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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1957
Page
17
Middletown expands bowling with 24 J J Lanes alleys and 18 Sports Bowl alleys. Open play and rapid league formations draw crowds as Women's and Men's associations surge in members. Demand overwhelms supply. 14 more alleys at Sports Bowl underway.
Althea Gibson and three U.S. seeded men Vic Seixas Budge Patty Herbie Flam won their opening National Championships matches. Ashley Cooper beat John Browsow. Darlene Hard edged Jeanne Arth. Milwaukee Braves pounded Cincinnati with five homers in a 14 4 decision.
Milwaukee beats Cincinnati 14-4 Philadelphia defeats Pittsburgh 7-1 St Louis edges Chicago 3-2 Brooklyn tops New York 7-5 Sunday results include Detroit 8 Cleveland 7 in 10 innings Washington 6 New York 4 and Chicago at Kansas City night games. Monday matchups feature St Louis at Cincinnati Milwaukee at Chicago Pittsburgh at New York Philadelphia at Brooklyn plus several city matchups and pitcher notes.
The article notes a record season in Middletown with 14 new alleys at Sports Bowl and recovery at Frontier and YMCA lanes after last season’s intrusions. J-J Lanes faced fewer delays this year, allowing quicker openings. Pro shops focus on lining up teams and leagues as bowling appeals to all ages and abilities.
Top seed Lynne Lawson captured both singles and doubles titles at the Middletown Senior Tennis Tournament at Verity Courts. She beat Vicki Siegel in three sets in singles and teamed with Betsy Little to defeat Martha Grine and Siegel 6 2 6 0 in doubles. Men’s finals set as Mac Maffett faces Jim Bourquin after semi wins.
Detroit wins 8-7 over Cleveland as Harvey Kuenn delivers a sacrifice fly in the 10th. Al Kaline and Charley Maxwell homer for the Tigers while Gene Woodling goes deep for Cleveland.
Detroit and Cleveland split a high scoring game with Detroit edging ahead 8 to 7 in the ninth. Key players included Lary Byrd Stump Sleater Maas House Wynn Valentinetti for Detroit and Byrd on the mound.
MILWAUKEE in an oral history Davey Jones recalls his Detroit era from 1906 to 1912 when he played with Ty Cobb and Wahoo Sam Crawford. He highlights three straight AL pennants, his leadoff speed, and a knack for walks. He details a tense 1912 Yankee series, his nickname origins Grasshopper and Kangaroo, and his era jumping contracts before settling in Shorewood at 76.
Shortstop Johnny Logan's planned departure for Cincinnati Saturday to rejoin the National League leading Milwaukee Braves was postponed to Monday after a team physician stitched his injured right shin. The club says the injury is not serious and Logan should report to manager Fred Haney in Chicago after Labor Day. Logan was hurt in a game on August 14.
Toronto edges Rochester 6 to 5 while Miami defeats Richmond 2 to 0 and Montreal tops Buffalo 8 to 3. Columbus beats Havana 7 to 3 in a multi game ledger of League results.
Gus Triandos hit a fifth inning inside the park homer that broke a scoreless tie as Baltimore beat Boston 4 to 1 Saturday night. Triandos scored on a quirky ball ricochet down the wall with Ted Williams in pursuit. The Orioles added three more in the eighth while Harold Brown shut down Boston. Williams collected a single in three at bats, dropping his AL batting lead to .3765, just ahead of Mickey Mantle who did not play.
Dayton, Ohio pitcher W Paul Johnson hurled a no hitter in a 4 0 victory over Springfield, Ohio in the Inter national Softball League world tournament on a Saturday. Johnston fanned 10 without a walk but two passed balls and an error allowed Springfield runners to reach base. Dayton plated the lone run in the first inning on a hit batsman, two passed balls, and a single by George Williams.
Mickey Mantle, sidelined by shin splints, pinch hit a single in the eighth to spark a New York rally but Washington beat the Yankees 6 5 as Roy Sievers hit his 34th homer and continued leading RBI with 92. Mantle's average rose to .378, edging Ted Williams, while Sievers tied Mantle for home runs.
Indianapolis tops Wichita 5 to 0 in the first game. Denver defeats St Paul 1 to 0 in the initial contest. Minneapolis beats Omaha 3 to 1 in the opener. Charlestown defeats Louisville 7 to 5 in the first game.
Hank Aaron drives in a 38th home run of the season in the first inning against Cincinnati. Waite Hoyt reports Aaron hit two pregame shots, then connected with Red Schoendienst aboard at 8 10 p.m. Lew Burdette, Braves starter, quips after the blast.
The field cleared after Wes Covington and Johnny Temple clashed following Covington’s slide into second. Milwaukee hitters paced by Hank Aaron Eddie Mathews Del Rice and Felix Mantilla homered to back Lew Burdette while Don Hoak and Bob Thurman drove Cincinnati’s runs. Joe Nuxhall and Lew Burdette faltered early as Juan Pizarro earned the win for Milwaukee.
Milwaukee says Don Carter of St. Louis and Mrs Marion Ladewig of Grand Rapids were named bowlers of the year by the Bowling Writers Assn of America. Carter, 31, became the first male to win the BWAA award for the third time. Ladewig earned her sixth BWAA honor.
Hawaii Kai, sailed by the Slo-McShun IV crew from Seattle, won the Silver Cup unlimited power boat race on the Detroit River. They finished 1,000 feet ahead of Miss Thriftway and set a Silver Cup record with an average speed of 105.168 mph over 45 miles.
Billy Joe Patton from Morganton North Carolina engineered a dramatic comeback from 5 down at noon to defeat Reid Jack in the No 1 singles and propel the United States to an 8 to 3 victory over Britain in the 16th Walker Cup at Minikahda. Patton’s 32 opening nine and birdie finish turned the match, keying a dominant U S performance after morning struggles and highlighting a strong twelve point surge in singles.
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