Four Crowns On Line Bankers Seek Sectional Title
Lorain area teams push through the 1957 Lorain Sectional Hot Stove Baseball Tournament with Elyria Savings Deposit Bank meeting Lorain Youth Center in the Class D final at Longfellow Field 3 p.m. Tomorrow. Semi finals and other classes play at Longfellow Center Field and City Field Today with finals scheduled across venues. Champion and runner up advance to the state Hot Stove League Tournament next weekend in Alliance.
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Lorain Exchange Club
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Locain Faleveki Hardware
City Field
LaGrange Lions
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Grafton
MecAlpin Hornets
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Alliance
7 Savings Deposit Bank
Amherst Tracking
Elyria West Side Lumber
Leaders Win In NL Extra-Inning Binge
In a day-night NL marathon Milwaukee, St Louis and Cincinnati all rallied from behind to win. Nippy Jones hit a three-run homer as Milwaukee edged the Yankees 6 to 3 and gain half a game atop the standings, with Norm Zauchin helping St Louis stay close. Detroit’s Jim Bunning earned his 10th win with a 2—0 shutout over Pittsburgh while Brooklyn beat Stengel’s Yankees 3–2 and Philadelphia moved within two games of first. Boston crushed Cleveland 10–2 as Eddie Mathews homered, and the Cubs, White Sox and Washington posted late wins in a hectic set of games.
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St. Lows
Detroit
Jim Bunning
Willard Nixon
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Cincinnati
Casey Stengel
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Albeat Stengel
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Pete Ramos
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Jam Wilson
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Hank Saul
Baitimore
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Ruben Gomez
Eddie Mathews
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Boston
Cleveland
Hart Akins Sign For Go Bout Shifts To Cleveland
Philadelphia’s Sugar Hart and St. Louis’s Virgil Akins will meet in an eight round bout at the Cleveland Public Auditorium on August 9. The fight moved from Madison Square Garden due to Billy Graham’s crusade extending.
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Players' Choices Play Pony All-Stars
Elyria Pony Leaguers prepare for the first annual Player's Teams game Sunday at 2 p.m. on Recreation Field diamond No 2. The American and National division squads of 20 players each include five players from each team. Players chosen by teammates will see substantial action.
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Elyria Recreation Field
Pony League Exhibition Game Totals Discussed
Pitchers and catchers split into groups of three for three innings each while the remaining fourteen players on each club form two units to pitch 445 innings. In extra innings, remaining players may continue. Units are decided by ability with John Kakos of West Point as coach of the first unit. Minor hurled a one hitter in the first half, striking out nine in four innings before the better unit took over and lost. Doug Mampel had one hit. The winning team earns two trips to the plate. top for a Trophy. Elvira Eagles downed the Elvi. Pony leaguers not participating field behind Bartlome, who doubled in two. Officials for the clash include Bartlome on trips to the plate, Grill, Hoagland, Larkin, Smith. A welcome to future graduates of a pitcher-Johnston Little League was extended by league president Tom Weessfiehn to Pony League Board of Directors. Losing pitcher Kakos.
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West Point Video
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Bill Bellamy
Elvira Eagles
Elvi ‘Rophy
Iria Lions
Bob
Bartlome
League
Tom Weessfiehien
Innes
Patterson Poised for Giant Polo Grounds Title Fight
New York report says promoter Emil Lence aims for a 400000 dollar gate as Floyd Patterson defends his heavyweight title against an unpredictable challenger at the Polo Grounds. Attendance speculations range from 12000 to 50000 with television set to turn the event into the world’s largest studio. Patterson, 31 of 32 pro bouts with 22 knockouts, is a heavy favorite over the eccentric foe.
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Baseball Results From United Press ERICAN LEAGUE Roundup
Baseball results from the United Press show scorers and pitchers for multiple games. Highlights include wins by Kansas City against Washington and New York over Milwaukee with key home runs by Mantle, plus Schmidt and Landrith in Pittsburgh, and Koufax with Labine in Brooklyn.
