Bears Rally for Ten-Run Sixth Falls to Vols 12-11
In a wild Southern Association game the Bears led 10-0 after six but lost 12-11 to the Vols. Nashville catcher Joe Damato homered in the ninth for the decisive run as pitcher Gil Mills took the loss. Modica earned his fourth win while Tom Lakes was tagged for ten runs early. Memphis beat Birmingham 8-5. Chattanooga 13-5 over New Orleans. Little Rock 8-1 over Atlanta.
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Vols
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New Orleans
Memphis
Birmingham
Little Rock
Atlanta
Mobile
al Porto
Paul Schneiders
Tom Lakes
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Gil Mills
Tennessee Clinches SEC Baseball Title for 1950
Tennessee wins the Southeastern Conference baseball crown by two and a half games over Alabama Duke and Clemson who decline NCAA entry. Alabama is SEC member while Duke and Clemson are Southern. Several players from the rival schools are ruled ineligible under the four year rule. Final week scores include Georgia Tech 16 Kentucky 11 and 9 8. Florida 17 Rollins 9 and 11 2. Murray State 21 Vanderbilt 6. Final standings listed.
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Major League American League Batting and Pitching Leaders
Base leaders include Fain of Philadelphia batting .394 with 44 hits and 25 runs. DiMaggio of Boston and Mantle of New York lead runs with 24 and 25. Robinson and Rosen top RBI with 27. Carrasquel of Chicago and Fain share doubles with 14 and 9. Minoso earns triples with five, Williams of Boston hits eight homers. Busby of Chicago steals 10 bases. Legat leads pitching with 7.0, Raschi tops strikeouts with 38.
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Philadelphia
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Detroit
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New York
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Boston
Robinson
Chicago
Rosen
Cleveland
Carrasquel
Minoso
Doan
Washington
Williams
Zernial
Busby
Legat
Marrero
Raschi
McDermott
Pierce
Garcia
National League batting and pitching leaders listed
The bulletin lists leaders across NL clubs with totals for batting runs and RBIs. Key figures include Abrams and Robinson for batting averages or hits, Dark and Stanky for runs, Snider Sauer for RBIs, Robinson Dark and Sislee for hits, and Jansen Spahn Roe Leonard Jansen with strikeout totals.
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Brooklyn
Robinson
Dark
New York
Stanky
Snider
Sauer
Chicago
Sislee
Philadelphia
Nippy Jones Sparks Cardinals Comeback in May Return
Vernal Nippy Jones returns to the St. Louis Cardinals on May 15 boosting a rally that has seen the team win five of seven since his comeback. He h as driven in ten runs and hit .407 with 11 hits in 27 at bats, adding strong defense as he helped beat the New York Giants 5 2. The Yankees White Sox and Red Sox also won in the league standings.
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Shoemaker Leads Birdie Rally In PGA Sectional Qualifying
Dick Shoemaker of Cleveland posted 68 68 for 136 to lead sectional qualifying for the PGA Championship in Pittsburgh. He beat Herman Keiser by nine strokes at Lakewood with 75-70-145, as other pros including Claude Harmon and Al Brosch advanced from Garden City trials. Tony Tiso led eight qualifiers with 67-72-139 at Garden City. Johnny Bulla and Dick Metz also posted top scores in Muskogee and Pittsburgh zones.
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Lakewood
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Mamaroneck
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Garden City
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Texas pheasants served in foreign embassies from a 40 acre Tex farm
Elizabeth Reeves Meyers, wife of Justice Dept. attorney R. Baldwin Meyers from Fort Worth, runs a Texas 40 acre farm near Washington. She moved to Washington in 1941 to work for former Texas Congressman Fritz G. Lanham and later became the secretary for Rep. Wingate Lucas of Grapevine.
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Mrs Ed Holtgrove Retires From Nearly Three Decades of Meals
In Carbondale Mrs Ed Holtgrove stops packing dinner pails after 27 years as her nine children attended Sand Hill school. The routine long a fixture in the family, now ends with a quiet household change.
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First Basemen Lead American League Batting Race
Chicago May 22 A pair of first basemen Dick Kryhoski Detroit and Ferris Fain Philadelphia lead the American League batting race through the week. Kryhoski .403 with 25 hits in 62 at bats, Fain .393 after 11 hits in 25 trips.
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Leid American
Abrams Tops NL Hitting At .431 After Big Doubleheader
Cal Abrams leads the National League with a .431 average after a six hit surge in a Sunday doubleheader against Cincinnati, moving ahead of Jackie Robinson. Pee Wee Reese rides a 15 game streak at .374, with other leaders including Bob Elliott .367 and Stan Musial .354.
