Cardinals sweep Cubs in doubleheader behind Musial big day
Stan Musial drove in seven runs on four hits as the St Louis Cardinals swept a Chicago Cubs doubleheader 11-9 and 12-2. Roy Sievers led Washington with five hits and five runs in a split with Boston after a prior strong run against the Red Sox.
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Qualifications Opened Again At Indianapolis
Rain and wet track forced an unprecedented extension of the 500 mile race qualifying at Indianapolis. With 29 cars qualified and 18 more ready, Chief Steward Mc Quinn extended time to 6 p.m. to allow 10 mile runs before the track is closed for cleaning.
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Shelton Gadsden Club Golfing Champion
Billy Shelton of Anniston won the 1956 Gadsden Country Club Invitational Golf Tournament defeating Chris Banister 2 and 1 in the final. Shelton had earlier a 1up semifinal win over Jackie Maness as Banister beat Burgett Mooney 3 and 2. Elliott was medalist in a lengthy four hour fifty two minute round.
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Pirate Slugger Gets Big Raise
Dale Long, 30, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, receives a 2500 merit raise after a series of seven homers in seven straight games, with a potential contract to 16500. He leads the National League in home runs, batting average and RBIs and credits confidence and relaxed hitting for his breakout season.
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Golden Leads U S In Second Round Of British Amateur
Joe B. Golden of Austin Texas defeated Dr T A White of Edinburgh 9 and 8 to reach the second round of the British Amateur golf championship in Troon Scotland Merlin Robertson of Pasadena Calif also advanced after his English opponent scratched Earlier scratches moved Gene Andrews Clarke Hardwicke and Edwin C Ware into the third Ware had a first round bye Top young American Doug from Cedartown Ga and Miami Fla fell to David Mackie 2 and 1 Sanders the 1951 U S Jaycee champ and 1955 Tom O Shanter winner played his first British event but lost on the 16th and 17th holes.
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Tech wins Georgia AAU meet setting eight records at Grant Field
Georgia Tech tops the field at the fifth Georgia AAU track championships at Grant Field totaling 37 points to 33 for Georgia. Florida’s Jim Crosier set two meet records in the 880 yard and 440 yard hurdles, along with Ed Murphey’s mile best 4 15.7 and Bill Duckworth’s 225 foot javelin. Other records included Fred Berman’s shot put 54 4 1, Buddy Fowlkes 100 yard dash 9 7, Jim Smith 220 yard hurdles 72 3 and Bill Adams two mile 9 35 8.
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Sports roundup: scores and schedules across leagues
Reags of MLB and NBA results show Detroit rout KC 80 2-5 Chicago 5-2 Cleveland 4-4 and rain affecting Boston Washington New York Baltimore games. National League standings note St Louis Brooklyn and Chicago in pursuit with varied results and forthcoming schedules. An unrelated line mentions Memphis Mobile and New Orleans Nashville pairings.
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Barons Split Doubleheader as Memphis Drops 14-5
Steve Jankowski belted three homers in six at bats driving Mobile past Memphis 14-5 to close the gap on Birmingham. Birmingham split a twin bill with Nashville as Nashville’s John Gebhard won 4-1 over Southern. Chattanooga swept Atlanta 7-3 and 3-2 lifting from last, while New Orleans fell to Little Rock 9-6.
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January Takes Dallas Open On Blazing Finish
Don January won the Dallas Centennial Open with a final 3 under par 67 totaling 268 for 72 holes to lead Finsterwald and Ford by two strokes. The win spots him in the Texas International Open, while attendance at Dallas Centennial lagged, hurting Golf International Inc. payouts. Ford also posted 269 with 67 and earned 2,700.
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Giardello Seeks Comeback in Rematch With Cotton
Joey Giardello returns tonight in a rematch with Charlie Cotton of Toledo at St Nicholas Arena New York. Cotton upset Giardello in their first meeting May 7 marking his first New York appearance. Also on the card Willie Pastrano and an opponent from New Spieser Lansing clash in New Orleans as Pastrano seeks his 18th straight unbeaten bout and a rising Ring rating.
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