New River Squeezes By Bluefield in Ninth for 5-4 Win
New River erased a late deficit to beat Bluefield Blue Grays 5-4 in an Appalachian League game in Narrows Virginia. Pete Conwell doubled in two runs as Sam Brackens pitched a spotless ninth to seal the win after Mean allowed 13 hits. Cobo joined Blue Grays as a rookie from Lubbock and previously starred for Richmond Ind. in 1946.
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Appalachian League Games Tonight Highlight Matches
Bluefield visits New River while Welch hosts Pulaski Johnson City plays in Bristol and Kingsport travels to Elizabethton for night games in the Appalachian League.
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Hoss Finishes Ninth Then Dies At Hollywood Park
Inglewood Calif June 24 a six year old horse named win bag fell dead after finishing ninth in the first race at Hollywood park. The horse belonged to the Wi back and Dyke stable from Arcadia and San Marino Calif. They had purchased him a week earlier from L J Montgomery for $3500 and were racing him for the first time.
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Fitzpatrick predicts another Democratic victory this November
New York report quotes State Democratic chairman Paul E Fitzpatrick accusing Governor Dewey of being railroaded through the Republican convention and asserting the party will win again this November. Also notes London runner P J Reading completed a 24 hour non stop walk in 1946 covering 129 miles 749 yards.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Legion Juniors To Play Welch At Bowen Field
Bluefield American Legion Junior team opens season at Bowen Field this afternoon at 1. Welch Legion Juniors visit as Ralph Brown starts on the mound. Coach Ray Matte, ex professional, optimistic about a strong summer chase for regional and state Legion honors.
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Thief Fancies Finer Things Steals In Alexandria House
Police report a Sunday night break in in Alexandria Virginia with a thief taking three pounds of beef a fifth of gin and a fifth of creme de cacao from a residence. Detectives pursue clues in the case amid generic local crime chatter.
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Patton Sets 100 Yard World Record at West Coast Relays
Fresno based meet saw Mel Patton of USC clock 9.3 seconds for the 100 yards, a new world record. The performance highlighted USC's sprint strength at the West Coast Relays held in Fresno.
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Callaghan Quits Laeger To Take Maryland Coach Job
Bill Callaghan resigns as head coach and athletic director at Concord college to take a similar post at Glen Burnie high school near Annapolis Maryland He led Iaeger teams to four McDowell county titles and was named Coach of the Year He plans to move his family to Maryland within weeks and may be succeeded by Tony Colobro formerly of Welch High School
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Beltin Babe Leads Way In Western Open Golf
Babe Didrikson Zaharias from Grossingers Country Club N Y reached the semi finals of the Western Open by defeating Polly Riley 3 and 2. She will meet Helen Dettweiler of India Calif 1939 open champion after Dettweiler beat Mary Agnes Wall 1 up. Patty Berg beat Claire Doran 3 and 2 in the lower bracket. Beverly Hanson defeated Grace Lenczyk 4 and 3 and advances to face Berg tomorrow.
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Skee Riegel Captures Trans-Mississippi Golf Quarterfinal Win
National amateur champion Skee Riegel used a 90-foot chip for an eagle on the 18th to defeat Bob Kosten of Kansas City 1 up at Mission Hills in the Trans-Mississippi quarterfinals. Kraft, Glosser, and Oliver also won their matches to advance.
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Oklahoma City
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American gun expert reveals card over rifle muzzle trick
Herb Parsons, hailed as America's fastest gun handler, claims a secret to bull's eyes by sliding a card over the rifle muzzle. He says with one eye closed the card hides the sights, but with both eyes open the card poses no obstacle to accurate aim, a trick widely shown by top marksmen.
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America
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