Hardwick and Lenthe Atop Tight Appalachian League Pitching
In Welch West Virginia on June 17 Shannon Hardwick pitched a near perfect game as New River defeated Bluefield 3 to 0. Lenthe yielded only a few hits while Poltrock and Demenna delivered key runs breaking a scoreless tie in the second.
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Ry Stubby
Daily Telegraph
Shannon Hardwick
New River
Ed Lenthe
Narrows
Hardwick
Lenthe
Shannon
Poltrock
Se Lenthe
Jack Crosswhite
Crosswhite
Demenna
Tufano
Bluefield Newriver
Abho al Abhor Richards
Bluefield
Newriver
Edick
Weigle
Braves rout Reds as Barrett wins fifth straight
Boston grabs an 11 to 1 victory over Cincinnati behind Red Barrett’s sixth win of the year. Grady Hatton’s homer for Cincinnati provided the Reds’ only run, while Bob Elliott and the Braves offense fueled the lopsided win before 5,417 fans.
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Cincinnati
Boston Braves
Reds
Grady Hatton
Red Barrett
Hatton
Bob Elliott
Braves
Barrett
Kent Peterson
Eddie Erantt
Johnnie Hetki
Everet Lively
Ken Raffensberger
Philadelphia
Boston Busters
M'Hitert
Holmes
Zientara
Ogalan
R.blott
O Miller
Pmickib
Olamannoe
Fh Tae
Poland
Ce Sistias
FeErauttp
Ryan
Hetkip
Lukens
Spall
Totels
Hetki
Raffensberger
Boston
Eae
R—M Cormick
Hoppa Litwhiler
Rowell Memnott
Torgeson
Sisti
Lo— Barrett
Peterson
Erautt
Balk
Lively
Ump
Pinelli
Barlick
Gore
Sam Snead's Open Hopes and Oakmont Echoes
The article reflects on Sam Snead's career and near-misses in majors, noting his Oakmont ties and rivals such as Ben Hogan and Sam Parks Jr. It contrasts Worsham's luck with Parks's home-course comfort and predicts Snead may chase the Open and British Open after recent near-wins and a 30-day setback.
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Lew Worsham
Sam Snead
Snead
Worsham
St. Louis
Sammy
Philadelphia
Sam
Oakmont
Sam Parks, Jr
Parks
Ben Hogan
P.G.A
Paul Runyan
Mele Tops Rookie Of Year Race In Major League Baseball
Sam Mele of the Boston Red Sox leads American League rookie contenders after a strong start. Frank Baumholtz, Bobby Thomson, Earl Torgeson, and Jackie Robinson head a wide National League rookie field. Mele, a former New York university basketball star, hit .321 in 1946 and has solved Cronin’s right field problem on the champion club.
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New York
Sam Mele
Boston Red Sox
Frank Baumholtz
Cincinnati
Bobby Thomson
Earl Torgeson
Boston
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Clint Hartung
New York Giants
Doyle Lade
Chicago
Harry Taylor
Jim Hearn
St. Louis
Frank
Spec) Shea
New York Yankees
Mele
New York University
Scranton
Joe Cronin
Dom DiMaggio
Cronin
Little Professor
Shea
Joe Coleman
Philadelphia
Bob Gillespie
Pred Sanford
Ferris Fain
Philadelphia A
Paul Lehner
St. Louis Brown
Dave Philley
Foley Announces Dates Of 1947 National Amateur Qualifiers
Robert J. Foley of the USGA sectional affairs committee says the 1947 district qualifying trial for the National Amateur will be at Guyan Country Club in Huntington on August 26. The district covers West Virginia eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio with practice allowed August 21 22 and 25 for eligible members. Entries close August 12 and the number of qualifiers is expected to exceed three. The national event runs September 8 to 13 at Pebble Beach Del Monte California.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert J. Foley
U.S. Golf Association
Guyan Country Club
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
USGA
Foley
Pebble Beach
del Mo Country Club
del Monte
Calif
Billy Campbell
Jack Hoblitzell
Parkersburg
Lee B. Peterson, Jr
Weirton
Hogan Prepares To Defend PGA Title At Plum Hollow
Ben Hogan the 135 pound Hershey Pennsylvania golfer arrives at Plum Hollow Golf Course Detroit to defend the PGA Championship with limited knowledge of the 6922 yard layout He will face a demanding test with new greens and long holes while Dick Metz praises the challenging course and demands precise shots.
