Baseball Scouts Turn to Colleges for Major League Talent
Scouts shift focus to college players as talks loom of minor leagues folding. The piece cites 1958 signings from NCAA playoff teams and 1959 Baseball Register data showing rising college-educated major leaguers, with notable ex college stars and current prospects like Dick Scott and Jim Hegan, illustrating a growing college pipeline and possible farm-system role for colleges.
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Ivory Hunters
Omaha
Sporting News
Lou Gherig
Columbia
Frankie Frisch
Fordham
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth
Lou Boudreau
Illinois
Luke Appling
Oglethorpe
Paul Warner
Eastern Central State
Jackie Jenson
California
Charley Keller
Maryland
Mickey Era
Boston Univ
Christy Mathewson
Buck
Swaringen shines as Charleston blank Jacksonvil le 8 0
Lefty Ben Swaringen on loan from Kansas City shut out Jacksonville on two hits, fanned 11, and drove in four runs with three singles as Charleston White Sox beat Jacksonville 8 0 for their third straight win. Don Gordon hit his seventh homer as Charleston extended the league lead.
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Charleston White Sox
Ben Swaringen
Kansas City
Ollie Brantley
White Sox
Swaringen
Jacksonville
Braves
Sox
Jay DeBole
Asheville
Tourists
Columbia
Miso
Charleston
Shreveport
Don Gordon
Larry Maxie
Cal Emery
Jack Kennedy
Bob Risenhoover
Cook's Homer Gives Vols 5-2 Triumph
Cook hits his 14th homer to lift Nashville to a 5-2 win over Little Rock in 10 innings. The sparkplug right fielder also drove in a run with a 10th inning single as Nashville regains a tie for second place with the Travelers. Birmingham moved 1.5 games up after beating Chattanooga 2-0 in 10 innings.
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Cliff Cook
Nashville
Cook
Asia
Little Rock
Vols
Travelers
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Mobile
Shreveport
Bud Blemker
Memphis
John Edwards
Southern
Charlotte
Savannah
Jacksonville
Columbia
Knoxville
Charleston
Asheville
Macon
Cubs prevail at Candlestick over Giants as Pirates, Dodgers win
Cubs blast Giants 9-1 at Candlestick Park to take two of three from the visitors and widen their deficit to 14 games behind the Pirates. Banks homered and doubled for Chicago, while HoBbie won, Antonelli took the loss. Pirates beat Reds 4-3 in 11, Phillies and Dodgers win with late rallies.
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Dick Scott
Thomasville
Jim Hegan
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Lou Boudreau
Cubs
Hogan
N. C. Dunn
Pensacola Angles
Dunn
Ardmore
Oklo
Winston-Salem
Birmingham
Ole Miss
Auburn
Georgia
Quitman High
Bobby Evans
Georgia Tech
Fresh Evans
Southwest Georgia
Dixie
Phillip Simpson
Bulldogs
Cairo
Mark Carr
New Candlestick Park
Giants
Pittsburgh
Coats Clark Tops Sunnyland 9-1 In YMCA Baseball
Coats Clark pitchers Donnie Price and Danny Rogers teamed for a one hitter as Coats Clark beat Sunnyland 9-1 in Thomasville YMCA Little League action. Price had eight strikeouts and Rogers three, while Gary Brady slugged two two run homers for the victors. Both teams moved to 1-1 records.
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Donnie Price
Danny Rogers
Coats Clark
Sunnyland
Thomasville
Price
Rogers
Gary Brady
Coats-Clark
Lowery
Lamb
Hamrick
Crosby
Ray
Palmer
Gaither
Green
Coats & Clark
Douglas
Stewart
T. Huffmaster
Lattner
Brady
Clark
James
Pastrano Faces Sonny Ray in Chicago Bout Tonight
Willie Pastrano unbeaten in three fights this year is a 2-1 favorite in a 10 round light heavyweight bout against Chicago’s Sonny Ray at Chicago Stadium. The match will be televised on ABC at 9:8 EST under the five point must system. Pastrano, living in Miami Beach after starting in New Orleans, is a dancing bobbing fighter with limited power.
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Chicago
Willie Pastrano
Sonny Ray
ABC
Pastrano
Miami Beach
Fla
New Orleans
Fire in Major League Baseball This Week
American League games feature Milwaukee at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St Louis at Los Angeles and Chicago at San Francisco as standings and schedules unfold today.
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Giants
Cubs
Johnny Antonelli
Pirates
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Balti
St. Louia
Chicago
San Francisco
St Louis
Chicago Philadelphia
Francisco
Close Games Highlight Thomasville YMCA Softball Action
In slow pitch league play First Baptist defeated Presbyterian 86 after breaking a 6-6 tie with two final innings runs. East Side Baptist edged Dawson Street Baptist 7-6 in extra innings after a 6-6 deadlock through five frames.
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Thomasville Ymca
First Baptist
Presbyterian
East Side Baptist
Dawson Street Baptist
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