Stengel Guides Yankees Toward AL Pennant Early Lead
Casey Stengel, 70, leads the New York Yankees with a treemendous managing job as they top the AL race. A pair of 7-5 and 5-3 wins over the White Sox keep them three games ahead of Baltimore while Boston and Washington win to stay in chase. Mantle and Maris drive the offense as Jim Coates and Johnny James steady the mound in a 48,139 crowd at Comiskey.
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Casey Stengel
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Jelne
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Yankees
Chicago White Sox
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Boston
Red Sox
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Washington
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Jim Coates
Buck Shaw
Dick Donovan
Johnny James
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
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Ronnie Hansen
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Ted Williams
Bill Monbouquette
Gary Geiger
Don Buddin
Tom Brewer
Dan Dobbek
Don Lee
Chuck Stobbs
Pete Ramos
Major League Leaders list baseball stats from 100 at bats
The report shows top National and American League leaders by at bats hits runs and more. Notable names include Burgess Groat Banks Clemente Mantle and Maris with high counts in batting runs and RBIs. Pitching leaders include Law Williams Coats and Bunning with win loss and strikeout tallies.
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Bunning
Detroit
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Cards Stay in First Division
The St Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader at Milwaukee to remain in the NL lead. In the first game Lindy McDaniel secured a 4-3 win for Ernie Broglio. Ray Sadecki lost the nightcap as Carl Willey outpitched him 3-2, with Willie Marris’s late double and Hank Aaron’s single deciding the eighth. The Athletics lost 6-5 to Washington, who swept three games.
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Kansas City Athletics
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Lindy McDaniel
Ernie Broglio
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Bill Bruton
Henk Aaron
Redbirds
Warren Spahn
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Athletics
Kansas City
Russ Snyder
Norm Siebern
Whitey Herzog
Pedro Ramos
Dick Williams
National Open results listed at Mountain Hills course
Top ten finishers and ties at the National Open golf tournament played over the par 71 layout at Mountain Hills Country Club. Notables include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Don Finsterwald, Ted Kroll and Julius Boros with earnings and aggregate scores shown.
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Maethy Hills Country Club
Saturay
Arnold Palmer
Ligonier
Jack Nicklaus
Columbus
Ohio
Mike A Senn
N.Y
Jack Fleck
Los Angeles
Don Finsterwald
Tequesta
Fla
Ben Hogan
Fort Worth
Jerry Barber
No Sangeles
Abu
Baseball Standings and Results From Weekend and Weekday Games
Standings show New York Chicago Baltimore Detroit Boston Cleveland and others with records and percentages. Weekend results list New York 7 5 and Boston 7 3 among Sunday outcomes, with Baltimore 2 1 and Detroit 0 1, plus multiple Monday Tuesday schedules and cross-league matchups.
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Cleveland
Detroit
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Washington
Kansas City
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Balimore
Fight results from Brescia and other cities
Fight results list multiple bouts with fighters from Italy Ghana Philippines Cuba Cuba Mexico Philippines and New York. Santo Amanti stopped John Armstrong in Brescia Italy while Arthur Persley edged Terry Rebolado in Manila. Paul Diaz defeated Baby Colon in Havana and Jose Lopez beat Danny Kidd in Mexico City. Weights not available.
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Italy
Santo Amanti
John Armstrong
Ghana
Manila
Arthur Persley
New York
Terry Rebolado
Philippines
Havana
Paul Diaz
Cuba
Baby Colon
Mexico City
Jose
Toluca) Lopez
Danny Kidd
Jimmy Bryan Killed in Langhorne Big Car Race
Langhorne Pa AP rugged racer Jimmy Bryan 33 of Phoenix Ariz a 19 time champion including the 1958 Indy 500 died from chest and internal injuries after his car skidded and rolled on the first lap of the National Championship Big Car race at Langhorne Speedway Don Branson of Champaign Ill led the 17 car field before the fatal crash Jim Hurtubise won the race setting a dirt track record Eddie Sachs viewed the tragedy from behind and blamed overconfidence in Bryan who had just returned to racing The weekend also saw the deaths of Chris Bristow Alan Stacey and Al Herman Jerry West was drafted by Minneapolis in the NBA for next season.
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Jimmy Bryan
Langhorne Speedway
Phoenix
Ariz
Don Branson
Champaign
Ill
Bryan
Bucks County
Jim Hurtubise
Lennox
Calif
Eddie Sachs
Center Valley
Chris Bristow
Alan Stacey
al Herman
Allentown
West Haven
Conn
Pioneers beat Syracuse 13 to 1 in league game
Garden City Pioneers upset Syracuse Cardinals 13 to 1 in Kansas-Colorado League action. Jim Hall earned five innings with 10 strikeouts, while Gene Overton and Norm Eddy each had two hits for the losers. Garden City improved to 5-1 in six starts. Syracuse dropped to 0-4 all losses. Next, Garden hosts Liberal BeeJays at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Clint Lightner Field.
