Night baseball returns to major parks amid growing popularity
Auto racing resumes with Memorial Day 600 mile classic and Reading Fair Grounds opening May 26. Detroit Lions announce three pre season night exhibitions before Sept 90 opener with the Chicago Cardinals. Feller aims for 200 innings after a 262 strikeout season in 1940.
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Rollie Hemsley Suffered Broken Left Wrist in Collision
The Philadelphia Phillies leave for Brooklyn without catcher Rollie Hemsley who has a broken left wrist and chipped bone from a collision two weeks earlier with Pirates first baseman Elbie Fletcher. Skeeter Newsome sprained ankle, and pitcher Ripple Ripp le Thumbed foot injury noted, with return pending.
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Blaine Wallace High Shooters Lead at Olymer Riffe Range
Blaine Wallace set the pace in the wellar weekly shoot on the Olymer riffe range last evening with a 23g total D. Gabriel deadlocked for runnerup honors with 227 and R. Gravink was Viext in Une with 223.
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Red Sox Rally To Tie Yanks Extend Streak To 15
Boston's 5-4 win over New York at Yankee Stadium caps a 15 game streak and expands the lead to five and a half games. Do Maggio's bases loaded homer and Rudy York's go ahead single spark the comeback as Earl Johnson holds the Yankees in the late innings. Brooklyn tops Boston 4-2 while Philadelphia and Washington endure a 15 inning marathon in a rainless night slate.
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Jamestown Grabs Lead In Pony League Standings
Jamestown holds a one game lead in the Pony League after beating Lockport 8 to 9 as Bradford lost 5 to 0 to Wellsville. Hornell shut out Olean 0 to 0 in the other game. Tonight schedule features Batavia at Hangton, Wellsville at Bradford, Olean at Hornell, Jamestown at Lockport.
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Major Leaders National and American League Honors Cited
National League leaders include Reese of Brooklyn batting 406 and Holmes of Boston with 16 RBIs. Hill tied with Musial 29 for doubles and Mize of New York 5 home runs. Reiser of Brooklyn stole 7 bases. Lanier of St. Louis leads pitchers with 41 wins. American League names Williams of Boston batting 00 and Pesky 41 hits with Doerp 28 RBIs. DiMeggio tops home runs. Rays, Gase, and others drive steals and pitching tallies amid mixed reports. Fights report in Baltimore and Toronto reference night brawls involving Lee Q. Murray and Verne Hoscoe.
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Assault in Preakness Stakes Sparks Betting Frenzy
Assault leads a field of 11 three year olds in the Preakness at Pimlico as bettors back the Derby hopeful. Hampden, with jockey switch to Heady Radio, challenges the favorite while the purse tops 140000 with over 100000 to the winner. 40,000 fans expected despite rain threats.
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Warren Nine Routs Beavers in Daily Play
In a busy baseball update Warren Nine defeated Beavers. Other scores include Newark 4 Toronto 1 and Montreal 4 Baltimore 1 in the International League. Mid-Atlantic results show Oil City 6 Nikewen Malls 4 and Vaunastown 7 Butline 4 with Johnstown 4 Erie 19 innings rain-shortened.
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Yesterday's Scores Prompt Mixed From Fragmented Report
Fragmented OCR notes show Brisklyn defeated Boston 4 to 2 and New York 4 to 5 results with many garbled city names. Mentions include Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Washington with unclear scores and dates.
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Ralphs Place Leads Corry In ABC Keg Firing
Corry competes in the American Bowling Congress tournament in Buffalo amid uneven scores. Ralphs Place posted a 2499 series led by Pat Renzi with 199 169 169 for 537, while Caroli na], Morton and others posted varied scores as The City Market and other teams also posted totals. high scores included Baker 164 191 244, Renzi 537, and Cassett 187 193 520.
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Stranahan Grabs Lead In Houston Golf Tourney
Stranahan holds a five stroke lead entering the third round of Houston’s $10,000 Golf Tournament of Champions as Nelson and Hogan chase. Nelson shoots 69 while Hogan posts 72 to stay within two of Stranahan’s 139 total and lead the field headed into the next round.
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