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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1959
Page
4
The 1959 Minor League season features sixty games across five teams. Action begins Monday June 8 and ends Friday July 27 with a drawn schedule showing matchups like Steers vs Frogs and Owls vs Bears across June and July.
Dodgers jump to a 6-0 first inning lead and 11 total hits in a 12-2 defeat of the Cardinals as Rafael Sanchez allows six hits. Keith Bailey collects three hits for the Dodgers while Ashcraft leads the Cardinals with two hits. In the second game, the Giants rout the Braves 12-2 under the 10-run rule with Ramon Salgado earning the win and Francisco Reyes, Angel Olibus adding two hits each.
Wallace W Wade Seaman 3rd Class USNR has returned home after two years of active duty. He served sixteen months with a Helicopter Utility squadron near San Diego and eight months near Alameda across from San Francisco. He is a 1953 Abilene High School graduate who attended McMurry College and the University of Texas. He will resume work at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co in Dallas.
Manuel Acosta led the Cats with two singles and two runs as they downed the defending champion Eagles 54 in the opening Pony League game. Jim Andrews took the loss for the Eagles after allowing five runs on four hits. Santiago Mendez pitched the Oilers to a 10 7 win over the Sports with Bobby Richardson starring at the plate.
American League slate lists games from June 1 to July 20 including Red Sox White Sox Yankees Tigers and White Sox Dodgers Braves Giants Cards across multiple dates. National League matchups feature Cards Dodgers Giants Braves Dodgers Cards Giants Braves and related interleague pairings with playoff note at end.
A poem by Joe D Heath notes Nellie Fox and Vic Power boosting Cleveland while the Yankees fall, with lines on Williams, Mantle, Yogi Berra, and other stars. It mentions Donavon Turley Shantz and Sturdivant, praising rivals and lamenting New York’s slump. The piece credits Winkler County News for the reprint.
All ladies are invited to Ward Lanes to form a summer league on Monday night June 8. The league will start play at 8 30 PM. Interested parties may call Mrs Walt Powers at WI 3 5113 or register with Mrs Ken Baker at Ward Lanes.
White Sox pitcher Richard Floyd allowed one hit and struck out 11 to beat the Red Sox 3 1 in the opening game. Billy Mitchell held the Sox to three runs on four hits as the Red Hose fell short. Eubanks, Marlow and Dudley contributed key hits for Chicago while Dudley scored the lone Red Sox run on a wild pitch.
A compact listing shows sports blocks at 9 40 and 6 10 with radar weather updates at 6 20 and 9 50. Channel 9 Theatre Sien Off 6 10, then ABC lineups include Frontier Doctor and 77 Sunset Strip followed by News and Weather.
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