Braves Power Through NL Lead With Aaron and Mathews
Milwaukee's Hank Aaron leads majors with a .485 average and 49 hits while Eddie Mathews tops the NL with 11 homers and 27 runs as the Braves seize first with a doubleheader sweep over Cincinnati. Contending teams Los Angeles San Francisco and St Louis split series as Pirates Phillies curfew wraps up and several high drama games unfold.
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Milwaukee Braves
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
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Mathews
Milwaukee
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Cincinnati
Don Newcombe
Los Celes
San Francisco
Clem Labine
Labine
Johnny Podres
Berra Sets Record With 148 Straight Errorless Games
New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, 34 on Tuesday, celebrates a new fielding record by playing 148 consecutive games behind the plate without an error. He surpassed Buddy Rosar’s 147 error-free games set 1945–1947, noting strength from Bill Dickey’s coaching and years with the Yankees. He also points to a long list of World Series records and 285 career home runs as a catcher.
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Berra
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Philadelphia Athletics
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Joe DiMaggio
South Portland Ramps Over Biddeford High
South Portland defeated Biddeford 11-2 at Waterhouse Field as Tom Murphy struck out 11, allowed six hits and earned his first win of the season. Jim Greenleaf hit a homer for South Portland, while Biddeford's Graham Small was limited to three retirements as Murphy shut down the Tigers across nine innings.
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Waterhouse Field
South Portland
Tom Murphy
Red Riot
Tiger
Murphy
Bengal
Graham Small
Small
Tigers
Barry Wood
Dan Donnelly
Bernie Cross
Cross
Biddeford
Jim Greenleaf
Dick Hammond
Ernie Blake
Blake
Johnny Perreault
Paul Beaudoin
Mike Clark
Associated Press
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Early Wynn
Sou Ortland
Pao
Chicago
Tte Wap Tah Sox
Paul Chenard
Pierce
Sox
Cleveland
Martyquel
Buba Phillips
Blake Portland
Aening
Wynn
Dumont
Wood
Wright
del Ennis
Clark
Donnelly
Detroit
Jim Peterson
Gonny Dykes
Kansas City Cross
Parsons
Provost
Chenard
Bissell
Houle
Ottes Tarazewich
Portland
Mpires
Hebert
Tardif
Thornton Downs Deering To Hike Lead In League
Thornton academy extended its Telegram league lead to a game and a half by routing second place Deering 11 to 7 at Portland Saturday. Densmore pitched five strong innings before Thornton rallied, building from a 4-1 deficit to tie 5-5, then pulling away with late runs aided by Thornton's four doubles and two triples as Griffith, Kerry and Harriman starred. In the majors, Boston swept Baltimore in a twin bill while Milwaukee, Los Angeles, and St. Louis chased NL leaders and the White Sox feasted on Cleveland, all amid a tight league race splashed with power hitting and key clutch runs.
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Eary Wynn
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Whitey Ford
Norm Siebern
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Baltimore
Don Buddin
Frank Belman
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Newk
Don Mee-! Mahon
Carl Willey
Joe Nuxhall
Rip Repulski
Charlie Neal
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Labine
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Elmer Singleton
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Portland
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Dick Kerry
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Maroon
Thornton
Jim Black
Buddy Marriman
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Jeff Griffith
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Cincinnati
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Excel Averill
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Deering Ab Rhoae Simpson
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Hanson
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Oberg
Morrill
Simpson
Stone
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Kerry
Smore
My. Rand
Conklin Wins Western Maine Bowling Sectional Title
Fourteen year old Charles Conklin captured the Western Maine sectional crown in a junior bowling championship at the Colonial Bowling Academy. Elwell led the rival Elwell with a 877 total while Conklin posted 876. Roy Tibbetts refereed a foul-free event.
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Colonial Bowling Academy
Steve Elwell
Westbrook
Elwell
Conklin
Lee
Roy Tibbetts
Notre Dame Gridiron Faces Veteran Shortage Under Kuharich
Notre Dame coach Joe Kuharich views a veteran gap after spring drills. Freshmen appear likely to join the top 22, with qb Tom Jorling and tackle Joe Carollo among possibles. Injuries to Williams and Lind could limit options while QBs and ends depth remain concerns. Red Mack stars with three touchdowns in the spring game.
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Notre Dame
Tom Jorling
Cincinnati
Joe Carollo
Wy‘andotte
Mich
Nick Buoniconti
Springfield
Mass
George Williams Marshfield
Mike Lind
Chicago
Kuharich
George Izo
Joe Scibelli
Red Mack
Allison Park
Mack
Pocharich
Washington Redskins
Canes
Redskins
Terry Brennan
Twilight Golf League To Start Wednesday
The Biddeford and Saco Country Club twilight golf league opens Wednesday with 48 players, six teams, and tee times from 4 to 6 p m. The six teams include Dr S Polackwich, A Polackwich, H Lamontagne, John Hickey, R Sawteille, and R Lester among others. The schedule features week by week matchups across the six teams.
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Nadeau
E. Monford
R Bestuter
H Watson
A. Polackwich
C. Ball
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J .Kennedy
Erink R. Parser
R. Sawteille
A. Bradford
M. Rosen
I. Rosen
P.shourens
W. Whitworth
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A. Leclair
R. Lester
Dr B. Buzzell
H. Jones
Wm. Cosgrove
D. Polackwich
R. Audet
C Ladd
Don Drysdale Fined For Hitting Willie Mays
SAN FRANCISCO AP Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers was fined 50 by NL President Warren Giles after hitting Willie Mays on the shoulder in the third inning of a Dodgers Giants game. Plate umpire Frank Secory reported Drysdale deliberately threw at Mays to defend his pitching style.
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Willie Mays
Drysdale
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Mays
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Frank Secory
Evenvay
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