Eddie McGowen Named Twin Cities Athlete Of Year
Eddie McGowen Ouachita four sport star was chosen the Twin Cities Most Outstanding Prep Athlete by Monroe Jaycees. Neville duo Joe Cage and Willie Ragan were runners up. McGowen starred in football basketball baseball and track earning all district honors and signed a football grant in aid with Northeast. He is son of Thomas and Mrs McGowen of 1410 Cole Avenue and held leadership roles in school clubs.
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Eddie McGowen
Ouachita
Twin Cities
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dickie Crowe
James C. Ussery
McGowen
Jaycees
Monroe
West Monroe
Northeast
Neville
Joe Cage
Willie Ragan
Eddie
Ruston
Thomas J. McGowen
Cole Avenue
Key Club
Mays Slumps as Giants Fall to Reds in Cincinnati
Willie Mays went 0-for-4 as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-0. Bob Purkey pitched the shutout, earning his fifth straight win and dropping San Francisco further from first place while Cincinnati surged in the standings. Alou debuted 2-for-4 and Stan Musial led NL batting, with Boston and Kansas City jockeying in AL races.
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Willie
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Bob Purkey
Cincinnati
Giants
Milwaukee
Redlegs
Boston
Kansas City
Detroit
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Purkey
Pittsburgh
Steve Bilko
Johnny Antonelli
Reds
Mays
St. Louis
Stan Musial
Antonelli
Braves
Bob Buhl
Warren Spahn
Heroes Finally Win At Kallos Virtue Arena Main Event
The straight and narrow trio Jack Curtis Jerry Christy and Bill Barney won the 6 man tag in a rule ridden main event at Kallio s Arena Christy defeated Brummett for the final fall after Curtis disrupted Brummett s count Brummett and Laye had earlier taken the first fall while Laye regained a second fall over Christy in a foul filled bout Brummett Christy and Barney also drew in 10 minute prelims.
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Virtue
Kallio’s Arena
Jack Curtis
Jerry Christy
Bill Barney
Charley Laye
al Massey
Phil Brummett
Dick Barkley
Christy
Brummett
Curtis
Phil
Jack
Laye
Charley
Brumett
Barney
Cal favored in NCAA College World Series test
Southern California, loaded with bonus babies to be, is the favorite in the 12th annual NCAA College Baseball World Series in Omaha. USC faces Holy Cross Saturday night. both schools have previous series titles with USC winning in 1948 and Holy Cross in 1952.
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Omaha
California
Holy Cross
USC
Monroe Edges Farmerville In Close Tilt
In Monroe a 3-2 American Legion game saw Monroe edge Farmerville. Welch held Farmerville to one hit through five frames. Patterson walked and Futch singled to start a two run sixth, with Long’s squeeze bringing in the tying run. Kincaid drove in two Monroe runs while Sims added one. Crowe and Johnson each went 2-4 for Monroe. Cox and Kincaid catchers. Losing pitcher was Lockwood.
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Farmerville
Monroe
American Legion
L. M. Welch
Bob Satterfield
Patterson
Futch
Silmon
Satterfield
Long
Louis Kincaid
Ronnie Sims
Harry Crowe
Lanny Johnson
Kincaid
Carroll of N. C. Hits Great Now Worth $80 000
Tommy Carroll, once paid 30000 to join the New York Yankees, hit his best game since joining the Pelicans in New Orleans. He homered twice driving in five runs as New Orleans beat Chattanooga 7 5, with both shots clearing the 345 foot left field screen. Carroll sports a .338 average since arriving in the Southern Association.
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Tommy Carroll
New York Yankees
Yanks
New Orleans
Carroll
Pelicans
Denver
American Assn
Chattanooga
City Park
Little Rock
Atlanta
Dick Stigman
Mobile
Nashville
Memphis
Birmingham
Glen Stathelfield
Ted Abernathy
Pels
Walt Kellner
Guy Morton
Lookout
Indoor Baseball Stadium To Be Built In Tokyo
A television company announces plans to construct an 80,000 seat indoor baseball stadium in Tokyo by April 1960. President Yoshihiro Shimizu says the 210 foot stainless steel dome stadium will cost about 11 million dollars and aim for use before the 1960 professional baseball season.
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Tokyo
Yoshihiro Shimizu
Adolph Rine Reigns in Kentucky Basketball Career
In 27 seasons as Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Frederick's teams compiled 561 wins and 97 losses.
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Kentucky
Adolph Frederick
Turner And Hart To Fight Tonight
Philadelphia light welterweight rivals Gil Turner and Garnet Hart square off in a 10 round bout at Connie Mack Stadium. Hart, 25 3 1 with 20 knockouts, seeks a breakthrough while Turner 27 brings vast experience in a battle expected to draw 10 000 fans and gate up to 40000. Both have faced champion Virgil Akins with Turner last September earning a points decision. Sugar Hart is favored at 7 5.
