Orioles coast with four A's errors for 5 1 Baltimore win
Orioles pitcher Bill Wight limited Kansas City to four hits as Baltimore won 5-1 amid four errors by the Athletics. Baltimore scored all runs unearned, with Bill Wilson homering for Oakland. In other action, Johnny Antonelli of the New York Giants tossed a 3-0 shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals, dropping them to seventh and extending a five game skid. Antonelli fanned nine in a complete game victory.
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Orioles
Bill Wight
Kansas City
Baltimore
A’s
Bill Wilson
Dave Philley
Jim Dyck
Bobby Shantz
Gus Triandos
Philley
Dyck
Willie Miranda
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Antonelli
New York
Redbird
Busch Stadium
Antonelli
Bill Virdon
Lone
Harry Elliott
Virdon
Willard Schmidt
Hank Thompson
Don Mueller
Willie Mays
Thompson
Mueller
Washington
Pedro Ramos
Milwaukee
Brooks
Ed Mathews
Don Zimmer
Phil Paine
Dodgers
Roger Craig
Brooklyns
Giants
Cincinnati
Johnny Klippstein
Joe Nuxhall
Gus Bell
Phils
Bell
Tribe
Wight
Wellsville Edges Baldwin on Wingert's One-Hitter
Wellsville beat Baldwin Co-Op 2 to 1 in an Ottawa sub-district softball game as Dwight Wingert pitched a near perfect game through six innings before Richard Barkley singled for Baldwin's lone hit. Osage City defeated Scranton 12 to 9 in the other tournament match, with two big innings sealing the win. Tournament play continues with Gilmore Skelly Service of Ottawa vs Burlingame, and later Kincaid vs Iola St. John's in the losers bracket.
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Dwight Wingert
Wellsville
Baldwin Co-Op
Ottawa
Osage City
Scranton
Wingert
Richard Barkley
Baldwin
Wayne Icenogle
Gilmore Skelly
Service of Ottawa
Burlingame
Kincaid
Iola
St. John’s
Scratton
D. Lay'n
Flora
G. Lay'n
Icenogle
Roark
Robin'n
J. Tau
Wiggins
Butell
G Chanay
Aubrey
Wright
Kneeder
Barkley
Hey Lehman
Allen
Perf
Rodes
Ndell
Ibp
Strom
G. Schooler
Brown
Geft
Garrett
Smith
Masters
McClenny
T. Joh’'n
Wyle
Johnson
Martin
L.sch'r
Beranton
Ces-Cesevenee
League Race Is Sizzling
A packed American League playoff chase saw White Sox pitcher Connie Johnson and Millard Dixie Howell lead a 2-1 win over Boston as New York’s Tommy Byrne outdueled Cleveland 2-1 with Joe Collins homers. Brooklyn, Milwaukee, New York, Cincinnati and Chicago posted wins in the N L as Detroit blew late leads, while Baltimore and Philadelphia fluctuated in tight pennant action.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Connie Johnson
Millard
Dixie) Howell
White Sox
Yankees
Tommy Byrne
Joe Collins
Yanks
Detroit
Washington
Baltimore
Kanas City
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Toronto
Test For Two Fighters At Wart Memorial Tonight
Syracuse New York radio and TV audience will see Ezzard Charles and Hurricane Jackson in a ten round bout at Wart Memorial Auditorium. Charles, 34, must win convincingly to stay a serious factor in the division while 23 year old Jackson must prove he can handle a class fighter of Charles stature to retain his No 3 ranking among Rocky Marciano's contenders. The bout airs at 9 p m EST on ABC.
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Syracuse
Ezzard Charles
Hurricane Jackson
Wart
Memorial Auditorium
Charles
Jackson
Rocky Marciano
ABC
Jimmy Slade
Rex
Layn
Danny Bucceroni
Nino Valdes
Iffe
Magison Square Garden
Slade
No Members Died During Session Ends Early
Washington reports that for the first time in over two decades no members of the Senate or House died during the current session which ended today. The previous session recorded nine deaths among lawmakers and one member elect, Dwight Rogers of Florida, died last December before the 84th Congress convened. his son Paul Rogers was elected to succeed him.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dwight Rogers
Florida
Paul
Women's Golf Tourney Nears Final Stages at Country Club
The annual women's golf tournament at the Country Club enters its final rounds with four players in the championship flight semifinals: Mrs. Louis Speer vs Mrs. Rex Berndt and Mrs. F J Indall vs Mrs. Wilbur Foulks. A flight semifinals feature Mrs. Basil Kelsey vs Mrs. R A Anderson and Mrs. Don Shade vs Mrs. Bill Bowers. B and C flights unfinished, D flight semifinals include Mrs. Paul Gaynor and Mrs. Ben Park.
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Louis Speer
Rex Berndt
F. J. Indall
Wilbur Foulks
Basil Kelsey
R. A. Anderson
Don Shade
Bill Bowers
Paul Gaynor
Ben Park
White Sox Remain On Top In Tight AL Race
Chicago White Sox edged Boston 2-1 to stay one game ahead of New York in the AL pennant chase. Connie Johnson pitched well before being pulled for Morrie Martin after Throneberry’s hit. Martin’s triple cut the lead, Joost grounded out to end the game.
