Feller and Score Lift Indians to AL Lead
The Cleveland Indians surged into first place by routing the Red Sox 2-0 and 2-1 in a doubleheader. Feller pitched one-hitters in both games, his 12th one-hitter overall, while Score struck out 16 in the second game, closing within two of Bob Feller's strikeout record.
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Cleveland Indians
Bob Lemon
Mike Garcia
Em Seonng
Herbie Score
Indians
Boston Red Sox
Feller
Sammy White
Score
Bob
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Yankees
Milwaukee Braves
George Shuba
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Bill Taylor
Whitey Lockman
Phillies
Eeeneaden
Pennsylvania
Gene Baker
Bob Turley
Tigers
Jim Pyburn
Billy Pierce
Sox
Hodges
Carl Furillo
Shuba
Moore and Valdes Clash In Las Vegas
Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore and Nino Valdes meet in a non title 15 round bout in Las Vegas to press for a heavyweight title shot after Marciano chose Don Cockell. Moore 38, 19 straight wins, 2-1 favorite over 30-year-old Valdes, who was the top contender.
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Associated Press
Archie Moore
Nino Valdes
Marcihea
Las Vegas
Nev
Marciano
England
Don Cockell
Moore
Archie
Chicago Driver Shoves Mercury To Stock Win
Bill Brown of Chicago won the 100 lap world premiere of convertible racing on the Circuit of Champions yesterday after Dutch Munsinger of Tabor Iowa crashed through a railing Brown steered a Mercury while Munsinger drove a Buick Munsinger led from lap 12 to 76 Oldenberg Highland had the fastest time trial 28.91 seconds and finished second in a Buick The 21 car field included 1955 American built stock convertibles with safety belts and roll bars noted.
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Birmingham
Bill Brown
Chicago
Dutch Munsinger
Tabor
Iowa
Brown
Mercury
Munsinger
Buick
Don Oldenberg
Highland
Lane Lantens
Detroit
Chevrolet
Blair
Buffalo
N.Y
Sliepers
Bob Neers
Blue Island
Chrysler
Spectators Escape as Grandstand Burns at Greensboro Fair
A wooden grandstand at Greensboro fairgrounds track caught fire and collapsed minutes after more than 2000 stock car fans fled to safety. Four injuries were reported and twenty nearby race cars were destroyed or badly damaged.
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Greensboro
N.C
Greensboro Fairgrounds
Major League Leaders Snapshot Across Leagues
Batting leaders include Moon of St. Louis with a .382 average and 26 hits, Furillo of Brooklyn with 7 homers, and Gilliam with 3 stolen bases. Pitchers Erskine and Hearn each 3-0 for Brooklyn and New York, with 1.000 ERAs. In the American League Carrasquel leads with runs batted in, Kaline and Kuenn pace hits, Lollar tops homers with 6, Lemon goes 5-0 with 1.000, and Score records 40 strikeouts.
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Associated Press
Moon
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Thomson
Furillo
Brooklyn
Stojen
Gilliam
Erskine
Hearn
New York
Antonelli
Carrasquel
Nieman
Chicago
Kuenn
Kaline
Detroit
Campbell Defeated in Walker Cup Final at North and South
Don Ispringhoff of Orlando Fla defeated Walker Cup captain Bill Campbell 5 and 4 in the North and South Amateur final at Pinehurst. U S team host Richard Tufts said Campbell will lead the U S against Britain at St Andrews later this month, noting Campbell's return to form after a serious hand injury last December.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Bill Campbell
Don Ispringhoff
Orlando
Fla
U.S
St. Andrews
Richard Tufts
U.S. Golf Assn
Lost Pet Schedule and scattered baseball results
Fragmentary sports brief lists Monday schedule Milwaukee at Brooklyn Chicago at St. Louis and Sunday results including Chicago Philadelphia 7 2 and Louis 4 0 Pittsburgh 3 7 with scattered numbers and odd formatting.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Sundey
Louis
Pittsburgh
Naicnsdareite
New Yorkoo
Kansas City
Washington
New York
Jacksonville Cabin Ak
Wren
Rene Columbus
New Orleans
Babe Zaharias Wins Peach Blossom Rawls Golf Title
Babe Zaharias won the Peach Blossom Betsy Rawls tournament in Spartanburg finishing 293 to claim the $1,000 first prize. Marilynn Smith 295 and Betty Dodd 297 followed for second and third, with Joyce Ziske and Patty Berg tying at 300 for a share of 303.33.
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S.C
Babe Zaharias
Zaharias
Spartanburg Country Club
Marilynn Smith
Wichita
Kan
Tampa
Fla
Miss Smith
Betty Dodd
San Antonio
Tex
Marlene Bauer
Sarasota
Louise Suggs
Sea Island
Joyce Ziske
Waterford
Wis
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Til
Betty Jameson
Betsy Rawls
Alabama Auburn start four game series in Tuscaloosa
Alabama and Auburn meet in a four game baseball series this week with games today and tomorrow in Tuscaloosa and Friday and Saturday at Auburn. Alabama has clinched the SEC western division title and the series will not change either team’s conference standing.
