Tigers Rally For 5-4 Win Over A's In 10th
Detroit erased an early three run deficit by scoring in the bottom of the first and again in the eighth with Hoot Evers hitting a three run homer. In the 10th Evers doubled with two out and scored on Johnny Groth's single to seal a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
Tigers
Hoot Evers
Evers
Johnny Groth
Hank Majeski
Philadelphia
Philley
Lopat
Fred Sanford
Sanford
Gordon Goldsberry
Texas Drops Key Sprinters For SWC-Big 7 Meet
Texas withdraws Perry Samuels and Charley Parker from the Kan sas City meet reducing its sprints lineup to seven men. Samuels, SWC 100 yard dash record holder, cites ranch duties. Parker, 220 yard record holder, is sidelined by a leg injury. Coach Clyde Littlefield lists the remaining entrants including Walters, Petrovich, Krames, Marek, Tompkins, Brooks and Whisenant. Don Campbell of Colorado expected to sweep the sprints with Parker and Samuels out.
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University of Texas
Innsas City
Kan
Perry Samuels
Dilley
Texas
Samuels
Charley Parker
Parker
Frank Medina
Los Angeles
Bob Walters
Longhorns
Frank Guess
Clyde Littlefield
Kansas City
Walters
George Petrovich
Clay Krames
Ray Marek
Keith Tompkins
Dick Brooks
Bobby Whisenant
Austin
Big Seven
Don Campbell
Colorado
Southwest
Stonie Cotten
Baylor
Red Brown
Rice
Three Little Boys Start a $100,000 Fire
In Presque Isle Maine three young children aged eight six and four admitted starting a blaze that destroyed the Northern Maine Fair Association property including the race track grandstand judges stand concession booths and fairground buildings. Police officials said the fire caused about 100000 in damage.
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Watson E. Burlock
Northern Maine Fair Association
Burlock
Joseph A. P. Flynn
State
Texas Oklahoma Nines Will Clash
North Texas and southern Oklahoma high school squads meet at Spudder Park in Wichita Falls on Saturday night. Texas fields 20 players, Oklahoma 17. proceeds benefit the YMCA kid baseball program. Coaches are Dick Moss and Preston Watson for Texas, Hal Hilprit and Ray Hogan for Oklahoma. The event expects an overflow crowd of up to 3,000 with Wiley Moore in attendance and local connections highlighted through players Bill Hawthorne and Charles Robertson.
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Oklahoma
YMCA
Texas
Sooners
Hal Hilprit
Altus
Ray Hogan
Friendship
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American Legion
Dick Moss
Preston Watson
Archer City
Texans
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Hardin College
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Wiley Moore
New York Yankees
Hollis
Ohlo
Bill Hawthorne
Nocona
Charles Robertson
Robertson
Donna May Franchise Sale in Robstown Meeting Planned
A public meeting is set for Friday night in Robstown to raise 12,000 dollars to finish buying the Donna franchise in the Class D Rio Grande Valley Baseball League.
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Robstown
Rio Grande Valley Baseball League
Traynor Raps Modern Hitters As Specialists
Pittsburgh June 2 Harold Pie Traylor argues against specialist hitting favoring general ability. The Hall of Famer says players should hit both left and right handed, training from youth to face any pitcher. He cites Waners and Marv Rackley to illustrate timing and adaptation against southpaws.
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Pie) Traylor
Pittsburgh Pirate
Pie
Traynor
Paul
Lloyd
Marv Rackley
Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis
Gonzales Reaches Dutch Open Quarterfinals
Richard Pancho Gonzales of Los Angeles defeated Huub Wilton of Holland 6 3, 6 4 to advance to the quarter finals of the Dutch International Tennis Tournament in Noordwijk on Thursday.
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Gonzales
Noordwijk - ON - the - Sea
Holland
Richard
Pancho) Gonzales
Los Angeles
Huub Wilton
Night Baseball's 66th Birthday Highlights Fort Wayne Debut
Sam Wolf recalled the first night baseball game in Fort Wayne 66 years ago, played by the Methodist College team against Quincy Ill. professionals. The 1910 spectacle used 17 four thousand candlepower lamps, lighting the diamond like midday though many balls were lost. The game ended 19 to 11 for the visitors, the lights donated by Jenny Electric Company proving costly to sustain.
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Laura Etz
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sam Wolf
Quincy
Ill
Jenny Electric Company
Bevens Signs With Houston in Texas League Move
Bevens, former Yankees pitcher, signs with Houston of the Texas League after a brief major league exit. The piece recalls his near no hit bid in the 1947 World Series, Gionfriddo’s dramatic catch, and Lavagetto and Gionfriddo’s later fades from the majors, highlighting fame’s fleeting nature.
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Whitney Martin
New York
Henrich Hits Page Pitches Yankees To Win Over Chisox
The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 12 to 7 on Thursday for their second straight win. Tommy Henrich homered in his first at bat and added a triple, while Joe Page pitched four and one third innings for the win after Ed Lopat faltered.
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Tiger
Ted Gray
Marv Grissom
A's
Houtteman
Henrich
Page
Yankees
Chisox
Chicago
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Joe Page
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Chicago White Sox
Pale Hose
Ed Lopat
New York
Stirnweiss
Rbi Rizzuto
Woodling
Berra
Brown
Krvyhoski
Johnson
Phillips Ib Mapes
Eevee Bauer
Ee Lopat P
Sanford
Ibi Seala
Philley
Appling
Free Hancock
Ene Souchock Michaels
Hancock
Souchock Henrich
Mapes
Gumpert
Lopat
Pieretti
Sanford Page
Uzava
Gettel
Ho—Gumpert
Kuzava
Cotton Will Not Defend British Open Title
Henry Cotton, 42, will not defend his British Open title in the 1949 tournament at Sandwich England July 4 to 8. He withdrew his entry in a cable to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews and is currently in Argentina on business.
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Scotland
Henry Cotton
Sandwich
Eng
Cotton
Royal and Ancient Golf Club
Argentina
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