Lookouts Power Past Little Rock in 6-0 First Game
Chattanooga hitters built a 6-0 win behind Bill Currie seven hit effort with four two out homers in the early innings. Ralph Atkins Jim Lemon Tom Wright and Roy Hawes supplied round trippers as Chattanooga bolstered its first division bid. Second game suspended at 6-6 after six innings. to be finished tonight.
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Dropo Kell Arrive For Surging Sox
George Kell and Walt Dropo energize the Chicago White Sox as they climb to second place one game behind the Yankees. Manager Marty Marion credits Kell and Dropo for half the offense after early doubts about their form. Kell, traded from Boston for Grady Hatton, has surged to the .311 level as he eyes a .300 target.
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Cullman County’s Curl On Ala Fla All Star Roster
Panama City hosts East West all star game with West players from Panama City Fort Walton Crestview plus Donalsonville Dothan and Graceville. West lineup features Brightwell Johnson McNeill Dupon Fuller Alvarez Turner Shartzer Higgenbottom Hemmerly Cobb Howell Gagne Watkins Meadows and others. East top players include Gar guillo Duran Zobrow River bar and Curl Zelesnock Cantrell Johnson. Crestview blanks Donalsonville 7 0 as Helio Moreno dominates. Graceville tops Fort Walton Beach 6 4. Panama City edges Dothan 3 2 to keep league lead.
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Stubborn Cleveland Near First in Tight AL Race
The Indians with strong bullpen relief from Narleski and Messi won two from Baltimore 5-1 and 5-2 as Ray Narleski improves to 6-0 in 35 games. Feller won his third of the season. Wynn added his 12th. Yankee surge back to first place after a doubleheader sweep of Kansas City.
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Early scores reveal uneven results across cities
Memphis and New Orleans show mixed totals as Nashville tops Birmingham while Atlanta falters. Final tallies include Nashville 81 Birmingham 64 and Orleans 34 Mobile 4 with Atlanta 1 noted in an abbreviated wire message.
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Hollywood Votes Strike Against TV Film Makers
Hollywood actors and actresses authorized a nationwide strike against television film producers after a stalled contract with the AFL Screen Actors Guild. Some 10 000 mail ballots were sent with a potential strike date of August 1. The guild seeks higher daily rates and weekly minimums than the producers offer.
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Braves Star Bobby Thomson Born in Glasgow
Bobby Thomson of the Braves was born in Glasgow Scotland and now makes his home in Mil.
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Poirier Set To Box Perez After St Nikol's Knockout
Poirier who lost a dramatic June 20 bout to Oscar Pita due to exhaustion now restarts his run for rookie of the year by facing Danny Jo Perez on Monday night at St Nick's Arena. Perez steps in for Chris Christensen as Du Mont will televise the card while notes confirm Tony Zale's correct name as Anthony Florian Zaleski.
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Champs Crowned At Guntersville Boat Races
About 35,000 spectators watched as two national speed boat champions were crowned at Guntersville. Ron Munson of Akron Ohio and John S Corea of Louisville Kentucky won their classes, with Marion Cooper receiving the governor's trophy. Other top finishers included Ron Gassner Port St. Lucie and Don Steed Tyler Texas.
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Major League Leaders BATTING AND RUNS BATTED IN
National League batting leaders include Ashburn and Snider with high averages and Snider leading in runs scored. American League batting leaders show Detroit players dominant, with Jensen and Kaline in home runs and runs batted in.
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DeBardeleben Wins Highland Park Invita Medal Golf Title
DeBardeleben of Birmingham edged defending champion Walter Wood by one stroke to win the Highland Park Invitational Medal at the 5471 yard par 80 course. Wood finished second with 275, Fitts of Tuscaloosa took third with 277 as two Tuscaloosa players withdrew after three rounds.
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Rome Pony League wins district title for regional tourney
Rome's Pony League recs team clinched the Northern Georgia Alabama district title by beating Anniston 4-1 and will represent the area in the regional Pony League tournament in North Charleston South Carolina on August 1. The regional champion advances to the Pony League world series in Washington Pennsylvania.
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Cary Middlecoff Edges Burke After NineHour PGA Battle
Cary Middlecoff survived a brutal nine hour match against Jack Burke to reach the PGA semifinals in Detroit. He trailed early, then tied the leg with a birdie burst, and won in sudden death on the 40th hole with a par while Burke double bogied.
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Hall of Fame Opens Doors to DiMaggio
Cooperstown New York The Baseball Hall of Fame opened its doors to Joe DiMaggio and five other immortals Ford Frick scheduled as principal speaker at the plaque unveiling for DiMaggio Leo Gabby Hartnett Ted Lyons Dazzy Vance Frank Home Run Baker and Ray Schalk The day also featured the annual major league exhibition game Boston Red Sox vs Milwaukee Braves and Maj Ross J Young presented a certificate to Bill Capps of San Diego as outstanding American Legion junior player of 1954.
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Jameson Faulk Capture Top Prize in Hot Springs Women’s Tourney
Betty Jameson of San Antonio and Mary Lena Faulk of Thomasville won $1,450 top prize after a two under par 72 in the Hot Springs four ball event. Their 280 total edged Beverly Hanson and Mickey Wright by three strokes, with Fay Crocker and Marilyn Smith third at 284. Louise Suggs and Betty Hicks finished fourth.
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Early American bowling bodies formation timeline
The text notes the National Bowling Association formed in New York in 1875 and the American Amateur Bowling Union formed in 1890 when the NBA dissolved. The American Bowling Congress began in 1895.
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