Heart Fund Night to Feature Star Cast at Yankee Stadium
New York hosts a July 11 heart fund gala at Yankee Stadium. The event combines a three way Yankees Dodgers Giants game with a home run contest and exhibitions by boxing and tennis icons, aimed at funding heart disease research and patient aid.
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New York
Toots
Bugs Baer
Ford Frick
Frick
Heart Fund
Dodgers
Giants
Calcutta Street
Ebbets Field
Walter Johnson
Babe Ruth
Walter
Babe
Joe Louis
Jack Dempsey
Yankee Stadium
Barrow
Lou
Meuse
Pennock
Hoyt
Pipp
Lazzeri
Schang
Koenig
Dugan
Bengough
Pipgras
Mom
Pop Gehrig
Eleanor
Ruth
Gehrig
Aone
Plains
N. Y
White
Probable Pitchers Listed for National League Games
National League matchups show Brooklyn at New York Bronca facing Kennedy or Jan sen. Philadelphia at Boston Herit ane meeting Sain or Hall. Pittsburgh at Chicago Lom bardi versus Schmitz. Cincinnati at St Louis Wehmeier against Staley.
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Brooklyn
New York
Bronca
Kennedy
Jansen
Philadelphia
Boston
Heritane
Sain
Hall
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Lombardi
Schmitz
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Wehmeier
Staley
Washington
Reynolds
Calvert
Dobson
Kellner
Detroit
Pieretti
Gray
Cleveland
Fannin
Wynn
Grobek
Baseball pairings and weather note mix in Mojave fact
The page lists several MLB matchups including New York at Washington and Boston at Philadelphia with pitcher pairings. It adds an unrelated meteorological line stating the Mojave Desert averages five to six inches of rain yearly and summer temps commonly reach 120 degrees.
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Mojave Desert
Second Annual Championship At Decatur Country Club Opens
The second annual championship at Decatur Country Club begins at nine this morning with defending champion Cecil Chandler facing Rex Rankin. Qualifying produced a tie for low medalist between Chandler and Billy Wyker, who withdrew, forcing a playoff later. Multiple matches across flights follow through Sunday and Monday with prizes for winners and runners up.
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Decatur Country Club
Cecil Chandler
Chandler
Rex Rankin
Billy Wyker
Wyker
Rankin
John Babis
al Jones
Clyde Nagle
Tom Fitzpatrick
Dr. Farrish
Frank Scroggins
A. C. Bailey
Buck Livingston
John Maynor
Pick Dozier
James Wade
Joe Baugh
Joe Hagler
Bill Green
Douglas Dodd
Phil Nungesser
Bill Ferguson
Ed Rogers
Wilmer Hall
Bobby McGwier
C.D. Cottingham
Ray Childs
Russell Humphrey
Claude Carter
Vernon McGwier
Frank Stone
Frank Perkins
Bill Schelbe
Frank Yaney
John Giles
Bessie Jones
Boobye Curtis
A. C
Assault Wins Brooklyn Handicap At Aqueduct In 1948
King Ranch's veteran Assault charged from near the top of the stretch to win the $58,700 Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct. Vulcan's Forge held second with Flying Misses third as Assault clocked 2 04 5 for a mile and one quarter. The crowd of 27,877 watched Dave Gorman ride Assault as he increased career earnings to $668,020.
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John Chandler
New York
King Ranch
Assault
Aqueduct
Brooklyn
Bold Venture-I
Stymie
King Branch
Eddie Arcaro
Arcaro
Vulcan
Dave Gorman
Moulton Dominates Haleyville 10-0 in League Play
Moulton defeated Haleyville 10-0 in a North Alabama League game Saturday afternoon. Ray Stockton led the Red Devils with three hits in four at bats while Robertson pitched a great game on the mound.
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Moulton
Haleyville
North Alabama
Ray Stockton
Red Devils
Robertson
Mosquitoes Win Softball Game At Base
In San Antonio on July 2, the Mosquitoes defeated two Kelly Air Force Base teams after five innings as the 1803rd Airways and Air Communication Service led the 2103rd Air Weather Group 6 to 4 when captains agreed to call the game due to Mosquitoes swarming the field and preventing pitching.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Air Force Base
1803Rd Airways
Air Communication Service
Motorcycle Races Set for Athens Fair Grounds
The Athens motorcycle races begin with time trials at 1 30 pm and main events at 2 30 pm. Notable riders include Horace Travis from Chattanooga and Fred Lewis of Nashville with two Huntsville riders in the No vice Division. The North Alabama Motorcycle Club sponsors the AMA sanctioned event with a $900 prize, as many racers head to Birmingham on Monday.
