Palmer Wins American Classic At Firestone Seizes Money Title
Arnold Palmer captures the American Classic at Firestone with a 276 four under par, earning $9,000 top prize and boosting his all time money winner total to about $80,198 while delaying tour events for five weeks. He will play exhibitions before the Seattle stop and the World Series at Firestone on Sept 8-9 featuring Nicklaus and Player.
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Phil Rodgers
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Jay Hebert
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Art Wall
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Doug Ford
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Sam Snead
Yanks Begin To Pull Away in Tight AL Pennant Race
Giants sweep Dodgers 5-1 as Giants cut deficit, while Yankees take a 5 1/2 game AL lead with 42,996 at Yankee Stadium. Marichal dominates for SF. Maris and Howard drive in runs. Stafford wins for NY. Other NL results include Reds over Mets 8-4 and Phillies sweeping Cardinals. AL totals include Twins over Angels 5-3 and Red Sox over Orioles 4-1.
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Indians Rally To Defeat Senators In Tight Win
Cleveland Indians came from behind for a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators. Jim Grant earned his 12th straight win at home for the Senators in five years, while Gene Green hit two two run homers to spark the comeback.
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West Virginia All-Stars Defeat Ohioans 12-6
Weirton's Bill Tucker led the West Virginia All-Stars to a 12-6 victory over Ohio opponents. Tucker scored on a 3 yard run after a 70 yard drive, and the winning TD came on a 15 yard pass from Tucker to Bill Thompson of Weirton after a 65 yard march. Ohio added a late score on an 81 yard drive capped by a Hedrick to Waligura pass.
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Rookie Race Driver Killed at Terre Haute Sprint Event
Indianapolis driver Jackson Hagemeyer died during qualifications at Vigo County Fairgrounds when his dirt track sprint car lost control on the first turn. The 28 year old, who left behind a 9 year old son, was pronounced dead on arrival at St Anthony's Hospital. This followed an earlier fatal crash at the same track last June.
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Baseball scores from United Press International roundup
Scores from multiple leagues. International League shows Columbus routing Buffalo 9 to 0 in the first game and Buffalo winning 3 to 0 in the second. Toronto beat Richmond 6 to 2 in the first and 4 to 0 in the second. Syracuse edged Atlanta 3 to 2 in the first and lost 6 to 8 in the second. Rochester defeated Jacksonville 9 to 6. American Association standings list Indianapolis 73-46, Omaha 63-55, Denver 62-58, Louisville 56-62, Okla City 55-65, Dallas Fort Worth 48-71. Eastern League results include Williamsport 74-37, Elmira 55-56, Charleston 53-58, York 52-58, Springfield 51-61, Binghamton 47-62. Charleston swept Binghamton 5-4 in the first game and 4-0 in the second, York defeated Springfield 4-3, Elmira beat Williamsport 3-0.
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Sease Resigns Bluefield State Coaching Post
Tillman Sease resigns as head coach at Bluefield State College after three years to take football and baseball coach duties at Howard University in Washington D C. A York Pennsylvania native and 43 years old, he began coaching in 1948 at a Christiansburg Virginia high school. He succeeds Bob White who left Maryland State for football.
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Turley to Manage San Juan Club in Puerto Rican League
New York Yankee pitcher Bob Turley, 31, will manage the San Juan club of the Puerto Rican league this winter in a move seen as a potential prelude to a future role as pitching coach or manager within the Yankees' minor league system.
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Wyoming county’s first woman base ball manager leads Legion
Mrs Jack Dick Mullens manages the Legion who won the min or league regular season with a 5-2-1 record. The team includes George Dick Steve Feller James Turnsole John Chapman Toby Bright Larry Lafferty Terry England Carl Kuhlke George Fordham III Mrs Dick Lee Grasser Tommy Dick and others. Other clubs Rotary Moose Lions coached by Jack Kirk Clifford Ratliff Glen Crotty. Mrs Dick active in civic work and mother of Sue Carol Tommy George. Her husband works for Allied Chemical Corp at Tralee.
