Dodgers and Yankees Lead as Braves Challenge in MLB Standings
Baseball brief notes the Dodgers and Yankees atop their leagues with the Braves in pursuit. Cardinals hover four games back. Pirates and Phillies struggle while Kiner and Greenberg provide highlights. Fans flock to Crosley Field as Pirates aim to snap Blackwell’s 11 game streak.
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New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodgers
Leo Durocher
Billy Southworth
Boston Braves
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
Ralph Kiner
Hank Greenberg
Crosley Field
Pirates
Ewell Blackwell
Three Deadlocked in First Round of Tom Golf Tourney
Bobby Locke leads the All-American after a 33 33 66 first round, tying Ed Oliver and Herman Keiser for the 72 hole event at 116 players. Betty Jameson tops the women’s field with 38 38 76, while Patty Berg and others chase.
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Bobby Locke
Ed (Porky) Oliver
Elsmare
Del
Herman Keiser
Akron
Ohio
Locke
Oliver
Wilmington
Keiser
Tam
Betty Jameson
Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Lassie
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Peggy Kirk
Findlay
Dot Kielty
Long Beach
Carol Diringer
Tiffin
Mike Stolarik
Great Lakes
Bill Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Harold Brink
Grand Rapids
George May
Toney Penna
Cincinnati
George Schneiter
Ogden
Utah
Ellsworth Vines
Tris Yancey
Parma
Buchtel Beats Elks 10-1 in Midseason Victory
Buchtel cruised past the Elks 10 to 1 as three hits helped build a large early lead. Hemsworth drove in the lone Elks run with a third inning triple scoring Bill Keating, while Buchtel collected eight hits and padded its score in the middle innings.
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Hemsworth
Bill Keating
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Buchtel Sane
Tigers Rally Past Indians 6-5 In Ninth
Detroit scores unearned run in ninth after Indians blow five run eighth lead. Joe Gordon boots game deciding double play ball with bases loaded and one out in ninth. Pitching by four Tigers and four Cleveland hurlers. Hutchinson earns win, Gromek takes loss with final score 6-5.
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Gromek
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Passarella
Boyer
Hubbard
Yankees Pride Rebuilds After DiMaggio Injury
In 1947 the New York Yankees defy early doubts after Joe DiMaggio’s injury, returning with spark from McQuinn Johnson Keller Chandler Henrich Rizzuto and Page. The piece credits grit, defense, and clutch hitting as the team proves it remains THE YANKEES.
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New York Yankees
Harry Grayson
NEW York
Red Patterson
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Havana
Florida
Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Joe
Yankees
Red Sox
DiMaggio
Spud Chandler
Charlie Keller
Tommy Henrich
Bill Johnson
Aaron Robinson
Phil Rizzuto
Snuffy Stirnweiss
George McQuinn
Billy Johnson
Frank Shea
Merchant Stars Defeat Comets in West Virginia Showdown
The Merchant All Stars of Point Pleasant earned their 18th win of the season by edging the Sunnyside Comets 6 to 4. Sam Stewart allowed only two hits as Sunnyside suffered their sixth defeat. The Comets travel to Ches Hire on July 4 for a twinbill while Point Pleasant hosts the Powellton Rangers for a doubleheader at First Street Diamond.
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W. Va
Merchant All Stars
Sunnyside Comets
Sam Stewart
Comets
Cheshire
All-Stars
Powellton Rangers
Sunnyside
Adal Stare
Brooks Shoes win first Junior Twilight game 6 2
Brooks Shoes beat the Elks 6 to 2 to notch their first win in four starts. Brooks tallied four runs in the opening frame aided by two hits, a pair of passed balls, and three steals. The Elks scored once in the first on a walk and a base hit.
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Russian Soccer Spectators See Pigeons to Caviar at Dynamo Stadium
In Moscow, Dynamo Stadium hosts 80 000 seated plus 20 000 standees as spectators enjoy novel touches. Carrier pigeons carry goal records from the scoreboard while ice cream and caviar sandwiches flood the stands. Referees enforce discipline and Pravda notes punishments for violence, with the league featuring 13 teams from several cities and a May to October schedule.
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Brooklyn
All-Union Committee For Physical Culture and Sport Affairs
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Tiflis
Kiev
Kuibyshev
Stalingrad
Giants Smash Dodgers 19 to 2 in Record Night
The New York Giants routed Brooklyn 19 to 2 before 25 987 fans as Johnny Mize hit his 22nd homer and Bobby Thomson added two. Walker Cooper Sid Gordon and Mize drove in runs while four Dodgers pitchers walked seven and made two wild pitches setting NL and MLB single season pace in home runs over consecutive games. Koslo started for New York with Warren Behrman Hatten King and Hodges noted for Brooklyn.
