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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1959

Page

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Colavito's Booming Bat Keeps Cleveland On Top

Cleveland exploits Rocky Colavito's 27th and 28th homers to split a doubleheader with Detroit. the slugger drives in four as Jim Perry earns his fourth win. Killebrew stalls with 30, while Boston and Baltimore win. Yankees dip under .500. Willie Tasby and Gene Woodling pace Orioles. Jim McAnany belts two triples for Chicago White Sox in a pair of wins.

Cleveland Indians Killebrew Colavito Indians Detroit Cleveland Chicago White Sox Kansas City Baltimore Orioles Washington Boston New York Ruth Jackie Jensen Bill Monbouquette Red Sox Billy Jurges Yankees Hoyt Wilhelm Billy Gardner Joe Taylor Russ Kemmerer Gene Woodling Willie Tasby Jim McAnany Bud Daley

Baseball Scores for National League Standings and Results

National League standings show teams like San Francisco Los Angeles Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia and Philadelphia with records and winning percentages. Monday games featured Los Angeles at Cincinnati San Francisco at Milwaukee. Sunday results include Chicago 7 Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 4 San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 4 Los Angeles 5 Pittsburgh 6 St Louis 5. Saturday results list Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3 San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 0 Los Angeles 7 Milwaukee 5.

National League Pet San Francisco Los Angeles Soescess Milwaukee Los Angeles Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Eccles Sets New Track Record In Ottawa Stock Car Races

A large crowd at the Ottawa speedway watched Johnny Eccles of Iola win the modified championship driving Al Weiland’s car 37 and set a new track record of 18.5 seconds. Lee Figgins survived a south curve crash and rejoined. Melvin Miller of Ottawa won the stock championship by a half car length over Junior Sims. Verlin Simmons and Danny Morgan won the modified heat and stock heats, with Jack Mallicoat taking the stock trophy. Next week features a powder puff race with women drivers.

Ottawa Speedway Johnny Eccles Iola al Weiland Eccles Lee Figgins Figgins Jack Mallicoat Ottawa

Pro Baseball Semi Finals In Wichita And Arkansas City

AP reports Wichita Cessna beat Topeka DX 8-1 and Hill City Athletics edged Paola 7-6 after 12 innings in the state semi pro tournament. Six run rule ended Wichita Topeka at 6 innings while other games were rained out.

Wichita Cessna Topeka Hill City Athletics Paola Arkansas City Ban Johnson Uniontown Wichita Weller Kansas City Fiddlers Topeka Deckers McPherson Ban Johnson Rose Hill Elkhart Oswego Mays

North Baptists Rally to 14-8 Victory Over First Methodists

In a Forest Park league softball game the North Baptist team defeated the First Methodists 14 to 8. Dyer pitched for the Baptists with McAdoo catching, while Waldo pitched for the Methodists with Cearfoss catching. A six-run sixth inning broke open a close game before the hour and a half time limit ended the six inning affair.

Forest Park North Baptist First Methodists Dyer McAdoo Methodist Waldo Cearfoss Baptist The Baptists

Norwich Striking Sanitation Workers Clash Over Birthday Costs

Norwich, Connecticut, facing a two week sanitation strike by 78 Local 14164 United Mine Workers members, stalls street cleaning during a 300th anniversary parade. Workers seek a 15 percent wage hike as city funds support festivities while hourly pay sits from $1.31 to $2.25.

Norwich Conn New England Franklin Square United Mine Workers Union

Ottawa Herald postal rates and publication details

The Ottawa Herald notices its daily publication except Sundays and holidays. Subscription rates are listed for local and trade area by mail, including one month 86 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.75 dollars, and one year 7 dollars, with rates for outside trade area higher. Editor is Kaneaa, Robert B. Wellington. Guy Snedaker, and others noted in the masthead.

Ottawa Kaneaa Robert B. Wellington Guy Snedaker

Stengel Weighs Replacing Skowron After Slump

Casey Stengel frets over first base loss as Moose Skowron is back with treatment for a recurring ailment. Yankees drop to 7-3 loss to Boston as Mantle slumps and pitching falters. Stengel considers Norm Lurbert or Elston Howard at first while Boston’s Jurges era sparks offense led by Jensen Williams and White.

