June sports memories and milestone dates recounted
A reader notes anniversaries across baseball and boxing history, recalling Rogers Hornsby’s 1920s reign, Citations mile record, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries and Cooperstown, Abner Doubleday, the Reds’ 1870 payroll, Billy Conn vs Louis, Lou Gehrig ALS onset, and Joe Louis’ 1937 first heavyweight title win.
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Jim Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Cooperstown
N. Y
Hall of Fame
Abner Doubleday
Brooklyn Atlantics
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Billy Conn
Conn
Joe Louis
Louis
Red Grange Turns Fifty on Friday the 13th
The note recalls Red Grange reaching 50 on the Friday the 13th birthday. It mentions his 50th birthday set amid past feats, notes USC sprinter Mel Patton's 1947 100 yard speed, and reflects on enduring sports attendance records and historical bouts in Paris and Chicago. It blends several veteran athletic feats with a birthday milestone.
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Lawson Little
San Antonio
George Gore
Chicago
Ty Cobb
Jack Johnson
Frank Moran
Paris
Johnson
Georges Carpentier
Joe Louis
Tony Galento
Tony
Red Grange
USC
Mel Patton
Illinois Western Michigan to contest NCAA district title
Champaign Illinois hosts a best of three series starting Wednesday for the NCAA District No baseball crown. Illinois earned a playoff spot by edging Ohio University 3 2 after losing the opener 13 7 while Western Michigan punched its ticket by beating Wisconsin. The winner advances to the national tournament in Omaha in June.
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Champaign
Ill
Witnois
Western Michigan
Mid-America
Ilinois
Ohio University
Inois
Wisconsin
Omaha
Women's Golf Finals Set Back by Weather Postponement
The top women golfers at the 17,000 continental golf tournament were forced to postpone the final round due to heavy rain at the course in Great Neck New York. Betsy Rawls of Austin Texas leads as the action is rescheduled for tomorrow.
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Great Neck
N.Y
Betsy Rawls
Austin
Tex
Saddler Routs Prado in Buenos Aires Non Title Bout
Featherweight champion Sandy Saddler stops Alfredo Prado of Argentina in the fourth round of a ten round non title bout in Buenos Aires. The bout is reported as part of a retrospective on past fights.
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Associated Press Today
Sandy Saddler
Alfredo Prado
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Enid Wilson
Purvis Montgomery
Jackie Jensen Stars as Senators Sweep Detroit Doubleheader
Washington right fielder Jackie Jensen played both games of yesterday's doubleheader against Detroit without a fielding chance. The Senators won decisively, showing strong offense and solid defense in the twin bill.
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Washington
Jackie Jensen
Washington Senators
Detroit
National Open Champion Leads By Nine Strokes
The event shows a national open champion holding a nine stroke lead over Jameson of San Antonio, with scores reaching 512 to 521 as the standout round unfolds.
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Me Jameson
San Antonio
Brooks Regain Lead As Kinder Stays Hot In Relief
The Associated Press reports Brooklyn back in NL lead while Boston eyes Kinder. Ellis Kinder earned his 18th straight win over the White Sox in relief as Boston pulled within one game of Cleveland after a 3-2 victory. Koslo and Slaughter sparked St Louis past the Giants, and Brooklyn overtook the Giants with a 3-2 win. The Braves beat Cincinnati 9-4 in Grimm’s first win, while Ralph Kiner homered twice as Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 2-1. In the AL Washington split with Detroit in a DH, rain wiped out more games.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Boston Red Sox
Ellis Kinder
Boston
Cleveland Indians
Kinder
Chicago
White Sox
Tennessean
U S Grads Lead U S Olympic Track Prospects
New York report from Berkeley notes America's top college performers and graduates point to Olympic team spots for Helsinki. Highlighted are James Galliday Northwestern 100 yards :09.5, Stacey Siders Illinois 880 in 1:51.2, Walt Davis Texas A&M high jump 6 ft 9 3⁄4 in, plus Navy javelin and Manhattan 440 results.
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New York
America
Berkeley
Calif
Helsinki
United States
Russia
Manhattan
I.C.A
Gilbert Borjeson
Brown
Bob Allison
Navy
Dick Maiocco
Jim Gerhardt
Rice
Warren Creutzler
Michigan State
1 500 Shooting For 121 Berths In National Open
In New York more than 1,500 hopefuls enter the United States Open qualifying rounds. A total of 121 players will earn spots in the field for the main championship at Northwood Club in Dallas. Exemptions account for 31 places, leaving many competitors to vie for a few openings. The St. Louis district provides the most berths with 19.
