Evers Rises to Star Status with Late homer
Detroit slugger Waiter Evers ends Wakefield shadow with a 10th inning homer giving the Tigers a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. Evers adds a triple and single to extend his hitting streak to 18 games and lift Detroit into a half game ahead of the Yankees.
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Stars Shine in Doubleheader Day for Tigers and Red Sox
Yesterday's Stars highlight Hoot Evers of the Tigers who clouted a single, a triple and a 10th inning game-winning homer to beat the Athletics 6-5. Chuck Stubbs of the Red Sox allowed two hits and seven strikeouts as Boston routed Cleveland Indiana 8-1.
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Associated Press
Hoot Evers
Tigers
Detroit
Philadelphia Athletics
Chuck Stubbs
Red Sox
Cleveland Indiana
Wichita Edges Lincoln 6-5 in 14th Inning Thriller
Lincoln blew a three run lead in the ninth inning and fell 6-5 to Wichita in 14 innings. Carl Powis singled in the 14th and Bob Caffery drove in the winner after Bob Balcena tied it with two singles in the ninth. Des Moines and Colorado Springs split a doubleheader, Omaha beat Denver 9-2, and Sioux City swept Pueblo 4-2. Tonight's scheduled games include Omaha at Colorado Springs and Sioux City at Wichita.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Wichita
Athletics
Lefty O'Donnell
Dick Glauman
Jim McFadden
Bob Balcena
Carl Powis
Indians
Bob Caffery
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Omaha
Denver
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Pueblo
Jack Cohan
Bill Miller
Dru Spencer
Paul Schnieders
Connie Juelke
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Pete Grammas
Jim Baumer
Billy Briggs
Musial and Kell Nearly Tie for All Star Popularity
The Musial Kell race tightens as fans vote to start the 1950 All Star Game at Comiskey Park on July 11. Musial leads by 65 in latest returns, 2,704 to 2,639, with Jackie Robinson third and Walter Dropo fourth in early tallies.
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Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
George Kell
Detroit Tigers
Comiskey Park
Musial
Tiger
Kell
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Walter Dropo
Boston Red Sox
Major League Leaders Digest for American and National Leagues
Baseball leaders across the American and National leagues are listed by batting, runs, runs batted in, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, strikeouts, and pitching figures. Notable names include Williams, Kell, Musial, Slaughter, Mize, and Spahn with top marks in various categories. Cut your speed when dusk falls you may save a life.
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Evers
Detroit
Kell
Williams
Boston
Pesky
Stephens
Hita
Zarilla
Henrich
New York
Dillinger
Philadelphia
Doerr
Rosen
Cleveland
Doby
DiMaggio
Reynolds
Lemon
Raschi
Byrne
Stubbs
Musial
St. Louis
Slaughter
Jethroe
Sauer
Chicago
Ennis
Snider
Brooklyn
Robinson
New Mile King Newcombe Mai secures 4 07 7 at LA
USC sophomore Jim Newcombe wins the mile at the A A U district championships in Los Angeles with 4 07 7 the year’s fastest time locally and second in the world. Newcombe becomes the sixth fastest American to run the mile.
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Soph
University of Southern California
Jim Newcombe
Los Angeles
Newcombe
Hockom Stars As B and H Beat Stuart 6 3
Gene Hockom led B and H with a double and a single in three at bats. Stuart errors plagued them as Hoegh and Wedemeier combined for six strikeouts. Audubon is set to meet B and H Thursday evening in the local ballpark.
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Atlantic
Die Hough
Gene Rockom
B & RB
Yadkatop
Stuart
B & Hi
Hockom
Hoegh
Wedmeier
Audubon
Louisville Wins Doubleheader From Blues
The Louisville Colonels swept a doubleheader from Kansas City to close within one game of the league lead. Hederlein drove in three, Chapman two, and Bob Alexander earned his sixth win in the opener. In the nightcap a triple play boosted Louisville to an 8-1 victory as Jack Robinson limited the Blues to seven hits.
