Gordon Gets Walking Papers Bauer's New Boss
Kansas City manager Hank Bauer in his first game shakes up the Athletics roster naming Dick Howser team captain and Art Ditmar as long relief. Wes Covington's pinch hit homer beat the Yankees 4 3 while Joe Gordon learns of his firing and reflects on Frank Lane and Charles Finley sparking a managerial shakeup.
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Hank Bauer
Wes Covington
New York Yankees
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Covington
Athletics
Joe Gordon
Dick Howser
Art Ditmar
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Gordon
Lake Lotawana
A’s
Frank Lane
Joe
Lane
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Charles C. Finley
Detroit
Ee Bauer
Uck
Kucks Hurling Could Earn Ticket To Majors
Johnny Kucks kept his major league hopes alive by winning for Rochester in the International League. He improved to 6-2 as Rochester beat Columbus 9-3 with two homers from Fred Valentine and Barry Sherrone. Other IL results include Babe Birrer pitching Buffalo to a 4-1 win over Jersey City, and Jim Bronstad closing Richmond’s 5-3 win over Syracuse.
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Krak Tops In PGA Qualifying
Mike Krak of Morgantown won medalist honors in the Tri-State sectional PGA qualifier at Green Oaks, finishing 143 over 36 holes. Art Doering and Tom Cherok tied for second at 145, with Lew Worsham clinching the final national berth after a playoff. the national event is set for Olympia Fields July 27 to 30.
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Green Oaks Country Club
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Brackenridge Heights
Bauer's first move as KC manager wins for A's over Yankees
Hank Bauer, newly appointed Kansas City manager, used Wes Covington to deliver a ninth inning victory over the New York Yankees. Covington doubled the first pitch to right for the winning run after Norm Siebern tied it with an eighth inning homer. Maris hit his 25th for New York, while Roger Maris provided a late lead before Covington secured the win for Kansas City.
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Joe Gordon
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Frank Lane
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Bertola
D C Captures 6th Consecutive Game In WWII
Duncan Catron stays in first place in the Warren Williams Junior League by beating Post 70 8 to 7 for their sixth win in as many starts. Post 70 drops to 3-3. Thompson Drug lost 7-6 to Post 32 as Catron pitchers Wallace and Finney combined for the wins in two close games.
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Tams Chalks Up 32nd LL Victory
Tams extended its 32nd straight Little League win with a 7-4 victory over Slab Fork in Sophia on Monday night, running a three year streak. Winning pitcher Houch allowed five runs over five innings, while Clark took the loss. Home runs were hit by Slab Fork’s Jim Stone and Tams’ Parker.
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Inquest Ordered Into Midget Player's Death
CHICAGO UPI An inquest was ordered into the death of 36 year old Edward Carl Gaedel a 50 pound midget who had a 20 second major league career. An autopsy indicated bruises from a fall and death by natural causes. Gaedel known for wearing number 1% appeared for St. Louis Browns in 1951 during a staged birthday celebration and walked to first base leading to a historic but brief at bat. The coroner’s inquest was ordered.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Browns
Bill Veeck
Gaedel
Bob Cain
Market teams open summer league with close wins
In the first game L. & B. Insurance edged Combined 63 to 62 as Babe Riffe scored 32 for the winners and Jitter Gilbert led the losers with 22. Coca Cola defeated Valley Bell 65 to 60 behind Ron Chambers 38 points, Roy Meadows 24 for Valley Bell, and Coca Cola debutants. Next doubleheader Friday features Tom's Toasted Peanuts vs Greenbrier Dairy and Park Drug Sees vs Tom Bell Mercury.
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Babe” Riffe
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Ron Chambers
Roy Meadows
Tom's
Greenbrier Dairy
Park Drug
Tom Bell Mercury
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Alcyder
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Meadows
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Subaugh
Harman
Bower
Chabers
Easley
Quintier
NL To Announce Stocking Plan For New Clubs
National League President Warren Giles said plans for supplying New York and Houston with players when they join the league next season will be announced next Monday. The expansion committee met in secret, with details to wait for the June 26 league meeting. Members included Feeney, McHale, Devine, Bavasi, and Quinn, as well as Giles.
