Eagles Prepare for Stephens High Battle at St Louis
Coach Bob Cote of St Louis predicts a rugged game against Stephens High tomorrow night at Alumni Field. Both teams sit at 1-0 after opening wins. Rumford is described as big fast and rugged while St Louis eyes a strong defensive showing and potential aerial plays if needed. The series since 1945 favors Stephens 7-5 with St Louis leading 226 to 163 in points.
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Bob Cote
Stephens High School
St. Louis Alumni Field
Cote
Rumford
Eagles
Edward Little
Stephens
Bangor
St. Louis
Eagle
Paul Therrien
Roger Sevigny
Don Giroux
Pepperell Lane Loop Opens At 20th Century Lanes
Pepperell Manufacturing Company sponsored men's first shift bowling league begins this evening at 6 15 at 20th Century Lanes. Eight five man teams expected in the strong Twin Cities loop with defending champions Pepperell Regular aiming for a second straight crown. Top Biddeford Saco area bowlers join this popular league and prizes await all teams at the season banquet. Participants should arrive fifteen minutes early for rules briefing. committee members Raymond Gendron and Robert Monder announce openings on several rosters.
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Twin Cities
Pepperell
Biddeford-Saco
Pepperell League
Raymond Gendron
Robert Monder
Machen Wins Decision Over Willie Besmanoff
Eddie Machen outpointed Willie Besmanoff over 10 rounds in Portland in a fight that drew boos for lack of action. Machen’s win improves his record to 30-1-1 while Besmanoff drops to 41-16-7. Judging favored Machen 99-94, 99-95 and 100-94 with AP at 99-95. The win sets Machen up for a title shot against Pat McMurtry in the Northwest later this year.
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Ore
Eddie Machen
Willie Besmanoff
Portland Battler
Machen
Pat McMurtry
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Besmanoff
Milwaukee
Dick Wagner
Andy Crabtree
Eddie Volk
Associated Press
Shubert to Produce In London For Raisin in the Sun
John Shubert of the famous Broadway Shubert family appears set to return to production in London. He is expected to collaborate on staging A Raisin in the Sun there. Since uncle Lee Shubert's death in 1953, he has aided his father J. J. Shubert in managing real estate holdings.
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John Shubert
Action
London
Lee
J. J. Shubert
Red Sox Edge Indians On Geiger's Sacrifice
Boston wins 6-5 in the ninth on Gary Geiger sacrifice fly scoring Jim Mahoney from third. Pitcher Nelson Chittum notches the win as Boston posts a comeback against Cleveland, with Mahoney, Malzone, and Runnels keying the late rally before heading to New York for three games with the Yankees.
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al Lopez
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
White Sox
New York
Yankees
Cleveland
Indians
Gary Geiger
Geiger
Jim Mahoney
Frank Mahone
Gary Bell
Jackie Jensen
Malzone
Jerry Casale
Ted Williams
Nall
Pumpsie Green
Miahoney
Williams
Pete Runnels
Gene Stephens
Runnels
Jensen
Nelson Chittum
Ozgale
Marty Keough
Mahoney
Dick Genert
Green
Keough
Sox
Milwaukee Braves chase pennant with crucial Giants game
Milwaukee seeks a two game sweep over San Francisco to deadlock the National League race as Enos Slaughter praises the club and Lew Burdette wins his 21st. Spahn faces Jack Sanford with Burdette already a key factor in the pennant push.
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Milwaukee
San Francisco Giant
Enos Slaughter
Braves
Slaughter
Lew Burdette
Lew
Giants
Warren Spahn
Jack Sanford
Burdette
Maintenance Bowling League Opens Season at Pastime Lanes
Pepperell maintenance bowling league starts with eight teams at Pastime Lanes for a 24 week season. Ted Shevenell posts a 117 single and 324. team records list Team No. 5 leading in total pins with 1,447 and single games 488.
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Pepperell Maintenance
Ted Shevendell
Pepperell Maintenance League
Caviesses Ae
T. Shevenell
Baseball standings and results from Thursday and Friday play
American League standings show Chicago atop with 57 losses and 612 percentage, Cleveland 84 62, New York 74 72, Detroit 72 74, Baltimore 71 75, Kansas City 63 82, Washington 61 85. Thursday results include New York 3 Chicago 1 and Boston 6 Cleveland 5. Friday matchups: Boston at New York, Baltimore at Washington, Detroit at Chicago, Cleveland at Kansas City. National League standings list San Francisco 81 64 and Milwaukee 80 65, Los Angeles 79 66, Pittsburgh 74 72, Cincinnati 72 75. Scores show Milwaukee 2 San Francisco 0, Cincinnati 7 Los Angeles 4, Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 2, Los Angeles at San Francisco.
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Associated Press
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Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Yas Ebes
St Oe i
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Little Lassies Bowling League Registration Saturday
Registration for the Little Lassies bowling league opens Saturday at 9:30 am at the 20th Century lanes. Open to Biddeford and Saco girls aged 9 to 12, no league fee, with over thirty already enrolled. Bring birth certificates. parents invited. Doris and Nick Gillis will give pre league instructions.
