Baseball Standings and Schedule Briefing
The American League chase shows Cleveland atop with 33 24 and Chicago 33 26 in second in a tight pennant race. Chicago visits New York while Cleveland hosts Boston as Detroit and Baltimore fend for position. rain delays affect Kansas City and Washington games. In the National League Milwaukee leads with San Francisco close, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles hover. Cincinnati and St Louis mix results as Pittsburgh beats Chicago and St Louis tops Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Detroit
Baltimore
New York
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Boston
Washington
Milwaukee
San Francisco
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York Yankees
White Sox
Chicago Cubs
McLish
Red Sox
Indians
Dick Brown
Ted Wills
Brown
Yankees
Art Ditmar
Sox
Nellie Fox
Sherm Lollar
Thompson Drug Seeks Split to Tie For First in League
Thompson Drug races Home Insurance tonight with a win that could tie atop the Beck ley Warren Williams League standings as Post 70 meets Post 32. In last night’s action Home Insurance beat Schiff’s 8-1 to stay in first. Thompson Drug won 4-3 in extra innings over Duncan Catron.
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Intier
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Rbiompson
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Akins Faces Comeback Bout Against Luis Rodriguez
In Miami Beach Virgil Akins former welterweight champion meets undefeated Cuban Luis Rodriguez in a ten round national telecast. Akins at 49 22 1 seeks to rebound after losing his title to Don Jordan and a title bout loss last year while Rodriguez has seven knockouts in 21 fights.
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Luis Rodriguez
Akins
Rodriguez
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Don Jordan
Waterford Park opens 1959 season in Chester West Virginia
West Virginia's Waterford Park in Chester begins its 1959 season with 46 racing days ending August 8. The meet features 20 events plus handicaps and about 500000 dollars in purses. Track president James F Edwards expects a strong year due to continued improvements and daily nine races starting at 2 p.m. with over 2000 thoroughbreds anticipated.
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Waterford Park
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Braves Increase l Lead As Dodgers Bow To Burdette
Braves pull ahead after Dodgers lose to Burdette as Newcombe shines for Reds with six straight wins and 3.00 ERA. Giants slip two games back of Braves after Milwaukee win. Pirates top Cubs, Cardinals take a twilight doubleheader from Phillies. Cleveland extends win streak to seven with 4-1 at Boston, widening lead over Chicago.
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Mayo Smith
Don Newcombe
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Reds
Big Newk
San Francisco Giants
Giants End Newk’s Scoreless Streak in Reds Rally
New York’s Newk allowed one run in 18 innings before a late Reds rally. Vada Pinson hit his 11th homer and Frank Robinson plus Frank Thomas added a two-run double and single in an eighth inning burst as Cincinnati beat San Francisco 2-1. Moon homered and doubled for the Dodgers but Lew Burdette took the loss in a separate game.
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Hobie Landrith
Jim Davenport
Daryl Spencer
Lew Burdette
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John Roseboro
Don McMahon
Charlie Neal
Wally Moon
Moon
Johnny Podres
Casey Wise
Hank Aaron
Frank Torre
del Crandall
Bob Friend
Pirates
Don Hoak
Friend
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Bucs
Wilmer Mizell
Phils
Ernie Broglio
Lindy MacDaniel
Hal Smith
Cards
Gino Cimoli
Stan Musial
Dave Philley
Ruben Gomez
Jim Owen
Baseball Tonight Pitchers Clash Across Major Leagues
Chicago faces New York with Wynn against Turley in a nine inning tilt. Cleveland hosts Boston as Garcia meets Sullivan. Detroit visits Baltimore as Moshi challenges Pappas. Pittsburgh travels to Chicago to face Haddix. Philadelphia at St. Louis features Semproch versus Jackson. Milwaukee hosts Los Angeles with Spahn and Jay opposing Koufax and Me. Devitt starts for Cincinnati against San Francisco, Purkey versus Sanford in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Purkey
Sanford
Yankees Sign Hurler Harold Stowe From Clemson
Harold Stowe, Clemson left hander, signed with the New York Yankees for a bonus reported over $20,000. He will report to Greensboro of the Class B Carolina League. Stowe compiled a 24-13 varsity record over three seasons.
