Pro Wrestling Returns With Biggest Card
All star wrestling returns Monday at the Fairgrounds Coliseum with two tag matches including a World Tag Title defense by the Fabulous Fargo Brothers Jack and Don against Tex Riley and Dick Beyer and the Corsica Brothers versus Chief Little Eagle and Johnny Walker. Matches are best two of three falls in one hour.
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Narleski Shuts Down Senators In Nine Hit Affair
Cleveland's Ray Narleski pitched his second straight complete game, a five hitter, as the Indians defeated the Washington Senators 9 to 1. Li'l Albie Pearson collected three of Washington's five singles, while Narleski allowed only a first inning run on a bases loaded balk.
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Ike Delock
Pirates Hammer Dodgers 8-3 to Extend Winning Streak
The Pirates cruised to an 8-3 victory at the Coliseum, pulling within a half game of the NL lead. Frank Thomas hit two homers in the series, Vern Law added a three-run shot, and Pittsburgh stretched its win streak to six, with Chicago leading the standings.
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Fangio Begins Pace Work at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Argentine world road racing champion Juan Manuel Fangio explored the 2 1 2 mile track at Indianapolis as he prepares for the Memorial Day 500 mile race. He passed a medical and faces a driver’s test before qualifying his Dayton Steel Foundry Special among 56 entrants aiming for 33 starting spots.
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U. S
Tide Regains Lead In SEC
Alabama toppled Mississippi State 32 in Tuscaloosa to reclaim the Western Division lead in the SEC baseball race. State outhit the Tide 11 to 7, but Alabama defense stifled a fifth inning rally with key plays by Bobby Ledford and Dale Rice. Gordon Moore drove in a run with a single.
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Winning run seals game in eighth as Rice homers
The decisive eighth inning features Dale Rice homering for an early lead while the home team fights to the end.
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