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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
22
Scattered OCR fragments list teams and players in a box score style. Names such as Berens Bees Kueh and Pantani appear with mismatched letters and unclear affiliations. The readable bits imply a sports score context but lack coherent results or complete entries.
Fraley reflects on sports culture, noting weight lifters, track stars, and jockeys earnings, while lampooning major leagues greed. He hails chess and firehouse pinochle as sports, critiques college boxing, golf, and boxing legends, and jokes about athletes, managers, and midgets in a sweeping, opinionated miscellany.
Rex Baxter of Amarillo Texas won his first round match at Prairie Dunes under rain in the Trans Missississippi Amateur. He defeated Emerson Carey III of Denver 4 and 3 as Jim Vickers of Wichita fell to Richard Norville 2 and 1 in a notable upset.
A quartet of Arizona track and field stars headed by Dallas Long and including Gary O Brien rival Tom Whetstine and Arizona State teammates Bob Charles and Dave Kenly left by plane for Bakersfield California to compete in the National AAU championships set to begin the next day. Also racing in the AAU meet will be Ray Hiscock from the University of Arizona.
Mary Galoz and partners Li Kim and Pepe Cortez won the wrestling main event at Tucson Sports Center after Galoz overcame Carmen Scorpion in the final two falls. Scorpion took the first fall in 7:50, then Galoz and team won 4-3 with fall times at 8:45 and 9:10.
The Lighthouse YMCA hosted the first annual city novice swim meet with over 29 participants. Pamela May Esther Rudes and Fran Kuropatkin led girls competition while Mike Sirota Alan Bramoweth Creighton Solomon Steve Weber and Harry Williams each won two events.
The PBSW Ramblers host Portland Florists in a three game set starting tonight. The Florists then face the Tucson Cactus Belles and return for the Ramblers finale over the weekend.
Mrs Ada L Rice backed a strong flier in a Belmont Park feature the Shevlin Cup for 3-year-olds as Judge led the field over 7 furlongs in 1 28 Take Note captured at Delaware Park in a 6 furlong headliner Rich ard Loyd Barnett 18 year old jockey rode four winners at Washington Park and won three at Suffolk Downs Robert Lee Baird 38 native of Texas also took multiple purses at the meets with Barnett and Baird delivering several victories across tracks.
Fragmented OCR text shows a municipal notice about Grove and Gayton Hossa paying 88 at Tucson TeBERayee Autmican. It mentions Oury Park and outlines a local proceeding or action to occur there.
Low score of 38 by Golf Not Bob Cowden in Tuesday Night League action at El Tanque. Team standings show Jack Elis Sporting Goods 633 and several local firms like Tucson Newspapers No. 1 885 New York Life 66 and Foothills Furniture 499 percent with Lily Ice Cream 470 percent and Capris Car Wash Wolf, Marfax 398.
West Germany defending champions Brazil France and Sweden were named likely semi finalists in the world cup. Quarterfinals feature West Germany vs Yugoslavia France vs Northern Ireland Sweden vs Russia and Brazil vs Wales. Brazil was the overwhelming favorite with 14 officials backing them for the title.
Milwaukee star Hank Aaron admits a sudden slump as he struggles at the plate. The 1957 NL MVP sits at .265 with 10 homers and 17 RBIs as the Braves face mounting pressure. He cites mixed pitches and a lack of guessing right, noting past hot stretches and recent position changes.
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