Moon Homers Lift Cardinals Past Dodgers in Brooklyn
Wally Moon launched a two run homer in the sixth to lift St. Louis to a 6 5 win over Brooklyn as Ennis, Musial and Moon combined for early offense. Ennis added his eighth homer and Musial hit a third inning shot as Carl Erskine struggled in his first start of the season.
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Balloting Led By Williams Balloting Led By Williams
Ted Williams leads American League voting for the All-Star Game in St Louis with 23 306 votes while Mickey Mantle ranks second with 22 454. Stan Musial tops the National League with 19 122 votes as leaders list position by position.
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Ted Wilae
Mickey Mantle
Stanal
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Williams
Boston Red Sox
Mantle
New York Yankees
Musial
Vic Wertz
Cleveland
Bill Skowron
Nellie Fox
Chicago
Gene Mauch
Boston
Reno Bertoia
Detroit
Gil McDougald
Harvey Kuenn
Joe Demaestri
Kansas City
Ted Williams
Roy Sievers
Washington
Jimmy Piersall
A Kaline
Jackie Jensen
Mixed Scotch Foursome At Venice Club Today
The Venice Golf and Country Club hosts a Mixed Scotch Foursome tournament today announced by club pro Jim Duncan. Players from Bobby Jones Par 3 and Sarasota Bay Country Club join invited golfers, with a post tournament buffet in the club house. Awards go to players with the lowest net and gross scores.
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Venice Golf and Country Club
Jim Duncan
Bobby Jones
Sarasota Bay Country Club
Venice Golf and Countrylub
Track Coaches Denounce AMA Charge On Pep Pills
The NCAA Track Coaches Assn meeting in Austin Texas demanded proof or an apology from the American Medical Association over claims track athletes use pep pills. Brutus Hamilton of California called the charges unfounded and harmful to sub four minute milers. Thomas Cureton of Illinois urged wheat germ as a booster and cited Olympic data.
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NCAA
Thomas Cureton
University of Illinois
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Layton Shoots 70 to Lead Pee Wee Tourney
Charles Layton 15 from Waycross Ga shot 35 35 70 to lead the senior division at Pine Hills Golf Course in Orlando. Defending champion David Boyd 15 of Jacksonville followed at 74 with James Folks 14 Ocala third at 78. Marcia Hamilton 14 Evansville Ind led the senior girls with 94 after 36 holes.
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Hamilton
Orlando
Charles Layton
Waycross
David Boyd
Jacksonville
James Folks
Ocala
Jimmy Gabrielson
Athens
Fritz Leffingwell
Miami
Marcia Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Margaret , Salinsky
Youngstown
William Bortz
Bethesda
Bill Dudley
Tampa
Martha Kosar
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Detroit Tigers option outfielder Jim Small to Charleston
Detroit optioned bonus outfielder Jim Small to Charleston with 24 hour recall. Small batted .219 in 14 games with the Bengals in 1956 and is listed as part of Detroit’s depth moves for the 1957 season.
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Detroit Tigers
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Small
Bengals
Lee
Hen Ee
Birmingham
Practice Shoot Set at Sarasota Gun Club
The Sarasota Gun Club will hold a practice shoot today starting at 1 p.m. Both trap and targets will be used. Special events are planned if time permits.
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Sarasota
Sievers Sparks Senators to 9-1 Rout of White Sox
Roy Sievers drove in five runs including a seventh inning homer to pace the Washington Senators to a 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Kemmerer earned the victory for Washington, while Bill Fischer took the loss after four runs on twelve hits allowed through five innings. The Senators built a 3-0 lead in the first and stretched it with a four-run fifth inning and two more in the seventh.
