Indians Face Raiders Here
The Indians host the Florence Raiders at Legion field in a close series run, with two of three wins over Florence by one run. Pitching for Decatur is likely Goodin or Cox, each facing Florence this year, as Decatur sits at 12 wins and four losses with key games against Huntsville and Russellville upcoming. Nick Carter meets Buck Boyette at the Decatur Armory as the undercard features Omar and Wright with a tag team main event.
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Buck Boyette
Decatur Armory
Prince Omar
Rot Wright
Prince
Wright
Carter
Omar
Boyette
Memphis
Duke Signs Groat to Pirates in $75000 Deal
Pittsburgh general manager Branch Rickey signed Duke shortstop Rick Groat for a reported 75000 dollars. Groat, from Swissvale, Pa, batted .373 last season and excels in basketball. He may join the Pirates lineup against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds tonight if Billy Meyer agrees.
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Meyer
Boros Given Special Invite to PGA Championship
Julius Boros, a Connecticut born pro at Mid Pines NC, was granted a temporary special invitation to compete in the PGA championship, despite not yet qualifying for PGA membership. The move, subject to December ratification, adds intrigue to a strong field of 144 including Ed Oliver and Johnny Bulla.
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Julius Boros
Boros
Connecticut
Mid Pines
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Big Springs
Clayton Heafner
Ben Hogan
Ed Oliver
Johnny Bulla
Coach Meyer Charts Player Moves Through August
Meyer explains plans to rotate a player after a trial period and may move him to the second unit if he does not solve the team’s problem. He notes the core roster will stay intact except for Groat through August.
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Groat
Betsy Rawls Takes Early Lead In Western Open Field
Betsy Rawls shot 1 under par 74 to pace qualifiers at Skokie Country Club and face Mary Agnes Wall in the 16 match opening round. Defending champion Patty Berg and Louise Suggs qualified close behind as Babe Zaharias’ era looms large in the 1952 event.
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Menominee
Mich
Betsy
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Texas
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Louise Suggs
Miss Berg
Babe Zaharias
Miss Wall
Beverly Hanson
Miss Suggs
Seattle
Pat Lesser
Civitans And Rotary Tied For 1st Place
Civitans and Rotary share the Civic Softball lead after Hartsville Rotary beat Decatur Jaycees 19 to 13 while Civitans won by forfeit over Kiwanis. Next Monday features Jaycees versus Kiwanis and Civitans versus Rotary.
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Hartsette Rotary Club
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Kiwanis
Jaycees
Rotary
Baseball Leaders and Stats Highlight Early Season Totals
National batting led by Musial and Sauer with runs batted in, hits, and home runs listed for Chicago Cleveland Detroit and New York players. Pitching leaders include Roe and Shantz with records and ERAs. A stray note about wolves and human embryo size appears in the text.
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DiMaggio
Boston
Rosen
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Wertz
Detroit-and- Rosen
Rizuto
New York
Shantz
Philadelphia
Sauer Keeps Chicubs Up Says Talbot
Chicago sports columnist Gayle Talbot notes Hank Sauer’s hot pace could lift the Cubs from eighth to first, discusses Sauer shift, Stengel praising Bob Shantz’s fielding, and covers Open qualifying woes, dam fights, Veeck’s paid firing cup, and other baseball angles.
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Talbot
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Hank Sauer
Brooklyn
Casey Stengel
Bobby Shantz
A's
Nashville at Atlanta Postponed on Wet Grounds
Weather delays Nashville at Atlanta with wet fields. Early results show Chattanooga 4 Birmingham 3, Mobile 10 Memphis 3, Little Rock 7 New Orleans 6 as teams prepare for today’s four game slate.
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Mobile
Chattanooga
Nashville
Atlanta
Little Rock
Birmingham
Memphis
Yesterday's Results No Games Tonight In NBA News
Yesterday's results show no games scheduled. Matchups listed include New York at Detroit and N Washington at Cleveland with N Boston at St Louis and N Philadelphia at Chicago twi night.
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Cleveland
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Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Detroit
N. Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baseball Scores and Schedule From Evening Games
New York 8, St. Louis 7 and Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 4 were the day’s final scores. Other games list Chicago at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Boston with two twilight starts.
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Cincinnati
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Pittsburgh
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New York
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Philadelphia
Hamner Leads Reese in All Star Shortstop Vote Race
Granny Hamner of the Philadelphia Phillies regained the lead over Peewee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the balloting for the National League starting shortstop at the All-Star game in Philadelphia on July 7. Latest tallies show Hamner 79,784 to Reese 77,232 with Al Dark of the New York Giants at 68,504 maintaining his starting position despite a recent slump.
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Granny Hamner
Philadelphia Phillies
Peewee Reese
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Hamner
Reese
al Dark
New York Giants
Barons and Bears Suffer Another Setback in Southern League
The Memphis Chicks dropped a second straight loss 3-10 to Mobile as Birmingham’s Barons mounted a late protest over a close call. Don Zimmer had half the Bear runs with a bases loaded homer and single, while Lookout’s Al Sima sparked a two-run blast tying the game in the second. Ernie Cravett and Country Brown provided the eighth inning margin for the Chicks. Barons under acting manager Willie Red Mathis fall to 8 losses in 9 games.
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Milt Bolling
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Ken Aspromonte
Barons
Willie Red Mathis
Sauer leads Cubs in poll while Develis fires no-hit game
Hank Sauer of the Chicago Cubs is the top vote getter with 98 212 votes as Midwest league action features Ponca City 8 Iola 0 behind Tony Develis 20 year old left hander from Boston who struck out 16 and walked 10 in a no hit no run effort. Gadsden hosts Southeastern High School tournament opening as Sidney Lanier faces Du Pont Manual and Richmond meets Central High with a double header set for later. Missouri and Holy Cross clash for NCAA baseball title as attendance hits a record 31 817. Willie Red Mathis named acting Birmingham manager after dismissal of the previous skipper.
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Giants Pull Off Drama In Polo Grounds After Grand Slam
Giants rally from 7-4 deficit as Bobby Thomson hits a grand slam to beat the St Louis Cardinals 8-7 after two one-pitch innings by Willard Schmidt and George Spencer. Del Rice's double play ends the ninth as Ed Yuhas walks Hank Thompson to trigger the final drama. Phillies edge Pirates 5-4 on Ashburn and Hamner’s seventh inning stand.
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Americans Eliminate Dot Kirby In British Women's Amateur
At Troon Scotland only four of ten American entries began play with six spectators. U S Champion Dot Kirby of Atlanta and Elaine Cranston of Pasadena were eliminated in the first round. Pat O Sullivan beat Kirby 3 and 2 while Philemena Garvey defeated O Sullivan 4 and 2.
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James Murray
Barons edge Lookouts then fall to Chattanooga in double bill
Al Vincent’s Barons split a weekend with a 13 8 win over the Lookouts and a 4 3 loss to Chattanooga. General Manager Eddie Glennon pledged Mathis a chance to prove his managerial skills and secure the job, after consulting with John Murphy of the Boston Red Sox farm system.
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John Murphy
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