Chicago Wins To Boost League Lead To 4 1/2 Games
Chicago's Ger ry Staley, a former near 20-game winner now in relief, locked down three scoreless innings as the White Sox beat Baltimore 6-4 to widen their AL lead to 4 1/2 games over Cleveland. Nellie Fox drove in the go ahead run in the eighth with a two out double. The Senators defeated Cleveland for their fourth straight loss, while New York and Boston won to stay in close pursuit.
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Baseball Scores Tuesday Results and Wednesday Schedule
Tuesday results show New York 5 Detroit 3 and Washington 1. Cleveland 4 Boston 6, Kansas City 4, Chicago 6, Baltimore 4. Wednesday games: Chicago at Philadelphia twi night, St Louis at Pittsburgh suspended before July 12, Los Angeles at Cincinnati, San Francisco at Milwaukee. Tuesday results also include Philadelphia 2 St Louis 7 and San Francisco 0 Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 6 in 13 innings. Only games scheduled.
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Dempsey Returns To Fight Promotion Stage
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, age 64, is hired as promotional director and adviser for Rosensohn Enterprises to help organize a possible Johansson Patterson rematch on September 22. Dempsey, who has not promoted recently, says he will travel worldwide to aid the effort and has no stock in the company.
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Rosensohn Enterprises
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Floyd Patterson
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New York State Athletic Commission
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Newcombe Delivers Shutout as Reds Top Giants 7-0
Former Dodgers star Don Newcombe, now with Cincinnati, hurled an eight hit shutout to beat San Francisco 7-0, trimming Los Angeles’ NL pennant margin to two games. Gus Bell drove in six of Cincinnati’s runs with a double and his 19th homer, while Wally Moon and Rip Repulski provided key hits for the Dodgers in a 7-6 win over Milwaukee in 13 innings. Philadelphia also defeated St Louis 2-1 on Richie Ashburn’s run producing single.
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Bob Miller
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Baseball on TV boosts public interest says CBS official
William C. Macphail of CBS argues that televising major league games elevates interest in the sport without harming minor leagues. He cites pre-television declines in minor leagues and contends TVs role is promotional and beneficial when properly organized.
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National Association
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Crumbling Empire of Minor League Teams
A fragmented note describes the decay of the once expansive minor league system, highlighting the ongoing mergers and reductions reshaping the landscape and signaling a broader contraction within professional baseball's lower levels.
Trans-Miss Tourney Opens With Key Qualifiers
The Trans-Mississippi Amateur at Woodhill in Minneapolis begins four days of match play after two rounds of qualifying. Glen Fowler of Oklahoma City and Charles Coody of Stamford, Texas share medal with 145. Jack Nicklaus, defending champion, opens today versus Larry Dahl.
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Rickey Named President of Continental League
New York AP Branch Rickey, 78, was named president of the Continental League the embryo third major baseball league. He will sell 958 Pirate shares for 200000 and run the operation aimed to start in 1961 with William A. Shea continuing as founder chairman.
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Moore Favored In Featherweight Title Bout
World featherweight champion Davey Moore defends his title against Hogan Bassey in a 15 round nationally televised bout at the Olympic Auditorium. Moore, from Springfield Ohio, is a 3-1 favorite after a KO filled career with 18 KOs in 42 fights. Bassey, 27, from Nigeria, has 20 KOs in 67 bouts and won the vacant title in 1956 by stopping Cherif Hamia. The bout airs on ABC at 7:00 pm PDT.
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