Braves Pound Way To Lead With Home Run Spree
Milwaukee Braves sweep a Philadelphia doubleheader to extend NL lead to three games as home runs by Adcock Mathews and Thomson spark a 15 for 20 stand at County Stadium. Dodgers win two over St Louis to close gap. Mantle hits 32nd homer as Yankees split with Kansas City.
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Happy Hal's Girls Softball Rained Out In Ottawa
In a Saturday night exhibition at Ottawa the fifth inning halted play as Happy Hal's led 13 1 after Esther Colbert hit a home run. The report notes a rapid population rise in America with about seven times as many people now as a century ago.
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Greenberg and Cronin Enter Baseball Hall of Fame
Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin were inducted as Baseball Hall of Fame members at Cooperstown. Greenberg, 45, rose from New York to star with Detroit before joining Cleveland as general manager. Cronin, Boston Red Sox GM, joins with a class now totaling 81. New admission rules were approved requiring elections every two years.
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Lincoln Gains When Amarillo Is Beaten
Lincoln squeezes out a 3-2 win over Pueblo while Kansas City Merchants coat Am arillo with a 7-2 victory. Des Moines pounded Amarillo for 10 hits and a triple play spurred by Tom Nerada’s homer. Bill Jackson and Margos Cobos led Lincoln with timely power in a busy slate of junior legion action.
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Indy Challenges Denver In Battle for Top Spot
Indianapolis Indians extend eight game win streak by beating Wichita 4-1 while Denver holds a five and a half game lead. Bud Daley allowed five hits in five innings before Pendleton's homer sparked a late surge. Bobby Young hit a decisive three run shot as Indy moved within five and a half games of the Bears.
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St John’s, Lecompton Triumph In South Park Baseball
St John’s edged the Jaycees 7 to 4 and Lecompton defeated the Merchants 4 to 1 in South Park baseball Saturday night. Box scores follow.
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Lawrence Tigers Stifle Opponents in Prep Tilt
Locals led by strong pitching and timely hitting fell behind early but scored twice in the fifth and two more in the seventh. Jim Ragan worked three innings allowing two hits and two walks for Lawrence, with Mike Reed and Dick Reinwald handling the later frames. Manager Al Ice used the game as a tune-up for the District Tournament at Ottawa.
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Busch Stadium Exhibit To Honor 14 Ex Cards
An exhibit at Busch Stadium will honor 14 former St Louis Cardinals, all Hall of Fame inductees from Cooperstown. The display reproduces their plaque replicas, four of whom are living: Frank Frisch, Dizzy Dean, Rogers Hornsby, and Dazzy Vance. Included are Grover Cleveland Alexander, Mordecai Brown, Jesse Burkett, John McGraw, Kid Nichols, Rabbit Maranville, Bobby Wallace, Roger Bresnahan, Wilbert Robinson, Cy Young.
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Burke Eyes PGA Semifinal Victory After Masters win
In Canton, Burke advances to a 3 hole semifinal against Ed Furgol at the 38th PGA Championship. Furgol, the 1950 National Open winner, trails Burke in a rugged bracket as Ted Kroll faces Bill Johnston in the other semifinal.
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Baseball Scores From Across Leagues Include Chicago Victory
Results show Chicago beating Washington 8 0 and Kansas City 7 4, New York 4 13 in the American League, while Brooklyn 6 4 and St Louis 9 5 highlight the National League duels. Milwaukee and Philadelphia split. Cleveland routed Baltimore 8 0.
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Kansan's Bill Nieder Shines in Olympic Dream Tale
Feature on Bill Nieder the Kansas athlete whose progress from Lawrence High to the U S Olympic team is highlighted. It notes his training, weight lifting, and public praise from coast writers, plus the Olympic fundraising drive and Operation Melbourne budget needs as the team heads to Melbourne.
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Unclear Names Parade in Local Junior Sports Roster
A garbled OCR list appears to record junior and midget boys and girls names across several teams with mixed spellings. It includes Harold Fernandez Harold Kimble Harold Tranaue Jease Ramirez Joe Gjilispie and others, plus misread titles and inconsistent punctuation, suggesting a school sports roster or event notice.
Union Official Advises Members to Support Hall
Wichitawa vice president of the International Association of Machinists urged Boeing Airplane Company employees to back Governor Fred Hall in his bid for re election. The union leader cited Hall's veto of a proposed right to a work law as labor support.
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Tito Seeks Mediation in Greece Turkey Rift
Foreign observers in Belgrade say President Tito will use a nine day visit with the Greek royal family to ease Greek Turkish tensions. Tito and his wife sailed for Cairo to be guests of Greece at the royal summer palace.
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Snead S School Golf Lessons From An Expert
Golf pupils struggle to keep their heads down during the swing and mutter about lifting after bad shots. The expert advises focusing on the ball and its trademark, then training concentration until the swing becomes automatic. A 1953 drawing shows amateurs painting in the United States.
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