Abilene Tops Golden Hose 8-6 In Ninth Inning Surge
Oscar Williams delivered a dramatic two out three run homer in the top of the ninth to wipe out Amarillo’s lead as Abilene rallied for an 8-6 win over the Gold Sox. Gene Wulf mishaps helped fuel the rally and Lamesa visits for a three night stand starting at 8 o'clock.
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Harry Gilstrap
Daily News
Amarillo
West Texas
Gene Wulf
Lamesa
Pete Knapp
Jack Venable
G-Sox
Clyde Perry
Dallas Eagles
Perry
Dallas
Wulf
Williams
Stan Machinsky
Glen Selbo
Hancks
Art Rowland
Gene
Gold Sox
Fred Schmidt
Abilene
LaVere Herrmann
Sox
Schmidt
Jack Matuiza
Dub Akins
Jim Hayes
Merv Connors
Les Mulcahy
Crawford Howard
George Hayes
Akins
Akin
Mulcahy
Howard
Herrmann
Joe Allen
Abilenes
Selbo
Machinsky
Rowland
Matuiza
Wliams
Ed Bucynski
Wil
Giants suffer double defeat and fall behind Dodgers
The second game ended after seven and a half innings due to darkness as the Giants dropped a pair, extending their skid to four losses in five games and leaving them a full game behind Brooklyn. Enos Slaughter homered in the first game. Gerald Staley overcame wildness for his ninth win in the nightcap.
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Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Enos Slaughter
Gerald Staley
New York
Redbirds
Red Schoendienst
Hoyt Wilhelm
Dodgers edge Cubs 3-2 on Hodges burst and late relief
Brooklyn nips Chicago 3-2 as Gil Hodges drives in two and Ben Wade’s sturdy relief stifles the Cubs. Cavarretta homered for Chicago. Atwell blooped for a run and Reese added an RBI for Brooklyn in a tight late innings finish.
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Chicago
Gil Hodges
Joe
Chicago Cubs
Black
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cubs
Toby Atwell
Ben Wade
Eklyn
AbheaChic
Abhea Morgan
Miks
Reese
Mmzztti
Snider
Himski
Alonson
Sauer
Pafka
Atwell
Hodges
Fondy
Furillo
Serena
Walker
Jeffcoats
Wade
Kipstein
Hacker
ja-Coreta
Leonard
Brooklyn
R—Pafko
Jeffcoat
Miksis
RBI
Cavarretta
Robinson
Klippstein
Dale Imel Named to AAU Track Team for National Meet
Dale Imel of White Deer earned a spot on Texas’s tentative team to compete at the National AAU track and field meet in Long Beach, California, with a 5,000 meters time of 15:50.4 at the state AAU meet. The report lists other probable Texas team members across multiple events and notes outstanding performances by Gerhardt, Montes, and Walt Davis among others.
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San Antonio
Dale Imel
White Deer
Texas
Long Beach
Cal
Imel
North Texas State
Dean Smith
Charles Thomas
Buddy Goode
SMU
Ray Renfro
George Adrian
Abilene Christian
James Baker
Texas 1&M
Sam Volpe
ACC
Les Fambrough
Howard Payne
Javier Montes
Texas Western
Val Joe Walker
Herbert Herndon
Prairie View
Ralph Person
Darren Hooper
Texas A&m
Walt Davis
Charles Holding
East Texas State
Bobby Ragsdale
Gerhardt
Jim Gerhardt
Rice
Walt Ashbaugh
Cornell
US Air Force
Berkley
Calif
Abilene Christian College
A&m
Walcott Puzzle For Experts In Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on June 1 experts debated if Jersey Joe Walcott, 38, still the world heavyweight champ. Reports from Perone Hall noted his sparring pace and left hook, with Ezzard Charles planning to challenge him Thursday in Philadelphia. Trainer Dan Florio predicted a 194 pound weigh-in.
