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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1959
Page
7
Tomy Lee edges Sword Dancer by a nose in the Kentucky Derby after a fierce stretch duel. A steward's review delayed the result before replays confirmed the win. Shoemaker rode Tomy Lee while Boland chased Sword Dancer, with insults traded and a dramatic finish.
Buckeystown Rangers grab a doubleheader sweep against Mountaindale 9-5 and 17-10. Leaks shines with two singles and a sacrifice in game one, while Buckeystown rips nine doubles in game two amid eight Mountaindale errors.
Boston Chico Vejar defeated Joe Denucci in Stamford outpoint style as 163 percent reported. Rocky Kalngo beat Alfredo Cota in Manila. Ernesto Figueroa outpointed Ike Chestnut in Mexico City. Carlos Hernandez stopped Francisco Avispon Serrano in Havana. Additional results from New York and Cuba are listed.
Entries show nine races with purses ranging from 1 000 to 1 500 and multiple allowances and claiming events. Notable horses mentioned include Boana's Fox Decree Eternal Pemetto Fast Spin Binda N Ish Weaver Madalena Eagle Speed Step Streex Marsx Rag Apple Furcher Goober Gab Panzer Maureen Tolerant Raccoon Chin Wag Safe Deposit Shana Model Paper Tony Natural Lady Headwind and several noted finishers and entries across races.
Baseball results show Pacific Coast League scores with Sacramento and Vancouver, Seattle and Salt Lake, San Diego at Portland, and suspended games after curfews. International League fixtures include Buffalo, Columbus, Rochester and Montreal with several games postponed or declared complete. American Association results list Fort Worth, Denver, Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston, and Omaha with several games noted as added or postponed. State League listings summarize Poolesville, Frederick, Mt. Airy, Jefferson, Brunswick, New Market, Th urnont, Tramsville and other small-town matchups with next Sundays slated games and standings snippets.
Alumni coaches Dick Bielski and John Irvine prepare the ninth annual Varsity Alumni game at Byrd Stadium. Thirty players including 17 All-Americas from the pros and several Terps legends will face Tom Nugent’s Terrapins in a spring finale that caps Maryland practice.
American League leaders include Fox Chicago batting .398 with 33 hits and Kuenn Detroit at .387. Killebrew Washington leads RBIs with 19 and also home runs with six tied with Colavito Yost and Lemon. National League highlights feature Aaron Milwaukee batting .500 with 36 hits, Mathews leading home runs with 8, and Burdette Milwaukee atop pitchers with 5 0.000. Spahn and Drysdale post high strikeout totals.
Shookstown won both ends of a Sunday doubleheader against Lewistown 13-4 and 21-2. The visitors led early in the first game and maintained control, then exploded with an 18-hit attack in the second. Home runs by Whitter, Writz, J. Blum, D. Blum and others highlighted the wins.
Frederick High School trackmen travel to Chambersburg for a 7 30 triangular meet with host Chambersburg and Waynesboro. The Cadets seek a fifth straight win but must post top year performances to do so amid strong Chambersburg hurdles sprints and jumps and a notable Waynesboro sprinter Punt plus the Stoop brothers and Eyler in their events.
New York Yankees sit seventh in the American League, 62 games back, after a rough May as they drop nine of ten and 12 of 19. The last time they were this low after three weeks was 1940 when they finished the season poorly. A separate note mentions Floyd Patterson and a potential bout with Johansson if Johansson wins June 25, with Alhquist proposing a $500,000 guarantee for a Sweden bout.
CHICAGO AP We will keep trading until we find help said Bill Veeck after swapping Ray Boone for Harry Simpson. Kansas City 2 Baltimore manager Paul Richards were negotiating after the Sox lost 4-2 in ten innings. The Simpson deal followed the earlier sale of Don Rudolph and Lou Skizas to Cincinnati for Del Enns. I hope Simpson will help us, but we’ll keep trying as something comes up.
Broad Run 6 loses to Walkersville 10 as Germantown hosts Lovettsville next Sunday. Buckerstown tied with Middletown 9 3, with Buckerstown 3 1 and Germantown 2 1 in the standings. Walkersville 2 2 and Yellow Springs 2 1 follow.
Yesterday's Stars Battiog Charlie Maxwell and the Tigers smashed four Tome runs in succession, three in the second game to tie a major league record and give Detroit a 4-2 victory in the first game and 6-2 in the nightcap. Jim Mudcall Grant of the Indians pitched a two hit shutout in the first game as Cleveland beat Washington 5-0, while the Senators won the second game 3-1.
The first pitched under Joe Gordon since he succeeded Bobby Gragan as Tribe manager last summer signals a new era for the team. The move follows Gragan's departure and aligns with Gordon's planned approach to retooling the lineup.
London reports Oleg Fedoseyev of the Soviet Union set a world record in the hop, step and jump at 16.7 meters. The Moscow radio credited Fedoseyev with breaking the previous mark held by fellow Russian Oleg Ryakhotsky by about 432 centimeters.
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