Little Baseball League Parade Opens Weekend Games
Saturday afternoon parade starts at 1 PM from the Sarah Zane Fire Co and proceeds to Cork Street then John Kerr School for ceremonies. At 2:30 eight LBL clubs duel in exhibition games, with a schedule of league matchups and awards, followed by Monday and Tuesday openers.
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Little Baseball League
Pony League
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loudoun St
Cork St
John Kerr School
Red Royston
American Legion
American Legion Color Guard
Post 21
Rouss Drum & Bugle Corps
Claude Smalts
Tom Boyd
Sam Preston
Recreation Commission
Arley Long
Jim Barnett
Les Singhass
Ed Burch
National League
Joe Hershberger
Senseng Park
Jimmy Miller
Mayor Smalts
Joe Pasquali
WINC
Workingman’s
National
Kiwanis
American
Exchange
Rotary of
Cities Service of
O'Sullivan
Lions
National Fruit
Workingman
Rotary
Virginia Bowling Assn Votes for Winchester Classic
The annual meeting of the Virginia Bowling Proprietors Assn concluded after a three day training session. Eloise Gumm of Portsmouth was re elected president with Clinton Ford Richmond as secretary treasurer and Earl Hurst Manassas as vice president. Directors include W E Waddington Arlington Jack Zimmerman Winchester Ben Best Waynesboro and Joe Antonelli Richmond. The next Virginia men's open classic was voted to Winchester and the next state tournament to Arlington.
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Richmond
Virginia Bowling Proprietors’ Assn
Eloise Gumm
Portsmouth
Clinton Ford
Earl Hurst
Manassas
W. E. Waddington
Arlington
Jack Zimmerman
Winchester
Ben Best
Waynesboro
Joe Antonelli
Virginia
Marathon win seeds White Sox atop league standings
The Chicago White Sox beat Baltimore 6-5 in 17 innings, Earl Torgeson homering with two outs in the 17th to secure the longest game of the season and place Chicago one half game ahead of Cleveland. Manager Al Lopez called it a marathon, noting the team squandered chances but enjoys the top spot. The Sox open a four game series with Boston Red Sox next.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Pale House
Cleveland
Baltimore
Earl Torgeson
al Lopez
White Sox
Sox
Boston Red Sox
Lopez
British Champ Tigers Calhoun In NY TV Bout
British Empire middleweight champion Dick Tiger meets Rory Calhoun of White Plains in a nationally televised 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Calhoun, 24, is 7-5 favorite. Tiger, 29, has 32 wins, one draw. Calhoun's record is 39-7-1 with 20 knockouts.
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New York
Dick Tiger
Tiger
Rory Calhoun
White Plains
N. Y
Madison Square Garden
Calhoun
Clarke County Esso tops Headquarters in late rally
Clarke County Esso erased a seven run deficit to win 11-10 over Headquarters Company at Senseny Park. Lucky Inn edged R. H. Hammer 6-1 in another City League tilt, while Grace Bible Phostars beat Greenhorns 8-2 in Church League action.
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Senseny Park
Clarke County Esso
CCE
Headquarters Company
Lucky Inn
R. H. Hammer Threat
Grace Bible
Phostars
Grace Bible Greenhorns
Harold Catlett
Catlett
Mike Heironimus
E. Patterson
Gowdy
Jobe
Crim
Burleson
Murphy
Roxy Hockman
Hummer
J. Lloyd
Boswell
Myers
Brannon
Lucky Iun
Dodson Scott
Beatty
Dodson
Scott
Carroll
Clark
Higgs
Heflin
Blackburn
Salyan
Donald
O'Connell
Renner
Downs Results Shenandoah Downs Race Purses and Results
Horse race card shows nine races at Shenandoah Downs with $1,000 purses for each event. Results list winners with betting prices and runners up, plus race times and double payout. Notable finishes include Abert B and Hot Snack among others, with Daily Double paying $76.80.
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Shenandoah Downs
Abert B
Goodwin
Jody Joseph
Gambardella
Filane Angel
Cape
Hot Snack
Rodriguez
Hasty Bunnie
Weakley
Mr. Oxford
Servis
Cepeda Drives Giants Past Braves with Seven RBIs
Orlando Cepeda of the Giants collected four hits in five at bats and drove in seven runs including two home runs in an 11-5 victory over Atlanta. Don Elston earned a 3-2 10 inning win for the Cubs over the Phillies, pitching 1 1/3 hitless innings.
