Collett Eliminated in Fourth Round of British Open
Miss Mabel Wragg, Yorkshire champion, defeats Glenna Collett to end the American's run as Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd remains as the sole American in the championship. Stormy conditions and heavy hail delayed play on May 16 at Hunstanton England amid brisk northwest winds.
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Dorothy Campbell Hurd
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Philadelphia
Dorothy Campbell
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Aline Dobson
Elizabeth Curtis
Clinton
Iowa
Joy Winn
Stewart Hanley
Detroit
Molly Gourlay
Wragg
Collett V.cewcessese
Wss
Sax A Co
Asheville Athletes Spark 9 8 Win in Final Inning Rally
South Atlantic League leaders Asheville Skylanders staged a dramatic rally against Knoxville, entering the final inning four runs behind but scoring five to win 9 8 on homers by Chapman and Weber plus four other hits. The Tourists won 12 8 in the opener as O'Reilly tallied a homer triple and three singles. Augusta crushed Charlotte 12 2, Spartanburg beat Greenville 2 1, and Columbia topped Macon 7 4 as other league games unfold.
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Weber
O’reilly
Watson
Augusta
Charlotte
Strain
McCue
Peaches
Comers
Spencer
West Coast stars head to Harvard trials in bid for Olympic team
A California propelled relay of athletes heads east to Harvard Stadium for May 25-26 intercollegiate championships with Stanford Southern California and California. Bud Spencer set the 400 metres world record at 47 seconds and Lee Barnes the pole vault world mark at 14 feet 11 2 inches. John Kuck posted the world shot put record 51 feet 1 1 2 inches. Swede Lesitner tied the 110 metre hurdles world record with 14 4 5 seconds.
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California
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Bud) Spencer
Lee Barnes
John Kuck
Los Angeles
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Hugh
Lesitner
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Pitcher Sets New Wildness Record in Loss
Raleigh pitcher Newsome set a new league mark for wildness by issuing 11 bases on balls in Winston-Salem Twins 10 to 2 win over the Capitals. He also allowed 106 hits as the Twins enjoyed a field day, while Raleigh collapsed in the fifth inning with three hits two walks and two errors triggering the defeat. Rye left the game in the fifth after straining a tendon chasing a long double turned triple.
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Twins
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Rye
Mason Pitches 10 Innings to Win Own Game
Fayetteville pitcher Mason toiled all ten innings, drove in the deciding run with a single in the 2 1 victory over Rocky Mount. He fanned eight and allowed three singles until the ninth. Creswell held Fayetteville to three hits through eight, then three in a row in the ninth.
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Highlanders
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Cherry
Greenville
Kinston
Wilson
Dudley
Goldsboro
Wilmington
Pirates
Daugherty
Waldron
Smith
Yates
Gate City Makes a Clean Sweep of Salisbury Series
The Greensboro Patriots defeated Salisbury 8 to 3 to complete the sweep. Key plays included two base hits by Mathias O'Connell Brummitt Braxton and Hargrave with homers by Braxton and Brummitt. Attendance was about 100 as Hammock and Wilson pitched for Greensboro and Salisbury respectively.
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Greensboro
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Brummitt
Braxton
Zinker
Kilpatrick
Austin
Hammock
Baker
Brandon
Cox
Witteman If
Jorneos
Tivenner
Today’s Games East Carolina League Matchups
East Carolina League games feature Winston at Rocky Mount, Fayetteville at Goldsboro, and Wilmington at Greenville. American League action includes Detroit at Boston and Cleveland at Philadelphia. National League schedule has Boston at St Louis and Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Babe Ruth on pace to push home run record this season
Babe Ruth powered two grand slam drives as the Yankees beat the Tigers 12 to 8, lifting his season total to 11 homers in 26 games and placing him eight games ahead of last year’s pace for a 60 homer season. He hit both homers with empty bases, while the Cubs used 16 hits to top the Giants 10 to 7 and pull even with Cincinnati.
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Babe
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Tiger
Philadelphia Athletics
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Philadelphia
Jack
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Cincinnati Reds
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Maguire
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Red Lucas
Spanking machine dusted off in Bridgetown after 1920 crime wave
In Bridgetown New Jersey on May 16 officials unveil a dusted off town spanking machine used to chastise youth. Truant Officer Kincaid holds the offender while another officer wields barrel staves attached to a wheel amid juvenile crime resurgence fears.
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Bridgetown
N. J
Kincaid
Barter of Lessons Between Generations at Passing Show
A witty exchange during a Passing Show quips about measuring content in barrels. A child asks mum, then directs to father for the cubic contents, highlighting family humor and a rustic joke in a theatre sketch.
Local Collegians Finish Season With 6-0 Win Over Catawba
High Point college baseball closed its season by defeating Catawba 6-0 at Kannapolis. Ed Hedrick pitched brilliantly, limiting the visiting team to three hits as the Panthers rallied with keys hits from Fuquay Russell Brasser and Perdue’s homer. Robertson scored later in the ninth.
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High Point College
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Catawba College
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Dixon
Perdue
Hedrick
Russell
Williams
Robertson
H OA
Catawba
Satrit
Finch
Miller
Smith
Farmer
White
Peeler
Ryan
Robertson White
Bob Kirk
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