Yankees Power Past Orioles in Doubleheader Sweep
The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles in both ends of a day-night doubleheader at Memorial Stadium. Tom Sturdivant and Bob Turley won the daytime and night games respectively, supported by solo homers from Skowron Martin and McDougald in the opener and a Mantle single plus Turley’s efforts in the nightcap. Mantle’s 42nd homer pace remains well ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 mark. Attendance totaled 40,265.
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Gordon Beard
Baltimore
New York Yankees
Tom Sturdivant
Bob Turley
Baltimore Orioles
Annou
Sturdivant
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Gil Mehit
Hal
Skinny
New York
Erv Palica
Martin
Mickey Mantle
Mantle
Babe Ruth
Yankee
Memorial Stadium
Wayne Causey
Turley
Hunter
Willie Miranda
Yanks
Dodgers Dominate Phillies 9 2 Behind Maglie Six Hitter
Brooklyn Dodgers defeat Philadelphia Phillies 9 to 2 at Connie Mack Stadium behind Sal Maglie six hits and strong bullpen. Gil Hodges and Roy Campanella homer, Hodges and Robinson each collect three hits as Brooklyn pummels four PHI pitchers and ends Harvey Haddix winning streak at seven games.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sal Maglie
Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
Dodgers
Harvey Haddix
Brooklyn
Gil Hodges
Roy Campanella
Hodges
Robinson
Cubs Clout Cards By 8 1 Score
In St Louis on August 18 1960 Moe Drabowsky pitched well for the Cubs allowing one hit through four innings and securing an 8 1 victory. Turk Lown aided in the eighth as Chicago hitters collected four hits to back the rookie in a strong start.
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ST. Louis
Moe Drabowsky
Chicago Cubs
Drabowski
Turk Lown
Drabowsk
Stan Musial
Rocky Nelson
Ken Boyer
Bobby DelGreco
Wilson Takes AA Softball Crown
Wilson representing Herring Implement Company defeated Gray's Chapel of Asheboro 9-5 and 8-2 to win the AA Division title at Harvell Park. Pitcher Doris Thorne hurled two strong games, fanning four in the opener and leaving seven runners stranded in the second, while Blondie Webb drove in key runs and Ann Webb added a two-run double.
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Wilson Guns
Herring Implement Company
Gray's Chapel
Asheboro
Harvell Park
Wilson
Husky Doris Thorne
Champs
Thorne
Gray's ‘Chapel
Ann Webb
Jean Daniels
Blondie Webb
Webb
Barbara Routh
Mary
Hi-Toms Rally Tops Wilson in League Action
Gus Carmichael pitched a complete game for the Hi-Toms as they defeated Wilson 6-4 to seize the league lead. He allowed four runs on nine hits with no walks. Wilson managed only four hits through seven innings before the Hi-Toms added key runs in the eighth.
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Winston Salem
Toms
Gus Carmichael
Savannah
Wilson
Carmichael
Redlegs Rally Past Braves With Eight Homers In rout
Cincinnati Redlegs crushed Milwaukee 13-4 to tie the major league record with eight homers. Bob Thurman hit three, joined by Ted Kluszewski Frank Robinson and Wally Post with multiple blasts as Cincinnati sent four Milwaukee pitchers to the mound and moved within a game and a half of the NL lead.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Redlegs
Bob Thurman
Milwaukee
Braves
Ted Kluszewski
Frank Robinson
Wally Post
Redlegs
New York Yankees
Thurman
Gus Bell
New York Giants
Fred Haney
Ray Crone
Robinson
Kluszewski
Bob Buhl
Crone
Post
Gene Conley
Wilkinson Preaches What He Practices In College Football
Bud Wilkinson at 40 stands as the nation’s top coach with 84 wins 8 losses and 3 ties for a .913 average over nine years at Oklahoma. His four guiding principles alertness speed precision thoroughness shaped players who have become coaches Jack Mitchell Wade Walker Darrell Royal Pete Tillman. Tatum leads Maryland and faces Oklahoma in the fall opener while Wilkinson’s Sooners ride a 30 game win streak and a 31 straight victories mark from 1948 1950.
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Bob Hoobing
Associated Press
Charles
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Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Sooners
Minnesota
Bud
Jim Tatum
North Carolina
Maryland
Army
Earl Blaik
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Georgia Tech
Bill Murray
Duke
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Johnny Vaught
Mississippi
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Dartmouth
Warren Woodson
Arizona
Jess Hill
Southern California
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Wade Walker
Mississippi State
Darrell Royal
Washington
Pete Tillman
Wichita
Tatum
Missouri
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Lynn ‘Waldorf
California
Carl Snav‘ely
Washington University
St. Louis
Wilson Paces AA All Stars In Softball Balloting
Herring Implement Co of Wilson won the State Class AA Softball title at Finch Field and placed five players on the AA All-Star team. Doris Thorne led as Most Valuable Player. Gay Wallace named Most Popular Coach. The roster includes Ann Webb, Jean Shore, Ruth Shumate, Edith Harris, Martha Cox, and others from Wilson, Gray's Chapel, Madison, and Erwin Mills.
