Courtland Hosts Divisional Sports Car Races
The Tennessee Valley Sports Car Club hosts its first Divisional Championship at Courtland Airport Alabama on May 30 and 31. A 12-race program uses a Road Course with speeds up to 150 mph on the back stretch. Don Horn holds last year's lap record in a Lotus Ford. Entries exceed 100 from places including Puerto Rico and Miami. Admission is 2 dollars for both days.
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Tennessee Valley
Sports Car Club of America
Courtland
Alabama
Don Horn
Memphis
Tennessee
Minor League Scores International and Pacific Leagues
The Associated Press reports several minor league results. Toronto beat Buffalo 10 3, Syracuse defeated Rochester 13 5, Columbus won 5 2 over Atlanta, Richmond topped Jacksonville 2 0, Okla City edged Salt Lake 6 5, Dallas defeated Denver 5 4 in 10 innings, Indianapolis beat Tacoma 4 1, Arkansas downed Spokane 3 2, and Portland won 7 4 against Hawaii.
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Toronto
Buffalo
Syracuse
Rochester
Columbus
Atlanta
Richmond
Jacksonville
Okla City
Salt Lake
Dallas
Denver
Indianapolis
Tacoma
Arkansas
Spokane
Portland
Hawaii
Nuxhall and Fischer Keep Ringing NL Shutouts
Joe Nuxhall and Hank Fischer each earned a third NL shutout of the season in a night of low scoring. Nuxhall blanked the Dodgers 1-0 on six hits for Cincinnati, while Fischer pitched a four-hitter in Milwaukee’s 2-0 win over Houston to move to 5-2 with a 2.75 ERA.
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Murray Chass
Associated Press
Joe Nuxhall
Hank Fischer
Nuxhal
Fischer
Cincinnati
Nuxhall
Los Angeles Dodgers
Milwaukee
Houston
Cincinnati Southpaw
Hamilton
Ohio
Braves
Skinny Brown
Art. Mahaffey
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Juan Marichal
St. Louis
San Francisco
Dick Ellsworth
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Baltimore
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Los Angeles
Minnesota
Angels
Twins
Cubs dominate Braves in Little League action
In minor B play the Cubs won 36 18 over the Braves with Ted Bos twick as winner no walks and a homer. Andy Cornell Ricky Head Alan Sharrett and Tommy Millican homered for the Cubs while Legg homered for the Braves. Cubs lead 2 0 Braves 0 1. In Minor League A Cubs edged Braves 11 10 in extras Jimmy Wiggins won Ricky Light lost Ricky Freeman had three Cubs hits Wiggins and Randy Taft doubled Braves had five singles.
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Cubs
Braves
Ted Bostwick
Andy Cornell
Ricky Head
Alan Sharrett
Tommy Millican Legg
Jimmy Wiggins
Ricky Light
Ricky Freeman
Wiggins
Randy Taft
Cardinals Lose as Mets Spark Early Win at Cubs
Bob Gibson took his first defeat after four straight wins for the Cardinals while the Mets, cooling after an epic 19-run outburst, provided support for Al Jackson who earned no runs against him in 36 innings. Ron Santo drove in a run and Ernie Banks scored on a first inning single to seal the Cubs’ win.
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Nuxhall
Dodgers
Sandy Koufax
Reds
Pete Rose
Tommy Harper
Chicago
Kansas City
Vada Pinson
Braves
Fischer
Ed Mathews
Ty Cline
Rusty Staub
Mahaffey
Pirates
Bob Gibson
Mets
al Jackson
Jackson
Cubs
Ron Santo
Ernie Banks
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Decatur
Jim Baker
Sheffield
John Babcok
Miami
Florida
Wick Williams
Chattanooga
Pete Glenn
Florence
Huntsville
Charles Sheppard
Dave Tallachsen
Dick Heckman
Augusta
Georgia
McCulloch Bros
JEEP
W. Moulton St
Taye
Industrial Finance Corporation of
East Moulton St
South Side Square
Holmes Ave
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National League— Nuxhall
Cleo
Teague
Morgan County
Pol
Cleo Teague
Decatur, Alo
Renken
Johnson and Trailer
Correctcraft
Nimrod
Nimrod Riviera
H.P. Johnson
Cushman
EAGLE
St. S.E
Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc
FORD
Studebaker
COMET
Falcon
Chevrolet
Bel Air
BUICK
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