Baumholtz Delivers Pinch Homer In Cubs Win Over Giants
In a doubleheader day of splits across leagues the Cubs defeat the Giants 3-1 as Frankie Baumholtz hits a first pitch homer off Mary Grissom with two on. The win tightens the Giants’ deficit while other games produce mixed results across the circuit.
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Longstreth Leads New Marblefield Victors In Classic HVA Play
Longstreth, newly named club continuing from Nelsonville, shut out Chauncey 12 0 to seize the lead in the Hocking Valley Association while New Marshfield edged McArthur 3 2 in 11 innings. Fe Dupler Snyder Miller and Fick pitched and batted strong for the winners, with Chauncy errors aiding the attack.
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Baseball scores from Sundays games across leagues
Sunday results include Chicago 5 Boston 2 in the first game 10 innings. New York 3 Kansas City 3 with a second game lasting 10 innings. Washington 6 Cleveland 3 to 4-6. Detroit 10 Baltimore 5 to 0-6.
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Jim Rivera
Dick Donovan
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Washington
Cleveland
Feller
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Senators
Duke Maas
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Baltimore
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New York
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Boston
National League Schedule Roundup with Game Details
National League results show Washington at Kansas City 8, St. Louis 9 6, Brooklyn 5 10 first game 10 innings. New York 3 1, Chicago 2 3, Milwaukee 5 0, Philadelphia 4 4 second game suspended to be completed tonight. Pittsburgh 7 1, Cincinnati 6 5. Tuesday Cincinnati at Brooklyn 12 30 p.m.
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Golfer Low Shooter Scores Across Evening Matchups
Milwaukee visits New York at 6 p.m. St. Louis plays Philadelphia while Chicago faces Pittsburgh at 7 15 p.m. Golfer Low Shooter details appear in the schedule with broadcast or venue notes.
Golf Day draws massive field for Open challenge in San Francisco
Mike Schiff of Detroit led nearly 190000 players with a net 53 after a 33 handicap as Ed Furgol and Patty Berg posted 72 and 77 on national golf day. Betty Jane Bobel tied the best women’s score at 72 10 62 at Gloucester Country Club amid a Life PGA sponsored event.
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Tom O'Shanter Club
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Favorites Return Western Michigan Faces Arizona in NCAA Play
Western Michigan and Arizona are top picks in the NCAA baseball finals field to be played June 10 to 14 at Municipal Stadium in Omaha. Oklahoma A and M meets Springfield Moss, and Colorado State faces Southern California in opening rounds. Missouri and Rollins missed this year’s field after last year’s surprise finish. Western Michigan opens against Arizona with Ohio State eliminated.
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Hitting and pitching leaders in the major leagues
The data lists top performances by Ashburn Campanella Snider Mays Gilliam and others across batting runs and hits in the National and American leagues. Notable figures include Snider Campanella Mays Kaline Mantle Berra Finigan Zernial Wynn and Score with leaders in runs batted in doubles triples home runs and strikeouts.
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New York
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Dow Finsterwald Leads 26 Golfers in Open Qualifier
Cincinnati report notes a 26 player field competing today for two spots in the National Open at San Francisco June 16 18. Top contenders are Dow Finsterwald of Athens and Fred Wampler of Indianapolis. Finsterwald just won the Fort Wayne Open the Los Angeles Open winner Wampler last year, but has not added a title this season. The 36 hole qualifier takes place at Hyde Park Country Club.
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San Francisco
Dow Finsterwald
Athens
Fred Wampler
Indianapolis
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Wampler
Hyde Park Country Club
Golf Future Is Worry To Britons
British golf watchers fear for the sport's future after two recent losses by Britons to American players. At St Andrews the Americans won the Walker Cup 10-2, and at Royal Lytham St Annes Joe Conrad defeated Alan Slatter 3 and 2 in the British amateur final. The trend shows older Brits losing to younger Americans by large margins, suggesting a shrinking supply of young British talent.
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Little Joe Conrad
San Antonio
Near-Record Pins Highlight WIBC Bowling Showdown
Sunday action at the Women's International Bowling Congress meet featured Alyce Mrak of Omaha and Esther Woods of Los Angeles posting a 2155 doubles score behind Mrak's 679 and Woods's 576. Leaders totalled 2569 in regular doubles as Falstaff Beer Chicago topped all events at 2991 and Miss Ladewig led in all events with 1890.
