Legion Club Seeks Ninth Straight Win At Home
The Sexton Motors junior Legion baseball team hosts Columbia in City Park aiming to extend its league lead to nine straight wins. Buck Watt pitches Ed Plogsted with Ken Paschal catching as the lineup features Walz Nienaber Baushett Newberry Higgins McDaniel and Kiemme. The squad aims to add to an eight win total after a 17 to 2 victory over Rolla last Sunday.
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Bob Nienaber
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Dick Kelpe
Mervin McDaniel
Stan Kiemme
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Wild Scramble in K-O-M Loop Race T
A wild scramble shapes the K-O-M Loop standings as Prarthagze rebounds with a 4 win and Tola holds second while Ponca City, Independence, Bartlesville, Chanute and the Dodgers clash for positions. Bartlesville’s Bartlesville 4-3 win over Independence reshuffles the top of the league. Windy Johnson earns a relief win for Iola in an 8-5 victory over Miami.
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Milwaukee Leads Association With Weekend Wins
Milwaukee moved back into the AA lead by defeating Kansas City while Minneapolis routed St. Paul. Milwaukee’s 12-2 win over the Apostles snapped St. Paul’s intercity dominance, improving to .658 while Milwaukee rose to .658. Al Epperly threw a seven hitter for his first shutout and fifth win. Roy Eprisfield extended his streak to 26 straight games with a safety. Bill Ayers and others powered Minneapolis with five RBIs, a double, and a grand slam, as Jack Harshman joined the homer tally.
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Swilwaukee
Sad Browns Open Home Stand Against Senators Today
The Louis Browns, sinking in the American League cellar after 11 losses in 13 on the road, start a 12 game home stand at Sportsman's Park against the Washington Senators. Manager Zack Taylor cited pitching troubles as the key issue, noting 182 walks by the staff this season. Red Embree will seek improvement against Joe Haynes as the Browns aim to climb from their 10-40 mark. The note also mentions the Cardinals beginning an eastern trip at Brooklyn with Al Brazle facing the Dodgers as they sit two and a half games back.
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Baseball results from yesterday across leagues
National League results show Brooklyn 6 over New York 7 and Philadelphia with no other games scheduled. American League games not listed except Milwaukee 2 Kansas City 0 and Minneapolis 2. Several night matchups include Brooklyn at St Louis, Chicago at Cincinnati, New York at Chicago, Washington at St Louis, Boston at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Detroit with various pitchers named.
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Pittsburgh
Qualify for 49th National Open at Washington DC
The field for the 49th National Open golf championship was nearly set in Washington DC with nine spots to be decided. Slambang Sammy Snead emerged as the man to beat after winning the PGA Championship in Richmond 3 and 2 over Johnny Palmer, while other pros and amateurs posted strong scores at Memphis New Orleans and around the country.
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Chicago
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Bob Sweeny
Dick, Chapman
Mike Turnes Dawson
Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Paul Runyan
de. Cary Dlecott
Memphis
Freddie Haas, Jr
New Orleans
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Senior and Junior League Softball Showdown Sparks Victory
Missouri Power and Light rallied to beat Fashion Cleaners 11 8 in a Senior league clash at City Park. P and L trailed 8 6 in the seventh before a 15 hit attack and six seventh inning runs gave them the win led by Steinmetz who fanned eight. Roark Limbaush Immerman, and Steinmetz starred for the victors while Todd allowed five walks and four strikeouts as Cleaners pitchers struggled amid eight hits and key errors. Algoa started fast, then stalled, edging Capitol Potato Chips 6 5 with Koslo homering for Algoa. Shiverdecker allowed no walks in a Walters win over the Chippers, who dropped to four straight losses.
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Steinmetz
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Capitol Potato Chips
American Legion
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Sooner Grid Coach to Return to Big Ten After Offer
CHICAGO June 1 AP reported Oklahoma Sugar Bowl champion head coach, who rejected an offer to skip the season, will return to Big Ten territory briefly. The 33-year-old, described as a tall blonde coach, will lead the collegiate squad facing the Philadelphia E. National Football League.
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Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Wilkinson to lead AL Star as youngest mentor in history
W. Wilkinson will be the youngest mentor ever honored by the AL Star directorshi. He succeeds Frank Leahy of Notre Dame who held the post for two consecutive years. Wilkinson, with a 17 win and one tie in 27 games as Oklahoma head coach, returns to the spotlight after calling signals for the Collegians in the 1937 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
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Sooners
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Sam Snead Wins PGA Championship in 1949 Victory
Sam Snead, from White Sulphur Springs, WV, defeated Johnny Palmer 3 and 2 to win the 1949 PGA Championship in Richmond. He becomes the first to hold Masters and PGA crowns in the same year and tops the year’s money list with $12,610.83, including $3,599 from the final round. Yale to host seven of nine football games next fall with Columbia in New York and Princeton at Princeton.
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New York
Princeton
Star Qualifying For Country Club Tourney Tomorrow
Qualifying rounds for the annual Country Club Championship begin tomorrow and run through Sunday with about 30 players expected. Bracketing for three flights, Championship and B flight, will begin after scorecards are in, with match play starting soon after. Matches are 18 holes, finals 36 holes. first round ends June 12, second June 18, third June 26, finals set for June 28. Defending champ Dr. Paul Le is exempt from qualifying.
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Kennedy Returns To Mendon Home
Vernon Kennedy, a former 20 game winner for the Detroit T ers, returns to Mendon to pitch for the Mendon Achietics against a Negro club from Segalia. He plans to run his farm near Mendon and began pro baseball in 1930 with Oklahoma City. He later played for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit, including two 20 win seasons. He won the decathlon at the 1927 Penn Belz while a student at Central State College.
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Baseball Stat Line Fragments From Various Teams
A garbled OCR tally lists players and stats across teams including Kiner Robinson and Mize with home runs and RBIs, plus pitching and stolen base markers. It references Pittsburgh Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Boston Cleveland and Detroit players with numbers for hits doubles triples and strikeouts.
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New York
Robinson
Brooklyn
Jones
Philadelphia
Waitkus
Smailey
Chicago
Furilio
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Mize
Reese
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Bass souvenir mounted from Jopiin lake display
Capital Cilian Hooks a large sized bass, among early souvenirs, now on display after being pulled in by Bob Serigee from a small lake near Jopiin North. The catch was made at dawn using minnows. K. C. Geifer leads BANSAS CITY. In June 1 action, Tom Bleaches of Hasses City topped 62 golfers in sectional Open qualifying.
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Bob Serigee
Jopiin
Es Norte
K. C. Geifer
Bansas City
Tom Bleaches
Hasses City
Furillo Delivers Late Homer to Lift Dodgers in Marathon
Carl Furillo hit a fourth inning homer and again in extra innings as the Dodgers rallied to beat the Giants 6 4 3 in a 3 hour 3 minute Polo Grounds marathon. Roy Campanella added a key triple and Dave Hoskins score secured the win as Dodger pitchers held Giants to few baserunners in a dramatic first place clash.
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Furilio
Roy Campanella
Dave Hoslo
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Barney Shotton
Jim Konstan
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