Fort Wood Jinx Holds Over Red Birds
Jefferson City's Ban Johnson Bears beat Sedalia 9 to 4 at Washington Park, driven by timely hitting and relief work from Glen Vandelicht. Key moments came in the fifth and eighth as the Bears pulled away after Sedalia cut a 7-2 deficit, boosting Jefferson City to a two game edge in the Central Missouri Ron Johnson League.
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Capital City Squads Evening Sports Schedule
Baseball Bosebud at Stags at 5:00 p.m. at Washington Park Red Birds versus Uoehlas Intermediate at 5:16 p.m. at Smith Field Bordeaux versus Zang Motors Intermediate at 5:15 p.m. at Kan sas SL. Pielel softball Faith Lutheran against Trinity Lutheran Girls League at 6:30 p.m. at Duensing Field Algoars Young Democrats Civic League 8:00 p.m. at Duensing Field Memorial Baptist versus Lutheran Intermediate at 9:00 p.m. at Duensing Field
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Stags Set to Meet Rosebud at Washington Park Tonight
Jefferson City Stags host Rosebud at Washington Park aiming to snap a two game skid. The Stags, 8-3 in Central Missouri League play, face a Rosebud squad boosted by three Central Missouri State College transfers and led by Jack Mankin on the mound.
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Baseball results and schedule across leagues
Wednesday's schedule features American League matchups including Chicago at Baltimore and Cleveland at Washington with noteworthy pitcher pairings. Tuesday's results show Boston defeating Kansas City while Detroit and Cleveland won, and Washington beating Chicago. In the National League, Brooklyn loses to Cincinnati, Milwaukee tops Philadelphia, and New York defeats Chicago with several key pitching matchups noted.
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Fights Last Night In Associated Priakt Land Freeport BV
Incident report describes combat events involving Rina Novereihzy of Brooklin and Autnointed Viv Carded 148 with Bob Murphy JAG, Roatan, detailing a hosted bout and point in warfiare context. The fragmentary text mentions Pritele Frugen and Paierewm with unclear outcomes or timestamps.
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Brundage Requests Probe Into Santee Case
IOC President Avery Brundage asked the AAU to investigate charges that Wes Santee incurred excessive expenses at meets in California. Santee, serving at Camp Pendleton, denied the allegations, calling them a newspaper story. Brundage noted no action has been taken and urged a proper inquiry by the Missouri Valley district.
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Marion Miller
Missouri Valley
Hal
Jackson Launches Defense of Crown at Trans-Mississippi
Des Moines event opens with Jimmy Jackson of St. Louis, a Walker Cup player, entering defense of his Trans-Mississippi title. He shoots even par 72 in practice at Wakonda Club and leads seedings for match play, while a three-way tie at 146 determines the low qualifiers among Walter Peck, Rodney Bliss, and George Clark.
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Ed Hopkins
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Jim English
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Uncertain Weather Clouds 1955 Open Championship
San Francisco hosts a 12 hole U S Open with fog wind and damp conditions. Pros like Ed Furgol Cary Middlecoff Mike Souchak Julius Boros Dick Mayer Sam Snead and Ben Hogan vie for the title at Olympic Club as entrants face variable coastal weather in their bid for a fifth crown for Hogan remains a looming goal.
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Dick Mayer
Sam Stead
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Three Softball Tilts Tonight Feature Youth League Play
Sunday schedule lists three softball games at Duenaing Field starting 6:39 PM. Trinity Lutheran Girls face Faith Lutheran, Aigoa vs Young Democrats, and Memorial Baptist against Lutheran with nightcap at 9:30 PM. Last night Young Democrats defeated Stags 2 0 in Civic League. Tebbetts beat Memorial Baptist 20 10 in Intermediate League.
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NCAA Track Meet Set This Weekend
NCAA track and field championships at the Los Angeles Coliseum showcase 338 athletes from 90 schools in a bid to highlight America’s Olympic depth. Jan Kelly says California could beat Australia in a dual meet. the 10 yard dash features Nash of Minnesota and Golliday of Northwestern in a potential century battle, with Patton and Patton’s world record in reach and strong competition from Smith and Haines.
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Roark and Runge, Fabick Capture Baseball Contests
Roark and Runge with Fabick win two youth baseball games in Jefferson City. At Smith Field 5 15 pm Red Birds vs Doehlas, at Kansas St Field Bordeaux faces Tang Motors. Earlier Taylor pitched a three hitter as Roark and Runge defeated DeLongs 4-1 with five first inning runs set by Taylor. Caine struck out 12 in six, Se Chris. Midget League saw Fabick beat Scruggs Guhleman 2-11 with Garvin winning and Hickman taking loss. Bacon homered for Scruggs Guhleman.
