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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes sunday August 30, go is 15 15, is a 19 26v4 go 3 3v, 6 ii ii 14 i9 a american league by the associated press w l  77 49 .611 Cleveland 75 52 .591 Detroit 63 65 .492new York 83 83 .492 Baltimore 81 84 .488 Kansas City 58 6b .485 Boston 59 60 .481 Washington 51 76 .402 Friday s results Chicago 7, Cleveland 3 new York 4, Washington 0 Boston 6, Baltimore 4 10 innings Detroit 6. Kansas City 5 10 innings National league w l pet. San Francisco 73 56 .566 tos Angeles 70 59 .543 Milwaukee 69 59 .539 Pittsburgh 67 62 .519 Cincinnati 62 67 .481 Chicago 61 66 .480 St. Louis 60 71 ,45fl Philadelphia 54 7r .415 Friday s result Milwaukee 9, Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia o St. Louis 3. Cincinnati 2 san Francisco 5. Los Angeles 0 Pacific coast league w l pet. A Salt Lake City 74 63 .540 Vancouver 73 64 .533 i san Diego 70 67 .511 4 Spokane 70 68 .507 4 /2 Portland 68 i8 .500 5 /2 Sacramento 6g 71 .482 8 Seattle 65 71 .478 8vi Phoenix 62 76 .449 i2p/b Friday s results san Diego 3. Salt Lake City 2 Seattle 4, Portland i Phoenix 6, Sacramento 4 13 innings Vancouver 5. Spokane 4 14 innings International league w l pet. Abb Titlair 81 6 .570 Havana 74 67 .525 6 /2 Columbus 73 69 .514 8 Richmond 73 71 .507 9 Montreal 69 84 .483 l2 a Rochester 68 73 .482 l2 a Miami 68 74 .479 i3v Toronto 63 80 .441 t8 a Friday s result Toronto 2, Montreal i Bettalo 4, Rochester 2 Miami 5-7, Richmond 4-3 Havana 8. Columbus 2 american association Eastern division w l pet. A Louisville 88 60 .595 Minneapolis 86 62 .581 2 St Paul 76 71 .517 111/3indianapolii 77 72 .517 i 2charleston 72 76 .486 16 Western division w l pet. Gbo Maha 77 71 .520 fort Worth 75 73 .507 2 Dallas 69 80 .463 8 /2 Denver 8 80 .459 9. Houston s3 96 .356 24 /2 Friday s results Indianapolis 4, Dallas 3 St. Paul 9, Denver 8 Minneapolis 3, Omaha 2 Charleston 7, Houston i Louisville 2, fort Worth 0 Southern association w l pet. A Mobile 57 27 ."679 Birmingham 48 36 .571 9 Shreveport 44 41 .518 3 i Memphis 40 38 .513 14 Nashville 37 37 .500. 15 Chattanooga 37 45 .451 19 new Orleans 32 46 .410 22 Atlanta 30 55 .353 27 /2friday s results Birmingham 3-2, Chattanooga 0-5 Nashville 5, Atlanta 4 Memphis 7, new Orleans 2 Mobile 3, Shreveport 2 Texas league Victoria Tulsa Austin san Antonio Amarillo Corpus Christ w 83 75 76 71 71 65 l 56 62 63 68 69 75 a pet. .597 .547 7 .539 8 .511 12 .507 2 a .464 includes games with mexican league teams Friday s results Austin 7, Corpus Christ 3 Amarillo 3, san Antonio 2 Victoria at Tulsa rain  win 3 Gold medals As pan am opens from press dispatches Chicago the . Won thereof the five Gold medals including a world record breaking weight lifting performance in the open ing Competition of the third pan american games at Mammoth sol Dier Field Friday  s mighty midget Charles Vinci set a world recording the press and a pan american games Mark in the bantamweight weightlifting Competition. The 27-year-old yank pressed 243pounds to better the listed world record of 241, set by Dave Moyer,. Vinci set a games record with a total lift of 717  . Gold medal winners were Charlie Durnas in the High jump and Al Hall who was awarded the Hammer throw medal in a con fusion of decisions that coat world record Holder Hal Connelly the Vic tory. Connolly first was awarded the Crown with a record throw of 195 feet 11% inches. But he had left the Arena before it was announced that a re measurement slashed one Quarter Inch from his throw and that International rules ignore distances