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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1959
Page
12
Quentin Quayle returns to these pages as the 1959 high school football season opens. After a nine month layoff at lower Randolph County watering holes he comes back refreshed and ready to tackle a slender slate with his signature pre game peeks for the season.
The United States leads in the Pan American Games track and field events at Soldier Field with 14 of 16 men’s titles and 7 of 9 women’s, total 11 men and 4 women’s meet records. Cuba, West Indies, Argentina, Mexico and Chile have limited gold efforts. The games also feature tennis and boxing with notable matchups and contenders including Althea Gibson and Luis Ayala.
California trainer C W Smith's Fillisdale, resting after an earlier campaign, may run in a 7 furlong Belmont Labor Day card. Hillsdale, Indiana bred and the year's top earner with 432500, returns to training at Belmont and eyes major autumn races alongside foes such as Round Table Sword Dancer Bald Eagle and others.
In a long year of near-misses the Dodgers failed to seize the NL lead as hits and timely blasts eluded them. Don Cardwell and Ken Boyer sparked the opposition while Cardwell homered for the Braves and Buhl surrendered a late three-run rally as St. Louis and Chicago both pushed their cases. The Tigers and Yankees also posted wins as the pennant race kept twisting through August.
Hitting star Harvey Kuenn led the Detroit Tigers to a 4-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Pitcher Larry Jackson limited the St Louis Cardinals to two hits in a 3-0 victory over the second place Dodgers.
Major League standings show Chicago Baltimore Boston Kansas City and Washington with varied records. Tuesday results include Washington 7 Boston 4 and New York 5 Baltimore 0. Remaining games list Kansas City at Cleveland and rain for later matchups with schedule noting Washington at New York and Boston at Baltimore (N) Only.
Phillies beat Brewers 5 to 3 in Milwaukee as St Louis shutout Los Angeles 3 to 0. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati postponed due to rain.
Jim Bunning pitched the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on three singles, ending Chicago’s five game winning streak. It was Bunning’s first shutout in 45 starts since 1958, boosting his record to 14-10 as Detroit gained ground in the standings. White Sox starter Bob Shaw was beaten by nine Tigers hits while Harvey Kuenn led with a 4-for-5 day.
Raleigh wins in the Carolina League playoffs after a win over Wilson and Durham. Wilson claimed a third straight victory over Durham earlier, while Raleigh used nine pitchers and issued 18 bases on balls. Raleigh scored six unearned runs in the seventh.
Larry Jackson held Los Angeles to two hits as St. Louis won the opener of a three game series 3-0 sending the Dodgers 1.5 games back of the idle Giants. Jackson, 12-12, worked 101 pitches and said he had not his best stuff yet escaped trouble.
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