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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, July 7, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes july Johnson wins decathlon but misses record apra f e r j m c be r of the team that the Muscleman from j won the National decathlon j title saturday to set up a face Toj fact meeting with russian Vassily Kuznetsov later this Johnson scored far below his own lifted world record of Jund Kuziej sons pending Mark of in the meet july2728 and Johnsons Ducky said Bis charge will smash the russians performance to Yang nationalist the asian games was second with the University of Oregon Dave Edstrom was third with Edstrom will accompany Johnson As a tangles with defending Champion Charlie the Hometown was fourth with Points and Bob Southern California fifth with while Johnson failed to break Kuznetsova to still can head off the russians getting his name in the record All Rafer must do is better in the then the russians would have to submit his Mark to the International Amateur athletic federation for approval when it meets next by the time the final event of the gruelling 10event program rolled it was apparent that Johnson had missed whatever Chance he had to set a the last test was the he would have had to run it in far faster than he Ever had in order to get past he finished in barely making it to the i didst break the so in not going to worry about he while huffing and puffing after the it would have Nice if he had set the observed who gives Johnson his phils top reds in 12 85 Cincinnati Lynch dropped a or bail with two out in the 12th inning saturday and St opened the Way for the Phila Delphia phils to score three unearned runs for a 85 Vic tory Over the Cincinnati Lynch error on the Fly by rip Repulski let de Bouchee score from second and Repulski then tallied on Eddie Kazanskiy Relief Pitcher Dick Kartell drove Kazanski Home with a to was the sixth straight Victory and gave them undisputed Possession of fourth place in the National Farrell got credit for the Victory and w11 lard the third Cincinnat was the the error marked finish came after the two teams took turns in the eighth aft ninth innings at taking the Lead or tying with Home runs by the reds Bob thur Mon and Repulski and a double by Cincinnatus Smoky Burgess being the big the fireworks in the eighth Anc ninth started when Thurman Gol a Homer in the eighth to put Redlegs ahead at in the ninth Repulski drove his Homer out of the Park with Bob who had on Friend beat sputtering 42 lynched Philadelphia Aall b to Cimic Hati a x b of if of of v Ednaa of Melum m Bora a m to Fot Mattot Wmk out Lor mar in Latt Oeal for Banmon am far Bama pm in an it to i in m m Elt by so t 4 t f 1 find i t t j s hair la s f 4 inf room i t j t Schmut Iti 9 i 1 s clone tonal Tutor con Miami Pitcher Blanks foes in Oneman show Ohio a Don miamis right handed fire put on a Oneman show saturday night As the marlins mauled Columbus in an internal Tion league he hurled a four hit shutout with 12 strikeouts and drove in six runs with two three run Hom he also doubled for third hit Milwaukee Friend ended a five game personal losing Streak and extended Milwaukee wingless string to five saturday As he pitched the Pittsburgh pirates to a 42 decision Over the sputter ing National league a 28yearold Veteran of eight no notched his 10th Victory against nine de feats with some ninth inning re Lief help from Roy Friend haunt won a Ball game since june 10 when he beat the san Francisco slumping who have scored Only five Friend runs in their last six cashed in both of their tallies on Wei Covington Lith Home it came in the second on the heels of Hank Aarons infield Aaron collected three of the braves eight the world champions lost five straight last month on the West but at that time they were scoring Pittsburgh has been having its the pirates Victory was Only their third in the last 15 Burdette lower Lew who started and went the first seven was the his record new leads Bill Gene Baker and Friend each collected two hits for the whose nine hit assault of Burdette and reliever Bob Trow Bridge included Only one extra base blow a double by Bill Mazeroski Virdon drove in two face snuffed out a braves rally in the he came on with one out and runners on second and retired Pinch hitter Joe and cock on a pop Fly and got Frank Torre on a Fly bait the pirates forged a momentary Lead with an unearned run in the Virdon getting on via red Schoeni costs Boot and making the circuit on Bakers infield hit and two infield Covington Homer first since june Aarons in Field hit in the second put the braves they were the first rung scored by the braves in 12 frames and the most banked by them since june 30 when they beat the Cincinnati the bucs tied the score at 22 in the sixth on Dick groats Blooper single behind an infield an infield hit and Virions bouncer Over they notched their second unearned run of the game n the sixth with two schoendienst dropped Johnny pow ers Fly for his second Maz Rosel promptly lined a double to the left Leld scoring pow Virdon drove in his second run of the game and closed out the scoring in the his second hit scored Bill who had led off with a single and taken second on friends a crowd of watched the game at county Box score on Page to pirates Call up Stuart from pc Cincinnati a Dick Home run hitting sensation of the minor was recalled by the Pittsburgh pirates Friday from Salt Lake City of the Pacific coast pirate general manager Joe Brown announced that Stuart will join the pirates next thursday in the pirates sent first baseman Stevens to Salt Lake a right hander All the has been plagued by strike out trouble but Brown says the slugger has Cut Down this tendency and is a much improved Stuart originally broke into base Ball As an outfielder but has been playing first base Brown indicated that Stuart will alternate with Ted Kluszewski at first base and will get a shot at Pinch hitting Stuart has been in baseball since in 195354 he was in the he bad his Best season in 1956 when he hit 66 homers for going into fridays cames the 200pound Stuart had hit 30 homers for Salt Lake driven in 80 runs and we batting at a 319 tips cards to take 2d san Francisco a san Francisco giants rallied for two runs in the ninth paced by Ray Jablonskis to boat the Louis cards the Victory moved the giants ahead of the cardinals into second just a game off Milwaukee National league the  earlier rapped a double and Home run and figured in four of the giants with on Willie Mays singled with one but in the ninth inning off Louis Lindy my reliever Larry Jackson came in to be greeted by Jablon skis the next two batters were walked Bob Schmidt fouled to the and with two Pinch hitter Willie Kirkland worked Jackson for a walk to score the winning the Victory went to 19yearold Lethander Mike who gave up six hits including a two run Homer by Don Blesingame in the fifth he notched h s fifth Victory against a single with Jackson taking the making him Louis loaded the bases in the ninth and scored a run on a Sacri fice Fly by Pinch hitter Joe Taylor to take a 43 sox score on Page is tigers sign pair Detroit a the Detroit tigers have signed two More Bonus they Are Mike a Lef handed Pitcher from and John a left handed hitting Catcher from pea Termini were not every but dont blare u on his poor showing in the he never could run that he should have done better in the javelin and the Broad the studious president of the Urcla student tossed the javelin 201 9 far off his usual during the he got off a heave of 240 As a matter of Yang had the Best javelin a Johnson started the Day he was clocked in 148 for the 110 meter High was subpar for him and placed him squarely behind the eightball in his race for the he bad a 15411 discus throw average for him and a 126 pole vault also under his Yang turned out to be More Competition that Johnson bar gained going into the the Tali chinese lad had a Chance to pull it but Hes not much of a 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