Standings Wrap Across Minor Leagues and Scores
Eastern League Williamsport 6 Binghamton 4 and others. Western League Lincoln 5 Colorado Springs 4 Sioux City 6 Wichita 0. South Atlantic League Columbia 4 Angus 2 2 2 Gist game 11 innings Montgomery 5 Savannah 4. West Texas New Mexico Amarillo 11 Albuquerque 7 Clovis 7 El Paso 6. Longhorn Odessa 4 Artesia 1 Carlsbad 9 Big Spring 4 Roswell 15 San Angelo 0 Hobbs 10 Midland 3. Evangeline New Iberia 4 Baton Rouge 3 Crowley 3 9 Alexandria 0 0 Lafayette 9 Lake Charles 4.
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Savannah
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Roswell
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Crowley
Alexandria
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Snead and Souchak Lead Montreal Open Field
Sam Snead and Mike Souchak opened with 65s to take early share of the Montreal Open lead. Doug Ford and Marty Furgol sit one back at 66 while Gene Littler is two off the pace at 67 as thirteen others dip under par 70 in the 26,800 open.
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Sam Snead
Mike Souchak
Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Souchak
Duke University
Grossinger’s
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Doug Ford
Husky
Kiamesha Lake
Marty Furgol
Babe Zaharias Plans Return to Pro Golf Circuit
Galveston Texas Babe Zaharias the famed woman athlete has finished X ray treatments for cancer removal and expects to be out of the hospital soon She underwent rectal cancer surgery in April 1953 and a May operation for a displaced disc A pelvic cancer was found after that treatment The golfer said she will return home to Beaumont and then resume golf duties once recovered Her husband George Zaharias drove her about the hospital room last week.
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Pony Title Decided in Washington World Series Victory
Washington star Reggie Bolden pitched a one hit shutout as Washington Pa defeated Youngstown Ohio 4 to 0 in the Pony League World Series championship game last night.
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Washington
Reggie Bolden
Youngstown
Ohio
Pro Mat Card Set Tonight Featuring Geigel Wallick
Former Southwest States champion Bob Geigel appears in Lawton teaming with Leo Wallick of Detroit to challenge Jack Bence and Salvador Flores in a main event two out of three falls or one hour time limit. The card also features Torre Perez versus Billy Widener in a 45 minute two of three falls semi final and a preliminary bout. Tickets available at Lupi's Sinclair station.
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Lawton
Leo Wallick
Detroit
Jack Bence
Salvador Flores
Geigel
Bence
Flores
Torre Perez
Billy Widener
Lupi
Sinclair
Thursday Stars Pitching and Batting Spotlight
Rip Coleman, a 24 year old New York Yankee rookie, shut down the Indians allowing seven hits as Bob Grim backed him to win 5-2. Del Ennis of the Phillies drove in four runs guiding Philadelphia to 11-9 and 8-3 wins over St Louis.
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Rip Coleman
New York Yankee
Indians
Bob Grim
Cleveland
del Ennis
Phillies
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Southpaw Homer King Top Rookie of the Texas League
Pidge Browne of Shreveport won the Texas League rookie of the year award over Ozzie Virgil of Dallas in a close vote by the Texas League Baseball Writers Association Browne already set a home run record for left handed hitters with 31 homers this season and is hitting .318 through Wednesday night He joined Shreveport from Denver and previously hit 17 homers and batted .333 there last year The rookie award was created this year and requires players to have fewer than 15 games and pitchers under 45 innings in higher leagues.
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Pidge Browne
Husky
Shreveport
Ozzie Virgil
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St. Louis Cardinal
Denver
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Loftis Sill Nine In Finals At Fourth Army Meet
Fort Sill and Fort Sam Houston reach the winners bracket final in El Paso as Loftis earns his 23rd straight win with a second consecutive shutout. Art Martinez and Dick Olson homered in an 8 0 victory over Brooke Army Medical Center. The WACs face Brooke in the women’s division final.
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Tex
Fort Sill
Fort Sam Houston
Don Loftis
Art Martinez
Dick Olson
Brooke Army Medical Center
Sill
Wacs
Brooke Medical Center
Loftis
Amateur Campbell wins Indiana Open in links meet
Joe Campbell of Anderson aged 19 and Purdue student, a National Collegiate Golf champion, swept Indiana tournaments by winning the Indiana Open. Campbell finished 282 total, two over par for the 72 holes, two strokes ahead of top professional Sam Drake of Richmond. He also previously won the Indiana Junior and the Indiana Amateur, the latter for the second straight year.
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Indianapolis
Joe Campbell
Anderson
Indiana
Campbell
Purdue
Sam Drake
Richmond
Ind
Oklahomans In The Majors Triumph Over White Sox
Pete Runnels drove in two runs with two singles as the Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 6 to 1. Runnels contributed key hits to power the win, showcasing Oklahoma born talent in the major league game.
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Associated Press
Pete Runnels
Washington Senators
Senators
Chicago White Sox
Spahn Tops Giants In Braves 3-2 Victory
Warren Spahn pitched six innings allowing six hits to outduel the New York Giants and run his season record to 13 wins and 12 losses as the Milwaukee Braves earned a 3-2 win.
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Warren Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
New York Giants
Braves
Morgan drives Phils to eleventh straight win in slugfest
Bobby Morgan, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, collected one hit in three at bats and scored a run as the Phils defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 11 to 9. The victory extended Philadelphia's winning streak to six games.
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Bobby Morgan
Philadelphia Phils
Phils
St. Louis Cardinals
Semifinal Matches Set In Girls Play
The U S Girl Grass Court Championship specifies semifinal pairings with Pat Naud of San Mateo facing Barbara Breit of North Hollywood and Rosa Maria Reyes of Mexico City meeting Mimi Arnold of Redwood City. Results from yesterday include Brett over Bailey 6 3 6 1 and Reyes over Mitchell 6 2 2 6 6 3.
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U.S
Pat Naud
San Mateo
Calif
Barbara Breit
North Hollywood
Rosa Maria Reyes
Mexico City
Mimi Arnold
Redwood City
Miss Brett
Mardel Bailey
Fresno
Miss Reyes
Mary Ann Mitchell
San Leandro
Miss Naud
Diane Wootton
Santa Monica
Miss Arnold
Joyce Pniewski
Hamtramck
Mich
Eagles Stay on Top with Narrow Win Over Oklahoma City
Dallas Eagles edged Oklahoma City 5-4 to stretch their Texas League lead to 1.5 games as San Antonio fell 3-1 to Houston. Lefty Pete Burnside and Jim Tugerson preserved the win with key eighth and ninth inning plays. Shreveport beat Beaumont 15-8 while Fort Worth crushed Tulsa 9-0 in other standings updates.
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Ev Joyner
Mel McGaha
John Janese
Frank Marchio
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