Pascual Shines Late as Twins Top Yankees in Spring Opener
Camilo Pascual delivered his best work late in a spring game against the New York Yankees, striking out eight in eight innings and guiding the Twins to a 4 1 victory. Roger Maris homered in the seventh, but Pascual kept the Yale junior club scoreless through the middle frames. In other AL action, Detroit beat Baltimore 12 4, Cleveland defeated Los Angeles 4 3, and Chicago White Sox split a pair with Washington. Freehan and Morehead led strong showings for Detroit and Boston respectively as spring results roll in.
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Mantle Struggles In New York-Minnesota Series
New York slugger Mickey Mantle, sidelined briefly by a pulled rib muscle, showed limited power and erratic contact in two games with Minnesota. He went 1-for-8 in the series, struck out twice on Sunday, and reacted angrily to batting practice before the finale.
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Wagner Eyes Exposed Glaring Glasses Gap in Field
Los Angeles slugger Leon Wagner, batting .351 and sharing the AL home run lead, will have an eye exam Tuesday. He struggles tracking fly balls in left field, allowing Cleveland to score twice on weak contact as the Indians win 4-3 and the Angels slump to a fourth straight loss. Wagner dislikes wearing glasses but admits testing is due.
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Causey Enjoying Role Of Loops Leading Litter
Kansas City AP Wayne Causey the Athletics shortstop leads the American League with a .406 batting average and says he is enjoying it while it lasts. The 26 year old from Monroe Louisiana signed with Baltimore for 30000 at 18 and tithed 3000 to his church. He says he belongs after seven years and his fellow players see him as a steady infielder.
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Boxing Results From World Cities Fight Card
In Brescia Santo Amanti of Italy and Wayne Bethea from New York drew after eight rounds. Halifax saw Blair Richardson from South Bar outpoint Wilsie Greaves of Detroit in twelve rounds. Milan staged Sandro Mazzini of Italy stopping Don Fuller, also in Italy. West Jordan, Utah, concluded with an unresolved entry.
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching Highlights
Summary of top players by league and stat from the era including batting averages runs batted in hits and home runs. Notable names include Coving ton F Alou H Aaron Cepeda Cardonas and Washburn with standout marks in the American and National Leagues.
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Baseball Pays Tribute To Kerr
Funeral services were held today for Dickie Kerr the left handed pitcher who became a symbol in the Black Sox scandal. Kerr died Saturday of cancer at age 69. Hall of Famer Ted Lyons and American League President Joe Cronin joined many baseball figures in paying tribute.
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Ohioans Win Four of Six at River Speedboat Races
The first speedboat meet on the Ohio River at Bere Sunday saw Ohio entrants win four of six events. Joe Culver of Dayton topped the unlimited class in a 17 foot Glas Tron powered by two 100 horsepower motors.
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Cubs Not Funny Anymore Two Games From First Place
The Cubs slip to fourth in the NL two games behind. in a 3-2 win over Milwaukee Merritt Ranen homered and drove in two as Lindy McDaniel saved the series. Los Angeles and San Francisco split while Cincinnati and St Louis also dodged losses in another packed National League action.
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Sports standings and tonight's games fragment
A partial sports table shows teams with wins losses and percentages for cities including New York Boston Cleveland Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota and Detroit. Tonight's schedule lists New York at Detroit Minnesota at Los Angeles Chicago at Kansas City Cleveland at Washington Boston at Baltimore with other matchups noted.
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League Scores Report From Various Matches
International League results include Atlanta at Indianapolis 4 to 11 and Rochester 6 to 5 over Toronto 1 to 3 Columbus 10. Jacksonville 1 Syracuse 3, Richmond 2 Arkansas 5, Buffalo 3.
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Reds Split Pair as Brosnan Traded to White Sox
Cincinnati split a doubleheader with St Louis as Jim OToole won the opener for the Reds 5 4 while the Cardinals won the nightcap 7 4 in 10 innings. The Reds later announced a trade of Jim Brosnan to Chicago White Sox for Dom Zanni while Bob Purkey was set to start Tuesday vs Houston.
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Tigers rout Orioles as Freehan blasts two homers
Bill Freehan, Tigers rookie, slugged two homers and drove in five in Detroit's 12-4 win over Baltimore. Ray Herbert of the White Sox shut out Washington 8-0 for his third victory, fanning seven.
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