Metropolis Names Gher As Head Football Coach
Tom Gher 29 and a former Carbondale Lincoln Grade coach will head football and assist in basketball at Metropolis High School next year He will also lead the track program succeeding John Evers who resigned to become Carmi assistant coach Gher is a 1945 SIU graduate with letters in football and basketball He began coaching at Goreville in 1949-50 and later at Carbondale Lincoln He is married to Ann Trobaugh and they have a young daughter Metropolis also hired Claude Shelton as head basketball coach with Shelton set to assist Gher in football
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Carbondale Lincoln
Metropolis High School
Gher
John Evers
Metropolis
Carmi
Grier
Carbondale Community High
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Goreville
Ann Trobaugh
Claude Shelton
Carrier Mills
Morgan Motors Win in Murphysboro Loop
Morgan Motors turned in one of the year’s best performances Monday night to rout Bill and Gene Market 14-0 in an Atom Division game of the Murphysboro Khoury Baseball League. Elliott struck out 11 Lions in seven innings. New Era Daily won $2 over Todd's Laundromat in a Bantam Division clash. Martin Oilers defeated Lions 12-3 in the Midget Division on the Riverside diamond.
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Gene Market
Murphysboro
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New Era Daily
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Riverside
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King Cotton Draws With Szuzina In Tight St. Nicholas Bout
In New York on Monday night, Charley King Cotton drew with Franz Szuzina after a see-saw ten rounder at St. Nicholas Arena. Three officials produced split verdicts, with Scalzo favoring Szuzina, Recht backing Cotton, and Agnello even. The AP card read 4-4-2.
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Germany
Franz Szuzina
Jesse Turner
Milwaukee
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al Lang
St. Nicholas Arena
Peter Scalzo
Bill Recht
Cotton
Joe Agnello
Indians rely on pitching as Wertz leads batters under .300
Cleveland baseball culture prizes a strong rotation with Score, Lemon, Wynn, Garcia, Houtteman, Feller, Mellich and Narleski backing a defense that seeks lift from hitters like Colavito, Avila, Busby and Averill. Al Smith emerges as a potential AL MVP, having played five positions and posted .306 with 22 homers and 77 RBIs, while Warren Lopez reshuffles the lineup to boost offense.
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New York
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Rocco Colavito
Rocky Colavito
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Ee Ipilaiapett
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al Lopez
al Rosen
Vic Wertz
Lopez
Hogan
Earl Averill, Jr
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Yankees
Whitey Ford
Ford
Yanks
Herb Score
Early Wynn
Mike Garcia
Art Houtteman
Bob Feller
Cal MelLish
Buddy Dailey
Fi Ray Narleski
Don Messi
Cleveland
Chico Carresquel
Bobby Avila
Colavito
Jim Busby
Hutchison Happy With Last Trade Ahead of Dodgers Series
St Louis manager Fred Hutchinson, buoyed by the four for four trade that added Al Dark and Whitey Lockman from the Giants, foresees a stronger lineup as the Cardinals face the Brooklyn Dodgers in a pivotal three game set. Dark is hitting .412 and Lockman .353, while regulars Rip Repulski and Wally Moon may miss the opener with injuries.
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Dark
Lockman
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Rip Repulski
Wally Moon
Tebbetts Makes Redlegs Top NL With Bold Starters Shuffle
Cincinnati uses an off beat pattern with Jeffcoat starting and Brooks Lawrence finishing to beat Philadelphia 7-4 in 10 innings, restoring first place as Milwaukee overtakes Pittsburgh. Mantle homered for the Yankees in a 7-4 win over Detroit and the White Sox beat Baltimore 5-2.
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U S Tennis Team Wins Wightman Cup
Wimbledon June 19 AP United States wins Wightman Cup 5 2 after clinching 3 0 lead Friday and two more victories Monday English star Angela Mortimer defeats U S No 2 Shirley Fry Americans dominate with superior courtcraft and poise Coach Chuck Erickson of North Carolina golf team serves as secretary treasurer of the National Golf Coaches Assn.
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England
America
U. S
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Shirley Fry
Chuck Erickson
North Carolina
National Golf Coaches Assn
Don Heinrich Leads Giants With Two Touchdowns In 1955
Don Heinrich former University of Washington quarterback scored two rushing touchdowns for the New York Giants in 1955 on keeper plays and also threw for two more touchdowns.
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University of Washington
New York Giants
Good As Owls Leroy Siville Resigns to Join Oil Firm
Leroy Moose Siville resigns as McLeansboro football coach to take a Standard Oil job in Decatur. A 28 year old former Southern Illinois University star and 1953 SIU MVP, Siville coached McLeansboro for one season after time at Carterville. He succeeds Johny VanderPluym, who left two years ago to join Gulf Oil.
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Southern
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Gulf Oil
Baseball Leaders Show Jinx Of Leading Players
Baseball's leading men struggle to reproduce top form as stars like Mantle and Williams cool off. Avila's AL batting falls to .232 after being led, Kaline hits .294, and former champions linger without title threats. RBI leaders Rosen and Doby pile up modest totals while Williams goes homerless. National League leaders Ashburn Musial Mays still active, but few near peak marks.
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Jackie Robinson
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Gentry to Iowa as Rockford stars join Hawkeyes
Nolden Gentry six seven Rockford West star and two teammates Don Slaughter and Bob Washington will attend the University of Iowa this fall. Two other Rockford West seniors, Johnny Wessels to North Carolina State and Tom Blake to Bradley, disclosed college plans. Gentry said he received interest from about 50 schools, narrowing to Iowa, Indiana and Northwestern.
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Bob Washington
Johnny Wessels
North Carolina State
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Bradley
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