Blue Grass Golf Classic Planned For Mercer Course
The Blue Grass Amateur Golf Classic returns July 9 to 11 at Mercer course. Co directors are D G Rangeley and Rocky Schorr with Bluefield Amateur Athletic Association backing. Amateurs from multiple states expected. 54 holes medal play with practice day July 9 and flights based on first round scores.
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Phillies edge Cubs as Ashburn swipes 20th base
RichieAshburn, 21, stole second in the ninth to spark a 3-2 Philadelphia win over Chicago. Del Ennis and Granny Hamner contributed key hits while Schoolboy Rowe worked the distance for his third win in camp. Cubs' Bill Nicholson triple started Chicago's early lead, but Ashburn's timely steal and Bert Haas single produced the winning run.
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Williams And Musial Lead In All Star Balloting
The million mark in all star voting was reached as fans nationwide chose starters for the July 13 game in St Louis. Ted Williams led with 279,258 votes and Stan Musial had 277,804 as top American and National League selections were listed along with other leaders at each position.
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Leo Durocher
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Boston Red Sox
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
McQuinn
New York
BLUE GRAYS WIN AND ELIZABETHTON CLIMBS DAYTON COMPETITION
Elizabethton Cubs top Bristol 9 2 lifting to Appalachian league first division as 12 run pace continues. In other games Johnson City Cardinals shutout Kingsport 8 0 with Morris Frank allowing four hits and 11 strikeouts.
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Great Tennis Throng Watches Exciting Wimbledon Matches
London June 26 A crowd of over 30 000 filled Wimbledon’s stands to see eight remain in the men’s singles with Californians Bob Falkenburg and Budge Patty reaching the quarterfinals without a set loss. Tom Brown and Gardnar Mulloy joined the eight, alongside John Bromwich Lennart Bergelin Josef Asboth and Tony Mottram. Falkenburg’s serve and net play stunned Frank Sedgman 6 1 6 2 6 4 while Patty handled G R B on the outer court under a hot sun.
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Asboth
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Mottram
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Belgium
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Frankie Parker
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Indians Rally as Hutchinson Falters in Loss to Tigers
In a seven inning stretch the Yankees managed six hits off Hutchinson but only one run after the fourth as Detroit built a lead. Reynolds worked five and two thirds and yielded six runs while Lindell Berra and Campbell homered for the Tigers, with notable contributions from Mullin and Lippon.
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Umnires—Summers
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25 Year Mark Phillies Eddie Collins ILingler Career
Philadelphia and Chicago star Eddie Collins marked 25 years in the American League while Lexington Kentucky’s famous racehorse Citation has already earned 423706 dollars, placing sixth on the all time money list.
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Ed Collins
Chicago
Lexington
Citation
Brooklyn Dan Lurie Sets Endurance Bar Dip Mark
Brooklyn athlete Brooklyn Dan Lurie completed 1,225 parallel bar dips in 112 hours to establish a new endurance record in 1943.
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WVU Freshmen Football Schedule Announced
Morgantown WV June 26 Freshman football team schedule released at least two away games night play. Open Oct 9 vs Fairmont State at Fairmont and Nov 20 vs Maryland frosh at Cumberland MD. Home games vs Western Reserve frosh and Augusta Military Academy under lights.
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Len Barnum
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Hogan Demaret Lead Inverness Best Ball Finish in Sight
Hogan and Demaret dominated the Inverness four-ball Matches posting 60s in both rounds to lead the field by 12 points over nearest rivals Chick Herbert and Vic Ghezi. The pair stretched their advantage after a 31-29-60 victory over Johnny Palmer and Skip Alexander and stand poised to seek the $3.0 top prize in the 11th annual event.
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Skip Alexander
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Detroit
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Kansas City
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