Toms Top Bulls 65 in 14-Start Run to Lead Carolina League
Bubba Morton and John Kennedy starred as the Tom sellers beat the Durham Bulls at Finch Field 65 to secure their 12th win in 14 starts. Morton slid into third on Jim Green's seventh inning single while Kennedy’s throw arrived too late to retire him.
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Wycliffe
Bubba) Morton
Durham
Jim Green
Durham Bulls
Finch Field
John Kennedy
Tom Keane
Kennedy
Morton
Toms
Bulls
Bil Jackson
Split Twin Bill Set Patriots Here Tonight
The Carolina League season resumes with a split doubleheader featuring the Hi-Toms and the Greensboro Patriots. Lefty Bob Milo faces Greensboro in the day game at Memorial Stadium, while Jack Taylor starts for the Hi-Toms in the night contest at Finch Field. The Patriots planned to start Herb Benner and Bill Monbiot.
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Oop Teaders
Greensboro
Bob Milo
Memorial Stadium
R Jack Taylor
Standings Update From First Half Halfway Point
The standings show HI-TOME at Greensboro and HI-TOMS in Greensboro by night, Wilson at Durham in 2 games, Danville at Winston-Salem in 2. Danville has won 12 of 14. Durham Bulls sit bottom after 8-5 loss at Finch Field to the Toms, 14 hits to 11, Kennedy four hits with a homer, Conratto three RBI.
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Greensboro
Hi-Toms
Wilson
Durham
Danville
Winston-Salem
Durham Bulls
Bulls
Finch Field
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George Contratto
Lee Petty
Tar Heel Speedway
Bob Welborn
Nascar
Sportsman
Bowman Gray Stadium
Ned Jarrett
Newton
Carl Burris
Tom Webster
Jimmy Lewallen
Ken Rush
Racing Promoters Highlight Big South Event
The Charlotte gathering drew 35 writers and racing men as promoters hailed the withdrawal of factory teams from stock ovals and tickets near sell out for the September event. Raleigh hosts a 250 mile race with mixed hardtops and convertibles and an unusual qualifying plan. Bruton Smith promotes at Charlotte Fairgrounds with drivers like Buck Baker and Dink Widenhouse returning.
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Barringer
Raleigh
Bruton Smith
Fairgrounds Oval
Smith
Buck Baker
Curt Turner
Cotton Owens
Doug Cox
Dink Widenhouse
Dink
Widenhouse- Smith
Ribbon event set as High Point teams face Greensboro
High Point boys and girls swim teams meet Greensboro in a ribbon event at City Lake pool tomorrow at 8 a.m. The three age groups are 10 and under, 11 to 12, and 12 to 13. Breaststroke butterfly backstroke and freestyle are the events.
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High Point
Greensboro
City Lake Pool
Gieromk Tatee
Baseball league leaders across leagues summarized
The records show Mantle leading the American League with a .379 batting average and 66 runs with 57 RBIs by Sievers. Malzone and Minoso tie for 19 doubles, Nieman, McDougald, and Simpson share three-way leads with six triples, and Pilarcik and Landis pace stolen bases with 10. Shantz tops wins in the AL with 9.1? No, 91 is erroneous. Wynn has 90 strikeouts. In the National League Aaron leads with .358, 60 runs, 68 RBIs, and 107 hits. Musial has 26 doubles, Mays 11 triples, Aaron 25 home runs, and Mays and Schmidt share 6 stolen bases with a .857? Sanford is 88 strikeouts.
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Mantle
New York
Rune
Pilarcik
Baltimore
Landis
Chicago
Shantz
Wynn
Cleveland
Fondy
Pittsburgh
Aaron
Milwaukee
Musial
St. Louis
Mays
Baker Edges Ortega in Lightweight Bout in Miami
Larry Baker, 145 pounds from Indianapolis, outpoints Gaspar Ortega, 147%, Mexico City, in a boxing match held in Miami Beach. Ortega weighed 147% and Baker secured the win on points.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Larry Baker
Indianapolis
Gaspar Ortega
Mexico City
Schneider Tops Raleigh 250 Qualifying Record
Frankie Schneider of Lambertville New Jersey set a Raleigh speedway one lap record in 43.18 seconds at 83.37 mph to win pole for the Raleigh 250. The event features 40 plus drivers vying for an $18,825 purse with races scheduled across Charlotte Roanoke Asheville and Randleman venues.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Carolinas
Frankie Schneider
Lambertville
N.J
Raleigh Speedway
Schneider
Charlotte Fairgrounds
Buck Baker
Charlotte
Curtis Turner
Roanoke
Asheville
McCormick Field Speedway
Lee Petty
Tar Heel
Randleman
How Paid
Sime Powers Paris Meet with Double Sprint Wins
Duke sprinter Dave Sime dominated in Paris winning the 100 by 10.4 seconds and the 200 in 21.2 seconds. He led the U S with nine of twelve events while Great Britain and France lagged. Sime also anchored the winning 400 meter relay in 42.2.
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Duke University
Dave Sime
Sime
Preston Griffin
Compton
Calif
Great Britain
France
U.S
Nets
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