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Roy Sievers
Washington
Senators
Chicago White Sox
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RBI
Herb Plews
Kemmerer
Russ Kemmerer
Jim Rivera
Sox
Bill Fischer
Fischer
Gerry Staley
Jim Derrington
Plews
Seivers
Jim Lemon
Lou Berberet
Southern Amateur Golf Opens With 14-State Field At La Gorce
Defending champion Arnold Blum of Macon enters as exempt as 51st Southern Amateur tee s off at La Gorce Country Club Miami. 18 holes qualifier Monday and Tuesday followed by match play Wednesday through Saturday with finals 36 holes. Notable entrants include Gene Dahlbender Tommy Barnes Mason Rudolph Hobart Manley. Dynamite Billy Goodloe Dave Smith Lucas Caldwell and others also listed. Southern Golf Association holds its annual meeting Monday night.
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Miami
Beachp
la Gorce Country Club
Tennessee
Arnold Blum
Macon
Gene Dahlbender
Tommy Barnes
Atlanta
Don Bisplinghoff
Orlando
Mason Rudolph
Clarksville
Valdosta
Dave Smith
Gastonia
N.C
Lucas Caldwell
Harlan, Ky
Southern Golf Association
Patty Stewart win doubles tennis crown in Venice
Budge Patty and Hugh Stewart defeated Mervyn Rose and Don Candy 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-3 to claim the men's doubles title on the international tour in Venice Italy. Giuseppe Merio and Nicola Pietrangeli reached the singles final with Merio beating Vladislav Skowecki 6-1 2-6 6-4 and Pietrangeli eliminating Neal Gibson 6-2 6-4.
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Los Angeles
Paris
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Pasadena
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Australia
Mervyn Rose
Don Candy
Giuseppe Merio
Nicola Pietrangeli
Merio
Poland
Vladislav Skowecki
Pietrangeli
Neal. Gibson
Locke wins 12 hole tournament at Wentworth
Bobby Locke of South Africa wins the Wentworth event by three strokes. He carded 70 65 70 76 281 to finish ahead of Eric Brown of Scotland and Bernard Hunt of England who tied for second with scores of 69 72 74 284 and 73 71 68 7224 respectively.
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Bobby Locke
Eric Brown
Scotland
Bernard Hunt
Brown
Hunt
Sanford Crew Tops Wisconsin in Lake Mendota Mile Race
Stanford oarsmen edged Wisconsin in a neck and neck mile and three quarter race on Lake Mendota. The winning time was 8 minutes 45 seconds as Stanford surged ahead in the final quarter mile at a 45 beat per minute pace.
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Stanford Oarsmen
Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
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Mulleavy to Join Burns as Brooklyn Coach
Greg Mulleavy, who resigned as Dodgers Montreal farm manager, will join the Brooklyn club tomorrow as a coach. Mulleavy, a former Royals manager for two and a half seasons, played in the majors as a shortstop.
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Greg Mulleavy
Dodgers
Montreal
Brooklyn
Royals
Five Rookie Players Signed By KC Athletics
The Kansas City Athletics announced five rookies to minor league assignments. Two pitchers were sent to Grand Island in the Nebraska State League Nelie Freeman Williams 19 of Fresno California a right hander and Ervin Moore Jr 20 of Roland Arkansas a southpaw. Also assigned to Grand Island was John Moore 17 of Newport Kentucky a catcher who will play outfield and first base. Hugh Richard Ennis 22 signed for Pocatello in the Pioneer League as an outfielder. Ennis is 5 feet 11 and 180 and a Williams College graduate.
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Kansas City Athletics
Grand Island
Nelie Freeman Williams
Fresno
Calif
Ervin Moore Jr
Roland
Ark
Williams
Moore
John Moore
Newport
R. L
James
Hugh Richard Ennis
Pocatello
Ennis
Williams College
Massachusetts
Cubs Beat Pirates 5-1 Behind Drabowsky Strong Five Hits
Moe Drabowsky settled after a rough start to earn his third win as the Cubs pile up 12 hits against four Pittsburgh pitchers. Bobby Morgan Ernie Banks and Walt Moryn each had two hits while Vernon Law took the loss after Chicago scored twice in the fourth to take a 2-1 lead.
