U S Olympic Track And Field Champions Selected
Los Angeles reports the selection of the U S Olympic track and field team after two days of trials. The squad lists the top three in each event with an extra entrant in 100 and 400 meters for relay depth, naming athletes and results across sprints, distance, hurdles and field events.
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Los Angeles
Art Bragg
Morgan State
Lindy Remigino
Manhattan
Dean Smith
Texas
James Gathers
Air Force
Andy Stanfield
Grand St
Curtis Stone
New York
A.C
Wes Santee
Kansas
Charles Cappozzoli
Georgetown
Nyac
Fred Wilt
Horace Ashenfelter
Harrison Dillard
Cleveland, CO
Jack Davis
Southern California
Art Barnard
Navy
Charles Moore
Lee Yoder
Arkansas
Roland Blackman
Army
Walter Davis
A.M
Ken Wiesner
Arnold Betton
Drake
Meredith Gourdine
Cornell
Jerome Biffle
George Brown
UCLA
George Shaw
Columbia
James Gerhardt
San Antonio
Walter Ashbaugh
Bob Richards
Illinois
Don Laz
George Mattos
San Francisco
Darren Hooper
A&m
Parry O’brien
Southern
Dodgers Beat Braves as Hodges Homers in Ninth
Gil Hodges hit his 15th homer with men on in the ninth to lift the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 4 2 win over the Boston Braves. Brooklyn extended its unbeaten string against Boston to ten and widened its NL lead over the New York Giants who lost to Philadelphia.
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Brooklyn
Gil Hodges
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Boston
New York Giants
Philadelphia
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phillies
Giants
Steve O'Neill
New York
Leo Durocher
Hearn
Wilhelm
Spencer
Yvats
Roberts
Burgess
Vickers Edges Merrins In NCGA Championship Golf Final
Slim Jim Vickers of Oklahoma rallied in the afternoon round to beat 19 year old Eddie Merrins of LSU one up in the National Collegiate Golf Tournament final held in Lafayette Indiana.
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Lafayette
Ind
Slim Jim Vickers
Oklahoma
Eddie Merrins
Louisiana State
Junior Legion Baseball Practice Set for Sunday
Coach Rod Martin announces a Junior Legion practice Sunday at 10 15 a.m. at Memorial Field. The session aims to prepare players for upcoming schedule and develop fundamentals.
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Junior Legion
Rod Martin
Memorial Field
Mohawks Rally To Beat Harnischfeger 5 1 At Copeland Park
La Crosse Mohawks overturn a one run deficit with four in the second inning and a solo homer by Jim Temp to defeat Harnischfeger 5 1 at Copeland Park. Lefty Lavern Andrews earned the win, allowing five hits with five strikeouts in a nine inning mound performance for the Mohawks.
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la Crosse Mohawks
Harnischfeger Corporation
Milwaukee
Copeland Park
Mohawks
Lavern Andrews
Jim Temp
Harnischfegers
Andrews
Mel Burke
Elroy Jeske
Burke
Mel Welch
Tom Nerad
Frank Karfonta
Dick Sweeney
Temp
Jim Squier
Don Klark
Sweeney
George Sladky
Klark
Sladky
Todd McEldowney
Weigent
Harnischfe
Lukas
Marino
Campbell
Harnischfeger
All Star Lineups Named For July 8 Game In Philadelphia
Fans named the All Star starters after a 22 day poll of nearly four million. Stan Musial led the National League with 1,291,532 votes while Whitey Lockman and Jackie Robinson also earned top spots for the NL and AL selections include Eddie Robinson and Phil Rizzuto. Managers Casey Stengel and Leo Durocher to pick remaining pitchers and substitutes. National roster to be announced Monday and American League roster Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Tribune
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New York
Larry Berra
Whitey Lockman
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Bobby Thomson
Gran Hamner
Hank Sauer
Stan Musial
St. Louis
Enos Slaughter
Roy Campanella
Stengel
Durocher
Yankees
Giants
Amercian League
Tigers Thump Browns 5-2 in St Louis
Southpaw Ted Gray held the Browns to two hits as Detroit tops St. Louis 5 to 2. Cass Michaels doubled and tripled for the Tigers while Gray pitched through six innings of no-run relief to seal the win.
