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The Ledger and Times, February 25, 1959
Murray State's Digital Commons The Ledger & Times Newspapers 2-25-1959 The Ledger and Times, February 25, 1959 The Ledger and Times Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt Recommended Citation The Ledger and Times, "The Ledger and Times, February 25, 1959" (1959). The Ledger & Times. 3548. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt/3548 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ledger & Times by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. a MY — FEBRUARY 24, 1959 I OUR CLASSIFIEDS Selected As A Beat All Round Kentucky Community Newspaper First... with Largest in Phone Plaza 3-2147 Circulation In Local News The City DRUG CO. and • 6 Largest ON SPECIALISTS" Local Picture, Circulation In The County nited Press International IN OUR 80th YEAR Murray, Ky., Wednesday MURRAY Afternoon1.1Februa. 25,1959 POPULATION 10,100 Vol. LXXX No. 48 efore you buy! APIS CONTINUE IN TENSE ATMOSPHERE Southwide State Farmers Khrushchev's Blunt Speech On yatt Vote For Price Was Aid To Drive Goal Supports, Burley Tuesday Dims Hope For Success Of AFL-CIO LEXINGTON (UPI) — Ken- By HENRY SHAPIRO lin showdown could be postponed overwhelm- arkley SaysSon tucky farmers voted United Press International beyond' May 27-expiration date of continue ingly Tuesday to mar-- MOSCOW (UPI) — Prime the Soviet six-montei offer on ' By WILLIAM J. EATON keens controls and rigid price Minister Harold Macmillan of Berlin. -
Baseball Autographs Signed 1950-55 Callahans 297 Honus Wagner 9
January 31 Auction: Baseball Autographs Signed 1950-55 Callahans 297 Honus Wagner 9 ............................ 500 Such a neat item, offered is a true high grade hand-signed 290 Fred Clarke 9.5 ......................... 100 Honus Wagner baseball card. So hard to find, we hardly ever Sharp card, this looks to be a fine Near Mint. Signed in par- see any kind of card signed by the legendary and beloved ticularly bold blue ink, this is a terrific autograph. Desirable Wagner. The offered card, slabbed by PSA/DNA, is well signed card, deadball era HOFer Fred Clarke died in 1960. centered with four sharp corners. Signed right in the center PSA/DNA slabbed. in blue fountain pen, this is a very nice signature. Key piece, this is another item that might appreciate rapidly in the 291 Clark Griffith 9 ............................ 150 future given current market conditions. Very scarce signed card, Clark Griffith died in 1955, giving him only a fairly short window to sign one of these. Sharp 298 Ed Walsh 9 ............................ 100 card is well centered and Near Mint or better to our eyes, Desirable signed card, this White Sox HOF pitcher from the this has a fine and clean blue ballpoint ink signature on the deadball era died in 1959. Signed neatly in blue ballpoint left side. PSA/DNA slabbed. ink in a good spot, this is a very nice signature. Slabbed Authentic by PSA/DNA, this is a quality signed card. 292 Rogers Hornsby 9.5 ......................... 300 Remarkable signed card, the card itself is Near Mint and 299 Lot of 3 w/Sisler 9 ..............................70 quite sharp, the autograph is almost stunningly nice. -
