Johnson City Cardinals Defeat Bluefield Grays 7 5
Johnson City wins a 7 5 game over Bluefield as Gene Swinger closes out with relief pitching. Tomaska started for Bluefield and Hepler recorded 12 strikeouts for Johnson City. Adair returns to the lineup and injures his leg, with Niehaus moving to first base.
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Tenn
Johnson City Cardinals
Bluefield Blue Grays
Gene Swinger
Red Birds
Swinger
Jack Helper
Redbirds
Cusack
Bluefield
Blue Grays
Jll Adair
Carl Hrovath
Herman Niehaus
Evansville
Adair
E—Lebida
Dixon
RBI
Kanavage
Shepherd
Whitener
Clark
Tucker
Canterina
Queen
Dixon and Hathaway
Tomaska
Hepler
So—Tomaska
Wagner
Ho—Tomaska
Sincore
Carter
Cody
City Makes It Two In Row Over Blue Grays With 7-5 Win
The box score notes a 7-5 victory as Charleston defeats the Blue Grays in a tight game at Ramsey Tonight. Charleston pitcher bursts through for a late rally while the Boxers’ offense seals the win in a publicized matchup.
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Blue Grays
Charleston
Ramsey
NFL Draft Scatters Veterans to Defunct AAC Teams
NFL Commissioner Bert Bell announced a league “business deal” giving James Breuil a 25 percent stake in the Cleveland Browns in exchange for three former Buffalo players Rex Bumgardner John Kissel and Abe Gibron. The draft order will follow 1949 finishes with clubs from Baltimore to Philadelphia selecting from the reserve lists of the defunct AAC teams.
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National Football League Today
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Walt Stickel
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Bob Shaw
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Marshall
Chicago
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John Clowes
James Lukens
Washington and Lee
James Bailey
West Virginia State
George Grimes
Virginia
Yankees
Giants
Boston Yanks
Perkins To Meet Ace Of Visitors In Bluefield Shootout
Charleston battles Bluefield this evening at Ramsey auditorium in a long awaited eight man boxing card. Main bout features Manuel Pass versus Ernie Perkins with four area champs and other top fighters on the roster as Charleston invades Bluefield for a high profile amateur bout night.
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Ramsey Auditorium
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King Perk
McComas
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Pass
Martinez
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Pete Ellis
Golden Gloves
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Haywood
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Griff
Lavaranzo Patterson
Luke Appling
Pat McGraw
Buckleys
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Charlie Baker
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War
Don Dry
Waranzo Patterson
Hanna Pitches Today For Weirton In Final
St Marys West Virginia June 2 Jim Hanna the all state athlete will pitch Weirton for a second state school boy baseball crown in a showdown with East Bank’s Elmer Yoakum after a 9-0 season mark. Weirton previously relied on Steve Dishauzi who pitched a no hitter in the first round and two pair of shutouts in the state finals to lift the Cars to an 8-1 title win.
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Parkersburg
Mountain States League Scores Chart
Newport defeats Hazard 2 1 Morristown 7 Pennington Gap 6 Middlesboro 4 Harlan at Big Stone Gap rain game note shows weather impact and tentative result details for the league standings.
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Morristown
Pennington Gap
Middlesboro
Harlan
Big Stone Gap
Locke Wins Spalding Open Golf Tournament
British Open champion Bobby Locke of South Africa won the Spalding Open at Worthing England posting 267 for four rounds on a 6346 yard course to take first prize of 840 dollars. Dai Rees equalled Locke's 64 in the final round to reach 271. Art Clark and Antonio Cerda tied for low totals at 286.
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Huntington
W. Va
Antonio Cerda
Ball Of Lightning Scares Cubs In Chicago Dressing Room
A rain storm that washed out the Cubs Phillies game also sent a ball of lightning through the Cubs dressing room. No one was injured though manager Frankie Frisch and several players were present. Frisch said the lighting blazed through a window and swept across the room and out an open door. Prischk added the incident scared them.
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Prischk
Spencer Takes Medalist Honors In Middle Atlantic Amateur
Wynsol Spencer of Newport News Va won medalist honors at Hot Springs Va in the 49th Middle Atlantic Men's Amateur with a one over par 72 after a late arrival. Jim Wilson and Walter Panowsky each shot 75 to finish tied for second while several others posted 76 and 75.
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Newport News
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Cascades
Jim Wilson
Air Force
Washington
Walter Panowski
Baltimore
Ralph Bogart
Eddie Johnston
George Fulton, Jr
Roanoke
Bobby Brownell
Homestead
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Maurice Glick
Sydney Elliott
Charlottesville
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Glick
William Pollard
Miss Elliott
Virginia
C. G. Quesenberg
Cook
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Mrs. Pollard
Panthers edge Man VFW 5 4 in nine inning win
Sammy Sizemore started for Princeton and earned the win with ten strikeouts and six hits allowed. Princeton hitters collected ten safeties and five runs as they rallied past Man VFW 5 4 at Princeton.