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Detroit
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Plum Hollow
Hogan
Porky) Oliver
Wilmington
Del
Ore
Plum _ Hollow
Metz
Feather Champ Pep Wins An Easy One
World featherweight champion Willie Pep, back from injuries from a January plane crash, easily outpointed Victor Flores of Mexico City in Hartford. Referee Louis Kaplan scored Pep 50 to 33, knocking Flores down twice and winning all ten rounds for Pep in a non-title bout.
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Hartford
Conn
Willie Pep
Victor Flores
Mexico City
Louis “Kid” Kaplan
Pep
Flores
New Jersey
Kramer Picks to Win British Singles Tourney
Wimbledon seedings name Jack Kramer United States No. 1 seed for the men’s singles with Tom Brown and Bob Falkenburg seeded behind him. John Bromwich tops the Australians in the draw as reigning champ Yvon Petra sits seventh amid surprise placements.
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London
Jack Kramer
United States
Jaroslav Drobny
Kramer
Tom Brown
Bob Falkenburg
Falkenbureg
Australia
John Bromwich
Fouth
Dinny Pails
Geoff Brown
Drobny
Yvon Petra
Bromwich
Paris
Margaret Osborne
Louise Brough
Doris Hart
Patricia Todd
Nancye Wynne Bolton
Britain
Kay Stammers Menzies
South Africa
Sheila Summers
Jean Bostwick
Southern Association scores from Birmingham to New Orleans
Baseball results list shows Birmingham 9 Chattenooge 4 Atlanta 10 Nashville 6 11 Mobile 10 Memphis 4 New Orleans 15 Little Rock 10. Standings and game details not provided.
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Southern Association
Birmingham
Chattenooge
Atlanta
Nashville
Mobile
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Rock
Piedmont League Norfolkk and Portamouth clash ends 5 3
In a Piedmont League matchup Norfolk wins 5 to 3 over Portamouth as News 3 Roanoke reports the result and scoring details for the local league standings.
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Norfolkk
Portamouth
Roanoke
Thirty-Six Qualify For Governor's Golf Tourney At Club
Thirty six golfers qualified for the governor s cup handicap golf tournament at Bluefield Country Club. Dr J C Buckley and L C Fowlkes Jr tied for low qualifying with 65 nets. Tournament director Rocky Schorr said interest grew due to new players and matches to be arranged mainly on Saturday or Sunday with a firm deadline of June 22.
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Bluefield Country Club
J. C. Buckley
L. C. Fowlkes, Jr
Rocky Schorr
Ie R. H. Mitchell
W. T. Pr Vititeme
Duc Lazenby
Ralph Bratton
R. O. Lawrence
Judge Manger
George Mann
Roy Fades, Sr
G. H. Foresman
J. P. Lacy
W. Kaylor
Gil Meem
Ken Pierpont
Minor Lewis
C. Rogers
L. C. Fowlkes
R. R. Stuart
J. M. Claytor
Pete Murray
John Gott
R. B. Williamson
H. M. Noel
C. A. Joyce
Elliott Ad
Bey
H. D. Anderson
W. Watkes
Pin Reman
L. J. Sou- Ner-Jiea McMullin
Vandeweche Returns To William and Mary As Coach
Former William and Mary star Al Vandeweche will rejoin his alma mater as an assistant coach. Athletic Director R N McCray announced he will report July 1, joining the Indians as a staff addition rather than a replacement for Richard Gallagher who resigned to coach with the Cleveland Browns in the All-America conference.
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Williamsburg
al Vandeweche
College of William and Mary
R N. (Rube) McCray
McCray
Vanderweghe
Buffalo
Indians
Vandeweghe
Teaneck
N. J
William and Mary
Richard F
Dick) Gallagher
Gallagher
Cleveland Browns
Improvements Planned For Laurel Park
Laurel Park in Baltimore will debut a new tracing strip when the 25 day fall meet begins October 1. The Maryland Jockey Club owns Laurel, and president Henry A Parr Jr says drainage improvements and a better banking and soil layout will follow the Pimlico purchase. Delaware Park supervisor Clark Pardee will assist in rebuilding the Laurel oval.
