Cage Scandal To Get Worse
Bradley University faced a widening basketball fixing saga as five players and a sixth implicated admit to shaving points in two games last season. Gene Melchiorre and four teammates were tied to the scheme with $5500 total payments. One player, Jim Kelly, is a senior. details tie to Oregon State State game and an alleged contact man.
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Gene Melchiorre
Bill Mann
Aaron Preece
Grover
Jim Kelly
Bradley
Oregon State
Kelly Eat
Mike Chianakas
Melchiorre
Ana
Kelly
Perin Bags Ace but Scores Four on Hole
Perin Scott carded a hole-in-one at the Madison Club handicap event but his tally showed four strokes. He went OB on the second tee counted as a stroke, then hit into the fairway for a birdie before stumbling on his first ball and posting bogey four. Tournament officials ruled he must play the original ball.
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Madison
Ind
Perin Scott
Scott
Puget
Plans For Softball Shaping Up
North Carolina gears up for a Class B state softball tournament to be held in Greensboro. Teams must register with the NC Amateur Softball Association by July 26, with district events and umpire registrations due that same week. Executive Secretary Jim Day notes growing interest as many plants shift from baseball to softball to save costs.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Amateur Softball Association
Jim Day
Reidsville
N. C
North Oytnacion
Colden
North Carolina
Oka Hester
Roberts Unruffled By Decline of Sox
Boston report shows manager Paul Richards downplays Chicago White Sox slump attributing injuries and mistakes but remaining hopeful in pennant race. He cites Detroit as late-season trouble and notes potential streaks could impact the standings.
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Roberts
Sox
Boston
Paul Richards
Chicago White Sox
Richards
Detroit
Knew Him When Bill Smith Burning League
Billy Franklin Smith of Hagerstown is a rising star in the Interstate League’s Class B circuit. The 21-year-old from High Point, North Carolina, leads in batting with .375 and tops hits 115 doubles 24 and runs batted in 60 as his team the Hagerstown Braves push toward a pennant. Praise comes from Ed Head and others as Dorman backs his pro prospects, though Smith must adjust to outfield to reach the majors.
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Hagerstown
Billy Franklin Smith
High Point
Kelly Detroit
Lancaster
Red Roses
Smith
Oaryland
Braves
North Carolina Young
Billy
Hagers‘town
Swatsman
Ies
Nelson Fox
Chicago White Sox
Smitty
Ed Head
North Carolina
Head
Fred
Dutch) Dorman
Hagerstown Braves
Boston Braves
Boston
Lou Gehrig
Tor
New York
Walcott Charles Title Bout Possible in Chicago Stadium
Promoter Jim Norris said a return Jersey Joe Walcott versus Ezzard Charles title fight could be held at Chicago Stadium with no site or date set yet. He noted Chicago could draw over $400 000 and planned talks with Walcott's manager Felix Bocchicchio in New York.
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New York
Jim Norris
Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Chicago Stadium
Chicago
Norris
Felix Bocchicchio
Walcott
1855 Model Cooperstown Baseball in Hall of Fame
A baseball manufactured in 1855 is now displayed in the Hall of Fame. The artifact highlights early American baseball and the sport’s origins, linking Cooperstown to the sport’s storied past.
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Cooperstown
Hall of Fame
Rookie Billy Smith Earns Hagerstown Hype
A fragmentary sports note highlights Billy Smith as a rising talent in Hagerstown with fans believing he could become as notable as Paul Waner and Lou Gehrig. The text compares Smith’s potential to the legendary players and mentions Waner’s Pittsburgh era in the 1920s.
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Paul Waner
Lou
Waner
Pittsburgh
Billy Smith
Hagerstown
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