This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1957
Page
5
Ted Williams homered for the 26th time in a 90 degree Kansas City game as Boston beat Oakland 4-3. Mantle kept pace in the pennant race with a separate Yankee win. Williams leads in AL batting while Mantle trails narrowly. Other AL and NL results noted include Detroit, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, with notable performances from Early Wynn and Hank Aaron as the season tightens.
League standings and Wednesday schedule include Cincinnati at New York Lawrence vs Barclay, St. Louis at Brooklyn, Chicago at Pittsburgh, Milwaukee at Philadelphia, Baltimore at Chicago, Washington at Cleveland, New York at Detroit, Boston at Kansas City. Tuesday results show New York 10 Detroit 4 in 10 innings, Boston 4 Kansas City 3, Baltimore 3 Chicago 1, Cleveland 9 Washington 3. Western League games Amarillo 11 10 Sioux City 8 11 second 10 innings, Des Moines 5 2, Albuquerque 3 1, Lincoln 6 Pueblo 5, Topeka 6 Colorado Springs 3.
The Yankees won two of three games in Ottawa Rec Commission Rotary baseball. The Junior Yankees defeated the White Sox 16 to 8 as Bob Lewis starred with hitting and a home run while Jack Smith pitched for the Sox. The Pee Wee Yankees edged the Athletics 11 to 10 with Russell Craycraft the winning pitcher and Eldon McCurdy the loser.
Ottawa’s Phillips 66 softball team trailed early but surged past Garnett 23 to 12. Seven home runs powered the win with Fink, McGhee, Yingling, Pearson and Schultz contributing homers. In the Midget division, the Pomona Lions upset the Yankees 6-5, Bernard Nelson winning and Jeeper Deputy losing. Two games are on tap tonight with Midget Athletics vs Tigers and Pee Wee Dodgers vs Indians.
Two Ottawa women earned prizes at the Osawatomie Invitational Golf Tournament with June Foulks as medalist after a 44. Doni Shade tied for second in A flight. Other Ottawans included Mrs. Paul Fredeen and Esther Garrison. L. Speer won a golf ball for low strokes at Ottawa Country Club luncheon attended by 26 women. Hostesses were Mrs. Dick Peters and Mrs. R. Roberts. Next week’s hostesses will be Mrs. Tom Porter and Mrs. W. H. Lennard with guest days for Paola Osawatomie Garnett members.
Brooklyn notes a stark slide for the St. Louis Cardinals after five losses in six games drop them from first to second in the NL, as manager Fred Hutchinson laments puzzling form post All-Star break. Dodgers rally to win 7-3 behind a four-run fifth inning. Alvin Dark hits into a game ending force.
Louisville report notes middleweights Joey Giardello and Chico Vejar meet in a nationally televised 10 round fight. Giardello seeks a championship shot while Vejar, who has lost two key bouts this year, risks his career with a loss. The bout airs at 8 p.m. CST. Giardello is the 4-1 favorite. Vejar brings a 75-10-2 record to the ring, Giardello 68-13-5.
Rep Price told the House Antitrust subcommittee that major leagues may expand from eight to ten teams, with cities including Los Angeles San Francisco Minneapolis and Houston likely to host. He warned against treating baseball purely as a business and urged legal safeguards to prevent owners from moving teams. He noted New York would not be left with only one club and urged balanced growth without threats of relocation.
Cleveland pitcher Herb Score, 24, says his vision after a line drive to the eye is improving but not perfect. He aims a mid August return, with workouts to start tomorrow and a four to six week pitching window. Score, married a week ago to Nancy McNamara, plans to stay near Cleveland at Lakefront Stadium while he trains. doctor urges no team travel.
In the Western League two races unfold as Topeka Lincoln and Amarillo stay within a few games of first. The lower five teams trailing by 4% to 19 games aim to climb into the first division while Topeka and Lincoln maintain the pace as the Hawks depart.
New York reports closer major league batting race developments last night as Hank Aaron regains the National League lead from Stan Musial and Ted Williams closes the gap to within one point of Mantle, the American League leader. Aaron collected three hits for Milwaukee to keep him atop the NL.
Colorado Springs beat Colorado Springs 6-2 while the Chiefs edged Pueblo 6-5. Amarillo trailed by 44 games after splitting a doubleheader with Sioux City 11-5 and 10-11. Albuquerque Dukes lost both ends of a doubleheader to Des Moines 5-3 and 2-1. Rudy Tanner and Preacher Williams homered for Topeka. Tanner hit his eighth homer driving in four in the fifth to erase a 2-0 Sky Sox lead. Williams belted his 33rd of the season.
The report notes Mantle lifting his average to .361 after a 2-for-6 day, Aaron and Williams homered boosting their AL totals to 29 and 26 respectively. Mu sial and Williams are cited in other games with Mu sial slipping to .243 and Williams reaching two hits in two at bats.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.