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Little Lassies Bowling League
Biddeford and Saco
Biddeford-Saco
20Th Century Lanes
Doris
Nick Gillis
Burns Starts With Bruins On Sunday
Boston Bruins prospect Charlie Burns trains toward a regular role as a penalty killer. Coach Milt Schmidt says Burns shows surprising strength and is a particularly strong skater in early evaluation ahead of Sunday bid.
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Boston
Charlie Burns
Boston Bruins
Milt Schmidt
Schmidt
Bruins Open Preseason With Burns Quiet Confidence
Burns, 23, drafted from Detroit for $20,000 last spring, is described as powerful and able to push back. He will debut for the Boston Bruins Sunday in the preseason exhibition against the Providence Reds.
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Burns
Detroit
Boston
Bruins
Providence Reds
Noted Sulky Driver Dies During Race
Rodney T. Grover, 41, a vice president of the Oxford County Fair Society, collapsed during a sulky race at the Oxford County Fair Grounds yesterday. He toppled from Andrew LYN Brook in the fifth race as reins went slack. He leaves a widow and three children.
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South Paris
Rodney_ T. Grover
Andrew Lynbrook
Oxford County Fair Grounds
Grover
Oxford County Fair Society
Major League Batting and Pitching Leaders of the Season
The season’s top performers include Kuenn Detroit batting .352 with 18 hits and 38 doubles, Kaline .324, runs leader Yost Detroit with 110, Colavito Cleveland 41 homers and Banks Chicago 136 RBIs. Pitching leader Shaw Chicago 16 6 with 15 decisions, Drysdale Los Angeles 228 strikeouts, Face Pittsburgh 17 1.
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Yost
Mantle
New York
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Cleveland
Jensen
Boston
Fox
Chicago
Runnels
Malzone
Williams
Kansas City
Allison
Washington
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Colavito
Killebrew
Aparicio
Shaw
MecLish
Wynn
Aaron
Milwaukee
Cunningham
St. Louis
Pinson
Cincinnati
Mays
San Francisco
Banks
Robinson
Cincinnat
Moon
Los Angeles
Neal
White
Mathews
T. Taylor
Pittsburgh
Antonelli
Drysdale
S. Jones
Prominent Americans Back Ike Khrushchev Talks
Fifty four notable Americans sign an open letter urging the American people to view President Eisenhower's talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev with constructive hope. Signers include Sen. Richard Neuberger Dr. Robert F. Goheen Princeton president John Cowles Norman Thomas Martin Luther King and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Richard Neuberger
D-Ore
Robert F. Goheen
Princeton University
John Cowles
Norman Thomas
Martin Luther King
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Visitor Talks About Church in Washington
The report notes remarks by the son of the secretary of agriculture during a Washington event, detailing church involvement and public engagement. The piece references the family connection and the topic of religious community activity amid national affairs.
Notable World Leaders Ride Home From Beltsville Visit
The son in law of the Soviet premier and Alexei Adzhubei son in law of Nikita Khrushchev shared a Washington bound ride from Beltsville Maryland after visits to the government agricultural station. Reed Benson Ezra Taft Benson's son and the Mormon Church figure were aboard. A new road paving method near Vancouver Canada crushes gravel with salt water to form a smooth dust free surface. The Allegheny Monongahela and Secretary Benson hold an Ohio Rivers meeting in Pittsburgh.
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Mormon Church
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Ezra Taft Benson
Alexei Adzhubei
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Government Agricultural
Vancouver
Canada
Allegheny, Monongahela
Benson
Ohio Rivers
Pittsburgh
Burdette Slashes Giants Lead In pennant race
Lew Burdette pitched a five hit 2-0 win over the Giants, cutting San Francisco’s lead to one game and giving the Braves hope for a first place tie. Spahn was set to face Sanford in the final Braves-Giants meeting as Dodgers dropped 7-4 to Cincinnati.
White Sox Near Flag Seals NL Title Chase at Comiskey Park
Chicago stands on the cusp of clinching the American League pennant with a three game lead over Cleveland as the White Sox bid for their first AL title since 1919. The 52 game margin stays intact after a 3-1 loss to the Yankees, while Cleveland fell 6-5 to Boston. Early Wynn pitched in the sixth as New York surged, and Detroit moved to fourth by beating Baltimore 3-1. In the NL Lew Burdette blanked San Francisco 2-0, shrinking the lead for Milwaukee, with Cincinnati defeating Los Angeles 7-4 and Pittsburgh splitting a doubleheader with Chicago.
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Enos Slaughter
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Giants
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Slaughter
Crandall
Jones
Braves
Vern Law
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Associated Press
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Bobby Richardson
Mickey Mantle
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Hector Lopez
Hank Bauer
Red Sox
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Don Messi
Tom Morgan
Washington
Lew Burdette
Milwaukee Braves
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
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