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What they said about Thomas Myler’s previous books New York Fight Nights Thomas Myler has served up another collection of gripping boxing stories. The author packs such a punch with his masterful storytelling that you will feel you were ringside inhaling the sizzling atmosphere at each clash of the titans. A must for boxing fans. Ireland’s Own There are few more authoritative voices in boxing than Thomas Myler and this is another wonderfully evocative addition to his growing body of work. Irish Independent Another great book from the pen of the prolific Thomas Myler. RTE, Ireland’s national broadcaster The Mad and the Bad Another storytelling gem from Thomas Myler, pouring light into the shadows surrounding some of boxing’s most colourful characters. Irish Independent The best boxing book of the year from a top writer. Daily Mail Boxing’s Greatest Upsets: Fights That Shook The World A respected writer, Myler has compiled a worthy volume on the most sensational and talked-about upsets of the glove era, drawing on interviews, archive footage and worldwide contacts. Yorkshire Evening Post Fight fans will glory in this offbeat history of boxing’s biggest shocks, from Gentleman Jim’s knockout of John L. Sullivan in 1892 to the modern era. A must for your bookshelf. Hull Daily Mail Boxing’s Hall of Shame Boxing scribe Thomas Myler shares with the reader a ringside seat for the sport’s most controversial fights. It’s an engaging read, one that feeds our fascination with the darker side of the sport. Bert Sugar, US author and broadcaster Well written and thoroughly researched by one of the best boxing writers in these islands, Myler has a keen eye for the story behind the story. -
Come In-The Water's Fine
May 26, 1961 THE PHOENIX JEWISH NEWS Page 3 Final Scores JEWS IN SPORTS Boxing Story SPORT In Bowling HTie AfSinger BY HAROLD U. RIBALOW was the big night of Singer’s ca- reer. More than 35,000 fans crowd- SCOOP NEW YORK, (JTA)—The death ed into Yankee Stadium, paying By RONfclE PIES him in the 440. Throughout the of former lightweight the title fight be- gap. With 10 Announced last month $160,000 to see goal race Art closed the boxing champion A1 Singer was a tween Singer and the lightweight In keeping with the prime yards remaining, he passed his op- Final season scores in B'nai to all who follow the sport. champion, 26-year-old Sammy of this series, which is to give rec- ponent pulled away to win. blow the of Phoe- and B’rith bowling leagues have been Al Singer was known as a boxer Mandell. The champ was a ten- ognition to Jewish athletes TO COMPLETE his high school Singer nix and Arizona, we will honor a announced: with a “glass jaw.” This is an year veteran of the ring; career, Art was invited to a na- disease, which means three years of fighting different athlete in each article. tional championship meet in Los Majors league Carl Slonsky, occupational had only chosen that a man has a physical weak- behind him. The first person we have Angeles to compete with some of high individual series of 665; Jack the A shot at the jaw out cautiously, to honor is Art Gardenswartz, Uni- in the 269. -
National Pastime a REVIEW of BASEBALL HISTORY
THE National Pastime A REVIEW OF BASEBALL HISTORY CONTENTS The Chicago Cubs' College of Coaches Richard J. Puerzer ................. 3 Dizzy Dean, Brownie for a Day Ronnie Joyner. .................. .. 18 The '62 Mets Keith Olbermann ................ .. 23 Professional Baseball and Football Brian McKenna. ................ •.. 26 Wallace Goldsmith, Sports Cartoonist '.' . Ed Brackett ..................... .. 33 About the Boston Pilgrims Bill Nowlin. ..................... .. 40 Danny Gardella and the Reserve Clause David Mandell, ,................. .. 41 Bringing Home the Bacon Jacob Pomrenke ................. .. 45 "Why, They'll Bet on a Foul Ball" Warren Corbett. ................. .. 