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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1959
Page
7
Ted Williams and Stan Musial, two future Hall of Famers, denied plans to retire after 1959. Williams, 40, blamed his neck for hitting struggles and aimed for .300. Musial, 38, said he feels better and now batting .270, confident he can raise to .300 before season’s end.
Boston AP reports television broadcasts drew criticism for exposing catcher signs during Yankees versus Red Sox games. An 80 inch center field lens gave viewers a clear view of calls, prompting NBC to halt use on Frick’s suggestion to prevent in dugout signal catching.
Tuesday to Wednesday schedule lists two games at Forest Park. Garfield Rotary Midget League hosts Pomona Lions at 5 p.m. Forest Park Little Diamond hosts North Baptist Softball California Cuties at 5 p.m. No games Tuesday due to rain.
In wet grounds yesterday the city recreation league saw Pee Wee and Midget games. The Athletics beat the Yankees 13 12 at Garfield playground as Moody drove in the winning run with a bases loaded single in the bottom of the fifth. Seymour earned the win for the Athletics. Hardage took the loss. At Forest Park the Yankees edged the Cardinals 9 6 as Craycraft won for the Yankees and Davidson absorbed the defeat after a five run rally in the fifth.
American Legion official Dick Pittinger said Los Angeles has a strong chance to host the Ingemar Johansson Floyd Patterson rematch. Promoter Bill Rosensohn gave the Legion a 10 day option to sponsor the heavyweight title bout, with projected gate of three million dollars and costs near one million, to be held at the Coliseum or the Rose Bowl.
Albany New York Gov Nelson A Rockefeller directs all state departments to ensure employees wear safety belts. He announced the move as a statewide policy requiring belts on state cars.
Tuesday games include Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington Chicago at Boston Kansas City at Baltimore Los Angeles at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Chicago Cincinnati at St Louis San Francisco at Philadelphia. Monday results show Milwaukee 3 San Francisco and Cincinnati 13 Los Angeles 5.
Sam Adams, 39, vanished October 27 while hunting with two friends Ed Hodges and Colin Trusty of Missoula. Adams' gear and a broken gun found near a rugged camp northeast of Missoula. Bears left tooth-marked boot. sheriff official says Adams wounded the bear, it charged, he fired twice, and the bear overpowered him.
Two church league games were played at Forest Park on a muddy diamond. Trinity Methodist overcame a 5 run deficit to beat First Christian 12 11 with Beauchamp on the mound and Peterson catching, H Page and C Waymire the battery for First Christian. United Presbyterians defeated Wesleyan Methodist 26 6 as Abbott and J Macdonald pitched with Feighner catching. DePriest Garrett and Moody pitched for the losers with Garrett and Moody catching.
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