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Harold Stowe
New York Yankees
Stowe
Greensboro
No-Hitter Beats Charleston as Louisville Wins
Charleston pitchers were strong but wasted as Louisville’s Juan Pizarro no-hit the Senators. Joe Grzenda allowed six hits in a creditable loss. Pizarro struck out eight with two walks, aided by a double play. Charleston’s Don Lee to face Carl Thomas next in home tilt.
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Louisville
Jim Stump
Don Nottebart
Joe Grzenda
Juan Pizarro
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Don Lee
Carl Thomas
Morton
Sp'gler
Smith
Coler
Virgil
Morgan Cf
Dmetr
L’seter
Taylor
R'berts
Pase
Harles
Hazlerf
Mayerf
K'zaski
Yewcic
Roarke
P'zarro
Minoso Credits Colavito For Batting Spree
Minnie Minoso credits Rocky Colavito for his hot hitting as the Indians win seven straight in the AL race. Minoso belted four homers in the stretch, drove in 15 runs, hit .387 with a .308 season average, while Colavito added six homers and a .299 average in the surge.
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Rocky Colavito
Indians
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Minnie
Rig’ Minoio
Jackie Jensen
Parry OBrien Sets New World Shot Put Record
Olympic champion Parry OBrien shattered his own world record with a 63 feet 8 inches put at Mt. San Antonio College Pomona California. He broke the 63-2 mark set in Los Angeles in 1956 amid a small crowd of 65 spectators as Dallas Long later tied the old standard in the season. OBrien and rivals Bob Humphries Bob Wade competed with AAU meet dates looming in Boulder Colorado.
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Alex Petrie
Eccles Indians Lose First Game in Redlegs Victory
Eccles Little League Indians suffer first defeat as Redlegs win 5 to 3. Harvey and Borders homer for Redlegs. Cooper allows four hits and fans 11. Johnson homered for the Indians and added a triple as the teams trade runs through the game.
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Minor League Results Across Leagues
Pacific Coast League Spokane 6 San Diego 0 Salt Lake City 4 Vancouver 1 Phoenix 6 Portland 0 Sacramento at Seattle postponed International League Columbus 3 Buffalo 2 Toronto 5 Miami 2 Montreal 7 Havana 5 Rochester 5 Richmond 1 American Association Louisville 1 Charleston 0 St Paul 2 Houston 1 Minneapolis 10 Dallas 1 Fort Worth 9 Denver 8 Omaha 2 Indianapolis 2
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LL Tourney Draws Planned Thursday
A 6 p.m. meeting at Elks Stadium will set draws for the four Little League areas leading to the district finals. District 5 director W H File Jr says more meetings will include McDowell County leagues. Area 1 covers McDowell, Area 2 Mulllens, Area 3 Beckley leagues, Area 4 Sophia Coal River Oak Hill. District champions advance to Beckley July 30 31 then state tourney in Charleston Aug 5. All-star practice starts July 18 after district opening schedule.
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Ditmar Pitches Yankees Over White Sox, 5-1
Art Ditmar won his fourth in a row as the Yankees beat the White Sox 5-1. Nellie Fox doubled and Sherm Lollar singled for Chicago in the first, but the Yanks pulled away in the sixth on Mantle’s triple, Lopez’s double, and Richardson’s sacrifice fly.
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Bays Buick and Modern win tight Beckley BRL games
Bays Buick edged Black Knight 3 1 to seize sole first in the National division while Modern Eric's blanked Eric’s 7 0 to help tie for second in the American division. Pitching stars Rodney Weilke and Jacobs led the winners with key two run and multi hit nights as Becl Key Babe Ruth League action heated the race for top spots.
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Fox Convinced He'll Never Win Batting Title
Nellie Fox, a longtime contender, says he will not win the batting title. He notes his walks average about 60 per season, far below typical leaders, as his .340 average after a 5-1 loss leaves him third behind Harvey Kuenn and Al Kaline. Fox prioritizes team pennant over personal title and cites his 578 consecutive games played as a second baseman.
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al Kaline
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