Breeding Leads Vancouver Mounties In Pacific Coast League
Marvin Breeding of the Vancouver Mounties, property of the Baltimore Orioles, hits for a .337 average with 57 RBIs in 45 games. He shines against Seattle, batting .667 in five games at Sicks Stadium and earning praise as one of the league’s best all around players. The Mounties sit in fourth place, seven games back.
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Vols Rally to Sweep Crackers in Doubleheader
Nashville grabbed a 3-1 win and a 6-5 comeback in the second game to sweep Atlanta in a Southern Association doubleheader. The Vols narrowed their chance to stay alive in the league race.
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Nashville
Atlanta Crackers
Line Scores and Home Runs From MLB Games
A compact recap of baseball score lines including Boston Daley home run and Koufax pitching, plus St Louis Cimoli Musial and Detroit Berberet Maxwell Mantle home runs, with pitchers Brewer Kline Spahn and Larsen Berberet noted. Includes final tallies and standout hits across several matchups.
Indians Edge Senators in Ninth Inning Rally
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Washington Senators 8 7 in a close game as Ray Webster hit a ninth inning triple and Jim Piersal drove in the go ahead run with a sacrifice fly. Cleveland moved within a half game of the AL leading Chicago White Sox. Vic Power and Harmon Killebrew homered for Washington while Bob Allison went deep for the Senators.
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Jim Piersal
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Harmon Kivebrew
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Fifth annual Courtland Sports Car Races cancelled
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycees cancelled plans for the fifth Courtland Sports Car Races set for July 4 and 5 after failing to reach an agreement with the Alabama Region Sports Car Club of America. Previous events drew crowds above 10,000 on a 3.2 mile runway course. Hocutt did not comment on future possibilities.
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Nashville and Atlanta split baseball doubleheader in 1960s style
In the first game Rodemeyer and Schmidt led Nashville as they defeated Atlanta 6 to 3 after a 1 0 1 0 run sequence. Cade Lane and Gibson powered Atlanta in the second game with a 5 to 4 win as Morton earned the win. Chattanooga beat Birmingham 9 to 0 behind Hernandez and Oliva with strong relief. Memphis edged New Orleans 5 to 1 with Graham and Garnicolas contributing in a low scoring affair.
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Lone Filly Wins Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park
Silver Spoon the sole filly led owner C W Whitney stable to an easy win in the Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park. Jockey Bill Boland guided the filly to a three length victory over Friar Road and Civic Pride as Tomy Lee faded to sixth in the eight horse field. Silver Spoon paid 6.40 4.20 4.00 after a 1 47 3 5 mile and eighth.
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Attraction
Summit Splits Two Games
Summit baseballers split two games on Saturday. In the first game Houston beat Summit 10 innings 10-6 with a late homer by Payne and a 15-hit effort by Lee Johnson. Summit led 5-3 after eight innings but faltered in the 10th. The second game saw Summit defeat Flint 5-0 behind Boyd Johnson with solid pitching. A Neel junior game followed, with Neel winning 10-5, and a noon picnic occurred before Summit’s next scheduled game.
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Homers Help Yankee Win
New York Yankees beat Detroit 6 4 as rain halted play in the ninth. Mantle hit his 13th homer after Siebern’s single, Berberet added a two run shot, Throneberry led off the third with a homer, and Kubek homered in the fourth after Skowron’s single.
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Woodlawn Repeats as State High School Baseball Champion
Woodlawn of Birmingham won the 1959 state high school baseball title with a 12-0 semifinal win over Jackson High and a 4-1 final victory over Blochson after rain postponed the finale to Friday. It marked the Colonels third title in ten years, first won in 1949 and repeated in 1956.
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Sheffield Visit Set for 2 PM Tomorrow
A scheduled event notes a 2 PM visit by Sheffield to the location, with the time and participant clearly stated for attendees.
Sword Dancer Is Belmont Winner
ST. LOUIS AP Larry Jackson blanked the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on eight hits as the St. Louis Cardinals won their fourth of five. Musial, back from a week off, drove in four runs including a two run homer in the fourth. Cimoli added a solo shot and Boyer had two RBI as Jackson improved to 7-6 with six strikeouts and one walk.
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Stan Musial
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Willard Schmidt
Gino Cimoli
Ken Boyer
Belmont Stakes thriller ends in tragedy and victory
Sword Dancer upset Bagdad by three quarters in a frantic stretch duel to win Belmont Stakes worth 145500. On the final turn two horses fell, injuring jockeys Eddie Arcaro and Walter Blum. Black Hills was destroyed after a compound leg fracture and Royal Orbit finished third.
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Associated Press
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Round Table Ties Washington Park Record at Cita tion Handicap
Round Table overhauled Etonian to win the $56,800 Cita tion Handicap at Washington Park. The champion gelding tied Swaps 1956 track mark for a mile in 1 33 2 5 while earning $33,730 and boosting career winnings to $1,396,939. He paid $3.80, $3.20 and $3.20 as top-weighted 130 pounds under heavy weights.
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Round Table
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The Devil's Coach-Horse Beetle Named in Britain
The devil's coach-horse is the popular name for a narrow beetle about an inch long native to Britain, commonly known by locals and naturalists.
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Large Steel Mill May Demand 500 Million Gallons Water Daily
A single large steel mill could require as much as 500 million gallons of water each day to maintain operations, highlighting the high water usage of major steel production facilities.
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