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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1959
Page
10
In Thomasville the Colonial Country Club hosts a long event with 80 players in the men’s field led by Bob Adams and Ray Keever from High Point who shot 73 in qualifying. Match play starts, with the men’s and women’s crowns up for grabs over five weeks, including a 21-woman field led by Medalist Vada Keever.
Keith Stoneman of Greenville NC advanced in two divisions of the North Carolina Open Tennis Championships. Seeded No 4 in men's singles he beat Phil Thomas 6 0 6 0 then moved to the junior division with a bye and a 61 64 win over James Sanders. Earl Dowhitt and Jim Hamilton featured in a notable men's singles match. Dowhitt won 15 33 6 1 to reach the third round. Women singles scheduled today with other matches.
Cincinnati star Frank Robinson in a 13 5 Reds win over Los Angeles homered twice and went 4 for 5 with four runs batted in. He’s hitting .280 or better after early struggles and says first base is not his preferred position, though he vows to adapt.
In a ten game span starting June 30, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox each went 8-4 while gaining on Baltimore Detroit and New York. The Red Sox swept the Yankees in Boston with a 13-3 win and 9-run sixth inning. Milwaukee beat San Francisco 3-0 to gain on first place Giants as Ed Matthews homered twice.
The Giants crumble in a 3-0 defeat as Milwaukee’s Burdette Spahn and Mathews overpower San Francisco. Mathews hits his 27th homer and adds an RBI total of four, while Spahn posts a shutout. Braves surge atop the NL, Dodgers lose.
Sunday School League games listed for multiple churches with times and locations blurred. Recreation League matchups include Reavigs Mem versus Pli-Back-Har and Monarch versus Vic's Barbecue with unclear venues and scores.
In the American Division a clash between 00 Yankees and Red Sox is noted. Indians versus White Box appears in the mix alongside Allen Jay Harvell and Deacons Harvell. Braves edge Phillies 4 to 3 with a late rally as the scoreboard shows 200 010 001 for the Braves.
Milwaukee Braves rally behind Eddie Mathews despite only three hits as Spahn wins his 11th of the year and 257th of his career. Mathews drives in three with a 27th homer to seal a 3 0 victory over the San Francisco Giants at County Stadium.
Scores from the minor leagues include Buffalo splitting with Toronto in two games 7 to 6 eleven innings and 13 to 4 completion of Sunday suspended game. Other results: Durham 2 Alamance 5 for 1-1, Raleigh 2 Wilson 4, Winston-Salem 10 Greensboro 5, Mobile 5 Shreveport 3 in 12 innings second game. Atlanta over Nashville 7-3, Memphis 7 New Orleans 3, Gastonia at Savannah postponed by rain, Charleston 1 Knoxville 0, Macon 6 Jacksonville 5, Charlotte 2 Asheville 2 called end of 11 due to rain.
Ted Williams and Stan Musial, both near retirement at 40 and 38, insist they are not washed up. Williams cites his neck as the obstacle and targets .300 plus a late surge, while Musial actions a recent .270 average and says he expects to reach .300 by season’s end.
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