Paynich Flips One Hit Game In Southeastern League
Dick Paynich blanked the Pensacola Fliers with a two hitter as Meridian won 3-1 in the opener. Ken Duncan limited Pensacola to seven safeties in an errorless 5 2 win in the afterpiece. Vicksburg split with Jackson to stay three games ahead. Anniston beat Gadsden 4-2. Montgomery rainout with Selma.
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Dick Paynich
Meridian
Bill Davis Gaetana
Pensacola Fliers
Eeenee
Tincup
Jackson
Willie Fad
Pensacola Sebacca Meridian
Ken Duncan
Pensacola
Davis
Vicksburg
Hudlin
Anniston
Larry Brunke
Gadsden
Montgomery
Selma
Senators
Vicksburg Billies
John Meketi
Kramer Favorite In All English Tourney
Jack Kramer of Los Angeles set out to win Wimbledon singles, aiming to complete a sweep of United States Tennis honors. Seeded first, he faced W. J. Moss of Great Britain as the All England championships opened with strong American expectations and several seeded rivals in early matches.
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London
Jack Kramer
Los Angeles
United States
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W. J. Moss
Great Britain
France
Yvon Petra
Brown
Don Butler
Furillo Drives Dodgers To 9 8 Win In Doubleheader
Carl Furillo homered with the bases loaded and added two singles driving in seven to pace the Dodgers to a 9 8 victory while Cincinnati won the opener 4 0. Evell Blackwell worked eight straight hitless innings to shut out Los Angeles and extend his scoreless run to 19 innings.
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Associated Press
Carl Furillo
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Reds
Evell Blackwell
Joe Dildy Named Huntsville High Football Coach
Huntsville Alabama is appointing Joe Dildy as head football coach and physical education director. A former Alabama center in the early 1930s, Dildy has coached at Blytheville High School and Maxwell Field, and served in the air forces. He accepted the Huntsville contract by wire and will start duties in July.
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City Board of Education
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Blytheville
Ark
Air Forces
Maxwell
Montgomery
Ala
Malvern
Tip-Top Wins Twinbill From Florence State Teachers
Tip-Top defeated Florence State Teachers College in two games here Saturday night by 8 to 1 and 7 to 3. Joe Motherway pitched the first game for Tip-Top and held Florence to one hit. J O Braswell pitched for Florence. In the second game Bill Sparkman pitched for Tip-Top and allowed only two hits.
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Florence State Teachers College
Joe Motherway
Florence
J. O. Braswell
Bill Sparkman
Coe Wins Trans Miss golf final 1947
Charles Coe of Ardmore Oklahoma defeated Eugene Zaspann of Goodland Kansas 6 and 5 to win the 1947 Trans Missippi golf tournament in Wichita after 36 holes. A stray note mentions China's silk monopoly ending with Persian monks smuggling silkworms.
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Wichita
Kas
Charles Coe
Ardmore
Okla
Eugene
Zaspann
Goodland
China
Blackwell Tops Pitching Duel as Braves Split Dodgers
Ewell Blackwell, the Cincinnati right-hander, earned the win and extended a 19-inning no-hit streak before Eddie Stanky broke it with a single in the ninth. The Braves and Dodgers split their doubleheader with Brooklyn taking the second game 9-8 behind Carl Furillo’s bases-loaded homer and two singles. The day’s results also featured strong showings from Yogi Berra for the Yankees, Mel Harder for the Indians, and Carl Scheib for the Athletics as several pennant contenders battled across the league.
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Ewell Blackwell
Cincinnati
Johnny Vander Meer
Blackwell
Boston Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Braves
Eddie Stanky
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Carl Furillo
Elmer Riddie
Brooks
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Dick Culler
Johnny Schmitz
Phil Masi
Lloyd Gearhart
Buddy Kerr
St. Louis Cardinals
Redbirds
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Yogi) Berra
New York Yankees
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Bengals
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Indians
Mel Harder
Carl Scheib
Philadelphia Athletics
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Sox
Washington Senators
St.Louis Browns
Senators
Browns
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Phils
Assault Tops Money-Winning Turf Record In New York
Assault leads the money list after winning the Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct for 38100 and a total of 576670, passing Whirlaway. Stymie rises to 556435 in third as Armed returns to racing with $487775, closing in on Whirlby. The big match race with Armed and Assault is anticipated but may wait for fall Pimlico events.
