Tigers Stop Skids With 5-2 Win Over White Sox
Eddie Yost belted a seventh inning two run homer off Ray Moore to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory in Chicago. Lefty Billy Hoeft gave six strong innings before leaving after issuing two straight walks. Detroit scored two unearned runs in the third, Berberet and Yost drove in runs, and Kaline singled with the bases loaded before Maxwell hit into a double play ending another threat.
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Chicago
Eddie Yost
Chicago White Sox
Ray Moore
Detroit Tigers
Billy Hoeft
Sox
Lou Skizas
John Romano
Hoeft
Skizas
Romano
Detroit
Yost
Lou Berberet
Larry Osborne
Harvey Kuenn
Moore
Bob Shaw
Kaline
Charlie Maxwell
Tigers
Smith
Fox
Maxwell
Groth
Romance
Mueller
Bolling
Phillips
Esposito
Morgan
Torgeson
Resta
Shaw
Goodman
Johansson hires Whitey Bimstein as coach for Patterson bout
Ingemar Johansson of Sweden names Whitey Bimstein as trainer and one of his seconds for the June 25 world heavyweight title clash with Floyd Patterson at Yankee Stadium. Johansson plans to fly to New York April 26 and dismisses weight concerns, expressing confidence in his preparation.
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Goteborg
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
New York
Whitey Bimstein
Floyd Patterson
Yankee Stadium
Bimstein
Whitey
Edwin Ahlquist
Chimed Johansson
Saude Seeete
Patterson
Johansson
England
Brian London
Indianapolis
Patterson-Johansson
Ingemar
London
Henry Cooper
Million Dollar Race Track Planned Near Charlotte
Auto racer Curtis Turner announces his group has optioned land for a proposed million dollar stock car speedway near Charlotte. The 550 acre tract fronts U S Highway 29, with another 200 acres under consideration four miles south near the old Navy shell Depot. Plans call for a banked mile and a half oval, 30 000 grandstand seats, and a 2½ mile infield road course.
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Turner
Charlotte
Navy Shell
Byte
Manassa Mauler Tops Wood Memorial In Daring Finish
Manassa Mauler, a longshot not Derby eligible, upset the Wood Memorial by a three quarter length over First Landing in front of 40,063 at Jamaica. Ridden by Ray Broussard, the colt paid 129.50 to win the $88,100 Derby qualifier for Emil Dolce, with Our Who turn and Intentionally close behind.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Manassa Mauler
Jack Dempsey
Jamaica
Emil Dolce
Valley Stream
N. Y
First Landing
Patrice Jacobs
Our
Brookfield Farm
Intentionally
Watts homers pace Elon to 15 6 win over Western Carolina
Gil Watts slugged three homers and drove in six as Elon College defeated Western Carolina 15 6 in a North State Conference baseball game. Watts added a single for four hits in five at bats. Lefty Roger Knapp earned the victory for Elon.
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Elon College
Gil Watts
Elon
Fighting Christians
Western Carolina
Watts
Lenoir Rhyne
McBryde Leads Wildcats In Track Victory Over Catawba
Davidson sprinter Angus McBryde won the mile and two mile events and took second in the javelin as Davidson defeated Catawba 87 to 45 despite a slow track and rain. McBryde totaled 11 points. Tom Bush led Catawba with 9.
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Davidson
N.C
Angus McBryde
Catawba
McBryde
Tom Bush
Yankees hammer Red Sox in 16 to 7 rout
The New York Yankees blasted Boston 16 to 7 as Skowron and Carey led a big hitting outburst. Elston Howard drove in three runs and helped spark a second inning scoring spree that overwhelmed the Red Sox.
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Gil McDougald
New York
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Big Moose
Ted Bowsfield
Skowron
Andy Carey
Yankee
Casey
Abrh
Bi Baver
Buddin Ss
Runnels
Mantle Cf
Stephens Cf
Howarde
Jensen Rf
Malzone
Gernert
Kile Sheens
Monbouquette
McDougald
White
Howard
U—Runge
Tabacchi
Paparella
Hurley
Orioles Break Open Tight Game With Four-Run Seventh
Baltimore Orioles defeat Washington Senators 6-1 in Baltimore as two Senators errors open a four-run seventh. Gus Triandos hits a three-run homer and Jerry Walker earns his first 1959 win in relief. Mickey Mantle drives in three for the Yankees and Hank Bauer reaches milestone with his 150th career homer.
