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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1958
Page
3
A chaotic game story reports Maglie beating Milwaukee 2-1 while Yankee trade and lineup shifts are noted. Maglie’s performance strains, seventh inning maneuvering, and late relief by Noren shape a tense win as the Braves extend lead and other NL results surface.
A fragment reports a Soviet weightlifting achievement with a 796 pound mark set last year by Mineav. The garbled OCR omits clear dates places and full names, but indicates a notable weight record tied to Soviet athletics and the athlete Mineav.
Glenn Davis, a 23 year old Ohio State senior, claims three world titles after recent feats. His career began with Barberton High School victories in hurdles and jumps, then 49.5 seconds in the 400 meters at the U S finals, then an Olympic gold and a 50.1 record. He later tied and then bettered world marks in the 440 yard dash and 440 yard hurdles, with times 45.8 and 49.9 seconds, and eyes further international recognition.
Willie Pep of Hartford Connecticut meets Pat McCoy of Ireland in New Bedford Massachusetts as he pursues another shot at the featherweight title. Pep has won 28 of 29 and eyes a title bout with Hogan Bassey, with a Boston date in September rumored.
Summary of Monday and Saturday MLB results across American and National leagues. New York crushed Detroit 15 to 0 while Baltimore shutout Chicago 2 to 0 and Kansas City edged Boston 2 to 1. Cincinnati, St Louis, Pittsburgh and San Francisco posted varied scores as leaders Milwaukee and San Francisco encountered doubleheaders and suspended games.
Detroit tied New York in a rough game while Chicago crushed Baltimore. Boston defeated Washington by a wide margin. Cleveland led a high scoring night with a 7 point win.
A pair of National League or NBA showdowns appear on the schedule with games featuring Baltimore at Detroit and Boston at Cleveland. The listings indicate two matchups without further details on dates results or venues.
A 125-player field competes in 18 holes of qualifying play at Decatur Country Club for the Illinois Women's Golf Association Tour. The low 32 advance to the championship flight with first and second rounds Tuesday, quarterfinals Wednesday, semis Thursday, and 36-hole finals Friday. Defending champion Mrs. Paul Dommers of Belvidere competes alongside Lois Drarke of La Grange, Virginia Ingram of Winnetka, and others.
Baseball brief lists results across leagues with teams including Omaha, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Louisville, Charleston, St Paul, Wichita, Montreal, Miami, Toronto, Havana, Buffalo, Columbus, Richmond, Rochester. Notable scores show Montreal 3 Miami 14 and Columbus 1 Richmond 3.
Sal Maglie, 41, pitched a quirky mix of off-speed and junk for the Milwaukee Braves as St. Louis earned a 2-1 win. He complained of fatigue after six innings, noting his only success came from changeups and curves. Aaron Mathews and Adcock were stymied, with the Braves collecting no hits in 11 at bats. Warren Spahn praised Maglie for varying his pitches.
Ted Kroll takes a two‑stroke lead after a 69 in the final round at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club. Tommy Bolt slips from the lead, with Jack Fleck close behind as Kroll seeks a return to top earnings from two years ago.
In junior league action Friday the Lions defeated Rotary 6-0 behind Jack Shelton’s one hit pitching. Ellis Case improved to four wins with no defeats by beating Estes Grocery 8-4. The Lions had seven hits off Rotary pitchers Bob Crosnoe and Ronnie Wright, scoring twice in the second and adding a four run fourth. Rotary’s lone hit was an infield single by Bob Harlow. Mike Waters earned his second win in the senior game, with Jerry Bumpus taking the loss for Estes Grocery. Jerry Gold drove in three with two singles. Wayne Hicks added a single in three at bats with two RBIs. Willie Hardin had Estes’ lone standout with a single, double, and RBI.
