Erskine’s No Hit Bid Tops Day of Baseball
Brooklyn pitcher Carl Erskine held the Boston Braves hitless over 5-0 Dodgers win as rain delayed play. A single walk spoiled a perfect game in the third inning, while Erskine shined with six putouts and two catches by Carl Furillo. Other games saw Murry Dickson win with five hits allowed, Hank Edwards homer for Reds, and Cardinals edging Phillies.
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New York
Carl Erskine
Brooklyn
Anderson
Ind
Chicago Cubs
Bruins
Dodger
Charley Robertson
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Willie Ramsdell
Ramsdell
Carl
Erskine
Aliens
Little Murry Dickson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bucs
New York Giants
Giants
Dodgers
Hank Edwards
Sheldon Jones
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Bobby Morgan
Carl Furillo
Ransom Jackson
Hank Sauer
Cubs
Fred Toney
Cincinnati
Detroit
Virgil Trucks
Washington
Pirates
Dickson
Dick Groat
George Metkovich
Babe Pinelli
Metkovich
Dusty Boggess
Wes Westrum
Pinelli
Shantz Wins as A's Split With Chicago in Twinbill
Bobby Shantz earned his 11th straight American League win and 12th of the season as Philadelphia split with Chicago 4-3 and 5-4 while Allie Reynolds blanked Detroit 8-0 in another major league action. Stan Delock delivered relief for the Red Sox in a 2-0 win over the Browns.
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New York
Philadelphia
Bobby Shantz
Athletics
Cage
Allie Reynolds
New York Yankee
Detroit Tigers
Stan Delock
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Aneer
Cate Unses
Lefty's Bar Edges Moose Lodge 5-4 in City League
Lefty's Bar rallied to beat Moose Lodge 5-4 at Athletic Field. A three run fourth gave Lefty's a lead, Moose tied it at four in the fifth, and Roebke drove in Kroening with the deciding run in the seventh.
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Lefty
Bar
Moose Lodge
Athletic Field
Moose
Roebke
Kroening
Sadler and Nichols Reach Western Junior Finals
In St Paul Minnesota two 19 year old Kansas golfers Sam Sadler of Wichita and Donald Nichols of Auburn advanced to the finals of the Western Junior Championship. Sadler beat Russell Schwein 4 and 2 in the morning 18 holes to reach the final while Nichols edged Joe Bolstad Minneapolis 1 up in the semifinals.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Kansas
Sam Sadler
Wichita
Donald Nichols
Auburn
Sadler
Russell Schwein
Glenview
Ill
Nichols
Joe Bolstad
Minneapolis
Austin Aces Game Set Back to Aug 2
The Austin Packer baseball schedule shows the July 31 game against Owatonna moved to Saturday August 2 at Marcusen Park. The change came at the request of the Austin Chamber of Commerce due to Spam Day activities featuring the Hormel Girls on July 31.
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Austin Packer
Emil Scheid
Owatonna
Marcusen Park
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Hormel
Robinson Seeks Two World Titles With Maxim Bout
Sugar Ray Robinson seeks to become the first to hold two titles by defeating light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim at Yankee Stadium Monday night. New York State Athletic Commission President Bob Christenberry weighs a ruling on Robinson's bid, amid expectations of leniency for the extraordinary case. Far from certain, Maxim and Jersey Joe Walcott weigh in, with boxing fans betting 6 to 5 on the favorite and Robinson preparing with light rounds before the big match.
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New York
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joey Maxim
Yankee Stadium
Bob Christenberry
New York State Athletic Commission
Sugar Ray
Robinson
Maxim
N. Y
Jersey Joe Walcott
Cleveland
Jersey Joe
Jack Dempsey
Albert Lea Blasts Mankato 17-2 in Big win
KC Blues beat Indianapolis 10-1 behind Ed Frantz six hits while closing in on Milwaukee in the American Association standings. Bud Hutson hits a 420-foot homer for the Tribe, with Andy Carey and Bill Skowron homering for Kansas City. Charlie Kress drives in five as Columbus topples Minneapolis 7-3. St Paul blanks Toledo 1-0 as Pat McGlothin earns his fourth straight decision.
