Cornell Crowns IRA Regatta Sweep With Easy Victory
Cornell's patchwork varsity crew surprised with a clear win over Navy at Onondaga Lake to sweep the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. The freshmen and junior varsity also won, giving Cornell its fourth straight varsity three mile title and fifth straight team trophy.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Cornell
Big Red
Navy
Onondaga Lake
Stark Sanford
Cayuga
Cornellians
Washington
Johnny Meakem
Bloomfield
N.J
MIT
Sin
Columbia
Onondaga
Jim Ten Eyck
Sanford
Meakem
Princeton
Penn
Quakers
Olmedo and Douglas Reach NCAA Tennis Finals
South ern California star Alex Olmedo and Stanford's Jack Douglas advanced to the singles finals at the National Collegiate Championships in Annapolis. Olmedo defeated Art Andrews of Iowa 6 2 6 1 6 1, while Douglas beat Yale’s Donald Dell 6 3 6 3 6 4 and later teamed with Edward Atkinson to lead Stanford past Iowa in doubles.
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Annapolis
Southern California
Alex Olmedo
Jack Douglas
Stanford
West Coast
Olmedo
Art Andrews
Iowa
Douglas
Donald Dell
Yale
Tulane
Ron Holmberg
Edward Atkinson
Andrews
Bob Potthast
David Nelson
Southern Cal
Jim Buck
Edwardo Guzman
Sharpsburg Wins Diamond State Stakes at Delaware Park
Sharpsburg ridden by Nick Shuk rallied from behind in the final 50 yards to win the $24,750 Diamond State Stakes at rainy Delaware Park. The 5-year-old Alibhai chestnut clocked 1:45 1-5 for 1 1/16 miles, earning $17,325 to push year earnings to $61,982. Tick Tock, 118 pounds, settled second with Star Rover third as the crowd of 20,000 watched.
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Sharpsburg
Tick Tock
Irving Goshen
Star Rover
Local Little League Scores From Forsythe and Bernstein Parks
Weekly schedule shows Police versus Gay's 7 0 Friday's La Plumbing versus Van Trow 7 00 and Monroe Brick against United Gas 7 00 at Forsythe Park Also at Bernstein Park Lennon faces Friendly Finance while Twin City meets Lennon Lions plays KLIC and Friendly Finance meets Palace All games 7 0 KLIC climbs out of basement with a 10 9 win over Friendly Finance Panzico and Oglesby led the winners Hale paced losers Wilkerson and Earl were the winning battery over Bloomer and Rowell Northside League games were rained out.
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Monroe Brick
United Gas
Forsythe Park
Klic
Panzico
Oglesby
Hale
Wilkerson
Earl
Bloomer
Rowell
Noriside League
Van-Trow
Monroe
Louisiana
Gay's
Wonsett Pet
North Monroe Lions Peace Fat Friendly Finance Wee
the Palace
USGA announces sixth Women's Open entries at Bloomfield Hills
Entries total 29 professionals and 28 amateurs, third largest open field in the USGA Women’s Open history. At Forest Lake Country Club June 26 to 28, the event continues after USGA took over in 1953. The field lists most past champions, including Betsy Rawls and Babe Didrikson Zaharias not entered, with many top pros and notable amateurs. The format includes two 18 hole rounds on June 26 27, cutting to 40 low scorers for a 36 hole final on June 28.
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New York
U.S. Golf Assn
USGA
Winged Foot
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Betsy Rawls
Jackie Pung
Salem
Mass
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Zaharias
Miss Rawls
Fay Crocker
Uruguay
Kathy Cornelius
Patty Berg
Betty Jameson
Louise Suggs
Ohio
Anne Quast
Seattle
Paul Dye
Indianapolis
Judy Bell
Wichita
Kan
Phillies Giants Game Washed Out In Rain
The Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants game was rained out in the first inning with the Phillies at bat and two on with two outs. Jack Sanford pitched for Philadelphia and Johnny Antonelli for the Giants as play was halted and not resumed.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants
Phillies
Giants
Jack Sanford
Phils
Johnny Antonelli
Record Brown Trout Triples Size at Dale Hollow
The 6 year old brown trout from Dale Hollow Lake grew from 13.2 inches to 27.1 inches after a 1952 stocking of 100 browns with rainbows. George Langston caught the fish this spring, confirming unusually rapid growth in the tailwater habitat and offering a rare exception to stocking norms.
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George Langston
Dale Hollow Lake
Nashville
Tenn
Willie Muir
Loch Awe
Scotland
U.S
West Coast
Midwest
Tennessee
Obey
Dale Hollow
Langston
Mostly New Talent Opens Wimbledon 72nd Year
Wimbledon opens with a new cast led by young players as the 72nd championships begin at All England Club. Australians look strongest to win the men's singles while American women may continue a long winning streak with Althea Gibson favored for the title. Christine Truman poses a challenge to Gibson in the women's draw.
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Sterling Slappey
Wimbledon
England
Tilden
Cochet
America
Barry Mackay
Dayton
Ohio
United States
Ashley Cooper
Mal Anderson
Mervyn Rose
Neale Fraser
Albert Gibson
New York
Britain
Christine Truman
Althea Gibson
Gibson
Tennis Today and Tennis Past: Wimbledon’s Shifting Era
A survey of Wimbledon history notes Dick Savitt’s 1951 win and Lew Hoad’s late titles, with Seixas Trabert and Borotra now limited to select play. It highlights aging stars retirement, seed trends showing American decline, and current entries including Gibson Truman Bueno and Koermoeczy.
