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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1958
Page
12
Dunbar edges Charleston 84 in the District 5 Pony League semifinals as Princeton earlier beat Dunbar. Dunbar could clinch district honors with a win or force a second game. Charleston committed five errors allowing Dunbar to surge.
The Reds beat the Giants 10-9 in nine innings after a late Cincinnati rally. Milwaukee won 4-1 over the Dodgers behind Juan Pizarro’s complete game. The Yankees stretched their AL lead to 13 games with an 8-3 win over Kansas City. Ernie Banks hit his 29th homer as Chicago beat Pittsburgh 4-3 in eight innings.
Charleston faces Omaha as Jim Stump matches up for another AA race tilt. In last night's opener Cincinnati or rather Charleston won 4-3 as Kenny Walters drove in Wayne Terwilliger late. Denver beat Louisville 11-2 behind Billy Smith. Don Lee held Charleston to maintain an 8-5 record while Stan Palys and Larry Osborne drove in runs to spark a 3-0 lead in the third before Omaha tied it with Ev Joyner’s two run homer in the sixth.
Senators and the antimonopoly subcommittee were called to midday sessions to determine if they should proceed with a House-passed sports antitrust bill. Kefauver seeks concurrence on whether to advance the measure this session and what it should contain. Critics charge the bill grants club owners wide blank checks, shielding reserve clauses drafts and broadcast rights.
Veterans Joe Miceli and Yama Bahama meet in a 10 round bout in Syracuse with national TV and radio coverage. The card was shifted from a postponed heavyweight showdown, Anthony versus Archie McBride, canceled when Anthony was ruled unfit. Miceli, 29, has 62 wins, 29 losses, 4 draws. Bahama, 25, from Bimini, is ranked ninth middleweight.
A gulf of Alaska nets catch yielded an 11 pound tuna far north of tropical waters. Biologists confirmed the fish as tuna after reports of a school seen offshore near Yakutat. Scientists note the warm Japanese Current upturn since 1957 may drive the unusual northward migration.
A 16 year old Baldwin, Michigan shooter holds a slim lead at the National Skeet Shoot in Pontiac with 390 of 400 targets after 2 of 50 to go. Alex Kerr of Beverly Hills, California tops the field with 490? Actually he is second after 100 for a total of 390? The text notes Kerr as defending champion. Mrs Harold Myers of Westover, Massachusetts wins the women's all gauge event with a perfect 100. Kathleen McGinn of Houston, Texas places second with 99.
American League leaders include Goodman Chicago at .332 and Fox Chicago with 131 hits. Mantle New York leads runs with 79. Jensen Boston drives in 91. National League highlights feature Musial St Louis batting .333 and Mays San Francisco with 131 hits. Banks Chicago tops 83 RBIs. Thomas Pittsburgh 28 homers.
Pete Whisenant, famed for struggling against right-handed pitching, lined a bases loaded single off Ruben Gomez in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Cincinnati Redlegs to a 10 9 win over the San Francisco Giants. Joe Nuxhall earned the victory as ten pitchers, six of them Redlegs, combined for 30 hits and four homers. The win pulled Cincinnati into a third place tie with Pittsburgh while Milwaukee’s Braves led the league.
Frank Lary, Detroit right-hander, wins a 3-2 game over rookie Bill Monbouquette as Boston is limited to four hits. Lary improves to 10-5, losing only to weaker clubs aside from top teams, while Bolling’s eighth inning double plates the winning run. Yankees split, rain hits two games, NL scores include Milwaukee over LA 4-1 and Philadelphia over St Louis 4-3.
Sherm posts a near 300 batting average with 14 homers and 62 RBI this season. His previous high in homers was 16 in 1955, and his best average came in 1956 at .293 with 75 RBIs.
promoter Joe Dupler announced that Spider Webb of Chicago and former middleweight champion Gene Fullmer will clash in Salt Lake City's baseball park on September 11 in a 10 round bout not to be televised. The match was agreed days ago but delayed by Webb's earlier TKO win over Franz Szuzmal in Madison Square Garden Thursday night.
Greta Dollitz of Bluefield West Virginia objects to a home drinks tax calling it double taxation on sales tax and arguing that food items should not be taxed Her letter urges repeal and notes tough business conditions The message is from the West Virginia Grocery Trade Taxpayers Association in Huntington West Virginia.
Friday results include Detroit defeating Boston 3 2 and Milwaukee beating Los Angeles 4 1. Standings show New York 63 34 .657 and Boston 49 48 .505 with others Boston at Cleveland and New York at Chicago on Friday night schedule.
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