Cardinals At Home Look Terrible In St Louis Season
The St. Louis Cardinals struggle at Busch Stadium with a 10 win in 22 home games and only two back-to-back victories. Road success keeps them above .500 as they slide from first to fifth after a 7-3 loss to Chicago. Musial and Sauer lead NL homers amid mixed results for St. Louis and rivals.
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Don Newcombe
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Australian Is Colonial Star
Australian Peter Thomson shot 66 to lead the Colonial National Invitation after the first round. Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan followed with 67 and 69 as the field moved into the tournament’s second day at the Colonial Country Club. Sam Snead and Skip Alexander set the 1950 first-round standard with 66.
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Fred Hawkins
el Paso
Johnny Palmer
Charlotte
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Ed Furgol
St. Louis
Harvie Ward Jr
San Francisco
Davey Retires After Seventh Round TKO Loss
Chicago boxer Chuck Davey announced his retirement after a seventh round TKO by Vince Martinez at Chicago Stadium. The 28 year old with a 40 5 2 record said boxing allowed him education and rich experience and will pursue television work.
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Hee Knowles
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Louis predicts Marciano win over Charles in 10 rounds
Halifax report quotes former heavyweight champ Joe Louis predicting Rocky Marciano will defend his title by knocking out Ezzard Charles within 10 rounds in New York on June 17. Louis said Marciano is too rough and punches too hard for Charles while refereeing local wrestling shows.
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Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
New York
Hungary Coal Output in 1953 Near 21 Million Tons
The 1953 Hungarian coal production reached about 21 million tons, roughly a third of the United States weekly output. The figure highlights Hungary's industrial scale relative to U S production at the time.
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U. S
Baseball Scores and Friday Schedule Highlights
A fragment presents standings for Washington Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago and others with Friday night games listed. Results show Detroit 7 Baltimore 1 and Washington 7 New York 3 with Philadelphia beating Brooklyn 11 to 5 and Chicago 7 St. Louis 3. Friday schedules include Cincinnati at Chicago Brooklyn at New York Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and St. Louis at Milwaukee.
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Southern Association Standings and Schedule
The Southern Association results list Birmingham 28 15 651 and Chattanooga 21 22 488 while New Orleans 21 22 488 Nashville 17 20 459 Memphis 17 24 415 Little Rock 17 24 415. Games: Atlanta at Chattanooga postponed by rain. Memphis at New Orleans and Chattanooga at Atlanta. Nashville at Birmingham. Little Rock at Mobile. Memphis at New Orleans (2).
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Rain halts City softball league action
Rain last night stopped activity in the City softball league. Next games are Tuesday with Chemstrand vs Worthington and the Elks against Wolverine. The Decatur Indians open the Tennessee Valley semi pro schedule with Monsanto in Columbia Tennessee Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
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Southern Amateur semi finals shape Texas heavy favor
In Memphis at the Southern Amateur, defending champion Joe Conrad of San Antonio faces Howie Johnson of Houston in a 36 hole semi final. Beverly Nabers of St Petersburg upset rivals to reach the semis, while Jimmy Wittenberg and other contenders vie for the title amid rain-softened greens.
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Gulfport
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Memphis Country Club
Lew Oechmig
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Greenville
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Johnson
Curtis Person
Tommy Barnes
Atlanta
Wittenberg
Louisiana State University
Tom Michael
Sonny Ellis
Harry Webb
Huntsville
Lou Oehmig
Mexico Claims Longer Coastline Than United States
A historical note asserts Mexico’s coastline surpasses that of the United States, highlighting geographic detail and comparative shoreline lengths.
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Mexico
United States
Speedway Drivers Expect Pace At 136 MPH In Indy 500
Indianapolis drivers in the 500 mile field anticipate an early pace near 136 mph, about three mph faster than Vukorich’s record first hundred miles. They completed fuel and carburetion tests and then ran mock laps at 136 to 138 mph to gauge race speed and engine readiness.
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Bill Vukorich
Florence Team Plans Sunday Golf Matches At Decatur Club
Florence golfers will visit Decatur Country Club Sunday for team matches with the local club. About 20 players are expected from the Tri-cities. Matches begin at 1 P.M. Pro Bill Curtis asks local players to confirm by Saturday noon.
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Country Club
Bill Curtis
Jubilant Crax Win 13th In Row
Atlanta Crackers stay undefeated in the Southern Association with a 5 1 victory over Chattanooga as Mobile’s Bears see their win streak end at five and two doubleheader games postponed by rain. Pete Vosey pitched well in the opener, and Milo Johnson blanked Chattanooga in a six hit effort to seal the night.
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Ray McLeod
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