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Dick Savitt
Vic Grip
Seixas
Tony Trabert
Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
Trabert
Jaroslav Drobny
Budge Patty
Jean Borotra
Borotra
Miss Gibson
Margaret Osborne du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Osborne
Gibson
Miss Truman
Brazil
Marie Bueno
Bill Tilden
Henri Cochet
Maureen Connolly
Shirley Fry
Doris Hart
Louise Brough
Cooper
Australia
Anderson
Rose
Fraser
Luis Ayala
Chile
Kurt Nielsen
Denmark
Sven Davidson
Sweden
MacKay
Truman
Dorothy Knode
Forest Hills
N.Y
Bueno
Shirley Bloomer
Britain
Zsuzsa Koermoeczy
Hungary
Jenet Hopps
Seattle
Karol Fageros
Miami
America
Local Area Softball and Baseball Schedule Summary
A dense schedule lists H A and Oak Street games at 6 30 and 7 40 on Monday and multiple matchups across Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday between Southside Lions Trojans Hornets Booker T Foster New Town Oak Street and other teams. Baseball entries include Cardinals Giants Red Sox Freeman s Braves Drillers and West Monroe Shoe Shiners with 4 25 to 8 40 times and several intercity pairings.
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H&a
Oak Street
Southside
Lions Trojans
Hornets
Booker T
Foster
New Town
Cardinals
Freeman's
Giants
Drillers
Red Sox
Braves
Freeman
Rooker
Sterlington Hornets
Foster Homes
Fat John’s Trading Cardinals
Freeman Service Station
Dotson's Braves
Booker T. Giants
Dixie League Standings and Recap of Last Night Games
Dixie League standings show Ouachita National Bank leading with 6 wins and 2 losses followed by Central Savings Bank and Southern Equipment. In last night’s action Quachita Bank beat Central Bank 8 to 6 with Zarro going 4 for 4, Sims and Lewis the winning battery. Missouri Pacific edged Southern Equipment 7 to 6 as Pratt went 2 for 2 and Varino homered for Southern.
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Ouachita National Bank
Central Savings Bank
Southern Equipment
Missouri Pacific
Central
Ouachita
Southern
Zarro
Pace Quachita Bank
Central Bank
Sims
Lewis
Causey
Bass
McStravick
Marx
Oglesby
Pratt
Varino
Jones
Ross
Giants sign Mamaroneck pitcher Crillo for Hastings roster
Mamaroneck High School right hander John Crillo was signed by the San Francisco Giants on Saturday and assigned to the Hastings Nebraska State League team.
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Mamaroneck
N.Y
John Crillo
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Hastings
Neb
Bears Sign Ed Cooke to 1958 NFL Contract
The Chicago Bears announced the signing of end Ed Cooke for the 1958 NFL season. Cooke, 21, started for Maryland last year and was named 1957 Atlantic Coast Conference lineman of the year.
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Chicago
Chicago Bears
Ed Cooke
Cooke
Maryland
Canada names three to Davis Cup team for Cuba ties
Canada selects Bob Bedard of Quebec Don Fontana of Toronto and Paul Willey of Vancouver for the Davis Cup squad as Canada meets Cuba July 3 5 in Toronto Lorne Main of Montreal is captain and will play if needed.
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Bob Bedard
Quebec
Don Fontana
Toronto
Paul Willey
Vancouver
Canada
Cuba
Jack Spencer
Lorne Main
Montreal
Main
Sherbrooke
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Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
Wiscon
Stanton
Colbert’s Hardware & Sportsman's
Natchitoches West
Police
Plumbing
van Trow
Lennon
Twin City
Lions
Finance
Palace
Bernstein Park
FISE
Massey's Service Center
Jackson
Trenton
West Monroe
Dion Henderson
Associated Press
Squire
News-Star
Mator
Kiwanis
Spats
Lyon
North Monroe Lions
M.G.M. Insurance
Stacy
Roper
Morrison
Woo Pet
People’s Homestead
Monroe Glass
Dew Music
Fire Department
Knights of Pythias
Fire Dept
Dew
M.G.M
K Pu
Mark Brown
Kellogg Lumber
Monroe Lions
Wallace Paper
Wallace
Kellogg
Lo News-Star
Spatafora Drugs
Squire Shop
North Monroe Kiwanis
Mahr Poultry
Trojans
Oak St
Richwood Sportsman's Southside
Mollie's Sports DeSiard Shoe Shiners
Shoe Shiners
Richwood Vs. Sports
Sportman
Wolf Pack
Swayze St
H&a Ice Cream Jr
Southside Juniors
Carver Homes
Copacabana
Mondar
Cubs
H&a Jrs
Carver
BAA
Pioneer League
Staneeonee
Auto Parts CO
DeSiard
Pro Bears
Twin City Speedway
Natchitoches Street
Natchitoches Road
John C. Ensminger
St. Dial
Monroe, LA
State Farm Bank
State Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Bloomington, Mt
Cbs-Tv
Hart Schafpfaner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Tailors
Amee
Stetson
Fifth Avenue
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