White Sox Rally Closes Gap in AL Race
White Sox pull within one game of second place Cleveland after a doubleheader sweep of Kansas City powered by Frank Baumann and Russ Kemmerer. Freese and Minoso helped in game one with key hits as Ted Kluszewski and Sherm Lollar added supporting runs.
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Russ Kemmerer
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Kemmerer
Washington
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White Sox
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Sox
Ron Jackson
A’s
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Detroit
Indians
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Reds
Braves
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Freese
Minoso
Luis Aparicio
Dick Hall
Ted Kluszewski
Sherm Lollar
Ned Garver
Morgan Legion Team Bowls In 10 Inning Defeat
Morgan County Post 15 Ameri can Legion junior baseball team dropped its season opener 5-4 in 10 innings at West Town Field to Huntsville junior Legion. Huntsville scored in the second and eighth innings with L Owens scoring the winning run in the tenth. Draper Garnett and James led Morgan with timely hits, while Clark tied the game in the eighth on a double followed by Ted Holland's double. Decatur pitcher Holland worked the complete game. Huntsville used two hurlers.
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Stout
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Chuck Coles
Cliff Cook
Milliken
Spike Briggs in Critical Condition After Cerebral Hemorrhage
In Bennington Vermont Walter Spike Briggs 48 a noted sports figure and former Detroit Tigers president lies in critical condition after a cerebral hemorrhage. Briggs came east to attend his son James Williams College graduation in Williamstown Massachusetts but did not make the ceremony.
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Walter
Spike
Briggs
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
James
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Henry Putnam Memorial Hospital
Woodling Sees Orioles Hold Early World Series Hope
Orioles veteran Gene Woodling says the pennant race hinges on midseason form and strong pitching from Reynolds Raschi and Lopat. He compares the Orioles favorably to the Yankees of 1949 53 and notes the team’s youth, potential, and disciplined, businesslike attitude.
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Gordon Beard
Baltimore
Gene Woodling
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Woodling
Allie Reynolds
Vic Raschi
Ed Lopat
New York Yankees
New York
Yankee
Baseball Standings and Weekend Scores Feature
Sunday results show Chicago 12 Cincinnati 3 and other standings. The report lists Chicago and New York games, plus Atlanta 11 Chattanooga 0 and Mobile 4 Birmingham 3 with Mobile visiting hospitalized individual information for a local figure in critical condition.
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Chattanooga
Little Mobile
Birmingham
Nashville
Memphis
Betsy Rawls Wins Babe Zaharias Open In Distaff Divots
Betsy Rawls takes the Distaff Divots title with solid putting and steady nerves. The piece shares Rawls's putting philosophy stressing comfort, focus, sheet balance, and practice, noting the need to read grain and slope and ignore fear.
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Betsy Rawls
AP Newsfeatures
Pender Robinson Rematch Set Amid Title Contention
New York and Massachusetts champ Paul Pender defends his middleweight crown Friday against Sugar Ray Robinson who has held the title five times. The bout, a 15 round rematch at Boston Garden, will be televised by NBC with Boston and Providence blackout. Robinson, fighting for the title he lost in 1959, is favored 9 to 5 in New York.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Paul Pender
New York
Massachusetts
Sugar Ray Robinson
Robinson
Maryland
Pender
Boston Garden
Joe Zapustas
Gene Fullmer
NBA
Pender-Robinson
NBC
Boston
Providence
Sam Silverman
Girls Softball Games Postponed After Fatal Car Crash
Local briefs report postponement of games in the girls softball league originally set for Pop Oliver Field tonight. All contests moved to Tuesday night following the automobile death of Mavis Lang, a member of the varsity team.
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Mavis Lang
Tual
Golfing team wins Sun dogfight at Decatur Country Club
A four player team of Charlie Ruark Bud Johnson David Warren and Rutledge Thomas won Sundays dogfight at Decatur Country Club. Two second place teams tied with Cecil Chandler Ed Pirie Ray White Harry Anschutz Sam Patton and Joe Portwood Tom Fitzpatrick Bob Agee Bill Littlefield.
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Charlie Ruark
Bud Johnson
David Warren
Rutledge Thomas
Decatur Country Club
Cecil Chandler
Ed Pirie
Ray White
Harry Anschutz
Sam Patton
Joe Portwood
Tom Fitzpatrick
Bob Agee
Bill Littlefield
Barons Lose Crackers Vault To 2nd Place
Atlanta pitchers lift the Crackers into second place behind Birmingham after sweeping Chattanooga in a doubleheader and winning key games. Mobile beats Birmingham, Nashville slips past Shreveport, as Breeden and Milliken lead strong pitching efforts and Atlanta bats spark the surge.
Negro Boxer Dies In 2nd Rescue Effort
A Louisville boxer and father of six, Rudell Stitch, 28, drowned in a second river rescue near an Ohio River dam after saving a man from Oliver slipped and both men went under. Stitch’s white manager Edgar Bruner and bystander John Burns Jr. witnessed the tragedy as others attempted to reach them. Stitch, a former welterweight ranked by the National Boxing Association, was active in church youth programs and remembered by his pastor as a good man.
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Charles L. Oliver
Oliver
Louisville
Edgar
Bud) Bruner
Bruner
Rudell
John C. Burns Jr
New York
Gaspar Ortega
Ortega
Hope Presbyterian Church
C. E. Allen
Lawrenceburg Golf Invitational Results
Bobby Greenwood shot a 36 hole total of 142 to win the Lawrenceburg Country Club Invitational in Tennessee. Al Jones of Decatur finished second with 144 after being tied for second on day one, while Florence’s Billy Roberson claimed a spot with 145. Bill Hayes placed fifth at 146, followed by Roland Oliver and Frank Troup at 147 and 148. Bob McNelly of Decatur did not finish.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Bobby Greewood
Gleason Wins Gadsden Tourney
Art Gleason of Selma claimed his second Gadsden Country Club invitational title by beating Leonard Leech of Gadsden 5 and 4. He had earlier defeated Bob Woodfin of Selma 1 up, with the decisive finish on the 14th hole after a rain delay.
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Gadsden
Ala
Art Gleason
Gadsden Country Club
Leonard Leech
Selma
Gleason
Bob Woodfin
Phils Stun Bues Twice in doubleheader routs
Phillies defeated the Pirates in both games as Gene Conley held Pittsburgh to one run in eight innings while Phillies hitters totaled five runs in each game. Cal Neeman homered as did Tony Taylor and Bobby Del Greco provided early runs. The day also featured Cardinals beating the Giants and Reds splitting with Milwaukee, boosting standings.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
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Pittsburgh
Gene Conley
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San Francisco
Pirates
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Braves
Felix Mantilla
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Joe Nuxhall
Warren Spahn
Reds
Trio of Golf Greats Tie For Memphis Open Title
In Memphis, Ben Hogan Tommy Bolt and Gene Littler finished 72 holes at Colonial Country Club in 7 under par 273 to share the drama of a final playoff. Bolt left for hospital after learning wife Mary Lou's operation proceeded well, delaying a sudden death playoff to 18 holes.
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Tommy Bolt
Gene Littler
Colonial Country Club
Hogan
Fort Worth
Bolt
Crystal River
Fla
Mary Lou
Santa Fe’s Civil War History and 1610 Founding
Santa Fe New Mexico traces its founding in 1610 and notes its Civil War stance as pro Union while briefly seized by Confederate forces during the conflict.
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