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New York
Stymie
Brooklyn
Aqueduct
Whirlaway
Arlington
Riggs Downs Budge For Pro Crown in Five Sets
Bobby Riggs retained the National Professional Tennis singles title by outlasting Don Budge in New York Forest Hills final 3-6 3-6 10-8 4-6 6-3. Riggs used relentless retrieval to counter Budge’s hard smashes as Kovacs claimed third by beating Welby Van Horn 6-4 4-6 6-4 in a third place playoff.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Bobby Riggs
Don Budge
Riggs
Budge
Frank Kovacs
Welby van Horn
Chattanooga
Tenn
Scores and box lines from baseball doubleheader
Detroit tops New York 6 to 5 in nine innings as Benton Gorsica and Swift lead. Chicago loses twice to Philadelphia 7 and 60 in two games with Haynes and Dic key contributing for the visitors.
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Associated Press
American League
Detroit
New York
Benton
Gorsica
Swift
Gumpert
Drews
Page
Berra
Cleveland and Boston Edge Against Each Other in Pitchers Duel
A partial box score shows Cleveland beating Boston in a game with early runs and bullpen contributions. Embree, Lemon, Gromek, and Klieman share the mound duties with Hegan, Dorish, and Partee also appearing as listed.
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Boston
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Hegan
Ferriss
Zuber
Parnell
Murphy
Tebbetts
Aulds
Embree
Lemon
Gromek
Klieman
Dorish
Johnson
Partee
Baseball scores and lineups from a busy slate
Box scores show St Louis Washington and Philadelphia Pittsburgh games with runs hits and errors. Key players include Kramer Moss Newsom Ferrick Evans Jansen Budnick Kelso Hearn Wilks Garagiola Rice Schanz Donnelly Jurisich Padgett Sewell Singleton Sullivan Hatten Behrman Hogges Bragan Blackwell Laman Riddle Erautt Mueller Voiselle Johnson Sain Masi Borowy Wyse Kush Lee Schmitz McCullough.
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St. Louis
Jansen
Budnick
Kelso
W. Cooper
Hearn
Wilks
Lee
Garagiola
Rice
Pittsburgh
Hughes
Donnelly
Schmidt
Judd
Jurisich
Mauney
Lakeman
Seminick
Bahr
Roe
Stincevich
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Howell
Philadelphia
Schanz
Padgett
Sewell
Singleton
Sullivan
Boston
Chicago
Voiselle
S. Johnson
Sain
Masi
Borowy
Wyse
Kush
Schmitz
McCullough
Southeastern League baseball results and postponements
Scores from multiple Southeastern League games feature Chattanooga New Orleans Nashville Mobile Meridian Pensacola and Vicksburg with details of pitchers batters and run totals. Rain caused postponements while several games concluded with decisive margins and listed players included Curtis Stevens Garbark Modica Pruett Toones Friar Shea Walters Matulis Horton Walker Easterwood Sosh Duncan Braga Paynich Laskowski Davis Holton Murray Wentworth Mekell Kratzer LaFrance and others.
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New Orleans
Curtis
Stevens
Garbark
Modica
Pruett
Nerr
Toones
Friar
Shea
Walters
Alabama junior golf championship set at Montgomery Country Club
About 80 golfers under 18 from Alabama clubs travel to Montgomery for the second Alabama junior golf championship at Montgomery Country Club. An 18 hole qualifier Wednesday leads to two days of match play Thursday and Friday with four 16 man flights. Notable entrants include Tom Martin Sonny Thames Charlie Hall Jr Rollo Steinmehl Gilbert Wesley Jerry Longshore and Scott Howell.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Country Club
Alabama Golf Association
Walter Wood
Tuscaloosa
H. H
Horner
Tom Martin
Mobile
Gilbert Wesley
Greenville
Jerry Longshore
Scott Howell
Two Records Broken In NCA A Meet In Salt Lake City
Illinois won its second straight NCAA championship at the 26th annual meet in University of Utah stadium. Herb McKenley set world bettering marks with a 46.2 in the quarter and 20.7 in the 220, while Harrison Dillard sped to 22.3 in the 220 hurdles and tied the meet record in the prelims and won the high hurdles.
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Illinois
University—of Utah
Southern California
Herb McKenley
McKenley
Harrison Dillard
Baldwin Wallace
Berea
Ohio
Dillard
Barnes Wins Southern Amateur in Louisville
Tommy Barnes of Atlanta defeated defending champion George Hamer of Columbus, Georgia 3 and 2 to capture the Southern Amateur Golf title in Louisville on June 23.
Semi finals set at National Open PGA Championship
Detroit June 23 three second generation pros Melvin Harbert Jim Ferrier and Art Bell advance to the National Open PGA semi finals along with ex champion Vic Ghezzi after hard fought matches at Blue Hollow Golf Club. Lew Worsham defeats Ghezzi and Bell beats Laffoon to reach the other semi. Ferrier faces Bell and Ghezzi plays Harbert in 36 hole finals tomorrow.
