Palazzini Delivers Winning Homer in Bluefield Comeback
Bluefield defeats Pulaski 8-6 as Julie Palazzini hits a three-two pitch over the right-field wall with two on in the eighth inning. Kelly earns his 10th win of the season, lifting Bluefield into a tie for first in the Appalachian league before a road series at Elizabethton.
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Neuhaus
Geier
Don Baity
Baity
Elizabethton
Bristol Twins
Bluefield and Portsmouth Set for Top Amateur Boxing Clash
Bluefield’s top amateur team led by Ernie Perkins faces Portsmouth Golden Gloves contenders Thursday at Ramsey Gym. Main event features Perkins in his weight class with Bill Price, Bill Cataline, and other area standouts. doors open 6:30 P.M. with the bout at 8. Advance tickets available at Angrist Men’s Shop and local venues.
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Bill Cataline
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Baby” Perkins
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Deloss Baker
Purcell Roverts
Lacrmanz Patterson
Buster Shepherd
Dick Crawthers
Pat McGraw
Ted Looney
Grundy
Looney
Angrist Men’s
Buckley's Pharmacy
Welch Beats New River 11 4 In Appalachian League Contest
Narrowa Va June 12 Welch led New River 11 4 after six innings then held on for an 11 4 win. Don Burk relieved in the fifth and earned the victory over Ray La Carter who took the loss. Elias Cherry and teammates produced key RBIs as the Rebels broke open the game with a sixth inning surge.
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Odricks
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McCry
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Biastni
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Ho- MacCray
Biancipi S
Bark
Burkee la Carter
Blackwell Suffers Minor Injury in Dodgers Game
Pitcher Ewell Blackwell left the mound at the start of the eighth with a left back pain after running to first base in the seventh. Doctors reported a nerve twinge, with Blackwell exiting town and expected to be ready for his next mound turn. Cincinnati won the game and then faced Detroit in an exhibition ahead of a road trip.
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Blackwell
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Sam Snead Gifts Ashwood Church an Electric Organ
Sam Snead awarded Ashwood Methodist Church in Hot Springs Virginia an electric organ as a memorial to his parents Henry J. Snead and Laura Douglas Snead. The church pastor Rev William Gardner announced the gift noting it accompanies three new developments including a religious educational building and auditorium renovation.
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Samuel Jackson Snead
Ashwood Methodist Church
Henry J
Laura Douglas Snead
William Gardner
Gardner
Pitchers Needed By Streeter Club Badly
Gackle and Streeter played a four and a half inning game in the Statsman Twin Six League. Gackle won 55 to Streeter 0, after a rough first inning the Gackle club exploded with 20 runs in the second, 25 in the third and six in the fourth.
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N. D
Streeter
Johnson City Cardinals rout Kingsport 15 to 10 in night game
Right hander Gordon Ariss earned the win for Johnson City, blanking Kingsport on two hits over six innings after a high scoring day at J. Fred Johnson Park. Kingsport’s pitching faltered as Hepler and Applegate were touched for 13 earned runs before Ariss closed it out.
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Johnson City Cardinals
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Ariss
Johnson City
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Applegate
Clark
Juon
Schopp
Greene
Wolfe
Stefanich
Connie Mack to throw out first ball at All Star Game
Connie Mack will toss the first ball at the All Star Game at Comiskey Park on July 11 as guest of honor in a be ribboned box. Proceeds go to the pension fund for players. Details include box seats at five dollars, grandstand at three, bleachers at one, with ticket applications via Box 6307 in Chicago.
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Bluefield
Chicago Colleens
Springfield Sallies
Midwest
Belles
Connie Mack
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Comiskey Park
Will Harridge
American League Today
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A. B. Chandler
Ford Frick
Charles Comiskey
Frank Lane
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Sox
Illinois
Baseball Players’ Pension Fund
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Chandler
Parsons Might Not Have Won Auto Race
Parsons suggests he might not have won the 500 mile Indianapolis Memorial Day race if the near full distance had been run. He set speed marks before rain halted the event at 345 miles, with a margin of victory just under three miles.
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Reading
Johnny Parsons
Indianapolis
Parsons
van Nuys
Calif
Musial Regains NL Lead as Batting Race Heats Up
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals sits atop the National League batting race with a .384 average and 37-point edge. Jackie Robinson moves to second with .347, while Duke Snider climbs to third with .344. Slaughter and Stanky pull within reach, and other leaders include Jethroe in runs, Sauer in RBIs, Kiner in home runs, and a tight strikeout race between Spahn and Roberts.
