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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
11
Box score style recap lists results for multiple games with notable home runs. Wash ington, Held, Mantle, Williams, Crandall, Covington, Philley, and Hodges homer in varied matches as pitchers like Pappas, Delock, Ford, and Hobbie secure wins or suffer losses in a dense stat line.
Wimbledon reports open tournament prospects within two years as officials in Dublin plan to draft regulations permitting amateurs and professionals to compete together. The Wimbledon womens singles saw standout play from Sally Moore and seeded players like Christine Truman, while five American women failed to advance.
The National League led with Milwaukee 9 and St Louis 5, followed by Los Angeles 4 Philadelphia 3 and Chicago 3 with Cincinnati 1 and Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco. Tuesday results: Baltimore defeated Cleveland 5 1 Chicago beat Washington 4 1 Boston overwhelmed Detroit 10 4 New York routed Kansas City 10 2.
In Lake Murphysboro fisherman Pete Brown reports Tommy Goetz of Carbondale landed a 13 pound channel cat. The piece notes ongoing bass and crappie activity at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake, with several anglers weighing in sizeable catches.
Cincinnati reports the Reds signed Bob Klaus 20 brother of Billy Klaus and Illinois star shortstop. Klaus hit .394 .312 .364 in three Illini seasons and was MVP of the Florida State College Baseball Tournament. He will report to Nashville soon after a sizeable bonus is paid.
Billy Lynch from Hartford defeats Charley Tombstone Smith by points in Hartford. Lynch, fighting at 147 pounds, emerges victorious over Smith who hails from Los Angeles with a 10 round bout outcome.
Major League action saw Del Crandall of the Braves drive in four with a double and a homer in a 9-5 win over the Cardinals. Milt Pappas pitched for the Orioles, striking out four, walking one, and allowing five hits in a 5-1 victory over the Indians.
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