Giants Beat Cardinals In Pinch Hit Homer Pileup
New York Giants win 7-6 over St Louis as Bobby Hofman and Dusty Rhodes pinch hit homers in the same inning. Wes Westrum also homered, while Vic Raschi start and Cot Deal suffer the loss. League standings shift as Dodgers split with Chicago. Pirates, Reds win and slim leads change.
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Baltimore Fans Boo Orioles Amid Losing Streak
Baltimore crowds bought 17 149 tickets to push total admissions past 500000 over 26 games. The mood shifted from cheers to boos as Manager Jimmy Dykes faced the umpires and the Orioles dropped a double header to the Washington Senators, marking eight straight losses.
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Rev Richards Sets Pole Vault Record at AAU Meet
Rev Bob Richards of the Los Angeles Athletic Club cleared 15 feet 3 3/4 inches to set a new pole vault record at the National AAU championships. The 66th running saw 13 meet records in 21 events. Richards faced a late finish as a taxi waited to take him to a midnight flight for Long Beach where he would preach and conduct two weddings.
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Big seventh inning fuels Reds past Phillies in doubleheader
Allie delivered the key blow in a six run rally in the seventh inning to back Burdette as he beat the Reds. Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski doubled in the seventh for Cincinnati at Philadelphia as Wehmeier walked four and yielded nine runs in the big frame before relievers finished the rout. Art Fowler earned his fifth win in relief.
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Southern Association Tuesday schedule for five teams
The Associated Press reports current standings Mobile 8 4 Chattanooga 4 5 Birmingham 7 0 Little Rock 4 2 Memphis 9 11 Atlanta 8 7 New Orleans 7 10 Nashville 3 3 Mondays games list New Orleans at Chattanooga Atlanta at Little Rock Birmingham at Memphis Mobile at Nashville.
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Sunday Baseball Scoring Tiny Standings Include Key Matchups
Sunday results show New York 16 Chicago 3 and Cleveland 3 9 with Boston 1 2. Washington 7 7 and Baltimore 1 2. Philadelphia at Detroit postponed due to rain.
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St. Louis at New York Monday Schedule and Result
The lone game featured Staley of St Louis facing Hern for New York at 12 30 pm with final score New York seven St Louis six Brooklyn six six Chicago four three Pittsburgh two six Milwaukee one three Cincinnati four fifteen Philadelphia three six
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Fitts Wins Pensacola Invitational Golf Title
In Pensacola Florida M C Fitts of Alabama captured the Pensacola Invitational with a 7 and 6 victory over Buddy Walker of Tuscaloosa. Fitts led early as Walker’s putting faltered and finished 2-under par on the 12th green. Fitts previously beat Pete Ferris 5 and 3 to reach the final while Walker edged Marine Maj Don Darfler 1 up in 19 holes in the semis.
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Maulers Face Decatur In TV Baseball Showdown
Maulers visit Legion Field to duel Decatur Indians in a TV league clash at 8 pm. Decatur seeks to stay within striking distance after beating Columbia, Tennessee, while the undefeated Maulers threaten pennant odds with another win.
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All England Lawn Tournament Opens at Wimbledon
The 68th All England championships began in Wimbledon as a large field delays play. Defending champion Vic Seixas faces Geoffrey Cash, with Tony Trabert meeting Paul Wooller. Rounds run through July 3 with American and Australian contenders expected to clash in most events.
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Fans Say Games Are Too Long in Baseball
New York fans have a basis for grumbling as 13 games were played yesterday averaging two hours 38 minutes. Three games reached three hours, one lasted 2:58, and only one finished under two hours.
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Crippled Arm Helps Golf Champion Furgol At Baltusrol
Ed Furgol won the U S Open at Baltusrol with rounds of 71 70 71 72 for a 284 one stroke ahead of Gene Littler. The left arm ten inches shorter and stiff carried the day as Furgol avoided trouble and claimed the title with a quiet, focused finish.
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Dark Regains Lead In All Star Voting
Alvin Dark of the New York Giants led the National League shortstop ballot with 36 712 votes to Johnny Logan 35 976 as All Star voting continued in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reported totals as June 11 to July 3 with Stan Musial leading individual vote getters and Minnie Minoso and Yogi Berra close behind.
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Hamilton Rapping Ball For Barons
Birmingham introduces Tom Hamilton a tall slugger from the Yankee farm system who debuted with the Barons in Kansas City and shined against Little Rock with 11 hits in four games. He powered a 7-4 win in the first game of a doubleheader while Little Rock took the nightcap 2-0. Other scores: New Orleans beat Nashville 7-3, 10-3. Mobile over Chattanooga 8-4, Lookouts 5-4. Atlanta-Memphis game suspended at 11-7 in favor of Memphis after six innings.
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