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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
8
Irwin and Grinnan capture feature races at Airport Speedway amid wild crashes and high drama. Beeler wins the destruction derby in a Baylis Garage Studebaker despite not belonging to the local club, as Strickland’s crash trails off the track and ends his run.
The Virginian snatched the Class A feature after a tense duel with Bill Nally of Brunswick. Nally led heat one but his S-3 faded three laps from the end, finishing about 45 feet back as Irwin’s Chevy surged ahead. Hansberger won the day’s first heat for Mt. Jackson, while Ruben McBee of Baltimore captured the Class B heat and Al Grinnan of Fredericksburg won the Class B feature. The crowd endured poor weather but enjoyed the races despite several incidents.
In Harrisonburg Virginia Kermit Whitacre of Winchester and Mrs Mary Lee Craft of Hampton won the state archery titles at Massanutten Caverns. Whitacre defeated Luke Berry of Alexandria to set a new record 1321 while Craft topped Pat Hamilton of Richmond. Other winners include Wayne Whitacre Lynda Berry Billy Binns and Sharon Lane among 340 finalists.
Front Royal blanked Strasburg 5 0 at Bing Crosby Stadium with one earned run as Winchester routed Strasburg 17 4 at Rouss Park. Orndorff earned the win for Winchester before Dix pitched one inning. Donica led Winchester with a homer and three hits in five at bats while Stine Shendon Orndorff Kibler each had two hits.
The Associated Press summary lists American League leaders with Kansas City at 35 19 and Boston 64 in the win column, plus results from Monday and Saturday games. Notable scores include Cleveland 54 over Washington 32 and Detroit 5 4 New York 4, with NL results featuring Milwaukee and San Francisco leading their divisions and several rain affected games in St. Louis versus Milwaukee.
Los Angeles doctors say Frank Thomas has a bruised bone in the left hand after being hit by a Stan Williams pitch. X rays show no fracture and Thomas could play through discomfort this week. He leads the majors with 20 home runs and 61 RBIs and has 14 of his 17 West Coast games on the homer. Don Newcombe was traded to Cincinnati after his final Dodgers start.
All-America Selections is a non profit body funded mainly by the seed industry. New varieties are submitted to the organization and tested for two years in trial gardens across the country. After the trial period judges select the varieties that win the awards.
The list highlights top batting leaders in MLB with Nieman Baltimore at 367 and Vernon Cleveland at 365 plus Ward Kansas City at 338. It also notes Cerv Kansas City 51 RBI, Jensen Boston 46, and Minoso Cleveland 39 among others. Pitching leaders include Turley New York 102 833 and Larsen New York 5 1 833 with Sullivan Boston and Hyde Washington 4 1 800.
Glenn Davis of Ohio State lowered the world 440 yard mark to 45.7 seconds at the national collegiate meet in Berkeley. The 37th annual event also saw American records by Alex Henderson and Charlie Tidwell, plus NCAA records by John Fromm and Ed Collymore among others.
Tommy Bolt captured the National Open at Southern Hills in Tulsa by playing steady golf the heavy heat and pressure. He finished 283 total with rounds of 71 71 60 71 three strokes over par. Bolt’s victory crowns a controversial but enduring career and marks a sharp contrast to gambling era excess. In other news France expands military education with US Army children in 44 schools and classes in six high schools.
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