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Esther Woods
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Pfeiffer's Beer team wins third ABC bowling championship
In Fort Wayne Indiana the Pfeiffer's Beer team of Detroit captures a historic third ABC tournament title as 5800 teams from 46 states compete for prize money. Pfeiffer's posted a 3136 series on April 19 while Eddie Gerine Milwaukee won singles with 738 and Fred Bujack Pfeiffer led all events with 1993 points. Pacro pas and Harry Zoeller Wilkes-Barre earned doubles with 1365. Markulis Cuyahoga Falls placed third all events and Joe Voros Canton finished eighth all events and ninth in singles.
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Barre
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Cuyahoga Falls
Joe Voros
Canton
Fight Results in Hollywood Stop Ped Contender
Willie Vaughn of Los Angeles defeats Garth Panter of Salt Lake City by knockout in six rounds at Hollywood venue. Vaughn improves to a decisive victory as Panter succumbs to punches in round six.
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Willie Vaughn
Los Angeles
Garth Panter
Salt Lake City
Snead Seizes National Open Win With New Putting
Sam Snead uses a revamped putting style to overcome a jinx and win the Deepdale Round Robin Golf Tournament at Great Neck New York. He posts a course record 46 points to beat Johnny Palmer plus 22. Peterson Australia is third at plus 19.
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Sam
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Deepdale
Johnny Palmer
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Peterson
Australia
Marty Furgol
Doug Ford
Cary Middlecoff
Ted Kroll
Suggs Wins 1955 Eastern Open With Strong Final Round
Louise Suggs captured the $1000 first prize at the 1955 Women's Eastern Open in Reading, Pennsylvania, after a single solid round secured a clear victory.
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Louise Suggs
Ashenfelter Matches Two Mile Mark In NY Club Meet
Horace Ashenfelter set a new meet and American two mile record at the New York Athletic Club games in Pelham Manor after flying from Compton California where he ran two miles in 8 49.6. He arrived just before the NY event and finished in 9 04.7.
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Sweikert Plans 11-Race Schedule After 500 Victory
New York AP reports Bob Sweikert intends to pursue a crowded schedule of 11 major races on dirt and macadam after winning the 500, including a June 19 Langhorne 100 mile event and entry for June. He emphasizes racing as his business and plans to drive as long as able.
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Bob Sweikert
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Langhorne Speedway
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Walker Sees Better Days Ahead for Cardinals
Brooklyn report shows Harry Walker’s nine days as St. Louis manager include a split twin bill, a 9-4 win by the Cards and a 10-6 Brooklyn victory. Despite eight losses in 11 games since taking over, Walker remains hopeful, praising a talented young roster and insisting he has not yet found his feet as a big league skipper.
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Brooklyn Veteran Steps In For La Bua In Middleweight Bout
Sub for La Bua, 22 year old Korean War veteran Hardy Smallwood of Brooklyn, faces Rafael Merentino of Argentina in a 10 round middleweight match at St. Nicholas Arena tonight. Bout shown on Dumont TV at 9 pm EST.
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Hardy Bazooka Smallwood
Brooklyn
Jackie la Bua
Rafael Merentino
Argentina
St. Nicholas Arena
Dumont TV
First Woman Champion in Ohio State Trapshooting
Grandmother G A Roose aged 67 of Salem became Ohio's handicap trapshooting champion, breaking 98 of 100 from 19 yards in a field of about 400 men. She used a shotgun bought in 1937, becoming the first woman champion in the 69-year history of the meet. Ray Miller led runners-up at 97, with six others tied at 97.
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Mrs.Roose
Ray Miller
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Don Stillings
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Leslie Buckner
Cincinnati
Don Knecht
Arcanum
John Raible
Cleveland
Joe Hiestand
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Hugh McKinley
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Tom Frye
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Ned Lilly
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Maynard Henry
Stengel Looks to Splitters Key to Yankees Pennant Bid
Casey Stengel says splits with rivals are essential as the Yankees face the White Sox in Chicago and prepare for a four game set then Detroit and Cleveland on a western swing. New York won 3-2 in Chicago on Billy Hunter’s inside the park homer in the 10th after dropping the opener 5-3.
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Cleveland
Billy Hunter
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Dick Donovan
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Chico Carresquel
Agganis Hospitalized After Illness
Boston Red Sox first baseman Harry Agganis, recently recovered from pneumonia, was hospitalized in Cambridge Massachusetts after falling ill in Kansas City. He arrived at Boston airport Sunday night and was taken to Sancta Maria Hospital with chest congestion and a cough.
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Boston Red Sox
Kansas City
Frank Carroll Heads Ohio Trapshooting Group
Brecksville gunner Frank Carroll new doubles champion becomes president of the Ohio State Trapshooting Assn. He succeeds Bailey Gary of Pa taskala. Four new directors named Dr. J. M. Briggs Dayton Harvey Roszman Upper Sandusky and Harry Moellen jcamp Columbus.
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