Itchy Jones Signs with Orioles From Herrin
Itchy Jones 21, a Herrin athlete, signed a pro baseball contract with the Baltimore Orioles for a modest bonus reportedly under 5,000. He will report to the Blyfield farm club in W Va and has a SIU career with a .300ish bat. His brother Robert is an apprentice jockey at Cahokia Downs.
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Bowden Out Of Olympics Due To Injury
Bowden the first U S sub four minute miler suffers terrachilles in 800 meter race and undergoes surgery at Naval Hospital Bowden served as Army lieutenant and will be on crutches for months with a year of recovery ahead Medical hopes say the tendon will be stronger after grafting and recovery Bowden had hoped for Olympic gold in Rome and had run 880 yards in 1 47 2 earlier in his career
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Bowden
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United States
Tom Courtney
Courtney
Musial Open to Trade to Pirates Says St. Louis Paper
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor Bob Broeg writes that Stan Musial, nearing retirement with 19 major league seasons all with the Cardinals, would be willing to finish his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates if it made him part of a pennant winner.
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Standings and schedules in the American and National Leagues
MLB standings show Pittsburgh leading the NL with 32 wins and San Francisco 32 wins in tight races. Milwaukee steals nine bases in 13 games, a marked difference from 1959. Upcoming games include New York at Kansas City and Baltimore at Cleveland, with several twin bills noted.
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Boxer Admits Fake Defeat in 1947 Fox Fight
Former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta testified under oath that he faked his knockout defeat to Billy Fox in 1947 after being offered 100000 dollars. He said the bout at Madison Square Garden was staged and his injury claim was false while he sought a title shot. LaMotta later won the middleweight title from Marcel Cerdan in Detroit on June 16, 1949.
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Braves top Giants 12 to 5 in MLB line score
Burdette wins as Braves erupt for twelve runs on 12 hits. Maranda takes the loss for the Giants after allowing five runs in relief. Cepeda hits his 11th homer of the season for San Francisco while Bressoud adds their fifth.
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Zwick’s Ladies Bowlers Honored At Herrin Dinner
The Zwick's Ladies' bowling team, Wednesday Night League champions, were feted at a Friday dinner in Herrin. Leon Zwick led a ceremony presenting trophies to the five team members.
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Yankees Take Lead In AL Race After Sixth Straight Win
The Yankees beat the A’s 8-4 to extend a seven straight win over Kansas City and pull within one game of the Indians and Orioles in the AL standings. Bob Turley earned the win, Moose Skowron produced four RBIs, while Johnny Logan and Lew Burdette starred for the NL action as the Pirates and Giants split the day.
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Sloan chooses Illinois over SIU in high school star move
McLeansboro high School basketball star Jerry Sloan dubbed the Fabulous Fox will enroll at Illinois this fall after narrowing his options to SIU and Illinois. His older brother Roger influenced the choice, with Sloan believing he can study more and gain a bigger basketball profile at Champaign. Sloan set a McLeansboro scoring mark of 52 in one game, finishing with 1,710 points over three seasons.
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Giants and Pirates Meet With NL Lead On Line
San Francisco hosts Pittsburgh in a three game series at Candlestick Park with the NL pennant race in view. Sam Jones will pitch for the Giants against Bob Friend as San Francisco aims to regain first place after a 12-5 loss and a recent up down home stand. Rigney says the club is near the top and only one game behind.
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Bob Friend
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Mantle starts 1960s with near 900 strikeouts
Mickey Mantle enters the 1960s baseball season with 899 strikeouts and 893 walks over 1,246 American League games since his 1951 debut.
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Dozen Abe Martin Players Turn Pro In Baseball Lineage
Richard Itchy Jones signed with Baltimore, boosting the count of Abe Martin proteges in pro baseball to about a dozen. Ray Rippelmeyer of Valmeyer shines in Seattle’s Pacific Coast League, likely to get a major league look. Fred Loesekam of St Louis joined the White Sox system after 1959 Salukis fame. Ray Tabacchi of Auburn remains in the Kansas City farm system as the article notes two years of indistinct further detail.
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Itchy” Jones
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Glenn
Abe” Martin
Ray Rippelmeyer
Valmeyer
Seattle
Milwaukee
Fred Loesekam
St. Louis
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