Indians Open Home Stand Show Down with Red Sox Sweep
Cleveland beat Boston 13 5 to complete a five game sweep and pull within a half game of the White Sox and Yankees. Lemon earned win number eight as the Indians pounded 22 hits led by Strickland Smith Majeski and Doby. Hank Sauer homered for Chicago as Cubs beat Pirates 6 5 in a separate game.
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United Press
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Bob Lemon
Mike Garcia
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al Smith
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Marciano Poised To KO Charles In Seventh Round
Boxing writer predicts Rocky Marciano will stop Ezzard Charles within seven rounds at Dutsher's Country Club. The piece details Marciano's rugged training, 45 straight wins with 40 knockouts, and compares both fighters' size reach and style while noting Charles has the reach and experience edge.
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Charles
Monticello
N.Y
Ezzard Charles
Rocky Marciano
Rocky
Dutsher
Ezzard
Roland LaStarza
Little & Pony League Schedule
The schedule lists fixtures for the Little and Pony League across Tuesday to Friday. Matches include Chisox versus Red Sox, Giants against Dodgers, Phillies versus Cardinals, Yankees versus Chisox, Tigers against Red Sox, and Tigers versus Chisox with various 4:00, 5:30, and 7:30 kickoff times.
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Williams Benched Due To Sickness
Boston June 15 The Red Sox slugger Ted Williams remained in his hotel bed with a virus infection in his right lung as Detroit faced Boston in the first game of a road trip. Team physician Dr. Timothy Lamphier said Williams will be sidelined for an indefinite period, noting the illness bordered on pneumonia and he has trouble walking.
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Ted Williams
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Baseball Standings and Night Schedule Highlight Action
Team WCW leads with Cleveland 38 17 .691 and Chicago 36 19 .655. Tuesday night games include New York at Baltimore and Philadelphia at Chicago, plus Washington at Cleveland and other matchups across the league.
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Kiely
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Nehall
Baczewski
Gomez
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Conley
Brooklyn
Meyer
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Aschi
Miller
Pittsburgh
Hogan Expected New Open Record At Baltusrol
Ben Hogan, in his fifth U S Open bid, says a new scoring record may fall at Baltusrol as he rides hot form after a 30 34 64 on Open day. Sam Snead arrives with a sore neck while most leaders tune up on Baltusrol’s par 34 36 70 ahead of the 54th championship.
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N.J
Baltusrel
Hogan
Baltusrol
Ben
Riviera
Sam Snead
Olson Turner Non-Title Bout Sets Honolulu Clash
World middleweight champion Carl Olson meets Jesse Turner in a ten round non-title bout in Honolulu. Turner, a club fighter from St Louis, seeks to raise his profile at Olson’s expense as Olson makes his first hometown appearance since winning the title.
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Olson
Jesse Turner
St. Louis
Sid Flaherty
Turner
Flanerty
Sports Move Back Into Texas League Top Spot
The Shreveport Sports rose to first place in the Texas League by crushing Dallas 13 to 3. San Antonio fell to second after a 6 to 3 loss to Oklahoma City while Beaumont beat Fort Worth 8 to 2 and Tulsa defeated Houston 10 to 6. Joe Durham hit his eighth homer for San Antonio. Ernie Groth earned his fifth win for the Indians. Houston outhit Tulsa but walked nine in a loss. Shreveport routed Dallas 14 to 3 with nine eighth inning runs highlighted by Hesler and Spencer blasts.
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al Olsen
Joe Durham
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Harry Hesler
Don Spencer
Ben Taylor
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Phillies edge Giants in slugfest and two more Little League games
Phillies rally to beat the Giants 7 6 as Gary Gist goes the distance and homer for the Phils. Cardinals top Dodgers 13 3 behind Merrell Low and Hufstedler superb pitching. Yankees defeat Tigers 5 3 with Fred Cawthon pitching six strikeouts and a three run homer.
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DeShazo
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Cawthon
Bill Shahan
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RHE Phillies
Collard
Leading Batters National League and American Legion charts
National League leaders include Snider and Musial with high batting totals and Jablonski Hamner and Mueller close behind. Home run leader is Mays with 37. Hodges and Kluszewski trail. Runs batted in highlight Musial and Minoso at top, with Moon Schoendienst and Ashburn near the lead. Pitching stands show Keegan Reynolds and Lopat among top win totals.
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Tel Antonelli
Miller
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Missouri Faces Rollins College in NCAA World Series Final
Missouri and Rollins College clash in Omaha for the NCAA World Series final. Rollins, 606 students, upset Michigan State and Oklahoma A&M to reach the final after beating Missouri earlier. Missouri beat Michigan State 4 3 to advance. Emil Kammer pitched for Missouri and drove in Buddy Cox with a ninth inning single to break a tie.
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Neb
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Winter Park
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Tigers
Buddy Cox
NCAA Reports Television Impact On College Football Attendance
New York report says maximum effect of live television on attendance has been reached with current schedules. It notes no decline in novelty and that average attendance remains about 27 percent below pre TV years. Recovery will take years of population and income growth.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
National Opinion Research Center
University of Chicago
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Trading Deadline Set for Midnight Tuesday in 1954 Baseball
New York June 15 Time runs out on baseballs horse traders at midnight Tuesday night the deadline for player trades during the 1954 season. Despite a flurry of activity over the weekend no major swaps were seen on Monday as observers expected none before deadline.
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New York
Phillies reel Giants in 20 to 8 rout at Farm Clubs
Rasco led a 3-for-4 day with a single triple and home run as Philadelphia built a 20 to 8 win over the Giants. Holcomb pitched effectively, allowing three hits and eight runs with 11 walks and eight strikeouts, while Thornton took the loss.
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Cardinals
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Holcomb
Thornton
Thorton
US Open Purse Boosted To $24,000
New York June 15 The USGA boosted this year’s U S Open prize money by 20 percent. The total purse rises from 20000 to about 24000 with 50 professionals sharing. The winner’s share increases to 6000 from 5000.
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New York
U.S. Golf Association
Churchill to Meet Eisenhower With Eden at White House
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will confer with President Eisenhower in Washington the weekend of June 25 in an informal meeting without an agenda, the White House said. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty announced the visit as a guest weekend invitation that has been accepted.
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Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
United States
United Kingdom
Rockets to Play Here
The Childress Rockets will host the Turkey Blue Sox Saturday at 3 p m at Fair Park Field in a local Negro league baseball game announced today.
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Turkey Blue Sox
Fair Park Field
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