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Atlantic City
Jersey
Joe Walott
Zoe
Philadelphia
Camden
Walcott
Pittsburgh
Ezzard Charles
Ezzard
Logey
George Barton
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Perone Hall
Barton
Minnesota Athletic Commission
Jersey Joe
Charles
Joe Louis
Jackie Burke
Oakland
Billy Smith
Pete Nelson
Dan Florio
Atttsburgh
St Francis Beats McLean in Caprock Baseball Tilt
St Francis won 3 to 2 over McLean in a Caprock League game after a bases loaded double by Cannon in the second inning. Koceb struck out 22, Waters 19, in a tight pitching duel as St Francis edged McLean.
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Mclean
St. Francis
Cannon
McLean Nine
Koceb
Waters
Withrow Waters
Edwards
Hubbers Edge Clovis 2-1 In West Texas NM Loop Battle
Lubbock Hubbers beat Clovis Pioneers 2-1 at night after a rain delay. George McDuff pitched a full game for the win, improving to 2-3, while Jack Gaines took the loss for Clovis to fall to 6-3. The game featured a bases loaded walk and two pivotal runs in the second and eighth innings.
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Clovis
Lubbock Hubbers
Clovis Pioneers
New Mexico
George McDuff
Jack Gaines
Gaines
Jim Schindler
Bill Metzig
Choo-Choo Rejon
Jess Jacinto
Schindler
Lubbock
McDuff
Palmer
Gaines and
Matthews
Douglass Wins Phillips Golf Championship In Rain
Malcolm Douglass of Pampa won the fourth annual Phillips Country Club Invitational by 2 1, holding a slim lead over Kenneth Shields of Plainview throughout the final round despite rain. The 21 year old Texas A&M golfer sealed the title by halving Nos 15 16 and 17 to secure victory.
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Putt Powell
Daily News
Phillips
Plainview
Kenneth Shields
Malcolm Douglass
Pampa
Phillips Country Club
Texas Aggie
Shields
Douglass
Wayland College
Malcolm
Kenneth
Douglass Wins First Major Golf Tournament Title at Pampa
Kenneth Shields and Malcolm Douglass reach the final in a four round match play event. Douglass defeats Shields two to one in the championship flight. Semifinals saw Douglass beat Chick Dawson 3-2 while Shields edged Grover Austin one up on the 19th hole.
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Douglass
Shields
Kenneth
Chick Dawson
Amarillo
Grover Austin
Austin
Malcolm Douglass
Pampa
Kenneth Shields
Plainview
C. F. McGinnis
C. L. Dunivan
H. L. Bradley
L. V McCarthy
R. M. Samples
Bill Lemons
Jake Parker
Pinky Peters
Consoladort
Dick Kilgore
Tom Lamb
Ernest Wilmoth
Spearman
W. A. Tunnell
Buster Carter
Haskell McGuire
Bud Henderson
Quanah
H. Co. Stewart
Joe Blair
Charles Austin
Frankie
Mark Heath
Deau
J. D. Selman
Charles Gilliam
L. E. Chisholm
Bob Henderson
C. D. Keen
al Prigmore
Waldo Fisher
Grady Walker
Jimmy Johnson
W. W Herrick
Bud Jackson
Mike Clark
W. T._ Fain
Dumas
Tom Franckovich
Earl Estep
E. J. Schumaker
George Robie
George Boyd
Cecil Sweeney
Hal McCray
H. B. Bishop
J W. Browning
Alf Hickerson
Stanley Levell
Bert Roberts
L. E.cates
B. W. Berthelot
E. M Mason
Bradley
McGinnis
Samples
Parker
Wilmoth
Kilgore
Henderson
Carter
Gentry
Blair
Selman
Chisholm
Koen
Fisher
Jackson
Johnson
Estep
Fain
Red Sox Edge White Sox 3 2 In Drenched Duel
Fred Hatfield hit his first 1952 homer to break a pitching duel between rookie Bill Henry and Saul Rogovin and gave the Red Sox a 3 2 win over the White Sox. Ellis Kinder earned the victory, his 18th straight over Chicago, in a drizzle dampened game. Hatfield and Mele drove in Boston runs while DiMaggio Fox and Lenhardt added hits.
