Kirk Bentley Wins Jaycee Trophy Race on Elk River
Kirk Bentley of Athens won the Jaycee Trophy boat race at the Elk River River mouth event sponsored by the Commerce Chamber. About 1,000 spectators watched seven heats in broiling heat with one spill. Bentley led in the Free For All class but was disqualified for cutting a buoy.
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Ber of Commerce
Elk River
Bentley
Magnolia
Paul Hudson
Cullman
Bill Barksdale
Huntsville
Edward C. Smith
Athens
Charles L. James
Decatur
Lone Star
Roy Shaw
Jack Dupuy
Mercury
Raymond Brown
Hartselle
Davis
Walter Thomas, Jr
Tuscumbia
Freddie Faulkner
Larry Mobley
Walter Thomas
David Hetrick
Edward Staley
Sheffield
Ed Staley
Kirk Bentley
Duracraft
Joe Boyd
Hatton Bows In Tenth To Trade School
Trade School scored a run in the tenth inning to edge Hatton 5-4 at Legion Field. Price Parker reached on an error, went to third on Irby’s single, and scored on Charlie Stewart’s bunt to break a 4-4 deadlock.
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Trade School
Hatton
Legion Field
Price Parker
Irby
Charlie Stewart
Probable MLB Pitchers Listed by AP for Weekday Games
The Associated Press lists probable pitchers for NL games including Philadelphia at Cincinnati with Morehead Semproch against Lawrence Nuxhall or Schmidt, Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, St Louis at San Francisco, Chicago at Los Angeles. In the AL Kansas City at Cleveland Verger Bell, Detroit at Chicago Bunning Donovan, Baltimore at Washington Harshman Kemmerer.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Morehead
Semproch
Lawrence
Nuxhall
Schmidt
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Raydon
Jaya St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City
Cleveland
Garver
Bell
Detroit
Chicago
Bunning
Donovan
Baltimore
Washington
Harshman
Kemmerer
G.B
New York
Boston
St. Louis A
Adelphia
Aee-E
Los Angeles
Vernon, Indians erupt in first inning to rout Kansas City
Mickey Vernon belted a two run homer as Cleveland erupted for five first inning runs to beat the Kansas City Athletics 8 to 2. Larry Doby and Rocky Colavito homered with the bases empty. Ray Narleski won his 10th. Ralph Terry started for Kansas City and lasted only a third of an inning before being relieved.
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Cleveland
Mickey Vernon
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Kansas City Athletics
Larry Doby
Rocky Colavito
Indians
Ray Narleski
Ralph Terry
Kansas City
Vernon
Bob Avila
Doby
J. W. Porter
Terry
Ray Herbert
Pet Lovers Rally For Lost Lily The Mongrel
In New York supporters hold bilingual placards offering a reward for Lily a six year old mongrel mostly terrier missing since June 27 from the Winklers hotel room. The couple Mr and Mrs Joseph Winkler were due back in Miami Beach but stayed to search.
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New York
Upper Broadway
Lily
Joseph Winkler
Miami Beach
Scores Snapshot from NashvilleAtlanta Game
Fragmentary line scores show Nashville and Atlanta scoring segments with players Comelli Aylward Lumenti Oliva Baich Lumenti Harrington Daniel Wagner referenced. The garbled OCR indicates a first game score sequence and partial player contributions across innings.
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Nashville
Comelli
Aylward
Lumenti
Oliva
Baich
Giants rally in ninth to edge Cardinals 5 4
San Francisco Giants score two in the ninth paced by Ray Jablonski triple to beat St. Louis 5 to 4. Mccormick picks up the win while Don Blasingame hits a two run homer for the Cardinals. Jackson suffers the loss as the teams split the series standings tight near Milwaukee.
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SAN Francisco
Giants
Ray Jablonski
St. Louis
Cardinals
Milwaukee
Jablonski
Willie Mays
Linday McDaniel
Larry Jackson
McDaniel
Jackson
Smith
Landrith
McCormick
Schmidt
L—Jackson
Blasingame
Tennessee Lass Wins AAU Title
Margaret Mathews a 21 year old Olympian from Tennessee State set a new American record in the broad jump with 20 feet 1 inch to win the AAU track crown. She also won the 100 yard dash in 11.1 seconds and anchored Tennessee State to a meet record 440 yard relay win.
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Murray Rose
Associated Press
Morristown
N.J
Margaret Mathews
Tennessee State
Atlanta
Moscow
Earlene Brown
Los Angeles
Memorial Field
Lucinda Williams
Isabel Daniels
Willie White
Melbourne
Miss White
Tennessee
Annie Smith
Lillian Green
Hunter College
New York
Flo McArdle
Francis Kaszibski
Cleveland
Miss Green
Folsom Clears Way For Races At Courtland Air Base
Gov James Folsom authorized Courtland Air Base use for Decatur JCs sports car races on August 30 and 31. Moulton Jaycees run weekly drag races. agreement to include Aug 31 at the base is planned. Bradley says Sports Car Club of America will be contacted and expects a full driver field.
