Cards Turn About Take 7th Straight In Streak
The St Louis Cardinals surged from the NL cellar to fifth with a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants as Stan Musial hit a homer for his 3,001st hit and Wilmer Mizell threw a four hitter. Warren Spahn earned his 230th win for Milwaukee in a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia. Pittsburgh moved past the Giants with a 5-4 win over Cincinnati while Chicago defeated Los Angeles 7-3 as the Dodgers dropped six straight.
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Virginia colt Gone Fishin' eyes Preakness glory
Virginia owner Llangollen Farm and trainer describe Gone Fishin as a greyish roan colt bid to challenge Tim Tam Silky Sullivan Jewel's Reward and Lincoln Road in the Preakness at Pimlico. odds listed 15 to 1 with about 11 or 12 entries expected. the purse pot may reach $133,950 for the CBS telecast.
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Local Girls Softball League Opens At Delano Park
The girls softball league begins play tonight at Delano Park with Chemstrand facing the Hot Shots at 7 30 and Pet Dairy meeting Mutual at 8 30. Games continue Mondays and Thursdays each week.
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Major League rosters trimmed near 25 men limit
Von McDaniel and Dick Gray among players sent to minor leagues as clubs narrow rosters. Curt Barclay optioned to Phoenix, Royce released by Phillies. Braves trio to Wichita farm. Yankees send Al Cicotte to Washington and option Del Greco and Brickell.
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Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Highlights
Top performers include Musial of St Louis hitting .500 with 46 hits and 27 RBIs, Mays of San Francisco batting .411 with 44 hits and 27 runs, and Spencer also of San Francisco with 39 hits and 27 RBIs. Leaders in pitching show Spahn Milwaukee going 6 0 for a 1.000 ERA tied with Elston Chicago and McCormick San Francisco Paine St Louis at 2 0 1.000. Gomez San Francisco leads in strikeouts with 32 while Padres Los Angeles and Spahn Milwaukee each have 29.
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Baseball Leaders: Cerv and Kuenn Chase Rbi and Run Totals
Statistics show Cerv of Kansas City with 24 runs and McDougald New York .377 leading at bats with Skowron and Kuenn close by. Kuenn Detroit tops with 19 runs and Cerv leads in RBIs for Kansas City.
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Baseball Standings and Results Across Leagues
National and American League standings show New York leading the AL with a .750 mark, Baltimore and Cleveland near .500 amid tight races. Recent AL games include New York 1 Baltimore 0 and Cleveland 9 Detroit 8, with several Chicago and Kansas City matchups noted. In the National League, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh lead, while San Francisco and Los Angeles share near .600–.630 paces. Thursday and Friday games cover Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Milwaukee at Philadelphia among others as the Southern Association reports Birmingham and Mobile atop the standings with midweek results.
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Baseball Almanac of 1950s All Star Style Scores
City 28 Jensen Boston 19 Skowron New York 16 Hits Kuenn Detroit 38 Runnels Boston 34 Malzone Boston and Fox Chicago 32 Doubles Kuenn Detroit 10 Cerv Kansas City 7 Malzone Boston 6 Triples Lemon Washington 3 Avila Cleveland Tuttle Kansas City and Bauer New York 2 Home runs Cerv Kansas City 10 Jensen Boston and Maris Cleveland 6 Stolen bases Aparicio Chicago 6 Piersall Boston and Minos of Cleveland 4 Pitching Harshman Baltimore and Turley New York 50 1.000 Larsen and Shantz New York and Hyde Washington 30 1 000 Strikeouts Score Cleveland 33 Turley New York 32 Ramos Washington 30
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Endangered Florida Key Deer and Black-Footed Ferret Warned
The National Geographic Society reports two U.S. manuals face extinction concerns the Florida key deer and the black-footed ferret, highlighting conservation urgency.
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Austinville and Priceville Seek Title in Morgan County Final
Austinville meets Priceville at 3 p.m. in the Morgan County baseball final after both teams won semifinals. Austinville edged Decatur 3-1 behind R B Jones five guiding hits. Priceville hammered Trinity 11-1 as Montie Sharp and Sterling Holt combined for the win.
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Ace Reliefer Stuns Barons For Memphis Victory
Memphis pitcher Bill Slack capped a standout relief outing with 5 1 3 innings of work saving the Chicks from a Barons rally as Birmingham lost 5-4. Slack, 24, improved to 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 48 innings, fanning 27 and allowing only nine earned runs on 27 hits across 33 games this season.
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Chemstrand and Pat's Softball Winners Race Ahead
Chemstrand continued its wining ways in city league play last night topping Davis Constructors 4 1. Pat's Freez ette blasted Alabama Flour Mill 17 3 with 14 hits while Alabama Flour Mill notching five. Davis managed three hits and Chemstrand scored in each of the first four innings.
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