under one half Inch on distances Over 100 feet thus reducing his toss to 195-11. This distance tied runner up Hal who was declared the Winner be cause his second Best throw was 192-4% while Connolly s next be twas 19i-5. Both Hall and Connolly shattered the old pan am Hammer Mark of 180-1% set by Bob backusu.s.,. Who finished third behind his two  set a games Mark in capturing the High jump clearing6 feet 10% inches. His Effort bettered the old Mark of 6-7 set by Ernie Shelton and Herman Wyatt ., in 1955. Robert Gardner sea Cliff n.y.,also bettered the old record in finishing second behind Duma with 6-8%. Another pan am Mark came in the women s 60-meter trials when Yost Homer gives Lary 17th Victory Kansas City a Eddie Yost s Home run in the 10th inning gave the Detroit tigers a 6-5 Vic tory Over the Kansas City athletics Friday night. The blow enabled Frank Lary to notch his 17th Victory making him the american league s biggest Winner although he gave Way to Tom Morgan for the last Binning. Lutfy was hit hard. Giving up 12 hits but got credit for his eighth Triumph in his last nine decisions. He has lost eight. Lou Berberet hit a two run Homer for Detroit As the tigers scored three in the second off starter Johnny Kucks. The a s got three in the same inning when they whacked Lary for five hits and they tied the score 5-5 off him in he eighth. The defeat was charged to Tom Sturdivant who came on in the ninth after Kucks gave Way to a Pinch hitter. It s the Yost Yost 3b Shorno in Conn of Caline. Of Maxwell. If soiling 2b Herberet. O Bridges Sar Eal is Deocio try p Morgan p Detroit a r h 422 5 0 1 511503 41041 1 412301 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas City a Sun Cler of Lumpe. 2b-33 Williams 3b Cerv. If Marls a Hartley in House o Demaestri is a Jablonsky a crw Ligor 2b 0 000 of Smith Kucka pc Morgan Sturdivant p grim d 1 3 0 0 0 r h 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 89 611 totals 41 512 a hit into fore out for Demaestri 8 bran for Jablonska 8 a walked for Kucha 8 a struck out for veal 9 a grounded out for Ter Wuliger 10. Detroit 030 020 000 16 ii 0 Kansas City 130 000 010 05 12 0 in h r Erbb so 0 12 5 5 1 4 1 00000 8 0 b 6 0 1 Lary w. 17-8 Morgan Kuekes Sturdivant a 1-0 trim 1% 2111% 0 0 0 l to a Detroit 30-14, Kansas City 30-17. Do Demaestri Lumpe. Hadley lumps Hadley. Lob Detroit 8, Kansas City 8 2bsnyder, boiling Hadley Williams Cerv Kufta. So Osborne. Hit Berberet lost so Demestri. Bui Yost Osborne Kellne boiling. Berberet 2, Snyder. Lumpe Cir. Demastri Jub Lowiski. Hip by Lary Snyder by Kucks Rostof Berry Flonc Lilli Flaherty Umont. T2 10. A10,459. Fillmer stops Basilio for title continued from Page 18 Gene started leading. He jabbed Basilio All through the round never Rushing never backing up. In the 14th he came out like Tiger. He landed a crashing straight right to Basilio s Chin. The 32-year-old Veteran  rushed in for the kill. He landed glancing rights and lefts to the head and when Carmen failed to put up his hands to de fend himself the seconds asked that the match be halted. It was a furious Battle in the top ten by the associated press based on 325 or More at buts american league Kuenn Detroit Kaline Detroit Woodling Baltimore Runnels Boston Fox Chicago Power Cleveland Tuttle Kansas City Minoso Cleveland Gerv Kansas City Lopez new York g a 113 451 110 421 117 371122 467 128 521 123 500 119 441 124 472 98 356122 454 r h80 159 73 138 56 11976 149 ,71 164 92 152 71 134 77 141 48 104 66 130 pet. .353328 .321 .319 .315.304 .304 .299 .292 .286 National league g a r h pet. Aaron Milwaukee 