Bonifay Defends West Fla Loop Lead With 17 7 Win
Bonifay surged to a 17 7 victory to defend its West Florida League lead as Graceville suffered an eighth straight league loss. Buddy Gerberger went 4 for 4 with a homer for Bonifay, while Smiley Fowler homered for Graceville. Cox and Palmer teamed for the winning battery.
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Bonifay
West Fla
Lspls
Doi Bonifay
West Florida
Graceville
Buddy Gerberger
Smiley Fowler
Cox
Palmer
Bowifay
Righthander Joins Dothan Mound Staff
Bil Tatbot, a limited service righthander, was added to the mound staff of the Dothan Browns of the Cotton States League. He posted a 22 win record with El Dorado this season, according to club officials. Tommy Bigby, an infielder acquired through Greenville, did not arrive over the weekend as expected.
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Dothan Browns
Browns
el Dorado Ark
Fatbot
Film Dorado
Tommy Bigby
Inc
Greenville
S. C
City Softball League Opens With Doubleheader Tonight
The City Softball League season starts at 7:00 with a doubleheader at the Baker Totta Dixie. Vicksburg faces Hosiery in the first game and Supreme meets Cosby in Hodges in the finale. The eight team league will play doubleheaders each night Monday through Thursday, starting at 7:00. A four team girls league plays each Friday night.
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Baker Tot Ta Dixie
Vicksburg
Supreme
Cosby i' Hodges
Fragmented Text Mystery From Old Paper
A garbled OCR style passage hints at a faded item from a newspaper page. It references names such as Furman and Christ and mentions drink, comfort, and a character named Wateedee with a phrase about getting FASTEETH at any rue sen. The readable content is too broken to identify a clear event or purpose.
Cary Middlecoff Captures Colonial Invitational Title
Cary Middlecoff, the Memphis ace, won the $15,000 Colonial National Invitational with a three over par 73 totals 282 and moved into fourth on the year’s money list. Jack Burke Jr. battled to runner up with 283 after firing a 67 in the final round and earning $2,000. The Fort Worth event drew top pros toward New Rochelle for the Round Robin start June 7 through 10.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cary Middlecoft
New Rochelle
N. Y
Memphis
Tenn
Jack Burke
Houston
Burke
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlenta
Strom
PGA
Lloyd Mangram
Chicago
Mangram
Ed Oliver
Seattle
Wash
Ken Hogan
Hershey
Byron Nelson
Roanoke
Mied
Eal Stewart, Jr
Dallas
Weathervane Tourney Delayed by Heavy Rain
In White Plains New York Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias hold the lead in the Weathervane women's golf open after heavy rain postponed the final rounds at Krullwood Country Club. Berg leads Zaharias by one stroke at the 126th hole of the 144 hole event with Suggs in third place 12 strokes back for the $5,096 grand prize.
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White Plains
N.Y
Patty Berg
Babe Didniks
Zaharias
Krtullwood
Miss Berg
Mrs. Zaharias
Louise Suggs
Golfers Learn From Sand Shots In Old Sand Dunes
A fragmented sports column reviews evolution of the sand shot in golf, noting old niblick use and the rise of the sand wedge with a broad sole and heavy head. It mentions solunar tables, equipment changes after World War II, and a Shelbyville deputy incident amid a broader fishing and sport theme.
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John Alden Knight
Shelbyville
Ind
Wilbur Leon ‘Taylor
Bob Nuesman
Bob Hess
U. S
Carlson Bears Webb for Montgomery Title
Longhitting Marshall Carlson of Miami won the 1951 Montgomery Country Club championship, defeating Huntsville’s Terry Webb 3-2 in the final after leading 2 up at the turn. Carlson, a CPA, never trailed after halving the first hole, and extended his margin to four strokes by the 12th before finishing on the 16th. Webb had earlier defeated Scott Howell in extra holes. Carlson had beat Sam Morgan 2-1 in the semifinals.
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Montgomery
Marshall Carlson
Miami
Fla
Huntsville
Terry Webb
Carlson
Webb
Floridan
Sam Morgan
Selma
Scott Howell
Hake Dothan Golfe
F. A. Flowers
Julian Strasa
Jperger
Patt Harvard
John T. Spencer
Arthur Morris
N. D. Hatcher
Dothan
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Lee St
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Montgomery, Ala
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Chipley, Fla
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