Boston Voiselle Two Wins Over Cubs Keep Braves Lead
The Boston Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 9-6 and 8-7 in a doubleheader to reclaim the National League lead, pulling eight percentage points ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Voiselle earned two decisions, and Chicago’s offense briefly surged to a 5-0 lead in game one before Boston rallied in both contests.
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Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Tribe
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Braves
Pirates
Bill Voiselie
Chicago
Cubs Hos
Warren Spahn
Jess Dobernic
Bill Saikeld
Sesson
Chiicago
Spahn
Indians Sink Or Swim In Flag Race With Bob Feller
Indians edge Cincinnati 6 to 4 in a flag race as Fox, Hatten and Ramadell lead pitching and hitting. Fox 5. Hatten 3 hits. Ramadell 1. Hires: Hodges PR, Hatten the losing pitcher. Umpires Jorda. Attendance 334. New York, June 17. Pirates rally to beat Giants 9–8 as Mize Rigney Thomson Marshall homer in a light bat day. Jansen loses. Lombardi wins in relief. Score 9-8. Pittsburgh 9, New York 8. Adam McCarthy.
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Stallcup
Young
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
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Hatten
Palica
Ramedell
Lo—Fox
Pali
Ramsdell
Ramadell
Pr—Hodges
UMP
Jorda
Robb
Finelli
New York
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
New Yorkers
Pittsburgh
Johnny Mize
Bill Rigney
Ihis
Bobby Thomson
Willard Marshall
Larry Jansen
Sheldon Jones
Bob Newsom
Jones
Vic Lombardi
Elmer Singleton
Kirby Higbe
Giants
Rigney
Gustine
Lockman
Ropp
Homsone
Kiner
Mize
Wettker
iKerr
Um‘bardip
Singleton
Pansen
P Newsom
Kmeccarthy
Lombardi
Newsome
Kerr
Thomlson
Rojek
Hopp
Marshall
Stevens
Murtaugh
McCarthy
Layton
Marshall Murtaugh
Rig
Mone
Higbe
Jansen
Poat
Henline
Stewart and Bogges
Head’s comeback bid in Three Rivers aims for Dodgers call
Ed Head, once Dodgers ace with a no-hit 1946 Braves game, pitches weekly for Three Rivers Que. Royals in the Canadian American league to test his ailing right arm. He plans to report to Branch Rickey as soon as he can throw pain free, hoping for another major league chance.
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Ed Head
Three Rivers
Royals
Head
Branch Rickey
Edward Marvin Head
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Rickey
West Monroe
Braves
St. Paul
Ed Head’s determined comeback after a two arm switch
Ed Head, a former left handed pitcher who broke his arm at 13 and shifted to right hand, pursued a long baseball career pieced with various teams and contracts. He played for Camp Hood Texas as a soldier manager and outfielder from July 1944 to November 1945 and hoped to return as pitcher or manager while owning a farm in West Monroe and a bungalow. He recalls wins and losses across Abbeville Evangeline league 19 8 40 Elmira 12 7 and Montreal 18 8 42 with Brooklyn stints 1 2 41 9 10 44 4 3 46 4 2. He dreams of returning to the big leagues amid a life focused on family and baseball.
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Abbeville
Evangeline League
Elmira Eastern
Brooklyn
Montreal
International
Camp Hood
Texas
Ead
Flatbush
West Monroe
Johnnie This Zee Eddie, Jr
John Rickey Dean
Ouachin High
Ed’ Head
Rome
Oneonta
Gloversville
N. Y
Fishermen Hopeful For Bass And Frog Opening Week
Charleston dispatch reports the West Virginia conservation commission says bass waters are well stocked and frogs are abundant this season. Bass season opens at 12 01 a m EST Saturday and runs to November 30 while frog season runs to June 26. Some counties remain closed to frog hunting on banks, buyers may fish from opposite shores if their county is open. Closed counties include Brooke Doddridge Hancock Hardy Harrison Jackson Lewis Lincoln Logan Marion Marshall Mineral Ohio Pleasants Randolph Taylor Tyler Wayne and Webster.
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W. Va
Conservation Commission
Commission
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Doddridge
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mineral
Ohio
Pleasants
Randolph, Taylor, Tyler
Wayne
Wee Counties
Jersey Joe Passes Physical Examination
Jersey Joe Walcott passed a routine physical examination with flying colors at Grenloch New Jersey and then did five drill rounds in a modest workout ahead of Wednesday's title bout at Yankee Stadium with Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. He weighed 197 pounds, up from 194 on December 5, 1941 when he lost a disputed decision to Louis. Louis and Walcott were in equally good condition per Dr Vincent Nardiello who examined them at Pompton Lakes.
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Grenloch
N. J
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis
Walcott
Vincent Nardiello
New York Athletic Commission
Pompton Lakes
Feller Struggles As Indians rally Around Ace
Cleveland minds the pennant race as Lou Boudreau backs Bob Feller, who has won only five games this season. He will start Sunday against Philadelphia and rotate every fourth day. Experts suspect pressure and grip on the ball, while Muddy Ruel and trainer Max Weisman weigh causes and urge rest and calm to restore form.
