Yankees, A's trades reshape baseball landscape
The column weighs the 1957 Yankees Athletics trades led by Maris and Larsen, noting 61 players moved, 18 still with teams, and Kansas City’s strengthens. It discusses expansion and Continental League pressures, Kansas City finances, and broader league moves. It also recalls Olympic trials and Ak-Sar-Ben racing revenue as context for sports economics.
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Roger Maris
Athletics
Kansas City
New York
Yanks
Art Ditmar
Bobby Shantz
Cletis Boyer
A's
Maris
Kent Hadley
Joe DeMaestri
K.C
Don Larsen
Mary Throneberry
Hank Bauer
Norm Siebern
Siebern
Bauer
Throneberry
Larsen
Dave Davis
Bill Nieder
U.S
Davis
Boston
Dom DiMaggio
Joe
San Francisco
Giant
Dom
Kansas City Athletics
Arnold Johnson
Montreal
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Los Angeles
A’s
National
Junior Legion Tops Emporia For Ninth Win
Lawrence junior baseball improves to 9 6 this season with a 5 4 victory over Emporia at Municipal Park. Mike Zwink pitched well allowing four hits but seven Lawrence errors kept him burdened as Paola and Manhattan matches loom this weekend.
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Lawrence
Junior Legion
Emporia
Paola
Manhattan
Municipal Park
Mike Zwink
Emporians
Emporia AB
CT San Ng
Oto Rey
Hopkins
Ffleamporia
Saan
Lawrences
Australian Nagle Leads Open At St Andrews
Balding Australian Kel Nagle shot 67 to reach 136 after two rounds at the British Open in St Andrews. Behind him, Arnold Palmer of Latrobe Pennsylvania and Peter Thomson of Australia were tied at 141 as the chase group showed strong form.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Balding Kel Nagle
Arnold Palmer
Latrobe
Peter Thomson
Australia
Lefty Jack Kralick Shuts Out Red Sox at Lenway Park
Yesterday's Stars Pitching saw left hander Jack Kralick of the Senators toss a five inning shutout at Lenway Park, allowing four hits while walking two and fanning six for a 1-0 victory. Roy Sievers drove in the first inning with a double, then a two run homer added the other score.
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Australia
Glenn Davis
Eddie Southern
Josh Culbreath
Uncle Sam
Culbreath
Davis
Dick Howard
New Mexico
Cliff Cushman
Kansas
Southern
Jack Kralick
Senators
Red Sox
Lenway Park
Wen
Roy Sievers
White Sox
Jodints
Ino Oaite
Drive to raise 12500 for U S Olympic fund in Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley AAU launches a campaign to collect 12500 for the U S Olympic fund. For one dollar contributors receive a Rome mailed postcard with an Olympic stamp signed by a U S team member. gifts of 25 or more include an official Olympic Games report.
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U. S
Missouri Valley Aau
Retur
Rome
Charles S. Stevenson
Kansas City
AAU
Stevenson
Doctoring swing tips from Cary Middlecoff pamphlet for beginners
Swing guidance explains keeping shoulders on the initial plane through the downswing and avoiding dipping. It advises right shoulder alignment to clip the ball and to reduce strokes, as presented in Cary Middlecoff's Tips for the Beginning Golfer. A copy can be ordered for 10 cents plus a stamped return envelope.
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Cary Middlecoff
Cary Middleceff
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