Major Reserves Have Field Day Across MLB Action
Major league reserves stole the spotlight as substitutes like Bob Speake George Crowe Smalley Gene Stephens Elmer Vale and Harry Simpson delivered key hits. Speake powered Chicago Cubs in two extra inning wins over St Louis Crowe drove in runs for Milwaukee as Angels? No, Braves and Phillies mixed. Delis delivered Washington a late win while Noren and Porterfield aided the Senators and Yankees in split games.
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George Crowey Smalley
Gene Stephens
Elmer Vale
Harry Simpson
Juan Delis
Speake
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Crowe
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Smalley
Philadelphia
New York Giants
Phillies
Simpson
Vale
Kansas City Athletics
Detroit
Washington
New York
Delis
Maury McDermott
Yankees
Irv Noren
Billy Pierce
Chicago White
Cleveland
Indians
Sox
Baltimore
Boston
Red Sox
Des Moines
Chicago
Cubs
Hank Sauer
Joe Adcock
Hank Aaron
Braves
Granny Hamner
Willie Mays
Giants
Bill Wilson
City
Enos Slaughter
Gus Zernial
Dave Philley
Ralph Kiner
Bob Lemon
Pierce
White Sox
Eddie Yost
Bob Porterfield
Bob Turley
Noren
Tommy Byrne
Senators
Bears Beat Little Rock in Dramatic Ninth Inning Rally
Mobile Bears rally in the ninth, Jim Gentle homering with bases loaded to beat Little Rock 8-7. Memphis shuts out New Orleans 5-4, Birmingham drops to fifth with Nashville win as Chattanooga extends lead with 6-4 over Atlanta.
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Mobile
Jim Gentle
Frank Merriwell
Bears
Little Rock
Travs
Gentle
Memphis
New Orleans
Birmingham
Nashville
Barons
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Meyers Returns Here To Face Karl Kowalski
Sonny Meyers defends his Southern junior heavyweight title tonight at the Coliseum in Decatur facing Killer Karl Kowalski. The double main event also features a debuting midget match with Cowboy Bradley vs Tom Both bouts are best two of three falls with 90 minute limits and start at 8 30 under DAV sponsorship.
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Decatur
Meyers
Coliseum
Alex Gulas
Sonny
Karl Kowalski
D- Gulas
Cowboy Bradley
Tom
DAV
Ray
Kowalski
Killer Karl
Bradley
Tom Thumb
America
Gulas
Major League Leaders Summary
American League leaders include Kuenn Detroit hitting .379 and Mantle New York with 43 runs. Berra New York leads RBIs with 38 while Kaline Detroit has 61 hits and Zernal Kansas City 12 homers. Rivera and Minoso Chicago tied with 6 steals. Pitcher Aber Detroit 3 0 with 1.000.
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Kuenn
Detroit
Mantle
New York
Berra
Kaline
Zermal
Kansas City
Rivera
Minoso
Chicago
Aber
Turley
Washington Kansas City
Cleveland
Chicago City
Boston
Fay Crocker Wins 1st Wolverine Open
Fay Crocker of South America wins the inaugural Wolverine Open in Detroit, dominating the field with precise play and solid strokes. The victory marks a significant milestone for Crocker as she asserts her presence on the professional circuit.
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Fay Crocker
Detroit
South America
Unclear OCR sports note with team standings
Fragmentary AP sports snippet shows partial standings for Milwaukee Chicago and others with dates and scores unreadable. Limited readable items include mentions of Milwaukee and Chicago and a Tuesday game context.
Poirier Keeps Up KO Tactics in Victory Over Diaz
Gene Poirier stopped Miguel Diaz at St. Nicholas Arena in 2 17 of the fourth round. Poirier, with a seven straight win streak and ninth KO, weighed 146 1 2 pounds to Diaz’s 146. Diaz, a detective by day, was knocked down after a left hook and right cross, then floored and finished when the referee halted the bout.
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New York
Gene Poirier
Cuba
Miguel Diaz
Poirier
St. Nicholas Arena
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Johnny Busso
Diaz
Barney Felix
Tony DeMarco
Korea
Gene
DeMarco
Poirer
Woman golfer wins first annual Wolverine Open by seven strokes
The match featured Miss Crocker who, using only two clubs, captured the inaugural Wolverine Open at Forest Lake Country Club. She posted rounds of 74 74 71 72 for a 291 total, three over the men’s par and nine under women’s par, defeating Mar lene Bauer of Sarasota by seven strokes.
