Pels Chase Southern Lead With Six Games Left
New Orleans has 11 games remaining to close a three game gap on Birmingham and a two game gap on Nashville in the Southern Association standings. The Pelicans swept Chattanooga in a doubleheader 8-4 and 7-5 to improve their record against the Lookouts to 7-0 this season. Vern Piver fueled the wins with a bases loaded triple and a two run single while Bert Thiel worked the opener and Don Bradey pitched the nightcap. Nashville and Shreveport split with Mobile, and Atlanta won the opener while losing the nightcap.
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Cleveland Bays Collegian Ship Him To Mobile
The Cleveland Indians signed 21 year old Johnny McLane an outfielder from USC who batted .370 for the Trojans. He will report to the Mobile farm in the Southern Association for immediate assignment with a substantial bonus not disclosed by team officials.
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Browns back in St. Louis with new league entry
The Tandy Senior Baseball League loses Wagner as a team and adds the St. Louis Browns. The move reshapes the loop as the Browns return to St. Louis, leaving observers curious about their final standing this season.
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Canadiens Trade Murray Balfour and Terry Gray to Black Hawks
Montreal Canadiens sold defenseman Murray Balfour and wing Terry Gray to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash and a player to be named later. Both players spent most of the 1958 59 season with Rochester in the American Hockey League.
Brown to face new foes after ninth round TKO win
King Joe Brown, 33, from New Orleans and Houston, stopped Paolo Rosi in the ninth round for his seventh title defense. Rosi opened a deep gash over the eye and was halted by the doctors. Brown eyes Kenny Lane and Carlos Ortiz as next challengers with Lane likely to beat Ortiz in June.
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Dodgers Win Chavez Ravine Contract For New Park
Dodgers secure Chavez Ravine contract with city of Los Angeles marking a new permanent home. Walter O Malley outlines 52 000 seat plan expandable to 90 000 and estimated 12 to 13 million dollars for site work and facilities.
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Red China barred from 1960 Winter Games at Squaw Valley
Olympic organizers say Communist China will not compete in the 1960 Winter Games. Nationalist China has been invited and accepted, per officials and IOC actions in Munich. Congress debates Army use funding tied to the event as organizers seek more support amid budget constraints.
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Reds Bring Up Luis Arroyo From Havana
Cincinnati Reds acquire 31 year old left handed reliever Luis Arroyo from Havana in the International League to bolster relief pitching. Arroyo has MLB experience with St. Louis and Pittsburgh and a 1.47 ERA in Havana. Two Reds pitchers are injured rookie Jim O Tool and Brooks Lawrence both sidelined by injuries.
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Teener League LA Ark Defeats Sterlington 18 to 2
Lynn Causey pitched four hits allowed to lead LA Ark Equipment past Sterlington 18 to 2. A. D. Futrell led at bat with two doubles, while Jim Corone and Robert Payne Lach each added two hits with extra-base hits in the victory.
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Arkansas State Stays In NAIA Baseball Event
In Alpine Texas the NAIA baseball tournament saw the last unbeaten teams clash in the winner's bracket postponed by hail. Arkansas State edged Patterson State to stay alive in the loser's bracket, while Southern Illinois beat Sul Ross. Tonight Arkansas State faces the loser of Western Washington versus Southern.
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Baseball Scores and Standings From Yesterday's Games
Results across American and National Leagues with situational standings. Key matches include Washington defeating Cleveland 4 0 and New York rallying past Detroit 6 5 while Chicago beat Baltimore 6 1 and Kansas City took Boston 5 3. Crosby also lists upcoming daily and tomorrow schedules for both leagues and minor circuits.
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Johansson Says He Wasn’t Ready for Machen Rematch
Ingemar Johansson testified in federal court that he did not want a rematch with Eddie Machen before fighting Floyd Patterson. He said he agreed to nothing and only learned of a rematch provision after the September bout in Goteborg.
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Lookouts and Collegians in Postgame Scuffle in New Orleans
In New Orleans the Lookouts faced the Pelicans and lost a doubleheader. After the games a melee erupted with nine or ten Chattanooga players and spectators. police dispersed the fight. No charges were filed, with students promising to ask Southern Association president to investigate.
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Mathews Sees Best Hitting Season Maintained Edge
Milwaukee slugger Eddie Mathews says he is hitting better than ever as he belted his 19th homer and 41 RBIs in a 7 4 Milwaukee win over the San Francisco Giants. The 27 year old tied for the major league lead with Harmon Killebrew and moved up in the order behind Hank Aaron.
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