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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
8
Orioles rally to beat White Sox as Wilhelm extends unbeaten run to eight, overcoming gnats and a delayed finish. Messi powers Detroit to 2 0 win over the Yankees, Sturdivant delivers 1 1 3 innings of relief in Boston victory. Milwaukee pulls away in NL. Hadix shines for Pittsburgh.
Decal Day in Decatur raises funds for organized youth baseball with over 650 players in the program this summer. Police Chief Pack Self serves as general chairman and players from all J youth teams will sell decals starting Saturday at 9 A.M. Only sale day.
In a City Softball League game at Delano Chemstrand edged Alabama Flour Mills 4 to 3 in the ninth inning. Legg earned the win, Alvis took the loss. Bobby Smith had three of Chemstrand’s four hits, Scott McClanahan matched with three hits for Alabama. After seven innings the game was 2 2.
Stanton Delaware track incident kills two horses on warmup at Delaware Park. Die Valkyrie ridden by Paul Bohenko and King's Chapel with Sam Boulmetis collided on the far turn before the seventh race. Both jockeys escaped serious injury and neither horse had claims filed. Both died within minutes of the crash.
Recap notes various MLB outcomes with key moments. Washington's Ron Samford homered off Bud Podbielan to pace a 4-2 win while Bob Allison's solo shot gave the Nats a 2-1 lead in the eighth. Cleveland tied in the eighth on Woody Held's double and Vic Power's sac fly. Messier Messi earned a fifth straight win over the Yankees as Detroit beat Duke Maas with two early runs. Boston and the A’s also posted scoring runs as Ted Williams reached his 2,500th major league hit.
Mobile Bears rookie Carl Mathias earns win over Nashville 4-2 despite leaving early with a pinched nerve. He limited Nashville to three hits in six innings, aided by Paul Robinson and Ed Drapcho. Dallas?
National League standings show Milwaukee and San Francisco at pace with Pittsburgh and Los Angeles chasing. Wednesday games feature Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Cincinnati San Francisco at Milwaukee with Tuesday results Cincinnati 5 Los Angeles 4 Milwaukee 3 San Francisco 0 St Louis 3 1 Pittsburgh 3.
In Delano Park Thursday the Girls Softball League scheduled Tennessee Valley Co op against Rose Jewelry at 7 PM and Mutual Savings against Pet Dairy at 8 PM. Americans beat Nationals 17-7 at Gordon Bible field, Russellville beat Trade School 5-2 with Trade School’s Pettus and Elwyn Stevenson notable. Redlegs lead Pony League Junior with a 7-0 win over Orioles as Robinson pitched a one hitter. Comer High School coach Morvis Higginbotham resigns to lead Enterprise, no successor named.
Lightweight champion Joe Brown defends the crown for the seventh time against Paolo Ross at Uline Arena. The 33 year old, 72-16-9 with 32 KOs, fights the Italian born New Yorker Ross, 31, 31-4-1 with 13 KOs, in a 15 round telecast on ABC starting at 9 p.m. EST. Brown is favored at 3-1 as the bout draws about 6,000 fans and roughly $90,000 in gate and TV pay.
The article notes Australia’s first settlement by the Dutch who called it New Holland and that the British did not assume control until 1768, about 150 years later.
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