Derby week looms as Native Dancer favored to win
Sportscolumn notes Derby expectations centering on Native Dancer after Wood Memorial win by Alfred Gwynne Van derbilt's horse. History shows favorites falter. upsets like Bold Venture and Gallahadian prove past performance not a guarantee for the Run for the Roses.
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Eric Guerin
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Wood Memorial
Native Dancer
Dancer
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Bemilech
Gallahadian
Eddie Arcaro
Count Turf
Count Fleet
Buck Coaches Like Ex Middies
Middletown's Kenny Feinthal, former Middle star, is back at Ohio State as a third string QB behind Johnny Borten and Dave Leggett. He may move up despite knee injuries threatening spring drills. Woody Hayes praises Middletown players and notes gratitude for the local pipeline.
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Middletown
Ohio State
Kenny Feinthal
OSU
Cincinnati
Bucks
Columbus
Woody Hayes
Kenny
Johnny Borten
Dave Leggett
Middies
Local Keglers Reelect 8-Member DPsecatitons Board
Local bowlers re elected the Middletown Bowling Association executive committee for another one year term. President Joe Thoelking and eight members were reelected at Frontier Cafe Saturday night amid prize distributions from the City Bowling Tournament. Halseys Tailor Shop defeated Gibbys Smokery by 96 pins in a special match game at Frontier Alley led by Harlans 243. Frisbie won the Cincinnati City Tourney with a 727 series earning Mas Tournament bid in Chicago May.
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Middletown Bowling Association
Joe Thoelking
George Koeppel
Art Ulrich
John
Ny May
Bob Stultz
Jim Selby
LeRoy Mills
Ed Fabing
Frontier Cafe
Association
Halsey
Jack Frisbie
Cincinnati
Kegler
Queen City
Frisbie
Chicago
Carter Faces $50,000 Offer in June Defense
Promoter Sam Silverman offered lightweight champion Jimmy Carter of New York a $50,000 guarantee or 37 1/4 percent of the gate to defend his crown against Georgie Araujo of Providence in Fenway Park or Boston Garden during the first week in June. Silverman promoted last Friday’s Carter Collins bout and telegraphed the offer Sunday night.
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Boston
Sam Silverman
Jimmy Carter
New York
Georgie Araujo
Providence
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Fenway Park
Boston Garden
Silverman
Carter
Tommy Collins
Cycle Races Postponed to May 9 at Warren County Fairgrounds
Rain forces postponement of the Warren County Fairgrounds motorcycle trace program originally set for Sunday. The event will be held May 9 with likely similar setup and timing.
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Lebanon
Warren County Fairgrounds
Besselink Wins Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas
Al Besselink the Dizzy Dean of Golf claims first prize at Desert Inn in Las Vegas with an eight under 280 for 10 000 in silver dollars. He edges Chandler Harper by one stroke in the 35 000 event as Middlecoff Worsham and Kroll fade.
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Las Vegas
Nev
al Besselink
Chandler Harper
Besselink
Dizzy Dean
Bank
Desert Inn Country Club
Harper
Cary Middlecoff
Lew Worsham
Ted Kroll
Earl Stewart Jr
Kroll
Stewart
Middlecoff
Worsham
Bragg Dominates Penn Relays With Sprint Feats
Art Bragg of Morgan State shines at the 59th Penn Relays. He anchors Morgan State to 440 yard relay victory in 41.7 seconds and anchors the 880 yard relay for a 1:26.3 win. He then wins the 100 meter dash in 9.7 seconds despite gusty wind.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Art Bragg
Bragg
Morgan State
America
Franklin Field
University of Michigan
Roland Nilsson
Michigan
John Ross
Enny Truex
Ohio State
Finland
Dennis Johansson
Georgetown Hoyas Dominate Drake Relays In Rain
Georgetown defeated Kansas in the four mile and distance medley relays at Drake Relays as Illinois led with three university relay wins and three seconds. Joe McNulty earned Most Outstanding for his hurdles and relays, while Darren Hooper of Texas A&M set a Drake mark with a 55 feet 4 1/2 inch shot put.
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Drake
Georgetown
Illinois
University of Kansas
Hoyas
Kansas
Wes Santee
Charlie Capozzoli
Santee
Joe McNulty
Darren Hooper
Hooper
Texas A & M
Louisville Takes Association Lead
Louisville climbed atop the American Association standings with a 9-5 win over Kansas City as Indianapolis split with Toledo. Dave Popes homered twice for Toledo in the nightcap while Paul Ram bone hit a grand slam. Columbus swept Charleston 11-6 then lost to the Senators 7-3. Minneapolis beat St Paul 5-3 behind Harry Nichol.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Toledo
Colonels
Harry Schaeffer
Indianapolis’ Indians
Dave Pope
Sox
Paul Rambone
Columbus
Charleston
Senators
Minneapolis
Harry Nicholas
St. Paul Saints
Schedule Roundup for American League in Sapa Wyoming
A partial American League schedule lists results from Sundays games with Washington 5 New York 4 and Chicago 2 3 St Louis 7 0. Tuesdays games feature New York at St Louis 8 30 p m Washington at Chicago 1 30 p m Boston at Detroit 2 p m and Philadelphia at Cleveland 7 15 p m.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Iain Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Pd. G.B .Cleveland
Philadelphia Oston
Weatherman Tops Cincinnati Again in Washout
MILWAUKEE The weather man won another game from the Cincinnati Redlegs Sunday as their twin bill with the Milwaukee Braves was washed out. The Redlegs have played six of 13 scheduled games and no game is on the slate for today. They head to Brooklyn Tuesday for a three game series with the Dodgers.
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Weatherman
Cincinnati Redlegs
Milwaukee Braves
Redlegs
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Midwest Teams In ABC Spotlight
Midwest teams take center stage in the ABC tournament as the 93day grind nears its final four weeks. Henry Motors of Michigan City Indiana leads with the top average while Madison Wisconsin sends four teams averaging 945 or better. Booster standings unchanged since April 9.
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Chicago
Henry Motors
Michigan City
Ind
Madison
Wis
Quakers Leading NL After Eighth Straight Victory
AP Sportswriter notes Robin Roberts leading Philadelphia Phillies as they run eight straight wins into a strong home stand. Mentions Curt Simmons Karl Drews Jim Konstanty and potential near 30-win season while outlining results against New York Brooklyn and Pittsburgh and other league games including Feller Lemon Busby and Celtics—wait Sox.
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Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
Roberts
Curt Simmons
Karl Drews
Jim Konstanty
Robin
Steve O'Neill
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Drews
Willie Jones
George Shuba
Carl Furillo
New York Giants
Billy Lees
Giants
Bill Serena
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Feller
Detroit
Lemon
Tribe
St. Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
Browns
Bob Elliott
Joe Dobson
Mike Blyzka
Philadelphia A’s
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Indians sweep Tigers as Lopez uses two platoons
Cleveland manager Al Lopez employs a two platoon outfield against Detroit, yielding a doubleheader sweep to take first in the AL. Bob Kennedy drives in two runs in the 2-1 opener, while Harry Simpson hits a three run homer in the nightcap as Bob Lemon earns his third straight win. Ned Garver injures his knee and Mike Garcia is slated to start vs Philadelphia.
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Cleveland
al Lopez
Casey Stengel
Yankees
Lopez
Tigers
Indians
Ol’ Casey
Jim Lemon
Bob Kennedy
Bobby Shantz
Athletics
Kennedy
Lemon
Harry Simpson
Bob Feller
Simpson
al Rosen
Bob Lemon
Mike Garcia
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