Wynn Dominates Red Sox To Put Indians In First
Tricky pitcher Early Wynn hurled a four hit shutout over Boston as the Indians moved to first place in the American League. Cleveland plated five runs while limiting the Red Sox to 0 earned runs and 11 hits. Kell supplied Boston’s lone solid hit with a first inning double.
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Argentine Tops At Ardmore Open In First Round
Roberto DeVincenzo of Argentina shot a 65 on a gifted putter to lead the Ardmore Open at Cerrick Hills. Al Besselink was two strokes back with 67, while other scores ranged into the high 60s and 70s among 140 players.
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Wasiluk Stern Deliver Circuit Blows For Spal
Hot Springs Bathers beat Monroe Sports 4 to 3 in the opener as Joe Stern belted a eighth inning homer breaking a 3-3 tie. Fred Wasiluk and George Andrews produced early hits, while Marvin Hatcher pitched six strong for Monroe and Jim Hogan gained his fifth win with help from Ben Day in relief.
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Miksis Hometown Hero Sparks Cubs Past Giants 3 1
Eddie Miksis belted a two run homer for Chicago off Dave Koslo in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and hand the Giants their seventh loss on the road. Paul Minner earned his first career win over New York in his season fifth victory, while Koslo took the loss after eight hits. The Cubs moved within three games of the Dodgers, who beat Pittsburgh 2-0.
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Barons down Vols as Racley belts three run homer
Mary Racley hit a three run homer in the seventh to lift Birmingham past Nashville 4 to 2. Kennedy Bennett Uber and Novotney played for Birmingham while Sadow ski Adair Modica served for Nashville.
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Preliminary results of Walcott Charles title card
In Philadelphia on June 6 preliminary bouts for the Walcott Charles heavyweight championship concluded with Georgie Benton of Philadelphia stopping Jackie Burke of Pittsburgh in 47 seconds of the last round. Oakland Billy Smith of Oakland defeated Julian Keene of Washington in 24 seconds of the fourth round. Joey Giardella of Philadelphia outpointed Roy Weathers of Montreal in six rounds.
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Baseball and League Scores From Multiple Circuits
Scores from Cotton States Meridian Greenville Hot Springs Monroe El Dorado Pine Bluff Greenwood Natchez. National League Chicago New York Cincinnati Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston St Louis. American League New York Chicago Cleveland Boston Detroit Philadelphia. Southern Association Chattanooga Atlanta Mobile Little Rock Birmingham Nashville Memphis New Orleans. Texas League Fort Worth Houston Beaumont Tulsa Oklahoma City Shreveport Dallas San Antonio rain. Evangeline Baton Rouge Crowley Lafayette Houma Thibodaux Alexandria New Iberia Abbeville.
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Cubs Open Season Against Yanks in Upcoming Tilt
The Cubs face the Yankees in a marquee matchup as baseball action returns with another day of games. Also on the schedule the Tigers meet the Reds in a midweek clash, highlighting must-see early season showdowns.
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Hunt and Whitaker Expose Ruston Ramblers Tonight
Delta League leaders Hunt and Whitaker Sports of Monroe travel to Ruston for an exhibition against the Ruston Ramblers of the Big Eight. Manager Johnny Myers’ team has won two in a row, beating Calhoun 3 to 1 on three-hit pitching by Earl Estes and taking Bastrop 10 to 8 in ten innings.
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Monroe Juniors Defeat Jonesboro 7-1 in District Showdown
The Monroe American Legion Junior baseball team, unbeaten in the Fifth District, won their seventh game of the season 7-1 against Jonesboro Juniors. A five run sixth inning sparked by Guy Gannaway’s three run triple broke the game open after a tight five innings pitched by Moore and Barham.
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Chicago Promoter Fined for Stadium Crowding
Chicago promoter Arthur Wirtz and the Chicago Stadium were fined $200 in municipal court for over crowding during the Ray Robinson Rocky Graziano fight on April 16. The bout drew 21,146 paid admissions and 1,118 passes, exceeding the 20,100 fire code capacity. Wirtz plans to appeal, with an appeal bond set at $300.
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Meridian Mills topple Bucks in opening game
Meridian Mills beat Greenville Bucks 5 to 1 to open the Cotton States League series in Greenville Mississippi. Meridian tallied two runs in the first inning on hits from Gene Pompelia and Tommy Davis with a double steal, while Bryant Langford allowed two runs in relief. Greenville scored its lone run in the first on a walk, two infield outs, and Rosie Cantrell’s single before Langford was lifted. Umpire Behrens ejected Greenville manager Harry Chozen in the seventh.
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United Gas 11 Olcott Stone 2 in Little League
United Gas won 11 to 2 over Olcott Stone in yesterday’s Little League game. Cage and Gallien starred for United Gas with two hits each. Davis Britt and Lowery led Olcott Stone with two hits apiece.
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Ward Skips French Amateur as 85 Golfers Open
Harvie Wood of Tarboro North Carolina absent from the French Amateur championship in Morfontaine near Paris as 85 players including 18 Americans begin play. Defending US champion Bobby Knowles leads a strong American contingent with Dick Chapman and Billy Maxwell among entrants. Play starts Friday at 7 20 a m GMT with a 36 hole final set for Monday.
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11 Year Old Sandletter Killed In Baseball Game
An 11 year old boy, Roland Tiefenbrunn of Shrewsbury, was killed in a sandlot baseball game when struck in the chest by a ball glanced off a glove. He collapsed after a throw to third base and died about 40 minutes later at a hospital.
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