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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1959
Page
3
Readable text notes a June 6 1959 event day with varied activities in the Oty New York area. Details are fragmentary but indicate a local fair or festival style program with multiple offerings and community participation.
The Thomasville YMCA releases a comprehensive summer timetable covering wide ranged activities for women and girls, men and boys, including swimming classes for various age groups, gymnastics starting July 27, softball, and adult coed sessions. The schedule emphasizes multiple time slots across weekdays and weekends with specific targets for beginners, recreation groups, and competitive programs.
Champ RYE New York AP reports that Beige 8 mete became eligible for the United States Seniors Golf Association Tour last year after a 143 score. Friday he won again and his 86-hole card read 148.
Post 222, American Legion Post 282, McLellan Stores and Warner Brothers won in Thomasville YMCA softball last night. In a men’s game Post 298 beat Sunnyland 9 to 1 despite Sunnyland outhitting 6 to 1. Post 322 scored twice in the second on Sunnyland errors and a walk. In women’s play Melallan topped Watkins 10-8, while Warner defeated Coats and Clark Thread Mill 4-4.
Glen Arven's fourth annual junior club championship begins Monday with a 9 hole qualifying round. Field split into eight flights after qualifying, then match play Tuesday through Thursday to decide new champion. Previous winners Bryant Harvard and David Middleton are ineligible. 1958 champ Dickie Jones has moved away.
Big Don Newcombe returns to form with four straight wins, limiting San Francisco to three hits in a 8-2 Dodgers victory over the Giants. Johnny Podres also shines for the Dodgers, tossing a seven-hitter against Milwaukee as Chicago Cubs topple Pittsburgh.
Gene Littler, the Singing Hills, California star with a crewcut, led the field as the Eastern Open Golf Tournament entered its third act in Baltimore.
Betsy Rawls of Spartanburg 8 C leads the Summit pro Women’s Round Robin at Canoe Brook Country Club with a 14 point edge after three rounds. The final round is scheduled for Sunday as the $13 100 pro event continues in Summit New Jersey.
The New York Yankees heated up to sweep the Indians 11-2, extending their streak to three consecutive victories. McDougald homered, Elston Howard added a seventh, and a late three run double by Harry Simpson broke a tie as New York moved within a game of Chicago for second in the standings.
In St Joseph Missouri a race car jumped the track into the bleachers injuring 22 people during the first race of the program for a $10 purse. One seriously hurt was 8 year old Ronnie Lee Neidel, son of driver Albert M Bud Neidel. The father suffered a bruised shoulder and shock. Twenty one of the injured were hospitalized. Many were children.
Dick Tiger and Rory Calhoun fought to a draw at Madison Square Garden. Tiger claimed advantage on several scorecards, while Calhoun won the 10th round on all official cards. Both fighters expressed they thought they won, with disputes over low blows and legality of some blows. Tiger hinted at a possible July 16 bout in Syracuse.
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