Yankees climb as Downing wins. Twins and Sox sweep
The New York Yankees surged to seventh place with a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels as Al Downing allowed 13 hits in a strong performance. Minnesota and Chicago extended their leads with doubleheader sweeps, Hall and Fisher delivering decisive moments. Other results included Kansas City beating Cleveland 5-2 and Baltimore 5-4 over Boston, with key homers by Orsino, Landis, and Mantilla.
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Mike Rathet
Associated Press
New York Yankees
al Downing
Los Angeles Angels
Yankees
Boston
Angels
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Twins
Detroit
Jimmie Hall
Eddie Fisher
White Sox
Juan Pizarro
Vic
Nothing But Problems For Wellsville Softball
Bernice Holden reports Wellsville girls softball faces shortages of players and disbanded neighboring teams. Only Gardner remains willing to play league-type ball as Wellsville drops from the Southeastern Central League. Recreation Association seeks interim programs while weather allows practice and efforts to field teams continue.
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Bernice Holden
Wellsville
Jack Carrow
Gardner
Garnett
Richmond
Welda
Kincaid
Pomona
Carrow
Wellsville Recreation Association
Wellsville Girls
Aaron Leads Cleveland Open Into Third Round
Aaron the Georgia pro held a two stroke lead entering the third round of the Cleveland Open. He posted a Friday four under par 68 for a 36 hole total of 135, chasing a $25,000 prize as top five on tour.
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Cleveland
Tomomy Aaron
Georgia
Aaron
Indians and Giants Clash In Low-Scoring Baseball Card
In a compact score fragment, Little League Indians face White Sox and Dodgers meet Giants with runs and outs listed. Key pitchers and batters cited include Firestone Whitacre Humerickhouse Langdon Bien and Bledsoe, while totals show Giants edging out 8 to 5 and Dodgers at 1 to ? amid incomplete lines.
Church League scoreline shows multiple teams in clash
Readable lines list batting lines for 1st Christian 17 Wesl eyan 5 Westminster 11 Wells ville 1 with totals and player stats. Names like Hiatt Waymire Saffron Kraft Larson Rose Casteel Gentner Adcock DePriest Sundstrum Payne Sundstrum Abbott Worl Ske ble Williams Wren Wright Wiggins Averill Coffman Burrell Coughlin Bradbury Wilhite appear with various at bats runs hits and positions. The fragment resembles a box score from a church league game with aggregated totals for each team.
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Christian
G. DePriest
G. Payne
H. Sundstrum
Briggs
L. Sundstrum
R. DePriest
L. Adecock
R. Sundstrum
E. Payne
Westminster
Gaeddert
Wallace
Wellsville
AB R H) Wright
Baugoewitz
Wiggins
Averill
Lawrenz
Coffman
Burrell
Coughlin
Glelsbury
Bradbury
Wilhite
Ottawa Recreation Commission Names
Members of the Ottawa Recreation Commission are Marvin Durbin president V O Schultz Tom Porter Robert Wasson and Harold Gahagan.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
Marvin Durbin
V. O. Schultz
Tom Porter
Robert Wasson
Harold Gahagan
Britain Eyes Davis Cup Fight as France Advances
Britain trails 2-0 in the European Zone Davis Cup after losses in singles. They won the doubles at Eastbourne to stay alive, while South Africa needs one of two singles to eliminate Britain. France leads Yugoslavia 2-0 in Paris in a best of five.
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London
Britain
France
South Africa
Eastbourne
England
Yugoslavia
Paris
National League Roundup Drysdale Wins War of Resilience
Don Drysdale pitched four hits allowed and a dramatic homer to lift the Dodgers over the Mets 2 1 in front of 55023, first pitcher to win 11 games this season. Pirates beat Giants 5 3 as Stargell drove in two runs, Cal Alou homered for Milwaukee in an 8 2 win, Reds edged Cubs 4 3 on Coleman's two run shot, Phillies beat Astros 6 5 in 10 innings with Callison delivering the decisive hit.