Plocher Edges Better Line For Lead In Little League North A Minor
Plocher Insurance downed Better Line 10-7 at East Kiwanis Field to tie for the second half championship. Kim Offers and Mark Stratton Lach had two hits for Plocher, while Mike Bailey Don Dahl Dell Searles and Roger Stephens each matched two hits for the losers. Stewart Radio and Dr Pepper tied 88 before a replay date was set. Randy Shuster added three hits for Dr Pepper and Rickey Parsons had three for Stewart. Plocher stands 6-2, Stewart Radio 3-3, Better Line 3-4.
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Kim Offers
Mark Stratton Lach
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Don Dahl Dell
Searles
Roger Stephens
Stewart
Randy Shuster
Dr. Pepper
Rickey ‘Parsons
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Better Line
Winning Pitcher Korlin Losng Leads Rossemant
In a standout outing, Korlin Losng earned the win for Rossemant on the mound. Baker Line Wane and 402 010-776 provided limited offense as Rossemant secured the victory.
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Korlin Losng
Rossemant
Weisman Still Point Leader Stock Cars Set For Chandler Night
Driver fatally injured in a July 6 track accident at the Chandler speedway is remembered as a veteran of three campaigns. Fellow racers organize a memorial night with all drivers racing for trophies rather than cash to aid the driver’s family.
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District Monday Area auto racing card set for night of action
Auto racing fans in District Monday Area anticipate an eight event stock car program. Art Plas is favored to close the gap and may contest three events including a 25 lap feature on a special course. The night features a Chandler benefit race as part of the program. Time trials start at 7 p.m. with the feature at 8:30. The Chronicle-Telegram will present a trophy to the feature winner.
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Norm Wulff
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Bob Zvosec
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al Wood
Norm Sawi
Jerry Gasser
Chronicle-Telegram
East Snaps Tie In 17 Minutes In Area Four Play
East Little League clinches a 5-3 victory over North in a brisk seven inning game at Lappin Field to earn a District Six Tournament berth. Dellisanti and Chorak open with walks, Dean makes key plays, and Kuhl earns the mound win as East overcome North’s Parker and Sanford. Numerous schedule notes follow for West and East divisions as local youth leagues continue play at Lappin Field and nearby diamonds.
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Jack Dean
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Dick Nielsen
Dwane Kelloge
Doug Dangerfield
Chorak
Area Fairways Low Gross Scores Highlight Open Golf Play
John Surdock Steve Nagy Paul Every and Alex Petrus posted top gross scores as Western Auto league play resumed. Alex Malik led with low net 33, Augusta claimed team net laurels after a 168 round. Standings list Acacia 14 percent atop Augusta Pinehurst Columbia Hills Sleepy Hollow and others, with Sneads Hogans Burkes and Lockes vying in recent results. Floyd Laskey won General Industries Golf League honors with a 34 and most fours. Leo Zelinski and Bob Sperok posted solid scores. Hogans defeated Sneads 342 275 while Burkes bested Locke 42. Standings show Sneads 27 Burkes 6 Hogans 19 Lockes 18.
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Steve Nagy
Paul Every
Alex Petrus
Alex Malik
Augusta
Jownet Laurels
Acacia
Pinehurst
Columbia Hills
Sleepy Hollow
Cherry “Ridge
Pine Ridge
St. Andrew
Oakmont
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Goodman Out Tigers Option Lee
Detroit reports third baseman Billy Goodman of the Baltimore Orioles will be sidelined about two weeks with a broken left index finger suffered when pitcher Thornton Lee was struck by a pitch from Detroit's Lou Sleater last Thursday. The injury cuts Lee’s 38 23 inning season and leaves his record at 3-1.
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ECC Team Pursues Lakewood at Westwood in final round
The West Side Caddie Association finalizes its four eighteen hole rounds at Westwood Country Club as Lakewood leads, Elyria trailing by 14 strokes and Columbia Hills in fourth. At halfway Elyria was within one stroke but dropped rounds after losing ace Jack Moyes to a broken finger. Individual play follows with a dimmer at the swimming club a week later.
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Arlington Chicago's Richest Arlington Park Handicap
CHICAGO ARLINGTON PARK hosts the Arlington Park handicap with Swoon's Son atop the field as the leading handicap horse. The $100000 added event is part of Chicago's richest racing day, featuring top riders Johnny Longden Wilie Shoemaker and Eddie Arcaro among others. The program also includes the Lassie stakes for ten two year old fillies with a $106025 purse and other top-level horses and jockeys aiming for significant earnings.
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