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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1957
Page
9
The dismissal of Charlie Dressen strains relations between the Washington Senators front office and the public. Cal Griffith clashed with Dressen over player access and management style, while Chuck tried to push for better talent, leaving the team with a damaged public image and uncertain future.
New York Dave Sime of Duke is touted as the only man who can chase a line drive and catch up with it. He headlines a group of double duty athletes in the 1957 NCAA baseball race, with a .421 batting average and seven doubles in the ACC.
Washington manager Cookie Lavagetto celebrates his first major league win after two losses in an 8-5 victory over Detroit ending a 10-game winless streak. He says the club is not as bad as early season shows and notes several hitters and pitchers who could excel.
Chicago tops Boston 2 0 to halt a five game skid while Washington ends a 10 game drought with an 8 5 win over Detroit. Jim Watson sparkles for Chicago and Roy Sievers drives in three for the Senators, lifting batting leaders.
Kentucky Derby winner Iron Liege will skip Monday's $6,000 Preakness Prep and focus on the May 18 Preakness at Pimlico. Gen. Duke's foot injury leaves his status uncertain for the race, while Bold Ruler is expected to be cooled down and ridden by Eddie Arcaro in the buildup.
The data lists top performers in both leagues. In the American League Williams of Boston leads with 443 runs and 9 homers, while Sievers of Washington adds 24 hits and 30 total hits. In the National League Hoak and Aaron pace with batting averages and runs, and Musial plus Schoendienst top doubles with 32.
In Syracuse at the War Memorial Auditorium Gaspar Ortega and Isaac Logart meet in a 12 round welterweight bout. The fighters are tied in their previous two bouts and a possible title shot hinges on the outcome tonight.
Charlottesville report states 18 year old Alexander Hudgins Warnum Jr a cadet at Randolph Macon Academy Front Royal died after a head injury from a 12 pound shot during track practice. The incident occurred about 24 hours after the blow and marks the year’s first fatality in Virginia sports.
In Bonn the Socialist party urged the Bundestag to ban stationing atomic weapons in West Germany. Chancellor Adenauer's Christian Democrats appear poised to defeat the motion, shaping party lines ahead of the September general election. The issue heightens pressure as NATO debates modern arms and disarmament prospects.
Socialist Deputy Fritz Erler urged the United States, Russia and Britain to cease nuclear weapon tests citing Albert Schweitzer and 18 West German physicists. He urged not arming West Germany and refused consent for storing atomic weapons on German soil, warning that further tests are senseless as there are already enough bombs to destroy us all.
The Air Force breaks ground on a 100 million ballistic missile base at Camp Cooke California after a ceremony. Brig Gen O J Rutland calls the project a new age of discovery and a deterrent to aggression. 64 700 acres of the former Camp Cooke reservation are now used for the base located about 160 miles north of Los Angeles.
An annual accident report from Miami notes fifty three dogs and a mouse bit mail carriers last year, detailing injuries and safety concerns for postal workers.
A mail carrier reached into a mailbox and felt a sharp pain, drawing a bleeding finger, then looked inside to find a mother mouse with a litter occupying the box.
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