Veteran Jim Vickers Reaches NCAA Golf Final
In Lafayette Indiana on June 17 veteran Jim Vickers from Oklahoma and Eddie Merrins of Louisiana State advanced to the finals of the 55th NCAA golf championship. Vickers won a 20th hole decider over Marion Hiskey while Merrins defeated Billy Key 3 and 2, after Vickers earlier ousted Carl Jacobs 2 and 1.
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Ind
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Oklahoma
Eddie Merrins
Louisiana State
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Oklahoma City
Marion Hiskey
North Texas State
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Billy Key
Rollins
Carl Jacobs
Wisconsin
Musial Leads in Hot All Star Race
Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals pulled ahead in the MLB All Star fan poll as results neared closing. DiMaggio and Robinson trailed, with Musial ranking first in key votes and leading the American and National League selections ahead of Saturday night final tallies.
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Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Wimbledon Day Sees Americans Reach Quarterfinals
Savitt Seixas and Flam advance to the men s singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon as American women led by Maureen Connolly set up potential All American semifinal. Seixas defeated Budget Party 7 5 4 6 3 7 5. Flam beat Gardnar Mulloy. Savitt beat Jacques Brichant. Rose and Sturgess top the U S men. Connolly, Hart, and Todd win in women s draws while Brough and Fry also win. Sedgman dominates Candy. McGregor defeats Vieira. Drabny edges Head in a tight match.
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England
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United States
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Frank Sedgman
Ken McGregor
Mervyn Rose
Australia
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Fest
Eric Sturgess
South Africa
Little Mo Connolly
U. S
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Coral Gables
Fla
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la Jolla
Calif
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Beverly Hills
Shirley Fry
Akron
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Los Angeles
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Savitt
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Belgium
Grant Golden
Wilmete
U.S
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Rose
Straight Clark
Pasadena
Miss Connolly
San Diego
Miss Hart
Julia Wipplinger
Toxid
Dorothy Head
Alameda
Miss Brough
Miss Fry
Sedgman
Don Candy
Myers Homer Gives Solons 5 4 Win Over Beavers
Richie Myers hit two homers in the first inning to lift Sacramento past Portland 5-4 in 11 innings. The Beavers tied it in the eighth on singles by Barr Brovia and Arft, but Sacramento pulled ahead with a late run and solid defense.
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Sacramento
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Hank Arft
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Aik Ipa
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Arftib
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a-Bo
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Clym
Brovia
Art
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Byers
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Gorton
Glynn
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Ford
Ron
Euan Loses in Trials Upset at Weightlifting Trials
New York June 27. Stanley Stanczyk the 1948 light heavyweight champion and world record holder from Miami and York was dominated after failing three times in the clean and jerk. Clyde D. Emrich of the U S Army at Camp Roberts Calif won the 181-pound class with a total of 864 pounds.
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Mshor
Stanley Stanczyk
Miami
Fla
York
Clyde D. Emrich
U. S
Westerners Triumph Over Panthers In Inaugural Clash
Westerners defeated the Panthers 22 to 19 in the opening roller derby game before 5499 fans at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Annis and Red Jensen led the Westerners scoring with six and five points respectively, while Panther Saunders top scored with five and Brasuhn Behrens added four. Tuffy Brasuhn debuted but was fouled out in the seventh period.
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Red) Jensen
Ragged Sid Harnesk
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Spec) Saunders
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Midge
Tuffy) Brasuhn
Loretta Behrens
Tuffy
Panther Gene Gammon
Elmer
Elbows) Anderson
Jughead Lewis
Red Sox Buy Benton From Padres in PCL Deal
The Boston Red Sox announce the purchase of veteran pitcher Al Benton from San Diego of the Pacific Coast League and optioning of rookie hurler Bill Henry to that club.
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Boston Red Sox
al Benton
San Diego
Bill Henry
Virgin Derby Bowling Night Opens With $3948 At Stake
The ninth annual Virgin Derby opens tonight in Virginia with $3948 prize pool. Matches run from 9 p m across six games on multiple alleys. Sunday features Detroit All-Star lineup and a Luxor tram exhibition from Los Angeles. The event resumes July 4.
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Detroit
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Jonglard
Luxor
Los Angeles
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Max Gardens
Jerry Moriseth
Jeep Jeppson
Tommy Scalzo
Edna Bayes
Acorns Nab Fourth in Row
SAN FRANCISCO June 27 Oakland won its fourth straight game from San Francisco tonight by a 3 to 1 score when rain halted the affair after seven innings George Bamberger pitched a three hitter for his second straight victory The triumph moved Oakland to within 4 games of Hollywood and within 1 of second place San Diego three tallies came in the fifth off Bill Boemler Ray Noble and Tookie Gilbert singled Loyd Christopher walked to load the bases Hank Schenz batted for Johnny Bero and singled to left Christopher scored from second after Seal Thirdsacer Reno Chiso mishandled a thrown ball Oakland had the runs and the game ended due to rain with Oakland parecia a late rally and defensive miscues.
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Snead Ferrier Lead Inverness All-Star Tourney Play
In Inverness Ohio Toledo June 27 Snead and Ferrier defeated Nelson and Riegel in a four ball best ball plus four finish firing a 62 to 66 for the 18 holes to take the lead. Mangrum and Middlecoff outpaced Demaret and Burke Jr. 65 to plus four for second. Mangrum nearly tied the course record, missing a five-foot putt on 18. Heafner and Furgall bounced back from Thursday loss to beat Ford and Oliver plus one.
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Jim Ferrier
Byron Nelson
Skee Riegel
Inverness
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Clayton Heafner
Marty Furgall
Doug Ford
Porky) Oliver
Peterson Post, Lakewood Tie In Seven Inning Baseball
Peterson Post and Lakewood finished in a 4 to 4 draw after six innings as darkness halted play at LBCC field. Peterson Post benefited from three errors and two fourth inning hits while Bill Bouley allowed two hits over six innings.
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American Legion
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Ash
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Houley
Paullontn Manda
Stewart Easy Net Victor in NCAA Tennis Semifinals Bid
Evanston Illinois reports Hugh Stewart of Southern California advanced to the NCAA tennis semifinals with an 8-1 6-1 win over Bil Quilliam of Washington. Bill Davis upset Ron Livingston of UCLA 8-4 3-6 6-3. Bob Perry of UCLA defeated Joe Russell of Western Reserve 4-5 and UCLA's Larry Huchace beat Gil Bogiey of Princeton 11-8 2-6 6-3.
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Southern California
Hugh Stewart
Bil Quilliam
University of Washington
Bill Davis
Tennessee
Ron Livingston
UCLA
Bob Perry
Joe Russell
Western Reserve
Larry Huchace
Gil Bogiey
Princeton
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