Yankees Win But Turley Finishes Shutout Streak
Turley earns seventh win in eleventh start as the Yankees beat Detroit 8 1. San Francisco regains two game NL lead with 5 3 win over Braves on Willie Mays 200th homer. Other results include Chicago 10 over Boston and Cleveland, Boston, and Chicago wins as pennant races heat up.
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Rube Marquard
New York Giants
Grover Alexander
Philadelphia Phillies
Doe White
Chicago White Sox
Jack Taylor
St. Louis Cardinals
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
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Baltimore
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Athletics
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Milwaukee
Braves
Willie Mays
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Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Gil McDougald
Elston Howard
Yogi Berra
Wynn
Jack Harshman
Luis Aparacio
Lennie Green
Nellie Fox
Cal McLish
Senators
Indians
Roger Maris
Russ Nixon
Billy Harrell
Ted Williams
Don Buddin
Dick Gernert
Red Sox
Willard Nixon
Theeason
Indianapolis Entries Take Another Slice
An entry list at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be cut from 56 to 33 cars for the 42nd race as drivers with the 83 best average speeds in 10 mile trials qualify. Last weekend 19 cars ran and the top speed noted was 142.029 mph by Dempsey Wilson of Hawthorne.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Dempsey Wilson
Haw
Clarke Trims Luray To End Season On High Note
Clarke County defeats Luray 12-2 at Berryville to finish the 1958 baseball season above .500. Freshmen and junior Bobby Barr highlight the lineup with multiple hits as Clarke’s early lead expands into an eight-run surge in the sixth inning. Bemnsdaffer and Garver lead Clarke with 2-for-2 and 2-for-3 performances respectively.
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Luray
Berryville
Warren County Wildcats
Clarke
Bobby Barr
Barr
Leroy Tomblin
William Tomblin
Jerry Bernnsdaffer
Jerome Garver
Erickson
Bemnsdaffer
Garver
Campbell
Abbott
Dover
Griffith
Mauck
Calif track set for final Indy 500 qualifying
Thorne California hosted a key qualification day for the Indy 500 with veterans Troy Ruttman and Jim Rathmann still outside the field. Contenders include Bill Cheesbourg and Paul Russo as ten cars prepared for 11 a.m. trials. The final qualifying session was scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
Virginia Tech lands Newport News star Keller in basketball
Newport News High School legend Bucky Keller, top Group I scorer with 1880 points in 99 games, chose Virginia Tech over about 40 offers. Hokies coach Chuck Noe hails him as the best pressure player and all around Virginia has produced. Keller, 19, will join Tech in 1959 60 season after weighing W M commitments and other schools.
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Newport News
Virginia
Bucky Keller
Virginia Tech
Newport News High School
Tech
Keller
Chuck Noe
Noe
Dave Demarest
John Fleischman
Greenbrier Military Academy
Wiliam and Mary
W&m
Bill Chambers
Busso Beats France's Lahouari Godih in Madison Square Garden
Johnny Busso, a New York lightweight, defeats Lahouari Godih by unanimous decision in 10 rounds at Madison Square Garden. Officials score 7-3, 1 and 82 for Busso as Godih fails to mix freely. Busso, 23, ranked fifth by the NBA, advances with his planned next step being best man at a wedding on June 7.
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New York
Johnny Busso
Lahouari Godih
Johnny
Nunzio DeLucca
Busso
Godih
Madison Square Garden
Mark Conn
Bill Recht
Harold Barnes
Garden
National Boxing Association
Nazarene reports record world evangelism giving
The Church of the Nazarene states its income shows no recession. Contributions to the world's evangelism budget for the year ended April 30 totaled 3 497 482 dollars, up 8 percent from 1956 57.
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Kansas City
Church of the Nazarene
Winchester Club Opens Tomorrow in Apple Valley League
The Apple Valley Baseball League starts its second week with a full six club schedule set for 2 30 p m Winchester hosts Oak Grove at Rouss Park after a rainout. The team features young players with coach Jim Hock and veteran pitchers likely to start, while Pink Arthur freshman signs with Winchester for likely pitching or infield duty.
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Middletown
Oak Grove
Rouss Park
Jim Hock
al Cornwall
Ace Clarke Countian Noonie Heflin
American Junior Legion
Bill Shendon
Stephenson
Mt. Palle
Gainesboro
Pink Arthur
Junior Legion
Pink
Horens Edges Clarke In City League Softball Thriller
Horens beat Clarke Travelers 2 to 1 in a tight Park action. Donnie Oates pitched a one hitter and drove in the only earned run with a homer for EUB in Church League. Buckley Lages crushed the Mountaineers 13 to 1 as Buckley Lages showed power.
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Clarke Travelers
EUB
Grace Bible Fellowship
Buckley-Lages
Mountaineers
Donnie Oates
Oates
Jim Herrill
Buckley - Lages
League Leaders Highlight 1950s Baseball Stats
Summary list of American League batting pitching and overall leaders. Key figures include Cerv of Kansas City leading RBIs and home runs, Turley of New York leading strikeouts and wins, and Mays of San Francisco topping batting. Notable mentions include Kuenn Detroit, Jensen Boston, Musial St. Louis, and Spahn Milwaukee in various leader categories.
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Associated Press
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Baltimore
McDougald
New York
Skowron
Cervy
Kansas City
Minoso
Cleveland
F. Bolling
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Cerv
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Boston
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Martyn
Tuttle
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Mays
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Spencer
Cepeda
Thomas
Pittsburgh
T. Taylor
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Skinner
Elston
Spahn
Milwaukee
Purkey
Cincinnati
Antonelli
Gomez
Religious Medical Ties in LaCrosse Wis says AMA president elect
Dr Gunnar Gundersen, president elect of the American Medical Assn, argues religion and medicine are converging. He notes thoughtful people acknowledge man does not live by bread alone and cannot live by science alone as they seek a fuller approach to healing.
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Gunnar Gundersen
The
American Medical Assn
Spahn loses perfect game in late collapse against Giants
Warren Spahn carried a no hitter into the seventh, but Danny OConnell drew a walk, Willie Mays broke the no-hit bid with a single, Hank Sauer scored, and Bob Schmidt and Willie Kirland hit back to back homers as Milwaukee blew a 3-0 lead and fell 5-3 to San Francisco at County Stadium. Mays added a final homer in the eighth.
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Braves
Spahn
Spahnie
Johnny Antonelli
County Stadium
Danny O'Connell
Willie Mays
O'Connell
Hank Sauer
Warren
Milwaukee
Bob Schmidt
Willie Kirland
Mays
Baseball Standings and Weekend Results Snapshot
National League standings show San Francisco leading at 24 12 with Milwaukee two games back. Chicago and Pittsburgh chase while Los Angeles and Cincinnati struggle. Friday results include Chicago over Philadelphia and San Francisco over Milwaukee. Sunday cards feature Pittsburgh at San Francisco and Chicago at Milwaukee.
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Associated Press
W. L. Pet
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Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Wilt Chamberlain Leaves Kansas U to Go Pro
Wilt Chamberlain announces he will turn professional after leaving Kansas University. He heads to Philadelphia in a red convertible to pursue a 160 game barnstorming tour and a $250,488 prize fund, with Look magazine publishing the contract details. He plans to join the Philadelphia Warriors after graduating in 1958.
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Wilt Chamberlain
Kansas University
Philadelphia
South
North America
Look Magazine
Chamberlain
Philadelphia Warriors
National Basketball Assn
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