No. 4 Seed Battle in City League Playoffs Tightens Field
Bayshore Motors and Baker's vie for the No 4 spot in the Major City League softball race with decisive Thursday wins. Baker's beat Fran ta 6-2 behind Dietrich and Bergdahl while Bayshore blanked Humble 7-0 as they press the schedule with three games left. Humble remains in the hunt with a favorable trio on deck, and Culpepper, Prince and Franta are in the mix as the final night approaches August 3 featuring Baker's vs Le Payshere and Fran ta vs Service Produce.
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Bayshore Motors
Baker
Ésie
Baker's
Bayshore
Humbie
Bay
Neve
Genehile Bayshore
Plas
Place Service
Prince
Vefcre
le Payshere
Fran
Franta
Service Produce
Diamond One
Humble
Culpepper
Bakers
Bergdahl
Donnie Dietrich
George Wilkerson
Mator
Jerry Witt
Gene Uhr
Prince Buick
U S Quintet Opens Olympic Quest Against Hungary
The United States basketball team opens its Olympic run facing Hungary as it battles for backboard control led by Clyde Lovelette and Bob Kurland. Coach Warren Womble reports the squad in fine shape aside from Dan Pippin's possible leg strain while Bob Mathias pursues a second decathlon gold in London style competition. Russia sits atop unofficial scoring but in a separate group.
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Petersen Heelinki
United States
Bob Mathias
Tulare
Calif
U. S
Clyde Lovelette
Kansas
Bob Kurland
Phillips Oilers
Hungary
Russia
Warren Womble
U.S
Dan Pippin
Caterpillar Diesels
Mathias
London
Jim Bausch
Stanford University
America
Jim Thorpe
Baytown Night Set At Arrowhead Oval Saturday
Promoter Ray Huston announced Baytown Right will race twice weekly at Arrowhead Park Houston with a Saturday night feature. The 93 lap card starts at 8 15 p m and a 35 lap feature headlines the show. Buddy Rackley won Thursday’s feature and Joe Disher won the derby.
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Baytown
Arrowhead Park
Houston
Ray Huston
Huston
Gloria Fisher
Haytown
Arrowhead
Buddy Rackley
Joe Disher
Larsen Fires First Shot in Davis Cup Match With Japan
Southpaw Art Larsen of San Leandro California opens the U S Davis Cup effort against Japan's Jiro Kamemaru in Cincinnati. Vic Seixas meets Atsushi Miyagi in the second singles as Billy Talbert praises the squad's readiness for its first cup since 1990 and Kamemaru hails the Cincinnati courts.
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Cincinnatt. C
Art Larsen
San Léandro
Cal
U. S
Jiro Kamamaru
Larsen
Kamenen
Tokyo
Kamemaru
U. S.S
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Japan
Atsushi Miyagi
Cincinnati
Miyagi
Billy Talbert
Kamamaeru
Tiger Fans Hail Drepo As Possible Successor To Hank Greenberg
New York July 25 Walter Dropo of the Detroit Tigers receives praise as a potential successor to Hank Greenberg after a hot stretch that raises his batting to .300 and brings 16th homer in a 4 2 win over the Senators. Dodgers Giants Cubs Phillies Pirates Braves White Sox Indians active in daily games with notable performances by Kretlow Garcia and Robinson. Silver prices rise as Handy & Harmon notes bullion market movement.
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Carl Lundquist
New York
Tigers
Dropo
Red Sox
Detroit
Greenberg
Big Moose
Moosup
Conn
Indians
Cleveland
Senators
Chicago
Lou Kretlow
Twotter
St.Lours
Browns
Athletics
Dodgers
Giants
Reds
Duke Spider
Cardinals
Braves
Cubs
Phillies
Piraltes
Mike Garcia
Yankees
Joe Tipton
Dale Mitchell
Johnny Esrardino
Tom Morgan
Army
Kretlow
Sammy White
Faye Throneberry
Tiger
Dom DiMaggio
White Sox
Boston
Bubba Church
Andy Seminick
Californians Take Over Western Meet Tennis Drama
California players dominated the Western Junior tennis tour as semifinals approached in Champaign. Second seed Mike Green of Miami Beach beat John Cranston of San Marino to reach the semifinals, while California entrants filled six of eight doubles semifinals. In singles, Billy Cranston of San Marino faced Jon Douglas of Santa Monica after Cranston defeated Johnny Lesch of Los Angeles and Douglas defeated Jota Been of Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Champaign
California
Mike Green
Miami Beach
Fla
John Cranston
San Marino
Caliz
West Coast
Billy Cranston
Jon “Douglas
Santa Monica
Cranston
Johnny Lesch
Los Angeles
Douglas
Jota Been
Sahwree
Okla
Defending Champ Leads Field of 16
Defending champion Tommy Jacobs of Montebello California led a field of 16 hopefuls in the National Junior Amateur golf championship as fourth round play was set for Friday morning. Jacobs won two matches on Thursday, defeating Harry Podane Jr of Indianapolis 3 and 2 and Donald McDougall of Locust Valley 4 and 3, while Brock Stokes of Nashville Tennessee also advanced by beating Francis Poore and Ernie George 1 up and 4 and 2 respectively.
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New -Haven
Conn
Tommy Jacobs
Montebello
Calif
Jacobs
West Coast
Harry Poddné Jr
Indianapolis
Brunson Theater to Host Little League Champions
The Brunson Theater will host Saturday morning kiddie matinee guests from its champion Little League team. Rodger Read and John Baker piloted the minors division title winners after a season-ending victory over Bayshore Motors. Theater manager Rufus Honeycutt praised the team and welcomed them onto the stage.
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Brunson Theater
Brunson
Rodger Read
John Baker
Fighting Bayshore Motors
Brulison
Rufus Honeycutt
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Page Henson
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Manis
Hand
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Wailtten
Frantz
Bayshore Mtrs
So Culpepper
Fed P. Fenelon
Gresham
Sarlton Moore
Shere
Tsperence
Arrowhead Oval
Drepo
Hank Greenberg
Brooklyn
Jackie Robinson
Dodger
Ben Wade
Walt Dropo
Handy & Harman
North Dakota
LR. Stout
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A.R. Stout
Mike
Franssen State Reserve
W. Main
Howard Hardware
Wee Graram
Texas
Supreme Court Commission of Appeals
State Bar OF Texas
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