U S basketball team, Mathias shine in Olympic start
The tall United States squad opened defense of its Olympic title with a 66 48 win over Hungary as Bob Mathias scored 1725 points in early events while Milton Campbell led the 100 meter dash and broad jump. Major records and rising stars highlighted a day of track and field as the games move toward deeper rounds.
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Helsinki
United States
Bob Mathias
America
Hungary
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Milton Campbell
Plainfield
N. J
Campbell
Broad
FBI
Horace Ashenfelter
New York
Vladimir Kazantsev
Bruno Jack
Zatopeks
Czechoslovakia
Emil
Dana
Harrison Dillard
Dillard
Joseph Csermak
Shirley Strickland
Jack Davis
Glendale
Calif
Arthur Barnard
Long Beach Calif
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
Five Sec Golf Clubs Enter Caddie Tourney
At least fifteen Southeastern Ohio caddies will compete at the Athens Country Club on August 9 for the Southeastern Ohio District Tournament of the PGA National Caddie Tournament. Five clubs Fair Greens Jackson Hocking Hills Marietta County Perry County Athens have accepted bids.
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Southeastern Ohio
Athens Country Club
Messenger
Fair Greens
Jackson
Hocking Hills
Logan
Marietta Country Club
Perry County Golf Club
Athens
Bob Littler
Russ Fankhauser
Marietta
Bob Bisciotti
Carl Holden
Perry County
Walter Jurgensmier
Columbus
Ladres
Junior Stars Meet Grads On Athens High Field
A Junior League All-Star team faces a group of little league grads tonight at 6 on the Athens High School field. The roster lists catchers Leslie Cornwell Jed Rood Charles Thompson pitchers Jerry Cline Mike Morrison Tom Baldwin Jim Gaskill infielders Joe South Larry Hughes John Reod Larry Russell Brent Cornwell Lucky Pierce Jimmy Kyle John Adams Roger Kasler and outfielders Allen Fox Dick Baldwin Tom Widdoes Paul Parsons Gordon Murphy Cliff Coursey with alternates John Simpkins Curt Laufhutte John Carlson Tom Kyle Bill Charney Bill Adams.
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Athens
Leslie Cornwell
Jed Rood
Charles Thompson
Jerry Cline
Mike Morrison
Tom Baldwin
Jim Gaskill
Joe South
Larry Hughes
John Reod
Larry Russell
Brent Cornwell
Lucky Pierce
Jimmy Kyle
John Adams
Roger Kasler
Allen Fox
Dick Baldwin
Tom Widdoes
Paul Parsons
Gordon Murphy
Cliff Coursey
John Simpkins
Curt Laufhutte
John Carlson
Tom Kyle
Bill Charney
Bill Adams
Jaycees Defeat Kiwanis to Tighten Junior League Race
Jaycees upset Kiwanis 17 to 7 as John Rood drove in two doubles and a single and Curt Laufhutte added two singles. Kiwanis led 4-0 early on Larry Russell and Dick Baldwin homers and Larry Hughes later doubled.
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Jaycees
Kiwanis Club
John Rood
Curt Laufhutte
Kiwanis
Larry Russell
Dick Baldwin
Larry Hughes
Hughes
Morrison
Cornwell
Gaskill
Jed Rood
National League and American League batting leaders
NL batting leaders include Musial of St Louis at .824 and Atwell of Chicago at .319. RBI leader Sauer of Chicago with 77, Robinson of New York 59. NL hits Adams Cincinnati 109, Musial 108. Sauer also tops with 24 homers, Hodges and Kiner tied at 19.
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Musial
St. Louis
Atwell
Chicago
Sauer
Thomson
New York
Adams Cincinnati
Hodges
Brooklyn
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Woodling
Fain
Philadelphia
Rosen Cleveland
Dropo
Detroit
Robinson
Fox
Berra
Rosen
Cleveland
Syracuse-New Marshfield to clash with Syracuse at King's Park
Syracuse hosts New Marshfield in an independent baseball contest at King's Park starting Sunday at 2 30 p m Elmer Houdashelt will pitch for the locals in the prep matchup and the day’s game plan centers on strong pitching and defense.
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Syracuse
New Marshfield
Syracuse Nine
King’s Park
Elmer Houdashelt
Buicks Edge Vanadium After Loss to Rutland
Pomeroy field saw the Bilaettar Buick softball team lose to Rutland 9 to 7 Tuesday evening. On Wednesday the Buicks beat the Vanadium plant team 6 to 2 with Ginther hitting a homer in the sixth. Clifford and Wolf pitched for Vanadium with Hoyt and West behind the Buicks.
