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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1959
Page
2
The Chicago White Sox win 9-2 and 4-2 to take the series, aided by a four homer barrage against Ford and Coates. Detroit, Cleveland, and Washington also win while Yankees slip further, Antony Maxwell homers on Sunday helping Detroit.
Morris A C triumphed 19 to 6 on Sunday over Braidwood. Don Roseberry earned the win, relieved in the sixth by Sterritt. Turner took the loss, relieved in the fourth by Simmons. Cook led Morris with four hits, Faletti and Simmons added the two Braidwood hits.
Dwight beats Morris 7 2 as R Hanley homered in the third and Weatherly of Morris hit a triple and two singles. Togliatti earned the win with G Hanley relief in the fifth while Burden took the loss and Riley and Black each pitched in.
Ingemar Johansson secures the world heavyweight title and asserts control over his career. The new champion relies on his own judgment, with a different management dynamic than prior champs Rocky Marciano and Floyd Patterson, and he cuts his own contract and decisions with the Patterson bout.
Baseball final scores show Kansas City at Detroit as the only Sunday game. Cleveland beat Boston 5 to 1 and Chicago defeated New York 9 to 4. Detroit topped Baltimore 7 to 2 while Washington beat Kansas City 7 to 3. Saturday results include Boston 6 over Cleveland 4 and Detroit 12 over Baltimore 2. Chicago 5 over New York 4 and Kansas City 5 over Washington 4 in 10 innings.
Ken Venturi captures the $9,000 first prize at the Chicago Open with a final 7 under par 273 aided by steady putting and a garden of grasses learned in Daly City California. He offset Johnny Pott who finishes runner up at 274 with a 72 in the last round andes.
The European heavyweight champion in 1956 and world champion three years later, Ingo built a gravel and dirt selling business from his ring earnings. He rose through the pro ranks while expanding his enterprise, but he insists the boxing game comes first.
Monday schedule features Mufflers against Platt ville at Lisbon at 8 p m and Olson against Black in a Little League game at Goodwill 6 p m Tuesday shows Vilands versus New ark at Lisbon 8 p m Olson against Boss at p m Darling versus Met tille in Pony league at MCHL 9 30 a m Mark Christman former St Louis Browns infielder now scouts for the New York Yankees
Dodgers with left hand trio Podres Koufax McDevitt ride seven game win streak into the pennant race. McDevitt earned his 4th straight win as Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh 9 4 while Milwaukee beat Chicago 2 1. Ed Mathews belted his 23rd homer for Milwaukee as Cincinnati, St Louis and San Francisco also posted wins.
Sherman Lollar of the White Sox slugged two homers in Chicago wins over the New York Yankees. His first game homer erased a Yankee lead in a 9-2 victory, his second came in the first inning of a 4-2 win with two on. Herb Score pitched a two hitter for Cleveland, fanning seven to win his eighth as Jim Baxes homered in the seventh for a 1-0 victory after Cleveland took the opener 5-4 over Boston.
Johnny Otto of Hyannis stopped Willy Rice of Pittsfield in 3 rounds at West Yarmouth. Ronnie Cohen of New Rochelle stopped Chuck Bloss of Wilkes-Barre in 6 rounds.
The Morris Warriors net horhood baseball team dropped two games over the weekend. Saturday they were defeated 14 to 3 at Wilmington as Morris managed four hits to Wilmington’s 15. Sunday at Goodwill Sun day the Warriors lost again 0 to 4 with Minoo leading Sun day’s offense and Morris collecting four hits and two runs.
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