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Associated Press
Kansas City Blues
Indianapolis
Ed Frantz
Milwaukee
American Association
Blues
Brewers
Louisville Colonels
Frantz
Tribe
Bud Hutson
Andy Carey
Bill Skowron
Kansas City
Charlie Kress
Columbus
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Pat McGlothin
Red Sox silent on big bonus offers to six prospects
Boston reports say the Red Sox handed signed bonuses totaling 476000 to six untested young players. General manager Joe Cronin refused comment saying the club never discusses such matters. Players linked to bonuses include Marty Keough from Pomona, Frank Baumann from St Louis, Edward Arness from Dallas, Jerry Zimmerman from Milwaukee, and college catchers Larry Isbell and Haywood Sullivan.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Cronin
Pomona
Calif
Marty Keough
St. Louis
Frank Baumann
Oregon
Lead Fades as Blues Lose to Bears 4 3
The Eau Claire Bears defeated the Superior Blues 4-3 as Bill Conroy pitched five hits and drove in the decisive run in the eighth inning after the Blues tied the frame with three. Sioux Falls beat Grand Forks 11-7, St. Cloud took 8-2 from Duluth, and Fargo-Moorhead split with Aberdeen.
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Associated Press
Eau Claire Bears
Superior Blues
Bill Conroy
Blues
Sioux Falls
Grand Forks Chiefs
St. Cloud Rox
Duluth Dukes
Fargo-Moorhead
Aberdeen
Pheasants
Republicans Battle Democrats Tonight at Baseball
Washington hosts a 8 p.m. EST game between House members from both parties at Griffith Stadium. The charity match, sponsored by the Washington Evening Star for underprivileged children, features Rep. C. W. Bishop leading the Republicans and Rep. A. S. Herlong captaining the Democrats in a friendly yet pointed rivalry.
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House
Griffith Stadium
Washington Evening Star
Rep
C. W. (Runt
Illinois
Rep. A. S. Herlong
Florida
Cranes Win Narrow Softball Clash Over Hornets
The Native Cranes edged the Harmon Hornets 10 to 9 in a Junior Recreation Softball game at the Athletic field on Wednesday.
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Cranes
Harmon Hornets
One Hitter by Vondrashek Wins for Aces
Owatonna ace George Vondrashek pitched a one hitter as the Aces beat Rochester to split the doubleheader. Charley Berg hit a seventh inning homer for Royal and Vondrashek struck out nine. Albert Lea also blanked Mankato 17 2 behind a 17 hit attack led by Lee Roy Jones and Ernie Davis.
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Packers
Babe Jensen
Mankato
Lee Roy
Stumpy) Jones
Merchants
Ernie Davis
Bob McCabe
George Sprys
Jones
Sprys
Tanley
Les Studener
Gene Kubicki
Rochester
George Vondrashek
Winona
Austin
Waseca
Marcusen Park
Owatonna
Emil Scheid
Packer
Ray Rosenbaum
Braves
AAU Track and Field Meet Opens in Long Beach
Athletes from across the country begin at Memorial Stadium in Long Beach with nine events tonight and 12 tomorrow as they chase AAU titles and Olympic trials eligibility. Top six finishers in the AAU, excluding foreigners and NCAA qualifiers, earn spots for the Los Angeles trials next weekend.
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Calif
Memorial Stadium
AAU
NCAA
Los Angeles
Maxim by Kaye Talbot's Choice Maxim II
New York expects a big clash as Jack Dempsey backs Maxim over Sugar Ray Robinson in the Yankee Stadium bout. The piece argues Maxim can pressure Robinson, slow his punches, and possibly halt the lighter fighter between the 10th and 15th rounds.
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Maxim II
Maxim
Robinson
Dempsey
Sugar Ray
Joe Louis
Harlem Blash
Joey
Musial Tops All-Star Vote
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals leads the All-Star balloting with 243,159 votes in the nationwide count. Dom DiMaggio, Hank Sauer, and Jackie Robinson follow, as fans prepare to cast final selections before the June 27 deadline for the Philadelphia July 8 game.
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Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Dom DiMaggio
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Hank Sauer
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadellphia
Martinez Guiliani to Clash Tonight at Madison Square Garden
New York welterweights Vinnie Martinez of Paterson New Jersey and Sammy Giuliani of Stamford Connecticut meet in a ten round main event at Madison Square Garden. NBC TV and ABC radio will carry the bout at 8 p m. Martinez, 23, stopped Tony Pellone in one at St Nick's May 2 and Giuliani followed by stopping Johnny Williams in five rounds.
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Vinnie Martinez
Paterson
N. J
Sammy Giuliani
Stamford
Conn
Madison Square Garden
NBC
ABC
Martinez
Tony Pellone
St. Nick’s
Giuliani
Johnny Williams
West Virginia Golf Streak Ends as Pitt Beats Home Team
West Virginia University suffered the end of a 17 match home winning streak this spring when Pittsburgh defeated the Mountaineers on their home course. Pittsburgh secured the victory marking a notable upset and snapping WVU’s run.
