Cardinals top Reds 9 3 to seize second place in NL race
Stan Musial and Don Blasingame each collected four hits for St. Louis as Vinegar Bend Mizell earned his third straight win, limiting Cincinnati to two hits through eight innings before a ninth inning rally. Musial raised his average to .307, while Bell Kluszewski and Robinson homered for Cincinnati.
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Reds
Don Blasingame
Musial
ST. Louis
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
Cincinnati
Redlegs
Gus Bell
Ted Kluszewski
Frank Robinson
Redbird
Art Fowler
Hal Jeffcoat
Joe Black
Mustal
Jeffcoat
Sian Landes
Birdie Tebbbetts
Fred Hutchinson
Hank Sauer
Ken Boyer
Cardinals
Cincinnate AB Rhooa Temple
Palys
Bell
Kluszewski
Robinson
Jablonzki
Bailey
McMillan
Fowler
P Ae Jeffcoat
Black
ST. Louis OA
Blasingame
Schoendienst
Boyer
Moon
Sauer, Lf
Sarni
Brandt
Temple
Jablonski
RBI
Sauer
Hr—Bell
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So—Jeffcoat
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R-Er—Fowler
L-Fowler
Slaughter
Kansas City Athletics
Enos Slaughter
Harry Simpson
Hector Lopez
Gas House
Kansas City
Lopez
Chicago White Sox
A’s
Belt Mooney Lead Golf Team In Memorial Day Scotch Foursome
Mrs Belt and Prentiss Mooney fired a 42 over the front nine at Hough Park to win the annual Memorial Day Scotch Foursome. The runner up were Mrs D D Stout and Harold Thomas with 44. events featured three hole in one attempts and a putting contest won by Mrs James McLellan and Harold Thomas. Yale’s 1956 golf team lists seniors captain Ed Ware and Dave Clovis.
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Prentiss Mooney
Hough Park
D. D. Stout
Harold Thomas
Kenneth
Smoky) Woods
Woods
Ethel Miget
James McLellan
Roegner
Kenneth Woods
James Ross
Tourney
Yale
Ed Ware
Merion, Pa
Dave Clovis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pirates Stop Giants 3-0 Behind Kline Shutout
Ronnie Kline pitched his second shutout of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, beating the New York Giants 3-0. Gene Freese drove in all Pirate runs with a bases-loaded double in the fifth. game ended in the eighth due to rain.
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Pittsburgh
Ronnie Kline
Pittsburgh Pirate
Pirates
New York Giants
Gene Freese
Jim Hearn
New York
Hearn
Worthington
Grissom
Mangan
Westrum
Kline
Foiles
L—Hearn
Industrial Cagers Set To Meet Today
Officials of the National Industrial Basketball League begin formal sessions in Wichita on May 31 to discuss possible new teams from Des Moines and Omaha and next season schedules. Harold E. Meyer of Peoria is president. Two schedules, eight or six teams, will be considered. Denver returns under new sponsorship, while last season’s dropouts reduced the circuit to five teams.
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Kan
National Industrial Basketball League
Des Moines
Omaha
Harold E. Meyer
Peoria
Ill
Houston
Don Boldebuck
Denver
Wichita Vickers
Chicago Trucking Co. Inc
Denver Bankers
Ada Oilers
Artesia
N ME
Vickers
Phillips 66
Barnesville
Okla
Peoria Caterpillars
Akron Goodyears
Milwaukee Allen Bradiers
Yankees Rally Past Senators 9-6 in Sixth Inning
New York delivers five unearned runs in the sixth to break a 4-4 tie and defeat Washington 9-6. Hank Bauer and Roy Sievers hit their 12th homers of the season for their teams as Stobbs and Chakales start for Washington while Grim Larsen Morgan work for New York.
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New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Hank Bauer
Roy Sievers
Washington
Stobbs
Chakales
Grob
Courtney
Berberet
Grim
Larsen
Morgan
Howard
W—Morgan
L—Stobbs
Sievers
Luttrell
Bauer
Red Birds Meet Mexico In Missouri Valley League Match
Righthander Ross Boeger to start for the G B Red Birds against Mexico in a Missouri Valley League game at 8 p m today at Washington Park. Manager Ernie Vivian plans Art Mueller at first Stan Adrian second Cale Logan third Wendell Koerner short Jim Weber Pete Walz Wayne Looten in the outfield Buck Walz catching. Mexico won 8-6 at Mexico two weeks earlier behind Dib Hill. Red Birds hold a 3-3 MVC League record.