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Feller
Boudreau
Philadelphia
Herold
Muddy) Ruel
Indians
Ruel
Bob
Browns
Max Weisman
Legion Junior Race Sets 52 Teams State Draws
West Virginia hosts 52 teams in a phased elimination for the junior American Legion baseball title. Areas will determine champions by regular schedules or other methods, with double elimination until two-out-of-three finals. Playoffs run Aug 1 to Aug 15, champion by Aug 15. area brackets defined from Wheeling to Charleston. Gene McDonough chairs the committee with Frank Securo and Roy Elkin as members.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Amon
Wheeling
Chester
New Marinsville
Moundsville
Morgantown
Kingwoods Fairmont
Elkins
Graton
Clarksburg
Alexander
Jane Lew
Salem
Weston
Glenville
Parkersburg
St. Marys
Sisters
Hansford
Poiice
South Charleston
Whitesville
Belle and
St. Albans
the Legion
Gene McDonough
Frank Seccuro
Fairmont
Roy Elkin
Beckley
Jockeys Call Things Off At Charles Town
Jockeys quit racing at Charlestown after a fatal waterlogged track incident. Rendova collided with the fence, Ed Kratz sprained an ankle, and other riders crashed into the mud with multiple falls. Club president A. J. Boyle ordered track tractors to work the mire and predicted a return tomorrow.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Charlestown Jockey Club
Rendova
Ed Kratz
Clarence Wright
Sam Palumbo
A. J. Boyle
Laura Lou Jahn Beats Defending Champion In Tennis Match
Laura Lou Jahn a 15 year old Coral Gables Florida girl upset defending champion Baba Lewis of Tulsa Oklahoma 10 8 6 4 in the Heart of America tournament third women s singles match Jahn who lost to Mrs Lewis in last year s final and in Tulsa state meet by identical scores 6 0 6 1 outstroked her favored opponent all the way to day Bet results at Kansas City June 17.
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Laura Lou Jahn
Kansas City
Coral Gables
Fla
Baba Lewis
Tulsa
Okla
Miss John
Mrs. Lewis
Red Sox top Indians as DiMaggio HR seals 8-6 win
Boston thwarts the league-leading Indians 8-6 to sweep the three-game set. Dom DiMaggio belted a sixth-inning homer to break a 6-6 tie, while Lefty Johnson allowed one run in relief. Don Black faltered for Cleveland early as Boston collected three first-inning runs.
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Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Tribe
Dom DiMaggio
Sox
Don Black
Boston
Johnny Pesky
Ted Williams
Pesky
Stan Spence
Black
Vern Stephens
Bobby Doerr
Bill Goodman
Williams
Steve Gromek
Birdie Tebbetts
Earl Johnson
Denny Galehouse
Johnson
Indians
Doerr
Tebbetts
Edwards
G'lehouse
O'Clark
Tucker
E—Edwards
Robinson
Stephens
Keltner
RBI
Spence
Goodman
DiMaggio
Gordon
Wilams
Boudreau
Hr—Stephens
Bob—Black
Klieman
So—Gromek
Jennior
Christopher
Wild P—Johnson
Gromek
UMP
McKinley
Summers
Grieve
Stevens
Detroit
Jume
Philadelphia Athletics
Tigers
Carl Scheib
Dizzy Trout
Macks
Trout
Dick Wakefield
Ferris Fain
Ray Coleman
George Kell
Scheib
Philadelphia
American League Standings Sketch From Night Baseball
Boston at Detroit with Kramer facing Trucks, Philadelphia at Cleveland Knights Fowler versus Bearden, Washington at Chicago Knights Wynn against Haynes, New York at St Louis Shea meeting Garver in night games outlining club standings and matchups.
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Philadelphia
Riddie
Donnelly
Biel
Cincinnati
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Blackwell
Shoun
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New York
Pollet
Munger
Hansen
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Borony
Roe
Barney
Baoaton
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Brooklyn Cincinnat
Detroit
Kramer
Trucks
Cleveland
Fowler
Bearden
Washington
Knights
Wynn
Haynes
Shea
Garver
Weeseas
Yale Licks Lafayette To Win Eastern Title
Yale defeated Lafayette 4 to 3 to win the eastern NCAA baseball championship in Winston Salem. The Elis advance to meet the western champion for the national title in Kalamazoo Michigan starting next Thursday.
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Yale Licks Lafayette
Winston-Salem
N. C
Yale
Lafayette
Elis
Kalamazoo
Mich
Joe Louis drills through work out before Walcott defense
Joe Louis staged a four round sparring session in Pompton Lakes New Jersey as part of his heavyweight title prep for Jersey Joe Walcott next Wednesday night. Louis weighed 215½ pounds and appeared relaxed and confident as writers looked on. In a separate note, suits were filed in circuit court by Elizabeth Cunningham against Leniel Cunningham and by Samuel L. Matz and Tower Realty Co. against A W Bailey and others to quiet title on a 15 acre tract along Cherry Street north of Stadium Drive Bluefield.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
Joe Louis
Jersey Joe Walcott
Elizabeth Cunningham
Leniel L. Cunningham
Samuel L. Matz
Tower Realty Co
A. W. Bailey
S. L. Matz
Cherry Street
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Locke shoots Chicago course record 65 to lead first round
Bobby Locke fired a course record 65 six under par to take the early lead at the $15,000 Chicago Victory Golf Championship. He carded 34 on the front and 31 on the back, with one putt greens and a key 20-foot chip for birdie on the 6th. Dick Metz and Johnny Revolta tied for second with 67 and 69 respectively as pro-am standings formed behind Locke.
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Bobby Locke
Pep Olobnians
Walter Hagen
Midlothian
Harry Hampton
Folowing Locke
Dick Metz
Arkansas City
Kas
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Jim Turnesa
White ‘Plains
N. J
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Jim Jefferies
San Francisco
Johnny Bulla
Phoenix
Ariz
Metz
Bulla
Turnesa
Locke
George Dawson
Ferrier
Mike Stafanchix
Gary
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