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Jesse Gonder
Goneder
Mets
Warren Spahn
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Milwaukee
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Cincinenati
Chicago
Philadelphia
Houston
Pirates
Willie Stargell
Donn Clendenon
Jim Pagliaroni
Giants
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
Braves
Tracy Stallard
Reds
Cubs
Gordy Coleman
Coleman
Ernie Banks
Johnny Callison
Callison
Lee Maye
Walt Bond
Fike Metal tops Ottawa Legion Elks 7 2 at West Second Street Field
Kansas City Fike Metal baseball shuts down Ottawa Legion Elks 7 to 2 at West Second Street Field. The visitors exploded for five runs in the second inning aided by two Ottawa errors and poor throws. Gibson led Fike Metal with a single and a double and three runs, Starr and Shead combined on a nine strikeout effort to halt Ottawa’s rally. Ottawa’s Craycraft, Harkins, and Shofner each collected two hits, but the Elks stranded five in the second and two in the fifth, dropping their record to 4-2 while Fike Metal improved to 2-0.
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Minnesota
George Thomas
Don Demeter
Detroit
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Pizarro
Don Buford
Landis
A’s
Sheldon
Yankees
Indians
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West Second Street
National Sign Company
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Pepsi- Cola Bottling Co
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Starr
Loren Shofner
Russ Crayecraft
Ted Haworth
Dan Harkins
Gibson
Murphy
Craycraft
Harkins
Bill Greene
Topeka CG & F
RH Haworth
Greene
Shofner
M. Brady
Nordyke
LF Davenport
SS Murphy
P Barnett
RF Gumm
Eee
Fire Metal
Lambroski
Wade
Miller
Clark
Baker
C Gibson
RF Starr
P Rector
P Ramsey
LF Swearingen
RF L. P Starr
Carsone Newman Leads C N Eagles Past Omaha for NAIA Title
Carsone Newman of Jefferson City Tennessee led Jefferson City Eagles to a 3-2 win over Omaha in the ninth NAIA baseball tournament final. Newman also beat Omaha 4-1 in the winners bracket. Clyde Wright fanned 15 to reach 87 for the tourney and share the record. Wright named tournament MVP as four Carsone Newman players joined the all tournament team.
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Jefferson City
Tenn
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Eagles
Omaha
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Ray Washburn
St. Louis Cardinal
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Roy Hill
Randy Marsh
Dale Lortz
Gary Gilmore
Larry Krehbiel
Art Kollazo
Sal Ingemi
Glasboro
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Bob Berezowitz
Don Shebesta
Whitewater
Wis
Jimmy Dodd
Sam Houston State
Jack Nighbert
Western Washington
Texan Wins 2nd NAIA Golf Title
Craig Metz 23, son of former pro Dick Metz, clinched his second straight NAIA golf crown as East Texas State won the four-day tournament by one stroke. Metz posted 72 70 69 71 to finish four under par, five ahead of runner-up Don Iverson of Wisconsin State. Washburn and Fort Hays led the team field with finishes of 7th and 11th respectively.
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Rockford
Ill
Craig Metz
NASA
Metz
Dick Metz
East Texas
Don Iverson
Wisconsin State
19 Year-Old Clive Clark Reaches British Amateur Final
In Porthcawl Wales Clive Clark the 19 year old English youth climbed over four Englishmen to reach the final of the British Amateur Championship. He faced English champion Michael Bonallack in a 36 hole final in an all English field after a week that sank 34 Americans from the 178 entrants.
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Porthcawl
Wales
Clive Clark
Billy Hyndman
Philadelphia
Henri Frassineau
Bob Williams
Michael Bonallack
Fans not lawmakers cancel Norwalk boxing card
NORWALK Conn AP State Boxing Supervisor Dennis McMahon cancelled a five fight card Friday night saying the action was due to almost no fans in attendance. He stressed the move had nothing to do with the General Assembly's recent boxing ban bill which awaits the governor's signature before taking effect.
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Norwalk
Track Immortals Urge Feud Trace to Track Pact
Three Olympic greats Jesse Owens Bob Richards and Bobby Morrow joined Randy Matson in urging the AAU and NCAA USTFF to form a joint partnership pact to govern amateur track. They called for cooperative approval certification and sanctioning of meets and international team selection standards.
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Amateur Athletic Union
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Jesse Owens
Bob Richards
Bobby Morrow
Randy Mateson
Texas A&m
Owens
NCAA
AAU
Ustff-Ncaa
Richards
Morerow
Yanks Reach All-American Final in Bristol Tennis
In Bristol England Dennis Ralston and Clark Graebner moved toward the all American final in the West of England championships on the grass. Nancy Richey of Dallas faced Britain’s Liz Starkie in the women’s final, signaling a potential American singles sweep.
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Bristol
England
Dennis’ Ralston
Clark Graebner
Nancy Richey
Dallas
Britain
Liz Starkie
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