Lewiston Harness Meet Promises Fast Card Tonight
A star studded Lewiston program features 15 former winners in the seventh event a $500 pace with Frisco Whit facing tough foes. Eight of the eight race trot draws top drivers including Langille Reed and Taylor among many New England names. The double feature includes a $350 trot and a mix of past champions and rising stars at Lewiston Fairgrounds.
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Lewiston
Lewiston Fairgrounds
Tom Kiley
Frisco Whit
Milford, N.H
Lewiston Oval
Ted Taylor
Granite State
al Langille
Corby
Langille
Reed
Jovis Gerry
Old Orchard
Byron
Russell Smith
Brunswick
Bob Ryan
Houston
Joe Hanson
Topham
New Hampshire
Pittsfield
Little Doctor
March Hal
Arch’s Pal
South Windham
Rosecrof
Portland
Loki Ben
Ralph
Waldoboro
Shadydale
Fai
New Brunswick
Westbrook
Maine
Maline
Gorham
Weekend Baseball Schedule Highlighted
Thornton meets Biddeford at Waterhouse Field at 2 p m. St Louis faces Cheverus in Portland at 2 p m. Thornton plays Sanford Monday at 2 p m. St Louis meets Biddeford at Alumni Field Monday at 2 p m. Also noted, Finland has about one third of its 130500 square miles as forest.
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Thornton
Biddeford
Waterhouse Field
St. Louis
Cheverus
Portland
Sanford
Alumni Field
Finland
Greater Portland
Twin City
Westbrook
South Portland
Deering
Stags
Bob Boisse
Dick Dolloff
Tigers
Gillette
Tom Murphy
Johnny iKerry
Loubier
Thornton M
Waterhouse
I & Jie
Creverus
Wat
Yeerine
M. Westbrook
Portland R
Team
Prendergast
Hanson
Sante Welch
Thurlow
Kimbal
Callaha
Driscoll
Tapley
Mourmo Watson
Bagley Murphy
Canta
Wooste Gelbke
Mumford
Sanborn
Cote Cook
Polackwic
Bagley
Brousseau
Bagley Mitchell Lummis
Polackwieh
Bunting comeback and Maine sports memories revive 1940s era
The piece recalls Jesse Burkett and old bunting skills as modern teams lean back to classic touches. It notes Cheverus high School ending Stags unbeaten run with bunts and the Red Sox using bunting to break a 10 game streak, plus Field and Stream fishing tales of Sebago Lake and Lewiston horse racing notes. It highlights Biddeford football under Warner Keaney with a 21 game winning streak and 203 points scored, naming All-State players and the 1946-47 team context, and ends with a brief line about Queen Juliana of the Netherlands being 51 years old.
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Jesse Burkett
Jesse
Cleveland Indians
Jever
Maine
Lewiston-Auburn
Stags
Red Sox
Yesteryear
Field and Stream
Sebago Lake
Burton L. Spiller
Biddeford High
Warner Keaney
Rhode Island
BHS
Tigers
Cheverus
St. Ignatius
Sanford
St. Louis
Joe Cartier
Junior LaFountain
Phil Shaughnessey
Nick Poli
Art Desceteaux
Fred Small
LaFountain
Desceteaux
Small
Poli
Lucien Chenard
Ray Dumas
Gene Gagne
Shaughnessy
Cartier
Bernard Stebbins
Donald Poulin
Teddy Throumoulos
Bill Cosgrove
Marshal Goodwin
Chris Anton
Nick Zagorianakos
Maurice Trask
Ivan Laviene
Bob Butler
Bob Belanger
Ed Kellerher
Neil Serpico
Jack Small
Ted Seymour
Dick Hector
Carl Davis
Keaney
Lewiston
Bailey’s grand slam lifts Reds over Braves in nine
Ed Bailey delivered a two-out grand slam in the ninth, lifting Cincinnati 9-5 past Milwaukee and shrinking the gap to the Braves to a half game. The win tightens the NL race as San Francisco’s lead shrinks after a St Louis loss.