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New York
Northwood
Dallas
Tex
Walter Nagorski
Alex Kong
Honolulu
U.S
P.G.A
Buckeyes Finish Ninth in Big Ten Tennis
Buckeyes place ninth at the Big Ten championships held at Northwestern University. Indiana won the title with five singles wins and one doubles, totaling 70 points. Other top finishers include Michigan State 56, Iowa 33, Northwestern 24, Michigan 20, Illinois 18, Purdue 13, Wisconsin 8, Minnesota 2.
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Evanston
Ill
Ohio State University
Northwestern University
Indiana University
Michigan State
Iowa
Northwestern
Michigan
Ilinois
Purdue
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Minnesota
Kiner Hits Seventh Homer of Season in Nightcap
Ralph Kiner belted a game winning homer off Philadelphia pitcher Karl Drews in last night’s nightcap, marking his seventh of the season and sixth against right handers for the Pirates.
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Kiner
Pittsburgh
Ralph Kiner
Philadelphia
Karl Drews
Weekend Golfers Beat Hogan in National Open Day
New York reports 7,511 of 55,105 players beat Ben Hogan's 71 with handicaps or better scores during National Golf Day. Notables like John Haine 74 plus 14 handicap, eight year old Diane Wilson 69 net, and General Omar Bradley 74 net showcased wide participation to fund National Golf and US.C. efforts.
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New York
Ben Hogan
Hogan
Northwood
Dallas
Mighty Mite
Texas
Assoociation
Life Magazine
National Golf
Us.c
John Haine
Tres Pinos
Calif
Diane Wilson
Kansas City
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Andy Lowrd
Detroit Keglers Shine at WIBC despite strong field
Detroit bowlers posted top performances in St Louis as Mariam Gorman totaled 649 in singles for sixth place. The five-woman team from Detroit placed sixth in Class A with 2,705 pins, while Lorene Craig of Kansas City led singles with 672 and Cole Furniture of Cleveland led teams with 2,854.
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ST. Louis
Detroit
Mariam Gorman
Precision Springs
Lorene Craig
Kansas City
Cole Furniture
Cleveland
Flock wins Fort Miami stock car race in Hudson Hornet
Tim Flock drove a 1952 Hudson Hornet 100 miles in 1 hour 55 minutes 46.75 seconds to win the Grand National stock car race at Fort Miami Raceway. His average speed on the half mile track was 61 mph.
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Toledo
Tim Flock
Fort Miami Raceway
Russell Wins State Hard Court Crown
Joey Russell of Cleveland a 21 year old Western Reserve University senior captured the Ohio hard court tennis title by defeating Dick Lincoln of Ann Arbor Michigan 6 3 6 2 in the final. In doubles Harper Ink Jr Canton city tennis champion and Bob Nihousen Akron beat Lincoln and Dick Livesay 3 6 6 3 8 6.
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Canton, O.P
Joey Russel
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Ohio
Dick Lincoln
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harper Ink Jr
Canton City
Bob Nihousen
Akron
Lincoln
Dick Livesay
Schedule and results for baseball games
Today's schedule shows Cleveland at New York Chicago at Boston St Louis at Philadelphia and Detroit at Washington night games. Sunday's results include Washington 4 Detroit 3 Boston 3 Chicago 2 and Cleveland at New York rained out. Tuesday's slate has St Louis at Washington Detroit at Philadelphia Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston with all night games. Brooklyn at Chicago New York at St Louis and Boston at Cincinnati also listed with night start times. Current standings show St Louis 8-8 and New York 7-2. Second game length 7 innings with darkness noted. Brooklyn 3 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 1 4 Boston 0 9 Philadelphia 5 1 Pittsburgh 1 2.
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Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Walcott Aims to Lose Weight Before Philadelpia Title Bout
Atlantic City NJ heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott is one pound over his target weight for the title defense against Evrard Charles at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia. He plans a workout today under the eyes of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission. Nearby in Pleasantville Charles completes his final sparring session ahead of the bout.