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Practice Begins Wednesday 174 WV high schools to field grid teams
Preseason preparations start Wednesday as 174 West Virginia schools plan football squads. 39 AAA 76 AA 59 A with Sept 8 opening. Weirton seeks repeat as AAA champ, Williamson and Winfield favored in AA and A respectively. New coaches include Frank Vincent at Charleston and Carl Fodor at Weirton. key top scorers depart from all three defending champions.
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Crawford Named Coach At Berkeley Springs
Richard N. Crawford formerly of Elkins was named head football coach at Berkeley Springs High School replacing Allen Goldstrom who resigned. Crawford will also teach mathematics and will oversee basketball coaching, a post previously held by Golstrum. He coached last season at Spottsylvania High School in Virginia.
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Parkersburg Team Wins BPAA Handicap
A Parkersburg West Virginia team won first place and 7500 dollars at the Bowling Proprietors Association of America eighth annual handicap tournament in Owensboro Kentucky. The Ren-Dor Lanes squad led 14 finalists after regional eliminations out of 1591 teams, finishing the two day nationals with 9179 total pins and earning 7500. Other finalists earned prizes ranging from 5500 to 3700 for places two through five along with associated team names and cities.
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Moore Defends World Featherweight Title in Helsinki
World featherweight champion Davey Moore defends his title Friday in Helsinki against Finland’s Olli Maeki in the first world championship bout held in Scandinavia. The card also features Emile Griffith in Tacoma in a non-title 10 round bout with Denny Moyer, part of NBC’s telecast during the NBA convention.
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Indians Aim for Ninth Straight Eastern League Win
Charleston Indians seek their ninth consecutive victory as they host the Binghamton Triplets after sweeping a doubleheader. Louis Tiant earned the first win, George Denyer the nightcap as Charleston erased a 5-0 lead in game one and dominated 4-0 in game two with Denver holding the mound. Attendance included 589 paid fans and about 350 Little Leaguers.
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McKinley Draws Mandelstam In Newport Tourney
McKinley of St. Ann Missouri opens against Rod Mandelstam of South Africa in the Newport Casino Invitation. Stolle of Australia seeks to extend his grass court success, after recent titles at Meadow Club and Eastern grass championship. Doubles crown went to Gordon Forbes and Cliff Drysdale over Senkowski and Lenoir.
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Sixth Kiwanis Senior Bowl Sets Friday All Star Game
Williamson West Virginia UPI reports final week of practice for the sixth Kiwanis Senior Bowl features all state stars Robbie Gene Oliver Jimmie Taylor John Gilmore and James Owens as Western Virginia faces Eastern Kentucky. Todd Willis coaches West Virginia with Jack Hall leading Kentucky in front of about 5000 fans plus a Friday parade and Miss Kiwanis Senior Bowl crown ceremony.
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Suns Lose At Rochester On Road Swing
The Jacksonville Suns fell 9 6 to the Rochester Red Wings in their new park as they drop to 27 losses in 56 games. On the road they own a 46 16 mark and sit 71 2 atop the league with a .742 pace.
National League Standings and Weekender Baseball Results
The standings show Los Angeles leading the NL with 79 wins and 42 losses, followed by Cincinnati 71-51 and Pittsburgh 65-50. Saturday results include Pittsburgh over Chicago 10-6 and Los Angeles over San Francisco 5-4, with Milwaukee beating Houston 3-1 at night. Sunday scores feature Philadelphia sweeping St Louis 7-3 and 9-7, Cincinnati 8 New York 4, San Francisco 5 Los Angeles 1, and Houston 8 Milwaukee 5 at night. Monday pitching set Milwaukee at Cincinnati with Hendley facing O'Toole. Tuesday's schedule has Philadelphia at New York and Los Angeles at Pittsburgh among others.
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Bluefield Tops Appy League Standings with Upsets
Bluefield maintains dominance in the Appy League as Salem Rebels and Tyerville Twins push into top spots with five and four game win streaks respectively. Middlesboro sits fourth with Kingsport fifth and Harlan sixth. Salem swept Middlesboro after three straight wins including a Saturday 9-8 thriller and a Sunday 9-1 victory. Wytheville also delivered a 12-5 win, while the Twins plated 23 runs on 21 hits over the weekend as Bluefield piled up 23 hits and 20 runs in back to back wins over Harlan.
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