126 914 96 183 .356 Cunningham St. L. 121 389 55 135 .347 Pinson Cincinnati 129 541 112 179 .331 Cepeda san fran. 127 511 00 163 .319 Temple. Cincinnati 124 498 90 159 .319 Boyer. St. Louis 127 480 70 153 .319 Robinson. Cincinnati 127 474 94 151 .319 White St. Louis 125 471 69 145 .308 Clemente Pittsburgh 81 329 52 101 .307 mat hews Milwaukee 120 486 91 148 .305 Mays san fran. 126 485 100 148 .305 Home runs american National colavito Cleveland 38 Banks Chicago 37 Killebrew Wash. 37 Mathews. Milwaukee 34 Allison Wash. 28 Aaron Milwaukee 34 Maxwell Detroit 27 Robinson Cin. 32 Lemon Wash. 26 Cepeda san fran. 25 runs batted in american National colavito Cleveland 95 Banks Chicago 118 Killebrew Wash. 95 Robinson Cin. 112 Jensen Boston 90 Bell Cincinnati 100 Malzone Boston 82 Aaron Milwaukee 99 Maxwell Detroit 81 Mathews Milwaukee 87 Cepeda san fran. 87 winning record Cleveland up coach Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns started the 1959 National football league season with a record of 267 victories 55 losses and 11 ties on All Levels of the sport from High school to professional Competition Mackay evens Davis cup Olmedo Defeated continued from Page 18 with Low rapier like shots which forced the australian into Volley ing errors. Time and tints again Laver Cameto the net to find Mackay s return zooming Down at his feet Many times the red haired queenslander dumped these volleys into the net. Sheer Slaughter the third set was sheer Slaugh Ter As Mackay Cut Loose with Allis Power and refused to play Safe on a single shot. He went for the big serve and the big Volley and they paid winning dividends As he broke Laver  far Short of the Brilliant play that almost single hand edly wrested the International Tennis trophy from the aussies last december frequently gained the upper hand but each time let Fraser off the Hook. When Ever Fraser was in trouble he boomed in his big service an Olmedo had no answer. Alex gained two set Points on Fraser s service in the first set but lost it and he muffed three chances to win the second set before he finally wrapped in  was utterly baffled by Fraser s dazzling service and failed himself to bring his own big first service into play often enough to hold off the fighting australian at the outset Olmedo played Eli inside the Baseline in an at tempt to handle Fraser s service. That failed. Then he began to jump about hoping to distract Fraser and that failed too. Thealex began to play right on the Baseline while receiving service but nothing he tried could halt the tenacious australian. Olmedo was hitting most of his shots at half Speed apparently trying for accuracy at the expense of Power. Fraser was playing steady Tennis Content to allow Olmedo to get himself into trouble. Sixth the two men stood toe to toe and slugged for most of the three minutes with neither having the advantage. Basilio s Best round probably came in the seventh when he shifted his attack to the body and landed several solid blows before Fullmer got around to covering up. Judge Jack Silver for 13 rounds had Fullmer ahead 125-121. Judge Fred Bottaro. Had it 129-121," and referee Jack Downey had it 128 119. Most ring siders saw the Wisdom in Dundee s action. The 32-year-old Basilio seemed to have lost resiliency in his legs. In the 12th he. Failed to land a single solid blow. Fullmer surprised his foe and the fans with the Sharpness of his left jabbing. Time and again he caught Basilio on the Advance. Basilio suffered a Cut on his forehead in the first round and Fullmer carried a Cut High., on his nose from the second round