92 Laps Of Racing Carded At Speedway Tonight
Hunting and Fishing notes from Nolen Thibodaux report rain and good deer food in Kerrville area. May fishing results highlight May winner J W Cole with a six pound bass, B L Watson second with five eight, plus several anglers placing. June bass contest underway with top catches and a Hawaiian Wiggler lure. Croakers and blue cats noted around Trinity Bay, shrimp plentiful but undersized. Salt water picture remains active with abundant croakers and gofftops though trout scarce.
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Nolen Thibodaux
Kerrville
Jim Nelson
Sof
JE. Hylien
A.C. Waldrip
San “Leon
R. Fwiideil
Don's Place
Trinity Bay
C. L
Mrs. Green
Wailisville Road
Turtle Bayou
Leonard Chance
Trinity
Steeplechase On Program At Channelview Speedway Tonight
Ninety two laps of racing are planned with three 12-lap heats followed by an eight-lap Trophy Dash a 15-lap consolation steeplechase and a 25-lap feature. Women’s Powder Puff Derby closes the show and Cecil Elliott eyes a fourth Channelview feature win. Roy Huston confirms the steeplechase will run with top drivers and two-spot feature qualification. The Trophy Dash uses a flying start similar to Indianapolis.
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Channelview Speedway
Inight
Cecil Elliott
Elliott
Channelview
Dri
Roy Huston
Indianepolis
Ball Club For Teen-Agers To Be Formed
Former Oiler manager Clarence Pillow organizes a teen age baseball team in Humble. Eligible players entering high school or with one year left may join with first practice at Humble Ball Park 7:30 pm next Tuesday. The club aims to play St Thomas of Houston next Thursday at Oiler Park. attendees gain summer experience for the Ganders next season.
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Oiler
Clarence Pillow
Humble Ball Park
Pillow
St.Thomas of Houston At & P.m
Oiler Park
Ganders
Underdogs Rise in Memorial Day Sports Parade
NY sports column touts White Sox as underdogs after Memorial Day wins. It compares their grit to racing upsets and cites historical notes from Calumet Farms and classic Derby and Oaks names. Mentions Wallard’s Indy 500 win and Epsom Derby victor Ardé Prince to highlight surprise outcomes.
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Yankees
Rec Sox
Indians
Chicago
Indianapolis
Lee Wallard
Indiana
Wallard
Meuri Rose
Duke Nalon
Johnnie Parson
Epsom Downs
Aredé Prince
Stamper Hame
Sur
Epnsum Downs
Eail
Red Sox
Calumet Farms
Hollswood Park
Blue Ribbon
Calumet
Onei
Lopez
Acorn
White Sox
Black Sox
Joe Jackson
Chick Gandil
Eddie Collins
Buck Weaver
Happy Felsch
All-Star Game Tickets Available for 1953 Texas League
Tickets for the 1953 Texas League all-star game are now on sale through the Houston Baseball Association Box Office. Box Seats are 1.75 and Reserved Seats 1.25. Orders require money orders or cash checks with self addressed return, plus 25 cents registration. The game becomes a North South fixture with North players from Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas Fort Worth and South players from Houston San Antonio Beaumont and Shreveport.
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Janes Houston Baseball Association
Houston i. Ae
Nerih
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Beaumont
Shereveport
Fred Wit Aims at One Mile Record at Travers Island Meet
Fred Wit, fresh from a record two miles, targets the one mile at the New York Athletic Club track meet on Travers Island. Leslie MacMischell holds the event. FBI agent and Providence Memorial Day references appear in the fragmented report.
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New York
Fred Wit
Leslie MacMischell
Summer Cage Leagues Open Next Week In City
Recreation Council sponsor launches summer basketball programs with four team high school and four team senior high leagues. Horace Mann coach George Perkinson to run program. high school games begin Monday night, junior high Friday June 5 at Robert E. Leesy. Blue Devils face Lak ers at 7 30 pm Monday curtain raiser. Globe Walkers vs Mallard at 6 15 pm. Junior high teams Owls Mustangs Bears Steers compete through July 3 4.
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Frank James
George Perkinson
Horace Mann
Robert E. Leesy
Mondar
Blue Devils
Lakers
Globe Walkers
Mallard
Owls
Mustangs
Bears
Steers
Oilers Seek Weekend Wins Over Victoria Rosebuds
The Baytown Oilers aim for a third and fourth straight win this weekend in Victoria after recent successes over Shell and Empire Broom. Manager Red Biggers leads the Oilers against the Victoria Rosebuds at 3:30 pm Sunday, following a 13-3 rout of Empire Nine fueled by 20 Baytown hits.
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Baytown
Shell
Empire Broom
Victoria
Red Biggers
Victoria Rosebuds
At & Sm
Oilers
Houston
Bartown Chip
Empire Nine
Empires
Travis
Nile Kinnick Remembered As All America Captain
A nostalgic sports note honors Nile Kinnick, 1932 Great Iowa captain and All-America leader, who carried Navy virtues into service. The piece recalls his perfect score, devotion shown to family, and his visit to a gravely injured high school player in New York. Ensign Kinnick died eight years ago aboard the USS Lexington. Tomorrow: Jon Gehrig Meets Bobby Lowe.
