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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1959
Page
7
DETROIT AP Al Kaline is off to his best batting start in four seasons and believes he can sustain it. The 24 year old right fielder is hitting .467 with 14 hits in 30 at bats as Detroit openers struggle. Kaline recalls a strong spring and reflects on swing approach and advice from others as he aims for a big year.
The Associated Press outlines leaders across the majors. Strickland leads American batting with .467 from 478 at bats, while Tasby tops runs and Held drives in 10. Fox and Kaline pace hits, Strickland and Finigan share doubles, Cerv tabs triples, Held and Yost lead home runs, and Landis along with Power top steals. Ferrarese and Ramos share pitching wins at 2-0. In the NL Cepeda leads batting with .538, Cepeda also has 15 hits. Banks has 12 RBIs and 5 home runs.
The day’s slate features Miller against Koufax in Los Angeles, Purkey facing Spahn in Milwaukee, and Hobbie opposing Blaylock in Chicago. In the American League, Larsen meets Ramos in Washington, Grim faces Pierce in Kansas City, and Casale matches Portocarnero against Foytack in Boston as shuffled lineups set the week’s opening games.
Boston University freshman and world high jump record holder John Thomas will undergo a skin graft on his left foot Thursday morning after injuring his foot in an elevator accident. The operation had been twice postponed.
The brief standings show Milwaukee leading with 41 wins and an 80 L record, Los Angeles and San Francisco close behind, while Chicago and Pittsburgh trail. Tuesday results include Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 1 and Philadelphia at Pittsburgh rained out. Upcoming games list Cincinnati Milwaukee St Louis Chicago and Milwaukee Philadelphia among others with several N designation for night or suspended games.
Pacific Coast League results include Portland 9 Phoenix 6 and Sacramento 11 Vancouver 8 while Salt Lake City 8 beat Seattle 7 and Spokane 7 defeated San Diego 3 In the American Association Houston 1 won over St Paul 0 with Minneapolis at Dallas and Denver at Fort Worth postponed In the International League Montreal 2 Havana 1 and Toronto 4 Miami 0 in ten innings were reported with other games listed as pending or postponed.
Dodgers move into solo second in the NL after Charlie Neal's leadoff homer in the ninth capped a 2-1 win over the Giants at the Coliseum. Don Drysdale allowed six hits with 11 strikeouts, improving to 2-1. Sad Sam Jones took the loss. Mays homered for San Francisco, Drysdale walked one then closed strong.
Jack Burke Jr shoots 64 in a playoff to capture the Houston golf classic at Memorial Park, earning $4,300. He defeated Julius Boros who took second with 69, as Burke opened Champions Course near Houston and plans next at Colonial National in Fort Worth.
Roger Haloua of Buenos Aires shows senior form on Cornell's fencing squad. A Forest Hills New York High School graduate, he competes with the foil as part of the university team.
Pittsburgh AP reports only about 12,000 of 35,000 seats will be sold to the public for the July 7 All-Star baseball game at Forbes Field. Pirates season-ticket holders and league offices will claim priority, with an estimated 60,000 requests anticipated. The game will be televised.
The Dodgers edged the Giants 2-1 in San Francisco as Charlie Neal homered leading off the ninth. Don Drysdale saved the win with a three hitter, permitting two infield singles after Willie Mays’ first inning homer. Drysdale fanned 11 and walked one, retiring 21 straight at one point.
Charleston Senators beat Louisville 2-1 as Don Lee shut down Louisville with four hits. Jim Stump matched Lee, but Lee fanned two pinch hitters in the ninth to preserve the lead. Hazle and Taylor started the scoring with a double and single in the sixth, while Ossie Virgil drove in the second run in the seventh. Louisville’s Bob Talbot scored in the eighth on two singles and a sacrifice, but lost to drop to 5-4 while Charleston improves to 24-?
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