Hogan Leads Open Field as Knight Surges in Round One
Ben Hogan shares the lead at 69 after the first round of the 59th U S Open at Winged Foot West. Knight, a San Diego pro, and Littler and Finsterwald sit tied for first with Hogan, while Robbins sits one stroke back. Many stars, inclduing Middlecoff, Player, and Casper, remain within a few strokes of the leaders as the field narrows. Knight, Omaha native, emerged as a standout by carding a solid 69 in his Open debut at Rochester in 1956.
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Mamaroneck
N. Y
Ben Hogan
Dick Knight
San Diego
Calif
Hogan
Gene Littler
Don Finsterwald
Hillman Robbins
West
Littler
Lionel Hebert
Billy Casper
Don January
Ted Kroll
Arnold Palmer
Don Fairfield
Bo Wininger
Big Mike Scuchak
al Balding
Canada
Bruce Crampton
Australia
Bill Collins
Gene Bone
Doug Ford
Ernie Vossler
Claude Hanmon
Henry Ransom
Pwing Pomeroy
Charlie Coe
Sammy Snead
Jay Hebert
Tommy Bolt
Chhampion
Julius Boros
Dick Mayer
Ed Furgol
Knight
Omaha
Johnny Goodman
Rochester
Braves and Pirates split 22 NL games in 1958 season
The Milwaukee Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates played twenty two National League games in 1958, ending with a split record.
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Milwaukee Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lane And Ortiz Clash For New Jr Welter Title
Kenny Lane and Carlos Ortiz meet at Madison Square Garden for a revived junior welterweight title with 140 pounds as the limit. The winner earns recognition by the New York State Athletic Commission and the National Boxing Association, while Duilio Loi awaits as European welter king. Lane holds the edge in a close pick em bout broadcast by NBC, with Ortiz aiming for his first crown after a Miami Beach rematch last year.
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Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Kenny Lane
Carlos Ortiz
Lane
Ortiz
Madison Square Garden
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National Boxing Assn
Miami Beach
Fla
New York
Joe Brown
Houston
Muskegon
Mich
Zelinski Captures Fourth Blind Bowling Title in Chicago
Steve Zelinski of Cleveland won his fourth straight all events championship in the American Blind Bowling Assn. Tournament. He averaged 167 pins over nine games to also claim the singles crown with 571 across three games. Virginia Okada of Chicago won the women’s singles with 405. Doubles went to Zelinski and Vince Augelli of Scranton with 909. Track coach Frank Zazula, a 1940 Akron grad, is noted as well.
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Steve Zelinski
Cleveland
Zelinski
Virginia Okada
Joe Zielinski
Vince Augelli
Scranton
Slab Fork Forms Softball League
Slab Fork creates a community youth softball league for elementary players eight boys per team three girls per squad four teams Mountaineers Minute Men Bulldogs Bobcats games on Monday and Tuesday league in its third year with support from Slab Fork Coal Co Bulldogs beat Mountaineers 15 to 7 Minute Men 10 Bobcats 7 Tuesday Bulldogs 14 Minute Men 9 Mountaineers 14 Bobcats 10 standings show early records. Chuck Grams Larry Ward Joe Mills lead in hits and pitching with multiple wins and key hits across the opening games.
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Minute Men
Bulldogs
Bobcats
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Hartsog
Slab Fork Coal Co
Mounaineers
Chuck Grams
Joe Goddard
Joe Mills
Benjamin Darvin
Larry Ward
Ronald Keaton
Billy Martin
Harry Collins
Nipper
Ragland Loses To Kellmeyer In West Virginia Tennis
In Charleston at the West Virginia Junior Tennis Tournament Fred and Peachy Kellmeyer of Charleston reach finals in top age groups at the Charleston Tennis Club. Singles final day features Kellmeyer siblings facing Sanford opponents. doubles to finish tomorrow as tournament winds down on its sixth day.
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Fred
Peachy Kellmeyer
West Virginia
Charleston Tennis Club
Peachy
Shirley Jones
Mimi Knight
John Santrock Jr
Nitro
Buzzy Ragland
Beckley
Tom Thornhill
Kellmeyers
Giuliana Peterson
Bethany
Joe Carr
Huntington
Bob Pruett
Marsha Ragland
Marion Jefferds
Bill Jefferson
Bill Schein
Santrock
Kellmeyer
Local Legion to sponsor eight-bout boxing card
Promoter Johnny Tanner says Post 70 of the American Legion has the go ahead from Dr. B. W. West to stage an eight bout boxing program Saturday night at the Beckley Recreation Building. First bell at 8. Advanced tickets from last Saturday are valid at the door. Main events feature Mabscott’s Charles Sensabaugh vs Wilbur Taylor and Beckley’s Harold Wade vs Bobby Cline. Other bouts include Williams vs Scarbro, Logan vs Lynch, Christian vs Pettry, Rice vs Harper, Warwick vs Newsome, and Mayo vs Halstein.
