Britain’s Campbell Reclaims Water Speed Record at Ullswater
Young Donald Campbell sent the turbojet Bluebird to 202.32 mph on Ullswater to claim the world water speed record, beating Stanley Sayres and surpassing his father Sir Malcolm Campbell’s earlier marks. The run, though second was slower, set 202.32 mph as the new standard while Campbell predicted the boat could exceed it again on future trials.
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Ullswater
England
Donald
Campbell
Ullswater Lake
Malcolm Campbell
Stanley Sayres
Seattle
Young Campbell
Lake Coniston
Lake
de Campbell
Braves Rally Past Dodgers in Seventh Inning Shakeup
Milwaukee uses a six run seventh highlighted by Joe Adcock and Andy Pafko homers to beat Brooklyn 14 to 4. George Crowe adds a two run triple as Ed Roebuck takes the loss and Ernie Johnson earns the win. Brooklyn’s lead in the National League drops to 13 1/2 games.
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Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Joe Adcock
Andy Pafko
Brooklyn Dodgers
Adcock
Eddie Mathews
Pafko
Braves
George Crowe
Ed Roebuck
Karl Spooner
Ernie Johnson
Bob Buhland
Phil Paine
Sandy Koufax
Spooner
Bill Bruton
Johnny Logan
Mathews
Duke Snider
del Crandall
Don Hoak
Pee Wee Reese
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Buhl
Carl Furillo
Logan
Reese
Hank Aaron
Crandall
Danny O'Connell
Crowe
Labine
Bruton
Trabert Triumphs Over Richardson In Semifinal Showdown
In Philadelphia at Merion Cricket Club Tony Trabert defeated Hamilton Richardson 6-3 6-3 8-6 to reach the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship final. Earlier Wimble don champion Louise Brough rallied to beat Althea Gibson 1-6 6-2 6-1 in the 55th Pennsylvania Eastern States Women's Tournament final.
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Philadelphia
Tony ‘Trabert
Hamilton Richardson
Merion Cricket Club
Louise Brough
Althea Gibson
Pennsylvania
Richardson
Trabert
American and Southern League Schedule Summary
Milwaukee plays Brooklyn and Cincinnati hosts York in early schedule notes across the American League. St Louis meets Chicago while Mobile faces Atlanta and New Orleans travels to Birmingham. Memphis visits Nashville with remaining matchups listed in brief.
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Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
York
St. Louis
Chicago
Southern Association Mobile
Atlanta
New Orleans
Birmingham
Memphis
Nashville
Nashville Tops Southern Batting Leaders in League
Nashville dominates Southern Association batting leaders through July 20 with three Vols among the top five in several categories. Charlie Williams leads in average and base hits, Ed White sits in second, and Be Downs remains high in RBI and average. Neil Chrissey and Earl Hersh also rank among league leaders as Nashville posts the top team batting average and fielding percent.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Vols
Little Charlie Williams
Howe News
Williams
Big Ed White
Memphis
Be Downs
RBI
Neil Chrissey
Atlanta
Earl Hersh
Hersh
Bob Hazle
Hazle
Chattanooga
Jim Lemon
New Orleans
Johnny Powers
Danny Kravitz
Luis Aparicio
Mobile
Ralph Mauriello
Jerry Dahlke
Dick Hyde
Dahlke
Paul Stuffel
Birmingham
John Wingo
Wingo
Hal Griggs
Griggs
Barons
Alabama Fishing Rodeo Opens Friday on Dauphin Island
The 1955 Alabama deep sea fishing rodeo begins Friday with headquarters on Dauphin Island. About 3,000 anglers are expected to fish 22 species including tarpon. The new Dauphin Island bridge improves access as 308 boats entered the event last year and registrations may exceed that. Tom Twitty of Mobile set the 1936 tarpon record at 13944 pounds.
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Dauphin Island
Ala
Tom Twitty
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Rotary Regains Lead In Little League Action
Rotary defeated the Eagles 11 to 3 to reclaim first in the Little League standings after a 11-0 win over the Vols earlier in the week. Johnny Smith started for Rotary before yielding to Jimmy Sherrill who finished. Sherrill homered, Baucom had three hits, J Smith and E Smith added triples. Wolverine topped the Vols 11 in a fourth inning rally. Charles Perry took the loss for Chemstrand as Don Mills homered for Chemstrand.
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Rotary
Eagles
Vols
Wolverine
Chemstranders
Civitads
Chemstrand
Johnny Smith
Jimmy Sherrill
Sherrill
Baucom
J. Smith
E. Smith
Hill
Shull
Charles Perry
Baseball Saturday Scores Highlight Mixed Results Across Cities
Results show New York defeating Cincinnati 2 0 while Milwaukee's Burdette and Crone perform. Labine earns a 9 3 line. Other matches include Antone facing Rogovin and Simmons, and Rush with Jones at Chicago as PSragon hosts with Hall noted.
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Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Burdette A
Crone
Seneenine
Labine
Censianath
New York
Collum
Fowler
Antone Ad Ene
Ag A
Poholsky
Rogovin
Simmons
Chicago
Psragon
Rush
Jones
Unclear PlaybyPlay With Undetermined Matchups
Fragmented OCR notes outline Sunday baseball games with teams Boston New York Detroit and others. Players Nixon Susco Pic Johnson Ford Bucks Palica Wynn McDonald and Bunning appear in incomplete lineups. Site Gevelané remains unreadable.
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Boston
Nixon
Susce
Pic
Johnson
New York
Kansas
Ford
Bucks
Gevelané
Palica
McDonald
Wynn
Pwashington
Detroit
Ames
Vx Bunning Od
Traffic Officer News Photo Caption Moment
In a brief exchange a traffic officer informs a motorist that his wife fell from the car three blocks back. The motorist, surprised, realizes the sudden danger was not a silence issue but an unfolding accident.
