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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
9
In Little League action Workingman defeated O Sullivan 10 1 as Hinkle led with three hits and Parker earned the win. B M beat Dr Pepper 7 4 behind Chris Miller and a key two run double by Stokes.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars topped the Moose 2 1 in seven innings. Carter earned the win with a two hitter and 12 strikeouts while Hill took the loss on four hits and 10 strikeouts. Russell hit a first inning homer for Moose, and Foster scored twice for VFW aided by errors.
The Winchester Junior Legion meets Front Royal in a 3:30 p.m. game at Rouss Park on Wednesday. All players must arrive by 2 p.m. The local Legion race narrowed to two teams, Front Royal and Winchester.
Stephens City defeated Middletown 12 to 4 at Strasburg to stretch their Little League streak to seven. Bobby Judy earned the win over Strasburg with Smoot taking the loss as Danny Crabill and Carl Wright led with extra-base hits.
Frederick County League baseball Sunday saw Gainesboro crush Armel as Bob Forney won the mound decision with Jim Slonaker taking the loss. Stephens City beat Bartonsville 22 to 14 as Sterling Shockey led at the plate with five hits and two doubles. Opequon won by forfeit over Winchester, with no onfield action.
Commissioner Bert Bell released the 1957 NFL schedule listing 72 games with three night games and 66 Sunday contests. The season opens September 29 with six games including the Giants at Cleveland and the Bears at Green Bay. the Cardinals visit San Francisco in the opener.
National League standings and daily schedule with teams such as St. Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Brooklyn New York Pittsburgh Chicago and Milwaukee. Includes yesterday's results Brooklyn 10 St Louis 2 Philadelphia 10 Milwaukee 4 and upcoming games with matchups and starting pitchers listed for several venues.
The listing shows leaders across leagues with Mantle leading in runs and homers for New York, Malzone in doubles for Boston, and Simpson McDougald tied for triples with New York. In pitching, Shantz of New York and Wynn of Cleveland post high strikeout totals. Musial tops batting, Aaron and Schoendienst pace hits for Milwaukee, and Sanford leads in strikeouts.
Bassey captured the world featherweight crown with a tenth round knockout of Cherif Hamia in Paris's Palais des Sports. Hamia suffered a swollen eye and a lip cut as referee Rene Schemann halted the brutal final at the bell. The Associated Press had Bassey ahead 6-2-1 on rounds through nine.
Walter Marsh, 84, formerly a St. Louis music teacher, walks four miles daily to classes at Tonkawa Junior College. He is believed to be the oldest freshman in Oklahoma, studying English and psychology for enjoyment rather than a degree.
Brooklyn, defending NL champions, scramble through a West Coast trip behind injuries to Red Schoendienst and Joe Adcock as Duke Snider Carl Furillo and Carl Erskine return. Braves lose Schoendienst and Adcock while Jolly and Crandall fill in. Dodgers beat Cardinals 10-3. Phillies top Milwaukee 10-4.
New York The International Boxing Club was ordered dissolved by Judge Sylvester Ryan in a landmark antitrust ruling. Jim Norris and Arthur Wirtz must sever ties with Madison Square Garden within 30 days after July 1 and sell about 39 percent of Garden stock within five years. The Garden is barred from promoting more than two title bouts and two championship contests annually for five years.
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller testifies before a House Anti trust sub committee advocating keeping the reserve clause but under anti trust laws with exemptions. He suggests a five year cap and player freedom after. Robin Roberts Eddie Yost and Jerry Coleman defend the clause as essential.
John Diefenbaker named George Drew former Conservative leader as Canada’s high commissioner to London. The appointment places Drew in the diplomatic post amid postwar ties between Ottawa and London.
A briefing outlines trips with the Forty Niners, Philadelphia, the Rams, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington and Pittsburgh. The plan includes travel to the West Coast and the Eastern cities for scheduled meetings and engagements.
Canadian welterweight Kerwin delivered a fifth round technical knockout of Tony DiBiase at St Nicholas Arena. The upset extends Teddy Brenner’s streak of underdog winners in 11 television main events at the venue.
A 10 member team from the Division of Plant Industry of the State Agriculture Department will survey Virginia border counties for witchweed. They will inspect farm fields from Princess Anne to Pittsylvania to find this corn parasite that thrives in loam soils.
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