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Gibson Brough Win English Tennis Finals
American players claim two singles titles in English lawn tennis finals at Beckenham Birmingham and Bristol. Gibson defeats Hard 6 3 3 6 6 4 and Brough defeats Knode 6 2 1 6 6 3. Arnold and Fageros win women's doubles. Davidson beats Olmeda in men’s singles.
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Althea Gibson
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Herb Flam
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Mal Anderson
Anderson
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Miss Gibson
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Montebello
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Trevor Fancutt
England
Mimi Arnold
Redwood City
Karol Fageros
Miami
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South Africa
Viola White
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Peru
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Reynaldo Garrido
Cuba
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Knode
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Bermuda
Gil Shea
Los Angeles
Ramanthaa Krishnan
Nareth Kumar
India
Miss Hard
Bob Mark
DiMaggio: Major League Move To California Likely
Joe DiMaggio says baseball cannot ignore a West Coast expansion with Dodgers to Los Angeles and Giants to San Francisco. he predicts crowds would grow if California hosts big league teams while noting New York could support three clubs. He favors the move but doubts timing and considers it part of the game's evolution. DiMaggio travels in Italy and Europe on a vacation.
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TV Spotlight On Middles This Week
International News Service reports a busy boxing week with two middleweight bouts headlining. Joey Giambra faces Rory Calhoun Friday at Syracuse War Memorial in a ten rounder while Bobby Boyd meets Rocky Castellani in Chicago Wednesday. Welterweights collide Monday at St Nicholas Arena as Jimmy Archer takes on Tony Decola in ten rounds.
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Jimmy Archer
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Welter
Tony Decola
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Decola
Railroad Worker Could Break UK Tradition
Douglas Sewell 27 year old British railroad worker won the English Open Amateur Medal Play and virtually earned a spot on Britain's Walker Cup team to face the United States in Minneapolis in August. He finished 72 holes 73 69 71 74 for a total 287 eight strokes ahead. Tony Stark of England was runner up with 295. Gene Andrews of Pacific Palisades California finished 307 and Reid Jack of Scotland totaled 312 after the Formby final.
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Sewell
Tony Stark
Gene Andrews
Pacific Palisades
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Andrews
U.S
Reid Jack
Scotland
Sgt
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Haverford
Formby
Ibbotson Races to Second Fastest Mile in Glasgow
Derek Ibbotson ran 3 minutes 58.4 seconds to nearly break the world record, achieving a near four minute mile to celebrate his newborn daughter. Michel Bernard set a French mile record of 4.05.8 as Ibbotson won the Glasgow Police Sports Carnival with Paul Soine leading early.
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Ibbotson
John Landy
Australia
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California
Roger Bannister
England
Merv Lincoln
Don Bowden
University of California
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South Africa
Michel Bernard
France
M. L. Berisford
Britain
G. E. Everett
Madeline Wooler
Jim Bailey
Ron Delany
Ireland
Villanova
Laszlo Tabori
Hungary
Istvan Roszavolgyi
Gunnar Nielsen
Denmark
Chris
Milwaukee Signs Two Young Players
The Milwaukee Braves announced signings of 19 year old Alton Clayton from Henderson North Carolina to a 1958 contract with Eau Claire. Clayton reports to the Class C Northern League farm club next season. Clayton bats left throws right. The Braves also signed catcher Dick Shrigley 22 Clinton a c to play with Jacksonville Florida in the Class A South Atlantic League. Shrigley 6 feet tall weighs 220 pounds bats and throws right handed.
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Milwaukee Braves
Henderson
N. C
Eau Claire
Alton Clayton
Braves
Dick Shrigley
Clinton
A. c
Jacksonville
Fla
Shrigley
Presbyterian College
Hall Released To Jets In Pirats Reorganization
Pittsburgh Pirates released pitcher Dick Hall to the Columbus Jets. Hall appeared in eight games this season with no decision and pitched ten innings before the move.
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Ets Pitteturgh
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