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St. Louisans Win in Jaycee Tennis
In Marshall Maine Mississippi Junior Chamber event St. Louis players swept the finals. Newl Drury beat Dick Howtz 7 8 8 in the junior singles and Red Susman beat Chuck McKinler 6 4 9 7 in the boys division. The four finalists and Earl Buchwolz Jr. of St. Louis will enter the national Jaycee tourney in San Antonio in the week starting Aug. 3. The Jaycee state golf tourney opened here today.
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Pennant Race Tightens in Ozark League Chase
Freeburg closed on first place as Henley beat Osage Bend for Bend’s first loss Sunday. Rain postponed two other games while Eldon at Freeburg and Makane at Stelnetown were moved. Remaining schedule list includes Qeage Bend at Siiingtown Bravita at Heu ley and Freeburg at Makane Eldon.
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Tle
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Brazilo
Cards Lose Stanky Era As Walker Struggles On Mound
The St Louis Cardinals slip to seventh, 20 games behind Brooklyn after firing manager Eddie Stanky and hiring Harry Walker. In the NL, Dodgers stretch lead to 14½ games with several key wins as Cardinals drop 12 of 17 under Walker. MLB roundup notes vary, including Yankees edging Detroit and Giants powering past Cubs in a high scoring day.
Aggies, Wake Forest lead College World Series race in Omaha
In the NCAA College World Series double elimination, Western Michigan Wake Forest and Oklahoma four teams share 6-1 records after Wake Forest and Arizona losses. Arizona and Western Michigan split 10-7 earlier, with big innings and clutch plays shaping the tourney. Tom Borland starred for Arizona with heavy workload and relief work across games.
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Fort Wood Retains Track Championship
Fort Wood won the Sth Army track title in Manhattan Kansas with 76 points. Ft Wood’s Ted Wheeler swept the half mile mile and three mile events, and Willie Stevens won two hurdles and the hop step jump to bolster the victory. Ft Care son Colorado placed second with 72 points while Ft Riley scored 31.
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Minor League Results and Standings Report
Minor League results digest reports varied scores including American Association Toledo 0 1 Charlestown 11 over Denver and Minneapolis 5. St Paul Trane League Beaumont 22 Tulsa 14. Shreveport Oxlapome Cure For Worth Houston 6 Dante San Antonio 3. Southern Association Birmingham % Chattawadga Sashylle 3 Atlanta 7.
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Pirates Power Past Cardinals In 10-5 rout
The Pittsburgh Pirates exploded with eight in the fourth inning to beat St Louis 10-5 as Dale Long drove in four runs and Wally Moon hit two two run homers for the Cardinals. Ken Boyer key out ends a late threat as Bob Purkey and Ronnie Kline split the pitchers win loss. In Boston, Red Sox trump KC 12-4 with Norm Johnson three RBI and Ted Williams homering, Williams boosting average to .818 with his fifth homer in a dozen games.
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Stanky declines scouting post amid Cardinals discord
Eddie Stanky rejected a scouting offer from the St. Louis Cardinals while remaining under contract, saying he sought a major league job. Cardinals officials maintained he could negotiate with other clubs, with Meyer assigning him to evaluate top minor leaguers. Stanky has not received major league offers, and the club has not discussed a lump sum payout of his roughly $40,000 annual salary.
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Stan Musial Leads NL All-Star First Base Vote Race
AP reports Stan Musial clings to a slender NL lead for the starting first baseman spot with 6,502 votes over Tec Kluszewski at 5,837. Other NL leaders include Schoendienst, Danks, Snider, Mueller, Campanella. AL leaders include Vernon, Avils, Finigan, Kuenn, Mantle, Kanne, Berra.
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al Ka Nne
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Moberly Nips Fayette In Central Area Tennis
Moberly edged Fayette 54 in Fayette as Don Tules and Jerry Brennan beat Bob Sears and Frank McCune in the final doubles. Moberly led with six singles wins but dropped the initial two doubles matches. next foe is Mexico.
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Legion Sets Practice For This Afternoon
Jefferson City Junior Legion baseball squad holds a 4 pm practice at Lutheran Field Dix Ad today as Tar Leven directs. Eldon plays Friday night at home versus Mexico Mordas after the session.
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Cardinals Assured Team Not for Sale
Cardinals officials denied a report that the St. Louis ball club was for sale. Al Fleischman spoke for August A. Busch Jr, saying the team remains privately held and not available. Busch was out of town when the Guardian story circulated.
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