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Red Birds
Mexico
Washington Park
Ernie Vivian
Art Mueller
Stan Adrian
Cale Logan
Wendell Koerner
Jim Weber
Pete Walz
Wayne Looten
Buck Walz
Dib Hill
Hill
Missouri Valley League
National League scores and American League results recap
National League games show St. Louis defeating Cincinnati 9 3 and Milwaukee beating Chicago 15 8 while Pittsburgh edged New York 3 2 and New York also posting Q as a separate entry. American League action lists New York 9 Washington 6 and Boston 1 Baltimore 1 in a concise results note.
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Chicago
Burdette
Murff
Crandall
Rice
Minner
Hacker
Valentinetti
Landrith
W—Burdette
L—Minner
Adcock
Bruton
Mathews
King
Whisenant
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Washington
Boston
Baltimore
Baseball Matchups From Awnings and Cities
New York at Cincinnati features Wor thington vs Maymoneh as 1 0. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee pairs Friend against Spahn with CN. Brooklyn visits Chicago Craig versus Brosnan. Philadelphia travels to St Louis with Sim mons against Poholsky. Cleveland at Washington Lem on faces Wiesler. Chicago meets Baltimore Keegan with Johnson. Detroit at New York Lary opp Byrne. Kansas City visits Boston Heritage with Brewer.
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New York
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Ood
Chicago Rae
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Baltimore Oe
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Washington
Kansas City
Cincinnati
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Maymoneh
Nuxhall
Friend
Spahn
Craig
Brosnan
Simmons
Poholsky
Lemon
Wiesler
Baltimore
Keegan
Johnson
Lary
Byrne
Boston
Heritage
Brewer
Sooners Top Missouri to Clinch Big Seven Title
Oklahoma capitalized on five Missouri errors to win 11-4 and seal the Big Seven baseball championship. First baseman Bob Burr drove in six runs on four hits as the Sooners boosted their conference record to 7-2 and earned an NCAA District Five playoff berth. Missouri took an early lead before OU exploded with a seven run seventh inning.
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University of Oklahoma
Missouri
Sooners
Peoria Hill
Oklahoma
North Dakota State
Bardley University
Bradley
Bob Burr
Nebraska
Risinger
Gregory
Stewart
Gulick
Luecke
Kammer
Missoul
Sexton Motor Junior Legion Tames Eldon 6-1 Opener
Fred Albright allowed four hits and Eldon’s wildness aided Sexton Motor’s 6-1 victory in the opening Legion game at Washington Park. Bobby Limes plated a triple, Harold Nichols and Calvin drove in runs, while Ray Scott and Lammers keyed the big first inning rally. Dennis Higgins tossed three hitless innings to close out the win as Sexton advances to meet Mexjie in District B action Sunday.
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Eldon Trailers
Sexton Motor Junior American Legion
Eldon
Ray Scott
Lammers
Nichols
Scott Larry Long
Sow Calvin
Long
Kiden
Graham
Ray Hentpes Singhd
Seoul
Tamemers
Mbright
Dennis Higgins
Lone
Chived
Washington Park
Sexton
Mexjie
Eldon Oo
Power and Light Blanks Lutheran in Senior League Opener
A bunt in the fifth spoiled a no hitter as Fischer Drug defeated Trinity Lutheran 7-0 at Duensing Field to open Senior League play. In the nightcap Missouri Power and Light exploded for six runs in the fifth to rout Mc Graw Wilson 14-4 in Intermediate action.
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McGraw Fischer Blanks Lutheran
Herb Holliday
Bob Steinmerg
Duensing Field
Fischer Drug
Trinity Lutheran
Missouri Power and Light
McGraw-Wilson
Lem Basnett
Bob Roark
Harold Renick
Charles
Final Park Board Baseball Tryouts Scheduled Saturday
Final tryouts for midget, intermediate and junior baseball teams will be at 5 p m Saturday at Lions Field announced by Howard Scott park board recreation supervisor. All boys new to the leagues should attend. Age limits are 9-11 for midgets 12-14 for intermediates and 15-17 for juniors.
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Howard Scott
Park Board
Scott
Pay But Little Work Racket Charges Hit California U Coaches
California and PCC amid scandal as J Miller Leavy accuses UC Berkeley coaches of running a phony job racket for athletes. He alleges players earned at least $50 monthly for off campus work plus $75 monthly conference allowance. Waldorf rejects any knowledge of such jobs.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
J. Miller Leavy
UCLA
University of Southern California
California
Clark Kerr
Gregory Engelhard
Waldorf
Leavy
Los Angeles County
Golden Bear
Robert Gordon Sproul
PCC
Victor Q. Schmidt
Emmett B. Moore
Washington State College
Schmidt
Leavey
Pastrano Beats Spieser In Close New Orleans Bout
Willie Pastrano defeated Chuck Spieser by a disputed 1 4 round split decision in New Orleans before about 9 000 fans. Pastrano, 172 pounds, targeted the former Olympic team member with infighting and opened cuts under Spieser's eyes. Three judges differed on the outcome, AP had Pastrano far ahead, while Kereheva and Wolfe had Spieser close or Pastrano winning.
