Midgets and Non-Fords to Race at Candlelite Stadium Tonight
Auto racing returns with a combined midget and non-Ford program at Candlelite Stadium tonight at 7:30. Notable entrants include George Landry of Woodbury Pop DeVerce l y Long Island Paul Venth Jim Nolan Bill Vonick and the Saunders brothers Tom and Oscar of Amford. Non-Fords star Jim Sullivan of New Haven Gil Gay of Bridgeport Ed Mathiau of East Hartford Ken Strong of West Haven Red Ray of this city and Elwood Fox of Ansonia.
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Candlelite Stadium
River Street Oval
George Landry
Woodbury
Pop DeVercelly
Long Island
Paul Venth
Jim Nolan
Bill Vonick
Saunders Brothers
Tom and
Oscar
Amford
Jim Sullivan
New Haven
Gil Gay
Bridgeport
Ed Mathiau
East Hartford
Ken Strong
West Haven
Red Ray
Elwood Fox
Ansonia
Nat Howard wins Brooklawn match play title
Nat Howard captured the Brooklawn Country Club weekend individual match play versus par handicap tournament finishing four up. Samuel Payne and Fred Hall tied for runner up, all even with war. Hall won by matching cards. Tony Baldwin finished fourth one down to par.
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Nat Howard
Brooklawn Country Club
Samuel Payne
Fred Hall
Hall
Tony Baldwin
Hartford Golf Club finals: Brooklawn wins 7 and 6
Wallace R. Brooklawn defeats Winter and Partner 7 and 6 in the finals of the Hartford Golf Club Member-Guest Invitation tournament held in Hartford on June 22.
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Winter
Hartford
Wallace R. Brooklawn
Hartford Golf Club
Vasco da Gamas Tie Italian Combine 4-4 at Seaside Park
The Vasco da Gamas and Bridgeport Italian Soccer clash ended 4-4 in Seaside Park marking the first of a two game Everlast Cup series. Tony Rodrigues led Vasco with two goals, joined by DeMoura and Santos. The Italians featured Tartaglia and Lombardo. A rematch with Ringling Brothers Circus team is set for Tuesday at 5 30 p m.
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Vasco da Gamas
Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Tony Rodrigues
Vasco
Casey DeMoura
Benny Santos
Mike Kmec
Adam Jesienka
Agapito
Gonsalves Brothers
Joe Tartaglia
Walter Lombard
Fairfield Legion Nine Meet Danbury Tonight
The George A. Smith Post American Legion Junior baseball team from Fairfield meets Danbury Juniors this evening at 6 in Danbury. Fairfield also hosts Norwalk at Owen Fish Park Wednesday. League standings list Kramfort A Fairfield Bridgeport Stratford.
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George A. Smith
American Legion
Fairfield
Danbury
Norwalk
Owen Fish Park
Kramfort
Bridgeport Steatford
repeat skeet champion Ed Calhoun nets second title
Edward J Shugrue reports Salisbury Maryland farmer Ed Calhoun, aged 40, captured the 20th annual Great Eastern skeet shoot title with a perfect 100 of 100 on a rain swept Lordship Recreation Center range. He joins Dick Shaughnessy as two time winners while Chicago’s Leon Mandel claimed women’s crowns and Holyoke Fish and Game club won the five man team title.
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Edward J. Shugrue
Ed Calhoun
Salisbury
Lordship Recreation Center
Dick Shaughnessy
Dedham
Mass
Anoth
Calhoun
Julian Coleman
Crumpton
Coleman
Del-Mar-Vay
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Harrissburg
Memorial Day
Cedarhurst
Glen Burnie
Bobby Marzik
Straford
Alphonee Ragland, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Chicago
Leon Mandel
M.L. Smythe
Palm Beach
Fla
Holyoke
Ed Docherty
Cherry Point
N. C
Ville
Tucker
Arlington
Morgan
North Haven
Joseph P. Varnick
Fredericksburg
Peacock
Jackson
YMCA Softball League Set for Six Weeknight Games
The YMCA Inter-Church softball league enters its sixth week with six scheduled games tomorrow night at 6 45. Matches feature Wentfield Russian Orthodox versus Salem Lutheran Slovak Lutheran versus Park Street Beardsley Park Assembly of God versus First Methodist St Johns ACR versus United Congregation First Presbyterian versus St Paul Lutheran Zion Lutheran versus Trinity Methodist.
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Ymca Inter-Church
Wentfield
Russian Orthodox
Salem Lutheran
Slovak Lutheran
Park Street
Beardsley Park
Assembly of God
First Methodist
St. John's Acr
United Congregation
First Presbyterian
St. Paul Lutheran
Zion Lutheran
Trinity Methodist
Youth Agency League Week Schedule Broadcast
Youth Agency League announces this week's schedule. North End faces J. C. C. Tuesday at Cloverfield Black Rock meets Orcutt Division 1 at Beardsley Park Thursday Black Rock plays J. C. C. and Sterling House meets Middle Street at Seaside Park on diamonds 7 and 6. Saturday North End and Middle Street meet on Diamond 7 while Black Rock and Orcutt face off on Diamond 8.
