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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
7
Mickey Mantle fuels Yankees with a .392 average and 21 homers as he eyes a second straight triple crown. Moon drives in two for St Louis in a 4-3 win over Brooklyn, while Shantz earns another Yankee win and Cleveland, Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia post key results in tight pennant races.
Milwaukee Braves slugger Joe Adcock broke his right ankle sliding into second in the second inning of the nightcap with Philadelphia. He will be out six to eight weeks, GM John Quinn said. Hank Aaron and Bob Buhl sparkled in a 7-6 first game and 7-3 win, while Larry Jackson earned his ninth victory with help from Hoyt Wilhelm. St. Louis beat Brooklyn 4-3 as Wally Moon provided the key two-run triple and stellar baserunning. The Cardinals extended their lead as Jackson won again, with Wilhelm sealing the late relief.
National League is led by Brooklyn and St Louis in a 4 to 3 game, Milwaukee at 7-7. New York 7-5 and Chicago 5-1, Philadelphia 6-3, Cincinnati 5-5. American League shows New York 9-3 and Cleveland 14-7, Boston 10-10, Kansas City 6-1. Today Philadelphia at Milwaukee, Brooklyn at St Louis, Detroit at Baltimore. only games scheduled.
Murphysboro Legion Juniors outslugged Du Quoin 10-8 Saturday at Du Quoin in a wild, error prone affair. Murphysboro had 12 hits but stranded runners in most innings while Du Quoin, with four hits, benefited from walks and errors. From the fifth to the eighth Du Quoin scored six on one hit, a Mannino homer with bases loaded. Murphysboro pulled away with a four-run sixth, aided by Shields Turk and K Lavender.
Pittsburgh visits Chicago while New York travels to Cincinnati and Brooklyn plays Milwaukee. Chicago hosts Boston in a separate game as Cleveland meets New York and Kansas City faces Baltimore. Detroit goes to Washington in the National League schedule.
Paul Harney, a 27-year-old Holy Cross graduate, won the Flint Open with a 9 under par 275 to take the $5,700 top prize. He benefited from borrowing a hot putter and the advice of Jack Burke Jr, overcoming a rocky front nine to surge with a 31 on the back nine for the victory ahead of defending champion Don Finsterwald.
Two first round matches opened play on the Murphysboro high school courts as Jackson County tournament action began. Jay Lovelace beat Gary Brown 6-0 6-1 and Andy Forman defeated Don Brewer 2-6 6-3 6-4, with Donald Mitchell advancing on a forfeit. The schedule continues by mutual agreement. Other first round matchups include Everett Brown vs Frank Fenzel Ellis Mitchell vs Wiley Thompson Bob McClure vs Howard Hood Ted Bradley idle and Willie Bencini vs Gene Sims.
Bill Hartack captured his 19th stake victory by riding Kon Liege to a nose win over Clem in the Jersey Stakes at Garden State Park Camden, N J. The 25 year old Black Lick Pennsylvania native has won 12 stakes for Calumet Farm including Bardstown Amoret Gen Duke Fabius and Iron Liege.
Sammy Taylor, highly regarded by the Milwaukee Braves, is catching for Atlanta in the Southern Asia region. He hit .358 for Topeka Kan in 1956.
Murphysboro Moose defeated Pinckneyville 7 to 1 as Ron Castleton allowed five hits and struck out 13 over seven innings. Castleton also hit a bases loaded double driving in two runs while Wes Davis homered twice in his first two at bats to cushion the win.
Britain's Jaguars win the Le Mans 24 hour race in a one two three four sweep private entries led by Iver Bueb and Ron Flockhart in a dark Jaguar hitting the wire at a record 114 mph. Ninian Sanderson and Lawrence finish second as Rosny and Mary third and Frere and Rouselle fourth. Masten Gregory in a Jaguar is the best American in sixth with Duncan Hamilton. no serious mishaps amid recalled 1955 tragedy with 90 fatalities.
Wimbledon starts its 80th edition in London with 500 players from 39 countries competing over two weeks. Crowds of 30,000 expected daily and 14,000 on center court per match, with profits around 280000 dollars.
Baseball celebrities appear before the House antitrust subcommittee in Washington to discuss whether professional sports should fall under federal antitrust laws. Robin Roberts Eddie Yost and Jerry Coleman testify as player representatives with J Norman Lewis for the MLB Players Assn. Rog Feller Stan Musial and Bill Werber are slated for later sessions. The panel weighs extending coverage beyond baseball while noting that the Supreme Court exempts baseball from antitrust rules.
Barry MacKay of Michigan defeated Sammy Giammalva of Texas in five sets to win the National Collegiate Tennis championship in Salt Lake City 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. His victory helped Michigan secure the team title with 10 points. The doubles final saw Tulane’s Crawford Henry and Ronald Homberg beat MacKay and Dick Potter 6-3, 7-9, 6-4, 6-4.
Murphysboro Red Wings beat Marion Legion 9 to 3 at Riverside diamond to extend their Egyptian League streak. Bob Heins pitched all nine innings with seven strikeouts and nine hits. Koenig hit a long homer in the second as Murphysboro grabbed and held the lead, aided by an eighth inning four-run burst. Marion jumped ahead 1-0 in the first before Murphysboro answered with two in the first and two more in the second.
Carbondale built base hits and took advantage of Herrin miscues to win 8 to 6. Three runs in the fifth and sixth frames plus two more in the seventh fueled the win as Martin stole home for the final tally. Herrin collected eight hits and scored in the second and seventh innings, with Conrath homering for the visitors. Carbondale turned a triple play in the fifth to erase a Herrin threat and moved to second place, while Herrin dropped to 2-3 and travels to Pinckneyville next Sunday.
Hollywood Neals Rivers stopped Sal Flores in Los Angeles. Espinosa outpointed Ba taan in Manila. Thailand’s La outpointed Gabriel Elorde in Tokyo.
Cherif Hamia, France's top contender, faces Hogan Bassey of Nigeria in a 15 round world featherweight title bout in Paris. Hamia previously defeated Costa, Chestnut and Berrios during a recent American invasion, earning his place in the final rounds.
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