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Johnny Tanner
Post 70
The
American Legion
Okey
B. W. West
West Virginia Athletic Council
Post
Beckley Recreation
West
Beckley Athletic Club
Mabscott
Charles Sensabaugh
Wilbur Taylor
Harold Wade
Beckley
Truax- Traer
Bobby Cline
Sensabaugh
Taylor
West Virginia
Cline
Charles Scarbro
David Williams
Eunice
Williams
Scarbro
Beckley Biffer
Levi Logan
Mead
Jim Lynch
Truax - Traer
George Christian
Gary Pettry
Truax-Traer
Jerry Rice
Barefoot Harper
Sammy Warwick
Mt. Hope
Lawrence Newsome
John Mayo
Charles Halstein
Weekend Tennis Tourney Planned At Black Knight
A warmup tennis tournament featuring men's singles women's singles and mixed doubles will begin this weekend at Black Knight Country Club. Champion chairwoman Mrs John L Phillips said first and second round matches must be finished by Sunday June 14. Assistants include Austin Caperton Jr Mrs Ned Ragland and Miss Loretta Bays.
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Black Knight Country Club
John L. Phillips
Phillips
Austin Caperton Jr
Ned Ragland
Loretta Bays
George Daniels
Austin Caperton
Orin Callison
Charles Merritt
Will Sprague
John Phillips
Connie Higgins
Berk Lynch
Izzy Wein
Paul Loflin
Emerson Smith
Roy Cunningham
Bob Brown
Mary Hall
Susan Morton
Ann Sprague
Bonnie Kushner
Edna Mae Phillips
Barbara Caperton
Blossom Lynch
Gwen Barbour
Peggy Parker
John
Barbara
Blossom
Mullens Babe Ruth Hall Standings Note
Mullens Babe Ruth Hall game summary shows BB-Halsey 4 Vaughn 7 Tompson 2 Sandy 1 and SO-Halsey 4 Vaughn 4 Tompson 2 Sandy 3.
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Height
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King BI — Burton
Courington
Beckley Little League Reds Beat Dodgers 10 to 7
Beckley Little League games show Reds scoring 10 and Dodgers 7 with Hughart pitching for Reds and Buckland taking loss. Meadows and Hughart led hitters for Reds while Mullens Bradshaw Canada and others added multiple hits for the Dodgers side.
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SO — R. Buckland
Meadows
Hughart
P— F. Buckland
W—Meadows
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Artman
N'high
Gheti
T'dway
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Robertson
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Ort
Harsanyi
RBI
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Youth Baseball League Notes and Schedule Fragments
Beckley Babe Ruth Harry's versus Silver Brand at 6. Eric's versus King Photo. Mullens Little League No. 1 at 5 45 Moose versus Legion. Methodist versus Rotary. Schiff's Shoes against Post 32 at 7. Hinton Little League Cardinals versus Cubs. Route 41 Little League Braves versus Yankees at 6.
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Beckley Babe Ruth
Harry's
Silver Brand
Eric
King
Featherweights Bout Headlines California City Card
In Marysville California Baby Brown from San Jose outpointed Willie Woods of San Francisco in a tough featherweight bout. In Los Angeles Bobby Cervantes, age 129, from Mexico City, defeated Pete Kawula of Chicago in another lightweight clash.
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Bobby Cervantes
Mexico City
Pete Kawula
Chicago
Marysville
Calif
Baby Brown
San Jose
Willie Woods
San Francisco
Little League Umpire Switches To Managing
OKLAHOMA CITY AP E G Rea says he will quit umpiring to return to managing Little League teams. He told Assistant Oklahoma County Attorney Ryland Keys he sustained a broken nose two black eyes chipped teeth and a cut after a game that saw one side win 11 0. Rea filed a formal assault charge against John H Dial manager of the losing team who began swinging after the game.
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E. G
Rea
Oklahoma County
Ryland Keys
John H. Dial
Dial
Royer Family Leaves Marshall For California
Herb Royer, Marshall College English instructor and former football coach, resigns after five losing seasons and plans to move to Monterey, California with wife Margaret Arrington Royer and their daughter Marilyn. He will teach and coach at Monterey Union High, with hopes of a future head coaching role.
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Linda
Herb
Marshall
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Roger
Logan High School
West Coast
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Stag Club
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