Williams And Willie Lead In Slugging Race
New York top slugging race features Ted Williams and Willie Mays leading with high totals. Williams has 250 total bases in 446 at bats for .723 slugging, plus 24 doubles 1 triple and 80 homers. Mickey Mantle trails closely with a .708 slugging on 260 total bases in 367 at bats. Mays tops NL with .630 and 266 total bases in 422 at bats, while Hank Aaron sits at .628 with 273 total bases in 435 at bats. Stan Musial remains NL leader lifetime with .578 and a 0.602 mark this season.
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Jack Sanford Tops Rookie of the Year Contention
New York city report notes Jack Sanford of the Philadelphia Phillies leads NL rookie voting while confusion surrounds AL rookie status for Frank Malzone of the Boston Red Sox. Malzone played 27 games last season with 103 at bats and a .165 average. BBWAA president Dan Daniel of World Telegram and Sun says Malzone is not a first year player.
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Lincoln Boasts Westen Lead In Baseball Award Race
Lincoln tightens its Western League lead as figures weigh in on postseason balloting. Malzone bats .305 with 8 homers and 68 RBIs in 109 games, Kubek plays five positions with .305/.N two homers and 25 RBIs, Sanford wins 15 of 19 and leads in strikeouts with 142 and a 2.93 ERA.
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Kansas City Signs Second Bonus Player
Kansas City Athletics sign their second bonus player in Dave Hill a 19 year old left handed pitcher from Milwaukee who will be a Northwestern University junior this fall He joined the team today with undisclosed bonus reportedly higher than the 30000 given to Cletis Boyer in 1955 Boyer now in the Yankees organization Hill worked out with the Athletics during their Cleveland series.
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Regional teams struggle as pace slows in standings
Amarillo and Topeka remain near second and third but lose games to widen the gap. Sioux City slipped while Amarillo won 12-7 and Colorado Springs beat Topeka 12-4. Albuquerque defeated Des Moines 9-8.
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Slump Hits Wichita Braves in Tight pennant race
The Wichita Braves suffer a rough home stretch as Frank Barnes hurls a two hitter and Omaha powers three homers to take a 3-1 win. The pennant chase tightens with Charleston edging St Paul 3-2 and Denver beating Indianapolis 4-3 in 10 innings. Minneapolis, in second, beat Louisville 4-2 in 11. With 27 games left Wichita's 6 1/2 game lead narrows as remaining games favor away teams and Barnes looms as the likely obstacle remaining for Omaha.
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Eddie Arcaro suspended ten days for careless riding
Jockey Eddie Arcaro received a 10 day suspension from Atlantic City stewards for careless riding aboard Dedicate in the Atlantic City Handicap. He later described the race as a near miss for Alhambra, which won the six furlongs event. Alhambra earned 12,525 of 21,750 purse as Dedicate finished three lengths behind in a track record time before disqualification was upheld.
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A's Spirit Shifts as Kansas City Faces Pennant Race
Notes on the Kansas City Athletics showing renewed hustle and a rising A's spirit under Harry Craft as Cerv Zernial and Vic Power pace the offense. The pennant race tightens with Milwaukee and St. Louis lurking, while Brooklyn struggles with pitching and hitting balance in a season of late surges and losses. Babe Zaharias death looms in sports headlines as the Zaharias family faces tragedy.
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Promoter George Zaharias Cousin Remains Active in Sports
The piece notes a tag-team veteran praised for his craft and identifies him as a cousin of George Zaharias who still engages in sports promotion.
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