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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1957

Page

25

Greenwell Holds Five Stroke City Golf Lead at Wildwood

At Wildwood Golf Club the ninth City Golf Tournament heads to final 18 holes with Greenwell ahead by five strokes. Jimmy Ritter sits second after a 71 while Cliff Sweeney and others chase. Final round pairings listed for Friday with awards at 6 p.m. and Coffey of Miami presenting the championship trophy.

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Xavier's Al Stephan resigns as athletic director at Xavier University

Al Stephan will leave the Musketeers athletic director post Sept 1 after a long tenure. He cites too many chiefs and not enough Indians, and says he aims to stay active in sports while maintaining Xavier’s rising profile. Stephan notes football and basketball must earn gate money and discuss scheduling challenges. He leaves the program in solid shape with a two year basketball deal with Kentucky.

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Smith's Error Gives A's Win Over Indians

The A's beat the Indians after a costly seventh inning error by Smith with two outs. Bob Derry advanced to second on a single and Bill Martin walked, setting the stage for a pinch home run by Maury in the seventh to tie the game 4-4 before Oakland pulled away.

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Young Ilineis Team Leads Junior Davis Cup Round

In Toledo on Saturday the Ilineis squad led after day one of the Western Lawn Tennis Assn Junior Davis Cup round. They beat Ohio 32 and Indiana 4 1. Michigan defeated Indiana 32 and Ohio by the same margin.

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Reds Rout Cubs Behind Jeffcoat And Robinson Power

In Cincinnati Hal Jeffcoat pitched a full game for his ninth win as Frank Robinson and George Crowe hit home runs to back the effort and beat the Chicago Cubs 7 to 2. Walt Moryn homered for Chicago while Dave Hillman lasted under three innings, hammered for six hits and six runs. Joe Taylor delivered a bunt for an RBI as the Reds jumped early.

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Cincinnati Redlegs second baseman Johnny Tempe in hospital after beaning

Johnny Temple of the Cincinnati Redlegs was hit in the head by a pitch Friday night and returned to Christ Hospital for tests after reporting headache and dizziness. Hospital attaches said his headaches subsided hours later and he was listening to the Cubs game on radio. Doctors would decide on overnight treatment.

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Cubs and Dodgers trade runs as Crowe hits 26th homer

A fragmented play by McMillan leads to risky miscues and scoring changes as Crowe belts his 26th homer in the seventh. Crowe and Crowe drive in runs with walks and doubles, while Bob Anderson issues a walk to Bell and adjustments follow in the late innings.

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Atlantic City Handicap Disqualification Alters Result

Royal Beacon wins the $100,000 Atlantic City Handicap after the favorite Dedicate is disqualified for interference. Helfast finishes second and Brother third. Dedicate, ridden by Eddie Arcaro and owned by Mrs. Jan Burke, set a track record before the ruling. inquiry delays official result by about 20 minutes.

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Earlham College Names Curt Jones Grid Coach

Earlham College in Richmond Indiana named Curt Jones head coach for football and track. The 26 year old ex Midwestern standout from Middletown High School 1948 was captain of the Southern Ohio All Star team and played quarterback for Great Lakes in 1954. He is pursuing a master's in education at Purdue while taking over the Earlham program.

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Braves Crush Cards Open 12-Game NL Lead

Milwaukee Braves beat St Louis Cardinals as Warren Spahn hurled a strong start to extend the team’s lead to 12 games in the standings. The win marked Milwaukee’s sixth straight victory and kept their dominant pace in the pennant race.

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Mantle Stars For Yankees In Three-Run Showcase

Mantle shone in five trips to the plate with a drag bunt and his 15th steal of the season. A first inning homer cleared a centerfield hedge by about 25 feet beyond the wire fence, a 450 foot blast.

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Brodie Named Most Valuable For All Stars

The All-Stars lost 22 to 12 to the world champion Giants Friday. Brodie named Most Valuable Player for the event.

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Tigers Rally Past Pierce in Ninth for 6-4 Win

Detroit hitters led by Reno Bertola staged a big surge in the ninth inning to overcome Billy Pierce. The Tigers beat the White Sox by five runs behind strong late hitting as York and Baltimore also lost ground in the pennant race.

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Browns Eye Linebacker From Lions in Possible Trade

Hiram Ohio Browns club members heard coach Brown discuss trading Lions running back Lew Carpenter who is in service and may not be released until next month. He praised Carpenter as rugged with 1,043 rushing yards and 457 receiving yards over 1954 and 1955 but noted Detroit home City potential. Browns open exhibition season in Detroit August 14.

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Baseball Standings and Schedule From National League Update

The column lists National League standings with teams Milwaukee Chicago New York Philadelphia and Brooklyn with respective win loss records. It also provides upcoming schedule details including Philadelphia at New York Haddix Sanford Barclay Antonelli Milwaukee at St Louis Conley Jones Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Padres Newcombe Kline Douglas Chicago at Cincinnati Resh Drott Lawrence Klippstein Resvites see Hoeft Pierce Keegan Kansas City Cleveland Garver Portocarrere Daley Messi New York Baltimore Lehman Washington Boston Stebbs Hyde.

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