Boston Moose Skowron Casey Stengel Skowron Yankees Stengel RBI Norm Lijebern Elston Howard Mary Throneberry New York Mickey Mantle Yankee Red Sox Billy Jurges Jurges Jackie Jensen Ted Williams Sammy White

Johnny Busso Takes Header in Sparring at Olympic Auditorium

Los Angeles AP reports lightweight contender Johnny Busso, ranked fourth, took a spill during a Sunday sparring session with George Barry at Olympic Auditorium. He moved to dodge a punch, slipped, fell over the ropes, hit the floor, and was found to have no broken bones after x rays.

Los Angeles Johnny Busso New York George Barry Olympic Auditorium

Rotary Pee Wee Yankees Meet Athletics at Garfield

Schedule lists Monday games in multiple leagues. Rotary Pee Wee Yankees face Athletics at Garfield playground at 5 p.m.

Rotary Yankees Athletics Garfield Playground Cardinals Forest Park Little Diamond Church First Christian Trinity Methodist United Presbyterian Wesleyan Methodist

Elks Legion Beats Olathe Elks Legion

The Ottawa Elks Legion defeated the Olathe Legion 12 to 5 at Forest Park last night. Pitcher Briggs tossed a six hit performance as Ottawa exploded for six runs in the first inning and built the lead with a four run fifth. Ottawa's next game is at Paola tomorrow night at 8 p.m.

Ottawa Elks Legion Olathe Legion Forest Park Ottawa Briggs Olathe Legion Paola

Elroy Face Aims For 20th Straight Win In Pirates Bid

Pittsburgh reliever Elroy Face, 31, 5 foot 7, 155 pounds, won his 14th straight this year and 19th in two years as Pittsburgh beat St Louis 6-5 and 5-4. He used a forkball to stem the Cards and saved a 5-4 nightcap, with a 7 p.m. curfew halting play. Face’s pace nears Marquard Hubbell marks, challenging a century of consecutive victories.

Rube Marquard Carl Hubbell Goliaths Walter Johnson Lefty Grove Bob Feller Diay “Dean David Elroy’ Face Pittsburgh Pirates Face Marquard New York Giants Hubbell Giants Pittsburgh St. Louis Cardinals Jed Milwaukee Braves San Francisco Los Angeles Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Cubs Phillies Harvey Haddix Roberto Clemente George Crowe Elroy

Slimmer Souchak Wins Western Open by One Putt

Mike Souchak, weighing 196 pounds after shedding pounds, won the Western Open at Pittsburgh Field Club with a clutch four-foot final putt for a 65, 272 total. Arnold Palmer finished second at 273 after a late bogey. George Bayer was third at 274 and Ted Kroll fourth at 275. Souchak’s diet cutbacks helped lift his season winnings to 38,180 and earned him a Tyder Cup team berth.

Pittsburgh Mike Souchak Grossinger N.Y Souchak Arnold Palmer Ligonier Palmer George Bayer Lemont, Ill Ted’ Kroll Sarasota Fla Duke University Berwick, Pa Huskie

Ottawa Girls Defeated 20-6 in Softball Clash

The Ottawa girls were defeated by Overbrook 20 to 6 in a Saturday softball game. Errors in the field and weak hitting led to a one sided loss with 10 runs allowed in the third inning after two outs. Emerson started, Jones relieved him, Gilliland caught. Next game vs Kansas City at 8 p.m. at Woodland Park in Lawrence.

Ottawa Overbrook Forest Park Emerson Jones Gilliland Kansas City Woodland Park Lawrence

Three Big Diesels Go Swimming in Napa River

Three 186-ton diesel locomotives belonging to Southern Pacific plunged into 35 feet of Napa River water near a draw bridge as a caboose was pulled, then the crew escaped unharmed. Railroad officials investigated how the locomotives ended in the river, noting the incident left the cause a mystery.

Napa, Calif Southern Pacific Railroad Napa River

Missile program ahead of schedule and strongest in world

FT. RILEY Kan. AP The Army's missile program is ahead of schedule and strongest in the world Secretary of the Army Wilber Brucker states Nike missile system is the finest ground to air interceptor system to be developed after flying in from Washington Sunday

FT. Riley Kan Army Wilber Brucker Brucker Washington

Tiny hearing aid wins with half-ounce miniaturization

A triumph of miniaturization delivers a hearing aid weighing just half an ounce and using the smallest battery ever employed in such devices. The curio invites belief once seen.

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