Dick Smith the Luckless Lefthander
Dick Smith, once a highly touted left hander, rose from a small town to a big signing bonus then wandered through Class D and Class C leagues. Injuries and errors hampered his progress as teams shuffled him from Brunswick to Johnson City and Des Moines before landing in Bakersfield where a late homer and a blown lead capped a career of near-misses.
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Smith
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Boston
Brunswick
Georgia
Orsville
McCurdy Field
Frederick American Legion
Johnson City
Tampa
Des Moines
Tim
Runnels Tops AL Batting as Burgess Leads NL Hitters
Smoky Burgess of Pittsburgh has edged into the National League batting lead with 19 safeties in 15 games and .367. Pete Runnels of Boston leads the American League at .385 after a 1 for 5 in a doubleheader split with St Louis, while Roger Maris slips to second at .333. Vic Power and Bob Allison rise in RBI and batting pace as Ernie Banks ties for NL home runs with Ken Boyer at 46.
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Smoky Burgess
Pittsburgh
Boston
Rhie Ashburn
Chicago Cubs
Burgess
Wich
Pete Runn
Ate
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Runnels
Pete
Roger Maris
Maris
Bob Allison
Washington
Vic Power
Cleveland
Ashburn
Erie Banks
Cubs
Ken Boyer
Banks
Jim Lemon
Ben Hansen
Baltimore
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Casper Fishes While Others Go Practice at Cherry Hills
Defending U S Open champion Billy Casper skipped practice to go fishing as 749 players prepared for the tournament at Cherry Hills Country Club. Casper’s absence contrasted with the rest of the field ahead of the week’s decisive rounds.
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Casper
Harold Claassen
Associated Press
Denver
Cherry Hills Country Club
Billy Casper
Fisherman Michael Marchu One Trout Season Record Set
Annapolis reports Michael Marchu of Rockville caught a record trout season totaling 93 feet of fish over 78 hours. He logged 123 trout from Feb 22 to June 1 in Frederick and Montgomery streams, averaging 38 minutes per trout. Major species included 2 rainbow, 28 brown, 3 brook. total length nearly 98 feet. Edwon Barry called the catch excellent and praised Marchu’s diary records.
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Michael Marchu
Rockvike
Marchu
Game and Inland Fish Department
Marchy
Frederick
Montgomery County
Hunting Creek
Fishing Creek
Friends Creek
Bentz Pond
Frederick County
Avery and Needwood Road
Edwon M. Barry
Inland Fish Management
Barry
Baseball Standings and Tonight's Games Across Leagues
AL standings show Cleveland leading with 29 wins and 19 losses while Baltimore trails at 31 23. New York 21 31 and Detroit 26 23 midpack. Tonight's schedule features six games including Baltimore at Cleveland and New York at Kansas City. NL leaders Pittsburgh 32 20 and San Francisco 32 22 set to clash. Milwaukee 20 19 visits San Francisco among others with night games listed.
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Baltimore
New York
Detroit
Chicago É
Washington
Kansas City
Bostonly
Balltimore
Pappas
Hoeft
Perry
Coates
Bucks
Ramos
Chicago
Baumann
Boston
Brewer
Bunning
W. L. Pet. G.B. Pittsburgh
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Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Philadelphia Ig
Pittsburgh
Jones
Hobbie
Buhl
Jackson
O'Toole
Philadelphia
Roberts
Drysdale
Creagerstown Tops Yellow Springs In Late Rally
Creagerstown defeats Yellow Springs 6 to 4 after a four run seventh inning surge. Ecker and Beachley lead with key hits as Heatherly and Fraley contribute for Creagerstown while Cline and Greagerstown provide offense for Yellow Springs. Final line score 4-6 with 10 left on base and multiple defensive plays highlighted.
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Towet
Goiimor
Ecker
Eycock
Heatherly
Lape
Beachey
Nahirsef
Lary
Miss
Cook
Smith
Kulb
Giserpot
Creagerstown
Yellow Springs
E. Creagerstown
Yesters Springs
Ecker Craagerstown
Cline Greagerstown
Lave Chine
SBSO
Beachley
Guser
Winney
Fraley
Kiab
Faye
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Germantown Powers Past Middletown In Low-Scoring Boxscore
In a tight box score duel Germantown defeats Middletown 74 to 23 as stars Strobel and Adams lead with double digits. Pitchers, runs batted in and fielding notes accompany the summarized scoring lineups and totals for both teams.
Braves Rally Past Giants as Logan Drives Nine
Shortstop Johnny Logan drove in nine runs and Lew Burdette outpitched San Francisco with a four-run first inning comeback by Milwaukee. The Giants fell one game behind idle Pittsburgh as Milwaukee seized a 5 win. Logan's bases loaded double and triple highlighted the burst, with Adcock, Brewer, and Bruton contributing. Burdette allowed a three-run homer to Orlando Cepeda but recovered.
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SAN Francisco AP
Johnny Logan
Lew Burdette
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Braves
Burdette
Orlando
Jack Sanford
Logan
Billy Lees
Asrd Bruton
Ser’s'stre
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Adcock Ib
Ceseda IF
Covinttos
McCovey
Ssargier If Schaud
Crardall
Legan
Durdere
Marshall
Pecce cLong
Loos Milwaukes
San Francisco E—Sresscud
Kirkland
Mileau
Adcock
Breton
IF Bordette
Sanforend
Sanforc
Lances Peigkovdas
Jackowsk
Trade reshapes Indians and Red Sox in major move
Cleveland catcher Russ Nix and Carrol Hardy were traded to Boston for outfielder Marty Keough and pitcher Ted Bowsfield. Sam Jim White was moved from Cleveland to Boston and Nix displayed mixed feelings about manager Lane’s handling. The deadline reshapes rosters as Washington and Baltimore add pitchers and Philies bolster depth.
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Russ Nixon
Boston
Frank Lane
Carrol Hardy
Bosox
Marty Keough
Ted Bowsfield
Farier
Ceach Niven
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Lane
White
Nixon
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John Romano
Indians
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Foiles
Keough
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Washington
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Phillies
Ray Moore
Bob Rush
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Moore
Jim Kaat
Charleston
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Hein
Jim Busby
Miami
Orfioles
Albie Pearson
Tooxie
Philadelphia Phillies
Risen Amara
Anapolis
American Assn
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