Brenda Helser’s Olympic ascent and local boxing notes
Brenda Helser rose to U S Olympic team status after a career starting with the Multnomah Club in Portland Oregon in 1941. Local boxing in Winston Salem featured Miles versus Pan with a dramatic seventh round and a nonappearing Country Fergus bout. Duke and Carolina football forecasts show Duke atop but with Year plans unsettled by strong rivals.
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Brenda Helser
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Multnomahletic Club
Portland
Oregon
Duke Adopts Sanity Code Ahead of Fall Football
The Enterprise reports Duke will adhere to the NCAA sanity code this fall, limiting football salaries and de-emphasizing the sport. Wallace Wade, long a Duke icon, now backs the shift, arguing academics matter more than football and predicting changes for the Blue Devils’ gridiron power.
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Wallace Wade
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Duke Gridiron
Tennis stars stumble in grass court shocks and gossip
Sporting roundup notes Pancho Gonzales and Pancho Gonzales rival Bobby Falkenburg knocked out early in a grass court event. Irving Dort says Gonzales must improve ground strokes, while others doubt the need for such drills. Also touches on Olympic ski trials and Bills prospects, a New Orleans Pelicans frustration over Pirates support, and a Texas stadium press box update.
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Pancho Gonzales
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Alkenburg
Harry Likas
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Jeff Durkota
Buffalo Bills
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Charles Unable to Box Bivins August 9
Jake Mintz co manager of Ezzard Charles said a postponement is sought for the 10 round bout with Jimmy Bivins in Washington set for August 9. Charles is ill and has not trained since last Wednesday and may need two to three weeks rest per his doctor. Mintz will ask the District of Columbia boxing commission to delay the fight.
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Jake Mintz
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
Jimmy Bivins
Charles
Mintz
District of Columbia Boxing Commission
Bivins
Washington
Joe Louis’s Longest Heavyweight Reign Endsure
Detroit reports Joe Louis’s heavyweight championship record extends 11 years and three days, setting the sport’s longest in ring tenure.
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Detroit
Joe Louis
Paige Loses First Major League Game
Sox beat Indians 8-7 as Satchel Paige loses his first big league start. Doerr, Williams drive Boston’s rally while Boudreau’s Indians stumble in a wide MLB day of upsets and shifts in the standings.
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Paige
U S Subdued After Poor First Day At Olympics
On opening day of the 1948 Games at Wembley the United States fell short in track and field led by a poor high jump showing. Emil Zatopek wowed with a 10,000 meters Olympic record while American jumpers struggled.
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Olympic Stadium
Wembley
England
United States
America
Emil Zatopek
Czechoslovakia
Zatopek
John Winter
Australia
George Stanish
U.C.L.A
Dwight Eddleman
University of Illinois
Vern McGrew
Rice
Dodds Extends 1 500m Win Streak at Olympic Trials
Gil Dodds scored his 35th consecutive victory in the 1500 meter run during the Olympic trials, highlighting a dominant performance against top competition.
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Milwaukee
Gil Dodds
Fledging Promoters Plan Twin Title Ring Show
Fledgling Tournament of Champions Inc plans an international boxing doubleheader in Brooklyn this September featuring Freddie Mills versus Gus Lesnevich and Tony Zale versus Marcel Cerdan. The Sept 23 event at Ebbetts Field will pay Mills and Lesnevich a combined 150000 dollars. Niederreiter’s group secures Mills release from Solomons to enable cross‑promotional matchups with British promoters.
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New York
Tournament of Champions, Inc
Brooklyn
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England
Gus Lesnevich
Tony Zale
Marcel Cerdan
France
Andy Niederreiter
Bbets Field
Mike Jacobs
S. C
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Lesnevich
Mills
Niederreiter
Jack Solomons
Leafs vs Winston-Salem ends in dramatic 11th inning homer
Russ Sullivan hit an 11th inning home run to lift Danville S-4 over Winston-Salem and shrink the margin to two games. The win also gave the Leafs consecutive victories over the Cards, amid a tense postgame scene with police presence.
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Danville
Winston Salem
Winston- Salem
Leafs
Martinsville
Durham Bulla
Athletics
Parco leads Western Open at halfway in Buffalo
Mike Parco a Buffalo driving-range pro leads the 45th Western Open at Brookfield CC after 36 holes with 136 total. Bantering Hogan trails by one, after a 70 to go with a 67 first round for a 137 total. Clayton Heafner also slips from the lead with a 66 but remains within reach for the weekend.
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N. Y
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Mike Parco
Bantam
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Parco
Brookfield Country Club
Hogan
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
17-year-old Antonelli throws no hit game for Braves
In Rochester New York Johnny Antonelli, aged 17, pitched a no hit exhibition game with 17 strikeouts and earned a place with the Boston Braves.
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Johnny Antonelli
Boston Braves
Clarence Anthes Sets 385 Foot 1942 Dist Mil Throw
Clarence Anthes of Waukesha Wisconsin set a 1942 distance mark of 385 feet in the 3 8 ounce ball cast.
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Waukee
Clarence Anthes
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Hi Toms Hover Two Games Back In NC League Chase
High Point Thomasville Hi Toms beat Hickory 4 to 1 to stay two games behind the leaders as Statesville Owls won 5 to 1 over Asheboro. Lefty Joe Pelczarski to start tonight against the Rebels with Walter Macierowski hurling last night’s win and 10 strikeouts.
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Enterprise
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Hi-Toms
Statesville Owls
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Owls
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Baseball and league results from multiple games
Yesterday’s scores show American League matchups Boston 8 Cleveland 7 and Detroit 17 Philadelphia 2 Washington 7 St Louis 2 Chicago 8 New York 7. National League results include New York 9 Chicago 1 St Louis 6 Boston 2 Pittsburgh 10 with multiple teams noted. State and Carolina League games list Statesville Aldemarie Mooresville Hi Tome Hickory Salisbury Lexington Burlington Greensboro Martinaville Durham Raleigh Danville Winston Salem and Danville at various scores.
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Daily NBA Schedule From New York to Chicago Tonight
Basketball matchups listed include New York vs Chicago and Chicago vs New York. Also on tap are Washington at St. Louis Philadelphia at Detroit Boston at Cleveland Loula at Boston Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Philadelphia and state games Hickory at Mt. Tome Lexington at Salisbury Mooresville at Concord Statesville at Albemarne Martinsville at Greensboro Reidsville at Winston Salem Burlington at Durham Danville at Raleigh.
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