Childlike Exchange Over Funds Sparks Witty Quip
In a brief street scene a man asks for ten dollars for a month, while another replies humorously that a two month old boy would not need one hundred seven dollars, hinting at a playful misunderstanding.
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Amos
Jake
Yankees Fall In Slugfest With Athletics In KC
Kansas City Athletics rallied seven runs in the eighth inning to beat the New York Yankees 8 to 7 in Kansas City. Suitcase Simpson and Hector Lopez drove in the decisive runs in the 11th while Tom Gorman closed out New York’s bid.
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Kansas City
New York Yankees
Kansas City Athletics
Suitcase Simpson
Hector Lopez
Yankee
Bob Cerv
Elston Howard
Tom Gorman
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Ray Herbert
Athletics
Andy Carey
Jim Finigan
Finigan
Turley
Jim Konstanty
Tommy Byrne
Alex Kellner
A’s
Cerv
Gorman
Howard
Tom Morgan
Mickey Mantle
Yanks
Skein
Morgan
Homers Galore In Detroit Win
Detroit Tigers blast four homers in a 10 4 win over the Washington Senators in game one of a doubleheader. Eddie Yost and Frank Lary added late and early shots in a rain affected day. Steve Gromek pitched the complete game for Detroit while Dean Stone took the loss.
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Detroit
Washington Senators
Detroit Tigers
Washington
Eddie Yost
Tiger
Frank Lary
Bill Tuttle
al Kaline
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Jerry Schoonmaker
Harmon Killebrew
Carlos Paula
Senators
Steve Gromek
Dean Stone
Alabama Wildlife Notes From Early Times and Modern Sighting
The piece recalls Alabama’s 1803 game law banning night hunting near settlements and fines for free men and masters of slaves. It then describes recent local wildlife sightings including immature yellow crowned night herons and paddle-nosed sturgeon known as spoonbill, with notes on their habits and lineage.
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Tom Atkeson
Alabama
Mississippi Territory
Wheeler National Writafire
David Hulse
Whooping Cranes Near Extinction Found Summer Range
The piece notes that whooping cranes, large shovel billed birds weighing over a hundred pounds, nest in the far north and winter on the Gulf Coast. Their numbers have dwindled to about two dozen, with recent Canadian bush pilots locating their inaccessible summer grounds southwest of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Crawfish are mentioned as a culinary topic in Louisiana.
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Gulf Coast
Great Slave Lake
Canadian Northwest Territories
Evers Delivers Pinch Hit Homer As Indians Top Orioles
Cleveland beat Baltimore 3-2 as Hoot Evers hits a pinch two run homer off Bill Wight in the seventh. Sam Dente scored on the blast after a pinch single. Jose Santiago earned the win with four effective innings, Don Messi closing.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Bill Wight
Baltimore
Hoot Evers
Orioles
Evers
Wight
Homer
Sam Dente
Jose Santiago
Indianapolis
Santiago
Mike Garcia
Don Messi
Cajun Crawfish Craze Parts Ways With Other Regions
The article explains why crawfish eating flourishes mainly in Louisiana and the Delta region of Mississippi where the crustacean is abundant. Local culture, festivals, and seafood traditions boost popularity more than in other areas.
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Plains
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ground nesting birds raise young on factory roofs
Goodyear employee B. L. Gaines reports a kilden raised its brood on the roof of Plant No. 2 this spring. He notes a pair of nighthawks have raised young and a second pair are nesting there, illustrating how ground nesting birds use flat roofs of large buildings.
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B. L. Gaines
Goodyear
Kilden
Plant No. 2
Women To Try For Alabama's Softball Title
Alabama women's softball tournament to be held in Childersburg with games at night August 11 12 and 13. Entry fee 15 and rosters limited to 17 players. Entries due August 5 to J D Warren. Sponsored by the Childersburg Quarterback Club.
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Childersburg
Ala
Alabama
Miami
J.D. Warren
Childersburg Quarterback Club
Records Fall Before Press Thornton Tournament Opener
The sixth annual Press Thornton Future Masters Junior Golf Tournament set for Tuesday and Wednesday in Alabama drew entries from nine states and 47 cities, surpassing last year. Roy Smith of Hattiesburg Miss emerged as the newest state high school champion, joining a field that includes champions from club and national levels.
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Dothan Eagle
Associated Press
Dothan
Press Thornton
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
South Caroline
North Carolina
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Roy Smith
Hattiesburg
Miss
South
Famous Negro Ball Clubs Here Aug. 6
The Indianapolis Clowns top Negro ball club brings Ed Hamman to Decatur Legion Field to headline a fun show before a New York Black Yankees game on August 6. King Tut and Spec Be bop join the act as the sideshow, with the crowd expecting an eight o clock p m start.
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Indianapolis Clowns
America
Ed Hamman
Hamman
King Tut
Stooge Spec Bebop
Dick Lundy
New York
Legion Crew Faces Antioch Again at Legion Field
Decatur hosts Antioch in a two game series at Legion Field with prior results 11 to 3 win and 10 to 11 loss. In a second matchup here, Antioch will meet Jones Crossroads.
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Legion Crew
Antioch
Decatur Legion
Legion Field
Decatur
Jones Crossroads
Two Red Corpuscles Loved In Vain
A fragment recalls two red corpuscles who loved in vain, hinting at a poetic or symbolic scene within the historical page.
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Jim King
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Decatur Transfer & Storage CO
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Rotary Ll Wolverine
Austinville Eagles
Chemstrand Civitads
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Benet
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Plus Texes — Exchange
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Nygen
Ryan’s Tire & Battery Service
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