Bryan wins Memorial Day 500 as pileup claims O'Connor
Dick Rathmann led early as a 15 car crash wrecked the field on the first lap. O'Connor died in flames after his car struck Reece, eight cars knocked out. Bryan, starting seventh, led the first lap and held on for the win amid 150000 spectators and a 133.791 mph pace. Amick finished 26 seconds back in Venice, California.
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O'Connor
Dick Rathman
Speedway
Sam Hanks
Ed Elisian
Jimmy Reece
Dick Rathmann
Elisian
Moreeast
O’connor
North Vernon
Ind
Reece
Indianapolis
Harlan Fengler
Fengler
United States Auto Club
Bryan
Italy
Arizona Cowboy
Shirley MacLaine
George Amick
Amick
Venice
Calif
Elliott Aims For Mile Mark At California Relays
Elliott, the 20-year-old Australian, goes after an untarnished mile record at Modesto's California Relays. He ran 3:57.8 recently and will race on a hard track in the 17th annual event with international entrants. If he fails to go fast, he jokes about returning to Australia. Elliott and Cerutty plan Los Angeles prep before the June 6 Compton Relays. pace setters are not allowed in the mile.
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Calif
Herb
Elliott
California
Australia
Percy Cerutty
Cerutty
Los Angeles
Compton
Meet
Tom Moore
Valisa Mugosa
New York University
Laglo Tabori
Stefan Lewandowski
Poland
Joe Villareal
Texas
Burr Grim
Maryland
John Landy
Martinez May Have Trouble Making Welterweight Limit
St Louis reports Vince Martinez of Patterson New Jersey may struggle to reach the 147 pound welterweight limit for his title fight with Virgil Akins of St. Louis next Friday. Manager Bill Daly would not reveal how much weight needs to be shed in the final days, calling it nothing serious.
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ST. Louis
Vince Martinez
Patterson
N.J
Virgil Akins
Bill Daly
Martinez
Cardinals Win Pair as Gliants Lead Drops and Musial Rested
At Busch Stadium St Louis drew 30 461 for a Memorial Day doubleheader beating the league leading San Francisco Giants 7 6 in 10 innings and 8 1 in the nightcap. Joe Cunningham and Ken Boyer led with multiple drives while Jim Brosnan pitched well in game two. Stan Musial, league batting leader, was rested by manager Fred Hutchinson. In Kansas City the Athletics won the second game 7 6 after losing 7 1, with Bob Cerv homering for his 18th and Garver tying for most wins with 7. The Yankees dropped a twin bill to Washington, leaving New York 6 1/2 behind.
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Associated Press
Busch Stadium
St. Louis
Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
Jim Brosnan
Chicago Cubs
Valmy Thomas
Dick Schofield
Hom
Ray Crone
San Francisco
Billy Muffett
Fred Hutchinson
Stan Musial
Musial
Bob Cerv
A’s
Andred Garver
New York
Bob Turley
Garver
Duke Maas
Indians
Burdick wins Topeka stock car race in 1958 Ford
Bob Burdick of Omaha drove a 1958 Ford to a two lap victory in the 100 mile Topeka stock car race. He earned 650 dollars. Sonny Gross of Quincy Alabama finished second.
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Topeka
Bob Burdick
Omaha
Neb
Ford
Burdick
Sonny Gross
Quincy
Show Off New MiGs Treat Captured Yank
In Jakarta the Indonesian air force previewed first MIGs and Huyghins from Iron Curtain nations. Reporters saw two MIG jets take off from Czechoslovakia as an air force spokesman said Huyghins cost 250000 dollars each financed over ten years. An American civilian pilot, Allen Lawrence Pope, 30, of Miami, was reported in Jakarta receiving medical care after a bail out over Ambon Island where he fractured a thigh.
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Indonesia
Czechoslovakia
Allen Lawrence Pope
Miami
Ambon
Major Stars Hit Three Home Runs in Nightcap for Cubs
Walt Moryn powered the Cubs to a 10-8 win in the nightcap with a two run homer after an RBI double and scoring the deciding run in a three run ninth to sweep the Dodgers. Frank Sullivan of the Red Sox and Arnie Portocarrera of the Orioles combined for 24 shutouts as Sullivan yielded only two singles in the opener and Portocarrera ended Baltimore’s eight game skid with a sharp eight inning effort in the nightcap.
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Walt Moryn
Cubs
RBI
Ileepeer
Dodgers
Frank Sullivan
Red Sox
Arnie Portocarrera
Orioles
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Jerry Unser
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Johnny Boyd
Fresno, Calif
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Joe Cunningham
Ken Boyer
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Washington
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