Dusak's pinch homer rocks pennant chase in Chicago
Elvin Dusak, a rookie outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, belted a three run pinch hit homer in the ninth at Sportsman's Park to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 1 and move within a half game of the leaders. Other results include Boston beating Pittsburgh 10 0 and Philadelphia defeating Cincinnati 2 0.
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Indians Set for All-Star Classic Clash in Indianapolis
The American Association All-Stars chase their sixth straight win facing the Indianapolis Indians before a near capacity 17 000 crowd. Bill Burwell plans to start Glenn Fletcher and Fred Sanford with Nick Cullop guiding the All-Stars. The Tribe just beat St Paul 6 1 to pull even atop the standings as Louisville and Milwaukee won their games.
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Hemphills Buy Morton Home and Duplex From Helds
Griswold Mr. and Mrs. Monte Hemphill, living in the Mrs. Arthur Strickland house, purchased the A. E. Morton home. Morton bought a duplex from Garden Held, recently acquired by Held, where Gerald Haas and the Helds reside. The new owners intend to occupy their purchases.
Dexter Feeds Store To Move Into New Brick Building
A new brick building near completion will house the Guy McGinnis Feed store. The one story structure measures about 70 feet in length and will provide a larger facility for the business.
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Marshalltown to Meet Stuart in Tourney Opener
Adel Ia July 17 The Towns semi pro baseball tourney opens Saturday with Marshalltown facing Stuart in the opener. Sixteen teams compete in a double elimination that will require 29 games to decide the state championship by Aug 4. Pairings announced by State Commissioner Bob Frush.
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Major League Leaders National League Leaders AP Report
The data shows batting leaders Hopp Boston and Walker Brooklyn with a .371 average and 108 hits for Walker. Slaughter St Louis leads RBIs with 70. Musial St Louis 122 hits and 26 doubles. Mize New York 18 homers. Reiser Brooklyn has 21 steals with Haas Cincinnati tied at 13 in steals. Rush Chicago 61 857 ERA and Highley Brooklyn 8 2 -800 record.
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Baseball Leaders and Standings from Around the League
American League batting leaders Vernon Washington and Williams Boston lead with top marks in batting and runs. Williams Boston drives home runs with 26 and Doerr Boston adds 74 RBIs. Stolen bases feature Case Cleveland and Stirnweiss New York. Pitching leaders include Newhouser Detroit 17-8-.850 and Ferriss Boston 13-1 765.
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Tokyo Stadium Renamed for Nile Kinnick
Tokyo Meiji shrine stadium is renamed in honor of Nile Kinnick the late University of Iowa star and 1939 All American halfback killed in a 1943 naval plane crash. The venue, central Honshu’s largest with 25 000 seats, has housed Army track meets during American occupation.
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Des Moines-A State Horseshoe Tourney Planned at Town Fair
A statewide farmers horseshoe pitching tourney is scheduled for the Town state fair with total prizes of 150 dollars. City dwellers and professional pitchers will compete for awards in this event.
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Sale Dates Howe and Briles Auction July 28
Auction notice lists Howe and Briles as sellers with Harley Too Digger and Orient as bidders or items involved. Details indicate sale scheduled for July 28 with participants named.
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Last Night’s Boxing Bouts Show Mixed Results
In Los Angeles John Thomas stopped Arturo Barron in a 137 to 138 bout while In Don Lee defeated Howard Blegh 147 to 149 in Edison Neb. Dom Fantini outpointed Sammy Zellman in Reading Pa. Tony Janko stopped Tony Reno in Brooklyn.
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Reading
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Montreal
Evansville Braves tie for second in Threeleague race
The Evansville Braves moved into a second place tie with Danville after a 7-5 win over Terre Haute as Decatur defeated Danville 11-4. Evansville tallied 13 runs in four innings and totaled 17 hits, while Danville suffered another setback despite a late two-run rally.
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Monona Hurler Blanks Waukon in Prep Tourney
Ken Kuester pitched a nine hitless innings allowing no runs as Monona defeated Waukon 9 to 0 in the prep Iowa high school summer baseball sectional tourney. Duane Brandt of Waverly held Charles City to two hits in a 2 to 0 victory. Final round sectional winners included several teams with scores listed. sectional finals were postponed at Morning Sun Sac City and Slater.
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Tigers and Giants Lead Kittenball Standings At Midseason
The Tigers and Giants each hold four wins and one loss to top the local kittenball league after the first half of the season. Cubs sit third with three wins and two losses, while Cards and Red Sox have two wins and three losses and the Yanks are winless in five. The second half runs from Friday to August 18 with a revised schedule including Cubs vs Yanks, Red Sox vs Giants, Tigers vs Redsox, and other matchups through mid August.
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Removals at Anita Anita-Harvey Scholl Residence
Anita-Harvey Scholl has purchased the E. C. Dorsey residence at Seventh and Walnut streets and will take possession September 1. The Frank Kramer family will move from the place to rooms above the Bowen Variety store and open a cafe shortly after August 1. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Scholl currently reside with his parents.
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Bowen Variety Store
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Mrs. Cecil Scholl to Move to New Home Before Sept 1
Mrs. Cecil Scholl, residing southeast of town, plans to relocate to a new residence prior to September 1.
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