54 Clemente's Entry into Organized Baseball Stew Thornley. ................. 61 The Winning Team Rob Edelman. ................... .. 72 Fascinating Aspects About Detroit Tiger Uniform Numbers Herm Krabbenhoft. .............. .. 77 Crossing Red River: Spring Training in Texas Frank Jackson ................... .. 85 The Windowbreakers: The 1947 Giants Steve Treder. .................... .. 92 Marathon Men: Rube and Cy Go the Distance Dan O'Brien .................... .. 95 I'm a Faster Man Than You Are, Heinie Zim Richard A. Smiley. ............... .. 97 Twilight at Ebbets Field Rory Costello 104 Was Roy Cullenbine a Better Batter than Joe DiMaggio? Walter Dunn Tucker 110 The 1945 All-Star Game Bill Nowlin 111 The First Unknown Soldier Bob Bailey 115 This Is Your Sport on Cocaine Steve Beitler 119 Sound BITES Darryl Brock 123 Death in the Ohio State League Craig -
The Replay News 1930 FINAL EDITION
The Replay News 1930 FINAL EDITION MVP’s Lefty Grove (Top) and Chuck Klein Table of Contents 3- Final Standings 4- American League Batting Leaders 5- American League Pitching Leaders 6- National League Batting Leaders 7- National League Pitching Leaders 8- Team-by-Team Individual Batting and Pitching Stats 24- Team Batting and Pitching Stats 25- Top Game Performances 26- World Series Summary 27- World Series Scoresheets 32- Comparison of Individual Batters’ Stats to Actual 46- Comparison of Individual Pitchers’ Stats to Actual MLB Standings Through Games Of 9/28/1930 American League W LGB Pct Strk R RA Philadelphia Athletics 105 49-- .682 W1 969 639 Washington Senators 97 578.0 .630 L1 882 685 New York Yankees 92 6213.0 .597 W3 1105 881 Detroit Tigers 78 7627.0 .506 L2 772 802 Cleveland Indians 67 8738.0 .435 W1 781 929 Chicago White Sox 65 8940.0 .422 W2 760 886 Boston Red Sox 60 9445.0 .390 L3 672 859 St. Louis Browns 52 10253.0 .338 L1 687 947 National League W LGB Pct Strk R RA Chicago Cubs 98 56-- .636 W3 961 781 New York Giants 89 659.0 .578 L3 909 793 Pittsburgh Pirates 85 6913.0 .552 L1 960 888 Brooklyn Robins 83 7115.0 .539 W2 876 774 St. Louis Cardinals 83 7115.0 .539 W1 980 828 Philadelphia Phillies 64 9034.0 .416 W4 977 1223 Boston Braves 59 9539.0 .383 L2 724 848 Cincinnati Reds 55 9943.0 .357 L3 723 954 American League Leaders Including Games of Sunday, September 28, 1930 Hits Strikeouts Batting Leaders Lou GehrigNYA 239 Tony LazzeriNYA 70 Carl ReynoldsCHA 224 Ed MorganCLE 69 Batting Average Al SimmonsPHA 223 Jimmie FoxxPHA -
Active To-Night at Marks
iCity League, Federation Teams Active To-night At marks IVES AND SOCCOU AGAINST HILLS FRANCIS SMITH TRIBES, GARAGERS TO-MORROW NIGHT Cubs, Dodgers Keep | Ramort And Reality Gathered From HE FOR FIRST IN SHOWS TO-DAY IN As Bucs PLAY OFF GAME; AVON TOURNEY CITY NET PLAY Winning TABS FULTON Xhis Sporting MTorld Is Cut Down AT fhe Grief Of Athletic Conte et Field of 60 Register High Defending Champion Margin First Class Competition Totals in- One-Day Play Draws Ivan Coulter— New York,#Aug 18—(UP)—The Chicago Cuba, National are al- Provided By Rival Man- —Suisman and Sqmllo Genoa, Bachman, Lock- league leaders, have demonstrated agiin that they most invincible on their own diamond. Game at Wilton and Stro- agers—First Tie for Second Place wood, noted as a great home the Cubs have lived Long dub, m. in Action to their in the current series with the Bos- 5:30 p. Grist From The Grand Circuit Hartford, Aug 18.—Louis Ives, gatz up reputation to to learn corre- Soccoll. ton Braves. staged a four-run ninth inning rally Unable to toll a hobble from a sulky, your willing of Wampanoag, and Horn They Baseball fans in both east and and the honors J. Francis Smith, defending was Into the middle of about 18,000 people of Goodwin park, divided win the first and battled 19 innings to over- west ends of as well as apondent plunged A1 former game Tuesday Waterbury > N. Y. getting hla first glimpse of of champion, Genua, city grand little town of Goshen, yesterday, in the last one-day tournament come the Braves yesterday, 3 to 2. -
