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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
3
Editor notes Gene Gillespie profiles the Waycross Braves visiting Thomasville, detailing their energetic on and off field antics. The piece highlights local dining chaos after games, their striking clubhouse enthusiasm, and mentions players like Carmine Chettenella and coach West Thomas.
Local box scores show Birmingham defeating Little Rock 7 to 6 while Atlanta beat Memphis 1 0. Today’s games list Atlanta at Memphis Birmingham at Little Rock Chattanooga at Mobile Nashville at New Orleans. Southern and Atlantic League standings include Augusta Jacksonville and Charlotte with notable win totals and percentages.
Rose City beat Warner Brothers 11 to 1 as Doug Binion hit two homers and David Simpson added one. Coats and Clark defeated Flowers Baking 10 to 5, with nine runs in the last two frames. In the women’s league Watkins Motor Line shaded Coats Clark 14 to 2.
A brief notes indicates a Las Vegas honeymoon for an individual named Cohen. The fragment mentions an offense and a last year return but lacks full context or dates.
Waycross lefty Harvey Mills returned to action with the Dodgers and threw a shutout as Thomasville beat Waycross 9-0. It was Mills' 1957 debut with the Dodgers, marking the club's third straight win over Waycross and restoring first place in the Georgia Florida League after Valdosta lost to Albany.
Cairo's All Stars unbeaten in four starts face Painter's Poultry of Jacksonville in a Saturday softball twin bill. Opening game at 8 p.m. Cairo's Georgia state title run includes a 1-0 win over Spartanburg and a 4-3 victory in the regional final.
The Thomasville Dodgers face the Fitzgerald Orioles in the second game of a two game set on Thursday at Municipal Stadium. Ladies will be admitted for 30 cents. Rey West and high school star Tony Hopey join the Dodgers from Waycross and Brooklyn respectively. Tom Mullaney is optioned to Pensacola as Mills and Hopey arrive.
Mills in first start back with the Dodgers since joining from Great Falls allowed six hits and six strikeouts over seven innings as Thomasville supported him with errorless defense. Burright Geesing and Mote powered a nine hit attack driving in multiple runs.
Palo Alto California football star John Brodie denies cheating and says he will fight a ruling that prevented him from graduating with the rest of his Stanford University class.
In New York Billy Martin leaves the Yankees for the Kansas City A's after a night club incident and a season of tension. He flies back to join the A's for a game with the Washington Senators as Casey Stengel’s reshuffling continues. Martinez defeats ex-champion Gavilan for his second straight win in Jersey City, hinting at a September clash with Basilio and possible title shot bids.
John Penrose of La Gorce shot 68 to lead the Southern Amateur qualifying at La Gorce Country Club MIami Beach with three under par. Jerry Greenbaum 37 86 stood second with 23 and 86. Several players failed to score while 185 entrants posted scores. Florida led Georgia 302 206 in team play.
Danny McDevitt, a 24 year old left hander, struck out 11 over seven hits as Brooklyn toppled Cincinnati 7 2. The win lifts Brooklyn to fourth while Cincinnati drops to fifth amid a Pirates rout of Milwaukee and other NL shifting positions. McDevitt’s early career included stints in Macon Cedar Rapids and St Paul with a 1 4 7 46 ERA in prior seasons.
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