Brawls Mar Major League Play As 4 Teams Engage In Tussles
Four major league teams figure in a riotous afternoon as brawls erupted at Brooklyn and Chicago. Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale sparked the melee at Ebbets Field over pennant race tensions, while Billy Martin clashed at Comiskey Park alongside Ed Mathews. Enos Slaughter, Walt Dropo, and Casey Stengel were among ejected players after the two incidents.
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Milwaukee Braves
Brooklyn
Dodger
Don Drysdale
Martin
New York Yankees
Comiskey Park
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Ebbets Field
Drysdale
Jone Don
Katie Bar
Milwaukee
Ed Mathews
Gil Hodges
Elmer Riddle
Connie Ryan
Hodges
Chicago
Larry ‘Doby
Art Ditmar
Yankee Enos Slaughter
Walt Dropo
Yank
Casey Stengel
White Sox
Minoso
Doby
Dropo
Slaughter
Jawin
Chicago White Sox Yankees Brawl Ends in Ejections and Fine Review
A wild field fight between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees led to multiple ejections including Elston Howard Whitey Ford and Bill Skowron. Doby Dropo Slaughter and Ditmar were central as punches and pushes broke out curling into a 28 minute melee. Harridge planned to rule on penalties as the Braves won 85 while the Yankees narrowed the Sox lead to four games.
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Will Harridge
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Harridge
Sox
Yankees
New York
Art Ditmar
Janing Tang
Larry Doby
Slaughter
League
Stengel
Soxi
al Lopez
Martin
Logan
Bill the Kid
Clint Courtney
St. Louis ‘Browns
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Hal Jeffcoat
Jeffcoat
Jim Greengrass
Johnny Temple
Vern Bickford
Braves
White Sox
Ditmar
Elston Howard
Doby
Dolby
Ditjmar
Bill Skowron
Walt Dropo
Skowron
Enos Slaughter
Yanks
Dropo
Marlin
Whitey Ford
John Stevens
Chuck Comiskey
Larry Napp
Dropa
Comiskey
Napp
Three Cheers For Gibbons
In Fort Worth Tommy Gibbons recalls his 1923 title bout with Jack Dempsey. He says the thrill was sharing 15 rounds with the champion and jokes that he only earned three cheers after the fight. Gibbons, now 66, has long been a St. Paul sheriff and reflects on Dempsey and Tunney.
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Tex
Tommy Gibbons
Jack Dempsey
Gibbons
Fort Worth
St. Paul
Minn
Dempsey
Shelby
Mont
Sunburst
Gene Tunney
Tunney
State Lunch Wins No 10 In 1-0 Softball Duel
State Lunch earned its tenth win without a loss in a tight 1-0 victory as Parsons hurled a one hit shutout for Eccles. Red Pack held State Lunch to two hits as the offense produced a fourth inning rally sparked by George Todorovich and Pete Crouch’s double. Smokehouse rallied late to defeat Beckley Trading Post 8-6 in the opener.
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Rodriguez Oilers
Smokehouse
Frank
Plumbing
State
State Lunch
Beckley
Tyro
Joe Ball
Smokie
Porterhouse Sets 5 1/2 Furlong World Mark at Hollywood
Llangollen Farm's Porterhouse won the Hollywood Express Handicap at Hollywood Park in Inglewood California, breaking the world record for five and one half furlongs with a 1 02 25 clocking. The 11-horse field finished with Porterhouse paying 9 20 to win, Flight History 4 10 and 3 10, Liberal Art 6 10.
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Calif
Llangollen Farm
Porterhouse
Hollywood Park
Viking
Florida
Tropical Park
Porter House
Flight History
Liberal Art
Kangaroo 3rd Player In Cobb Crawford Outfield
Davey Jones, once a member of Detroit's famed outfield, played with Ty Cobb and Wahoo Sam Crawford from 1906 to 1912. A speedster leadoff man with .270 lifetime batting, his career spans Tigers pennants 1907 1908 1909. He later earned nicknames Grasshopper and Kangaroo for jumping contracts. Now 76, he lives in Shorewood Milwaukee.
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Ty Cobbs
Wahoo
Sam Crawford
Detroit
Tigers
Cobb
Crawford
Cambria
Wis
Milwaukee
Jack Quinn
New York Yankees
Yankee
George Stallings
Quinn
Buffalo
Podres recalls service time and 1955 World Series heroics
Dodger southpaw Johnny Podres reflects on his one year in the service while noting many big leaguers served two years. He cites staying in top shape and working on a stow curve. Podres won Game seven of the 1955 World Series 2 0 against the Yankees, using a fastball and a key changeup earlier in the series.
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Inverness Open Round Sees Nine Finish Par 70 Or Better
In Toledo at Inverness Club amid heavy storms 145 players completed 18 holes of the National Open. Jimmy Demaret led with 68 after 26 putts while Ben Hogan faded due to back trouble. Domearat, Ford, Boros and Venturi shot 69s or 70s, with several others finishing near par as delays pushed remaining players to complete today.
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Ohio
America
Inverness
Jimmy Domarel
Knamesha Lake
N.Y
Ben Hogan
Chick Harcert
Northville
Mich
Demiaret
Doug Ford
Mahopac
Julius Boros
Southern Pines
N.C
Ken Venturi
San Francisco
Demaret
Marvin
Bud) Ward
San Mateo
Calif
Billy Maxwell
Odessa
Tex
Dick Mayer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Billie Joe Patten
Morgantown
Wn.c
Bo Wininger
Cary Middletoff
Memphis
Sam Snead
Jimmy
Paris
Ford
Boros
William C. Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
J.C. Goosie
Niolta
Tenn
Alphonso Atkins
Ashland
Joe Campbell
Knoxville
Lew Worsham
Oakmont
Bobby Cruickshank
Pittsburgh
Testerdays Stars 2 Pitching Jack Sanford Ends Cardinals Streak
Ted Williams drove in five runs and tied a Major League record with his second three home run game of the season as the Red Sox defeated the Indians in a 9-3 victory. Sanford pitched a nine hitter, striking out six for his eighth win in nine decisions, ending the Cardinals eight game winning streak.
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Jack Sanford
Phillies
Cardinals
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Indians
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