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Pomeroy
Buick
Rutland
Pomeroy Field
Buicks
Paul Kloes
West
Barret
R. Kloes
Robinson
P. Kloes
Jones
Barrett
Ginther
Vanadium
Clifford
Rupe
Hoyt
Rothgeb
Rocksprings Grange
Wolf
West and Barret
Hogan and Hagen Top Professionals, But Jones Was Daddy of Them All
The piece crowns golf greats as Mid Century Honor Roll picks, highlighting Ben Hogan, Walter Hagen, and Bobby Jones for their major titles and era dominance. It traces Hagen’s Open and PGA wins, Jones’s 1930 Grand Slam, and mentions other top amateurs like Travers Gardner McDermott Ouimet and Snead.
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Hogan
Hagen
Jones
Harry Grayson
NEA
NEW York
Professional Golfers’ Association of America
United States
U. S
P.G.A
Bantam Ben
Dublin
Tex
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr
Abou Ben Adhem
Royal and Ancient
McDermott
U. S. Fairways
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Norristown
Travers
Gardner
Samuel Snead
Redlegs Dodgers Split Doubleheader In 20 Inning Marathon
Cincinnati Reds outlast the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 20 inning twin bill. Bubba Church earned the win in the opener as Andy Seminick homered twice. Duke Sekler hit his 100th career home run in the finale, a 2-1 Reds win.
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Kenny Raffensberger
Jim Hearn
Cincinnati Reds
Polo Grounds
New York Giants
Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Duke Sekler
Bubba Church
Andy Seminick
Church
Big Ben Wade
Rums
Ewell Blackwell
Frank Smith
Clent Labine
Redleg
Billy Lees
Labine
Seminick
Kruszewski
Furrillo
Walker
Robinson
Wade
Dodgers
Blackie
OMIC Boston at St Louis and Other Baseball Night Schedule
The card lists games including OMIC Boston at St Louis 8 30 p m with Brodowski 4 2 facing Byrne 5 9 Philadelphia at Chicago 2 p m and p m Scheib 4 3 Byrd 6 8 facing Pierce 10 7 Rogovin 9 7 St Louis at Brooklyn 7 30 Presko 6 4 against Van Duyk 5 5 Cincinnati at New York 12 30 Raffensberger 10 7 versus Hearn 106 38 Pittsburgh at Boston 7 30 Dickson 6 15 against Spahn 8 10 Chicago at Philadelphia 7 p m Hacker 7 3 versus Simmons 8 9.
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St. Louis
Brodowski
Byrne
Philadelphia
Chicago
P.m. Scheib
Byrd
Pierce
Rogovin
Brooklyn
Presko
van Duyk
Cincinnati
New York
Raffensberger
Ve Hearn
Pittsburgh
Dickson
Spahn
Hacker
Simmons
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia O
Detroit
Kuzava
Houtteran
Cleerland
Porterfield
Wynn
Baseball scores and alley series results across leagues
Box score style summary lists numerous games with runs hits and errors. Key matchups include New York versus Cleveland and Boston against Chicago with late innings scoring. Winners vary by game with detailed pitching and batting lines for each squad.
Arlington Handicap Looms as Blue Man Tops 3 Year Old Hope
Arlington Park fields 14 for the mile and a furlong Arlington Handicap with Blue Man the top 3 year old entrant. Spartan Valor, owned by William H Helis, seeks redemption after two defeats since arrival. Ee Man, owned by Arthur W Alcott of Rye New York, is a $70 supplemental entry aiming for the $105000 purse.
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Spartan Valor
Arlington Park
Arthur W Alcott
Rye
N.Y
New York
Blue Swords
William H. Helis
Arlington
Blues Fall In 13th Inning Slugfest Loss To Indianapolis
In Kansas City, Indiana pitcher Bill Abernathie belted a three-run homer after a bunt fake to lift Indianapolis to a 9-5 win over the Blues in the 13th inning. Kansas City still led the division as Milwaukee lost and Charleston chased St Paul 9-3. Russ Derry highlighted Columbus, socking a homer, double and single for three RBIs in a 14-11 win over Minneapolis.
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1. Pet
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Taaty
Columbus
Charleston
Chicago
Boston
Lown
Manville
Atwell
Wilson
Burdette
Cooper
Bill Abernathie
Abernathie
Blues
Art Schalleck
Brewers
Bill Connelly
Russ Derry
RBI
Walcott Declines Charles Rematch Promoter Offer
Cincinnati report says promoter Sam Becker offered $200000 to match Joe Walcott against Ezzard Charles in September. Walcott's manager Felix Boc cicchio replied he is not interested at present. Walcott had previously defeated Charles in a return bout.