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Pioneers
Syracuse Cardinals
Jewel Wilson
Garden
Gene Overton
Leroy Lohman
Norm Eddy
Pioneer
Jim Hall
McAlester
Okla
Lynn Overton
Jack Couch
Ronnie Palmer
Ed Lampey
Tom Bergkamp
Bob
Earl Whiteley
Leo Eck
Las Animas
Colo
Lamar
Walsh
Lakin
Liberal
BeeJays
Clint Lightner
Robin Roberts Lifts Phillies Past Giants 2-1 in 11
Robin Roberts outpitched the San Francisco Giants, allowing five hits over 11 innings to secure a 2-1 Philadelphia win. Tony Taylor drove in the decisive run as the Whiz Kids era lingered with a late surge, while Willie Mays homered for the Giants. The Pirates, Dodgers, and Reds also posted wins or splits in a slanted day of baseball results.
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Associated Press
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Phillies
Robbie
Ben
Giants
Willie Mays
Knothole Action Set This Week
Four more days of baseball action are scheduled this week for the Knothole League young sters. Minor League games start at 6 p.m. at Little League Diamond in Finnup Park while Major tilts run at 8 p.m. at Clint Lightner Field. Activities include Lions vs Roo tarian, Kiwanis vs Knights, Lions vs Knights, with other action planned Thursday and Friday. Midget teams also hold action daily from 1 to 3 p.m. at various playgrounds including Alta Brown and Garfield.
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Little League
Finnup Park
Clint Lightner
Knights, of Columbus
Rotarians
Lions
Rootarians
Kiwanis
Knights
Georgia Matthews
Hutchinson
Alta Brown
Garfield, Jones and St. Mary's
Garfield
Earthquake Strikes Valdivia. Eight Missing Near Lake Paguipulli
In Santiago Chile AP reports eight persons missing after a strong earthquake near Valdivia. The quake came after heavy rains and toppled two houses on the shores of Lake Paguipulli, in a region still reeling from last month's disaster.
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Chile
Valdivia
Lake
Paguipulli
El Dorado JC Names Cummins Head Basketball Coach
Wil liam C. Cummins is named head basketball coach of the El Dorado Junior College Grizzlies in the Jayhawk Conference Western division replacing Rogert Craft who resign ed to coach freshmen at Montana State College. Cummins, a former Dodge City JC coach who won three Western division titles between 1953 and 1959 and posted 120 wins to 64 losses, is a 1947 Pittsburg State graduate from Arkansas City.
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William C. Cummins
EL Dorado Junior College Grizzlies
Jayhawk
Garden Citian Rogert Craft
Montana State College
Bozeman
Cumming
Arkansas City
Dodge City JC
Pittsburg State
Johansson Favored To Defeat Patterson In Polo Grounds Bout
heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson enters a rematch with Floyd Patterson at the Polo Grounds as the betting favorite around 72 to 28 to reclaim the title. Officials expect about 35,000 spectators and a gate near $890,000 with Patterson aiming to prove the prior knockout loss was a fluke.
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New York
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Polo Grounds
Retired Coach Dies Following Heart Attack
DETROIT AP. David L. Holes a former Wayne State University track coach and athletic director died Sunday after a heart attack. He served Wayne State for 40 years until retirement about 21 years ago. Born in Carlton Kansas he came to Detroit in 1917 and became athletic director that year. He studied at Oklahoma State and earned a 1908 degree then a master at Columbia. He is survived by his widow and two children. funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Detroit
David L.holes
Wayne State University
Holmes
Wayne
Carlton
Kan
Oklahoma State
Columbia
Jayhawks win second NCAA track title at Berkeley meet
Kansas Jayhawks capture their second straight NCAA track crown at Edwards Stadium Berkeley with ten meet records. Tidwell wins 200 and 100 meter dashes to set marks, Alley defends javelin title, and Kansas accumulates 50 points to beat Southern California 50 to 37. notable records by Long Burleson Kerr Clark Lawrence Woods among others.
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Calif
America
Kansas
Jayhawka
University of California
Edwards Stadium
Stanford
Charlie Tidwell
Sgprinter
John Thomas
Boston University
Tidwell
Cliff Cuasaman
Jayhawks
Bill Alley
Southern California
Dallas Long
UCL
Burleson
Oregon
John Lawlor
George Kerr
Illinois
Charlie Clark
San Jose State
Luther Hayes
USC
al Lawrence
Houston
Ted Woods
Colorado
McGrath and McCoy Capture Jaycee Tennis Titles
In El Dorado Kansas Barry McGrath of Topeka and Hal McCoy of Winfield won the two divisions of the Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce tennis tournament. McGrath beat John Grantham 7 5 2 6 1 in the 16 and under final while McCoy defeated Mike Kraus 6 4 6 2 in the under 15 and younger final. All four finalists qualified for the national Jaycee tournament in Midland Texas in August with 52 entrants overall.
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Barry McGrath
Topeka
Hal McCoy
Winfield
Kansas
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