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Cal Abrams
Brooklyn
Abrams
Cincinnati
Jackie Robinson
Robinson
Brooks
Pee Wee Reese
Pee Wee
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Boston
Dick Sisler
Phils
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Stan Musial
St. Louis
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Tomorrow's Nba Schedule Matches Key Eastern and Central Matchups
Tomorrow features Brooklyn at Pittsburgh at 7 30 P M Philadelphia at Cincinnati 2 P M New York at Chicago 1 30 P M Boston at St Louis 2 30 P M Washington 7 30 P M Chicago at Philadelphia 7 P M Detroit at New York 1 30 P M St Louis at Boston 1 P M.
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Detroit
Minor League Scores From International League Roundup
Toronto defeated Springfield 10 to 6 and Baltimore beat Ottawa 7 to 0. Rochester edged Buffalo 4 to 3 in 11 innings, while Montreal overcame Syracuse 9 to 8.
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Ottawa
Rochester
Buffalo
Montreal
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American Association Scores and Schedule
Indianapolis defeated Columbus and Milwaukee topped St Paul by 10 innings. Minneapolis beat Kansas City 10 to 5 as the only listed games.
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Columbus
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Pacific Coast League Scores Report
Hollywood beat Los Angeles 1 to 0 while San Francisco defeated Oakland 9 to 5. Only games scheduled.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Texas League Scores Roundup
Fort Worth defeated Oklahoma City 6 to 2 while Dallas beat Tulsa 13 to 4. Beaumont routed Houston 14 to 3 and Shreveport edged San Antonio 6 to 5 in a day of minor league baseball.
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Southern Association Scores and League Standings
Baseball results show Little Rock 8 Atlanta 1 and Memphis 8 Birmingham 5 in the Southern Association. Nashville 12 Mobile 11 and Chattanooga 13 New Orleans 5 also listed. In the South Atlantic League Montgomery 7 Columbus 4, Macon 13 Augusta 4, Charleston 9 Columbia 6, and Savannah 6 Jacksonville 2.
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Baseball scores from regional leagues
Eastern League results include Elmira 10 Albany 1 and Hartford 9 Williamsport 6. Also Scranton 7 Schenectady 1 and Binghamton 4 Wilkes-Barre 3. Georgia Florida League Albany 4 Tifton 1 and Valdosta 8 Americus 2. Brunswick 6 Waycross 5 and Cordele 12 Moultrie 7. Georgia Alabama League Griffin 6 Alexander City 4. LaGrange 6 Rome 5 in 10 innings. Valley 4 2 Opelika 1 3.
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Georgia State League Scores Wide Gaps Across Cities
Eastman beat Haz-Baxley 13 to 3 while Fitzgerald topped Jesup 14 to 9 Dublin won against Douglas 17 to 9 in the Georgia State League. In Alabama Florida League action Dothan defeated Ozark 7 to 6 Panama City 3 Enterprise 2 Tallahassee 6 Headland 0.
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Headland
Nippy Jones Drives Cardinals to 5-2 Win Over Giants
Nippy Jones drove in three runs with a fifth inning double to lift St. Louis past New York 5-2. Vic Raschi pitched shutout innings for the Yankees allowing five hits to earn his seventh win against one loss.
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Yanks
Kentuckian Hubbub as Harrold Kirkpatrick Surges at British Open
Kentuckian Harrold Kirkpatrick, Owensboro coal mine executive, leaps to watch list at the British Amateur Golf Tournament after a 2-up round win over Hobart Manley. He carded a 70 at Porthcawl while facing notable rivals and potential rematches with Jean Charlie Coe.
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Harrold Kirkpatrick
Hobart Manley
Savannah
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Tgether
Kirkpatrick
Jean Charlie Coe
Oklahoma City
U.S
Bo Wininger
C.D. Lawrie
Frank Strafaci
New York Metropolitan
Frank Strandhan
Ian Keelan
Dick Garlington
Atlanta
D. S. Maunsel
England
Schedule Highlights for Tonight’s NBA Matchups
Chicago faces Washington in night action while Cleveland visits Philadelphia and Brooklyn travels to Pittsburgh. New York hosts Chicago, Boston plays St Louis, and Philadelphia meets Cincinnati. Also on tap are Nashville at Mobile Memphis at Birmingham Chattanooga at New Orleans Little Rock at Atlanta.
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Monsanto Tilt Called Off By Indian Head
The Decatur Indians game with Monsanto Maulers in Columbia Tennessee has been called off because the trip is too far and many players are still in school. The locals will play Thursday May 31 at Legion Field hosting the Russellville Travelers.
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Decatur Red Raider
Joe Brewer
WVU Professor Creates Dentifrice From Ancient Recipe
Professor Armand E. Singer of West Virginia University reports a dentifrice made from barley flour vinegar honey salt and spikenard root inspired by a Roman recipe. The method combines simple pantry ingredients into a traditional tooth cleaning paste.
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Armand E. Singer
West Virginia University
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