Braves Blast Dodgers To Take League Lead
Milwaukee Braves sweep the Dodgers in an 8-6 and 6-5 twi-night doubleheader to reclaim the National League lead. Joe Adcock slugged a two run homer and a grand slam, driving in seven as he powers a 15 homer season. The Braves, 6-3 on the homestand, end a home-park jinx with a three game winning streak.
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Zulueta Defeats Lightburn In Madison Square Garden Bout
Zulueta the Cuban 28-year-old defeated Ludwig Lightburn in a disputed decision at Madison Square Garden. Referee Petey Scalzo and Judge Joe Schecter awarded 6-4, with Judge Jack Gordon 5-4-1. AP had Lightburn winning 5-4-1. Both fighters weighed about 1367 and 138 pounds.
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Fight results from AP report at Madison Square Garden
In New York at Madison Square Garden Orlando Zulueta from Cuba defeated Ludwig Light by points. In Tacoma Pat McMurtry beat Ez board Charles by points in a 10 round bout.
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Baseball Scores and Standings Across Leagues
Baseball scores show the American League leaders with New York at 54 26 and Chicago at 43 32. Friday results include Boston 5 Chicago 4 and New York 10 Cleveland 3. National League standings list Milwaukee 44 30 and Cincinnati 44 32 with Saturday games noted. Minor leagues report Denver 9 Omaha 7 and Wichita 9 Louisville 6 among others.
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Nashua Favored in Monmouth Park Handicap at Oceanport
Nashua was an overnight prohibitive favorite at about 2 to 5 to beat eight rivals in the $100,000 Monmouth Park Handicap. The race was to be nationally telecast by NBC at 3 p.m. EST.
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Rafer Lewis Leads Decathlon Standings at AAU Tryouts
Rafer Lewis Johnson, age 20 from California, carries a five-event total of 4,639 points into the final session of the National AAU and Olympic Decathlon trials at Wabash College. He leads with event wins in 100 meters and broad jump and shares the fastest 400 meters time with Aubrey Lewis. Milt Campbell trails in second with 4,387 points and Bob Lawson is third.
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Nieder suffers knee injury from porch fall at KU
Kansas University shot putter Bill Nieder of the U S Olympic team pulled tendons in his right knee and wore a cast after a four foot porch fall Thursday night. He was taken to the university medical center in Kansas City for treatment.
A's rally to 3-2 win over Orioles with Skizas homer
Lou Skizas supplied the decisive, first inning blast as the Kansas City Athletics beat Baltimore 3-2. Alex Kellner earned his seventh win while allowing ten Orioles hits, with Dick Williams and George Kell also homering for Baltimore.
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Cardinal Triumph Over Giants Amid Umpire Protests
The 7 Cardinal beat the Giants in St Louis with Dark driving in the decisive run on an eighth inning double after a long fifth inning dispute over a ruling at second base. Don Blasingame Stan Musial and Ken Boyer powered a late rally tying the game earlier. Umpire calls sparked the heated protest from the Giants as play continued with confusion on the trapped ball ruling.
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Nieder Sustains Knee Injury in Shot Put Event
Treatment and the cast were applied after an injury to Nieder’s knee, which will require immobilization for a week. Doctors will assess future impact on his shot putting after the cast is removed. The same knee suffered a severe injury in Nieder’s first varsity football game, ending his football career. This year Nieder became the second man to throw the shot more than 60 feet.
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All Stars Youth Baseball Standings and Schedule
The 12- to 15-year-old All Stars of the Veterans of Foreign Wars youth program hold a 5-1 record for the year and will enter the Elks tournament in Abilene starting July 29. Chanute has defeated Cherryvale Fredonia St Paul and twice over Iola, with a loss to Fredonia. They play Cherryvale Sunday at 2 p.m. at City Park and Iola Wednesday at 8 p.m. here.
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Erie Baptists and Stark Winners Dominate Softball Night
Two Church Softball League games at Highland Park featured Erie Baptists beating Colfax 19 0 and Stark defeating Christians 21 11. Erie Baptists built a 4 0 9 run surge in the early frames while holding Colfax scoreless, and Stark stretched a 12 9 lead into a seventh inning burst. The games ended early due to large margins. Next Monday pits Lutheran against Christians and Colfax versus EUB.
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Bill Casper Tops Canadian Open Field
Bill Casper Jr. of San Diego led a par wrecking field into the third round of the open golf tournament in Boischartel Quebec at Royal Quebec. His halfway 136 eight under par gave him a one stroke lead as the third round opened after Casper moved ahead by ousting Ted Kroll and Jimmy Demaret.
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Ninth inning force play ends protest over Blasingame
In a tense moment, Blasingame was ruled out at third on a force play prompting a protest from the Cardinals. The frame closed as Rip Repulski flied out to end the inning.
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Babe Zaharias Wiggles Toes After Surgery
The famous athlete Babe Zaharias awoke from a five hour cordotomy operation and wiggled her toes signaling relief from cancer pain. Her husband George praised that paralysis is not guaranteed as she remains bedridden and recovering at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, with concerns about walking post op.
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Links Finals Today in National Public Links
Two natives of Memphis Tennessee Junie Buxbaim and Bill Scarbrough reach the 36 hole finals of the National Public Links championship in San Francisco.
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