Small Fry Baseball Aces Work Hard in Little Leagues
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Little League in Chattanooga features 9 to 12 year olds in two leagues with 10 teams. Volunteers coach, manage, and fund equipment while fields at Highland Park and West Seventh host games five nights weekly. Families adjust home schedules as managers and players dedicate long hours to practice and competition. Chattanooga 8 Mobile 3 Birmingham 6 Little Rock 3.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
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Birmingham
Little Rock
Shantz Sparks Yankees as Detroit Fall in AL Play
Bobby Shantz remains a standout as the Yankees win 2-1 over Detroit. New York climbs within 2 games of Chicago while Cleveland, Kansas City, and other AL clubs push for position behind the leaders.
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Casey Stengel
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Cleveland
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Whitey Ford
Baseball scores and standings across leagues
Wednesday schedule features Philadelphia at Chicago and New York at Milwaukee with top starters. Tuesday results show Philadelphia edging Chicago 7 6 and Brooklyn routing Cincinnati 7 0. American League leaders Chicago and New York split. Detroit and Cleveland drop tight games. Minor leagues report Fort Worth and Dallas postponements. Southern Association Nashville outlasts New Orleans 17 15 in ten innings.
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Shreveport
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Austin
Dallas
Nashville
New Orleans
Memphis
Atlanta
Associated Press
Philadelphia Wee
Brooklyn Ween
Cincinnati Tener
Chicago Tee Eeee
Olson Wins Split Decision Over Maxim in Portland Bout
Olson, former middleweight king and Vancouver night club manager, edged Joey Maxim 10 rounds in a split decision in Portland. Referee Gruman saw 56-54 Maxim, Volk 57-52 Olson, Wagner 56-54 Olson, AP 58-52 Olson. Olson used a sharp body attack to pace the fight after a long layoff since 1956.
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Bobo” Olson
Joey Maxim
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Vancouver
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Ralph Gruman
Eddie Volk
Dick Wagner
Associated Press
Sugar Ray Robinson
Brown Favored To Retain Lightweight Crown
Champion Joe Brown 30, is an 8-5 favorite over Cuba’s Orlando Zulueta 28 in a lightweight title fight at Denver Coliseum. Brown tops 135 pounds, Zulueta 134 1/2, with the 15 round contest set for 9 p.m. EST and televised on ABC from Denver. local blackout applies.
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Fans vote tight for AL All-Star third baseman race
New York fans see a close contest for the starting third base slot as Reno Bertoia leads Gil McDougald by 775 votes with George Kell 659 behind. Ted Williams tops the overall poll with 34 347 votes, while Mickey Mantle follows at 33 328 as AL leaders in position tallies are listed. The All Star Game is set for St Louis on July 9 with voting tallies from Frick office.
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New York Yankees
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Boston Red Sox
Roy Sievers
Washington
Mickey Mantle
Williams
Vic Wertz
Cleveland
Nellie Fox
Chicago
Bertoia
Harvey Kuenn
Metropolis clubs clash as figures edge toward prizes
In a crowded lineup of baseball figures, Cincinnati’s Willie Mays and Ed Bailey meet Milwaukee’s Hank Aaron and New York’s outfielders in a good condition event. The first tilt promises prize money exceeding $1,000 as Prairie and EUB High contest the second matchup.
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New York
Hank Aaron
Milwaukee
Ed Bailey
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Knights of Columbus, Stark win church softball games
Knights of Columbus defeated Christians 15 to 6 and Stark beat EUB 11 to 4 at Highland Park last night. Jim Jerome hit a homer for the Knights in the sixth of game one, while Bill Hadden homered for Stark and Snowden for EUB in the sixth of game two. Batteries were McCoy and Jerome for Christian, Jacobs and Jerome for Knights, and Beard-Butts for Stark, Seger-Morrow for EUB.
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Snowden
Smith
Wells
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McCoy
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Elk Invitational Golf Tournament at Independence
Independence INDEPENDENCE The Elk's invitational golf tournament will be held at the Independence Elks Country Club Sunday. Tournament chairman B G Searcy said a qualifying round can be played anytime before the event. Defending champion is Red Hogan of Kansas City. Dave Dennis, former Kansas amateur champion, is entered to lead a strong field.
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Independence Elk's Country Club
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Red Hogan
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Kansas
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Fight Results By The Associated Press
Portland card saw Carl Bobo Olson from Vancouver outpoint Joey Maxim. Zora Folley stopped Julius Griffin in Phoenix. Charley Joseph from New Orleans defeated Spider Webb in New Orleans.
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Bobo) Olson
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Wash
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Phoenix
Ariz
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Julius Griffin
New York
New Orleans
Charley Joseph
Spider Webb
Chicago
Early American flag change by Washington noted in snippet
The fragment states the first American flag was carried by the Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse in 1775 with thirteen blue and silver stripes, and that George Washington changed them to red and white.
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Terry Wins as A’s Top Senators 2-0
Ralph Terry debuted for the Kansas City Athletics after a big trade with the Yankees, tossing a shutout through eight innings before Virgil Trucks finished. Lou Skizas homered for the A’s and Vic Power drove in runs, while Joe DeMaestri collected three hits. The St. Louis Cardinals fell 8-1 to Pittsburgh as Bill Virdon hit two first pitch homers. Art Swanson earned the win for Pittsburgh in his major league debut, dropping St. Louis into a second place tie with Philadelphia.
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