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Cincinnati
Joe Walcott
Sam Becker
Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Becker
King
Charles
Felix Boccicchio
Hayes Hurls 2-Hitter As Banks Triumph 5-1
Banks defeated Kaslers 5-1 behind two hit pitching by Delbert Hayes. McGee and Davis were the only Kaslers to reach safely. Hayes and Schmidt each had two of Banks nine hits and Canter and Zimmers handled the rest.
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Banks
Kaslers
Delbert Hayes
McGee
Davis
Hayes Wood
Cooley
Barnes
Canter
Zimmers
Hayes
Schmidt
Indians Fall Short as Garcia Pushes Indians to Victory
The Cleveland Indians lose their nine game lead attempt as Mike Garcia earns his 14th win in a 4-2 defeat of the Yankees. Berra homered for New York, while Dale Mitchell and Joe Tipton hit key solo shots for Cleveland. Morgan took the loss in his final start before leaving for the Army.
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Cleveland
Morgan
Lopat
Berra
Garcia
Tipton
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Redmen
Indians
Bret Cleveland
Yankees
Washington Senators
Mike Garcia
Oven
Dale Mitchell
Joe ‘Tipton
Mitchell
Theens
Tor Morgan
Army
Giants Blast Cards as Kretlow Blanks Son
Giants win 9-5 behind Max Lanier six-hitter for his fourth victory in five games. Bobby Thomson, Dave Williams, Sal Yvars and Jim Rhodes homer in an 11-hit attack. Dodgers cling to lead as Snider homers in 11th to lift Brooklyn over Cincinnati 2-1.
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Borage
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Polo Grounds
Brooks
Giants
Max Lanier
Lanier
St. Louis
Lefty
Bobby Thomson
Dave Williams
Sal Yvars
Jim Rhodes
Harry Brecheen
Luke Snider
Reds
Dodgers
Reis
Ed Mathews
Walker Cooper
Boston
Chicago
Sid Gordon
Braves
Lover
College Stars Open Practice for All Star Classic
Delafield Wisconsin hosted the All-Star practice for footballs big All Star classic against the Los Angeles Rams at Soldier Field in three weeks. All-Star Coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech welcomed the collegiate squad as tests and equipment were distributed at St. Johns Military Academy. Dodd assigned Stu Holcomb Purdue Jim Tatum Maryland and Frank Broyles Georgia Tech to oversee offense with Bob Voights Northwestern Red Sanders UCLA and Ray Graves Georgia Tech on defense.
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Wis
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago
Soldier Field
Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
St. John's Military Academy
Dodd
Stu Holcomb
Purdue
Jim Tatum
Maryland
Frank Broyles
Willhe Bob Voights
Northwestern
Henry
Red) Sandera
UCLA
Ray Graves
Pronto Don Beaten In World Record Win
At Roosevelt Raceway a world trotting record for one and one quarter miles was set in the $25,000 American trotting championship. Silver Riddle, owned by George B. Bego of Clandeboye Ontario, upset Pronto Don by a half length, clocked in 2 77 2 5.
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N. Y
Roosevelt Raceway
Pronto Don
Hayes Fal Acres
Duquoin
Silver Riddle
Dodgers Snider hits 100th homer to win in 11th
Duke Snider belted his 100th major league homer in the 11th inning to lift the Dodgers past the Reds 2-1 after losing the opener 8-2. Lou Kretlow pitched the White Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox for his first win of the season.
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Turk Lown
Cubs
Jim Wilson
Lew Burdette
Amerikan
Cleveland
Tom Morgan
Yanks
Reeton Red Sow
Washington
Keston
Chicago
Lou Aretlow
Kretlow
Sam White
Faye Throneberry
Walt Dropo
Detroit
Bill Wight
St Louis Browne
Philadel
Phia A
Bobby Young
Ned Centver
Sam Zeldak
Duke Snider
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Brooks
Lou Kretlow
White Sox
Red Sox
Al Besselink Holds Early Lead in Sioux City Open
Al Besselink, a curly haired rookie on the PGA swing, led the Sioux City Open after a 65 on the Elmwood 606 yard course, two strokes ahead of rivals We were Thug Ford and Iverson Martin with a potential $2400 first prize at stake.
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Sioun City
al Besselink
Elmwood
Merchantville
N. J
Thug Ford
Harrison
N.Y
Iverson Martin
Maplewood
Larsen Seinas in Opening Test
In Cincinnati at the Davis Cup zone, Japan and the United States begin with two singles matches at 2 pm. Japan’s No. 1 Jiro Kamakura faces Art Callihan, while Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, America’s top player, meets Ateushi Migayto, a seven year old freshman.
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Vicwy
Japan
United States
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
America
Ateushi Migayt
Sevear
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