Wright Leads National Open at Mount Prospect with 145
Mickey Wright shot 70 to hold a 36 hole total of 145 leading the Mount Prospect Women’s Open. Betsy Rawls carded 69 to stand at 146 alongside Louise Suggs, with Fay Crocker 70 at 148 and Beverly Hanson 72 at 148 as six pros sit within three strokes of the leader. Rawls, the current LPGA money leader, seeks the $6,500 top prize in Monday’s finale.
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Bonita
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Betsy Rawls
Louise Suggs
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Beverly Hanson
Fay Crocker
Uruguay
Charles Chamberlain
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Kathrynne Whitworth
State Softball Meet Slated Here Aug. 6-15
The 1959 State Women's Softball Tournament sponsored by the Mercury Athletic Club and High Point Parks and Recreation Com will run August 6 to 15 at Harvell Park High Point. Cliff Koontz is tournament director overseeing Class A AA and AAA divisions with fast and slow pitch formats and weekend games.
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Mercury Athletic Club
High Point Parks and Recreation
Cliff Koontz
Harvell Park
High Point
Koonts
Shaffer Cocke Set For NC Juniors Final Showdown
In Greensboro Charlie Shaffer of Chapel Hill seeks a third title as he faces Stanley Cocke of Asheville in the junior boys final of the North Carolina closed championships. Cocke upset Harry Felton and others to advance, with Ken OTtinger reaching the daytime girls final alongside Joanne Cooper and Dasha Morgan.
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Charlie Shaffer
Chapel Hill
Stanley Cocke
Asheville
North Carolina
Jim Causey
Davidson
Cocke
Harry Felton
Rocky Mount
Shaffer
David Meschan
Winston-Salem
Ken Oettinger
Ray Stallings
Joanne Cooper
Charlotte
Dasha Morgan
Cooper
Horner
Morgan
Gay Williams
Sally O'Rourke
Char- Williams
Popsie Rogers
Qualifying Continues For Tourney At High Point Gold
Tourney qualifying runs through Aug 2 with match play format announced by Paul Brewer, tourney chairman. The championship flight winner will be the unofficial city champion for the year.
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High Point Gold Association
Paul Brewer
Tourney
Brewer
Sunny Jim Tatum Laid To Rest In Chapel Hill
Coach Jim Tatum was buried in Chapel Hill after dying from a violent virus infection at age 46. About 300 inside the church and 200 outside watched mourners, including his three children and many sports figures, as Emmett Cheek and other candidates were named to replace him.
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N.C
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Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
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Emmett Cheek
Maryland
Guilford College
George Barclay
North Carolina
Jim Hickey
Hampden-Sydney
Charles Hubbard
UNC Itrack
Frank Howard
Clemson College
Bear Bryant
Alabama
Bud
Yankees struggle as Stengel recalls the good old days
Casey Stengel laments the Yankees failing to win with old tricks and faces injuries to four regulars. He notes slow defense and hitting, misses three double plays the other night, and says opponents feel they can contend with the Yankees while they search for form.
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Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Yankees
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Stengel
Gil McDouglad
Bob Turley
Tony Kubek
Bill Skowron
McDougald
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Skowron
Cleveland
Burns is Biltmore Winner
Greensboro bespectacled golfer Marge Burns won the Biltmore title in a tight 1-up finish after 18 holes. The 20-year-old Florida Southern College student Maureen challenged with a back nine rally but Marge clinched the three time title with a clutch 14-foot putt on the 16th and two-putt halve on the final hole.
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Greensboro
Marge
Jane Cothran
Greenville
S.C
Dot Kirby
Atlanta
Maureen
Florida Southern College
Florida West Coast
Southern Assn Scores Weather Affects Baseball Schedule
Rain delays hit Nashville at New Orleans and Chattanooga at Mobile with two games postponed. Atlanta leads Memphis after the first game 6 4, while Birmingham trails 6 to 0 in its first game. Omaha at Houston also referenced with rain impacts.
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Southern Assn
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New Orleans
Chattanooga
Mobile
Atlanta
Memphis
Birmingham
Omaha
Houston
Charman
Back Hurts Ted Williams May Force Retirement
Ted Williams, 40, told Boston Red Sox manager Billy Jurges his neck and back pain prevented him from playing Friday night. He tried a pinch hit in the seventh, popped up, and said the back pain started six days after spring training began. Williams, who hit .388 in 1957, has 489 career home runs and hopes to reach 500 but fears retirement.
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Kansas City
Ted Williams
Williams
Boston Red Sox
Billy Jurges
Ted
Red Birds Top Caps 2-1 Behind Moton Duel
Winston Salem edged Raleigh 2-1 as George Moton scattered six hits to out duel Fritz Binder. Binder carried a no hit bid into the sixth before Carlos Dore’s two out single broke the string. The win extends Winston Salem’s run to four straight.
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Winston-Salem
George Moton
Fritz Binder
Raleigh
Binder
Joe Wooten
Carlos Dore
High Point Swimmers Break Records in Jr Olympics Meet
At the Carolinas AAU Jr Olympics Course Meet in Asheville the High Point and Spartanburg squads led a record blitz with 17 new marks across 25 events at Recreation Park pool. Notable highlights include Lucy Latimer and Bobby Gray setting age group records, Penny Taliaferro breaking two marks, and Mitchell Betty trimming the 50 yard backstroke record for boys 11-12.
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Asheville
High Point
Lucy Latimer
Lynn Taliaferro
Greensboro
Bobby Gray
Teen Pearce
Spertanhurst
Jennifer Carr
Sally Cochrane
Mitchell Betty
Betty
Mountain Amateur Athletic Club
Virgil Daniels
Chapel Hill
Spartanburg
Penny Taliaferro
Robert Gullett
Raleigh
Sam Black
Dick Young
Dwight Stephens
Charlotte
Tom Pierce
Gandy Siéek
Goertenour
Lorrie
Pattie Howie
Charleston
Tom Honey
Cris Witaseek
Stan Young
Jody Peer
Sandy McCarie
Karen Gill
Gall Hes
Karl Selden
Paul Ogburn
Statesville
Gillie Spratt
Buddy Carter
David Hawkins
Ao Helfrich
Spartanbure
Joanne Walsh
Side Hemminger
Sandra Wollman
Ieuntein Amateur Athletic Club
Bruce Beiderbeck
Mike McIntyre
Billy Roed
Oor
Gunter
James Vf
Thad Adams
Beth Winters
Susan Indunaeal
Cissy Manley
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Russell Redding
Gene Oschienreiter
John Alexander
Guy Carr
Dave Collette
Lynn Inters
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Pend Blackmore
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Harry Schiffman
Mary Ponleigh
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Indians Defeat Tobs 7-3 on Rain Shortened Tilt
Alamance Indians rally for three runs in the third and four in the fifth aided by homers from Bill Williamson and Jim Weaver to beat Wilson 7-3 in a game cut to six innings by rain. Elder White scored for Wilson and Corky Glamp delivered a first inning single.
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Jim Weaver
Mike White
Williamson
Jerry Webb
Indians
Tony Newton
Larry Bulla
Wilson
Rain Cancels Second Annual Sweepstakes Stock Cars
Winston-Salem AP reports the second annual sweepstakes stock car race for convertibles and grand nationals was rained out after Glenn Wood and Rex White set qualifying records in both divisions. Promoters Alvin Hawkins and Bill France rescheduled the 200 lap event for August 22. It marked the sixth rain halt of the season for the stadium race program.
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Winston-Salem
Glenn Wood
Rex White
Alvin Hawkins
Bill France
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