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Joe Walcott
Philadelphia
Municipal Stadium
Evrard Charles
Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
Pleasantville
Charles
Pirates Rally For Second Game Win On Castiglione Tie
Pete Castiglione and Ralph Kiner sparked a Pirates comeback against the Phillies with a ninth inning homer to tie 1-1 and Kiner hit his seventh homer of the season for a 2-1 victory in the nightcap after Philadelphia won the opener 5-1. Ken Raffensberger pitched a 4 to 1 win for the Reds over Vern Bickford of the Braves in a separate 1-4 duel.
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Gerry Staley
Brooklyn
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Gil Hodges
Boston Braves
Char
Pete Castiglione
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Castiglione
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Phillies
Ken Raffensberger
Reds
Vern Bickford
Braves
Cincinnati
Boston Bats
Frank Hiller
Harry Perkowski
Herm Wehmeier
Joe Nuxhall
Frank Smith
Beantown
Old Professor Twin On The Mound Would Help Reds
In Cincinnati Ken Raffensberger notches his seventh win as Boston defeats the Reds 9-4 in the nightcap after an opening 1-0 loss. Warren Spahn shines until late, Ed Mathews hits his eighth homer, and Bubba Church is slated to start for Cincinnati next.
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Cincinnati
Ken Roffensberger
Iron Man
Boston
Cincinnati Reds
Bob Borkowski
Bobby Adams
Grady Hatton
Andy Seminick
Braves
Warren Spahn
Hiller
Ed Mathews
Spahn
Bubba Church
Philadelphia
Max Sarkent
Three Qualify As Olympic Walkers
NEW YORK two New Yorkers and a University of California student will represent the United States in the Olympic 10 000 meter walk at Helsinki. Henry H Laskau 35 year old exporter topped the qualifiers yesterday when he won the National AAU 10 000 meter title for the sixth straight year. Competing in a steady rain Laskau was timed in 47 minutes 53 4 seconds. Frank L LaMote of the Island Harriers was second 50 13 and Price King Jr Uni of California third in Laskau also was a member of the 1948 team.
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New York
University of California
United States
Helsinki
Henry H. Laskau
Laskau
Frank L. LaMote
Island
Nazaruk Wins Dayton Sprint Car Feature
Mike Nazaruk of East Meadow New York driving a McNamara Special won the AAA sprint car race at Dayton Speedway on Sunday. His 30 lap time around the half mile track was 11 minutes 0.792 seconds, finishing 15 car lengths ahead of Joey Adams of Van Nuys California, also in a McNamara Special.
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Payton
Mike Nazaruk
East Meadow
McNamara
Dayton Speedway
Nazaruk
Joey Adams
van Nuys
Calif
Slump Cure Is Over Easter Back At First
New York Big Luke Easter returns to the Cleveland lineup today to face the New York Yankees after a brief rest for his hitting slump. Manager Al Lopez hopes the rest restores his power as in past Junes, while rain has postponed two games in the series and Casey Stengel adjusts pitching plans with Allie Reynolds slated to start against Bob Lemon.
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New York
Luke Easter
Cleveland
New York Yankees
al Lopez
Luke
Lopez
Yankee
Casey Stengel
Allie Reynolds
New Yorkers
Bob Lemeon
Europan Exile Aims for Wimbledon Crown
Jaroslav Drobny, Continent's top player, set his Wimbledon sights after beating Frank Sedgman 6-2 6-0 3-6 6-4 in the French International Championship final. Drobny, exiled from Czechoslovakia, won his second straight title there. Doris Hart beat Shirley Fry 6-4 6-4 to claim the women's crown.
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Paris
Jaroslav Drobny
Egonies Im
Drobny
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
Frank Sedgman
Sedgman
Sit
Doris Hart
Jacksonville
Fla
Shirley Fry
Akron
Local Courtmen Defeat Hamilton in Tennis Clash
Middletown Tennis Club men defeated Hamilton yesterday at Verity Courts taking two singles matches and one doubles. Dick Lyons lost to Jim Johnson 7 5 1 6 2 6. Ruey Shetter won 6 1 6 4 over Bob Kinch. Don Hackney beat Fred Weinman 3 6 6 3 6 2. Shetter and Roy Davidson won the doubles 7 5 6 4. Hackney and Ed Dorner lost 8 6 3 4 6 4.
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Middletown Tennis Club
Hamilton
Verity Courts
Dick Lyons
Middletown
Jim Johnson
Ruey Shetter
Bob Kinch
Don Hackney
Fred Weinman
Shetter
Roy Davidson
Kinch
Ray Kupper
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