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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1957
Page
13
Hart, 20-2 with 18 KOs, faces Boston foe Stevenson in a 10 round match at St. Nicholas Arena. Stevenson, 12 of his last 13 wins, holds a 23 year record with 7 KOs and has beaten Byars. Hart is a 5-1 favorite after Byars stopped his streak last March. The telecast airs on Dumont at 10:30 p.m. EST.
A springlike day drew 110 marksmen to the Middle town Sportsmen's Club for a registered shoot. Bob Wood and Wayne Hill tied for first in the 16-yard event with 99 of 100. John Sternberger placed second with 98, Perry Lorber third with 97. Jim Barker won the 18 to 21-yard handicap. Don Roberson and Hugh McKinley tied for first in 22 to 27. Sternberger topped doubles with 45. Wood second with 44. Wood and Ed Coblentz tied for second in 22 to 27 handicap with 91. A five way tie for second in 18 to 21 yard division included Schultz, Gates, Whiting, Franish, and Platt. The next shoot is April 27 as a warmup for the state meet.
Defending Masters champion Dick Hoover of Akron Ohio won his first match at the 1957 ABC Masters Tourney beating Joe Bolek of Chicago 850 to 710 in four games. Jack Aydelotte of Minneapolis posted the night’s high four game total with 919 defeating Buzz Fazio of Detroit 863.
Mamie's Grotto of Milwaukee leads the Woman's International Bowling Congress event in Dayton with 2585. Angi's George Jordan Shirts of Erie follows at 2578, Old Crown Beer of Fort Wayne is 2575, Empress Room of Cleveland 2542, and John Karg of Cincinnati 2535. Doubles leaders are Marge Baginski and Helen Herbrick of Chicago with 1140, Audrey Condry of Wooster tops singles with 595, while Eleanor Jones of Three Rivers and Shirley Shroder of Cincinnati contend for second and third.
Final meetings to form the American and National City slo pitch softball leagues are set for tonight at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Building Recreation Director Tom Carlson said a representative from each interested team should attend. Leagues are scheduled to begin May 13 and 14.
Schoenling softball team schedules two drills this week under manager William Wilson. Practice runs tonight and tomorrow from 5 30 to 7 30 p m on the No 3 diamond at Barnitz Field.
Boston wins its first world basketball championship in 11 years by defeating St. Louis 125 to 123 in a double overtime seventh game. Rookie Heinsohn scores 37. Russell 32 rebounds 19 points. Ramsey scores late jumper. Loscutoff seals win. Pettit top for St Louis with 39 points.
Middletown High will hold a final banquet tonight at the Sports Bowl with Frisch's as co hosts. The event honors the players and their girlfriends, coaches and wives and begins at 6 30 p m.
Baseball scores show Brooklyn 2 New York 1 in 11 innings. New York National defeated Baltimore 6 5. Philadelphia beat Boston 4 2. Detroit edged Pittsburgh 4 3. Cincinnati beat Louisville 4 3. Chicago National lost to Chicago American 4 1. Cleveland defeated Milwaukee 5 4. Richmond International beat Washington 12 4. St Louis defeated Kansas City 7 0 3-1.
Mansfield Ohio hosts America's largest independent inter scholastic track and field carnival the 26th Mansfield High School Relays. Teams from Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania compete for laurels with standout Ohio champions Dave Mills Norm Bass and Dan Sutherland and Michigan rival John Sharp. The program begins Friday afternoon with the four mile relay and concludes Saturday with 17 events.
New York Tom Heinsohn of the Boston Celtics won rookie of the year in NBA balloting by writers and broadcasters in league cities. Russell, a defensive star and 1956 Olympic champion, also starred but failed to make the first two all star teams.
Veteran winger Fleming Mackell scored twice and rookie goalie Don Simmons posted a shutout as Boston defeated Montreal 2 to 6 to stave off a four game series sweep. The Bruins trail three games to one and set up a pivotal Game Six in Boston. Simmons stopped 21 shots and Mackell led Boston’s offense with four goals across the series so far.
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