Delano Park Softball Tonight Features VFW Chemstrand
City softball league resumes with VFW versus Chemstrand at 7 30 and Elks versus Wolverine at 8 30. Chemstrand defeated the Vets 3 1 and 7 1 in two meetings. Wolverine has beaten the Elks 76 13 7 in their two head to head games.
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Elks
Wolverine
V.F.W
Delano Park City
Vets
Kiwanis and Jaycees Dominate Civic Loop Game
Kiwanis tightened first place in the Civic League as they exploded for two six run innings and 14 hits. Evans hit a home run for Kiwanis, while the Jaycees led Rotars through the game, their offense peaking in a seventh inning with 10 runs on nine hits, and a final burst in the last inning with four players hitting home runs.
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Country Brown
Birmingham
Nashville
Vols
Jim O’reilly
Jerry Lumpe
Neil Chrisley
Chrisley
Brown
Baron
Glenn Thompson
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Kiwanis
Civic Kiwanis
Civitan
Evans
Jaycees
Rotars
Henderson
Apperson
Trimble
Bryan
American Walker Cup Captain Upset in British Amateur
Reginald Pattinson of England defeated Bill Campbell of Huntington West Virginia 2 and 1 in a first round match at the British Amateur. Campbell, captain of the American Walker Cup team, was the third American eliminated in the opening round as Don and Dick Yost also fell in prior days. Campbell had only recently arrived in England for the event.
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ST. Ames
England
Reginald Pattinson
Bill Campbell
Huntington
W.va
Campbell
Don
Wichita Falls
Tex
Dick Yost
Portland
Ore
Dale Morey
Bruce Cudd
Billy Joe Patton
Jim Jackson
Joe Conrad
Lefties lead NL batting while AL leans right
In the National League left handed hitters top the batting charts led by Richie Ashburn's .383 and Don Mueller, with Ted Kluszewski and Roy Campanella among the leaders. In the American League right handed swingers dominate with Harvey Kuenn and Al Kaline among the top hitters. Mickey Mantle and Hoot Evers follow.
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New York
Brooklyn
Roy Campanella
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati
Kluszewski
Richie Ashburn
Philadelphia Phillies
Don Mueller
Bill Virdon
St. Louis
Harvey Kuenn
al Kaline
Detroit
Vic Power
Kansas City
Mickey Mantle
Hoot Evers
Baltimore
Kuenn
Kaline
Power
Mantle
Evers
Ashburn
Mueller
Virdon
Campanella
Gus Zernial
Yankees
Yogi Berra
Dozen Matches Open Alabama State Tennis Tournament
Twelve matches today start the Alabama state tennis tournament. Top seed Wade Herren of Birmingham faces an opening challenge while other seeds include Leslie Longshore Anniston Calhoun Dickens Orlando and Jack Chapman Birmingham. Chapman meets Paul Folz Mobile in the day’s featured pairing.
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Mobile
Wade Herren
Birmingham Netter
Leslie Longshore
Anniston
Calhoun Dickens
Orlando
Fla
Jack Chapman
Birmingham
Chapman
Paul Folz
Seven die in Memorial Day 500 car race tragedy
Indianapolis report on the bloodiest Memorial Day Indianapolis 500 since 1930. Bob Sweikert wins about 75,000 dollars. Bill Vukovich dies in a spectacular multi-car crash that also injures several others. Race speeds drop after the fatal collision with a wallowing wreck end over end.
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Indianapolis
Vukovich
Bob Sweikert
Fresno
Calif
Vuky
Troy Ruttman
Walt. Faulkner
Long Beach
Jack McGrath
Inglewood
McGrath
Sweikert
Tony Bettenhausen
Tinley Park
Sam Hanks
Burbank
Jimmy Bryan
Phoenix
Rodger Ward
Losas
al Keller
Green Acres
Fla
Hopkins
Ed Elisian
Oakland
Speedway
Ward
Keller
Boyd
Richard Wolfe
Charles D. Mallender
Cal Niday
Pacoi
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