on. In the fourth Basilio s left Eye was swollen. By the 10th Fullmer also wore a mouse under his left Eye. " used Johansson tactics Jenson said after the fight that he had used some of Ingemar Johansson s tactics in this bout. I suppose you could say we adopted a modified Johansson style for Basilio said Jenson. But we weren t quite As reluctant As Ingemar. He waited and waited for one big right hand but Gene was under orders to Retreat while throwing punches All the  the Aba had stripped the title from sugar Ray Robinson when he failed to defend it in More than a year after winning it Back from Basilio on March 25, 1958. In the previous year Fullmer also had won the title from sugar Ray and also lost it Back to him. Giant Victory san Francisco los Angeles a it ii Ali 11 h Brandt ,. Second seeded Mario Llamas Mexico and third seeded Myron Franks ., chalked up identical. 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 victories in second round play after drawing first round byes. Franks downed John Bassett c a n a d and Llamas turned Back John Notz Venezuela. In other second round matches Antonio Palafox Mexico and Jon Douglas ., advanced and top seeded Luis Ayala Chile moved up to the third round on a Bye and a default. Palafox Defeated John Riihiluoma. Bermuda 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, and Douglas Defeated Roberto Auborne Argentina 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Grant Golden ., scored a 6-0, 6-0. 6-0, first round Victory Over Jose Ravelo dominican  . Foil team routed both Cuba and Uruguay by 1,373 scores in fencing. Joseph Paletta jr., new Rochelle n.y., won eight matches to Pace the american team. The . Baseball team was rocked in its first Start dropping an 11-6 decision to Venezuela while Argentina breezed past the .soccer team 4-1. The finals results Hammer throw i Ai Hall . 2-Hal Connolly . 3-Boh Backus . 4-fiolierto Chap Brazil 5-Bruno Stromeyer. Brazil 6 Daniol Cerauli Venezuela. Hall and Connolly tied at 195 feet of inches. Hall declared win nor on second Best throw of l92- 1 /2 to con Nolly s 191-5. Both share now pan am record. Dirt Mark of 180-134 set by Backus in 1955. High jump a Charlos Dumas . 2 Bob Gardner . 3-Ernle Haisley West in Dies 4-t. F. Floras Guatemala a Harold Williams . 0 tie Gerald b r i s s o n. Haiti and Paulo Oliverra Brazil. Height g feet 10 inches. Now pan am record. Old Mark of 6-7, set by Ernie shorten and her Man Wyatt in 1955. 10,000 meters 1osvaldo Suarez argon Tina 2-Dotiu Kyle. Canada 3-Robert Sot i . 4-Georoe de Peana British Guiana 5 Gordon Dickson Canada 0-Alex Breckinridge . Time30 17.2 new pan am record. Old Mark of 31 08.g. Sot by Curtis Stone . In 1951. Women s javelin throw i Marlon a Ahrens Chile. 2 Marforie Larney . 3w Amelia Wood . 4margaret so holler ., 5adrianav Silva Chile. 0sylvia Sarul Ranoo. Panama. Distance184 feet Iov inches. Weightlifting bantamweight Lcharles Vinci . 2-, Angel fam Gliatti Panama 3-Grantly Sobers lilies 5-Mart in Las British Guiana 0-Arturo West indies 4-Hector Curie Netherlands an. Lilies 5-Martin oils British Guana a Arturo Vansilla Argentina. Total weight717 pounds., new pan am record. Old record of Chi sat by Vinci in 1955 Vine set new world and pan am record in press with 243 pounds. Old record of 24l / set by Dave Moyer . Men s basketball . 93, Canada 73 Mexico go Al Salvador 51 puerto Rico 103, Cuba 58 that s Contro Cincinnati up in his first 150% innings of pitching this season Cincinnati s Don new Combe issued Only 20 bases on balls. .,.ivi  
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