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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1959
Page
8
Cleveland's revived Indiana, known for home runs, regained the American League lead after a six game win streak. Detroit Tigers surged to close the gap, making the race tight as the season advances. Ed Wilks reports.
LOS ANGELES AP Carl Erskine, the only active major league pitcher with two no hit games, asked Monday night to be placed on the voluntarily retired list. He cited the Dodgers needing help and his 32 year age as reasons, saying he could not pitch effectively after a long season and wanting the club to have a stronger young staff. He finished this year with 23 1-3 innings pitched, no wins, three losses, and a 7.71 ERA, ending a career with 122 wins and 78 losses.
Standings show Detroit 6 Baltimore 0 for N league while Cleveland trails Boston. Monday results: Washington 8 Kansas City 5 Detroit 6 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 5 Boston 1. Tuesday games include Milwaukee at Los Angeles and Cincinnati at San Francisco.
The Telegram opened its summer softball season with an 11 hit attack beating McClung Payne 12 to 3 as Paul Sjodal homered and Al Stecklein tripled. Ed Poe homered for Telegram and Anty Baier won thegame. Winters took the loss. In the nightcap the Latins defeated Ingalls 13 to 4 behind Andy Guerrero on a 4 hit outing.
Eighteen boys ages 10 to 12 turned up for the Knights of Columbus special baseball program meeting held Saturday. The program, sanctioned by city recreation director Herman Beringer, offers intramural play for boys not in the Knothole leagues and aims to teach basic baseball skills alongside organized play.
Chatham New Jersey AP Floyd Patterson plans a final week of serious training for his June 25 title defense against Sweden's Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium. Manager Angelo Dundee says Patterson is his own boss and needs no trainer, while D'Amato watches closely and Johansson doubts training seriousness. Patterson intends to wind up workouts this Sunday.
Ingemar Johansson, the European champion, defends his training discipline ahead of the June 25 world heavyweight title clash with Patterson in New York. He says he has worked 131 rounds, missed only two days, and has spent mornings on the road and on light roadwork, while denying a lack of enthusiasm. Paul Fuchs and Roy Braun, after 14 days of nonstop bowling, set a new marathon pursuit record at Idaho State College, totaling 336 hours and 3,360 games to claim a personal best.
Sluggers were stifled as the Braves dropped a shutout loss and lost ground in the NL pennant race. Milwaukee’s lead narrowed after Don Drysdale’s 12 strikeouts powered the Dodgers to a 4-0 win behind a strong four-hitter. Cleveland stretched to six straight by beating Boston 5-1 to reclaim first in the AL.
The Washington Senators, a struggling club, defeated the Kansas City A’s 8-5 as Harmon Killebrew hit his 22nd homer and Jim Lemon drove in a run to help John Romonosky secure his first win. The A’s staged a five-run ninth but fell short, with Kent Hadley homering for Oakland.
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