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Boston
Fred Hatfield
Bill Henry
Saul Rogovin
Boston Red Sox
White Sox
Ellis Kinder
Chi
Abhoa Boston
Abhoa Carey
Diego Cf
Rogovin
Carrasque
Lellar
Chicago
R—Robinson
Mele. Hatfield
S—Goodman Coleman
Fox
Robinson
Kinder
Late 1940s tilt doubleheader ends with Cardinals win
In the first game Williams and Lockman pace New York with two RBI apiece as St Louis ties late. Hemus and Slaughter homer for the Cards. Brazie gets the win over Spencer. Second game halted by darkness with Schoendienst homering for St Louis in a 8-2 victory behind Kennedy and Wilhelm.
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St. Louis Cardinals
al Brazie
New York Giants
Giants
Brooklyn
N. York
Phila
Chicago
Boston
Cincinati
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Louis
Koslo
Lanier
Westrum
Presko
Aoe
Sisler
Werle
R—Williams
Lockman
R. Thomson
Hemnus
Schoendienst Slaughter
Rice
Lowrey
E—D. Rice
RBI
Elliott
Dark
Hemus
Schoendienst
Slaughter
Rigney
Stanky
D. Rice
Hem
Kennedy
Wilhelm
Bamberger
Yeats
Staley
Pampa beats Dukes 2-1 to seize second in league
Juan Montero pitched five efficient innings to outduel Albuquerque lefty Joe Hinchman and lift Pampa to a 2-1 West Texas New Mexico League victory. The win puts Pampa in solo second while Albuquerque falls to fifth. Hubbers begin a three game series in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
Juan Montero
Joe Hinchman
Pampa
Dukes
Abilene
Lubbock
Hubbers
Montero
Jake Phillips
Max Molberg
Bob Wotan
Moore
Hinchman
Uittt
Amarillo Keglers Finish Fifth In Denver Tourney
Amarillo Keglers placed fifth with a 2 666 team total in the Denver Recreation tourney. Individual scores were Eddie Kersten 562 Brown ing Higgs 538 Bob Haile 534 Eddie Christiansen 524 and Vic Langley 528. Langley was third in the sweeper with 1 369 pins. Dawes Cummins of Kansas City led with 1 492.
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Denver
KFDA
Amarillo
Eddie Kersten
Browning Higgs
Bob Haile
Eddie Christiansen
Vic Langley
Langley
Dawes Cummins
Kansas City
Sandies Face Tech In Texas High School Baseball Round One
In Austin on June 1 the Crozier Tech Wolves of Dallas meet Amarillo Sandies in the first round of the Texas High School Baseball Tournament. Tech leads with 23 wins to 7 losses while Amarillo trails 15 and 5, with Doyle Stout and Reuben Palacio each set to start on the mound. The game follows a day opening double header featuring Waco against Abilene and John Reagan versus Tyler, with semifinals Tuesday and finals Wednesday.
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Austin
Crozier Tech Wolves
Dallas
Amarillo Sandies
Panhandle
Amarillo High School
Tech
Sandies
Wolves
Amarillo
Hander
Paschal
Fort Worth
Reuben Palacio
Berger
Lubbock
el Paso
Stout
Bobby Martin
Jackie Miller
Toby Druin
Bob Byrd
Robert McWhorter
Waco
Abilene
John Reagan
Houston
Tyler
Laredo
Bryan
Amarillo Tech
Gassers Beat Lobos 5-1 Behind Flanagan Sixth Win
Borger 3-1 Lamesa opens with four runs in the first inning as Ed Flanagan pitches six innings to lift Gassers past the Lobos 5-1 for his sixth win. Dell Smith relieves in the fourth, strands the bases loaded, and holds Borger to two hits the rest of the way.
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Jay Haney
Ed Flanagan
Gassers
Lobos
Dell Smith
Haney
Smith
Flanagan
Lamesa
Don Stokes
Bob Falk
Windy Eldridge
Joe Duffield
Epps
Duffield
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