Indians in pennant race struggle with clutch hitting
The Cleveland Indians trail in the pennant chase as their offense stalls. Dale Mitchell leads with a lone 300 average, while Joe Gordon Mickey Vernon and Larry Doby show outside chances but pace must quicken along the home stretch. The season also notes Browns exhibition win over the Chicago Bears and trading trends across the league.
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Night events in Baltimore and Atlantic City report
Fragmentary wire service style list names and places including Baltimore New York Allentown Vernon Wil pins and Trish Pat Richards. The jumbled OCR reads like a series of results or show notes with cities and participants lacking coherent context.
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Red Ton Davis
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Vernon Wilpins
Atlantic City
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Columbus
Red Sox Narrow Yankees Lead Toward Three Games
The Boston Red Sox surged toward first place by beating Washington 3-2 in 11 innings as Ted Williams drove in the decisive run. Across the league, the Yankees fell behind after the Athletics edged them 9-5 in Philadelphia. Cleveland beat Detroit 4-3 in ten. Feller won his sixth straight. Chicago White Sox crushed the Browns 8-0. St Louis Cardinals moved within a half game of the Dodgers with a 5-2 win over the Cubs.
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Cat) Brechéen
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Baseball Scores and Standings From Across Leagues
Results recap: Cleveland edged Detroit 4 3, Washington topped Philadelphia 8 2, New York beat Chicago 5 0, St. Louis shut out Chicago 0 0. In standings today Detroit at Cleveland Chicago at St. Louis, Washington at New York, Boston at Philadelphia. International League and Pony League results listed. Musial hit his 20th homer as Pirates beat Reds 9 5.
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Musial Gains In Batting Race
Stan Musial defends NL batting title but gains slowly as weekends progress. He rises from seventh to fourth as Jackie Robinson leads with .364. Enos Slaughter and Red Schoendienst move among top ten while Gil Hodges and Whitey Lockman trail in the chase.
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New York Giant
Bobby Thomson
Willard Marshall
Musial Thomson
Marshall
Gil Hodges
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Whitey Lockman
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Sid Gordon
End Bob Davis Will Stay With Steelers
Bob Davis of the Pittsburgh Steelers declined a Penn State coaching offer to remain in the NFL and sell insurance in Pittsburgh for the winter. He faced a deadline set by Jor Bedenk, Penn State’s new head coach, and chose to stay with the Steelers as they prepared for the first exhibition game against the Chicago Bears in Cincinnati.
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Pittsburgh Sterlers
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Tulow University
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Palmer Tops Demaret in Tam Golf Playoff
Johnny Palmer staged a dramatic comeback to defeat Jimmy Demaret 88 to 70 in a Tam O'Shanter world championship playoff in Chicago Aug 10. Palmer earned $7,000 as runner-up in a tense finale where promotion bets colored the scene and Palmer wowed with a eight iron shot from heavy rough to set up a closing birdie.
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Jimmy Demaret
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Palmer Wally
United States Davis Cup Team Chosen to Face Australia
The United States Davis Cup squad was selected to challenge Australia after Australia swept Italy 5 0 in the interzone final. The foursome includes Pancho Gonzales Ted Schroeder Bill Talbert and Gorenar Mulloy with the challenge set for August 26 28 at Forest Hills at National singles and doubles champions.
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United States Lawn Tennis Association
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Richard (Pancho) Gonzales
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Ted Schroeder
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Bill Talbert
Garenar Mulloy
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Johnstown Defeats Free Oilers Score In Mid Atlantic Race
Johnstown and the Oilers won to stay in the Mid Atlantic League race. Uniontown edged Erie and Oil City beat Vandergrift. Johnstown led Youngstown early. Butler beat New Castle. Joe Heran homered for Uniontown. Don Scott and Fill Rautzman each had three hits for the Oilers.
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Stahl Heads City Bowling Association In Corry
The Corry Bowling Association met at Bowl-Aire with officers elected for the coming season. Jack Stahl named president and Ronald Greeley re elected secretary treasurer. Four directors and four vice presidents were also chosen. Bowler classes set as A B C by averages 166 and 150 for eligibility. Seven Class A teams organized, an eighth forming. Next Monday club meeting to name officers. Class B meeting that night.
Yesterday's Stars Batting Provides Key Victory
Ted Williams and Ned Fox singled home Dom DiMaggio with two outs in the seventh, giving Ba ton a 2 0 triumph over Washing ton and Move Sorto within three games of leading New York Yan kee. Bill Wight and the White Sox shut out St Louis 8 0 on two hits.
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Wilcox Power Hitter Signs With Cardinals
Wilcox outfielder Gelstek, a 20 year old 185 pound hitter, signed a minor league contract with the St Louis Cardinals after a school tryout. Announced over the weekend, Gelstek will likely report for spring training with the Cardinals farm system at Skito Hospital diamond.
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Advance Plans For Field Meet By Rod and Gun Club
Wednes evening meeting of the Rod and Gun Club drew 28 members to discuss the upcoming annual field meet next month. Action on the dog training area was tabled until the next regular meeting. The Spring Greet sportsmen will run the food concession with both fox and coon dog trials planned. An effort will be made to have Harry Fairebirds and Boyd Dutch Moerdink on the grounds for their private bird days demonstration.
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Moerdink
Pratt Favored In A Q Lap Race At Erie
Pratt is the heavy favorite to win the 40 lap midget feature at Erie Sportsman’s Field tonight after a season with multiple feature wins. Rival Mike Little from Johns town and Eddie Risso from Tafanell Offices are among challengers, with Neal Carter leading the supporting lineup. Timerials start at 7 p.m. and the program includes eight events with an added admission charge.
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