Braves Take NL Lead With 6 5 4 2 Wins Over Giants
The Boston Braves swept a doubleheader from the New York Giants 6-5 and 4-2 to seize the National League lead before 33,402 fans. Johnny Antonelli, a 19 year old with a $60 000 bonus, earned his first major league win in the nightcap. Del Ennis and Andy Seminick homered for Philadelphia as they beat Brooklyn 4-2 to take a third straight from the Dodgers. Duke Snider homered for Brooklyn.
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Texas League Standings And Recent Results
Dallas leads the Texas League with a .889 record at 16 wins and 0 losses while Beaumont sits at 7 9 .438. San Antonio 13 6 .684 and Shreveport 10 5 .667 pace the circuit. Sunday's scores include San Antonio 2 Dallas 6 Shreveport 6 Oklahoma City 5 Houston 3 Fort Worth 2 Beaumont 12 Tulsa 5. Monday matches: Fort Worth at Houston Oklahoma City at Shreveport Tulsa at Beaumont Dallas at San Antonio.
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Texarkana Nine Drop Close Pair in Austin Doubleheader
Austin edges Texarkana 3-2 in 9 innings to sweep a twinbill, then won 4-2 in game one. Dinty Moore aims for five straight as Texarkana's Leonard opposes. Godfrey and Stenborg pitched for Austin. Archibald, Hyatt, and Errante featured offensively for Texarkana.
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Texas, Baylor, and Texas A M battle for SWC title
The Southwest Conference race narrows to a three way scramble as Texas, Baylor, and Texas A M chase the lead. Texas holds seven wins and two losses while Texas A M and Baylor both have five wins and three losses after recent setbacks.
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Pirates Edge Wichita Falls in doubleheader thriller
In Waco and Wichita Falls, crowds of about 1 800 watched a split doubleheader. Waco held off Wichita Falls 9 8 after erasing a four run lead. Wichita Falls then beat Don Weber 7 5 in the nightcap as Jim Dykes homered twice and Skip Baas collected six hits in eight plate appearances.
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Pirates Knocks Reds From Lead In Doubleheader Split
In Cincinnati on May 1 the Pirates and Reds split a doubleheader. Pittsburgh won the opener 10 4, breaking the Reds lead. Cincinnati captured the nightcap 5 2 in a rain delayed game.
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Athletics sweep pair from Senators in doubleheader
Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington in both games of a Sunday doubleheader. In the opener the A's won 15-9 as Elmer Vale hit two bases loaded triples and drove in seven runs. In the second game Hank Majeski and Mike Guerra homered as Philadelphia took a 7-3 victory behind reliever Joe Coleman.
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White Sox sweep doubleheader in slugfest wins
Chicago White Sox outslugged the St. Louis Browns 7-6 and 14-11 to take both halves of a Sunday double header, totaling 29 hits against nine Browns pitchers in a high scoring day observed by 10 45 am. In Chicago the Cardinals defeated the Cubs 8-3 as Brecheen held 13 hits to back a 15 hit attack.
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Red Sox blast Yankees 11-2 as Parnell wins again
Johnny Pesky Vern Stephens and Ted Williams homer to spark Boston's 11-2 win over New York in eight innings as Mel Parnell improves to 3-0. Williams hits a grand slam in the sixth and Boston backs him with 14 hits before 54,328 at Yankee Stadium.
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Wakefield Blast Stuns Indians With Three-Run Homer
Dick Wakefield hit a three-run homer in the first as the Detroit Tigers edged the Cleveland Indians 3-2. Bob Lemon allowed three runs on eight hits in defeat while Hal Newhouser earned the win.
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Texas League Results From Port Worth To Shreveport
Texas League scores show Beaumont toppling Port Worth 12 to 5 with Byerly Polivka and Williams on the mound for Beaumont. San Antonio defeated Dallas 20 to 2 as Finger Appleton and Rice combined for the win. Oklahoma City beat Shreveport 6 to 5 with Reis Murray and Sooter handling the pitching duties.
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Bolanos Wins Technical Knockout Over Kid Filipino
Enriquez Bolanos defeated Kid Filipino by technical knockout in the fourth round of a scheduled 10 round bout before about 3,000 fans in the bullring at Nogales Sonora Mexico on Sunday night.
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