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Musial
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Brooklyn
Johnny Hopp
Pittsburgh
Hopp
Duke Snider
Duke
Enos Slaughter
Cards
Eddie Stanky
Andy Pafko
Chicago
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Giants
St. Louis
Dick Sisler
The
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Cincinnati
Don Mueller
Robinson
Slaughter
Sam Jethroe
Boston Braves
Hank Sauer
Chicago Cubs
Ralph Kiner
Kiner
Sid Gordon
Boston
Snider
Warren Spahn
Robin Roberts
Phils
Spahn
Clarence Podbielan
Jim Konstanty
al Brable
Porterfield Improving And In Good Condition
New York June 12 Porterfield a New York Yankee pitcher with a jaw fracture and concussion after being struck by a pitched ball Thursday is reported improving and in good condition. Publicity chief Arthur Patterson says x-rays will determine exact injuries and no date is set. Don Johnson also has a skin ailment and will not join the western trip.
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Porterfield
Yankee
Arthur Patterson
Yankees
Don Johnson
American League Tonight's Games Summary
New York at Chicago Byrne 7 1 and Cain 2 4. Washington at St Louis Hudson 7 3 Kuzava 1 4 vs Kim 1 3 Fannin 1 3. Philadelphia at Detroit Hooper 15 4 vs Houtteman 6 5. Boston at Cleveland Stubbs 4 1 vs Peller 8 4.
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We Bain
Brooklyn
Volseile
Va Branca
Saigh Cancels Sunday Night Baseball Plan in St Louis
St Louis Cardinal president Fred M. Saigh called off the July 16 Sunday night game with the Brooklyn Dodgers citing a league rule. The decision followed a ruling by National League president Ford Frick and counsel Louis Carroll that the game violated regulations. Rickey had provided visiting-team consent for a prior interpretation.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Fred M. Saigh
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National League
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A. B. Chandler
Carroll
Branch Rickey
Dodgers
Frick and Carroll
Robinson Seeks Title Bout Against Maxim in New York
Ted Brenner says he offers light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim $25 000 to defend his crown against welterweight Ray Robinson. The proposed venue options include Brooklyn's Ebbets Field or Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. Robinson's manager George Gainford has accepted terms. Robinson would receive 20 percent of the net gate in a bout potentially drawing around $250 000.
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International Boxing Club
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Ray Robinson
Brenner
Brooklyn
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Jersey City
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Robinson
George Gainford
Maxim
Gainford
Lamotta
Jake Lamotta
Kell's .381 Average Tops American League
George Kell led the American League batting race with a .381 mark after a six point rise this week. Walt Dropo moved to second at .379 while Hoot Evers and Larry Doby followed, and Boston spread five of the top ten batters. Kell also led in hits and two baggers as Williams headed homers and runs, with Dillinger and Henrich tied for triples, and Byrne undefeated as the top pitcher.
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Phil Rizzuto
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Red Sox
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Vern Stephens
RBI
Philadelphia
Bob Dillinger
Dillinger
Tom Henrich
Tommy Byrne
Allie Reynolds
Texas Favored To Cop NCAA Baseball Crown
Texas opens title defense in the 1950 NCAA tournament as the favorite. The defending champs face Rutgers in the first game at 7 30 p m est, with Wisconsin meeting Colorado A M in the other first round, while Alabama meets Bradley and Tufts faces Washington State in the remaining openers. Texas rode a 14 of 15 run in the SWC with pitchers Murray Wall Charley Gorin and Jim Ehrle, who surrendered only 22 earned runs in conference play.
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Tuffs
Washington State
Murray Wall
Charley Gorin
Jim Ehrle
Athletics For Sale At Right Price But Not This Season
Philadelphia June 12 The Athletics remain for sale at the right price but not this season a club statement said James P Clark head of the Eagles syndicate pursuing the A s sale plans unchanged and says an offer will be studied thoroughly. Connie Mack and family own 58 percent with Shibe interests holding 42 percent plus minor league assets.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
James P. Clark
Philadelphia Eagles
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A’s
Eagles
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Mack
Roy Mack
Connie
Shibe Park
Roy
Earle
Connie, Jr
Shibe
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