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Baltimore Orioles
Washington
Senators
Gus Triandos
Jerry Walker
Mickey Mantle
Dave Sisler
Skowron
New York
Ole
Hank Bauer
Carey
Sisler
Bauer
Jackie Jensen
Duke Maas
Maas
Jim Coates
Jensen
Coates
Indians Cup Sixth Straight A.L. Win
The Cleveland Indians remained undefeated with a 13 to 4 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Billy Martin Vic Power Woodie Held and Rocky Colavito hit homers as Cleveland totaled 10 for the season. Don Ferrarese earned the win.
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Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Athletics
Athletics
Billy Martin
Vic Power
Woodie Held
Rocky Colavito
Tribe
Roger Maris
Kansas City
Don Ferrarese
Harry Craft
Ralph Terry
Hardy
Maris
Martin
Smith
Freeman
Brunet
Meyer
Tuttle
POA
Kansas Ci
Strickland
Martin and Power
LOE
Naragon
Ferrarese
Williams
Power
Colavito
Held
Terry
Snunet Feewee
Mayer
Balk
Rommel
Stevens
Napp
Rice
Big Time Golf Heads to Las Vegas Championship
The seventh annual Tourna ment of champions opens in Las Vegas with 26 top professionals vying for the $10,000 top prize. Qualifiers include Art Wall Jr. and Arnold Palmer, with Sam Snead and Jack Burke Jr. eligible but not competing. The 7,073 yard Desert Inn course hosts a field boosted by 240 olive trees and a guaranteed minimum $1,000 prize for every entrant.
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Nev
Augusta
Sam Snead
Jack Burke Jr
Howard Capps
Desert Inn Country Club
Art Wall Jr
Cary Middlecoff
Mike Souchak
Tommy Bolt
Arnold Palmer
Gene Littler
Julius Bo
Buck Baker and Thompson Enter Rebel 300 at Darlington
Buck Baker of Spartanburg and Jimmy Thompson of Monroe entered the May 9 Rebel 300 at Darlington Raceway. The $30,000 race will feature 1959 Chevrolet entries from Baker and Welborn, a 1957 model for Thompson, Ford Thunderbirds for Turner Pistone and Wilson, and Bobby Johns in a 1957 Chevrolet. Turner holds the previous race speed record of 109 mph. Baker notes Darlington lap and qualifying records.
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S. C
Chevrolet
Buck Baker
Spartanburg
Jimmy
Monroe
N.C
Darlington Raceway
Baker
Thompson
Speedy
Bob Welborn
Greensboro
Ford Thunderbirds
Curtis Turner
Roanoke
Tim Pistone
Chicago
Fritz Wilson
Denver
Colo
Bobby Johns
Miami
Fla
Turner
Ford
Quakers Top William and Mary Norfolk in Narrow Win
Guilford College routs William and Mary Norfolk Division 7-5 as Jim Stutts belts a two run homer in the fourth. Charlie Little earns the win with seven hits allowed ten strikeouts and five walks. The game ends after Guilford scores three runs in the sixth.
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Guilford College
N. C
Jim Stutts
William and Mary
Norfolk
Charlie Little
Guilford
Peach Blossom Betsy Rawls Open Brings 40 Players
Spartanburg hosts the seventh Peach Blossom Betsy Rawls Open at Spartanburg Country Club with a field of 40 players. Defending champion Wiffi Smith and former winners Betsy Rawls and Louise Suggs lead a strong pro lineup along with Mickey Wright Patty Berg and Mary Lena Faulk. Amateur entrants include Marge Burns Nancy Phillips and Cynthia Sullivan as the 54 hole event begins Friday.
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Spartanburg
Spartanburg Country Club
Wiffi Smith
St. Clair
Mich
Betsy Rawls
Louise Suggs
Sea Island
Miss Suggs
Miss Rawls
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Babe Zaharias
Mickey Wright
San Diego
Calif
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Ill
Mary Lena Faulk
Thomasville
Betty Dodd
San Antonio
Tex
Beverly Hanson
Apple Valley
Carolinas
Marge Burns
Greensboro
North Carolina
Nancy Phillips
Newton
Cynthia Sullivan
Florence
Low Amaeur
Jamieson In No-Hit Win For Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer pitcher Tommy Jamieson threw a no hit shutout in a 2-0 victory over Penn. Brack Bailey homered with a man aboard in the sixth and made a shoestring catch earlier that would have been a hit. Jamieson earned his sixth win as Pfeiffer improved to 13-3 on the season.
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Pfeiffer
Misenheimer
N.C
Tommy Jamieson
Penn
Brack Bailey
Bobby Coggins
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