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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1958
Page
4
Readable fragments show multiple city matchups and results across baseball games. Entries mention Cleveland New York Detroit Washington Chicago Boston Kansas City Baltimore and other teams with scattered scores and scheduling notes.
STAN Musial's chase for 3000 hits continues as he drives in two runs and collects three hits in a 9-2 loss for the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Braves. The setback leaves the Cardinals seven games back in the NL basement, while Musial eyes his eighth batting title and remains hot in 1956.
Garden City athletes swept multiple events revealing a strong performance at the district meet. Notable marks include new records in the 880 yard run by Slocum of Hugoton and the 880 relay team of Garden City, Hugo ton, Holcomb, and Guymon posting 1 43.8. Other top efforts came from Turner in the 100 yard dash for Garden City and Johnson in the high jump tied at several positions.
Bats boomed at Finnup Park as McClung Payne toppled Southwest Carpet and Garden City Co op beat Coffee Ann. Loren Cockriel earned the win with a 5 hit effort guiding Co op to a 16-10 victory. Harold Hartley also credited with the win amid a high scoring night. Three home runs highlighted the action.
Summerlin may challenge for a title after a night of mixed results. Kay Allen sat out while Leo Eck and Bob Kart led a cooperative effort with a base-clearing slam by Ekart in the third. Floyd Pat won in Detroit over Hartley after 11 hits, with Johnny losing after a 10-run setback. Summerlin defeats Nino Val in a 10-round bout slated for May 24, while McClung’s 11-hit barrage tops Southwest for their first early-season win. Promoter I W Smith says Cus D Amato remains in talks and Summerlin could move high in plans if she beats the veteran Cuban. Once a top heavyweight prospect, Summerlin dropped in the rankings after a yearlong idle period due to managerial issues.
High school freshmen competitors, led by Woodward and Cimarron, posted top marks in hurdles, sprints, relays, and field events at a windy regional event. Notable performances came from Garden City, Liberal, Ulysses, Scott City, and Satanta with several new records noted in mile relay and 880 yard events.
Houston fighter Joe Brown defended his lightweight title by stopping Ralph Dupas of New Orleans with a technical knockout in the eighth round after dropping him three times. Brown has now KO'd four challengers in 16 months.
Garden City freshmen edge Beott City by a point to capture the junior high relays as about 650 athletes from 45 teams compete at Penrose stadium. Garden City eighth graders led by Turner and Johnson sweep events, while Frosh Salyer and the mile relay seal the win amid four record rewrites in near perfect weather.
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