Braves Fall 6-1 As Cardinals Pitch Shutout
Milwaukee Braves manage only three singles and commit two costly errors in a 6-1 defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals at County Stadium. Curt Simmons improves to 6-2, while Tony Cloninger drops to 3-3 after a tough six innings.
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Pizarro Wins Fifth straight as White Sox top Senators
Juan Pizarro pitched four hits for 13 strikeouts in Chicago's 3-1 victory over Washington to stay unbeaten at 5-0. He homered and drove in a run, helping the White Sox remain in first place 20 percentage points ahead of Baltimore.
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Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Stats
Major league leaders include Oliva Minnesota with 56 hits and 40 runs, Rollins Minnesota with 31 runs, Killebrew Minnesota 11 home runs, Aparicio Baltimore 19 steals, and Pizarro Chicago 5 0 in pitching. Mays San Francisco leads batting at 60 at bats with 405 average and 36 runs, Clemente Pittsburgh 51 hits, and Gibson St Louis 4 1 000 in pitching.
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Hogan Beats Snead In TV Golf Film Victory
In Houston AP report Ben Hogan shot a three under par 69 to defeat Sam Snead by three strokes in Shell's Wonderful World of Golf. Hogan never missed the fairway or a green, avoiding sand traps while TV telecast next January highlights his consistent accuracy and birdie or better chances on every hole.
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Midwest League Scores Highlight Decatur Quincy Clash
In the Midwest League Decatur defeated Quincy 13 to 10 while Clinton won 4 to 3 at Dubuque. Burlington beat Wisconsin Rapids 12 to 2 and Waterloo topped Pax Cities 14 to 6. Quad Cities 11 Cedar Rapids and Northern League games Winnipeg 8 Grand Forks and Aberdeen 17. Duluth Superior 6 in 12 innings. St Cloud 4 over Biemarck Mandan 23.
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AFL Delays AFL Expansion To 1966 Amid Interest
AFL owners plan to wait until 1966 to admit new cities with a committee led by LaMar Hunt screening 20 groups from over a dozen cities. Potential sites include Atlanta Philadelphia Cincinnati Los Angeles Portland Seattle Montreal Toronto and Louisville as franchise bids intensify aided by a 36 million TV deal with NBC. Commissioner Joe Foss receives a new three year contract and pay raise.
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Baseball Standings and Weekend Results Across Leagues
The standings show Chicago leading the AL with a 7 9 record and Baltimore at 20 6 while New York and Cleveland hold strong spots. Weekend results include Chicago edging Washington 3 1 and Baltimore defeating Minnesota 6 5, with several other divisional games and upcoming interleague matchups.
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Two Games Open Blair WIAA District Baseball Tourney
Blair, Wisconsin hosts opening matches in the WIAA district tournament with Black River Falls facing Whitehall at 6 30 p m and Blair meeting Alma Center Lincoln at 8 p m The Black River Falls Whitehall winner advances to meet Taylor in the 4 p m Monday game and the championship is set for 3 p m Thursday May 28.
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Viroqua Beats Westby 5-3 in Non-Conference Baseball
Viroqua pitcher Larry Gabrielson struck out 12 and scattered six hits to lead a 5-3 win over Westby. Bob Sanwik had two hits for Viroqua while Ron Rudie homered for Westby, with scoring noted in the bottom of the sixth.
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Westby
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Blihorde
Storbakken
Greta Schuler
Henley
Eye Injury Sidelines Hulse From Indy 500
Race driver Chuck Hulse of Downey California will miss the Indianapolis 500 after an eye injury from a sprint car crash in New Bremen Ohio earlier this month. An eye specialist said vision healing would not occur in time for the Memorial Day race worth $500000.
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State Sets New Rate for Caddies in Wisconsin
The State Industrial Commission announced new minimum pay rates for golf caddies in Wisconsin. Caddies will receive 1.40 for nine holes and 2.75 for 18 holes, rates deemed sufficient to meet the minimum wage law.
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State Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
Simmons Says He's Pitching Better At 35
Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals at 35 says he is pitching better than ever after a 6-1 win over the Milwaukee Braves. The lefty allowed three hits with six strikeouts to drop his ERA to 2.24, crediting changes in pitch selection and steady control.
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Associated Press
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Pittsburgh
Max Molock and R W E Jones Enter NAIA Hall of Fame
Two veteran coaches join the NAIA Hall of Fame with induction set for June 7 in St Joseph Missouri. Max McLock of St Mary's Winona Minnesota revived and coached baseball earning a 211 and 79 record. R W E Jones of Grambling College is honored for 38 years guiding players who have signed pro contracts totaling over 275000 dollars.
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Mays Leads Giants In 8-3 Win Over Pirates
Willie Mays collected four hits including his 17th homer to lift his batting average to .405 and reclaim the NL lead as the Giants defeated Pittsburgh 8-3. The star started by delivering a single in the first and added a third inning RBI before a late homer in the sixth.
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Orioles Rally Past Twins On Bowens and Orsino Home Runs
Baltimore overcame a 5-4 deficit in the ninth as Sam Bowens and Johnny Orsino hit back to back homers to beat Minnesota 6-5. Tony Oliva was hit on the helmet by a pitch and left the game with negative X rays. Al Salerno fined Steve Barber and ejected Hank Bauer after the HBP incident.
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Pro Wrestler Tex Riley Dies After Tag Match
Tex Riley, a longtime professional wrestler about 50, died in Memorial Hospital after a tag team loss in Savannah Georgia. He and partner Joe Scarpa had just lost to the Von Brauner twins when Riley complained of chest pains.
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Bangor City Team To Drill Sunday
Bangor Wisconsin announces a 1:30 p.m. Sunday practice for the Bangor city baseball team. All candidates must report to the baseball park as the semi pro squad competes in the Western Wisconsin League.
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Roger Griffin Stars In Track At West Point
Cadet Roger Griffin of the U S Army Academy shines in track this spring, excelling in the broad jump with top marks of 23 feet 5 inches in a Army Notre Dame dual at South Bend. He also won broad jump events against Yale and Manhattan and placed against Harvard. Griffin, a La Crosse Central standout and son of F H Griffin, is a third year cadet who will compete in the Penn State meet and the Army Naval Academy dual next week.
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Ted) Griffin
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Bangor Coulee golf team claims conference title
Bangor High School wins the Coulee Conference golf championship at Maple Grove, edging West Salem 181 to 183. Steve Sprehn and Dave Sprehn deliver winning birdies to cap a 7-1 conference season. Stan Sprehn medalist with 43, Don Terpstra 42.
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Logan Netters Defeat Aquinas In City Tennis Match
Logan defeats Aquinas 6-2 in a city tennis meet ending Aquinas season. Logan players Dennis Almos Genady Hlushko Rich Duncan win singles. Hlushko-Peterson and Almos-Duncan win doubles. Aquinas revival season ends 3-6.
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