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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1959
Page
8
The pennant chase stays heated as the top three NL clubs mix wins and losses in a tight stretch. Giants add to woes with defensive miscues while Spahn, Aaron, and the Braves draw closer. Dodgers hold pace with a 5 3 mark. Pirates slide after three straight losses. In AL, White Sox extend lead over Indians as Wynn rises.
Bob Goetz 26 from Tulsa shoots 7 under par 65 to lead the Kansas City Open at Blue Hills Country Club tying the course record of 33 32. Pittman 22 from Tulsa and Rudolph the same total share second place. several pros in the 67s and 50 players under par.
In Chicago, Early Wynn pitched eight solid innings as the White Sox defeated the Indians 3-2 to extend their AL lead. Earl Torgeson drove in the go ahead run, while Jim Perry took the loss for Cleveland. Wynn climbs to 18 wins as Chicago eyes their first flag in 40 years with a 14-5 edge in one run decisions.
Dick Savitt 32, playing for fun and less stress, wins his first round 8-6 6-0 6-1 over 17-year-old Martin Riessen. Top seeds Olmedo Laver Emerson and Fraser MacKay Krishnan advance as action begins at Forest Hills.
Stephens City meets Middletown at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Apple Valley Baseball League playoffs seeking a shot at Oak Grove next week. Middletown lists Jack Shiley or Henry Shiley as pitcher with Joe Jenkins catching, while Stephens City may start Alan Cornwell or Speedy Bill Dodson and Sterling Shockley is expected on the mound.
Baseball standings show Chicago leading the AL with 83 wins, Cleveland 76, New York and Baltimore at .500 midweek. Saturday results: Chicago 3 Cleveland 2, Baltimore 3 New York 0, Washington 4 Boston 3, Detroit 9 Kansas City 2. NL highlights include Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 0 and Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 1. Boxing notes list Lenny Matthews and Gustav Scholz decisions.
Coach Archie Manuel trains the 1959 James Wood Colonels behind center Donnie Stotler for a veteran backfield. George Glaize, Donnie Ambrose, John Hepler, Tommy Duvall and star backfield aim to lift JW against Elkton Friday night with Ambrose and Hepler returning from injuries.
Winchester residents are invited to free Tuesday morning bowling at 9 30 for the Housewife Morning Loop at Health Center Lanes. Eight teams last season grew to 12, with a nursery planned for participants. The season starts next week as the Independent Duckpin League also opens at Health Center Lanes.
A painter named Jack Hubner, 25, fell five stories from a scaffold at the Equitable Building in Manhattan and landed in a moving car. The vehicle carried two priests and a woman. Hubner was described as in critical condition after entering the car through a rear window. The car’s driver, Rev. Daniel Sullivan, assistant pastor of St. Theresa's Church, Briar Cliff Manor, N.Y., escaped injury.
Children turned out in unexpected numbers at Fort Knox Army base for polio shots. Minor cuts were suffered by passengers including Rev Timothy Sullivan a visitor from Australia and Kate O Leary 60 of the Bronx after a helicopter from the Army Aviation Command loomed near the clinic.
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