World Famous Colored Gal Rasslers Headline Bluefield Card
In Bluefield tonight at the auditorium two top colored women contenders for the world title meet in a best two out of three falls bout. Babs Wingo of New Orleans battles Ethel Johnson of Columbus Ohio with a strong supporting card featuring Herby Welch vs Sonny Myers for the Southern junior heavyweight crown and Tony Poudosis of Knoxville against Danno O Shocker of Ireland. Admission remains unchanged.
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Husky
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Eiar
Ethel Johnson
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Ohio
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Herb
Sonny
Mickey Barnes
Herbelch
Sonny Myers
Herbie
Myers-Welch
Mickey
Tony Poudosis
Knoxville
Tenn
Danno O'Shocker
Ireland
Poudosis
Bob Neyland
University of Tennessee
O'Shocker
Tonigh
Majors To Hire Firm To Study Pension Plan
Cleveland June 3 Major league baseball pension plan committee approved hiring Retirement Plans Inc of Cleveland to conduct the study and White Case LLP of New York to provide legal advice. Attending were John Galbreath Hank Greenberg Ralph Kiner and Robin Roberts. Bob Feller attended by invitation.
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Major League Baseball
Pension Plan Committee
Suffolk Downs Daily Double pays $1107 as winners sweep
In East Boston on June 3 Susan's Pet and Swampland won the opening two races at Suffolk Downs and returned a combined daily double payoff of 1107 dollars. Susan's Pet captured the mile and a sixteenth first race with payouts of 64.60 24.20 and 13, while Swampland won the six furlong second with 12.40 7.40 and 5. The American Association features Indianapolis 6 Minneapolis 5, St Paul 3 Louisville 0, and Denver 7 Toledo 1 results.
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Swampland
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Pulaski Phillies Dominate Miners 10-4 in Welch Fight
Lefty Ken Harris hurled seven hits and fanned 12 as the Pulaski Phillies crushed Welch 10-4. Bill Holland homered with three runs batted in and Dan Almeida added a two run shot as Pulaski broke the game open in the third and fourth frames.
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Bill Holland
Dan Almeida
Pulaski Phils
Welch
Phils
Holland
Almeida
Pulaski
Harris
Jeo Ghilardi
Welch Pulaski
Pete Thomson Dominates Deepdale Round Robin Golf
Pete Thomson leads the Deepdale round robin after rounds of 67 68 and 69 to total 22 plus points. Cary Middlecoff and Ted Kroll shot 66s but carded no gain as they faced each other. Mike Souchak Doug Ford Sam Snead Ted Kroll and others follow in the standings with varying plus and minus scores.
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Peter Thomson
America
Deepdale
Melbourne
Cary Middlecoff
Ted Kroll
Thomson
Mike Souchak
Duke University
Doug Ford
Sam Snead
Marty Fourgol
Johnny Palmer
Gene Littler
Middlecoff
Tommy Bolt
Harbert
Bob Rosburg
Shelley Mayfield
Julius Boros
Jackie Burke
Francis
Bo) Wininger
Sperling Wins His Fourth Tilt
The Blue Grays beat Wytheville 3 2 in the opener of a twin bill at Bowen Field to take their third straight. Sperling earned his fourth win in relief after a seventh inning pitching cameo, with key plays including a bunt advancing runners and a scoring single load the bases. Bristol to host a two game series tonight.
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Re R Benner
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Cincinnati
Dale Long
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Gus Bell
Post
Reds
Ben Wade
Harshman Paces Chisox Past Yanks 3-2 in Chicago
Jack Harshman spun nine Yankee hits and drove in the winning run as the Chicago White Sox beat New York 3-2 before 40,020 at Comiskey Park. Mantle homered for NY, while Skowron also went deep for the Yankees. The win left Chicago within a half game of the league-leading Yankees.
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Tigers Rally to Top Orioles 7-2 Behind Homer Storm
Detroit pitchers hold Baltimore to two runs as Homer blasts key offense. Abrams leads Tigers with two RBIs and Garver adds three, while Malmberg and Deising contribute on the mound.
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Most Streams Good For Weekend Angling In WV
West Virginia anglers will find streams generally good for fishing over the weekend per the Conservation Department report. Most streams are clear or low and clear, with some exceptions: Gilmer Harrison Pleasants Ritchie Tyler Wire Wood Lincoln counties show slightly milky water, Cabell County streams mostly clear except the Guyan River listed as black. Tug River in Mingo and Wayne counties reported black while other streams remain normal and clear.
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Baseball and league standings mixed with late results and notes
Ex-Dogface Pro golfer Ted Kroll, a former infantry sergeant, was wounded at times in Italy and France. He also took part in the Anzio beach landing.
