Phillies slump sparks airport welcome for lone win
Bill Hodges surveys sports brief notes from the era. The Philadelphia Phillies suffer a 23-game skid but fans burst out for a single win, while Art Mahaffey fades to 7-17. The piece also covers NASCAR legal threats by Bill Flock and Turner, Miss North Carolina Softball semifinals, five World Championship events by the Amateur Softball Association, Harvey Rice Memorial Golf at Colonial, Cincinnati Recs vs Giants, golf money leaders Sanders, Player, and Palmer, and managers’ confidence votes.
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Benefit Set For Stokes in Catskills All-Star Benefit
Stokes benefit game in Monticello pits East versus West NBA greats coached by Red Auerbach and Paul Seymour to raise funds for Maurice Stokes treatment. Jack Twyman, guardian for the former Royals star paralyzed by encephalitis, organized the event with players paying their own way. Stokes, who will be in a wheelchair, continues rehabilitation at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. doctors hope for partial recovery and Twyman vows attendance next year.
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Tides Fans Would Have Liked Rain
Portsmouth fans blamed the weather as two washouts doomed the Sally League Tides. Columbia swept both ends of a doubleheader 5-1 and 4-0, moving into third while Portsmouth fell to fifth. Asheville widened its lead to 11 games with a 91 win over Jacksonville. Charleston beat Knox ville in 10 innings, Greenville edged Charlotte 2-1. Korean Rivera and Bill Freehan homered for Knoxville late, but Charleston built an early lead. Manly Johnston had two doubles and a single. Foss held Jacksonville to five hits, blanking them except for the seventh.
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Four-Hitters Highlight Carolina League Action
Four hitters led the Carolina League Monday night as rain postponed Greensboro at Burlington. Winston-Salem beat Raleigh 4-1 in seven innings with Ben Tench pitching a four-hitter. Carmen Lemma added a four-hit night as Caps won 3-0 in the nightcap. Durham beat Wilson 5-1 in the opener, Wilson taking the second game 6-2 behind Jimmy Roland. Tonight's games: Greensboro at Wilson, Burlington at Winston-Salem, and Durham at Raleigh.
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Boston Homecoming for Spahn at Fenway Park
Warren Spahn returned to Boston in his 40s for an exhibition with the Braves at Fenway Park. The game benefited children's cancer research as Boston hosted a foggy, ovation-filled night in which Spahn pitched a perfect inning and earned his 302nd victory after a nine-inning effort. He retired AL batting champion Pete Runnels on a grounder and honored a storied career that began with the Boston Braves on April 19, 1942.
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History of the Yo Yo Forgotten Man Cravath
In a Nashville Tenn AP feature, Clifford Clarence Gavvy Cravath is profiled as baseballs forgotten hero. The piece recalls Cravaths 24 homer season in 1915, his nicknames including Wooden Shoes and Cactus, and Ruths breaking of his record. It notes Cravath led the National League in homers multiple times and cites his path from Philadelphia Nationals to fame, with anecdotes on his bat talk and park-size impact.
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Melon APU IECE National League American League
Schedule items list NL and AL games with cities including Los Angeles St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Milwaukee Pittsburgh San Francisco Cincinnati Washington Boston Detroit Cleveland Minnesota Chicago Baltimore Kansas City New York Los Angeles with Wednesday and today matchups and venues noted for doubleheader or night games.
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Possible Backfire for Maris Mantle in NY pennant race
Detroit manager Rob Scheffing muses on how Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle chasing Babe Ruth’s 60th home run could disrupt the Yankees. He notes pressure affects near-60 hitters and recalls Hank Greenberg and Jimmy Foxx misses. Only nine champions in Ruth era reached the World Series in three seasons after Ruth’s record.
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Reds face eight game stretch in six days at home
The Cincinnati Reds start a grueling eight game slate over six days, leading the National League by three games over the Dodgers. Manager Fred Hutchinson may reshuffle pitching with Ken Hunt and Jim Maloney possibly joining the rotation as he plans matchups against the Giants and Dodgers.
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Regional Finals Set For Tonight
Colonial Heights Virginia aims to complete a comeback by facing Orangeburg District of Columbia in the Region 3 American Legion Junior Baseball Tournament final. Lastnight Colonial Heights tied in the ninth and won on a single by Hugh Powell, with Lonny Kinker scoring on Powell’s 11th inning hit.
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