Stars Win 2 Take Series at Vancouver Clash
Bollywood swept a Pacific Coast League bout, beating Vancouver Sunday before 5,848 Gilmore Field fans. Curt Rigdon shut out the...
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
11
Bollywood swept a Pacific Coast League bout, beating Vancouver Sunday before 5,848 Gilmore Field fans. Curt Rigdon shut out the...
San Francisco Seals beat Sacramento 3-2 in a nine inning rally with Ed Sadowski smashing a homer in the ninth to force extra innings and lift the Seals to a series win as Vancouver and Hollywood faltered in the standings.
Angels and Padres combined for a 49 hit doubleheader in San Diego. San Diego won 12-4 in the opener, Los Angeles taking the nightcap 7-4 after two extra innings. Jim Baxes drove in two in the second game with Bobby Dolan stealing home to put the Angels ahead.
The Padres pile up runs and hits as Dave Pope collects five in two games to extend his hitting streak to consecutive games. Rudy Regulate adds six hits and a homer to lift San Diego in a 5-5 tie in the first game before a Los Angeles comeback in the second.
Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh 4-1 in the opener of a doubleheader behind Jim Bolger and Ernie Banks homers and Don Kaiser’s strong pitching. The nightcap halted in the seventh inning due to a 7 p.m. curfew with the game tied 4-4, resuming later on July 16 after the suspension.
In Montevideo Uruguay Francio Secura defeated Australia’s Ken Rosewall 6 2 Sunday in the windup of Jack Kramer’s exhibition. In doubles Kramer and Dinny Pails beat Carlos Sanhueza and Jorge San Martin 6 2 6 2. The Australian pair Rosewall and Pails defeated Segura and Kramer 9 7 6 8 6 3.
The readable fragments reference a local notice involving a sale action and officials in Birmingham and Atlanta areas. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but the core event is a public sale notice with municipal involvement.
Elisian of Oakland California moved into the lead on lap 14 to win a 30 lap sprint car feature at the fairgrounds in front of about 6 000 fans. OConnor and Branson traded leads early before Branson finished second as OConnor retired on lap five with a fuel line issue and Linden suffered a leg burn when an oil line broke on lap 45.
The report lists finishers and times for a local jalopy dash. Fred Thomson appears among top places with a 5.08 seconds trophy time. Dana Schendler Jack Rushn Turner Don Harrison and Barry Thom appear in various slots with other competitors noted.
Former New York Yankee star Joe DiMaggio took batting practice before an Italian baseball match and reported lingering soreness in his back. He said the brief session left him stiff but not seriously hurt, adding he felt overworked but intended to play.
Daigh of Long Beach won the T4-mile feature at Paramount Raith sports car races averaging 74.2 mph in a Troutman Barnes Special. He led from the start finishing 20 seconds ahead of Pete Woods of Whittier. Drake of Redondo Beach finished third. Ken Miles led the main event for small cars at 72.7 mph in a Porsche Spyder with Jack McAfee of Manhattan Beach second and Frank Monise of Pasadena third.
Dixie Howell hit consecutive home runs to fuel a come from behind win for the Chicago White Sox over the Washington Senators in the nightcap of a doubleheader. Earlier Minnie Minoso and Jim Rivera hit two run shots in the opener, as Washington led 6 0 before Chicago's late surge. Howell earned the win, support from Nellie Fox and Walt Dropo, and Rivera’s fifth homer of the season sealed the outcome.
Harvey Kuenn belted a go ahead homer in the 10th inning backing Jim Bunning as the Detroit Tigers beat the opponent 2 to 1 after Bunning spun a three hit performance.
Ray Orteig's pinch hit double in the seventh broke a 3 3 tie and gave Seattle a 5 3 win over Portland in the nightcap of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader in Seattle. Seattle also won the opener 12 5.
Cleveland Indians take both ends of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles. Ray Narleski earns his 5th win in relief as he helps secure a 4-3 opener victory. Early Wynn pitches the nightcap, a 5-1 win, aided by homers from Smith and Williams as Cleveland gains momentum in the pennant race.
Local sports recap notes Savitt securing a win as the City League softball schedule concludes Sunday. Mentions players Miles Caveravets West and Hamer Vaive and references to the Triple A tennis tournament and other area activities.
Sloop Sirius captures its fourth straight Catalina race defeating 10 rivals around Catalina Island. Sirius led by corrected time over Barlovento by 43 minutes, with Sparkle and Valentin among the following finishers. Winds waned as the field battled the weekend bay sailing, with Bechter and other racers posting scattered results.
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