Tulsa Oilers Seize Texas League Lead After 5 1 Victory
The Tulsa Oilers moved into first place in the Texas League with a 5 1 win over the San Antonio Missions as rain delayed other games. Mike Christoff sparked the win with a first inning homer, while San Antonio pitcher Bob Muncrief allowed 12 Tulsa hits. Beaumont and Oklahoma City followed with wins as the circuit slowed.
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United Press
Tulsa Oilers
San Antonio Missions
San Antonio
Beaumont
Oklahoma City
Mike Christoff
Tulsa
Christoff
Bob Muncrief
Art McDougal
Max Thomas
Missions
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Shreveport
Muncrief
McDougal
Swift
Thomas
Susce
Texaco Ten Steps Into First Place Tie In Softball
Texaco defeated Borden 7 to 2 to pull even with Air-Speed atop the Jaycee Softball League standings. First Christian Church beat Keeling Gulf 7 to 6 in a rain shortened six innings, called after lightning and moisture drove players from the field. Postponed games are on for tonight.
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Amarillo
Air-Speed
Texaco
Leadeship
Texacos
Panhandle Laundry
Borden
Jaycee
First Christian Church
Keeling Gulf
Terags Scercevestss
Borden's
Norton
Buchanan
Reeves
Verplank
First Christian
Roddy
Ratcliff
Peters
Culpepper
Texaco Wee
Magnolia Raed
Taylor's Market
Davis Triumphs Over Pedigo In Arm Lock Victory
Dizzy Davis defeats Pedigo in the first fall with a wrist lock then capitalizes on a ropes hold to topple Pedigo in a dramatic third fall ending the bout at the Armory. Tremaine and Hill teams won their semi and curtain matches as Charlie Johnson and Soldier also claimed wins.
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National Guard Armory
Pedigo
Dizzy Davis
Kentucky
Davis
Maverick Club Youths Promote Games and Sales Drive
Handball results show Clif ford Wright and others advancing with wins in Class B and Marlin Sharp moving up in Class C. The piece highlights a boys selling contest for household items including Servi-Shine and furniture polish, a gas station drive to support club activities, and a call for local help to acquire an old drag tool for field maintenance.
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Ralph Dykeman
Clifford Wright
John Childs
W. C. Evans
Gib Howard
Billy Pascoe
Coy Marcum
Riley Walters
Bunyan Lilley
Ernest Stallings
Hester Plant
Gene Rutledge
Eddie Smith
Homer Daugherty
Homer
Red Bryan
R. A. Boyter
Maverick Club
Western Open Added to List of Conquests
Ralph Guldahl captured the Western Open for a third straight time with a six under par 65 in the final round to finish 27 under for the tournament. Sam Snead challenged early but faded to a 286 total. Ray Mangrum, Horton Smith, and Harry Cooper tied for tenth after rounds near 74.
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ST. Louis
Ralph Guldahl
Birdie
Eagle Feathers
Ralph
Slammin
Sammy Snead
Guldah
Ray Mangrum
Dayton
Ohio
Horton Smith
Harry Cooper
Guidah
Speculators Spar Over Schmeling Louis Gloves Thumb Controversy
Henry McLemore reports from Speculator New York that Max Schmeling protests Joe Louis gloves for the Schmeling vs Louis title defense citing abnormally long thumbs. The scene features thumbs measured in a dachshund challenge and boxing officials weighing glove design amid a growing controversy.
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United Press
Jack Horner
Max Schmeling
Joe Lewis
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Tom Farley
Jim
New York Boxing Commission
Lake Pleasant
Max
Louis
Joe
Germany
Max Machon
Boxing Commission
Joe Jacobs
Molehills
Jacobs
Twilight Independents take early lead with 4 0 win
Independents beat San Jacinto Methodists 4 0 to establish uncontested first place in Twilight Softball League. Radford Grocery drops to second after a 9 8 loss to Maxor Drug. Phillips Petroleum 10 3 over Dekex and Maxor also beat Radford. Hub Clothiers 5 3 over Carlton Florey and Southwestern Drug 7 2 over Ross Boot Shop push teams into a 500 percent tie for third. Line scores show Carlton Florey and others. Wallace Copeland Isaacs and Eisenberg noted.
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Alpha Delta
JBL
Railbirds
Jaycee League
San Jacinto Independents
San Jacinto Methodists
Phillips Petroleum
Radford Grocery
Independents
Phillips
Farm Security
F. C
Maxor Drug
Dekex
Maxor
Radford
Hub Clothiers
Carlton-Florey
Southwestern Drug
Ross Boot Shop
Wallace
Copeland
O'Brien
Isaacs
DEREX
Stollenwerck, Soratax
Teter
McDade
Eisenberg
San Jac. Ind
Today Club— Ltd
San Jacinto Indrey
Hub Clothiers Sonar
San Jacinto Methodist
Nat Nnn
PGA Golfers Start Texas Championship Qualifiers
Thirty professionals tee off in Texas PGA Championship and sectional qualifying for the national event at Shawnee on Delaware July 10 to 16. Favorites include Jimmy Demaret Houston Levi Lynch Dallas Henry Ransom Bryan and Jack Burke Houston.
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PGA
Tyler
Texas P. G. A
Shawnee - On - Delaware
Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Levi Lynch
Dallas
Henry Ransom
Bryan
Jack Burke
Baseball Races Tighten As Giants Cubs Struggle
The Reds and Pirates sit three games back of the Cubs, with the Pirates beating the Giants 10-2 as Bob Klinger wins his third in a row. Hubbell suffers a tough loss while Vander Meer and Derringer spark strong pitching for Cincinnati and Cleveland. Yankees and Indians contest AL lead as Feller, Pearson, and Hadley pace wins.
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Bill Terry
Giants
Cholly Grimm
Cubs
Reds
Cincinnati
Pie Traynor
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Johnny Vander Meer
Paul Derringer
Buck McCormick
Schnozzola Lombardi
Bob Klinger
Carl Hubbell
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Washington
Bobby Feller
Monte Pearson
Bump Hadley
Yanks
Chicago White Sox
Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Claude Passeau
Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Sectional Tennis Finals Due Today
Weather delays in Dallas threaten today’s sectional tennis finals for the National Intercollegiate Tournament. Texas star Warren Christner and Rice’s Joe Lucia were to clash in singles with Texas pair Kamrath and Weller to face Christner and Paschall Walthall in doubles before rain postponed the matches. If courts stay wet, play will resume tomorrow. During the same report a separate note records Mrs. Ernest Dunlop of Chesterfield England starting a boiler fire to wash for the first time in a year, burning £300 placed by her husband for safekeeping.
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Dallas
Warren Christner
University of Texas
Joe Lucia
Rice Institute
Bobby Kamrath
Edgar Weller
Texas
Christner
Paschall Walthall
Ernest Dunlop
Chesterfield
Eng
Texas Track Fans Hope for Titles
Houston June 17 track fans expect Rice Institute hurdler Freddie Wolcott to win both the 120 yard high hurdles and the 220 yard low hurdles at the NCAA meet in Minneapolis. Wolcott has set six records this season and faces Earl Vickery of Southern California in the low hurdles while the high hurdles appear uncontested.
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Houston
Claude Bracey
Rice Institute
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Freddie Wolcott
Southwest
Minneapolis
Earl Vickery
Southern
California
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