Needles Wins Belmont Stakes in Dramatic Finish
Florida’s Needles roared from last place to beat Career Boy by a neck in the 88th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park before 32,441 fans. Fabius, the Preakness winner, finished third, with Beau Diablo second ahead of Sandy Lawrence’s entry. jockey Dave Erb rode the winner for Bonnie Heath and Jack Dudley. purse totaled $119,650.
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Bull Safe At First In Durham’s Finch Field Game
Durham center fielder Stu Hein crosses first on a fifth inning play as the ball sails over Bert Haas. Details of the first game at Finch Field are partially described.
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Rich Penn Record Wins 3 2 And 3 in Doubleheader
The Hi Toms swept both ends of a doubleheader from Durham Bulls at Finch Field to extend their 11 game lead in the Carolina League pennant race. Woody Rich won the opener 3 2 going the distance as Orlando Pena pitched the nightcap 3 1. Curt Flood homered in the opener to tie the club record for 17 homers. The Toms face Durham again in a 1 30 twin bill at Finch Field.
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Danville and Wilson Split Twin Bill in Danville
Danville wins the second game 6 3 after Wilson captured the opener 4 3. Heim's bases loaded pinch hit homer in the eighth powered Danville to the nightcap victory.
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Middlecoff Wins National Open By One Stroke
Cary Middlecoff, the 35 year old Memphis dentist, won the National Open at Oak Hill with a 281 total, edging Ben Hogan by one stroke after a dramatic final round. Hogan missed a four foot putt on the 71st hole and 15 foot birdie on 72 gave chase but fell short, Boros and Kroll also faltered in the last holes.
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Julius Boros
Ted Kroll
Memphis
Australia
Peter Thomson
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Middlecoff
Oak Hill Country Club
Texas
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Anzio
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Kroll
Ed Furgol
Jack Fleck
Davenport
DeMarco Beats Martinez in Welterweight Fight at Fenway Park
Tony DeMarco defeated Vince Martinez by a 10 round decision at Fenway Park to tighten his bid for the welterweight title.Judge Norton scored 98-95, Santoro 91-87, McCarron 96-93 with AP matching McCarron. Promoter Sam Silverman floated a title defense offer to Johnny Saxton’s manager Palermo.
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Gunderson and Callahan Win Massachusetts Mixed Doubles Title
Belmar Gunderson of Washington DC and Paul Callahan of Westwood MA win the Massachusetts state mixed doubles tennis championship at the Cricket Club Brookline. They defeat Shirley Liu of New Haven CT and Jonathan of New York 6-2 6-0.
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New Haven
Grimm Resigns as Braves Manager. Haney Named Interim Pilot
Milwaukee Braves replace manager Charley Grimm with Fred Haney after 12th defeat in 17 games. Haney, hired this season as coach and former Pirates manager, will lead the club for the remainder of the year as Grimm contemplates a personnel role.
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Patriots gain split with Kinston in Carolina League doubleheader
In Greensboro on June 16 the Greensboro Patriots out slugged Kinston Eagles 13 to 10 to secure a split after Kinston won the first game 6 to 5. Carl Long doubled to start the eighth and scored on Ray Swarts single after an intentional walk to Tex Taylor.
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Fayetteville Caps Pair From Twins
Fayetteville Highlanders shut out Winston-Salem Twins 5-0 in game one and won 13-4 in game two to pull within 1 percent of the league leaders Hi-Towns in the Carolina League standings. The defeats dropped Winston-Salem to the cellar.
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NCAA Meet Highlights As Morrow Wins Sprint Doubles
Pittsburgh’s Arnie Sowell set an American 800 meters record at the NCAA championships, while Bobby Morrow of Abilene Christian won both the 100 and 200 meters. Dick Blair and Bobby Whilden followed in the 200, and Lee Calhoun set a new hurdle mark. Delany won the 1500, as University of Southern California led the team standings.
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Curt Turner Wins Feature At Winston-Salem Raceway
Curt Turner of Roanoke Virginia won the 31 lap feature in Winston-Salem tonight before about 6000 fans. Turner led from the 17th lap on the flat quarter mile asphalt track and held off Ted Swaim who led eight laps. Pee Wee Jones rallied to finish third and move into the track standings lead, with Shorty York ending 13th.
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Ray Bender Wins Jaycee Net Meet in Durham
Ray Bender of Burlington won the Jaycee net meet in Durham on June 16. In a best-of-five singles final at Duke, he trailed early but rallied to defeat Hopper 2 1 0 4 5 and claim the title. Doubles final set for tomorrow at 9 a.m. features Happer and Hollowell against Bender and West.
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Sime Loses 200 Meter Olympic Bid To Groin Injury
Duke sprinter Dave Sime pulled a groin muscle and is unlikely to compete in the 200 meter event for the U S Olympic team. Despite finishing second in the 100 meters Sime faces slim odds at Bakersfield for the AAU meet and possible rest before final tryouts in Los Angeles. He had recently tied the world record in the 220 yard dash with a 20 second clocking at Sanger, California.
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Baseball Scoreboard Saturday Results and Sunday Schedule
Saturday results include HI-TOMS 3-3 Durham 2-1 Winston 6-10 Greensboro 5-13 Wilson 4-3 Danville 3-6. Sunday games list Durham at HI-TOMS Wilson at Danville Winston at Greensboro Winston-Salem at Fayetteville and other major league matchups across Cleveland Baltimore New York Chicago Philadelphia Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh and more.
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