Standings Roundup From Early Baseball Season
City teams lead and trail in a series of line scores with St Louis Philadelphia and New York among the leaders. Detroit and Cleveland post strong showings while Chicago and Boston exchange places with rivals in the tight divisional race.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Brooklyn
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Emmes
Mee Soer
Jbuend
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Washington Aa
Phelphia
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Savold Crowned No 1 Challenger After Woodcock Win
Abe J. Greene announced the NBA will recognize Blond Savold as the No 1 challenger for the world heavyweight title following his fourth round TKO of Bruce Woodcock in London. Charles remains world champion but health prompts NBA to plan for potential vacancy with Louis or another contender facing Savold.
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Abe J. Greene
National Boxing Association
N.B.A
Lee Savold
Bruce Woodcock
London
Blond Savold
Englewood
N.J
Europe
British Empire
Woodcock
England
White City
Greene
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Savold
Charles
Joe Louis
Louis
Yankees Face Tough Three-Game Set With Tigers
New York manager Casey Stengel faces a pitching crisis as he plans to use his four top starters and Joe Page in a three game series against Detroit after a 16 to 2 loss to Cleveland. Tigers surged ahead in the standings with strong hitting from Hutchinson and Groth aiding an 11 to 4 win at Washington. White Sox beat Red Sox 8 to 4 in Boston as Gus Zernial homered twice. Browns, Cardinals, Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, and Braves all posted wins in a busy major league slate.
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U.P
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Yankees
Tigers
Indians
Bob Porterfield
Don Johnson
Cleveland
Joe Gordon
Jim Hogan
Stengel
Vic Raschi
Tommy Byrne
Ed Lopat
Allie Reynolds
Joe Page
Detroit
Porterfield
Johnson
Senators
Washington
Fred Hutchinson
Johnny Groth
Hutchison
Paul Calvert
White Sox
Boston
Gus Zernial
Eddie Robinson
Phil Masi
Ted Williams
Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia
A’s
Owen Friend
St. Louis
Brooklyn
National Ice
Philadelphia Phils
Howie Pollet
Ed Kazak
Marty More
Jon
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Dodgers
Chicago
Jack Banta
Bill Serena
Carl Furillo
Tommy (Buckshot) Brown
Giants
Thompson
Pirates
Bobby
Pittsburgh
Braves
Reds
Cincinnati
Earl Torgeson
Vern Bickford
Sam Walker
Merchants Host Ridgeport in Thursday Night Baseball
The Linton Merchants face the Ridgeport Ridge-runners at the high school park under lights hoping to rebound from a recent loss to Swifz City. Ridgeport leads an eight-team league from Eastern Greene and Monroe counties.
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Linton Merchants
Bill Bright
Swifz City
Ridgeport Ridge
High School Park
Ridgeport
Greene County
Monroe County
Merchants
Sandborn
Lowery Millick
Guy McNew
Miss Carolyn Raney Receives Highest Scholastic Honor
Carolyn Raney daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Raney of Ft Lauderdale Fla earned the top scholastic honors in the senior class. Commencement was at Edison Park stadium on June 5 Carolyn is a former student of Linton Stockton high school.
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Carolyn Raney
Robert Raney
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Edison Park Stadium
Carolyn
Linton Stockton High School
Lifelong Owensburg Resident Dies at 83
Cyrus Asberry Brandon of Owensburg aged 83 died at 10 08 pm Tuesday in Dunn Memorial Hospital Bedford after a long illness. He was born November 26 1855 in Greene County to Levi and Martha Alexander Brandon and lived in Owensburg all his life. He is survived by his wife Gorda Edington Brandon and three sons John D. Brandon Frank E. Brandon and Fred A. Brandon, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Saturday at Owensburg Baptist Church with burial in Owensburg Cemetery. The body was moved to the Day and Carter Mortuary and then to the family residence Thursday morning.
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Cyrus Asberry Brandon
Owensburg
Dunn Memorial Hospital
Bedford
Mr. Brandon
Greene County
Levi and
Martha Alexander Brandon
Ashcraft Chapel
Owensburg Baptist Church
Owensburg Cemetery
Fifteen WWII Vets Return to Omaha Beach Memorial
Six years after D Day fifteen uninvited veterans of the 16th Infantry returned to Omaha Beach. They laid a wreath at the division monument and paid their respects at the Saint Laurent cemetery where 9000 comrades rest. They toured the beach to reflect on erosion and rusted relics of war. Their surprise visit cost a $1000 raised to fund the trip.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
16Th Infantry
Charnton
St. Mere Eglise
Vierville
Larry Olmstead
Neligh
Neb
Sgt
Edward Lynch
Lowell
Mass
Saint Laurent
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