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Nile Kinnick
Iowa
United States Navy
Al-America
Tallege
Nic Kinnick
Alma
New York
Lexington
Jon Gehrig
Bobby
Standings and Friday results across cities
Standings show Dallas fifth in the west with 31 losses while San Antonio trails at 30 and Beaumont leads in the south. Fort Worth beat Tulsa 6 to 1. Beaumont defeated San Antonio 5 to 0. Friday features multiple league results with Chicago New York and Philadelphia among others posting scores.
Rifle And Pistol Club Outshoots Guardsmen
The Baytown Rifle and Pistol Club defeated the National Guard 590 to 483 last night at the Guard's armory. George Darzee led the Rifle and Pistol team with AS4 points, while Guard's Guy Winstead was runner up with 165.
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Baytown
National Guard
George Darzee
Guy Winstead
Beaumont Roughs Rally in Texas League Chase
United Press reports Beaumont Roughnecks surged toward the Texas League lead with win No 5 in six as Hugh Radcliffe drove a six hit night for Beaumont. Dallas gained on the standings after the Mission loss while Oklahoma City Houston and Shreveport split a doubleheader. Fort Worth beat Tulsa and San Antonio faced Beaumont with standings updates and tonight’s schedule.
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United Press
Beaumont Roughnecks
Roughs
San Antonis Missions
Wito Flictery
Poughnecks
Padres
Hugh Radcliff
Radcliffe
Dallas
Oklahoma Houston
Shrev Sport
Houston
Fort Worth
Tulse
Eb Wilson
Shreveport
Don Otten
Tulsa
Oilers
Oklahoma City
Fare Worth
San Antonio
Beaumont
Byron Nelson Leads Texas PGA With Strong Second Round
Amarillo reports Byron Nelson, the defending champion, moved into a three under par 67 in the Texas PGA Tournament second round at Amarillo Country Club. He leads a 130-man field as wind conditions challenged play. several local Amarillo players and Chick Klein of San Antonio trail.
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Amarillo
Byron Nelson
Isdar
Nelson
Amarillo Country Club
Dick ‘Funner
Jimmy Gamewel
Keith Fowler
Chick Klein
San Antonio
Heison
Texas League Leaders Highlight Top Performers
Leaderboard names Farollo Rutner Creel Kellert Hazie Balcena Evans and Kellert appear with runs and hits tallies. Creel tops hits with 64 while Kellert has 42, Tolson Postolese and Belford also noted. Beers Schaeffer and Stewart lead innings pitched and complete games with notable strikeout totals.
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Abh Farollo
Rutner
Atah. Creel
Kellert
Hazie
Tolson +SA
Postolese
Belford
St? Hazle
Knickerbocker SA
Baleena !Sa
C. Harrington
Sharman
Jd. Dyck
Schaeffer
Stewart
Markell
Henry
Qemes
Turley
US Golfer Knowles Captures French Amateur Crown
American Robert Knowles won the French Amateur Championship at Chantilly France defeating defending champion Henri De La Mare of France. British Amateur Champion Dick Chapman praised Knowles saying he played the best game of his career as the winner secured the title yesterday.
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Chantilly
France
Robert Knowles
Atlantic
Dick Chapman
Bob
Chapman
Knowles
Ti Ming
Henri de la Mare
Fabulous Acapulco Angler's Paradigm and Waters
Ronnie Luster voices a guest column praising Acapulco as an angler’s paradise. The West Mexican coast offers waters home to multitudes of game fish and a sense of sheer enjoyment for visitors seeking sport and scenery.
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Acapulco
Ronnie Luster
Mexico
Curly Kayoe Sails South of Laredo for Acapulco Angling
A garbled travelogue describes a coastal trip near Laredo and Acapulco with references to fishing and scenery. The reader claims authentic experiences, noting varied catches such as pargo and snapper, plus descriptions of boats, brine, and surf breaks amid scattered incoherent details.
Zaharias remembers Babe Didrikson in 1932 Olympic glare
In a 1932 Olympic era reminiscence, Mrs. Zaharias, once famous for beating Babe Didrikson on golf greens and other fields, dismisses male-only events and sports chatter. She recalls records, the shift to women’s golf, and the old morgue-style clippings while noting the course’s beauty after rain.
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Zaharias Ferggets
Babe
Scott Ballle
White Plains, &. Y
George Zaharias
Chicago
Metronic Dlay
Babe Ikson
Zaharias
Patty Berg
Pioroff
Texas
Browns Are Wonders With Garver Hurling
Ned Garver of the Browns, a right hander from Ney Ohio, starred as Cleveland toppled Boston 4 to 0 in a near complete game effort. Garver drove in two runs with a fourth inning single while pitching six hits to halt Boston’s 14 game Red Sox winning streak. The Browns improved with Garver’s steady outing as other majors results included rainouts and scattered NL wins across Cincinnati Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis.
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New York
Ned Garver
Brownies
Browns
Ney
Ohio
Yankee
Red Sox
Garver
Boston
Letty Mickel McDerizot
Vic Raschi
Yankees
Detroit
Tigers
White Sox
Athletics
Cleveland
Senators
Cineinnati
Brooklyn
Cubs
Giants
Pittsburgh
Phillies
Cardinals
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Rein
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Very Bickford
Boston Braves
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