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UPI
National League
Warren Giles
New York
Houston
Giles
National League Expansion Committee
John J. Quinn
Philadelphia Phillies
Conrad Hilton
Blackstone Hotel
Quinn
Charles S
Cub) Feeney
San
Benwood Union Produces Three All-Star Coaches
Three of the four coaches for the Ohio Valley all-star football game are Union High School alumni. Charlie Helinski names George Walley of Moundsville High as his assistant, with Dick Thurnes, now Warren Consolidated head coach, as assistant to Bellaire's Don Ault. Walley, 88, is also Moundsville High athletic director and a former Union guard who joined the Air Force in 1943.
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W. Va
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Union
Dick Thurnes
Warren Consolidated High
Tiltonsville
Ohio
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Briber Bowled Out Player For Not Trying Hard Enough To Lose
New York prosecutors outline a basketball bribery case involving Columbia University player Fred Portnoy 19 who allegedly accepted 1140 to influence four games. Philip La Cort and Joseph Green are at large with warrants for bribery and conspiracy. Green allegedly confronted Portnoy at halftime during an Ivy League game in Philadelphia. Portnoy was expelled from Columbia after the indictments.
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Doubleheader on Beckley BBL agenda tonight
Beckley Babe Ruth League action features Eric's and Silver Brand with 5-3 records after 3-1 and 8-4 wins over New River Supply and Patton's. Coleman pitched a four hitter with 10 strikeouts for Eric's, Ellison added strong hitting and a four-hitter on the mound for Silver Brand, as both teams chase first place in the American Division. Eric's meets Keatley's and Silver Brand faces New River Supply tonight.
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SC May Cut Minimum For Championships
Southern Conference athletic directors review a coach recommended limit of five games to determine a football champion. Opening session covered scheduling, site approvals, and dates for cross country track wrestling tennis swimming and related events across member schools including The Citadel VMI and Virginia Tech with tentative venues and dates for 1962 championships.
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Southern Conference
Military Institute
the Dunes
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West Virginia
Boxing results from New York and Philadelphia bouts
In New York Tommy Tibbs 131 from Boston outpointed J R Ellis 136 from Trenton. In Philadelphia Jim Soo 140 from Philadelphia stopped Bobby Douglas 143 from Philadelphia in nine rounds.
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UPI
Tommy ‘Tibbs
Boston
J.r.ellis
Trenton
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Philadelphia
Jim‘mny Soo
Bobby Douglas
IOC Rejects Expanded IOC Membership Plan for 1964 Games
The International Olympic Committee rejected Russia's proposal to widen its membership, voting 35 to 7 to keep the body at about 67 lifetime members. President Avery Brundage stressed independence, warning broader membership could invite politics into Olympic planning. Plans for Tokyo and Innsbruck were outlined, with Tokyo proposing October dates and Innsbruck January 29 to February 9 for the Winter Games. A subcommittee spent hours revising amateur regulations, with the full committee to continue drafting the amateur code.
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Athens
UPI
Russia
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Brundage
Tokyo
Innsbruck
Austria
Softball League Leaders Set for Evening Doubleheader
The City Softball League features two key games tonight. Dido's Sunoco hosts Mabscott as Beaver Merchants clash with Park Drug while the standings show Dido's Sunoco leading at 3-0 and Beaver Merchants at 3-1.
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Ee New River
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Dorothy Tops Mt. View 8-1 in Babe Ruth League
Dorothy defeated Mt. View 8 to 1 in the Big Coal River Babe Ruth League. Webb earned the win, Elkins took the loss. Dorothy broke the game open with five runs in the fifth and three in the sixth while Mt. View managed a lone run in the fourth. Final: Dorothy 8 Mt. View 1.
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Elkins
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