Tide Announces Tough 24 Game Basketball Schedule
Alabama releases a 24 game 1955 56 schedule billed as the toughest in school history. The Tide will play 17 away games and 7 at home with a December trip to Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden plus the Birmingham Classic and Sugar Tea meet. The slate includes 14 SEC games and trips to North Carolina Chapel Hill and East region venues before the schedule moves to 1956.
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Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Tide
Alabama
St. Johns
Madison Square Garden
New York
Holy Cross
Boston Garden
Boston
Birmingham
New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Cristian
Georgia
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Mississippi
Oxford
Miss
Mississippi State
Starkville
Auburn
Montgomery
Louisiana College
Athens
Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt
Blackmon Wins Birmingham Invitation Golf Final
Fred Blackmon of Miami defeated Pete Jones of Dothan 1 up in the Birmingham Country Club men's invitation final on the west course. Both shot 76s. Blackmon led, Jones rallied to tie, and Blackmon parred the 18th for victory. Sonny Holt beat Buddy DeBardeleben 4 3 for consolation.
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Birmingham
Fred Blackmon
Miami
Birmingham Country Club
Anniston
Pete Jones
Dothan
Ala
Jones
Blackmon
University of Alabama Dental College
Links
Alabama
Sonny Holt
Selma
Nelson
Buddy) DeBardeleben
DeBardeleben
Frank
Campbell
Huntsville
Jackie Maness
Tuscaloosa
Holt
Maness
Aggie Mashburn Is Drake Relays Outstanding Athlete
Des Moines report credits J W Mashburn of the Oklahoma Aggies as the meet's outstanding athlete after anchoring the mile relay to a 3 11 7 victory with a 46.5 anchor leg. Wes Santee posted 4 08 4 in the mile despite wind, surpassing the Drake record but not dipping under four minutes.
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Des Moines
J. W. Mashburn
Oklahoma
Aggies
Drake
Mashburn
Satur
Wes Santee
Auburn Hosts Auburn Track Meet With Georgia Tech
The Auburn track team faces Georgia Tech with Alabama the only SEC foe to beat the Tigers this season. Auburn added to its SEC laurels by edging Florida at Gainesville last weekend.
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Auburn
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Tigers
Florida
Gainesville
Iraq Builds Date Sugar Industry
Iraq is developing an industry to produce sugar from dates, aiming to expand domestic processing and boost agricultural utilization. The project signals efforts to diversify crops and create value from date palm harvests.
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Iraq
Barons Sweep Two From Little Rock
Ralph Brown led Birmingham with two homers and a seven RBI showing as the Barons defeated Little Rock 13-3 and 8-2 in a doubleheader. The win moved Birmingham into third place ahead of Atlanta, which split with Memphis while Nashville and Chattanooga won.
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Summerville
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Barons
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Pets
Mobile
Littler Dominates Champion’s Match Wins Big Purse
Gene Littler of California eclipsed the field at the Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas earning 10 000 as champion. He fired a final 72 for a 280 total eight under par and won by 13 strokes over runners up Bob Toski Jerry Barber and Pete Cooper who each claimed 2566 66. Ed Furgol Billy Maxwell and Cary Middlecoff tied at 296. Sam Snead finished 299 and Mike Souchak 310 in a windy Desert Inn course finale.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Texas
Fort Worth
California
Gene Littler
Palm Springs
Desert Inn Country Club
Bob Toski
Jerry Barber
Pete Cooper
Ed Furgol
Billy Maxwell
Cary Middlecoff
Sam Snead
Meat Hope
Mike Souchak
Distance Runner Has Tough Luck In Penn Relays
At Philadelphia the University of Pittsburgh failed to win any titles in the Penn Relays as injuries and misfortune struck. Manhattan claimed three relays while Villanova secured two, led by Charlie Jenkins in key anchor legs.
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Penn
Philadelphia
Arnie Sowell
University of Pittsburgh
Lowell
Panthers
Pitt
Manhattan
Villanova
Arnie
Ed Saunit
Charlie Jenkins
Racing Driver Dies In Langhorne Speedway Crash
Langhorne Pa. May 28 1951 Mike Mazaruk a top auto racing driver from North Bellmore New York was killed when his Offenhauser rammed a fence at Langhorne Speedway during a 30 mile race his car flipped four times and burned after hitting the backstretch fence on the 16th lap The 33 year old racer had hoped to race in the Indianapolis 500 and had placed second in 1951 and fifth in 1950 in that Memorial Day classic.
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Langhorne, Pa
Mike Mazaruk
Langhorne Speedway
North Bellmore
N.Y
Nazaruk
Long medieval door locks and oversized keys described
The passage notes that Middle Ages locks reached lengths over 17 inches with keys about 8 inches long, highlighting the era’s unusually large hardware.
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