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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1959
Page
6
Gus Triandos powered Baltimore with two homers including a grand slam, driving in four runs as the Orioles defeated Boston 6-2. Hoyt Wilhelm allowed eight Boston hits but suffered a rough outing amid Triandos’ heroics.
Miami Beach reports Rolando Morales outpointed Ike Vaughn in Havana while Frank Duarte beat Edgar Basel in Long Beach and Jimmy Kelley stopped Georgetown’s Jimmy Taylor in New Bedford. Other notes include Navy’s sixth loss in Frankfurt and Dick Metz making headlines in New Orleans. Jim Patalody named golf pro at Timberlane after a 1959 contract with Mashigiton Red Country Club.
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission sponsors a fishing school with demonstrations on lure work and casting styles. A May 24 session begins at 5:30 p.m. at Culler Lake after overflow crowds moved it from the YMCA. Demonstrators will show side cast tower cast backhand cast and other techniques while local experts participate.
The Associated Press lists top league leaders by batting, pitching and fielding. American League leaders include Strickland Cleveland and Kaline Detroit for batting, Held Cleveland and Triandos Baltimore for RBIs, plus Ferrarese and Lish Cleveland as top pitchers with 20 wins and 1.000 era. National League leaders feature Aaron Milwaukee and Demeter Los Angeles for hits, and Long Chicago Pia nati Moon Los Angeles San Francisco for triples with 2, and Diller Los Angeles striking out 18.
Mapassa Mauler, the Wood Memorial winner, is not eligible for the May 2 Kentucky Derby, with no provision for supplements. He could run in the Preakness as a $10,600 supplemental nominee, then possibly in the June 13 Belmont Stakes if fortunes align. Trained by Pancho Martin, the colt faces a scrambled 3-year-old division as he dominates pre Derby chatter and eyes the Triple Crown path ahead.
The Associated Press reports standings with teams like Cleveland, New York, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Chicago, and San Francisco. Tuesday results include Cleveland 14 Detroit 1 and New York 11 Washington 0, plus other scores. Wednesday and Thursday schedules show matchups such as Cleveland at Detroit and New York at Washington, with several NL games completed earlier in the week.
Detroit fans booed as the Tigers dropped to seven losses in eight games after Cleveland crushed Detroit 14 to 1. Manager Bill Norman and pitcher Paul Foytack drew jeers, Hank Aguirre also shelled, and ex-Tiger Billy Martin taunted bystanders while yearbooks were announced. Attendance slipped further from last season.
Elite middleweight contender Spider Webb, ranked third, faces Neal Rivers in a 10 round bout at Chicago Stadium televised by ABC. Webb, 32-4, seeks a knockout to extend his record after a 1:55 first round KO of Bobby Boyd. Rivers, 25, carries 27 KOs in 56 starts and has never been stopped but twice by cuts.
Hitting stars Don Demeter and Stan Musial feature a slate of home runs and near perfect games in a chaotic recap. Parked alongside league bowling results from Blue Ridge News Agency and local counts show high scores, team leaders, and individual marks across multiple clubs including Liberty and Carroll Manor.
Don Demeter at 23 homered three times and Art Fowler, 36, earned his second relief win as the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the San Francisco Giants 297 at the Coliseum. The victory extended LA’s four game run and moved them within a hair of first in the National League standings, trailing Milwaukee by a fraction of a point.
Gus Triandos, driving in all Baltimore runs in a 5-3 victory over Boston, faced two passed balls and an error. He joked about his catching, spoke on Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball, and noted the wear it caused. Wilhelm threw a complete game for his first win, with Triandos adding a grand slam and a sixth inning homer.
A seven hit attack led by doubles from Geisbert Michael and Brandenburg powered the Cadets to a 10 7 win over Johns Hopkins freshmen at McCurdy Field. Geisbert pitched a seven inning gem allowing seven hits and five strikeouts while Frederick provided early offense with a six run second inning.
Emmitsburg High School improved to four straight wins with a 54 victory over Taneytown. Don Sweeney allowed only two hits in the last four innings for his third win, while Dick Swomley delivered a bases loaded single to drive in the winning run in the sixth. The Liners travel to Frederick Conn for an away varsity game Friday.
Northwestern announced Tuesday night it will vote against the Rose Bowl at Big Ten meetings next month. A 5-3 stalemate would form, risking Big Ten participation since a four-fifth majority is required for Western Conference involvement.
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