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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1957
Page
3
Philadelphia edging St. Louis 6 2 to move into first in the NL as Jack Sanford notches his 12th victory. Dodgers hammer Milwaukee 20 4, Giants beat Cubs 5 3, Senators top Kansas City 10 3.
Tuesday schedule features all night games across leagues with New York at Detroit Turley Baltimore at Chicago Moore Washington at Cleveland Hyde Boston at Kansas City Fornieles Cincinnati at New York Jeffcoat Milwaukee at Philadelphia Spahn Chicago at Pittsburgh Rush and more. Monday results include New York Chicago Brooklyn Milwaukee Philadelphia St Louis and Western League scores.
Ron Jackson of Indianapolis drove in four runs with a home run and a single to lift the American Assn. All-Stars past league-leading Wichita 5-4 before a then-record crowd of 9,937 in the 15th annual game. Jackson went 3 for 3 before being replaced in the sixth by Denver’s Marv Throneberry. Son Archie Wilson opened the sixth with a single setting up Jackson’s 355-foot homer. Wichita’s Bob Malkmus hit a 375-foot homer in the third. Harry Hanebrink and Ray Shearer contributed eighth inning doubles and Bob Talbot homered. Stan Williams (St. Paul) earned the win. Jerry Nelson took the loss for Wichita.
Wimbledon champion Althea Gibson dominated Lois Smith 6-0 6-0 in the National Clay Courts Tournament first round in Chicago. Gibson, eager for her first major U.S. title, showed confidence and grit while coach Sid Llewellyn praised her self belief and focus on tennis.
The Associated Press reports a hometown sweep as four Western League clubs won. Topeka beat Pueblo 6-2 behind Jim Umbrecht's 10th win in 13 decisions. Lincoln crushed Colorado Springs 11-2. Sioux City shut out Albuquerque 20. Des Moines defeated Amarillo 4-2, dropping Amarillo from the second place tie.
A full Ottawa Recreation Commission Rotary league night saw the Pee Wee White Sox defeat the Pomona Lions 13 to 2 with Grif Dorkins and Bobby Nordyke on the mound. The Midget Athletics beat the Braves 15 to 14 as Rickie Jamison pitched for the A’s and Danny Bolton for the Braves. The Redlegs topped the White Sox 19 with Dennis Smith and Charles Spooner limiting the visitors. Larry Koder and Larry Hotaling pitched for the Sox in the junior division win. Yankees host three games tonight facing Athletics in Pee Wee and Pomona Lions in Midget and White Sox in Junior.
Cleveland Indians star pitcher Herb Score and his new wife arrived in Cleveland as doctors consider when he can resume workouts. Score, blinded by a May line drive, remains unlikely to pitch until mid August. Dr. Charles I. Thomas had projected a July 15 start for training after eye surgery. Score wed Nancy McNamara last Wednesday in Boynton, Florida.
Baltimore’s crime rate fell for the tenth consecutive month, with an overall May decrease of 6.5 percent, according to Police Commissioner James M. Hepbrow. The report notes the national rate rising while Baltimore shows steady improvement.
A Brooklyn park plan to house the Dodgers amid a survey spews uncertainty. Mayor Wagner denies knowledge of the report while Dodger president Walter O Malley says to wait for the official findings. An engineering firm claims the piece is premature with a report due in three weeks. Kenneth Hahn supports moving to the West Coast and arranging Dodgers readiness. If approved, the team would cover most of a 30 million dollar park cost.
The Ottawa American Legion baseball team will add three non league games in the next two weeks before the District Tournament at Paola the weekend of the 27th. On Wednesday Garnett comes to Forest Park at 8 p.m. Homer Collins starts, with multiple pitchers used in practice. Sunday features a two game day at Humboldt at 2 p.m. and a Kansas City Rudy Fick team matchup at 8 p.m. in Forest Park. Glen Davis opposes Humboldt and Jim Ferguson faces the Kansas City squad. On the 24th Ottawa hosts Osawatomie with pitcher plans undecided.
Stockholm the Swedish tanker Justus Waller cabled owners in Goteborg that she picked up 22 survivors from the 3389-ton Panamanian freighter Clarisse in the Indian Ocean. The message gave no position for the Waller or details on the Clarisse fate.
In London Kentucky burglars buried $200 in deeds bonds and papers stolen from a local florist in a partly dug grave at the town cemetery. The cemetery custodian recovered the loot the following morning.
San Francisco officials face a 30 to 60 million dollar bill to install pay television for the 1953 season opener of the Giants and to wire the Bay Area. Mayor George Christopher notes the work and funding will take 3 to 4 years and is not guaranteed. Dodgers and Giants migration to the West Coast hinges on TV revenue and feasibility as NL owners approved the move.
A Milwaukee church circle of eight women organized a blood donation drive to support a family with two ill children needing frequent transfusions. The women donated their husbands blood and the men have begun contributing as well to fund the medical needs.
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