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Italy
France
Anzio
Duffers Get Chance to Beat Nation's Best at National Golf Day
In San Francisco on National Golf Day duffers from coast to coast will compare scores against the cards of Ed Furgol and Patty Berg. They will play on the Lake Course at Olympic Country Club June 16-18, with a $1 entry to win medals and aid the Red Cross as thousands are expected to participate.
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Ed Fpurgol
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Olympic Country Club
Red Cross
Olson Says Faster Pace and Focused Tactics for Moore Bout
World middleweight champion Bobo Olson previews his June 22 title bid against Archie Moore at the Polo Grounds. Olson, arriving from San Francisco, plans to move faster to counter Moore’s power and speed a measured pace to tire the challenger, while watching for Moore’s sneaky right hand and hip pocket punches. Sid Flaherty accompanies Olson during a press luncheon at Toots Shor's.
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New York
Toots Shor's
Bobo Olson
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Joey Maxim
Archie Moore
Polo Grounds
San Francisco
Moore
Bobo
Sid Flaherty
Upron
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Oous
Archie
Moore-Olson
Yank To Battle Britain's Slater
Little Joe Conrad of San Antonio Texas promotions to first lieutenant in the U S Air Force and a 5 4 semifinal win over Phil Scrutton set up a final against Alan Slater of Wakefield Yorkshire in the Amateur Golf Championship at St Anne s England Slater beat Joe Carr and Arthur Perowne to reach the final while Patton was eliminated earlier by Scrutton and Don Bisl inghoff fell to Perowne Continental notes say the final tee time is 4 a m BST with Conrad the last American standing in a field of 45 Americans
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Little Joe Conrad
San Antonio
Tex
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Britain
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Milionaire
Phil Scrutton
Alan Slater
Wakefield
Yorkshire
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Scrutton
Billy Joe Patton
Roger Bayliss
Slater
Dale Morey
Jimmy McHale
Joe Carr
Arthur Perowne
Perowne
Don Bislinghoff
Orlando
Fia
Fred Cobb
North Texas State College
Scrutton Shows Crowd Golf In Grand Manner
ST ANNES England June 30 Although he lost to Americas Joe Conrad in the semifinals of the British Amateur today Philip Scrutton showed the galleries how itoy golf in the grand manner Juton immensely wealthy head of a London stevedoring concern uses two caddies one to carry his bag and one to carry the folding chair He's a nervous player who waggles his club and smokes continually as he trails in his match with Conrad he becomes more tense and resorts to the chair and errant play.
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ST. Annes
England
America
Paddy Young Wins Unanimous Decision in Gripping 10 Round Fight
Paddy Young from Greenwich Village defeated Billy McNeece by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in a rugged 10 round bout. Young sustained cuts above both eyes and earned scoring cards of 7-2-1, 7-3, and 6-3-1 while McNeece bleeding from a right eye throughout the final rounds and never went down.
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Billy McNeece
Madison Square Garden
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McNeece
Harold Barnes
Joe Agnello
Albert
Greenwich Village
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Paddy
Deacons Blank Rollins 4-0 For Lead In Playoff
Wake Forest wins 4-0 over Rollins in a district playoff game to lead the best-of-three series for the NCAA finals bid. Jack McGinley pitched seven hits allowed and drove in a run, while Rollins pitcher Art Brophy kept Wake Forest to seven hits. Frank McRae and Tommy Cole contributed key RBIs, and Wake Forest advances to Omaha for the world series.
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Fla
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Rollins
Wake
Forest
Art Brophy
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Tommy Cole
Lynn Holt
Omaha
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Holt
Brophy
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Bishop Coon Hunter Club To Hold Meet
Charles Vaughn announces a special Bishop Coon Hunters Club meeting this evening in the UMW building. All county dog owners are invited and a valuable door prize will be awarded. The club asks catchers of coons to check ears for a Bishop Club tag and return tag with date and place of catch.
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Bishop Coon Hunters Club
UMW
Bishop Club
Cubs Win 4-1 Behind Trio of Home Runs
Chicago Cubs defeat the New York Giants 4-1 on June 3, led by Gene Baker Eddie Miksis and Bob Speake who homered to provide all Cubs runs. Don Mueller added an inside the park homer for the Giants.
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Bob Speake
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Don Mueller
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Speake
Harry ‘Chiti
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Experience Counts Jack Barry Hired as Holy Cross Coach
Former Philadelphia Athletics star Jack Barry has led Holy Cross baseball since 1921, bringing a wealth of major league experience to the college program and shaping its early years.
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Jack Barry
Philadelphia Athletics
Holy Cross
Legion Junior Baseball Card For 55 Season Announced
The Area Six four team American Legion Junior Baseball League released its 1955 schedule with regular season games from June 12 and playoffs starting July 21 at Bowen Field Bluefield. Teams include Bluefield Gary Welch Mullens with post sponsors and coaches named. The winner advances to the Southern Area tournament in Welch July 29 to 31.
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American Legion Junior Baseball League
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