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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1958
Page
9
David Plaster a 20 year old Elon College track team member from Fieldale near Martinsville plans a 30 mile run from Stuart to Martinsville today starting around 4 pm His effort follows a 14 mile training week and is described as mostly downhill with an expected 3% hour duration.
Two high school athletes qualified for AAU track and field’s trip to Russia. Dallas Long of Phoenix and Paul Stuber of Bellflower placed second in their events, with Long’s 60 feet 5 inches and Stuber’s 6 feet 9 inches highlighting the night. Final approval pending.
Syracuse heavyweight Mike DeJohn won a unanimous decision over Bob Baker in a 10 round televised bout at War Memorial Auditorium. Officials and most reporters saw DeJohn the winner while Baker rued a possible draw and noted his six month layoff.
Salvation Army youth committee chairman Harry Lovett says Fresh Air Fund donations lag while planning to send 150 underprivileged children aged eight to 18 from Martinsburg area to Camp Tomahawk in West Virginia. Each child costs 12.50 weekly. camps run July 28 to August 4 and August 4 to 11. Mail donations to Fresh Air Fund in care of Salvation Army Winchester.
In Look Magazine Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale denounces smutty music on some radio stations as a threat to morality. He argues that suggestive lyrics and sensual beats sap the moral fiber of the nation, especially teenagers.
Major League baseball leaders listed by Associated Press across batting pitching and hitting categories. Vernon Cleveland and Fox Chicago high in batting. Cerv Kansas City leads RBI. Mays San Francisco tops hits. Larsen and Ford lead pitching with high win totals. Mays also features in runs and batting leaderboards with Cepeda and Banks among top hitters.
Australians Elliott and Lincoln duel in the mile with 4:01.4 and 4:07.9 as world records fall elsewhere to Harold Connolly 225-4 in the hammer and Glenn Davis 49.9 in the hurdles. Ohio State star Davis improves the 440 yard hurdles mark to 49.9 as Potgieter’s 50.7 stands pending. Connolly, injure handling, denies aiming at Krivonosov’s mark while Hall finishes second in the mile.
The Shenandoah and its branches show clear conditions. North Fork is clear and normal while the South Fork is clear and normal.
Tommy Bolt holds a one stroke lead at the Flint Open as Gene Littler from Singing Hills California sits two behind after a 69. Sam Snead withdraws citing chills and ptomaine poisoning while Bolt jests about the situation.
Silky Sullivan, back from the East, finished ninth of ten in the $10,000 Monterey Purse at Hollywood Park. Airwar won for Warner Ranch with Pete Moreno aboard. Strong Bay was second and E Cajon third. Trainer Reggie Cornell stressed patience as Silky eyes bigger prizes, including next month’s $100,000 Westerner.
The Tigers under new manager Bill Normeau upset the Yankees 7-1 as Bunning matched a strong three-hitter day and Kaline fueled a key sixth inning rally. The win cuts Stengel’s club lead and boosts Detroit toward second place with a 5-0 start under Norman.
American League standings show New York leading with 38 20 and Detroit, Kansas City and Baltimore trailing. Weekend games include New York at Detroit and Washington at Cleveland with rain in Chicago. National League list Milwaukee and San Francisco atop the table with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh close behind. Saturday matchups feature St. Louis at Milwaukee and Chicago at Cincinnati among others.
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