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American Baseball Review ALL 16 TEAMS SETTLING DOWN TO A CLOSE RACE IN BOTH LEAGUES
New York, May 11. After one month of play in the 1959 Major League season, overything seems to indicato a close race in both leaguos, with the 16 teams apparently settling down to a long and tough struggle.
In the American League the Yankees stem to have come out of the doldrums after the longest slump of their modern history, while the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, two of the teams most highly regarded in pre-season calculations, are beginning to make menacing gestures.
In winning two games on one grine behind fifth-placed Sunday over the red-hot Wash Basien und four away from the ington Snators, the Yankspace-12tting Cleveland Indians, looked more like the champions Meanwinte, In Chicago, the of old than they have looked White Sox defeated the Cleve- at any time this season. Theyland Indians twice on Sunday got good pitching from Whitey oftrincon and pulled up to within Ford and Don Larsen, some a game and a half of that ober. heads-up defensive play and Billy Flerce and Earl Wynn, the timely hitting with inen on their veteran mound starr, 1-V bases that has always been one Chicago Tans something to cheer of their winning characteristics. Jacut as they posted full-goute
pitching victories, Double Victory Their double victory over the
not only Senators,
brought a smile to the wrinkled features also Casey Stengel. but
of
. pulled them up into sixth pace,
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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1959.
Only Inday, six ord a half games separate,
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Bowls Guests From Australia
the league-wading Indians, and the four first-division club! Cleveland, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington-are blanketed i
der a two und a half game spread.
Four lawn bowlers from various clubs in Sydney, who are on a pleasure The situation In the National League la much the same round trip to the East with their wives, were guckts of officials of the Hongkong
the junior circuit, with in
Lawn Bowls Association at a friendly match at Craigengewer Cricket Club yes- seven Katnes separating Just-
terday. from the top With Pierce and Wynn in win- plaece St Louis ning foun, manager Al Lopez 1 vupled precariously
tie Milwaukee Braves. kisn't much to wory about es regards the pitching department. The tightheas of the ruce shown graphically
Johansson Resumes Training For World Title Fight
New York, May 11.
the
Ingemar Johansson of Sweden resumed training today after a two-day rest and showed it had done him a lot of good as he boxed with snap and precision.
"I feel good," he said. "The two days off were just
what I needed."
by
Hard Pressed Last year's National League champions are being pressed clurely
Los Angeles by the Dodgers who are playing good ball and have closed in to only fifa game from the top. Tla Dodgers in turn
enjoy a half Bame lend aver Hurd-placed Cincinnati, whose margin over Guth-place San Francisco is only one full game.
Bank Auron is leading the
National Lengue bitters with wile Detroit's. Harvey Kauna. Although handicapped by injuries, boasts a 405 ver. American bead the
HI
The visitors found the Hongkong green much too heavy to their king and found themselves unable to match the strong arms of the Ilongkong four, losing by 18-10,
They and their wives were later entertained to dinner and presented with HKLBA and CCC souvenir spoons.
Photo shows hosts and guests at the match. They are from left to right): Front row --- M. B. Hassan (HK), Jog Reubens (Manly Club, Sydney); Back row Rį. B. Marshall (HK), Ned Treleaven (Campsie Club, Sydney), Frank H. Harris (Vaucluse Club, Sydney), H. A. de Barros Botelho. (Président, HKLBA), Frank Galley (Pratten Park Club, Sydney) and E. O. Madar (HK),— Chinn Mall Photo.
ADELAIDE CUP ACCEPTORS
Adelaide, May 11. Late
Gaybau
Trullios are Harmon Kilkbrew, Washing-joint faveairies for the £3,200
third Adelaide len's sensatina) rookie
Cup, to be pan over two miles here on Wednesday, aseman, leading the hume
parade in the American May 13. Laughie with ten cireult hits and is fed with Bob Cery of the Athletes for the RBI lead. Each bas 23 runs hatted in,
El Matthews, out of
The 14 neceptors left in to- day were: Peter Breughel, & 12 lbs; Gayboo 8.7; stone Deperion 8.5; Truls Moel 8.2; the Stormy Passage B.1; Jorún
and Valpadi 13312 for bet leagues in home runs Boulder
7.5; Morloch, with 11 and has accumulated 26 Society Beau and Tareon 7.0.
Safely Beau was left in by RBI'S.
Frank Robinson of Cincinnaŭ mistake and Trainer 11. Cousena leads ile Nation Lengue on raid it would be seralehed.
produres with 31.-AFP. China Mall Speclul.
on the 1st lart year, is lead-Deineter
As usual he boxed pix rounds against three spermates, that saw him slide way 6.0: Mae 7.12: Trellios 7.11%
First he went one round against his middleweight brother Rolf for speed, then two rounds against light-heavyweight Bill Johnson of New York, then two rounds with heavyweight Artie Miller of New York, and a final round against Rotf.
"I haven' Even though
to make Johansson comments, but I can see that he his beautiful left Jab." sald former welterweight champlon Barney Ross, who watched the workout.
any real
Against Johnson, Ingemar scored repeatedly with the left jab, and several times bit the inrget with good combinations, Johnaun scored with left hooks and also looked good at times as he pinned Ingo on the ropes with combinations.
'Very Good Left'
Miller and Johansson battled hard for their two rounds.
"Ingemar is much better now then when we started boxing." "He is much 53id Mil'er later.
corer, that's a very good left he has, always in my face, and be fights very well inside."
Johansson said that he noticed New York's heat today for the first time. It reached 80F, 16- day,
"I didn't notice it during the morning roadwork and then 1 all day." shed in my room
he raid. "But # hit me in the taxi coming over from the.. hotel to the past.”* ·
Outdoor Training
mat said he was.xious Plastiklis, magentastarles-withouldog. training, and tuil" "li carny Kirt would be chosen this week.
He said that he did not ex- pect that continued heat would
that he affect him, and boxed in Italy in equal heat with no trouble.
had
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He will attend a City Athletle Club banquet tonight. Friday night the entire Johan- son party will see their fest baseball game, to be played at Yankee Stadium, where Johans son fights Floyd Patterson on June 25 for the heavyweight j Aille.-UPI.
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