Ryff Wins to Eye New Fields in Lightweight Ring
Frankie Ryff, 22, of New York, undefeated in 12 pro fights, scores a decisive victory over Brian Kelly at Eastern Parkway Brooklyn. Ryff floors Niagara Falls, Ontario, boxer in the eighth round as judges mark 9-1, 9-1 and 8-2. A 1060 crowd pays 2430 dollars for the bout. Scortichini trips Gonzales in a split decision at St Nicholas Arena. Johnson comments on the outcome.
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Standings and results in midseason baseball league
Standings show New York Brooklyn Milwaukee Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Chicago and Baltimore with records and percentages. Yesterday New York beat St Louis 8 to 5. Tonight Washington visits Chicago and New York travels to Detroit with other games listed for today and tomorrow.
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National League Cincinnati at Brooklyn Milwaukee at New York
Major league baseball section lists four matchups with the National and American Leagues. Cincinnati visits Brooklyn, Milwaukee hosts New York, Washington plays Chicago, and Philadelphia travels to Cleveland.
Hodges Tops Kluszewski In First Base Ballot
Gil Hodges of Brooklyn moved ahead of Ted Kluszewski for the National League first base spot in the All-Star poll. Hodges 58,327 votes to Kluszewski 56,492. voting runs since June 11 and ends July 3 with Cleveland host July 13 game. Stan Musial leads with 71,414. Minnie Miñoso 68,566.
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Salt Lake City Boxer Panter Beats Rhodes in Boise Bout
Garth Panter of Salt Lake City outpointed Mickey Rhodes of Boise by 158 to 153 in a held bout. Panter’s victory adds a local win to his career record and enhancer for upcoming engagements.
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Bees and Owls win in Atom League at Carbondale
The Bees beat the Cubs 5 to 1 behind Carter and Butcher pitching. The Owls defeated the Jets 5 to 2 led by Franklin who hurled a complete game and struck out 21 while collecting two hits including a home run.
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Giants' Mays Hits 19th and 20th In 8-5 Win Over Cardinals
Willie Mays of the New York Giants clouted his 19th and 20th home runs to power an 8-5 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals. Marv Grissom pitched 2 2 3 scoreless innings in relief to halt a Cardinal rally.
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Rule Change Boosts Baseball Averages Through Sacrifice Fly
The sacrifice fly, revived after 14 years, raised batting averages by about three points in Major League Baseball. An AP survey shows 314 sacrifice flies lifting the majors from .257 to .260, with 160 in the NL and 154 in the AL. Gil Hodges, Andy Pafko, and Mickey Vernon post above .300 thanks to sacrifices, while Hodges leads with eight sac flies and a .309 average.
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Carbondale VFW Edges West Frankfort 5 4
Dave Stearns lined a seventh inning home run to lift the Carbondale VFW over West Frankfort Sports Center 5-4. Rex Drew earned the win on a four hitter while Rodden took the loss as both starters limited hits. Bruce Woodcock's boxing note appears unrelated to the game.
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Connolly Opens Defense Of Net Title At Wimbledon
Maureen Connolly, dubbed the tennis world’s near certainty, begins her bid to defend the Wimbledon singles title on center court against J Scott of South Africa. Second seed Doris Hart starts against Georgia Woodgate as Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas win easily in the men’s singles opening round.
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Benton Takes Coal Belt Lead
Ed Rice pitched a brilliant four hit game to a 7-0 Benton victory over Marion in a Coal Belt League clash at Benton. Rice struck out 18, walked four, and Raymond Lambert held Marion to only three base runners in the seventh.
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Scortichini Tops Gonzalez In Lightweight Bout
New York fighter Italo Scortichini 154 outpointed Pedro Gonzalez 158 Rankin Pa in a ten round lightweight match. Scortichini controlled the action with accurate punches throughout the bout.
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Western International Drops Spokane And Calgary From League
Tacoma, Washington June 22 After weeks of financial trouble the Western International League shrank to eight teams following the exits of Spokane and Calgary. Both clubs left after a season marked by fan apathy bad weather and in Spokane television competition.
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Local bowling draw features Renteria and Trigo
Manny Renteria of Los Angeles tied with Mario Trigo of Los Angeles in a 140 to 139 encounter. The closely contested match concluded with both players earning a share of the point.
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