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Orlando Cepeda
Giants
Braves
Don Elston
Cubs
Phillies
Duke Names Rother mel Duke Captain of 1960 Tennis Team
BLACKSBURG AP Rother mel Mac Duke the No 1 player on Virginia Techs tennis team last season has been elected captain of the 1960 squad. Duke from Richmond will be a junior in the fall.
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Blacksburg
Rothermel
Mac
Duke
Virginia Tech
Richmond
Automobile salesman labeled killer by purchaser
In Norfolk a car dealer was surprised when a buyer listed his occupation as killer on a form. It turned out the man simply worked as a killer at a nearby pork packing plant.
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Norfolk
Grinnan Brings Fresh Challenge to Winchester Speedway
A flood of new cars and a threat to defending winners boost Sunday's stock car races at Winchester Airport Speedway. Al Grinnan of Fredericksburg uses a new power plant to take early lead in the dirt track feature, challenging Ray Dovel and Dave Mader. Earl Moran and Jack Dennison head a crowded Sportsman field as competition returns in force. two features follow four heats at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Winchester Airport Speedway
Brunswick Bullet
Bill Nally
Ray Dovel
Staunton
Dave Mader
Morgantown
al Grinnan
Fredericksburg
Waynesboro
Grinnan
Nally
Big Virginian
Maryland
West Virginia
Dovel
Jack Dennison
Arlington
Earl Moran
Charlie Armel
League Leaders in American League Batting and Pitching
Summary of leading stats across the American League for 125 at bats or more. Includes Kuenn Detroit and Fox Chicago batting averages, Killebrew Washington home runs and RBIs, Aparicio Chicago steals, Wilhelm Baltimore pitching record, Score Cleveland strikeouts, and leading at bats and hits by Aaron Milwaukee among others.
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Associated Press
Kuenn
Detroit
Fox
Chicago
Killebrew
Washington
Jensen
Boston and Power
Cleveland
Skowron
New York
Kaline
Williams
Kansas City
Runnels
Boston
Aaron Milwaukee
Burgess
Pittsburgh
Mathews
Milwaukee
Mays
San Francisco
Pinson
Cincinnati
Robinson
Aaron
Los Angeles
Elston
Drysdale
S. Jones
Lancet Calls for Abolition of Boxing Over Brain Injury
The Lancet urges total outlawing of boxing in Britain and worldwide. It cites 64 deaths in four years, mainly amateurs, and warns of direct brain damage while criticizing BBC coverage and lack of medical action. Teddy Waltham defends boxing’s medical advisors and institutional tournaments.
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Associated Press
London
Lancet
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Royal Academy of Medicine
Teddy Waltham
British Boxing Board of Control
Waltham
Major League W L Pet GB and Friday schedule
The standings show Chicago leading with 27 wins and 21 losses, Cleveland 25-20, and Detroit 22 12, while New York 21 6 2 percent. The schedule lists Friday games including Los Angeles at Milwaukee and Chicago at Pittsburgh, plus Sunday pairings and Thursday results.
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W. L. Pet. G.B
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Boston
Kansas City
Washington
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
W. L. Pet. G.B. Milwaukee
Winchester Baseball Club gets new backstop and pledged support
Winchester fans prepare for Sunday action at Rouss Park with Mt Falls hosting Winchester in a 2 30 game as local patrons and Jaycees fund and clear the diamond. New comers Wendell Dick Bill Bailey and Everett Kibler boost a growing roster as Stephenson exits Apple Valley League schedule includes Stephens City at Charles Town and Middletown at Oak Grove.
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Winchester Baseball Club
Lewis M. Allen
Jaycees
Bell
Sam Shendon
Winchester
Patton
Mt. Falls
Rouss Park
Stephens City
Charles Town
Middletown
Oak Grove
Stephenson
Mt. Fall
Wendell Dick
Bill Bailey
Everett Kibler
Legion Club
Boxing results in Sao Paulo and Tokyo bouts
In Sao Paulo Eddie Perkins of Chicago won a ten round decision over Hilario Morales of Mexico 137 to 136 while Eder Jofre of Brazil outpointed Leo Espinosa of the Philippines 118 to 119. In Tokyo Larry Pineda of the Philippines and Kyo Noguchi of Japan fought to a ten round draw 114 to 112.
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Los Angeles
Eddie Perkins
Chicago
Hilario Morales
Mexico
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Eder Jofre
Leo Espinosa
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
Larry Pineda
Kyo Noguchi
Drew
Joe Brown Wins Ring Magazine Fighter of the Month
New Orleans boxer Joe Brown earns Ring Magazine fighter of the month after defending his world lightweight title Wednesday against Paolo Rosi of New York.
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New York
Joe Brown
New Orleans
Ring Magazine Today
Paolo Rosi
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