Braves End Slump with Seven straight Wins at County Stadium
Milwaukee climbs to second place with an 82 win over Brooklyn as Lew Burdette hurls a complete game and Eddie Mathews belts a record long 485-foot homer. Dodgers' power hitters Campanella and Snider still lead NL by 13 games. Cubs, Mets, and Phils post key wins while Yankees stay two games back in the AL.
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Millers Beat Toledo as Irvin Debuts with 2 Hits
Minneapolis moved three games ahead of Toledo in the American Association as Whitey Konikowski hurled a four hitter to beat the Sox 6-3. Monte Irvin started with the Millers posting a single and double in five trips, while Bill Powell added a two-run single in the ninth.
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No-Hit Victory Sends Austin Legion Over Mason City
Austin American Legion Junior team wins 2-1 at Roosevelt Stadium on eight strikeouts by Bob Mathias. Mason City scores in the second on walks and errors. Austin plates both runs in the seventh with Osbornes double driving in Oliphant and Jepson. Next action vs Albert Lea at Marcusen Park after 6th win in eight starts.
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Des Moines to Host 1956 Women's Western Open
The Women's Western Open golf tournament will be staged at Wakonda Club in Des Moines June 21 to 24, 1956. WWGA officials voted the Des Moines site at a meeting in Madison, noting Wakonda previously hosted in 1944 and Louis Suggs of Sea Island, Ga., was the 1944 winner.
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Raffensberger Signs to Coach and Play for York
Ken Raffensberger, 37, a former major league pitcher, was signed Friday by Baltimore to coach and play for his native York in the Class B Piedmont league.
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Area Teams See Action in Weekend League Games
LeRoy and Dodge Center sit in a 42 record tie in the South Border League as LeRoy hosts Grand Meadow while Stewartville leads with a 7.0 mark. Claremont at Mankato, Kasson at Chatfield, and Stewartville at Dodge Center are among four league matchups, with Ramsey on an open date in Cedar Valley. Albert Lea leads the State Line No 2 and North Central activity includes Lyle away to Rudd and Meyer at Adams.
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Maxwell Cards 137 to Lead Western Golf
Maxwell, a former National Amateur titlist from Odessa Texas, led the Western Oregon championship after 36 holes with 137 as 68 players started the third round in Portland Oregon. Notables included Middlecoff Littler Palmer Snead and Souchak among leaders at 139 140 or 142.
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Mile High Altitude Hampers AAU Stars
Boulder Colorado hosts the national AAU track and field championships where mile high air slows times. After nine finals on Friday Harold Connolly of the Boston Athletic Association set a hammer throw record at 199 feet 8 inches surpassing Bob Backus’s 189 feet 3 inches. Backus placed second with 185 feet 1 inch. Twelve finals remain on the schedule.
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Garner Tops Lyle 9-2 In Exhibition Clash
Garner of Iowa defeated Lyle 9-2 in an exhibition. Benner earned the win for Garner, limiting Lyle to seven hits while Morgan took the loss for Lyle as Morgan, Penning and Perkins surrendered 11 hits.
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Packers and Albert Lea to open two game series this weekend
Austin Packers visit Albert Lea for a two game set beginning tonight at Hayek Park and Sunday at Marcusen Park both games at 8 p.m. Albert Lea sits in second place while Austin remains last in the Southern Minnesota League despite a 3-14 record.
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Two Perfect 100 Birds Lead Central Zone Trapshoot Opener
Bob Allen of Des Moines and Roy Long of Winchester-Western each scored 100 of 100 in class A and the high pro respectively as the ATA Central Zone trapshoot opened at Blooming Prairie Gun Club. Oz Conrad won class B with 99, Frank Thurow 99 in class C, John Wicht 96 in class D. Forester topped the 100 handicap with 97 while Richter tied for second. Trapshooters from six states compete for 10,000 dollars in prizes and 1,000 in trophies with the Central Zone championships and team race on the weekend schedule.
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Duluth
John Dickell
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Waukesha
Merle Stockdale
Ackley
Ray Zwiener
Joe Schreiner
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Kluszewski Finigan Grab All Star Leads
Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati overtook Stan Musial for the NL first base lead by 12 103 votes while Jim Finigan of Kansas City passed George Kell for the AL third base starting spot. Finigan leads Kell 379 588 to 364 243 as voting opened June 10 for the Milwaukee July 12 All Star game.
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Chicago White Sox
Kell
Milwaukee
Flanagan to Meet Andrews in 10-Round Bout in Butte
Butte will host a 10 round welterweight bout July 19 between Del Flanagan of St Paul Minnesota and Al Andrews of Superior Wisconsin. The match is announced by American Legion matchmaker Mel Epstein.
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Chicago Cardinals sign two defensive halfbacks
The Chicago football Cardinals announced the signing of Bill Albrecht from the University of Washington and Herb Oldham from St. Augustine College Raleigh North Carolina as defensive halfbacks.
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Beating Duluth Keeps Eau Claire Top in Northern League
Eau Claire edged Duluth 11-9 to maintain a slim lead over St Cloud and Fargo Moorhead, with Roger Jongewaard driving in seven and belting a grand slam. St Cloud’s farm club beat Superior 9-4 as Horace Stoneham visited. Merlin Beatty earned his 10th win, Fargo Moorhead topped Winnipeg 2-1, and Grand Forks crushed Aberdeen 12-1 behind Dom Maissano’s one-hitter.
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Texas League Scores From Oklahoma City to Shreveport
Oklahoma City beat Dallas 8 to 7, Port Worth 6 over Tulsa 5, Houston defeated San Antonio 4, and Shreveport won 8 to Beaumont 3 in a day of Texas League action.
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Martinez dominates Varona in 10 round welterweight win
Vine Martinez of Paterson New Jersey remains undefeated in his 14th straight win as he outpoints Cuban Chico Varona over 10 rounds in Syracuse New York. Martinez knocked Varona down in the fourth and officials scored a decisive victory for Martinez with scores ranging from 7-3 to 8-1. Martinez said he would be ready for Carmen Basilio after a couple more fights.
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Popovich Named Waynesburg College Head Football Coach
Waynesburg Pennsylvania Augmented by new leader John ny Popovich of Monessen named head football coach succeeding Jack Wiley at Waynesburg College on Friday.
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Yankee Relief Pitcher Finds Stuff Again
Jim Konstanty says his pitching form is returning and he impressed in two relief innings to help the Yankees beat the Indians 2 1 in 10. Konstanty has 11 saves and a 0.88 ERA this season. A Syracuse graduate, he previously pitched for Philadelphia and Cincinnati before joining the Yankees last August.
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Martines Beats Varona In Havana Bout, Outpoints Victor
Vince Martines from Syracuse wins a 15 round decision against Chico Varona in Havana. Martines earns the points edge over Varona in the tough matchup.
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