Cardinals Bid for Surkont Stresses Pitching Plight
Cardinal management seeks pitching help as they pursue Surkont amid a troubled staff. Friction with Rickey over players and finite options highlight an ongoing need for a reliable right-hander to steady a failed relief corps and shore up a rotation dogged by injuries and underperformance.
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Kansas Statistical Base Book Details State Growth
The University of Kansas Bureau of Business Research releases a 95 page Kansas Statistical Base Book chronicling state business growth from 1860 to 1952. It organizes data into agriculture finance retail trade employment production and miscellaneous areas with county level tables on banks deposits farms manufacturing and population among others.
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Kansas
Indians and Giants End June in First Place in MLB Standings
The Indians and Giants entered July atop their leagues after a volatile June where 14 other majors teams fell back in pennant races. The Giants posted a June record of 24 wins in 28 games, while Cleveland held a slim lead over Chicago and the Yankees as Brooklyn Philadelphia and others dropped. Pirates, Cubs, Cardinals and White Sox battled to varying fates in a month of dramatic shifts.
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New York Giants
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New York Yankees
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Philadelphia
Dodgers
Phils
Cincinnati
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Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Platoon setup helps Charleston beat Minneapolis in 1 in Amer Assn
Charleston wins 54 in a one inning game as manager Joe Becker deploys a two platoon system. Russ Grimsley and Tommy Hurd alternate pitching and fielding roles from the ninth inning, facing left and right handed hitters respectively.
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Minneapolis
Joe Becker
Russ Grimsley
Tommy Hurd
Hurd
Grimsley
Indianapolis
Louisville Colonels
St. Paul
Columbus
Tom Sturdivant
Kansas City
Toledo
Blues
Louisville
Two New Golf Marks For Jaycee Champion
Lee McGuire of Leavenworth set two course records at Alien County Country Club to win the Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce golf championship. He fired 31 for nine holes and 65 for the 18 holes to finish 138 for 36, five strokes ahead of Earl Evans of Wichita. Jerry Smith of Manhattan was third with 144 and Jim Davies of Dodge City fourth with 145. All four qualified for the International Jaycee Tournament in Albuquerque.
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Lee McGuire
Leavenworth
Alien County Country Club
Kansas
Earl Evans
Manhattan
Jim Davies
Dodge City
Albuquerque
Baseball Scoring Roundup From Major Leagues
Listings from the American and National Leagues with standings and results include Cleveland at Baltimore. New York at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. plus National League games Brooklyn at New York and St. Louis at Milwaukee. Also noting William Knox of Philadelphia rolling a perfect 300 in ABC championships.
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Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
G.B
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St. Louis
William Knox
A.B.C
Little Mo Coasts Home in Wimbledon Semi Final
Maureen Connolly of San Diego California crushed Betty Pratt of South Orange New Jersey 6-1 6-1 in the Wimbledon semifinal advancing toward a third consecutive women's singles title. Connolly as top seed dominated the match with powerful groundstrokes and precise passing shots after Pratt opened by breaking Connolly's serve.
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Maureen Connolly
San Diego
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Miss Connolly
Pratt
South Orange
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Maureen
California
Cavarette Faces Cubs Roots In Charity Exhibition Match
Chicago veteran Phil Cavarretta, 37, plays against his old club the Cubs in a charity exhibition game tonight. He joined the White Sox in May, hitting .367 in 19 games as a key pinch hitter and first baseman while remainder of the Cubs mop up a managerial departure.
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Sox
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Fain
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Cubs
Stan Hack
White Sox
Youth Brigade Aims to Upset Pros at Detroit Meet
DETROIT The Motor City Open begins with a $17 500 purse as golf’s youth brigade led by Gene Littler challenges veteran Ben Hogan and Lloyd Mangrum who skip the field. The youngsters hope to dominate the event set in Detroit with former champions sidelined.
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Detroit
Ben Hogan
Lloyd Mangrum
Gene Littler
Palm Springs
Calif
Baldwin Fourth of July Fireworks at Caveness Stadium
Baldwin hosts a Monday July 5 celebration with an 8 p m fireworks display at Caveness Stadium. The Baldwin Commercial Club plans a multi burst show up to 64 shells plus a Baldwin High School band concert and stadium refreshments.4 H calves will be awarded to clubs during the program among 17 calves given this year.
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Caveness Stadium
Baldwin Commercial Club
Baldwin’ High School
Hartford man tracks hit and run driver by license plate
Joseph H. Normoyle observed a car strike a woman and flee. He traced the license number from the dusty hood of his own car and led police to the fugitive driver.
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Hartford
Conn
Joseph H. Normoyle
Normoyle
Valley Tennis Meet Sees Semifinal Showdowns In OKC
Top seed Al Holtmann of St Louis meets Earl Buchholz Jr in a Missouri Valley Tennis Tournament semifinal. Riley of Kansas City and Ramming of Lawton also reach semis as Buchholz and Holtmann posted wins. girls action highlights Jane Ellingson defeating Carole Boshard with Sallie Ann Riley advancing to semis.
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al Holtmann
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Holtmann
Earl Buchholz Jr
Missouri
Bob Riley
Kansas City
Ron Ramming
Lawton
Okla
Jim Carter
Arkansas City
Kan
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Cal Moore
Ramming
Warren
Rice
Ada
Ohloa
Jane Ellingson
Carole Boshard
St.Louis
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Marge Puetz
Eb Hingson
Jap French Debt Talks Aims to Settle 42 Year Old Debt
Four negotiators left Tokyo for Paris to settle a 100 million franc debt linked to bonds issued for Tokyo’s modernization. The talks involve Japanese and French representatives and seek to resolve the longstanding financial dispute from 1912.
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Tokyo
Paris
Drummed Up for Occasion in Duel in the Jungle
Director George Marshall sought drums in Johannesburg for a scene of African natives using drums but found none. The natives reportedly now communicate by post and telegraph, leaving Marshall to improvise.
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Africa
Warners
Johannesburg
Marshall
Seema
Chinese Burmese clash in eastern Burma reported deaths
Reports from Rangoon say about 100 Chinese Nationalist guerrillas and seven Burmese soldiers were killed in a 34 hour battle in eastern Burma last week. Chinese remnants of anti Communist forces fled from China after the civil war reportedly were forced to retreat last Friday.
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Burma
China
Guardsmen Pay 3000 Dollar Payroll in Silver Dollars
Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion Virginia National Guard marked a heavy payroll day in Lynchburg with a $3,000 disbursement in silver dollars to local merchants. The event underscored the guard’s spending in the city.
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Lynchburg
Virginia National Guard
Triplet lambs born at Hencraft Ranch near Cottonwood
In Redding California two sets of rare triplet lambs were born on the J. S. Hencraft Ranch near Cottonwood. Both sets were sired by the same ram, marking a notable livestock event in the region.
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Redding
Calif
J. S. Hencraft
Cottonwood
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