight.
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Pirates extend seven game streak with Friend shutout
The Pirates beat the Phillies 3 0 as Bob Friend pitched his second consecutive four hit shutout, improving to 4 0 for the season and extending Pittsburgh's longest winning streak since 1958. Dick Stuart tripled in a second inning on the way to two runs, with Bob Clemente and Dick Groat adding support in the fifth. Willie McCovey homered late for the Giants in the NL, while Jack Sanford won for the Phillies. The night game lasted 3 hours 35 minutes, near the NL nine inning record.
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New York Stadium Plans Tie to Continental League
New York moves to build a 15 million dollar stadium for a Continental League entry. The Board of Estimate approved 442 500 dollars for an engineering study and final plans for a 5 000 seat venue on the former World’s Fair site in Flushing Meadows. The decision signals formal league support and spurs stadia work in eight cities including Dallas Fort Worth Denver Buffalo Atlanta Houston Toronto and Minneapolis Saint Paul.
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State Defends Distance Crown at Penn Relay Meet
The 66th Penn Relay Track and Field Meet opens at Franklin Field with Penn State defending its distance medley title against Duke New York University and Yale. Trials in 440 and 880 yard relays the Invitation 100 yard dash and 120 yard high hurdles set for today with finals tomorrow. The program emphasizes high school and secondary school events.
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Tigers Fall To A's In Interlude Of Slump
Detroit's Tigers, after opening with five straight wins and 11 homers, have scored only one run in each of their last three games and dropped a 21 victory to Kansas City. Dick Hall pitched well in relief as the A's moved two games back of the AL lead, while Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland and Baltimore topped Boston to stay in the chase. Hall earned his first AL decision as Berberet homered for Detroit in the eighth.
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Smith Stars In New Job As Leadoff Man
CHICAGO AP Smith at 82 uses leadoff spot with White Sox hitting pace. In Tuesday win at Kansas City he went 5 for 5 with a homer and a double and doubles. Manager Al Lopez vows to keep options open with Aparicio ready to return, praising Smith, Aparicio, and Landa for leadoff potential.
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Bowl-Aire Men’s B League closes season with high scores
Allan Long led with a 226 while Jon Miller and Abbie Wotus added 221 and 220 as Bowl-Aire Men’s B League wrapped the season. Top finishers included Bill Sample 218 Stanley Sarnicki 218 Steve Tinko 212 Harry Oldenski 210 Dick Martin 206 Tom Linski 201 Henry Pedensky 202 and Walt Shannon 200, amid final team standings led by Moose’s Bar a 43 and Bowl-Aire 4B%.
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Tiger Favored In Boston Middleweight Show Tonight
Ralph Tiger Jones, known as The Old Warhorse, is favored to defeat Joe Denucet in a 8 round fight at the Boston Garden airing on NBC at 10 p.m. EDT. Jones has a 48 24 4 record and 43 national TV appearances, while Denucet at 23 2 is two decades younger and has losses only to Chico Vejar. Jones boasts wins over Sugar Ray Robinson Joey Giardello Kid Gavilan Johnny Bratton and Charlie Homez. Odds on Jones range from 7 to 6 up to 125 to 100.
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Liston and Kingpetch Named NBA Boxers of the Month
Providence AP Sonny Liston the heavyweight champion and flyweight king Pone Kingpetch of Thailand were cited by the National Boxing Association in April ratings. Liston replaced Floyd Patterson as top heavyweight contender. Kingpetch was named Boxer of the Month after beating Pascual Perez of Argentina in their Bangkok title bout on April 16.
Pittsfield Inn Hotel and Linnie's Cafeteria Notices
Open all year the Pittsfield Inn Hotel promotes fourteenth year of service with well grilled steaks and daily dinners until 6 30 on weekdays and 7 on Sundays. Reservations limited but flexible. Linnie's Cafeteria at What Avenue and Wel Main Street opens daily offering salad choices and meals for family dinners, with emphasis on a welcoming casual atmosphere. Phone contact omitted.
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Thursday Results In Baseball Schedule
The report lists Thursday results Baltimore 6 Boston 1 Chicago 3 Cleveland Kansas City 2 Detroit 1. It also outlines Friday and Saturday games including New York at Baltimore Kansas City at Cleveland Detroit at Chicago New York at Baltimore Washington at Boston Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Milwaukee Chicago at St Louis San Francisco at Los Angeles.
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Palmer Collins Pace Field In Houston Classic
Arnold Palmer and Bill Collins led the $35,000 Houston Classic into round two at Memorial Park. Dave Ragan’s bizarre two-stroke penalty after a "blackout" on the greens cost him and a few others, leaving Palmer and Collins one stroke ahead of Ragan and Maxwell.
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Star pitcher Friend fans 11 in 3-0 win over Phillies
Yesterday's Stars pitcher Bob Friend struck out 11, seven in the first three innings, and walked one for his third victory as Pittsburgh shut out Philadelphia 3-0. Hitter Al Smith of the White Sox went 3-for-4, extending his streak to eight, scoring all Sox runs after his first three singles in a 6-1 win over Cleveland.
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Portilla Stops Boardinah in Tampa Bout for Lightweight Win
In Tampa Florida Ray Portilla 145 pounds halted Larry Boardinah 1401s pounds in a lightweight contest held in Clearwater Florida Exton Mabena from South Africa outpointed McCormack of Northern Ireland over ten rounds Birmingham England.
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Locals Bow in tight Genessee Victory Over Hammond's
Genessee Beer of Rochester defeated Corry's Hammond's club by 2994 to 2701 on the VFW lanes. Quinn and Alaimo each had three 200-plus games, with Quinn 648 and Alaimo 681. Hammond led with a 573 series, Barr 870 second, while Bowmen of the Jenny Five had a 214. The first match was a 48-pin spread. subsequent games saw the New Yorkers dominate as Hammond's failed to reach 900.
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Major League Leaders Summary in Batting and Pitching
Top players across leagues include Lumpe and Allison leading in hits. Mantle, Woodling, and Gardner high in runs. Gentile, Allison in RBIs. Mays and Clemente strong in batting for NL. notable pitching leaders include Bell Pascual Drysdale and Drysdale with strikeout tallies. Key teams cited are Kansas City Baltimore New York Washington Boston Pittsburgh San Francisco Cincinnati and Los Angeles.
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Minor League Results Quick Scoreboard
International League Montréal defeated Havana 2 to 0 and Toronto beat Miami 4 to 0. Buffalo topped Richmond 4 to 3 while Indianapolis won 8 to 1 over Houston. Other games were postponed and the Pacific Coast League had no scheduled games.
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