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ST. Louis
Ted Gray
Browns
Cass Michaels
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Gray
Swift
Harrist
Madison
Holcombe
Johnson
Bill Baker Announces Area Tennis Tournament Plans
La Crosse recreation association junior tennis playoffs start this week with entries due Sunday to Bill Baker. Playoffs begin Monday for junior boys, boys and girls divisions. District winners advance to the state finals in Milwaukee on July 18 and 19. Eligibility requires players to be over 15 and under 18 by January 1, 1952.
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Bill Baker
la Crosse
Shamrock and Causeway to Clash in Sunday Softball Make-Up
Shamrock Tavern and Causeway Beer Depot of the Class AA softball circuit meet Sunday at West Avenue diamond in a make-up game. Start is 2 p.m. with Bud Tischer for Shamrock and Charlie Mahlke for Causeway set to start.
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Shamrock Tavern
Causeway Beer Depot
Suggs Holds Commanding Lead At National Women Open
Louise Suggs of Carrollton Georgia built a seven stroke cushion after 54 holes at the National Women Open Golf Championship in Philadelphia. She carded a 70 to reach 209 leaving little room for a final round collapse while aiming to set a 72 hole scoring record.
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Philadelphia
Louise Suggs
Carrollton
Georgia
Palma Geia
Paraguay Sets Three Minute Limit on Radio Commercials
Recreation softball article notes Paraguay enforces a three minute cap between radio musical compositions, limiting commercials to short breaks. The rule aims to balance programming and advertising while keeping listeners engaged.
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Paraguay
Quality Big Sixth Beats Dinny's Bar in Exhibition
Quality Lumber and Coal toppled Dinny's Bar Madison 4 3 in six innings at West Avenue as Bob Krueger pitched six hit ball. Pfennig drove in two with a clutch triple in the sixth while Finn Wolden and Zahn contributed key hits in a tight game. Dinny's led early then lost the lead in the sixth, and Dinny's could not rally past the Quality defense. The two clubs close the exhibition series Sunday at 10 30 a m at West Avenue.
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Dinny’s Bar
Madison
West Avenue
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Dick Pfennig
Walden
John Zahn
Wolden
Zahn
Pfennig
Tanke
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Ramisch
Bewick
Quality
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Temp
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Westby
Moran
If Se
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Ben Wick
Oshiels
A.zahn
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Tooke
Johnson
Krueger
Olson
I Craig
Marks
Dinny's Bar
Carrasquel optioned to Memphis as roster move
Chico Carrasquel the AL 1951 all star shortstop was optioned by the Chicago White Sox to Memphis on a 24 hour recall to make room for Willie Miranda. Carrasquel sidelined five weeks with a broken finger from last Wednesday game against the Senators. Miranda, traded from St. Louis to Chicago then purchased from the Browns for 10000 dollars.
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Chico Carrasquel
Chicago White Sox
Memphis
Willie Miranda
St. Louis Browns
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Carrasquel
Washington Senators
Frank Lane
Miranda
St. Louis
Browns
Aussie teens stun Americans in Wimbledon doubles upset
Lewis Head and Ken Rosewall, both 17, upset Mulloy and Savitt 6-4 8-6 1-6 3-6 7-5 in a landmark doubles victory amid record heat. Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor also beat Flam and Larsen, 6-0 3-6 6-4 10-8, as Australian doubles dominance grows in the All England.
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Wimbledon
England
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Gardnar Mulloy
Dick Savitt
America
Lewis Head
Ken Rosewall
Mulloy
Frank Sedgman
Ken McGregor
Herb Flam
Art Larsen
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Shirley Fry
Akron
Miss Brough
Nelly Adamson
France
Miss Fry
Michele Bourbonnais
Jean Walker-Smith
Georgie Woodgate
Jean Rinkel- Quertier
Peggy Dawson Scott
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