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Boston
Chicago White Sox
Marty Marion
Marion
Chicago
New York
Connie Johnson
Toronto
Jim Piersall
Johnson
Morrie Martin
Faye Throneberry
Mr. Throneberry
Martin
Throneberry
Eddie Joost
Dixie Howell
Joost
Jim Busby
American League standings and Wednesday schedule recap
American League standings show Chicago leading with 63 wins and a .618 percentage, New York at 63-41, Cleveland 62-42, Boston 60-44, Detroit 56-47, Kansas City 43-61, Washington 35-68, Baltimore 81-? with 304 runs behind. Wednesday games include Cleveland at New York Garcia vs Turley, Chicago at Boston Trucks vs Parnell, Kansas City at Baltimore Kellner and Ceccarelli vs Zaverink and Dorish, Detroit at Washington Lary vs Abernahy. Tuesday results note New York 2 Cleveland 1 in 10 innings, Chicago 2 Boston 1, Detroit 138 Washington 10, Baltimore 5 Kansas City 1. National League standings list Brooklyn 72-33, Milwaukee 58-46, New York 56-50, Philadelphia 53-57, Chicago 51-57, Cincinnati 49-56, St. Louis 45-56, Pittsburgh 39-68. Recent NL games: Milwaukee 5 Brooklyn 3, New York 3 St. Louis 0, Chicago 12 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 2-4 Philadelphia 0-0.
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Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
Baltimore
Garcia
Turley
Trucks
Parnell
Kellner
Ceccarelli
Zaverink
Dorish
Lary
Abernahy
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
iChicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Roberts
Collum
Meyer
Crone
McCall
Jackson
Kline
Face
Jones
Davis
Stanton A. J. Swindell Rites Held. Local Notices Given
Friends of A. J. Swindell of Kansas City mourned his Thursday death. Funeral was Saturday morning. He had longtime ill health and formerly lived at Stanton. He is survived by his wife and one son Bramon. Nearby social updates note visits from Myers, Dutcher, Adams, and others, with multiple moves and out-of-town guests.
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A. J. Swindell
Kansas City
Stanton
Bramon
Jesse Myers
Roy Gore
Freddy Dutcher
Edith Adams
Archie Gibson
Peoria
Mary Pitcock
Coweta
Okla
Dee Spencer
George Brassfield
Charles Martz
Dan Brassi
Power outage hits Topeka from transformer failure
An outage occurred in Topeka yesterday when electric power was cut for 40 minutes due to a transformer failure at the Kansas Power and Light Co Tecumseh plant east of the city. The defect disrupted service starting at 4 40 p.m. The article notes a separate statistic about English Channel crossings from the prior year.
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co
Tecumseh
Here
Social visits and hospital update in Ottawa area
Mrs Otis Foster and Ollie Brassfield spent Monday in Ottawa calling on Rev and Mrs William Ward and son. Morris Dooley returned home Wednesday after a week at Miami County hospital. George Brassfield visited Friday afternoon. Mrs Gladys Welton of near Rantoul dined with Mrs Otis Foster Wednesday. Mrs Virgil Beebe and daughters were guests at the Charley Bates home Thursday. Mr and Mrs Charley Martz of Kansas City were weekend guests of her father Mr and Mrs Zeb McKoon.
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Jesse Rattles
Eldon McKeon
Donald Redick
Ray Redick
Jerry
Esther Gilbert
Raymond Shannon
George Brassfield
Ollie
Shannon
Germany
Air Force
Dan
Carl Brassfield
Moraine Nursing Home
Paola
Wayne
Pat Brassfield
Edgerton
Otis Foster
Ollie Brassfield
Ottawa
William Ward
Morris Dooley
Miami County Hospital
Gladys Welton
Near Rantoul
Virgil Beebe
Charley Bates
Charley Martz
Kansas City
Zeb McKoon
Stir Over Grain Bins In Kansas Defects Blame Disputed
Senate investigators heard testimony that about 5100 grain storage bins built in Kansas last year were defective. Agriculture Department witnesses blamed the Navy, while others argued over who held responsibility. The bins were rapid placeholders for a bumper crop and were purchased by the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Navy
Senate inquiry faults bin contracts and Navy inspections
Wen dell Becraft testifies that grade 1 lumber was replaced by lower grades full of knotholes in metal bins, while wooden bins from defective lumber collapsed under load. Black Stralls and Bryson Co. held a nearly $4.9 million contract for 8,960 grain bins. Navy inspectors lacked proper specs and drawings, hindering the inspection program.
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Navy Department
Wendell Becraft
Agriculture
Kansas
Senate
Becraft
Agriculture Department
Washington
Kansas Agriculture
Black, Stralls and Bryson Co
Kansas City
C. G. Christiansen
Navy
General Kept His Son's Toy
Shigeru Yoshida, in Asahi, recalls a Christmas gift to Gen Douglas MacArthur’s wife and the general’s own amusement with a pinching donkey toy. Mrs. MacArthur thanked the envoy, but MacArthur kept the gift for himself, lifting its legs and tail daily.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Asahi
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur MacArthur
Arthur
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