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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1958
Page
14
A writer describes watching the All Star game on TV from a relaxed vantage point in a Driftwood Room. Fans munch peanuts and drinks as lineups shift, Stengel makes bold moves, and Gil McDougald delivers the winning run for the American Leaguers.
A recap of the 1960 All Star game notes Musial and Banks among stars. Spahn and Turley starters mix hits and errors. Final line includes attendance of 48 809 and various player stats for O'Dell Aaron Mays and Mazeroski.
Billy O Dell shut down the National League over the final three innings to seal a 4 3 victory for the American League as Gil McDougald driven in the go ahead run with a seventh inning pinch hit. Casey Stengel praised O Dell while noting Wynn Narleski Turley and O Dell mixed for a strong AL effort in a 48 829 attendance game. The AL lone unearned run and a string of nine straight retired by O Dell capped the win.
Judy Hagen of Middletown wins two matches at the Indianapolis Tennis Tournament. She defeats Patricia Ferry in the first round 61 43 and beats Linda Ryan of Indianapolis 60 in the second round to reach the next stage.
Middle town Redleg Boosters Club meets at 7 30 in Sports Bowl with Wolfrum announcing plans to raise funds to send 300 Knothole players to Middle town Night at Crosley Field on August 24 when the Redlegs host Milwaukee. Organizers invite groups to form bus caravans and join tonight’s meeting.
Veteran jockey Eddie Arcaro rode twice more at Jamaica on Tuesday winning with Oilton in race four and Isenda in the featured sixth. Arcaro had ridden four winners at the same track on Monday.
Cincinnati’s Redlegs fly to the West Coast for an exhibition game against Seattle’s Rainiers, a Reds farm team, then proceed to San Francisco for an eight game western trip. Bob Purkey, the team’s top winner who joined the All-Star squad, is set to start against the Giants.
Senate hearings begin on a bill to exempt major professional sports from antitrust laws with witnesses including Mickey Mantle Ted Williams and Stan Musial. Casey Stengel Robin Roberts and Eddie Yost appear as player representatives ahead of further subcommittee sessions.
Baltimore’s Billy O'Dell and Philadelphia's Dick Farrell drew rave reviews from veterans in baseball's All Star showcase. O'Dell pitched three perfect last innings but took no decision as Early Wynn earned the victory for the Americans. Farrell, from Brookline, praised by Ted Williams, worked two spotless innings with four strikeouts.
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