Yanks Lean Back In Open Big Series Start
The Yankees sit back as Cleveland and Chicago clash, while New York hopes to surge to the AL lead by sweeping Washington in seven games. Brooklyn and St Louis win big in the NL as Sain and Mantle power the Yankees past Boston.
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Willie Mays Center of Giants Forefront Says Durocher
New York Giants manager Leo Durocher declares Willie Mays the man who makes the difference and a manager’s dream. The piece notes praise from Frank Frisch Hoot Evers and Monte Irvin, details Mays’s athletic build and early life in Westfield Alabama, including his standout 15-year-old high school season as quarterback.
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Spahn Loses Grip on Cards After 9-2 Defeat
Milwaukee southpaw Warren Spahn, who owned a strong 31-19 lifetime mark against the St. Louis Cardinals, dropped a 9-2 decision to them yesterday. The loss leaves his season record at 7-9, the second defeat to the Cards this year after a single win.
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Muskogee Margin Holds Narrow Gap in Five Game Series
Muskogee leads the league by five games after a split with Topeka as Western Association clubs begin a five game stretch ending with Monday doubleheaders. St. Joseph beat Joplin 6 3 while Blackwell and Topeka split. Ponca City at Iola rained out.
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Four WL games decided by one run on Thursday
All four Western League games ended in one-run margins with three 4-3 results. Denver beat Pueblo Wichita over Colorado Springs and Omaha defeated Sioux City 4-3, while Lincoln edged Des Moines 9-8. Denver pulled 6 1/2 games ahead of Des Moines in the standings.
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Richards Choice to Win Two-Day Decathlon Meet
The two day National AAU decathlon championship opens in Atlantic City at Bader Field with Rev. Bob Richards favored to capture the 10 event title. Milt Campbell cannot defend due to an elbow injury and Jim Podoley of Central Michigan College looms as chief challenger after winning the Kansas Relays with a meet record 6 128 points.
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Mean 11-Tilt Slate In Next Two Weeks For Legion Juniors
Lawrence Junior American Legion baseball opens a gruelling schedule with a two day trip to Junction City and Minneapolis for holiday contests. The Juniors then play Fort Scott in a doubleheader before a lengthy road slate through July with 11 games in two weeks and the Second District Tournament at Municipal Park later in July. Manager George Starkey plans to use all pitchers including new addition Chuck McIntyre who has played multiple positions.
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Japanese Tuna Crew Fined in Truk by U S Court
A 25 member Japanese tuna boat crew was fined 800 by a U S military court on Truk Island for violating U S territorial waters. They paid the penalty in four tons of tuna.
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Young Card Star Up So Fast He Left Pants at Cleaners
Milwaukee report on 22 year old St Louis Cardinals first baseman Joe Cunningham who hit three homers and nine RBIs in two games. He debuted with a grand slam style power, then followed with two more long drives off Warren Spahn as he adapts to the majors and jokes about his missing trousers from the cleaners.
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Israeli sniper kills soldier on Mt Zion amid cease-fire breach
Jerusalem reports an Arab sniper killed an Israeli soldier on Mt Zion breaking a cease-fire after more than 24 hours of intermittent firing in the Holy City. Authorities say 2 Israelis dead and 28 wounded as the shootings enter a third day.
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Confident Babe Zaharias Upsets Open Lead Prediction
Confident Babe Zaharias enters the second round of the National Open Golf Tournament in Peabody Mass tied for the lead at par 72 with Claire Doran of Cleveland. Zaharias birdied 17 and 18 after a 35 on the front nine, while Mary Wright and Betty Hicks trailed by several strokes.
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Squire Sarazen Wins International Senior Championship
Gene Sarazen the famed golfer from Harrison New Jersey won the first international senior championship at Southport England defeating England’s Percy Alliss four and three to claim another title in his long list of golfing honors.
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Haskell Tops Forbes 15 13 In Lincoln Park Softball Clash
Haskell defeated Forbes of Topeka 15 to 13 in a Thursday night softball game at Lincoln Park. There is no game tonight.
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