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Fair Grounds
Athens
Horace Travis
Chattanooga
Fred Lewis
Nashville
Dave Anderson
Atlanta
Howard Hardy
Columbus
Miles Shasteen
Decatur
Huntsville
North Alabama Motorcycle Club
Birmingham
Lookouts Rally To Beat Atlanta 8-6 In Chattanooga
The Chattanooga Lookouts overturned an early deficit to topple the Atlanta Crackers 8-6. Royce Chandler earned the win with two hits in two at bats. Junior Wooten drove in three runs with a single, double and triple, while Lloyd Gearhart homered for Atlanta and Bryan Taylor took the loss after relieving Jim Bagby.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Lookouts
Atlanta Crackers
Royce Chandler
Junior Wooten
Lloyd Gearhart
The
Crackers
Byran Taylor
Jim
Bagby
Atlanta
Yanks Rally to 10-2 Win Over Senators
Joe DiMaggio hit two singles and drove in four runs to lift the New York Yankees to a 10-2 victory against the Washington Senators. DiMaggio extended his RBI total and extended his hitting streak, as New York widened their lead with a powerful offensive showing.
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Washington
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
DiMaggio
Cantrell Wins 42nd Gold Cup Speedboat Race
Wild Bill Cantrell piloted the My Sweetie to the 42nd Gold Cup in a 90 mile event. He won heats two and three after finishing third in the opening sprint, finishing with 1425 points to edge out R Stanley Dollar Jr in the speedboat classic.
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Wild Bill Cantrell
Sweetie
Cantrell
R. Stanley Dollar, Jr
Slammin Sam S Back On Game
Sam Snead shot a 64 for a 133 total after two rounds of the Washington Star Open in Washington. Jim Ferrier was one stroke back at 134, with Skip Alexander and Dutch Harrison tied for third at 135 as the halfway point of the 72 hole tournament.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Sam’ Snead
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Snead
Skip Alexander
Lexington
N. C
E. J
Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Alexander
Ferrier
W. Va
Prince Georges Country Club
Braves Fall to Phillies in 3-2 Narrow Loss
Brav es lose 3-2 to the Phillies as Blix Donnelly throws a six-hitter to lift Philadelphia into a third place NL tie before 21 661 fans. Del Crandall hits his first major league home run for the Braves.
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Boston
Blix Donnelly
Boston Braves
Phillies
del Crandall
Herren Defends Cotton States Tennis Title in Selacauga
In Sylacauga Alabama Wade Herren of Birmingham won the men s singles title at the Cotton States Tennis Tournament defeating Ed Adams of Columbus Georgia 6 3 6 3 6 3 in the final Jim Vuille and Sevey Wilson of St Petersburg Florida beat Herren and Les Longshore of Anniston Alabama 6 2 6 4 4 6 6 4 to take the doubles crown Vuille and Wilson also won the doubles title in 1947 but did not play last year.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Wade Herren
Birmingham
Ed Adams
Columbus
Herren
Jim Vuille
Sevey Wilson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Les Longshore
Anniston
Vuille and Wilson
Brough Captures Wimbledon Woman's Singles Title
Louise Brough of Beverly Hills defeated Margaret Osborne Du Pont of Wilmington 10-8 1-6 10-8 to win the Wimbledon women’s singles crown in a grueling final. The match lasted nearly two hours as Brough outlasted her longtime rival to claim back to back Wimbledon titles.
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London
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Margaret Osborne du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Miss Brough
Ted Schroeder
la Cresenta
Frank Parker
Pancho Gonzales
Los Angeles
Schroeder
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Mrs. du Pont
Jaroslav Drobny
Parker
Gonzales
Mulloy
Florida
College Tourney Enters Finals
Slender Morris Williams Jr. of Texas and Harvie Ward of North Carolina reach the men’s final of the National Collegiate Golf Meet on the Iowa State College course. Ward dominates late, Williams edges Bariteau 1 up at the 18th. Mixed doubles crown goes to Eric Sturgess and Mrs. Summers 9-7 9-11 7-5.
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Iowa State College
Ward
Tarboro
N. C
Tommy Veech
Notre Dame
Williams
Eli Bariteau
California
San Jose State
Marshall Resigns as Auburn Football Line Coach
Auburn Alabama July 2 7 Walter Marshall has resigned as Auburn football line coach. He plans to take a coaching position at a large Eastern high school linked to a boys summer camp. Marshall joined Auburn with Earl Brown in January 1948 after serving as Brown’s assistant at Canisius College. The resignation was announced by Athletic Director Wilbur Hutsell.
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Auburn
Ala
Walter Marshall
Eastern
Marshall
Earl Brown
Brown
Canisius
N. Y
Wilbur Hutsell
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