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Coyer
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Hale
Lambert
E’hart
Mendez
Sabo
Dodgers Take National Lead With Postponed Rain Victory
In St Louis on June 2, the Dodgers defeated the Cardinals 8-1 behind homers from Jim Russell Duke Snider and Billy Cox. Don Newcombe allowed five hits as Brooklyn moved into a NL lead. Marty Marion homered for St Louis. Rain delayed play between innings seven and eight.
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Staley
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Stewart
Conlan
White Sox edge Yankees in twelve innings for 6-5 win
Yankees fall 6-5 in 12 innings as Chicago's Ray Scarborough Ed Robinson and Marv Rickert drive all runs. Robinson hits three including the deciding runs in 12th while Raschi pitches for New York and Scarborough goes the distance in a tight late-night tilt.
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Marv Rickert
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Vic Raschi
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Tommy Henrich
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Cliff Mapes
Joe Collins
Gene Woodling
Rickert
Gerry Coleman
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Arborough
E—Paparella
Hubbard
Rommel
Giants rally to edge Reds 7 in ninth inning
Five Cincinnati errors and two passed balls plagued the Reds as the Giants scored two runs in the ninth to prevail 7 6. Willie Ramsdell gave up five Giants hits over 8 2 3 innings in relief, taking the loss. Kennedy Hansen Magne Jones Koslo Westrum Ramsdell Wehmeier appeared for Cincinnati and New York respectively.
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Hansen
Magne
Jones
Koslo
Westrum
Wehmeier
Cin—Wyroste
Imamedetl
Mangrum Opens Narrow Golf Lead At Fort Wayne Open
Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago shot a second straight 67 to lead the $15,000 Fort Wayne open by three strokes at Orchard Ridge Country Club amid windy conditions. Cary Middlecoff dropped to 71 to share second with Ed Oliver, while Joe Kirkwood Jr and Norman Von Nida posted 68s to reach 138, with Marty Furgol and Jim Ferrier at 139 and 140.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Chicago
Mangrum
Orchard Ridge Country Club
Cary Middlecoff
Ormond Beach
Fla
Ed Oliver
Kenne Wash
Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Hollywood
Calif
Norman von Nida
Sydney
Australia
Marty Furgol
Albuquerque
N. M
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Baseball Scores From Yesterday
American League results include Chicago 6 over New York 5 and Boston 11 over Cleveland 5. Detroit 8 and Philadelphia 2 with 5 innings. St Louis 10 over Washington 5 and 9.
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New York
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Baseball doubleheader matchups listed for today
Chicago travels to New York with Wight and Cain facing Sanford and Byrne. Cleveland plays Boston with Garcia against Stobbs. Detroit meets Philadelphia featuring Houtteman against Shantz or Scheib. St. Louis visits Washington with Kretlow opposing Weik.
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New York
Wight
Cain
Sanford
Byrne
Cleveland
Boston
Garcia
Stobbs
Detroit
Philadelphia
Houtteman
Shantz
Scheib
St. Louis
Washington
Kretlow
Weik
National League results highlight emphatic Brooklyn win
Brooklyn routed St. Louis 8 to 1 in a National League game while Pittsburgh defeated Boston 5 to 4 and New York triumphed over Cincinnati 7 to 6. Philadelphia at Chicago postponed by wet grounds.
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St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baseball Matchups Among Teams and Pitchers
Brooklyn Bankhead or Hatten face Lanier, with Boston Sain and Dickson opposing Pittsburgh. New York Hartung or Kramer versus Raffensberger. Philadelphia Church against Chicago Rush. Matches include Brookyln, St. Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh, New York, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago and various pitchers.
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Kramer
Raffensberger
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Chicago
Church
Rush
Baseball scores from three leagues with multiple games
In the Central League Grand Rapids at Charleston rained out while Saginaw beat Muskegon on a train line. Flint defeated Dayton 8 to 4. In the Piedmont League Lynchburg beat Newport News 6 to 0 Roanoke topped Portsmouth 6 to 5 in 13 innings and Norfolk downed Richmond 7 to 3.
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Newport News
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
Richmond
Detroit routs Philadelphia to sweep twin bill in twi night
Detroit outslugged Philadelphia 16 to 5 in the second game to pull within two games of the AL lead as Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers powered a high scoring win. Wertz drove in five runs and Evers homered as Detroit completed the doubleheader sweep before 17,449 fans.
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Detroit
Vic Wertz
Hoot Evers
Red Sox rout Indians 11-5 as Fel ler wildness fuels win
In Boston on June 2, Bob Feller struggled in the first inning leading to a six run cushion for the Red Sox. Ted Williams and Walt Dropo homered for Boston while Al Rosen and Luke Easter hit four baggers for Cleveland in front of 35,473 fans.
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Ted Williams
Walt Dropo
al Rosen
Luke Easter
Indians
Appalachian League Games Tonight
Bristol hosts New River, Bluefield visits Johnson City, Pulaski plays Kingsport, Elizabethton travels to Welch in a set of league matches tonight.
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