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West Virginia University
Pittsburgh
Coast League Scores Reported for Seattle Portland Series
In Pacific Coast League action Seattle defeated Portland 6 to 2 while Portland beat Los Angeles 6 to 0. Sacramento routed San Francisco 7 to 0 and Hollywood won 7 to 4 against San Diego.
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Portland
Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Francisco
Hollywood
San Diego
Nagurski and Galento Put Squeeze on Mat Meanies
Bronko Nagurski and Tony Galento dominated a tag match at Marcusen Park staged by VFW Post 1216. Nagurski helped Galento win two out of three over Rob Russell and Tiny Mills, then cleared the ring with body blocks in a riotous postmatch melee.
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Chicago
Camrose
Canada
Rob Russell
Beaumont
Texas
Nagurski
Galento
Mills
Russell
Bill Kuusisto
Nagur
Millie Stafford
Minneapolis
LaVona Harte
Pine Ridge
Ark
Harte
Jack Pesek
Lincoln
Neb
Farmer Don Marlin
Sharpsburg
Marlin
Paul Baillergeon
Pairings Set for State Prep Baseball Test
The state high school baseball tournament at Owatonna June 25 26 27 announced pairings by director Kermit Anderson. St Paul Monroe opens against Eveleth at 2 pm Wednesday, with Austin facing Bricelyn at 4 pm, St Louis Park meeting Melrose at 7:30 pm, and Halstad vs New Ulm at 9 pm. Semifinals Thursday pit afternoon and evening winners in opposite brackets, with the title game Friday at 8 pm.
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Austin
Melrose
New Ulm
Canby
St. Louis Park
Dick Selta
Bricelyn
Odd Mankato
Halstad
Packer Preps
Lyle
Ellendale
Spring Grove
Rawls and Suggs Set for Western Open Semi Final
Betsy Rawls and Louise Suggs meet in the 23rd Women's Western Open semis at Skokie Country Club as 19-year-old amateur battles top pros. Betty Jameson, who beat Patty Berg 5 and 3, advances in the other bracket toward a 12:30 p.m. CST semifinal.
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Chicago
Femme Golf
Skokie Country Club
Betsy Rawls
Austin
Tex
Louise Suggs
Atlanta
Westbrook Sportsmen Care for Pheasants
Westbrook Minnesota sportsmen nurture a 500 bird flock from Madeira. The pheasants, two days old, are raised in Butterfield pens, three weeks in, to be released at about eight weeks old after outdoor housing and care.
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Westbrook
Minnesota
Madeira
Butterfield
Hockey Meeting Set for Rochester
Rochester hosts the Amateur Hockey Association of the U S annual meeting with topics on national tournaments and pee-wee hockey. Scheduled attendee Dr F Kranz of Zurich Switzerland leads discussions as president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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Amateur Hockey Association of the
U. S
Dr. F. Kranz
Zurich
Switzerland
International Ice Hockey Federation
Worsham and Snead Tangle Again in PGA
In Louisville Sam Snead and Lew Worsham opened the PGA with a dramatic first round sudden death match. Worsham edged Snead 69 to 70 after a late putt, reviving a famous playoff memory from five years earlier at St Louis Country Club. Dutch Harrison won the medalist prize with 136, edging rivals including Snead.
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Hugh Fullerton JR
Louisville
Golf World
Sam Snead
Lew Worham
Snead
Worsham
St.Louis Country Club
Sammy
Lew
Ike Grainger
Sam
Dutch Harrison
Harrison
Lloyd Mangrum
Cary Middlecoff
Boxers Hurt Call Off Card After Injuries
Promoter Tony Stecher of Minneapolis cancelled the Marcuson Park fight night after Austin’s Jackie Graves and Corky Gonzales of Denver were unable to fight. Gonzales reopened a cut and Graves faces an indefinite layoff from a right ear injury, forcing him to decline a May June 26 bout and a July 8 rematch with Diego Sosa.
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Jackie Graves
Corky Gonzales
Denver
Colo
Marcuson Park
Tony Stecher
Minneapolis
Stecher
Ray Riley
St. Louis
the Auditorium
Gonzales
Graves
Riley
Austin Atom
Diego Sosa
Miami Beach
Fla
Sosa
Miami
Girl Hurt in Fall at Municipal Pool
Sandra Christianson 17 sustained a lip laceration in a fall at the municipal pool Wednesday night. She received first aid at St Olaf Hospital and was released. Sandra is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Christianson 401 W College. Also notes Preacher Roe won 22 games last season the first Dodger to do so since Kirby Higbe and Whit Wyatt in 1941.
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Municipal Pool
St. Olaf Hospital
Sandra
Leon Christianson
W. College
Preacher Roe
Dodger
Kirby Higbe
Whit Wyatt
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