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BlankenshipShutsRain CancelsLynxes9 GameBy FRANK CRtlASV Kclxun’s Roy Blankenship twisted u masterful two-hitter, and with a tiny assist from rain, blanked Kingsport Dobynx-Bennelt. 3-0, in the double-elimination District A high schuol baseball tourney Wednesday nigliL at J. Fred Johnson Park.The dowupour, which was threat-eued Ir-om the beginning, came when the gome was 6'.* innings old. and washed out the liidinua* last hone oi scoring. However, Blankenship hart had .smoolh shil-amllug Slnco the second Inning, gave no signs of tiring.'Hie win was the eighth in Jo decisions foi ihc WHricauV slellar right hnndcr.Six StateTrack MarksIn DangerKNOXVILLE (APi — At least six slate high school I rack and field record.-: will he in jeopardy Saturday at the animat Tennessee Secondary Schools Alhloiic Assn. meet in Memphis.0:i Ihr basis of performance:* in regional meets Inst week and also during Ihe regular .season. East Tennessee entries lootn as Ihrcais Ld four of the standards.Of course, the rain also can-called the second game of Ihc I our n ey session be hi ecu Lynn View and filurF City,The Lynxes and Grizzlies, who spill a double header for their only losses of the year, were rosulirduled for a slngLc game at 6:30 p.m. today. t'nbeafeu rlglilhanders Fred flcnucy and .1. H. Cross were again announced as starting pitchers, llcuney Iias non seven lor Coach Cari Mitthcrly's Lynxes, and Cross has six wins for Coach Charley Fleming's Bluff Cllians.The weather willing, tlic tonr-npy svilt hai'e two-game srsslrms □ ?alii Friday night, Sullivan will mr.ot Alary Hughes in the first lilt, and Dobyns-Brnnelt will play the loser nf the Lynn Vlew-Blnff City battle.Blankenship and D-B's Johnny Wilburn waged a tense pitcher's duel through four innings, but the Wilde in* broke the scoreless. dead-*Ictk with a pair of unearned runs tafter two ouls In the fifth.Wilhorn, a sophomore right.lit a H nnt a 1it1 Hfirl hurlIndians,3-0Sam Jones BlanksPhils On Two HitsBy JACK STEVENSON* I Philadelphia cn two hits Wcrincs-SAN FRANCISCO I API- -Fire- day and fanned 12. the most for ball pitcher Sam Jones .shut out In National League hurlcr tillsBanks Blasts Grand SlamHomer As Cubs Slap Redswhen he belled an»«UK*' smasn into theCHICAGO fAP^-Emlc Banks' 1055 strand slain homer In a 7-ruu third five, backed Glen Hobble's 3-Mi pitching for a 10-0 Chicago Cub vie*! tory ovwcdncsdnv. clmiali11 was the first buses-loadcd 4.3 home.’ lor Bunks. 1958 mu lor. .......Hohbic note hod innph ngnlrsl threeleague homebuses-loadcd 1958 mu lor, rim champion, since' i‘Still’ Signs Contract WithPhiladelphiaReason, ns San Francisco whlppsd the Phillies 6-0.A crowd of 5.126, the smallest for Seals Stadium since the Crl-nnt* moved here Inst year, saw third baseman Willie Jones ruin Sam’s bid for a'r.o-Wttcr with an-iuflcld single down the third base line niter two were out la the seventh.iiie Giants wrapped up Ibe victory In the opening frame as they ripped ex.teammote Rulxm Go-' Inicz for five runs on Sivo hits, record; including a 3-run homer by Willie | Mays.left cen-j Jones fanned Wally Post threemcm-? hat-Purkcy. now 11uk order at least once except 100:1107 who left ihe can in after his louith irL-lhe first inning. Jones walked losrcs ns he j five above the .5001 The Giants* big rlght.har.dermark for Hie llih time with his'was obi Allied from tbo St. Louisperformance iCa:dthals in a tvade this sprb?.5 Purkey yielded lour singles and! Jones notched his third 1633 I a walk to the first live men ioi triumph agaln.sl four losses. U j 1 iico him in the tbiict. Then Bunks’was the firs* shutout for * Gian* Iced off on a n '2 pitch. j pitcher thi year.run-piolt;tfnclngi Leon Wanner hit n solo homergave Ranks; in ihc second off relieve! Donr?r .!» 1 Rndjtcr blcnchcr* w*s hi* otchtli hom-|Uir.cs and struck out eachcr the Cincinnati Reds er 0i the season and .-bused Ctn-jber of the FhtlHcV opcnin;starlir Bobhoisted •mark I slickthe Cubsl\v HALP1I HLUNSTKINIlls homer andsingle in tlie eighth33 RBIs far the year, pu ■Odin; I Card well, him nhoAfi or Clni*immi)\s Flunk; c'nnl Robinson for the le.icuo 1cmI inUhookIhnlI f NVl A ItlManager Bill Rlsney up his bailing OTrtcr after
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Kingsport News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Thu, May 14, 1959
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