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Decatur
Moulton’s Jaycees
Decatur Club
Moulton Club
State Docks
Knox McRae
Folsom
United States
Karl Bradley
Jaycee
Sports Car Club of America Today
Bradley
Courtland
Chisox Beat Tigers 8-1 Behind Pierce Strong Sox Defense
Chicago White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce calmed after a rough first inning to coast to an 8-1 win over the Detroit Tigers before 23 025 fans. Jim Landis drove in three runs with two singles while Nellie Fox added a two run triple in the eighth and Pierce earned his eighth win.
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Joe Mooshil
Associated Press
Chicago
Billy Pierce
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Sox
Pierce
Detroit
Jim Landis
Landis
Nellie Fox
Billy Hoeft
Chinese storekeepers control Madagascar economy for clove trade
Chinese storekeepers rule the Madagascan economy by controlling clove harvest trade. They barter food and other necessities with growers, forcing French exporters to purchase from them. The situation highlights Chinese influence over local commerce on the French colony.
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Madagascar
Africa
Nashville Driver Crashes in Athens Motorcycle Race
A grinding wreck at Athens Limestone Fairgrounds during a July 4 motorcycle meet injured five riders, including Nashville’s Jack Swan in very critical condition with head injuries. Homer Scott won the feature on a BSA as other riders from Birmingham and Nashville suffered ribs and kidney injuries.
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Shorty Lane
Birmingham
Athens Fairgrounds
Lane
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Hub Gardner
Bill Walker
Ed Straford
Spry Funeral Home
Athens Fairground
Staford
Athens
Straford
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Nashville, En
Athens-Limestone
Jack Swan
Swan
Nashville
Homer Scott
B.S.A
Fairgrounds
Tennessee
Magic City
Gibson Takes Singles Crown At Wimbledon
Althea Gibson from Harlem defended her Wimbledon title by beating Angela Mortimer 8-6 6-2 for her second consecutive singles crown. She and Maria Bueno won the doubles title, while Howe and Coghlan upset Gibson Nielsen in mixed doubles. Davidson Schmidt shocked Cooper Fraser in men’s doubles. Earl Buchholz and Sally Moore captured junior titles.
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Tom Ochiltree
Associated Press
Wimbledon
England
Althea Gibson
Harlem
Angela Mortimer
Britain
Maria Bueno
Brazil
Kurt Nielsen
Denmark
Bob Howe
Lorraine Coghlan
Althea
Center Court
Duchess of Kent
Miss Mortimer
Miss Gibson
Miss Bueno
Margaret du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Margaret Warner
el Paso
Tex
Howe
Miss Coghland
Nielsen
Sven Davidson
Ulf Schmidt
Ashley Cooper
Neale Fraser
Davidson
Schmidt
Fraser
Cooper
America
Uncle Sam
Earl Buchholz Jr
St. Louis
P. J. Lal
India
Sally Moore
Bakersfield
Calif
Miss Moore
Pat Balling
Anna Dmitrieva
Russia
Idun Captures Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park
Idun, the 1957 champion two year old filly, won the Mother Goose Stakes by three lengths at Belmont Park in a 1 43 3-5 time. Lopar finished second with Sea Moon third as nine fillies raced the mile and one sixteenth event. Idun paid $2.90, Lopar $5.80, Sea Moon $3.20.
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NEW York
Idun
Belmont Park
Foxcatcher Farms
Lopar
Charlton Clay
Sea Moon
Brookmeade Stable
Barons Vols to Replay Suspended Southern Assn Game
Birmingham and Nashville will replay a Southern Assn game that ended 7-7 after a 3 hour 13 minute finish past 12:20 a.m. on July 4. Nashville tied it with five eighth inning runs, and the first game of the doubleheader was 5-3 with rain delay.
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Birmingham
Nashville
Southern Assn
Vols
Barons
Charlie Hurth
Women Wrestlers Lead Monday Colosseum Card
Two top women grapplers headline a Monday night show at the Coliseum starting 8:30 PM DST. Jessica Rogers, 132 pounds, faces Therese Theis, 168 pounds, in a best two of three falls match. Atlas meets Mighty Atlas, a 220-pound Chicago product, in another featured bout, with promoters aiming to build future cards on strong attendance.
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America
Coliseum
DAV
Jessica Rogers
Therese Theis
Chief Little Eagle
Stillwater
Okla
Mighty Atlas
Atlas
Chicago
International Amphitheater
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Stewart
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Flack
Enema
Emer Dugger
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Seen
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R. Beck
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Scottie Craft
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Tribe Rally
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Wagner
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Chisox Nip Tigers
Hart
Johnny Burchfield
Bessemer
Bill Thomas
Louisville
Cleven Domingue
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Charles Desenstemas
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Benton
Ark
Shorty Ajs
Glen Hunter
Paragould
Homer L. Scott
Charles W. Loyd
Dallas
Domingue
Gibson
Chief Little Eagle and Mighty Atlas
MNS
Mutual Savings Building
Bank Street
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