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Philadelphia
Gil Turner
Garnet “Sugar” Hart
Turner
Hart
Willie Reddish
Reddish
Gil
Sugar
National Boxing Assn
Virgil Akins
Ring Magazine
NBA
Ring
Akins
Herman Taylor
Connie Mack Stadium
Red Sox Still Winning but Only At Home
The Red Sox extended a six game winning streak mostly at Fenway Park after a 9-4 win over Detroit, tying Kansas City for second place behind the Yankees. Jensen homered again as Bob Purkey and Cal McLish pitched for Cincinnati and Detroit respectively, while the White Sox suffered a rain-ruled setback despite late rallies.
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Boston Red Sox
Jackie Jensen
Red Sox
Detroit
Tigers
Kansas City
New York Yankees
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Bob Purkey
Redlegs
Willie Mays
Giants
Milwaukee
Fenway Park
Jensen
Bob Cerv
Cerv
Frank Sullivan
Paul Foytack
Southpaw
J. W. Porter
Cal McLish
White Sox
al Cicotte
Chuck Stubbs
Billy Goodman
Tito Francona
Louisiana Tech’s Tommy Hinton Athlete of the Year 1958
Tommy Hinton of Louisiana Tech, a four year tackle for Coach Joe Aillet, wins the Gulf States Conference Athlete of the Year for 1958. The Lake Charles American Press notes his all America honors in football and his track contributions, edging out McNeese’s Stan Kernan in a tight LSWA vote.
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Lake Charles
Tommy Hinton
Louisiana Tech
Mammoth
Joe Aillet
Bulldogs
Hinton
McNeese
Stan Kernan
Louisiana Sports Writers Association
Jimmy Orton
Charles Tolar
Northwestern
Jackie Moreland
Associated Press
Williamson Syndicate
Williamson
NAIA
GSC
Kernan
la. Tech
Jack Moreland
David Styron
Northeast
Jerry Martin
SLI
Robert Morris
Tommy Bell
SE la
Joel Thomas
Jimmy Leach
Gene Gibson
Zauchin Denies Charges Over Attitude Claims
Washington first baseman Norm Zauchin angrily denied a Post report that he showed little interest in baseball for the Senators. He cited a shoulder injury from May 22 in Cleveland and said he could not swing, insisting he has never played less than his best.
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Washington
Norm Zauchin
Washington Senators
Washington Post
Cookie Lavagetto
Zauchin
Lavagetto
Cleveland
Post
Curfew Remains On Tigers Says Manager Tighe
Detroit manager Jack Tighe warned players after a 9-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox, saying the team will stick to curfew. He conducted a brief three minute meeting to curb any talk of breaking curfew during a slump.
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Tigers
Tighe
Boston
Detroit
Jack Tighe
Boston Red Sox
Civic League Standings and Schedule Brief
West Monroe Jaycees lead with 3 wins and 1 loss while West Monroe Lions hold 3 1 record in civic league standings. Optimist Club and Progressive Met’s Club show middle positions. Tonight’s games include West Monroe Jaycees versus Slay a CBC at 3:00 PM at Sherrouse.
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Progressive Met
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West Monroe Jaycees
Charlie Joseph Wins Decision Over Milo Savage
In New Orleans Charley Joseph won a unanimous decision over Milo Savage in a 10 round bout. The fight began with eight ounce gloves but the left glove stuffing fell out during a clinch in round four prompting a 10 minute pause for replacement. Joseph weighed 158 pounds while Savage weighed 161 pounds and 1,844 spectators paid a net gate of 2391.98.
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New Orleans
Charley Joseph
Milo Savage
Joseph
Savage
Salt Lake City
Vacation Loan Plan advertised by Domestic Finance Service
Salaried employees are urged to avoid losing vacation by consolidating spent vacation pay into a single loan. Domestic Finance Service offers a vacation loan with first payment delayed until after returning to work. J E Wood, manager and loan counsellor, 109 No 2nd St, phone FA 5-4355.
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Domestic Finance Service
J. E. Wood
No. 2Nd St
Mile Run Dominates NCAA Track Feature at Berkeley
BERKELEY Calif AP the mile run is the feature event of the weekend NCAA track and field championships. The race could be run in sections due to high interest. The entry list totals 49 with several sub four minute milers among them.
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Berkeley
Calif
Race to split heats by seed times
The event will run in two sections with entrants seeded by prior times. Faster runners race in one heat and slower runners in the other, and Hamilton states final placings will be determined from individual times.
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Hamilton
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Tom Hinton
Truman Stacey
Lake Charles American Press
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Sherrouse
Charlie Joseph
M. Savage
Don Bowden
Villanova
Ron Delaney
Brutus Hamilton
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