Brooklyn Bums Close Gap With Giants and Reds
Dodgers Campanella and Newcombe fueled a 6-0 win over the Giants as Campanella hit two homers and Newcombe earned his sixth straight complete game, moving Brooklyn into a second place tie with Milwaukee two games behind the Reds. Cubs, Phillies win. Indians climb within two games of AL lead. Mets not mentioned.
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Don Newcombe
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Newcombe
Johnny Antonelli
Carl Furillo
Steve Ridzik
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Milwaukee
Redlegs
Cardinals
Cubs
Braves
Phillies
Pirates
Baseball Leaders Show Down in Early Season Slugfest
National League stars Aaron Braves Moon Cardinals Sauer Giants Mathews Braves lead with 11 homers and 7s, tied players at six. American League Williams Red Sox 10 Sievers Senators 9 and five players with five RBIs. Furillo Dodgers 31 RBIs leads NL, Sievers 27 AL. Pitching leaders include Trucks 5 0 and Gomez 6 1.
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Braves
Moon
Cards
Sauer
Giants
Mathews
Williams
Red Sox
Sievers
Senators
Zermial
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Mantle
Yanks
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Dodgers
Robinson
Redlegs
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Doby
White Sox
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Wertz
Indians
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New Yorker Leads Kansas City Open After Round Three
New York pro Al Besselink holds a two stroke lead at the halfway point of the Kansas City Open. His 67 gives him 137 total seven under par at Hillcrest Country Club as veterans and favorites chase in the 72 hole event. Lloyd Mangrum sits at 139 with others like Bob Rosburg Doug Ford and Jackie Burke near the pack.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Apple Valley
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Bob Rosburg
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Hillcrest
Doug Ford
Jackie Burke
Bo Wininger
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Tex
En Fargol
St. Andrews
Jerry Barber
Los Angles
Bill Casper Jr
Bonita
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Baseball scores and play by play from United Press report
A compact summary of multiple 1940s baseball games with team lines, pitcher decisions, and key homers. Notable items include Carey homering for New York, Brideweser for Baltimore, Campanella two homers for Brooklyn, and Fernandez, Repulski, Hamner contributing for their teams as saw in the box score style report. The piece covers Washington, New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati with W than L and H R S.
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Washington
Unday
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Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
New York
National League Wiket
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Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
J. Louis
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Babe Ruth and Little Leagues Set May 30 Start
Taylor County Baseball Association announced 1967 Babe Ruth League with four teams and Little League expanding to six. Babe Ruth teams include Red Sox led by Ray Landsbury Cubs by Pete Miller Giants by Bob Lambert and Tigers by Bob Dadisman. Little League features Yankees Stran d C E Paughs Indians Harry Wiant Senators Moose John Lowy Pirates Dorsey Foley Sr Orioles New Reed Braves New Team No 1 Team No 2 Charles McIntyre. Opening day May 30 has Yankees vs Seniors 1 30 pm and Cubs vs Tigers 3 30 pm with Little League ceremonies at 1 pm and weekly play six days a week for Little League and four for Babe Ruth.
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Taylor County Baseball Association
Red Sox
Ray Landsbury
Cubs
Pete Miller
Giants
Bob Lambert
Tigers
Bob Dadisman
Yankees
Strand C. E. Paughs
Indians
Elks
Harry Wiant
Senators
Moose
John Lowy
Pirates
VFW
Dorsey G. D. Foley, Sr
Orioles
New Reed
Braves
Charles McIntyre
Babe Ruth
Charleston In Series Tie
Denver and Charleston deadlocked after seven innings in a three game series wind up. Denver led 3-1 after two, Bob Thorpe hit a seventh inning pinch homer to tie, George Blanchard scored on a disputed play. Senators Archie Wilson Ed Stevens homered as they pull even with the Bears in a tense set.
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Colo
Charleston Senators
Denver Bears
John Blanchard
Curt Roberts
Roberts
Stolden
Bob Thorpe
Archie Wilson
Ed Stevens
Senators
Bears
Bill Harrington
Bud Black
Jack Urban
Little Leaguers Report for May Tryouts at Leeden Field
Report all Little League players aged eight to twelve assigned to Team No 1. They are among the new teams at tryouts on May 13. Please report to the Little League Field on Leeden.
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Leeden
Pirates Fall to Phillies on Power Hurlers Night
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 Friday, aided by four homers to pull within two games of second place. Rip Repulski hit a three run shot, Grant Hammer and Willie Jones added blasts, while Roberto Clemente misplayed a liner for an inside the park homer.
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Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Phillies
Jack Sanford
Chisco Fernandez
Grant Hammer
Richie Ashburn
Pittsburgh
Frank ‘Thomas
Bob Skinner
Dick Groat
Fight Results from Washington and St Louis Bouts
Virgil Atkin of St Louis stopped Jim Beechman of Philadelphia in a 147 pound bout in Washington. In St Louis Bobby Courchesne from Chicopee knocked out Russ Tague of Eldridge in the 132 pound match.
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Washington
Virgil Atkin
St. Louis
Jimmy Beechman
Philadel_phia
Bobby Courchesne
Chicopee
Mass
Russ Tague
Eldridge
Final Trials For Speedway Races Start
Final trials for speedway races began under threatening skies as a rain-shortened weekend for the 500 mile auto race started. Jimmy Bryan led the parade of top contenders with nine cars qualified and forecasts predicted showers may delay completion. If rain halts the program Bryan would stand at the starting line when the flag is raised amid uncertainty about the 38 car lineup.
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Pion
Jimmy Bryan
Paul
Bryan
Russo
Novi
U.S. Leads Mexico in Modern Pentathlon Events
The United States, with its A team, led Mexico by 10,904 points to 10,098 after the final event, the 4 meter cross country run, in the five-day international modern pentathlon championships held in San Antonio Texas.
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Texas
U.S
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