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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1959
Page
10
Ladies interested in the winter bowling league are urged to attend a league meeting Wednesday night at 8 in the Chamber of Commerce conference room. The meeting will discuss plans for the coming season and include the election of officers for the year.
The Associated Press reports St. Paul AA edged Kansas City Athletics 7 to 5 while Boston Red Sox defeated Minneapolis AA 9 to 2 in exhibition games.
Giants surge after July rally as Willie Mays and Willie McCovey deliver late-inning punches. They beat Cincinnati 6 3 to move three games up while Dodgers and Braves split, and Cubs, Pirates, and Cardinals win elsewhere. Detroit sweeps Cleveland to trim Indians' edge. Miller and Jones finish strong in relief.
High Point's Southern Motors, survivor of the State Men's Softball Tournament opener, faces Wilmington's Maula Dairy at Freedom Park at 7:45 this evening. Donnie Hunt will pitch for Southern, helped by Harold O'Kelley as they defeated Carolina Mobile Homes 5-0 in yesterday's opening round.
The Tuesday MLB schedule featured New York at Detroit Washington at Cleveland Boston at Kansas City and Baltimore at Chicago. Detroit defeated Cleveland 5 to 4. No Wednesday results indicated beyond Baltimore at Chicago.
The article details North Piedmont softball results from Greensboro including Hunt striking out 11 for Southern, High Point hitters overpowering Fayetteville pitchers with two O Kelley homers, and Southern taking a 2-0 lead. It also reports on North Piedmont tourney action with Winston-Salem, Minette Mills, and other teams advancing in Greensboro.
Raleigh defeated Durham 3-0 to stretch its Carolina League lead to seven games with under two weeks remaining. Wilson fell 8-2 to Winston-Salem, keeping Durham in third place a half game behind Wilson, while Alamance and Greensboro split a doubleheader with scores of 8-4 and 3-0.
A critic argues the Quick Buck policy fuels decline in baseball. The speaker urges grassroots anger to trigger broad leadership changes, calling for heads to roll and removal of weak top executives. The critique centers on salaries and expense accounts over the sport's welfare.
Chicago's Early Wynn, 39, leading the American League with 16 or 17 wins, battles the Baltimore Orioles as he aims for his 300th major league win. He leads the league in strikeouts and is praised for his stamina, running regimen, and deceptive speed.
Baseball's top brass and William A. Shea meet to tackle five basic issues for a projected third major league. Shea says a third major league is inevitable with five founding teams. cities considered include New York Houston Minneapolis St Paul Denver Toronto with potential players from San Diego Portland Seattle and more.
The Chicago White Sox lose lefty Pierce for five to eight days with a back muscle strain, heightening strain on Early Wynn Bob Shaw and Barty Latman as they chase a rousing 27 10 push atop the AL. In other action San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and St Louis won, while Detroit surged past Cleveland with Rocky Colavito homering again.
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