Tony Canzoneri, Underdog, Attempts to Defeat Mandell Tonight
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929 \ ¦¦ Tony Canzoneri, Underdog, Attempts to Defeat Mandell Tonight < UGHTWEIGHT CHAMP CANTWELL ALLOWS ONLYTHREE HITS BUT CUBS DEFEAT BRAVES TO RECEIVE {56,000 Canzoneri in Training Rates as Rassling Queen Cohen Has Friends I li PITTSBURGH PIRATES •*• * * * INDEPENDINGCROWN Oregon Woman, Married to One, Manages Him and From 27 Nations Promotes Matches SNAP OUT OF SLUMP Kansas City. Aug. 2—(*»)—Wilbur P. “Junior” Coen is convinced that a 25,000 Fans to Watch Ten- European tour la broadening in more ways than one. even for a tennis star Round Duel Between Clever AND NOSE OUT PHILS The 17-year-old Kansas City net ace modestly mentioned that he made personal friends with court repre- Boxer and Slugger Boston Club Outhits Chicago, sentatives of 27 nations during his recent tour abroad. He played in ex- Bush Gets Cedit hibition and tournaments in 13 coun- BOTH FIGHTERS CONFIDENT but for tries. Coen tfans another European jaunt 1 to 0 Victory next winter to gain a second leg on the famous Macomber cup, to further Sammy Says Challenger Will aspirations to gain permanent pos- Bother Him No More Than AND session of it by winning it three times. BENTON ALEXANDER WIN Coen won this year by defeating Maer McGraw or McLarnin of the Spanish Davis cup team. Athletics Add Game to Lead as Chicago, Aug. 2—i/Tt—Sammy Mandril is expected to receive Yankees’ Two Home Runs Alabama Plans $38,000 fer defending his light• weight crown against Tony Can- Are Not Enough zoneri tonight. Both are signed Deep Sea Rodeo on a percentage basis, Sammy to gei 40 per and Tony 20 per By W. -
\Zt//Firoa Will Not Figure Below .100
* 5 The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION HM ■-1 >,ff } **** fr~J Jl rrrJJJ JJJf 11111** f r J< owimmimim rrfrrrrrrri wri—-wimri—rJ rrr rrrrif f f rrrf #*••**»•**—•m*t*t**m»*wmm im"' »#*******’*** * * » * T T T v l Sports SWIMMING l Spade | LIGHTWEIGHT Senators Being Hard Hit on Western Trip .. ..—-X By HAL EUSTACE RECORDS m CROWN IS HIS Gridster Dies • ■■■■■■■■■■■I . GREENVILLE. S. C., July 18.—OF • BRUSHING UP SPORTS By Laufer and A SOLONS FALL 1 —Ernest Holmes. 22. of El Campo, Japanese BIND LOW on folded knee*, oh 18—W—The NEW YORK. July Texas, star tackle of Furman Uni- the College ye faithful ringworms. Do obels- crown of lightweights today football team died in a Athle^* adorns the thick black thatch of 21- versity’s anoe to A1 Singer, lightweight yesterday of complications Shine / year-oid A1 Singer, whose sensa- hospital the TO 2ND PLACE settling In after an operation for champion of a day. Last night tional one round knockout of Sam- appendicitis. ^ Uttle New York idol buzzed my Mandell last night brought back -/ popular HONOLULU. the 135-pound championship to New July from hi* corner a slam-bang, slash- Are Games Behind Loop American York for the first time since Benny 3V2 swimmingj*c.°r<*8h“ T_ ing tornado of action. Before the Leonard retired. bettered here last *» «g^u and A Leaders and 4 Ahead terr.itional meet resonant clang of the ball had The boy from the Bronx pro- CUE Of SAVANNAH, feA^_ f5and Mel of Leonard, making his title SLICED MIS PRIMO’S PAPAS from Yale Univer** sounded for the second time, one tege TSO&SOME DfcivJB Of Yankees of bid at the Yankee Stadium, crushed University JapfB- wftnolulu. -
