National League Favored as 24th All Star Game Looms
The National League, with five Cincinnati Redlegs in the starting lineup, is the favorite over the American League in the 24th All Star game at Busch Stadium. The game, broadcast on NBC, is set for 1:30 p.m. EST with potential weather moves if rain interrupts. The lineup features Musial Mays Aaron and Redlegs across the field, while Casey Stengel steers the Yankee contingent and managers Alston and Stengel prepare pitching plans among lefthanders and righthanders.
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Frick
Willie Mays
New York
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Wally Post
Musial
George Crowe
Mays
Aaron
Redlegs
Johnny Temple
Roy McMillan
Don Hoak
Frank Robinson
al Kaline
Detroit
Charley Maxwell
Alston
Warren Spahn
Johnny Antonelli
Curt Simmons
Ithe Phils
Lew Burdette
Larry Jackson
Clem Labine
Brooklyn
Jack Sanford
Bailey
Chicago
Billy Pierce
Bobby Shantz
Pierce
Early Wynn
Cleveland
Don Messi
Jim Bunning
Billy Lees
Baltimore
Grim
Robin Roberts
Roy Campanella
Don Newcombe
Bob Friend
Ted Kluszewski
Duke Snider
Mickey Vernon
Boston
Kramer Plans Australian Foes to Boost U S Tennis Prestige
The piece argues Jack Kramer could hire four top Australian players to challenge Pancho Gonzales, aiming to disrupt Australia’s Davis Cup dominance and lift U S standing. It contrasts Australia’s public, nationwide tennis culture with the U S system, citing Springfield and Middletown programs and broader amateur networks as models for reviving American success.
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U.S
Uncle Sam
Jack Kramer
Pancho Gonzales
United States
Springfield
Australia
Middletown
Reaper City
Springtfield
Cardinals Hammer Reds 13-3 Behind Schmidt and Big Bats
Willard Schmidt worked 7 1 3 innings in relief as the St. Louis Cardinals routed Cincinnati 13-3. Ken Boyer blasted a three run homer and drove in four, Stan Musial and Joe Cunningham added key RBIs, and the Redbirds rode a surge in the first inning to seize control. Klippstein took the loss for Cincinnati as Schmidt and a bullpen barrage neutralized the Reds.
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Joe Cunningham
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Rec Temple
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Robinson
George Crowe
Bell
Don Hoak
Ed Bailey
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Hoak
Don Blasingame
Bailey
Musial
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Ingham
Klippstein
Fowler
Nuxhall
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Cunningham
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Etauaiu
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Kasko
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Blasingame
Dark
Osteen
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Nuxe Hall
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Ostee PB
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U—Baker
Dascoli
Secory
Landis
Pierce First To Win 12 Games In 5-1 Sox Victory
Billy Pierce became the majors first 12 game winner with a 5-1 Chicago win over Cleveland. Pierce allowed eight hits as Bob Lemon took the loss despite a sore elbow. Earl Torgeson tripled in the first and Larry Daley hit his 8th homer. Nellie Fox drew a walk to start a six run sixth inning rally.
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Lemon
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Earl Torgeson
Larry Daley
Wildness
Nellie Fox
Torgeson
Jim Rivera
Dartmouth Malins Hold All Ivy Goalkeeper Posts
The Malins of Dartmouth dominate Ivy League goalie roles with Clem named in 1954 and 1955, and Randy succeeding him in 1956.
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Malins
Dartmouth
Clem Malin
Kid Brother
Randy
Althea Gibson Triumphs at Wimbledon in Hot Victory
Althea Gibson, a 29 year old Harlem native from New York, won the Wimbledon women's singles title over Darlene Hard 6 3, 6 2 on center court in 100 degree heat. She and Hard then won the women's doubles 6 1, 6 2, while mixed doubles ended in defeat for Gibson and Neale Fraser. The day featured American victories across several events including Gardnar Mulloy and Budge Patty winning men's doubles and an upset of Lew Hoad and Fraser by Americans. Queen Elizabeth II presented the trophy as 17,000 spectators watched in heat and humidity.
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Wimbledon
England
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Montebello
Calif
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Harlem
Center Court
Miss Hard
Mary Hawton
Thelma Long
Australia
Neale Fraser
Mervyn ‘Rose
Uncle Sam
Gardnar Mulloy
Althea
Queen
Manhattan
Shirley Fry
Prominent Race Figure Dies in Cincinnati
Mrs. Margaret Sullivan Mulvihill, 74, longtime figure in horse racing, died Friday at Bethesda Hospital. Her husband William, a retired Baltimore & Ohio official and River Downs events director, heads Shannon Dale Farms with her. Survived by two sons, John S. and William Jr. Services planned for Tuesday.
