Phillies surge past Dodgers as Braves and others swing in pennant chase
The Philadelphia Phillies powered to a 5-1 win over Brooklyn aided by Richie Ashburn’s triple and Stan Lopata’s homer, with Dick Farrell solid in relief. Milwaukee moved to third by beating St. Louis 3-1 while Cincinnati split a doubleheader with Chicago and Chicago Cubs rebounded 4-2. The New York pennant race saw Chicago White Sox, Kansas City and Boston win, as Detroit and Baltimore dropped games.
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Snead Seizes Comeback Win in Wykagyl Round Robin
Sam Snead trailed by eight points entering the final round and 20 back after four holes but roared back to win by eight in the Wykagyl Round Robin Tournament. He finished with plus 41 points, earning $3,000 as Doug Ford, Ben Hogan, and Ken Venturi trailed.
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Fay Crocker Wins Virginia Beach Round Robin
Fay Crocker captured the Virginia Beach round robin title with 51 points in plus and minus play, earning $1,500. Mickey Wright posted the lowest stroke total with 361 in the 90 hole event, finishing second with 46 points and $1,000. Betty Jameson, Patty Berg, Joyce Ziske, and Wiffi Smith followed in order, each claiming prizes in the $12,000 purse.
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White Sox seek steady pennant push amid big lead
Chicago managers upbeat about an AL lead kept intact after a double header split with Detroit. Bob Keegan hurled a shutout Friday and Jack Harshman won yesterday, boosting a pitching and defense driven bid while Nellie Fox paces a .357 average as questions linger on hitting.
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Baseball and golf score recap from Southern and National Leagues
Line scores from Southern Association games show Chattanooga, Nashville, Little Rock, and Memphis results with runs, hits, and errors. National League notes include Brooklyn Philadelphia St Louis and New York Pittsburgh games, home runs by New York and Schoendienst, Mays, and a list of players trailing leaders in the golf standings with notable names and scores.
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Palys Poised for Major League Run With Nashville
Stan Palys, 25, a Nashville outfielder with a big league past, hit two homers as Birmingham won 6-3. Palys leads the Vols with a .485 average over 33 at bats in nine-game streaks, while Jim Sprankle and Harry Byrd split and win in a pair of games.
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Sunday results and Monday schedule show early baseball scores
Sunday results list from major leagues includes Philadelphia 5 Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 3-2 New York 2-0 Cincinnati 6-2 and Milwaukee 3 St Louis while Monday's schedule notes Brooklyn at Philadelphia and New York at Pittsburgh. American League standings and schedules follow with teams such as Cleveland Boston Detroit Kansas City Baltimore Washington Chicago and New York. A final line notes that muscles move the human eye about 100 000 times in a day of reading.
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Wiley Wins Gadsden Tourney Consolation
In Gadsden Alabama Bill Fry of Gadsden defeated Rev Wathen of Gadsden 4 and captured the 1957 championship. Fry beat John Campbell Jr Leeds 1 up in 19 holes to reach the final. Wathen eliminated Jackie Cummings Tuscaloosa 3 and 2. Jim Wiley of Decatur won the consolation flight by downing Linton Selman III Birmingham 1 up on the 21st hole. A record 176 golfers entered the meet.
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American Breaks 4 Minute Mile in Stockton Showdown
Don Bowden of the University of California blistered four laps in 3 58.7 at Baxter Stadium Stockton to become the first American under four minutes this season He led from the start finishing about 15 seconds ahead of the second placer Bowden plans to focus on the half mile for the rest of the season and aims to tackle John Landy’s 3 58 world mark later this year Bowden was named outstanding man of the Pacific Assn AAA Meet despite only half the events completed The San Jose native has battled a heel injury but says he remains committed to the 880 and the mile record pursuit remains a secondary goal
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Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Highlights
Baseball leaders include Williams of Boston with a .407 batting average and 12 home runs while Aaron of Milwaukee leads runs with 35 and 12 home runs. Trucks of Kansas City is 5–0 with a 1.000 ERA and Pierce of Chicago has 57 strikeouts. Robinson of Cincinnati leads with 62 hits and 35 runs. Aaron adds 12 homers and 48 strikeouts by Arroyo of Pittsburgh.
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Florence State Lions Tennis Team to Tour Beaux Beaumont
Florence State Lions tennis team selected by NAIA to represent the nineteenth district at the national tournament in Beaumont Texas June 5 to 8. Coach Roland Dickison leads a 10-4 squad as they face a field of entrants from across the United States at Lamar Tech stadium with strong prior results including wins over Sewanee and downs of Lipscomb Howard and Jacksonville.
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Corsican Brothers Debut in Four Man Card at Decatur Armory
The Corsican Brothers Joe and Jean debut Wednesday at the Decatur Armory in a four man tag against Tarzan White and Angelo Martinelli. Also on the card Prince Omar vs Joe McCarthy. Bell at 8 15 with one hour matches best two of three falls.
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