Major league leaders are listed by batting with Vernon Cleveland at .352 and Fox Chicago at .336. Cerv Kansas City leads RBIs with 55, Jensen Boston 50, and Malzone Boston 76 in a high scoring season. Pitching leaders include Larsen New York 6 1 and Ford New York 8 2 with Turley New York 76 strikeouts.
The record lists top players by batting and pitching across teams. Mays of San Francisco leads batting with a .380 average and 152 runs. Banks of Chicago follows with a .360 average and 51 runs. Cepeda, Walls, and data for home runs, steals, and pitching leaders are noted with team affiliations and counts.
Hollywood report lists several boxing results including Charlie Smith defeating Armando Muniz by knockout in Mexico and Jose Torres scoring a knockout over Joey Salvato. Detroit fighter Joe Hemphill won on points against Osee Groen in Chicago.
Australian Herb Elliott wins the mile in 3 57.9 at the AAU championships with a 54.1 final lap, challenging IAAF timing rules. Fellow Australian Merv Lincoln finishes three strides back as controversy grows over tenths vs fifths timing and world record recognition. Eddie Southern of Texas matches the 440 record at 45.8, with Berkeley’s Glenn Davis also posting 45.7 pending approval.
Patty Berg of St Andrews Tl won her 7th Women's Western Open at Kahkwa Country Club Erie Pa finishing with a 72 hole total of 293 after a final round 75. Beverly Hanson earned second with 297 and Louise Suggs of Sea Island Ga took third at 299 with final rounds of 74 and 73 respectively.
Don Larsen pitched a two-hitter for his third shutout as the Yankees unleashed a 15-0 rout over Detroit, stringing 16 hits with early big innings. Billy Martin started the scoring in the second, and the Yanks piled on after a long slump to pull within striking distance in the pennant race.
Champaign Illinois AP defending champion Bob Dredge of Galesburg headlines a 174-player field at the Illinois State Amateur Golf Championship at the University of Illinois Course. The event starts with a 36 hole qualifying round, followed by match play for the 63 lowest scorers. Players face 18 hole and 36 hole matches through Saturday's final. Dredge is joined by six former champions Norando Nannini Harold Foreman Jr Jim Frisina Sr Mike Stolarik and John Hobart.
Hector Lopez of the Athletics made a sensational eighth inning catch on Jackie Jensen’s drive and then delivered a go ahead run scoring single in the same frame to lift Kansas City past Boston 2-1. Sal Maglie, a former Yankee, started for the Cardinals, beating National League leaders at Milwaukee 2-1 in his first start for St. Louis.
Althea Gibson, the 1957 Wimbledon champion, declares she will win when she next faces Christine Truman. Seeds 1 and 2, Gibson and Truman, loom as potential final rivals as Wimbledon opens with 64 men's singles matches. Ashley Cooper opens the tournament against Geoff Owen, with Barry MacKay of Dayton facing Emilio Martinez.
DETROIT AP Don Larsen outdueled the Tigers with a 15-0 victory allowing only two singles. The Yankee ace walked two in the first and eighth but never faced real trouble, extending Detroit’s skid and matching the no-hitter fever of his 1956 masterpiece in a dominant performance.
Rod and Gun Club anglers at Bluford Lake reported excellent fishing over the weekend with more than 40 bass weighing 1 to 5 pounds. Large numbers of channel cat fish were hooked, including a 14 1/2 pounder.
Pancho Gonzales, 30, still ruler of professional tennis, fights with promoter Jack Kramer over contract terms through April 1962 and a Europe tour. He beat Ken Rosewall 19-17 5-7 64 at the West Side Tennis Club to stay unbeaten in the round robin standings, with Hoad and Sedgman among upcoming foes.
Syracuse fades as Cornell cements dynasty in rowing with a dominant varsity sweep at Onondaga Lake. Sanford’s squad, led by a trio of returnees, routed Navy by three lengths after a fast lead over MIT. Pennsylvania and Syracuse trailed in sixth and third respectively as the Big Red claimed varsity glory, with MIT ninth and Columbus tenth.
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