Yanks escape from cellar as Casey’s men win third straight
The Yankees snapped an 11-day drought with a 3-0 win over Washington on Bill Skowron’s ninth inning homer and Bob Turley’s no hitter through eight. Cleveland and Chicago won, while Baltimore beat Boston and Los Angeles topped St. Louis. Don Hoak and Smoky Burgess homered for Pittsburgh in split wins over Cincinnati.
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Warrensburg State wins NCAA regional track title in rain
Warrensburg State topped eight teams in the NCAA regional meet in Warrensburg Missouri with 51 points, Emporia State 42, South Dakota State 32. Winners advance to Lincoln Nebraska for the June 12 13 championships. John Bregin of Maryville won the singles title. Heaberling and Teichgraeber of Emporia won the doubles.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule From The League Standings
American League standings show Meveland 25 17, Chicago 25 19, Baltimore 21 21, Kansas City 20 21, Detroit 20 26, New York 19 23, Washington 21 26, Boston 19 24. Monday games list Cleveland at Detroit and Kansas City at Chicago with several Tuesday matches including Washington at Cleveland and New York at Detroit. In National League Milwaukee 28 16 leads, then San Francisco 26 19, Pittsburgh 24 21, Los Angeles 25 23, Philadelphia 20 28, Chicago 19 29, St Louis 18 26, Cincinnati 18 22. Includes Monday and Saturday results across multiple cities.
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Spahn Aims for 300 Wins in Illustrious Career
Milwaukee ace Warren Spahn, 38, voiced a goal of reaching 300 career victories as he notched his 253rd win by defeating the Phillies 2-1. He emphasized aiming for at least 20 wins this season while noting the challenge of joining the exclusive 300-win club.
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Billard Champ To Play Here In Garden City
Gene LaRue internationally known billiard player and one-armed world champion will give a free exhibition at Royal Recreation 209 N Main Garden City at 8 p m tonight. Mearl Brunson owns the parlor. LaRue formerly reduced to bantamweight boxing and has worked with the handicapped in Illinois.
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Wright Predicts Victory Then Wins Virginia Beach Event
Minnie Wright of Bonita California predicted a 207 score and nailed it as she won the $6,000 Virginia Beach Women's Invitation in Virginia Beach Virginia. She finished with a closing 70 to total 206 one stroke ahead of Beverly Hanson who shot 209 for second. Fay Crocker placed third with 214, Bonnie Randolph fourth with 215.
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Baseball scores and results across leagues a mix
Major and minor league games reported with varied scores. Pacific Coast League results include Phoenix defeating Salt Lake City and Sacramento edging San Diego. Vancouver and Seattle games noted. American Association action shows Charleston beating Fort Worth and St Paul over Minneapolis, plus Dallas and Louisville. International League features Montreal over Buffalo and Rochester over Toronto with late extras in Havana Miami contests. Several games listed as scheduled, postponed or incomplete with 11 innings noted in some cases.
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Beman Gains British Praise in Amateur Golf Final
Deane Beman, 21, Maryland student from Silver Spring, Md., youngest American to win the British Amateur, defeated Bil Hyndeman 3 and 2 in the final at Sandwich. British writers praised his ice cold style and short game. He later joined U.S. Open qualifying, as Walker Cup teammate noted.
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Giants Dodgers Also Win In Close NL Race
It was a big day for the Pirates as Roy Face earned his seventh win of 1959 with three relief innings in a 14-11 victory over Cincinnati after an earlier 16-2 win. Smoky Burgess and Don Hoak each hit three homers in the doubleheader, with Bob Skinner adding a grand slam in game two. Giants and Dodgers also won to narrow Milwaukee’s lead as Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn reached notable milestones, while the White Sox and Indians faltered.
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Snead Seeks Open Through Rigorous Qualifying Lists
Golf great Sam Snead competes in the second round of sectional qualifying for the U S Open at Winged Foot with about 476 hopefuls across 13 sites. Among entrants are Deane Beman Art Wall Jr and Arnold Palmer as 12 regional qualifiers select 131 spots for the June 11 to 18 championship in New York. Exempt players include Tommy Bolt Dick Mayer Cary Middlecoff Jack Fleck Ed Furgol Ben Hogan Julius Boros.
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Thinclads Sparkling Marks At California Relays And IC4A Meet
American track stars posted major marks at the California Relays in Modesto and the IC4A meet in New York. Roscoe Cook tied world best in the 100 with 9.3 seconds as Ray Norton and Bobby Morrow also posted top times. Wally Wilson led a 39.6 clocking in the 440 yard relay. Penn State’s Ed Moran paced two distance events.
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Garver Dominates White Sox in 9-1 Win
Ned Garver, veteran pitcher for Kansas City, shut down Chicago with four hits allowed including a Torgeson homer. He also contributed at the plate with two runs and one RBI as the Athletics won big in Chicago. Other details about money and unrelated golf notes are briefly mentioned.
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Easy Going Hurler Tough On Sundays
Detroit outfielder Maxwell shows power on Sundays with a three run homer in the ninth to beat the Indians 7 4. He has six of nine homers on Sundays and a Sunday batting average of .383 while averaging .224 Monday through Saturday.
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Ward to race on after Indy win and big payday
Rodger Ward will continue racing after winning $106,850 in the 43rd 500 mile race at Indianapolis. The WWII fighter pilot earned 40 percent of the prize, about $42,740, with Wheel lead er Cards Inc. Ward plans to run remaining USAC events and perhaps some sports car races, starting with a 100-mile at Milwaukee next Sunday.
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Don Whitt Wins Derby Open in Golf Streak
Golf pro Don Whitt from Borrego Springs California rode a six day hot streak to win the Kentucky Derby Open. Over the week he earned $6,300, posting a 72 hole total of 274 four under par. Whitt’s rounds included 70 64 63 67. Runner up Jim Ferree finished at 283.
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Majors Draw Weekend Crowd at Baseball Exposition
Major league baseball drew 323,778 paid over a two day holiday weekend. The National League led with 171,536 to the American’s 152,242. Saturday attendance totaled 170,337, Sunday 153,441. Largest crowd was 28.9 cents for a night game in Los Angeles versus Chicago. Milwaukee had 28,590 for a twinbill with Philadelphia. Detroit’s Sunday turnout reached 27,706. Los Angeles reported 56,579 Sunday, with 31,750 children admitted free.
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Young Right-Hander Signs Oriole Contract In Ohio
18 year old Dean Chance from Northwestern High School signs with the Baltimore Orioles after a standout high school career. Chance reportedly went 51 of 52 decisions in four years and is set to report later this month to training in the Class D Appalachian League.
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Dodgers pay 75000 bonus for 19 year old pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers awarded an estimated 75000 bonus to Phil Ortega a 19 year old right hander from Mesa Arizona He will report Tuesday to the Dodgers Spokane farm club in the Triple A Pacific Coast League Ortega 6 3 165 pounds won 28 and lost 5 in three seasons at Mesa High School
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Gonzales Retains World Pro Tennis Title In LA Jolla
Pancho Gonzales clinched the world professional tennis title for the first straight year at LA JOLLA California and then defeated his main rival Lew Hoad in the final match with scores 6-3 and 15-13.
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