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Willie Pastrano
Chuck Spieser
Pastrano
Baseball Manual
Detroit
Spreser
Spieser
Frank Kereheva
Spieser Othe
Eddie Ride Wolfe
Willie
Oeven
Pete Giarnie
Naval Reserve
Laundry Gets A Head
Patrons at the Alcatrax tavern and a resident upstairs faced a scare when a brewery service man stalled a new beer barrel. In the apartment Mrs. Margaret Swory began setting beer in her washing machine as patrons complained the draught tasted like hot water. Peace returned after pipes were found to be spliced.
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Youngstown
Qonio UF
Alcatrax
Margaret Swory
Bears Fall 8-5 to Boonville in Cen Johnson League
In Boonville on May 31 Jefferson City Bears lost 8-5 to Boonville in a Cen tral Missouri Ban Johnson League game. Boonville scored early with one run in the first and fourth innings, added four in the fifth, and two in the sixth. Jefferson City managed two hits and a single run through six before a four run seventh inning rally by Boonville.
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Boonville
Jefferson City
Ryff Boardman Showdown Set At Madison Square Garden
New York May 31 Ryff and Boardman meet in a ten round lightweight bout at Madison Square Garden broadcast coast to coast. Boardman 30-2 4 KOs climbs from upset wins over Bud Smith and Sandy Saddler to face Frankie Ryff 20-1 0 with three saves as Ruff is No. 2 contender and Dunas No. 8. Scoring by rounds with a supplementary system to break draws.
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New York
Larry Boardman
Frankie Ryff
Madison Square Garden
Boardman
Wallace
Bud) Smith
Sandy Saddler
Ruff
Ralph Caponetts
Renny Lane
Frankie
Danny von Porez
Joey Lopes
Paddy DeMarco
Baby Vasquez
Ralph Dupas
New Orleans
Dupas
Dunas
Moberly Tops Missouri for Baseball Per Capita
Moberly recreation authorities boast that the city has more baseball and softball teams per capita than any Missouri town. By June 11, 37 teams will play regular league schedules six nights a week through August, including 16 midget teams, American Legion and Ban Johnson squads, a semi pro club, 11 girls teams, and a seven team City Softball League for men.
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Moberly
Missouri City
American Legion
Ban Johnson
British Amateur Champion Conrad Falls to Jack in Scotland
In Troon May 31 the British Amateur golf title saw American hopeful Conrad lose to Reid Jack who then advances to face John Beharrell in a 36-hole semi final. Scotland now has a finalist, with Henderson and Taylor contesting the other bracket as Beharrell edges Deighton.
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Troon
Scotland
Wwe
Joe Conrad
Reid Jack
Conrad
San Antonio
Jack
John Beharrell
George Henderson
Leslie Taylor
Glasgow
Alex Kyte
Beharrell
Britain
Frank Deighton
Henderson
West of Scotland
Ferbert ‘Thomson
Taylor
Melville Bucher
U.S
Trown
Royal Lytham
St. Annes
Dahlbender Beats Blair in Western Amateur first round
Dahlbender of Atlanta staged the day's biggest comeback to defeat Jim Blair 1 up after 37 holes in Nashville. Don Bisplinghoff of Orlando edged Robert Cochran 2 up with a closing 68 to win his opening match. Other results included Tim Holland 9-8 over Robert Tinney and Rex Baxter 1-up over Martin Stanovich.
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Nashville
Tenn
Don Bislinghoff
Orlando
Fila
Robert Cochran
Normandy
Imc
Cochran
Bisplinghoff
Gene Dahlbender
Atlanta
Jim Tom Blair
Jefferson City
Dahlbender
Blair
Tim Holland
Rockville Centre
N. Y
Robert Tinney
Columbia
S. C
Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Tex
Martin Stanovich
Waukegan
Mason Rudolph
Clarksville
Arnold Blum
Macon
Dale Morey
Indianapolis
John Owens
Lexington
Floyd Addington
Dallas
Mark McCormick
Augusta
Bill Davidson
Jack Parnell
Parnell
Boxer Ezzars Charles to fight Zora Folley in Phoenix
Paul Clinite of Cheries PIPOENTX announced the signing of former heavyweight champion Ezzars Charles to meet Zora Folley of Chandler on June 26 at Phoenix Safeball Park.
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Pipoentx
Ariz. Wo
Paul Clinite
Ezzars Charles
Zora Folley
Chandler
Ariz
Phoenix
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