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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1952
Page
2
Gamadge revisits the corpse with Detective Blitz, noting a youth with Scandinavian roots and a plausible murder scene. The dead man, clean clothes and a wristwatch, was likely slain after a minor struggle near a concrete step as Blitz explains the few visible traces and the unresolved job-hunt motive.
In a tense domestic moment Gamadge helps a frightened woman after a drugstore theft as the Malcolm family discusses an elusive Ordway. Rena Brown seeks work and privacy while Gamadge plans to consult a psychiatrist about the troubling books. The scene ends with a mysterious visitor arriving at his office.
Former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta and Irish Bob Murphy signed for a 10 round bout in Detroit on June 11. Promoter Nick Dontles says the nationally televised fight replaces the Chuck Davey Chico Vejar rematch, delayed to June 25 after ear cuts Davey suffered against Carmen Basilio. The Siamese name for Bangkok is Krung Thep.
Daily recap lists standings for Texas League with Beaumont Dallas Houston and others, plus Sunday results including Dallas 11 Oklahoma City 2 and San Antonio 8 Beaumont 3. American and National League results note rain postponements and various scores. Other leagues report scattered results across Southern Association Gulf Coast League Longhorn and others.
The San Antonio Missions defeated Beaumont 8 to 3 and 5 to 4 to tighten the pennant race. Tulsa beat Fort Worth 5 to 2, Dallas beat Oklahoma City 11 to 2, and Shreveport defeated Houston 9 to 6, leaving Beaumont and Houston still near the top but the lead narrowed. A lively onfield confrontation accompanied the Beaumont tilt.
Brooklyn takes sole NL lead by beating Chicago 3 to 2 as St Louis wins two from the Giants, 8-2 and 7-1, in a doubleheader halted by darkness. Pittsburgh tops Philadelphia 2-1 in the nightcap after a 5-1 opener. Boston wins 9-4 in the nightcap, Cincinnati takes the opener 1-0. In the AL Detroit and Washington split. Detroit 6-3 nightcap, Washington 4-3 first game. Boston also defeats Chicago 3-2 while rain cancels a St Louis at Philadelphia and Cleveland at New York affair.
The race shifts Dallas to a second place tie with Houston while San Antonio ties Oklahoma City for third and Shreveport rises to fourth ahead of Fort Worth. Tulsa improves but remains last as Dallas visits Houston and Fort Worth goes to San Antonio in two game series.
Stan Williams of Baylor and guard Herschel Forester of Southern Methodist signed with the Dallas Texans. The two Southwest Conference linemen were traded to the Texans by the Cleveland Browns for quarterback George Ratterman.
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