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Herring Implement Co
Wilson
Finch Field
Doris Thorne
Herring
Gay Wallace
Ann Webb
Util. Inf
Ruth Shumate
Madison
Ann Stanton
Wil
Dodgers edge Reds in slugfest with late burst
O'Connell Adcock Bruton Atwell fuel five run rally as Robinson, Kluszewski homer and multiple players drive in runs. Lefty Crone yields six in 2 13, Jeffcoat secures win. Crone 4 4, Buhl 2 2, Conley 7 3, Klippstein 4 4. Attendance 21,472.
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Powers Wire to Meet Reliable in Playoff for Recreation Title
Powers Wire and Reliable Manufacturing Co. clash tomorrow night at Harvell Park at 6 for the second game of their playoff to decide the Recreation League champion. A Powers win would clinch the title, while Reliable could force a deciding game.
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Powers Wire
Reliable Manufacturing Co
Harvell Park
Powers
Reliable
James Manufacturing Co
Globe
Highland Methodist
Standings Of The Clubs Night Five Showing Mixed Results
Standings show Chicago and Milwaukee competing in a rough slate with several close scores. Notable matchups include Pittsburgh facing New York and St Louis encounters with multiple players listed in tight races.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Louis
St. Brooklyn
Unclear Sports Aggregation With Scattered Box Scores
Fragmented lines name teams and players such as Kansas City Cleveland Washington Boston Detroit Chicago and individuals like Pascual Brewer Hoeft Burnette Garcia Stebbs Parnell and Harsh. Scores shown include 25 to 7 15 to 10 and 5 to 13 but the text is garbled with missing context and uncertain matchups.
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Lemon
Washington
Pascual
Brewer
Detroit
Chicago
Hoeft
New York
Baltimore
Kansas Ci
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Cleveland
Kansas
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Toms Cop Lead Harrington Injury Darkens Hi Toms Win
The Hi Toms beat the Wilso n Tobs 4 0 at Finch Field to move one game up on the Fayetteville Highlanders. Veteran infielder Fred Harrington fractured his right foot on a foul tip in the eighth inning and will miss six weeks, ending his season and playoff chances. Carmichael tossed a strong effort, Harrington stayed at bat after the foul, then left for Gail y Thomas in the ninth.
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Joe Gaskin
Carmichael
Bill Ford
Harrington
Mike Garcia
Nel Cooper
Ford
Garcia
Karl Kuehl
Bo Bosgard
Chase Gaskin
Marco Mainini
Mainini
Flood
Rene Solis
Kuehl
Hi-Toms
Fayetteville Highlanders
Finch Field
Toms
Fred Harrington
Wilson
Tobs
Gaily Thomas
Canadian Women's Open Golf Champion Repeats Victory
Marlene Stewart of Fonthill Ontario won her third straight Canadian Women's Open by defeating Pat Lesser of Seattle on the 37th hole after 36 holes tied. Stewart clinched the match on the first extra hole.
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Winnipeg
Marlene Stewart
Fonthill
Ont
Pat Lesser
Seattle
All Square
Miss Stewart
Bronstad Keeps Twins Rallying Past Scots 6-3
Winston Salem wins 6-3 as seven inning rally breaks open after Osinski yields two early runs. Jim Bronstad allowed two runs in first then shut down Fayetteville with six strikeouts. Sam Charnofsky drives in three with bases loaded double, Jerry Mackay adds RBI, Darrell Howerton plates run. Weather and rain threaten twin bill. second game postponed, doubleheader on Sunday.
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Lanners
Jim Bronstad
Larry Spinner
Donnie Montgomery
Bob Mayhew
Montgomery
Highlanders
Frank Leja
Hal Charnofsky
Twins
Sam Charnofsky
Charnofsky
Jerry Mackay
Carl Howerton
Leroys Thomas
Fayetteville
Glenn Phillips
Jim Tolleson
All-Star Tilt Set For Greensboro Memorial Stadium
The South's original All-Star game will be played at Greensboro Memorial Stadium on August 26 at 2 o'clock. The South All-Stars will face the Kansas City Monarchs in this annual matchup.
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Greensboro
Memorial Stadium
Kansas City Monarchs
Danville Leafs Topple Durham Bulls 5-1 in N C
Danville pitcher Vic Davis earned his 16th victory as the Leafs beat the Durham Bulls 5-1. Leon Wagner hit his 46th homer of the Carolina League and Jack Lewis added a two run shot in a two hour game with light sprinkles. Durham scored on a first inning error and Bucky Luck double, while Davis worked eight innings with eight strikeouts.
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N. C
Durham Bulls
Vic Davis
Danville Leafs
Danville
Davis
Leon Wagner
Wagner
Leo Shoals
Reidsville
Max Simmons
Willie McCovey
Bob White
McCovey
Jack Lewis
Jack Fickinger
Stan Crossman
Dick Camill
Bucky Luck
Emil Karlik
Ex-Duke Star Leach Dies on Plumbing Job Near Graham
Carson Red Leach, 26, once a top Duke football player, died near Graham North Carolina while plumbing under a house. Doctors consider possible heart attack or electrocution. autopsy permission sought. Leach lived with wife and three daughters at Haw River and hoped to return to Duke to finish studies.
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N. C
Carson Red Leach
Duke University
R. D. Matthews
Alamance County
Leachy
Haw River
Jimmy Best
Leach
Best
Anchise Milton Dubade
Johnny Atkinson
Webster Road
Duke
Catherine Anne May
Phyllise Ann
Bbaren
Cindy
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