Class of 1947
CLASS OF 1947 Ollie Carnegie Frank McGowan Frank Shaughnessy - OUTFIELDER - - FIRST BASEMAN/MGR - Newark 1921 Syracuse 1921-25 - OUTFIELDER - Baltimore 1930-34, 1938-39 - MANAGER - Buffalo 1934-37 Providence 1925 Buffalo 1931-41, 1945 Reading 1926 - MANAGER - Montreal 1934-36 Baltimore 1933 League President 1937-60 * Alltime IL Home Run, RBI King * 1936 IL Most Valuable Player * Creator of “Shaughnessy” Playoffs * 1938 IL Most Valuable Player * Career .312 Hitter, 140 HR, 718 RBI * Managed 1935 IL Pennant Winners * Led IL in HR, RBI in 1938, 1939 * Member of 1936 Gov. Cup Champs * 24 Years of Service as IL President 5’7” Ollie Carnegie holds the career records for Frank McGowan, nicknamed “Beauty” because of On July 30, 1921, Frank “Shag” Shaughnessy was home runs (258) and RBI (1,044) in the International his thick mane of silver hair, was the IL’s most potent appointed manager of Syracuse, beginning a 40-year League. Considered the most popular player in left-handed hitter of the 1930’s. McGowan collected tenure in the IL. As GM of Montreal in 1932, the Buffalo history, Carnegie first played for the Bisons in 222 hits in 1930 with Baltimore, and two years later native of Ambroy, IL introduced a playoff system that 1931 at the age of 32. The Hayes, PA native went on hit .317 with 37 HR and 135 RBI. His best season forever changed the way the League determined its to establish franchise records for games (1,273), hits came in 1936 with Buffalo, as the Branford, CT championship. One year after piloting the Royals to (1,362), and doubles (249). -
Ring Magazine
The Boxing Collector’s Index Book By Mike DeLisa ●Boxing Magazine Checklist & Cover Guide ●Boxing Films ●Boxing Cards ●Record Books BOXING COLLECTOR'S INDEX BOOK INSERT INTRODUCTION Comments, Critiques, or Questions -- write to [email protected] 2 BOXING COLLECTOR'S INDEX BOOK INDEX MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS Ring Magazine Boxing Illustrated-Wrestling News, Boxing Illustrated Ringside News; Boxing Illustrated; International Boxing Digest; Boxing Digest Boxing News (USA) The Arena The Ring Magazine Hank Kaplan’s Boxing Digest Fight game Flash Bang Marie Waxman’s Fight Facts Boxing Kayo Magazine World Boxing World Champion RECORD BOOKS Comments, Critiques, or Questions -- write to [email protected] 3 BOXING COLLECTOR'S INDEX BOOK RING MAGAZINE [ ] Nov Sammy Mandell [ ] Dec Frankie Jerome 1924 [ ] Jan Jack Bernstein [ ] Feb Joe Scoppotune [ ] Mar Carl Duane [ ] Apr Bobby Wolgast [ ] May Abe Goldstein [ ] Jun Jack Delaney [ ] Jul Sid Terris [ ] Aug Fistic Stars of J. Bronson & L.Brown [ ] Sep Tony Vaccarelli [ ] Oct Young Stribling & Parents [ ] Nov Ad Stone [ ] Dec Sid Barbarian 1925 [ ] Jan T. Gibbons and Sammy Mandell [ ] Feb Corp. Izzy Schwartz [ ] Mar Babe Herman [ ] Apr Harry Felix [ ] May Charley Phil Rosenberg [ ] Jun Tom Gibbons, Gene Tunney [ ] Jul Weinert, Wells, Walker, Greb [ ] Aug Jimmy Goodrich [ ] Sep Solly Seeman [ ] Oct Ruby Goldstein [ ] Nov Mayor Jimmy Walker 1922 [ ] Dec Tommy Milligan & Frank Moody [ ] Feb Vol. 1 #1 Tex Rickard & Lord Lonsdale [ ] Mar McAuliffe, Dempsey & Non Pareil 1926 Dempsey [ ] Jan -
Mandell Takes Decision in Ten Stirring Rounds
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