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New Yorkers
Dodger
Johnny Mize
Boston Red Sox
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Yankees
Red Sox
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Walker Cooper
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Mize
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Gordon
Jackie Robinson
Spider Jorgenson
New York
Koslo
Warren
Gregg
Behrman
Hatten
King
Hodges
Borowy Shuts Down Cardinals in Cubs 4 2 Victory
Hank Borowy hurled a six hitter as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 to 2. Don Johnson led the offense with two singles a double and his second homer of the season. Bill Nicholson added his 10th homer. Brecheen took the loss for St Louis while Borowy went the distance. Brecheen and Garagiola behind. Borowy and Scheffing aided by Cubs offense.
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Harry
Brecheen
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St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Cubs
Don Johnson
Johnson
Bill Nicholson
St. Louis
Garagiola
Borowy
Scheffing
Hughes Shuts Out Braves in Philadelphia Victory
Tom Hughes pitched his first complete game of the season, limiting the Boston Braves to five hits in a 3-0 Philadelphia win. Warren Spahn allowed nine hits in a tough start for Boston as Al Lakeman and Skeeter Newsome drove in all three runs with a fifth inning rally. Spahn and Masi faced Hughes and Seminick.
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Tommy Hughes
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Warren Spahn
al Lakeman
Skeeter Newsome
Boston
Spahn
Masi
Hughes
Seminick
Legion backs softball league in Gallipolis area
Eight teams with 100 boys aged six to sixteen receive equipment from the American Legion Post. Teams hail from Mercer ville Kananga Cheshire and Gallipolis with four weekly games at the fair grounds. Major Kenneth Welker and league officials will meet Wednesday night to set the second half schedule.
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American Legion Post
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Cheshire
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Kenneth Welker
Legion Hall
Pirates Hit Four Home Runs To Beat Reds 7-3
The Pirates slugged four homers into Greenberg Gardens defeating Cincinnati 7-3. Ralph Kiner stroked his 18th with two aboard in the seventh to supply the deciding blow, as Hank Greenberg and Wally Westlake added early and late round-trippers. The Reds scored in the second and fifth but could not keep pace.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Greenberg Gardens
Cincinnati Reds
Ralph Kiner
Hank Greeneberg
Wally Westlake
Westlake
Reds
Frank Baumholtz
Benny Zientara
Grady Hatton
Babe Young
Young
Bert Haas
Jim Bagby
Marchildon Wins for A's in Boston Victory
Phil Marchildon pitched the Philadelphia Athletics to an 8-4 win over the Boston Red Sox before 16,969 fans, lifting the A's to third place. A five run fourth inning featured a walk, single, sacrifice, long fly, double, an error and Eddie Joost's 5th homer. Dorish, Zuber, Murphy and Tebbetts also pitched for Boston with Marchildon and Rosar.
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Phil Marchildon
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
A’s
Eddie Joost
Philadelphia
Marchildon
Rosar
Dorish
Zuber
Murphy
Tebbetts
Midget Races At Rocksprings Fairgrounds Attract 15
A field of 15 midget racers will roar around the half mile dirt oval at Meigs Speedway Rocksprings Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon Promoters Thomas Potts and Kerns Roush announced today The lineup includes Keith Wildman Birthsell Buck Rogers Smoky Stover Gene Comstock Harry Comstock plus Wayne Strickle Al Watts Charlie Steward and others from Dayton Charleston W Va Doc Folden and Kerns Roush Two new Ford racers from Cleveland and Philo driver Dickerson will compete Also Brown Miller Special owner and a Gallia County native unknown driver will pilot a car built in Gallipolis region A field of six to eight racing motorcycles is planned with drivers from Athens Charleston and Parkersburg.
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Meigs Speedway
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Thomas Potts
Kerns Roush
Keith “Wildman
Birthsell
Buck Rogers
Smoky Stover
Gene Comstock
Harry Comstock
Wayne Strickle
al Watts
Dayton
Charlie Steward
Charleston
W. Va
Doc Folden
Jerry Hayes
Cleveland
Philo
Dickerson
Will Brown
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Athens
Parkersburg
Lou Little Becomes Editor For New Sports Encyclopedia
New York Lou Little Columbia football coach turned sports editor revising the Richards Topical Encyclopedia sports section. The updated fifteen volume set will cover tennis track and field football fencing snowshoeing lacrosse golf and baseball and is due for publication this summer.
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Lou Little
Columbia
Richards Topical Encylopedia
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