Red Sox ride Williams power against shift era, look to July
Ted Williams leads Boston as he adapts to the Boudreau Shift, hitting line drives to left and homering there. Boston, 17 of 22 and nine of last 11, climbs from flop to potential pennant contender while Yankees fear a Williams fueled surge toward a 400 season.
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Yankees Open Strong With 7-0 Win Over Red Sox
Manager Bucky Harris projected the Yankees to win the American League flag after a 7-0 victory over the Red Sox on the anniversary of last year’s 19 game win streak. Ed P. and Ted Williams contributed offensive highlights as other league results shifted standings across the pennant race.
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Thomson Stranahan Lead U S Niblickers Into British Open
Thomson and Stranahan led nine Americans into the British Open medal play at Muirfield as 97 advanced from the 36 hole qualifying round. Henry Cotton led the day with 69s for 138, while De Vicenza and Daly stood at 140 for the next spots.
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Duff to Compete Despite Foot Injury at Nationals
Lloyd Duff, Ohio State University track captain, will compete in the national track championships in Milwaukee this weekend despite a foot injury that cost him Olympic decathlon qualification. The Lakewood runner trained at Lakewood High School yesterday.
Knights of Pythias trounce A J Ryan 10 1 in Knothole play
Unbeaten Knights of Pythias jump to a five run first inning and defeat A J Ryan 10 1 at Goldman Park. Johnson hits a homer and Bobby Rock allows four hits for the Knights while J Day loses. Trenton beats Holy Trinity 5 1 as Little Jimmy Woodrey fires a three hitter. Ratliff and Helsinger pace Trenton with two hits each. Class AA games were rained out.
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Dorenbusch
Rain Cancels Night Softball League Games Across Town
Heavy rains wiped out last night's softball program on local diamonds. The Industrial League second round is delayed a week while Old Star League games are rescheduled. Ohio National Guard faces Police in a league contest tonight. Steelettes meet Cooties at Armco East Side. Interstate plays AEIF at Barnitz. All games start at 6 30 p.m.
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Indians Beat Tigers 6-2 Behind Feller Despite Slump
Bobby Feller pitched effectively as the Cleveland Indians snapped a batting drought with 11 hits and six runs to defeat Detroit 6-2. Lou Boudreau led the attack with three hits and a two run homer, while Hal Newhouser took the loss for Detroit. Jim Hegan homered for Cleveland after the Tigers' runs came in the third and ninth. The win moved Cleveland one game ahead of New York and Philadelphia in the pennant race. Bob Lemon seeks his 11th win against Art Houtteman tonight.
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Baseball Scores From Major Leagues and Leagues
American League results Cleveland 6 Detroit 2 New York 7 Boston 0 Washington 5 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 4 St Louis 1 National League Chicago 3 St Louis 1 New York 11 Boston 3 Philadelphia 2 Brooklyn 1 Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 5 14 innings American Association Minneapolis 5 Louisville 4 Indianapolis 18 Kansas City 7 Ohio Indiana League Portsmouth 12 Lima 0 5 innings rain Other games postponed.
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Evening Pro Baseball Pairings Across Rival Cities
The schedule lists nine night games featuring Chicago against St. Louis and St. Louis against Chicago, Washington versus Philadelphia, Boston versus New York, Cleveland versus Detroit, New York visiting Boston, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh versus Cincinnati, with St. Louis traveling to Chicago.
Boxing results from Seattle Chicago and Brooklyn bouts
In Seattle Joey Maxim outpointed Bill Peterson in a 10 round bout. In Chicago Bob Satterfield KO'd Billy Smith. In Brooklyn Joey Carbido and Willie Beltram fought to a draw after 8 rounds.
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Cleveland
Bill Peterson
Chicago
Bob Satterfield
Billy Smith
Oakland
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Brooklyn
Joey Carbido
Youngstown
Willie Beltram
New York
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Ezz to Meet Bivins in Elimination Bout
In the race to crown Louis successor, Ezeard Charities agreed to fight Jimmy Bivins in Washington on August 2. Promoter Jack Solomons plans to be part of a series to decide the new champion. Louis remains away golfing, headed to French Lick, Ind., for vacation.
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Reds Win 14 Inning Reds-Cin Game 6-5
In a marathon 14 inning clash the Reds outlast the Pirates 6 to 5. Raffensberger earned the win while Singleton took the loss as both teams combine for 23,233 in attendance at the game with late homer by Wyrostek and Baumholtz and a 14th inning scoring burst deciding the outcome.
Rain Curtails Action In Junior Net Tourney
Rain halted play at the City Junior Tennis Championship sponsored by Middletown Tennis Club. Only one match finished as Bob Leasure moved to the Boys singles semi finals with a 6 4 6 0 victory over Roy Davidson. Lyons and Sebald lead in juniors doubles with final matches and several girls events still ongoing. Covington Davis Cup squad led by Bud Sigel visits Thursday for a meet with Middletown on Verity courts. Paul Lanson captains Middletown with Lyons Murray Driscoll Crowley Sebald Grier on the roster.
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Judy Kendall
Susan Hagen
Sue Harvey
Maria Jung
Nancy Benadum
Betty Roush
Betty Lanson
Nancy Myers
Nancy Cox
Jane Corner
Joann Whitley
Cox
Covington
Bud Sigel
Igel
Ohio
Bragan Named Fort Worth Manager Of Cats
Bobby Bragan veteran catcher was named manager of the Ft. Worth Cats in the Texas League replacing Les Burge who was fired after a long slump. Bragan is in his eleventh pro year with time in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Dodgers owns Ft. Worth and obtained waivers from the league. Canton to Host National Slovak Catholic Sokol Gymnastic Meet expected by about 12 000 attendees from 10 states and two Canadian provinces.
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Weld Shoptakes early lead with 13 8 win over Electrical Construction
Weld Shop beat Electrical Construction 13 8 to seize first in the Arm co Maintenance Shops League at East Side diamonds. Billy Mount earned his eighth win. G Huber and C Fry homered for the Weld Shop as Duff took the loss. Electric Shop defeated Roundhouse 14 6 in the other rain shortened game.
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Newcomer Mike Perrotti Signs with Los Angeles Dons
Mike Perrotti a 240 pound tackle from the University of Cincinnati signed yesterday with the Los Angeles Dons of the All America Conference. The 25 year old lineman also played with Ohio State before entering the service and switching to U C.
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Schultz' Blow Ends Marathon Against Bucs
Cincinnati Reds rally in the 14th on Howie Schultz’s pinch hit to score Ted Kluszewski for a 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3 hour 55 minute game. Dixie Walker’s three run pinch homer put Pitt ahead in the ninth before Kluszewski and Wyrostek with Baumholtz tied it. Umpire Bill Stewart ejected Billy Meyer and three Pirates for arguing at home plate.
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Max West
Mulloy Rates Favored Role At Wimbledon
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami and John Bromwich of Australia are favored to reach finals in the Wimbledon championships though top seeds Parker and Brown fell from the semi final fold. Mulloy faces Bob Falkenburg and Bromwich meets Josef Asboth as the women’s side advances with Osborne DuPont, Doris Hart, Pat Canning Todd and Louise Brough progressing while Shirley Fry injured.
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Doris Hart
Nellie Landry
France
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la Jolla
Jean Quertier
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Shirley Fry
Akron
Phillies Start Three Day Baseball Trial School
The Philadelphia Phillies open a three day baseball trial school here under the direction of scout Eddie Krajnik of Cleveland.
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