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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
3
Thomasville Dodgers push new lefthanders Ralph Clifton and Tom Mullaney into rotation as injuries and fatigue thin the mound staff. Manager Rudy Rufer seeks a frontline starter to stabilize the rotation before the June 24 split in the season halves.
In a partial sport note, teams Thomasville Alfany faced an opponent abbreviated as V at a national venue. The readable fragment hints at a scores context with Fitzgerald and Thomasville players mentioned, but details remain unclear.
Fragmented OCR shows scattered scores and team abbreviations including Albany Brunswick Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Cincinnati with partial results. The note mentions a schedule in Georgia cities and teams like Leac, Wayere, and Adelphia with unclear outcomes.
Yesterday Little Rock beat Atlanta 8 to 1 and Birmingham topped Memphis 5 3 while New Orleans defeated Chattanooga 13 9 and Mashville upset Mobile 13 9. Today's games include Atlanta at Memphis Birmingham at Little Rock Chattanooga at Mobile. Other listed cities appear unreadable.
Fred Missildine of Sea Island Georgia sets a new world skeet record in the all round championship during the windup of the Texas state open skeet event at Houston Texas. Missildine formerly gave up the sport but returned to take the record.
Thomasville Dodgers defeat Waycross 10-9 in 10 innings and 7-8 in separate games. Larry Burright drove in the winning run in the 10th on a bases loaded single. Seibert Scott earned the second game win. Galen Mote, Don Burke, and Geesing homered in a slugging weekend series.
Mobile chased Nashville with a 20 hit day as Jeanest An led the Southern Assn action. The Bears remained in the hunt amid a flurry of slugging and steady defense in a pair of decisive victories.
In a rough, fragmentary report readers learn three ee pacers added 11 hits in the opening period, pushing their score to 18 for a strong start. The text is incomplete but suggests decisive early offense and a favorable position.
Atlanta AP reports the 16th annual All Star high school football game set for August 15 at Grant Field with North coach Howard Doc Ayers and South coach West Thomas. Regions 3 and 4 supply North players, Regions 1 and 2 provide South, with fans picking 11 players per side.
Frank Lane’s Cardinals won 7 6 and 8 4 at Ebbets Field boosting St. Louis into second place behind Milwaukee. Musial homered twice as Von McDaniel and Hoyt Wilhelm shined in relief, giving the Cards a 24 10 road mark and a renewed bid in the NL standings.
Dick Mayer, 32, of St. Petersburg, Florida, defeated Cary Middlecoff by seven strokes in a playoff to win the National Open at Inverness Club Toledo Ohio. Mayer earned a 7200 prize from a 30000 tournament and expressed disbelief at the win amid 98 degree heat and post victory numbness.
Gallant Man won the Belmont Stakes by eight lengths and set an American record with 2 2/3 miles in 2 26 3/5. The horse will be treated for worms and faced veterinary observation before a possible next race decision within a week. Bold Ruler also rests after the race with vaccines needed for sleeping sickness.
Max Kelley, former University of Alabama football and baseball player, joined Dothan High School as assistant coach. He succeeds Billy Williams, who will move to Brunswick, Georgia, to coach at the high school there.
Burdette yielded only a sixth inning double to Joe Lonnett in game two at Philadelphia, but an infield out and Richie Ashburn’s sacrifice fly produced the decisive run. Juan Pizarro opened Milwaukee’s win with a five hitter, while Willie Jones and Granny Hamner homered. Millard Howell, 37, drove in runs with his bat as Chicago swept Washington behind Minnie Minoso and Jim Rivera, and Elston Howard’s two run single capped Bob Grim’s victory in relief over Tom Gorman as Mickey Mantle scored the go ahead run in the 10th.
Candidates for the Thornville Babe Ruth baseball team will meet at the YMCA. Mickey Cooper, coach for boys aged 12 to 15, asks all candidates to report at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The first test for the team is set for this Thursday.
ORLANDO Florida Cha Layton 15 of Waycross captured the senior division title in the Wee Golf Tournament with a five over par 77. Layton finished 36 for a 147 total two strokes ahead of defending champion Dan Boyd of Jacksonville after a conservative strategy on the 6240 yard Pine Hills course.
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