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North End
Cloverfield
Black Rock
Orcutt
Beardsley Park
J.C. C
Sterling House
Middle Street
Diamonds
Seaside Park
Crosby and Hope Raise Million for Olympics telethon
Hollywood June 22 AP Bing Crosby and Bob Hope hosted a 14 12 hour coast to coast telethon raising over 1 million dollars for the U S Olympic fund enough to send the team to Helsinki and launch a future fund The show ran 10 pm to 12 30 pm EST with 68 stations 1 000 020 and more expected by mail Notable participants included Ezio Pinza Dorothy Lamour Jim Thorpe and Avery Brundage Network teams coordinated from Los Angeles and New York with widespread city appeals and mail contributions to Olympic Telethon Los Angeles 51.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
U. S
Helsinki
Crosby
Bing
Bob
Ezio Pinza
Dorothy Lamour
Bing and
Columbia
Avery Brundage
el Capitan Theater
New York
Ben Grauer
Los Angeles
Jim Thorpe
Johnny Grant
Hope
Olympic track squad seen strongest ever by Ted Smits
Los Angeles dispatch notes the American Olympic track team shaping up as the strongest and most balanced yet. Final selections come after Memorial Coliseum tryouts, with contenders named across sprints, hurdles, distance, jumps, and throws from NCAA, service, and AAU champions pools.
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Ted Smits
Los Angeles
Helsinki
Russia
Memorial Coliseum
A.A.U
Long Beach
Wade's Rockets Dominate Bethel Stars 16 1
Wade's Rockets Junior baseball crushed Bethel All-Stars 16 to 1 in Bethel. Pitchers Pete Brown and Harry Palmieri split the win. Don Wendell had three hits to lead Wade's offense.
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Wade
Fesh
Showalter
Palmier
J. Showalter
Ny Palemieri
Stan
Toledo lifts ban on Chico Vejar in boxing return
The Toledo Boxing Commission lifted the suspension of welterweight Chico Vejar after his manager Steve Ellis agreed to terms. Vejar, suspended for walking out of a May 17 fight with Johnny Williams, must explain contract issues with promoter Sid Goldberg. Elllis signed a deal giving Goldberg first call unless Chuck Davey wins in Detroit, and Vejar will be unavailable until August due to a seven week course at Columbia University.
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Toledo
Toledo Boxing Commission
Chico Vejar
Steve Ellis
Stamford
Goldberg
Vejar
Chuck Davey
Detroit
Davey
Columbia University
Stevens Athletics Meet Tonight in Senior City League
The Stevens Athletics of the Senior City league will meet tonight at 8:30 in their clubrooms at 204 Harral Avenue.
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Stevens Athletics
Harral Avenue
Grill Faces Fried's Tonight in City Softball Clash
The City Softball league schedules a four game plate with Fried's Luggage vs Post Office Grill on Wentfield No 2. Lombard's restaurant beat the Lug gagemen last week as Fried's Mills to win. George Wilkinson or Joe Flasko will start for Fried's with Marty Williams for the Grilimen. Little Casino opposes Picadilly Tavern at Seaside No 4. Frank or Babe Giordano to pitch for the Casino's and Gene Pignataro for Picadilly. St John Greek Catholic church meets Berkshire Bakers on No 1, Venice A C vs Merritt Canteen on No 4. Play begins at 4 5 o'clock.
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Frank
Babe Giordano
Gene Pignataro
Picadilly
Wentfield
St. John Greek Catholic Church
Berkshire Bakers
Venice A. C
Merritt
Lombards Rest
Navy crew conquers IRA regatta and eyes Olympic trials
Navy coach Rusty Callow led an undefeated varsity eight and two other shells to a historic Golden Jubilee IRA sweep at Onondaga Lake. Navy and Ensign Jack Kelly Jr will compete at Lake Quinsigamond for Olympic team spots in Worcester July 3 to 5, with ten entries anticipated for the eight-oared trials including Princeton Harvard Yale Cornell California Stanford Washington Wisconsin and Buffalo listed among likely entrants.
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Murray Rose
Syracuse
Rusty Callow
Navy
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Worcester
Mass
Lake Quinsigamond
U. S
Helsinki
Jack Kelly, Jr
U. S. Navy
Kelly
Annapolis
Huskies
Quondaga Lake
University of Washington
Northwest
al Aldrickson
Washington
Callow
IRA
Ohio
Marietta
Onondaga Lake
Goes
Columbia
Irish Bob Murphy Prepares for Waterbury Outdoor Headliner
Irish fighter Bob Murphy from San Diego drills at Sparta Center ahead of 10 round headliner with Raymond Dieu of Paris at Municipal Stadium. Promoter Tony Paoli reports strong crowds at weekend workouts and plans sparring sessions through midweek.
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Waterbury
Bob Murphy
Raymond Dieu
Paris
Municipal Stadium
San Diego
Calif
Sparta Center
Tony Paoli
Murphy
Emanuel Batista
New Bedford
Patrick ‘Mallane
Naugatuck
Paoli
Lorrie Zernitz
New Haen Hillhouse
Charley Daniels
New Haven
Swedish Soccer Club Tops Yonkers 3 to 1 in Cup
The Swedish AC soccer club, led by Evan Edgren and Tony Nielson, defeated Yonkers Football Club 3 to 1 at South Pine Creek field in Fairfield. Goals came from Frank Byers, Jim Smith, and Tony Nielson. The undefeated Swedes face Warsaw FC next Sunday in Fairfield before a large crowd. The West Division of the CYO Girls softball league has three games at Seaside Park tonight, featuring St Stephen vs St Anthony's and No Heart vs St Augustine, starting at 7 p.m.
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Evan Edgren
Tony Nielson
Yonkers
New York
South Pine Creek
Fairfield
Frank Byers
Jim Smith
Unde
Warsaw
CYO Girls
Seaside Park
St. Stephen
St. Anthony's
No. Heart
St. Augustin
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Billy Anderson
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Kansas
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George Rhoden
Jamaica
Bob Richards
Don Lazy
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Parry O'Brien
Southern California
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Yale
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Charlie Moore
Cornell
Jim Dillon
Auburn
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