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River Downs
Shannondale Farms
John S
William Jr
Wikoff and Maffett win Middleton mixed doubles title
Carolyn Wikoff and Mac Maffett won the Middleton mixed doubles tennis tournament at Verity's, defeating second seeds Judy Hagan and Don Hackney after a tight first set. The champions took the first set 9 7 and the second set 6 2.
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Mac Maffett
Verity’s
Middletown
Wikoff
Maffett
Judy Hagan
Don Hackney
Wikoff-Maffett
Hoad to sign $125,000 pro tennis deal Monday
Wimbledon champion Lew Hoad of Australia will sign a record $125,000 professional contract Monday and debut in Jack Kramer’s tournament of champions at Forest Hills. The two year pact pays 125000, with 20 percent of gate receipts and a 5 percent incentive bonus per win. Gonzales, Rosewall also noted, with revised percentages under current terms.
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Australia
Jack Kramer
Forest Hills
Kramer
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Hoad
Los Angeles
Thhen
Europe
South Africa
Pacho Gonzales
Gonzales
Ashley Cooper
England
Ken Rosewall
Eskey Named Football Coach At Athens High
Don Eskey aged 28 named football coach at Athens High School. 1953 Ohio University graduate, previously coached at Springfield Local in Jefferson County for three years and at Anderson Two High in Hamilton County for one year. He replaces George Riser who resigned in June. Charles McAfee will become coordinator of athletics while remaining basketball coach. Athens High belongs to the South Southeastern Ohio Athletic League.
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Redlegs
Klippstein
Fowler
Nuxhall
Freeman
Raul Sanchez
Don Gross
Claude Osteen
Osteen
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Reds
von McDaniel
Athens
Ohio
Don Eskey
Ohio University
Athens High School
Eskey
Springfield
Jefferson County
Anderson Two. High
Hamilton County
George Riser
Painesville Riverside High
Charles McAfee
Athens High
Career Of Hoad Was In Danger Six Months Ago
Lew Hoad, Wimbledon hero, was told by Melbourne doctors last January he would never play tennis again. His mother, Mrs Bonnie Hoad, said that a ligament beside his spinal discs was stretched, not displaced, and a Sydney doctor treated him with a plaster cast and special exercises. He gradually recovered and returned to tennis.
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Lew Hoad
Bonnie Hoad
Melbourne
Lew
Yanks Thrive On Pitching Of Nats, 10-6
Washington's Senators gave up 10 runs as the New York Yankees won 10-6. Elston Howard drove in four runs with a homer and three singles. Art Ditmar earned the win with strong relief after Faye Throneberry's two run homer, preserving New York's lead as Chicago beat Cleveland 5-1. The paid crowd was 10,511.
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New York Yankees
Senators
Elston Howard
Chicago
Cleveland
Yankees
Sia Bucks
Art Ditmar
Ditmar
Faye Throneberry
Pete Runnels
Jim Lemon
Bud Byerly
Baseball game summary with Yankees and Senators details
New York 113 13 000-10 120 Washington 010 020 300-49 Kucks Ditmar and Berra Kemmerer Hyde Hesse Abernathy Byerly and Berberet W Kucks L Kem merer Home runs New York Howard Washington Sievers Throneberry
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L — Kemmerer
Howard
Sievers
Throneberry
Armco Triangles Win Forfeit Over Gardner
The Armco Triangles were awarded a forfeit victory over Gardner Board and Carton in an Industrial makeup game at East Side Park. Gardner arrived with seven players, marking Armco’s fifth straight league win and Gardner’s third defeat in five games.
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Armcco
Charleston 2 St Paul 1 in opening game
Charleston defeats St Paul 2 to 1 in the first game of the series while Wichita edges Denver 5 to 4 in the opening contest.
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Charleston
St. Paul
Wichita
Denver
Browns Face QB Trials At Hiram College Session
Browns invite six quarterback candidates to a special tryout at Hiram College to learn the system before training camp. Tommy O Connell Bobby Garrett Bobby Freeman John Burton Joe Clark and Milt Plum attend as they vie to replace injured starters and lead the club's passing game this season.
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Milt Plum
Howard Brinker
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Green Bay Packers
Parilli
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Auburn
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Santa Clara
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Alliance
Big Ten
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Plum
Penn State
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