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Associated Press
Ed Bailey
Milwaukee
Braves
Cincinnati
Reds
San Francisco
Jerry Lynch
Bailey
Cardinals
Johnny Antonelli
Ken Boyer
Ron Kline
Lindy McDaniel
Orlando Orge
Dodgers
Glen Hobbie
Wally Moon
Norm Larker
Duke Snider
Stan Williams
Larry Sherry
Associated
Wilhelm
Wilhour
Courtney
Orioles
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Kansas City
Boston
Washington
Sts. Louis
Giants
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Cubs
Yankees
Art Ditmar
Gene Woodling
Marv Breeding
Wilhalm
Roger Maris
Yogi Berra
Russ Kemmerer
White Sox
Billy Pierce
Kemmerer
Luis Aparicio
Sox
Ray Herbert
al Smith
Vic Wertz
Gene Stephens
Frank Malzone
Red Sox
Camilo Pascual
Tom Brewer
Lennie Green
Pete Runnels
Pascual
Skowhegan Lad Tomson Wins Maine Bantam Title in Lane Meet
Skowhegan’s Brian Tomson, Eastern Maine bantam champion, defeated Western Maine’s Raymond Gosselin to claim the Maine State Bantam title at Pas Time lanes. Tomson totaled 316 in three strings after a 125 first, 104 second, and 87 third, finishing with 592 over both halves to Gosselin’s 558. Gosselin had 270 in three strings and 14 bonus pins to Tomson’s 52. Referee Al Paulhus noted no fouls. scores list Gosselin 270 and Thomson 316.
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Brian Tomson
Skowhegan
Maine
Raymond Gosselin
Tomson
Gosselin
al Paulhus
MSBA
R. Gosselin
Thomson
Paret Defeats Jordan To Claim Welterweight Title
In Las Vegas Benny Kid Paret outpointed Don Jordan over 15 rounds to claim the welterweight championship. The upset crowned a new 147-pound ruler as Paret earned the decision amid a crowd of 3,692 and national TV coverage. Jordan’s camp and ex-manager dynamics colored the postfight chatter as promoters weigh a possible rematch and A NBA president Maseroni outlined plans for future title defenses.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Cuba
Benny
Kid) Paret
Don Jordan
Paret
Vederico Thompson
Argentina
Jordan
Mickey Cohen
Thompson
Luis Rodriguez
NBA
Anthony Maseroni
Los Angeles
East Side
Manuel Alvaro
Jackie McCoy
Don Nesseth
Cohen
Mickey
Stella
Rookie Hurtubise Set For Indianapolis 500 Preview
Rookie Jim Hurtubise prepares for the 44th 500 mile race at Indianapolis Speedway after setting a speedway record in qualifying. Eddie Sachs leads the front row with Rodger Ward and Jim Rathmann also in the top seats as Hurtubise will start 23rd amid safety fears and past tragedies.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jim, Hurtubise
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Harlan Fengler
Speedway
Ed Elisian
Dick Rathmann
Elisian
Milwaukee
Hurtubise
Watsons
Eddie Sachs
Allentown
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Burt Lancaster
Audrey Hepburn
Panavision
Jeff Chandler
Jack Palance
Hell
SUN
Tues
Betty Hutton
Cornel Wilde
Dorothy Lamour
James Stewart
Gloria Grahame
Walt Disney
Earth
Wees Riverside
Lloyd Rafnell
Pike
Robert Stark
Cinemae Metrocs Olor
Glenn Ford
Sal Mineo
Sn Lews
Pater
Anchor Theatre
Kennebunk
Dog OF Flanders
Rene Cortes
Philip Mahany
Department of Inland Fisheries of Game
Saco
Peter
al Langille ,Jr
Reinman
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Kennebunk U.S. Rt. 1
Kenneth
Drive-In
Unk, Maine
Samson and Delilah
Terzon
Beas
Kenneth More
Dana Wynter
Rus ‘Son of
Robinhood
David Hedison, June Laverick
City Theatre Dial
Harry Martin
Rieoner
FBI
James Stewart Vera
Warner Bros
Frontier Gun
Gregory Peck
Deborah Kerr
Henry King
Jack Mahoney, Kim Hunter
Money, Women & Guns
Hollywood
Vital Homer
Baltimore
New York
Clint Courtney
Hoyt Wilhelm
Dians
Night Bailey
Ken Mackenzie
Vada Pinson
Mackenzie
Skowhegan Lad
Deering High
Deering High School
Whittierfield
Bowdoin College
Rams
Wells
Deering Aso
Crommsett
Parola
Richardson
Jealous
Stimpson
Cleaves
Harvie
Good
Friend
Panetti
Rounds
Needham
Gillmore
Soule
Sawyer
Dyhrberg
West
Thibeault
Astor
Crommett
Sax
Capp
McPhee
Sample
Strout
Woodbury
Goodspeed
DePietro
Clarridge
S. Adams
Reensdell
D. Adams
Brackett
Falona
Taton
Pattison
Hutchins
DuMauro
Warren
Blane
Goodale
Gilmore
Ward
Menna West
S. Adams Wells
Parker
Nolette
Adams ‘Wells
Pope D
Jim Hurtubise
Wmtw-Tv
Ford, Narragansett and
Camels
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