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Baltimore
Laurel Park
Washington-Baltimore Boulevard
Maryland Jockey Club
Pimlico
Laurel
Henry A. Parr
Delaware Park
Clark Pardee
Dodgers option Chandler and Rackley to farm clubs
Brooklyn rookies Ed Chandler and Marv Rackley were optioned to Fort Worth Texas League and St Paul American Association with 24 hour recall. Ed Head moved from Fort Worth to St Paul in an outright sale.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Ed Chandler
Marv Rackley
Chandler
Fort Worth
Rackley
St. Paul
Dodgers
Ed Head
Yale Harvard Resume Crew Rivalry On Thames
New London Conn June 17 Yale and Harvard renew their four mile river race on the Thames with Harvard favored after a strong sprint season. The Crimson already beat Yale at Princeton 2000 meters and defeated Cornell to win the eastern sprint title, while Yale seeks revenge after an earlier Lake Cayuga setback.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames River
Cornell
Princeton
Crimson
Squared
Lake Cayuga
Appalachian League Games Tonight
Johnson City faces Bristol as Kingsport meets Elizabethton Pulaski plays Welch and Bluefield clashes with New River in Appalachian League action tonight.
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Johnson City
Bristol
Kingsport
Elizabethton
Pulaski
Welch
Bluefield
New River
New Iver
Pulaski Bluefield Ars
Elizabethton Veer
Ton
Baseball Scores and Tonight's Pitching Matchups
Yesterday results show Boston 6 St Louis 5 Cleveland 5 Washington 3 Philadelphia 5 Detroit 2. Tonight Chicago faces New York Lopat against Bevens. Louis at Boston Kinder against Harris. Cleveland at night Em sbee against Hudson. Detroit at Philadelphia Butch inson against Bavegs 3.
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Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
New York
Lopat
Bevens
Louis
Kinder
Harris
Emsbee
Hudsontroit
Philadelphie
Butchinson
Mvs
Washington Ry
Sane Ee
Brooklyn
St Louis
Cincinnat
Ittsburgh
Enaqaoaanegenas
Red Sox extend win streak with 6 5 victory over Browns
Boston wins seventh in a row 6-5 as Dave Ferriss overcomes early jitters and Les Moss hits a three run homer. St Louis’s Johnny Berardino leaves early with a possible arm fracture after a pitch injury.
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Boston Red Sox
Bunkerhill
St. Louis Browns
Sox
Dave Ferriss
Brownie
Les Moss
Sam Mele
Moss
Mele
St. Louis
Johnny Berardino
Ferriss
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Williams
Stephens
Doerr
Witte
O Jones
Tebbettsc
Scheib Rows Cast as A's Top Tigers 5-2 in Philly
Carl Scheib pitched his second complete game in organized baseball tonight to defeat Detroit 5-2 before 24 261 at Philadelphia. The A's rallied in the seventh after trailing 2-1, getting four runs off Al Benton with a walk to Majeski and a double by Vale sparking the burst, while Scheib and his defense held Detroit to five hits.
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Philadelphia
Carl ‘Scheib
Jtonight
Rae Tigers
Achelb
al Benton
Mackmen
Tigers
Buddy Rosar
A’s
Benton
Hank Majeski
Scheib
Eddie Joose
Barney McCosky
Elmer Vale
Sam Chapman
Suder
Swift
Majeski
Schieb
Cramer
Etroit Detroit
R—Mullin
Kell
McCosky
Yale
Rbi
Cullenbine
Chapman
Wertz
Adams
Joost
Detroit
Benton Scheib
So—Schieb
H —Benton
Hp— Schieb
Evers
Rosar
UMP
Paparella
Summers and Rue
National League GAMES PITCHERS TODAY
National League games feature Koslo facing Sewell in Pittsburgh, Branca meeting Borowy in Chicago, Judd opposing Breecheen in St Louis, and Wright dueling Blackwell as Boston hosts Cincinnati. Scores listed include Boston 12 Cincinnati 1 and St Louis 7 Philadelphia 6.
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Pittsburgh
Koslo
Sewell
Brooklyn
Chicago
Branca
Borowy
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Judd
Breecheen
Boston
Cincinnati
Wright
Blackwell
Harrick resigns at West Virginia Tech for WVU post
Steve Harrick quit today as head coach and physical education director at West Virginia Tech. The move is seen as a precursor to his appointment to the West Virginia University physical education staff in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Steve Harrick
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia University
Harrick
Pro Lawn Tennis Championship Sees Riggs and Budge Advance
Forest Hills headlines show defending champion Bobby Riggs defeating Lloyd Budge in straight sets 6 1 6 3 6 3 as Don Budge and others push through rounds. Kovacs turns back Richard Van Den Bosch 6 8 6 0 to reach later stages amid top seeds.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Bobby Riggs
Don Budge
Frankie Kovacs
Fred Perry
Pps
Riggs
Lloyd Budge
Montclair
N. J
Don
Bill Weissback
Kovacs
Richard van
den Bosch
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