Indians Top Orioles as Yankees Open Four-Game Set
The Indians hold a 1 game lead in the AL by 1 percent after sweeping Boston and winning five straight. The Orioles lose a 1 game edge after Detroit takes both ends of a doubleheader, 7-5 and 7-4, as Detroit builds momentum. The Yankees win three straight over the White Sox, while Kansas City ends a five game slide with a 7-2 win at Washington.
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Skinny
Veeck recalls no-hitter and 13-foot Illinois vaults history
The piece recounts Bill Veeck’s 1953 no-hitter story with Don Holloman and earlier feats by Bob Feller and others. It also notes Denzil Walker highlighting rising 13-foot high school vaults, naming Gary Wolff, Jim Wright, Dick Calish, Jack Sowers, Bob McKown, and a Champaign athlete.
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Herrin
Illinois
Gary Wolff
Centralia
Jim Wright
Lawrenceville
Dick Calish
Chicago University High
Jack Sowers
West Frankfort
Walker
Bob McKown
la Grange
Foster
Champaign
Oak Park
Johnston City
Chicago
Bally Ache Out Of Race In Pelmont Stakes
Bally Ache, the year's leading money winner and Derby and Preakness contender, was scratched from the Belmont Stakes prep due to a slight right ankle puff after an morning workout. No fracture found by X rays, trainer Jimmy Pitt announced the withdrawal as entries closed for the mile and a half race.
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New York
Bally Ache
William Reed
Jimmy Pitt
Venetian Way
Southern Illinois Targets Lead Egypt All-Star Talent
Seven Southern Illinois players expected to follow through with SIU commitments after the Egypt All-Star game at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Curt Reed, Dave Pike, Carl Kupferer, Jerry Sloan, Eddie Blythe show SIU as a strong choice with Sloan weighing between SIU and Evansville.
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Southern Illinois University
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
SIU
Curt Reed
McLeansboro
Dave Pike
West Frankfort
Carl Kupferer
Murphysboro
Jerry Sloan
Eddie Blythe
Carbondale Attucks
Blythe
Western
Illinois Normal
Attucks
Reed
Pike
Tim Weaver
Memphis State
Weaver
Memphis
John Burton
Northwestern Mississippi Junior College
Herlin
Gene Turin
Champaign
Turni
Salem High Names Bob Eller as Basketball Coach
Bob Eller, 33, longtime junior high coach and Salem native, is named Salem High School basketball coach succeeding Walt Kirk who resigned after nine seasons to coach basketball and golf in Dubuque Iowa. Eller coached the Salem graders since graduating from the University of Illinois.
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Centralia High
Jerry Hart
Jim Levin
Taylorville
Wilson
Illinois Wesleyan
Virden
Phil Meadows
Cairo
University of Georgia
Hamp Betts
Anna- Jonesboro
McKendree
Leon Longshore
du Quoin
Tool and Die
al Benjamin
Salem
Chicago
Bob Eller
Walt Kirk
Kirk
Dubuque
Iowa
Eller
University of Illinois
Chicago golfers qualify for Pub Links in Honolulu
Michael Stolarik of Waukegan led 10 Chicago area qualifiers for the National Public Links Tournament in Honolulu with 66 70 136 at White Pines. Dante Vicini of Ottawa Pine Hills Club shot 70 71 141, Stan Pawlowski former Aurora city champ 72 70 142, Julio Campagnini of Waukegan bowling proprietor 69 74 143.
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Michael Stolarik
Waukegan
Chicago Area
Honolulu
White Pines Golf Club
Dante Vicini
Ottawa
Pine Hills Club
Stan Pawlowski
Aurora City
Julio Campagni
Salukis Compete in NAIA Tennis Meet in Kansas City
SIU tennis players sit at no worse than third after Thursday play in the NAIA tournament led by Ray Sprengelmeyer who beat Jim Bryan and Jim Scheitzer. Bob Sprengelmeyer and Dick King posted victories while George Domenech and Bob Dalton added wins and losses. The meet concludes Saturday afternoon.
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Lamar Tech
Pan-American University
Kansas City
Ray Sprengelmeyer
Jim Bryan
Pan - American
Jim Scheitzer
Wisconsin State
Bob Sprengelmeyer
John Ronaldson
California Western
Bob Dalton
Oklahoma Baptist
Dick King
Jim Scherer
Midland
Nebr
George Domenech
Dan Russell
Panamerican
Carbondale Youth Baseball Scores Across Week
Bantams Aces 13 Jays 3. Cats 9 Eagles 8. Lynx 3 Stags 2. Bats 8 Celts 7. Browns 16 Pros 12. Juvenile Sioux 13 Phils 3. Bruins 5 Celts 5. Softball Walnut St Baptist 11 First Christian 2.
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Jays
Cats
Eagles
Lynx
Stags
Celts
Browns
Pros
Murphysboro City League Softball Results
In Midget Division Tigers Athletics beat Tigers 6 to 7 with home run by Jack Brown as WP Brown and LP Pautler pitched. In Juvenile Division Murphysboro 10 to 5 over Christopher with 2 runs in the seventh.
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Brown
Pautler
Jack Brown
Strikeouts Run Wild in Kid Baseball Action
Darrell Waller of the Carbon dale Aces struck out five Eagle batters in one inning in Bantam League with all batters reaching on passed balls. The Eagles scored three runs as three outs came on grounders. Rex Burke of the Cubs in the Atom Division fanned 18 in six innings but gave up two hits and four runs.
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Darrell Waller
Carbondale Aces
Eagle
Eagles
Rex Burke
Cubs
Morphysboro
Burke
Turni's Team Loses Twice in West-East All Star Series
The West All-Stars defeated the East in Houston with scores of 82-67 on Wednesday and 71-56 on Thursday to win the series 2-0. The East featured Gene Turii of Herrin, who scored seven points Wednesday and ten Thursday as a 1960 prep graduate from across the country.
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Missouri
Houston
Loyola
Dave Heal
Indiana
Pinckneyville
Dave Roach
West All - Stars
Tex
Star Prep
Gene Turii
Herrin
Canadian Davis Cupper advances in net meet
Montgomery Alabama June 10 AP Francois Godbout Canadian Davis Cup player from Montreal defeated Harry Hoffman of Philadelphia 3 6 4 6 3 in the Blue Gray tennis tournament.
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Montgomery
Ala
Francois Godbout
Montreal
Harry Hoffman
Philadelphia
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Dutch” Mitchell
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