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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1949
Page
11
Patteson receives an invitation to a regional horse show on July 2 in an event described as part of an official program. The notice mentions entertainment and preparations at local centers with spectators from nearby areas.
Vague sports notes from page ten recount a week start with Teeters m il mings and a 66 682 figure. Mentions of Veek Gavtiteawed, Gay end geeve wp, and a six hit contest hint at a faded box score with unclear names and outcomes.
June 25 The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 9-3 behind Hal Newhouser who walked seven but allowed six hits over six innings. Hank Bauer drove in two for the Yankees, while Detroit used four runs in the first inning to seize control and cruise to the victory.
Boston June 25 Mel Parnell and Red Sox teammates combined for 17 hits in a 13 to 2 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Parnell earned his 10th win of the season while the Browns suffered their third straight defeat.
Keston Deimling Jr of Oak Park Illinois won the national interscholastic tennis championship by defeating Dick Squires of Hill School Pennsylvania in the finals 6 2 A high school doubles team also won to push their school past Hill and retire the U S lawn tennis association trophy which had been contested since 1937 in Charlottesville Virginia on June 25.
Harrison of Little Rock Arkansas wins the Canadian Open at St George's with a 271 total after 72 holes. Jim Ferrier and Pred Hawkins tied for second as leaders posted 277. Final round 67 by Harrison matched by three others and several players earned cash prizes.
Louise Suggs of Carrollton Georgia defeated Betty Jameson of San Antonio Texas 5 to 4 to win the women's Western Open in Oklahoma City. The victory marks Suggs first professional triumph and gives her a share of the Western title with Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg, each with three wins. A 2500 strong gallery watched Suggs clinch the match on the 32nd hole with a concede birdie after Jameson’s shot fell into a ditch.
The Virginia State Amateur Golf Championship begins Friday at the Cascades course in Hot Springs with about 150 top amateur golfers from across the state. Defending champion Payne and former winners like Snead, Hamilton, and Ewell are among the favorites, while Snead notes the Cascades rough is the toughest in the state and hopes to reclaim the title.
The Newark Star-Ledger announced it is dropping the Newark Bears from the International League standings. The paper notes the team is 18 percent games out of first and faces a strong chance to lose 100 games before season end.
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