Helsinki Wins 1952 Olympics Hosting Rights Over Oslo
Helsinki will host the 1952 Summer Games with Oslo awarded the winter event. IOC President J Sigfrid Edstrom announced after a close vote, Helsinki gaining 15 of 28 on the final ballot, aided by Finland’s host-country status and travel savings for European athletes.
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Maskas Lands 1947 Contract With Buffalo Club
John Maskas former Virginia Tech tackle signed a 1947 contract with Buffalo of the All American conference in Buffalo New York on June 21.
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Virginia Tech
Col Matt Winn Improves at St Luke's Hospital
Col Matt Winn, 85, dean of American turf men, was reported much improved today by attaches at St Luke's hospital in Chicago.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
McKinley Sets World Record In NCAA Track Race
Jamaican sprinter Herb McKinley shattered the world and meet records with a 46.2 second 440 yard dash at the NCAA championships in Salt Lake City. Dave Bolen of Colorado pushed hard but finished behind as McKinley, from Tillinois defending champions, led from the start. Fortune Gordien of Minnesota won the discus with a 173.3 foot throw amid rainy preliminaries, while Willie Steele unofficially challenged the broad jump record.
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Colorado
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Stanford
Grover Kremmer
California
Archie Williams
Fourtune Gordien
Minnesota
Willie Steele
San Diego
Calif
State College
Kinter Captures Trap Honors at Tri Angle Gun Club Meet
Dr B R Kinter led top honors at the Tri Angle Gun Club weekly shoot on new traps. Sixty five shooters competed in regular 16 yard event and forty three in skeet. Club plans a big all day fourth of July shoot.
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National League games and a Pearisburg accident report
National League doubleheaders today include Brooklyn at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Pittsburgh with listed pitchers. In Pearisburg Virginia a loaded truck collision killed driver Crofts of St. Elizabeth's hospital, injuring three Roanoke residents. two of them remain hospitalized and not in critical condition.
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Middies Beat Back Cornell Challenge At Poughkeepsie Regatta
Navy edged Cornell to win the 45th Poughkeepsie regatta as Washington and California trailed in the varsity showdown. The Navy eight, led by John Cartwright, finished in 13 59.2 with Cornell close behind at 14 00.4 and the eleven-boat field dominated by eastern crews after a wartime lapse.
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Salem Driver Killed In Auto-Trailer Wreck
Harold Crofts aged 38 of Salem Virginia died in a collision between an automobile and a heavy truck trailer near Shumie's mortar bridge early yesterday morning.
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Yale Wins East Title In Baseball Playoff Comeback
Yale edged NYU 6 to 4 to claim the eastern collegiate league crown and advance to Kalamazoo Michigan to face the western division titlists in the NCAA Eastern Sections. The day followed NYU's 2 to 1 upset of Clemson in a tense semifinal.
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Baseball Scores and Pitching Matchups Across the League
In Philadelphia the Phillies beat New York 23 to 5 to underscore a rough day for the Giants. Detroit sits at 4-4. today’s games feature Benton vs Gumpert for New York and Embree and Harder for Cleveland against Perris and Dorish. Chicago visits Philadelphia with Grove starting and Floren and Schelb in support. St Louis faces Washington with Zoldak, Kramer and Hudson, Newsom, or Pieretti all set to work.
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Budge And Riggs To Clash For Pro Tennis Crown
Forest Hills N Y June 21 Bobby Riggs of Ferndale N Y and Don Budge of Oakland Calif won their semi final matches in the 20th annual national pro tennis tourney and advance to the final. Riggs defeated Frank Kovacs of Ge land Calif in straight sets 6 3 6 3 6 4 Budge defeated Welby Van Horn of Chattanooga Tenn 1 5 6 3 4 6 6 4
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Bluefield Vets to Play Princeton Blues at Gilenwood Park
The Bluefield Vets, a local Negro baseball team, meet the Princeton Blues this afternoon at 1 o clock at Gil en wood Park.
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