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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
2
St Louis reports Dee Fondy of Pirates sustained a broken nose and left eye hemorrhage after a thrown ball during pre game practice. Fondy, a former Cubs signee now with the Pirates, had a .353 average and was among NL leaders before the injury.
Cubs pitcher Dick Drott, 20, throws a three hitter for a 9-0 win and adds a 9-1 victory in the nightcap as Chicago sweeps a doubleheader with Philadelphia. Drott raises his season total to 6-6 with 72 strikeouts, tied for the league lead with Jack Sanford. The youthful righty, who turns 21 July 1, has become a bright spot for manager Bob Scheffing amid Chicago’s early-season stretch.
Banks and Moryn each hit two home runs in the nightcap as Moe Drabowsky wins. The White Sox beat the Orioles 3-1 in Baltimore to preserve a two game AL lead over the Yankees. Keegan earned the win after six innings, Harshman finished. White Sox to face Baltimore again with Fischer vs Lees. Cubs vs Phils on the schedule with Poholsky Kaiser or Add ix pitching.
Pony League 6 pm Lions versus Moose. Little League 9 am Lions Reserves versus Eagles Reserves 6 pm Lions versus Eagles. Friday 6 pm Eagles versus Moose. Little League 9 am Moose Reserves versus Legion Reserves 6 pm Moose versus Legion.
The Morris Junior Legion base ball team starts its season this afternoon with a 1 p.m. game at Streator and travels to Sycamore on Sunday for a 5 p.m. contest. Joe Cronin, now general manager of the Boston Red Sox, set a home run record as a pinch hitter in 1943 with five long balls.
The St. Louis Cardinals extended their surge with a twin bill sweep of Pittsburgh 5-2 and 5-1, boosting their pace to within seven percentage points of Milwaukee. Sam Jones notched his fourth win, Stan Musial hit his 15th homer, and Lindy McDaniel earned his seventh win as the Cardinals improved to 24-10 on the road.
Lightweight champion Joe Brown retains the title by a 15th round technical knockout over Orlando Zulueta in Denver at the Coliseum. Referee Ray Keech stopped the bout with 21 seconds left as Zulueta, bloodied from a 10th round cut, failed to continue after a flurry of head and body punches.
Yale football great Thomas Albert Dwight Jones known as TAD Jones died Wednesday in New Haven. He was 70 and his coaching record at Yale stood at 57 wins, 15 losses and 4 ties marking a remarkable tenure.
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On Verona field Wednesday the Indians beat the Reds 11 to 6 as Don McCluckie hit a homer off William Hanley and McCluckie pitched seven innings for the win. The Hornets defeated the Blue Seals 9 to 4 with Pete Vouen tossing a four hitter and adding a triple and double.
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