Walls Delivers Two Run Shot To Lift Pirates Over Cardinals
Lee Walls homered with Frank Thomas aboard in the second inning as Pittsburgh beats St Louis 2-0 in seven innings due to rain. Bobby Friend earned his 11th win with clutch pitching, blanking the Cardinals over 27 straight innings this season.
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Lee Walls
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Bobby Friend
Cardinals
Walls
Bucs
Herman Wehmeier
Frank Thomas
Pirates
Wehmeier
Cardinal
Duke Snider Hits 15th Homer In Dodgers Win Over Braves
Brooklyn defeats Milwaukee 3-2 as Duke Snider belts his 15th homer in the eighth to cap a sixth straight victory. Clem Labine gets the win, Ernie Johnson blows the save, and Del Crandall Del Rice Del Adams score for the Braves. Labine improves to 5-1, Johnson falls to 1-1. Attendance 11,230.
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Duke Snider
Milwaukee Braves
Dodgers
Braves
Ransom Jackson
Hank Aaron
Roger Craig
Joe _Abcoek
Craig
Danny O'Connell
Walter Alston
Clem Labine
Eddie Mathews
O'Connell
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Aaron
Snider
Ernie Johnson
Adcock
Gene Conley
Johnson
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RBI
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Bruton
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Cole
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Jolly
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Gore
Yankees Win 3-1 Behind Sturdivant Two-Hitter
Tom Sturdivant, 26, pitched a two hitter with eleven strikeouts to lead the New York Yankees past the Cleveland Indians 3-1 before 40,964 at Municipal Stadium. Vic Wertz homered for Cleveland, while Mickey Mantle delivered a 24th homer and Gerry Coleman added an RBI double for New York.
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Tom Sturdivant
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
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Municipal Stadium
Yankees
Sturdivant
Tribe II
Indians
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Mickey Mantle
Gil MreDougald
Mantle
New York
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Andy Carey
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Carey
Wertz
Coleman
RBI
Narieski
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Lscore
Rice
Summers
McKinley
Plaherty
Mann Drugs Cup Ladies Pin Crown in Dramatic Finals
Mann Drug Stores swept Moose Lodge Five in a best of seven to win the Mann Drugs Cup and crown the Ladies division. Mildred Richard led with 498 across five games, edging Lib Grimes and Bertha Ferguson for top honors, while Vicki Mitchell led Moose Lodge with 493. Final standings and top ten bowlers listed.
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Mann Drug Stores
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Mann Drug
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Mann
Mildred Rickard
Lib Grimes
Bertha Ferguson
Vicki Mitchell
Redwinerdware
National
Marion Joyce
Moose Reis
Hassalyne Thomas
Nat Nell Patterson
Yellow Cab
Hazel Osborne
Moose
Doris Welch
Yellow Top Cab
Dot Bullin
Nat
Shirley Cox
Redwine
Betty Barber
Army Star Lou Jones Dominates 400 Meters at Interservice Meet
In Los Angeles Army sprinter Lou Jones clocked 45.7 to win the 400 meters over Air Force rival Jim Lea who ran 46.0. Jones equaled the U S best time and helped Army take the team title with 91 points as Air Force finished second. Marine stars Wes Santo and Mathias shone in the decathlon and 1500 meters, respectively, while O'Brien led Navy in field events and Olympic trials buildup.
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Lou Jones
Jim Lea
Air Force
Memorial Coliseum
Jones
Manhattan College
Lea
United States
Tom Courtney
Armiy
Lon Spurrier
Parry O’brien
Navy
Marines
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Pete
Mathias
Santee
Art Dalzell
Lowell Zellers
Will
Courtney
O'Brien
Aon
Des Koch
al Thompson
University of Southern California
Athias
Melbourne
Jim Klein
Man on drunkenness charge reveals bullsnake from shirt
In Council Bluffs Iowa a man arrested for drunkenness insisted officers to “take care of my snake” and then produced a three foot bullsnake from inside his shirt, surprising police.
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Iowa
Baltimore Orioles Top Kansas City 6 2 Behind Johnson's Seven-Hit Gem
Connie Johnson pitched seven strong innings allowing seven hits as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Athletics 6 to 2. Lob Nieman hit his sixth homer and Hoot Evers his first, delivering two early runs while Johnson improved to 2-3.
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Connie Johnson
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Orioles
Kansas City Athletics
Johnson
Lob Nieman
Hoot Evers
Nieman
Evers
George Kell
Jack Crimian
Athletics
Hector Lopez
Tim Thompson
Jim Finigan
Viv Power
Eddie Robinson
A’s
New York Yankees
Robinson
Vic Power
Red Sox win 6-5 in 12 throbbing for fourth in AL
Gene Stephens delivers the deciding hit in the 12th after Billy Klaus Vernon and Stephens help Boston erase Detroit lead. Vernon's homer and Maxwell Kaline homers highlight back-and-forth scoring as the Red Sox edge the Tigers 6 to 5 to claim sole possession of fourth place.
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Lief
Dave Sisler
Day Sisler
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Detroit Tigers
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Boxox
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Stephens
Sisler
Tom Brewer
Red Sox
Steve Gromek
Billy Klaus
Mickey Vernon
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Jim Piersall
Klaus
Vernon
Charlie Maxwell
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al Kaline
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Rivera Blasts Homer Chisox Romp To 7-0 Victory Over Nats
Chicago White Sox blanked the Washington Senators 7-0 as Jack Harshman allowed four hits and Jim Rivera hit a three run homer. Rivera drove in three runs and Lollar Aparicio added two RBIs in supporting the shutout on June 16 in Chicago.
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Jim Rivera
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
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Karl Olson
Jim Lemon
Pete Runnels
Ed FitzGerald
Washington
Rivera
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Pale Hose
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New York Yankees
Eddie Yost
Hal Griggs
Fred Hatfield
Rookie Frank Robinson Delivers in 11th to Edge Giants 3-1
Cincinnati Redlegs rally in the 11th inning to defeat the New York Giants 3-1. Frank Robinson drives in the go ahead run with a bases loaded sacrifice fly as Herschel Freeman earns the win and Worthington takes the loss. Robinson also had the earlier RBI in the fourth.
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Cincinnati Redlegs
New York Giants
Redlegs
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Frank Robinson
al Worthington
Wild
Cincinnati
Herschell Freeman
Johnny Temple
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Bob Thurman
Gus Bell
Ted Kluszewski
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Tom Acker
Fempie
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RBI
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Gorman
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