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Associated Press
Louisville Colonels
Minneapolis
Millers American Association
Louisville
Kansas City
Minnespolis
Columbus
Hederlein
Funa
Ken Chapman
Bob Alexander
Colones
Jack Robinson
Blues
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
George Extock
Don Daellessandro
Tribe
Toledo
St. Paul
Martin Stuart
Weik Traded for Mickey Vernon by Senators
Washington Senators trade pitcher Dick Weik to the Cleveland Indians for first baseman Mickey Vernon. Vice President Calvin Griffith announced the deal saying both players report to their new clubs tomorrow. Vernon, 32, previously played for Washington before being sent to Cleveland two years ago. Weik, a right hander from Des Moines Illinois, joins the Indians.
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Washington Senators
Dick Weik
Cleveland Indians
Mickey Vernon
Calvin Griffith
Vernon
Cleveland
Weik
Des Moines
Audubon Defeats Bancroft 4-2 On Iowa State Tour
Audubon Cards won 4-2 over Bancroft on a four day road trip in the Iowa State league. They previously beat Mason City 8-5 with Wayne Tjaden earning the win.
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Bancroft
Mason City
Wayne Tjaden
Des Moines
Wounded Vet Aims English Channel Swim Cinderella Man
George Scotty Fraser, a 44 year old Glasgow native and war veteran from Dennisport Massachusetts, plans to swim the English Channel from New York. He seeks to prove swimming’s restorative power to disabled veterans, crediting recovery from a 1944 North Atlantic convoy wound. He now works as an aircraft welder at Otis Air Force Base.
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Maes
George
Scotty) Fraser
Glasgow
New York
Thia Cape Cod Town
Merchant Marine
North Atlantic
Otis Air Force
Major letter winners named from Iowa State college spring baseball
Amez Ken Johnson of Extra Was among 16 major letter winners in baseball at Iowa State college this spring. Charles Fredrickson of Exira received a freshman numeral in baseball. Pedestrians always wear something white when walking the highways at night.
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Ken Johnson
Extra
Iowa State College
Charles Fredrickson
Exira
National League standings and night game results update
Daily baseball standings show Brooklyn and Philadelphia looming in the NL with St Louis and Chicago close behind. Night games featured Boston, Detroit, and New York results while upcoming schedules list Cincinnati at Boston and Chicago at Brooklyn.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
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Three Mile Marks Could Fall in NCAA Meet
The NCAA track championship could see three Americans chase the mile record as Don Gehrmann Jim Newcomb and George Wade prepare at Minneapolis. Gehrmann defends his title while Newcomb eyeing the two mile, Wade wires in the 880 or mile.
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New York
Don Gehrmann
Jim Newcomb
George Wade
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Jim
Gehrmann
Wade
Wisconsin
Newcomb
Southern California
Yale
Louis Zamperini
Bill Hulse
Ames Youth Is Junior Meet
Jews City 4 Den Platt 17 year old Ames golfer won medalist honors in qualifying but was eliminated in the first round of the junior golf tournament to Den Katie of Waterloo with a two over par 72. Platt had a 74 for the round and Ames city champion title holder faced rough wind and soaked greens. Repainting Old Tera cautionary note on toy repairs by well meaning parents risking poison risks for children.
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den Platt
Ames
den Katies
Wateries
Platt
Ames City
Iowa City
Don Platt
Dale Kniss
Waterloo
Iowa
Ames High School
Kaisa
Geo. Clark
Ottumwa
Tom Washburn
Davenport
Russ Meyer
Brass Rolling Mill Opened in Torrington 1834
A small rolling mill was built in Torrington Connecticut in early spring 1834 to roll brass for kettle manufacture using the battery process hammered from metal blanks.
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Connecticut
Cattle feed needs in Gulf region noted for health use
The report states forty head of cattle receive cortisone for an arthritic patient for one day, a note on turning hundreds to old nesting grounds in the U S Gulf seast region. It adds that dry cows require as good a ration as those milking.
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U. S. Gulf
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