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Detroit
Vic Ghezzi
Byron Nelson
Denver
Melvin
Chick) Harbert
Northville
Mich
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Art Bell
Colma
Calif
Lue Hollow Golf Club
Ghezzi
Rumson
N.J
Lew
Harbert
Leland Gibson
Kansas City
Bell
Chief
Ferrier
Lloyd Mangrum
Baseball Scores From Area Matches
New York defeated Detroit 6 to 5. Cleveland beat Boston 8 to 3 while Chicago edged Philadelphia 1 to 0. Washington fell to 3 6 and St. Louis lost 2 to 9.
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Associated Press
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Hockey scores from International League standings
Toronto tied Buffalo 3 to 3 while Rochester defeated Newark 15 to 3. Jersey City beat Syracuse 6 to 1 and Montreal edged Baltimore 4 to 2. Vicksburg won 4 to 2 over Jackson, Pensacola 3 to 2 over Meridian. Anniston 4 Gadsden 2. Selma at Montgomery postponed due to rain.
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Buffalo
Rochester
Newark
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Montreal
Baltimore
Vicksburg
Jackson
Pensacola
Meridian
Anniston
Gadsden
Baseball scores roll in with eleven inning chaos
New York defeats St Louis 7 to 5 in 11 innings while Cincinnati falls 4 to 8 and Brooklyn 0 to 9. Philadelphia edges Pittsburgh 4 to 3. Boston beats Chicago 8 to 7 in 11 innings with the second game called after 4 innings.
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New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
Mize
Kiner
Robinson
Torgeson
Blackwell
Branca
Spahn
Southern Association Scores and Postponements
Southern Association results show Orleans beat Chattanooga 8 to 6 and Mobile defeated Nashville 3 to 4. Memphis at Atlanta and Little Rock at Birmingham were postponed due to rain and wet grounds.
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Southern Association
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Chattanooga
Mobile
Nashville
Memphis
Atlanta
Little Rock
Midwestern Association Scores Snapshot
The American Association standings show Indianapolis beating Toledo 8 to 1 and Louisville 2 to 3, Columbus 0 to 2, Kansas City 4 to 2, St. Paul 0 to 1. In another line Minneapolis led 15 to 14 over Milwaukee with the result incomplete.
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Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Shreveport Edges Fort Worth in 11 to Claim Texas League Win
Shreveport defeated Fort Worth 4 to 2 in 11 innings as Oklahoma City beat Houston 7 to 5, Tulsa routed San Antonio 7 to 1, and Beaumont edged Dallas 1 to 0 in Texas League actions.
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San Antonio
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Suggs Prepares to Enter Women's Open in Greensboro
Louise Suggs, winner of the 18th Western Open, heads to the National Women's Open at Greensboro N C after a 4-2 victory over Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta in the 36-hole final. Suggs, from Lithia Springs, also beat Patty Berg 1 up in the semi finals, as the four 18-hole medal rounds begin Thursday.
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Lithia Springs
Wrisley B. Oleson
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Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Capital City Club
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N. C
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Miss Kirby
Capital City
Miss Berg
Ingalls and Elks Games Rained Out in Florence
Both the Decatur Elks and the Ingalls Shipbuilders had games canceled due to rain on Sunday. The Elks did some batting practice before rain began around 2 PM, leaving the field muddy. Ingalls cited a muddy field from Wilson Dam at about 10 AM and canceled plans to travel to Florence.
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Elks
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Baseball Season Leaders and Standout Performances Recap
Batting leaders include Cleveland Bouareau and McQuinn amid batting averages and Williams and DiMaggio high runs and RBIs. Notable pitching: Kinder and Harder tied 4-0 with perfect records, Gillespie 5-1 .833. Other leaders include Mize and Baumholtz in runs and hits, Slaughter and Edwards in triples, and Robinson steals leader.
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Cincinnati
Haas
Ennis
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Cooper
Bears Pelts Move to Heal in Southern Association Race
Mobile and New Orleans threaten a two team away race in the Southern Association. Mobile beat Nashville 3-0 and 4-0 to stretch its win streak to ten while Chattanooga fell to .500 and Nashville remained four behind Mobile. The New Orleans Pelicans split with Chattanooga 8-2 and 6-2.
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Chattanooga Lookouts
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Atlanta
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Kiwanis and Rotary Face Off in League Showdown Tonight
The top Civic League teams Rotary and Kiwanis meet at 7:00 tonight. Kiwanis and Rotary each own two wins and two losses in league play. In a second game the Lions play Civitan. The loser falls to the league cellar.
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Rotary
Kiwani
Lions
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