Centralia Zeros Beat Mt Vernon 5-1 In Mississippi Valley League
Centralia wins 5-1 over Mt Vernon at Fans Field as Lee Tunnison shuts down the Kings on three hits. Hawley and Karg contribute for Centralia with timely hits and an insurance rally in the sixth. Mt Vernon’s Hawley collects a single and Fichtel adds a triple for the visitors.
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Moline Cage Coach Resigns Amid High School Changes
Associated Press reports Moline high school basketball coach Norm Ziebell resigned to accept the roles of assistant principal and dean of boys at Calvin Coolidge High School. In three seasons at Moline his teams won 60 and lost ???.
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Baseball schedule feature with multiple matchups
Cincinnati hosts New York at 11 30 Ramsdell versus Kennedy St Louis visits Brooklyn at 11 30 Staley against Branca Chicago plays Philadelphia at 6 00 Schultz versus Thompson Pittsburgh vs Boston with Queen or Dickson facing Spahn at 6 30.
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Staley
Branca
Chicago
Philadelphia
Schultz
Thompson
Pittsburgh
Boston
Queen
Dickson
Spahn
Night baseball scores from Brooklyn to Cincinnati
Results show Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 2. Pittsburgh 8, Boston 0 at night. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2. New York 3, Cincinnati 2 with multiple games reported.
Pittsburgh at Boston noon game details
Pittsburgh and Boston duel at 12 noon with timing cues. Chicago visits Philadelphia for a 12 noon start.
Wednesday's Schedule and Probable Pitchers
Baseball day brings New York at St Louis at 7 30 with Ostrowski 2 1 facing Suciecki 0 1 Boston at Detroit 1 30 p m Taylor 4 3 opposed by Cain 2 4 Washington at Chicago 12 30 Marrero 6 1 vs Holcombe 2 Rotblatt 3 1 Philadelphia at Cleveland 6 30 Kellner 3 3 against Chakales
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St. Louis
Ostrowski
Suciecki
Boston
Detroit
Taylor
Cain
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Tuesday Baseball Scorecard Highlights Across Leagues
New York defeats Cleveland 8 to 2 while Detroit blanked Washington 4 to 0. Chicago overwhelmed Boston 10 to 2 and St. Louis routed Philadelphia 10 to 1 in Tuesday games.
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Cleveland
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Washington
Chicago
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Basketball Schedule Fragment 7:30 P.M. Matchups
Philadelphia at Cleveland 6:30 p.m. Detroit hosts Boston at 7:30 p.m. The fragment lists two NBA games with times but lacks dates or venues. It shows the Eastern Conference pairings and a Western Conference pairing, reflecting a standard evening slate.
Morton grad leads to state finals and coaching start
The subject played in 25 games and advanced to the state finals at Champaign twice, won two state titles at Morton High School in Cicero, then moved to Moline. He began his coaching career in Rockford.
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Old Reliable Garver Wins For Browns
Manager Zack Taylor of the St. Louis Browns relied on Ned Garver to anchor the rotation. Garver hurled a four hitting gem at Sportsman's Park as St. Louis crushed the Philadelphia Athletics 10 to 1, backing the ace with 16 hits and scoring in all but two innings.
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Browns
Sportsman’s Park
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis
Garver
Marty Marion Ready But Team Doesn't Need Him
Brooklyn June 6 Manager Marty Marion of the St. Louis Cardinals known as Mr Shortstop faces a dilemma as his knee heals and Stan RojeK star shortstop performs at .320. Marion doubts his place and plans an exhibition in Rochester next Monday night to prove himself.
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Marty
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Browns Host Yankees In Night Game At Sportsman's Park
The Browns face the New York Yankees at Sportsman's Park with Lefthander Joe Ostrowski likely starting for Cleveland against Jim Suchecki. In Brooklyn, the Dodgers beat the Cardinals 3-2 aided by Roy Campanella's ninth inning double after an error tied the game. Musial and Robinson had rough days as St Louis and Brooklyn prepare for today’s matchups.
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Howie Pollett
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George Munger
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Jackie Robinson
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Robinson
Gerald Staley
Cards
Brooklyn
Ralph Branca
Theater networks to televise Louis Savold fight nationwide
Major theater chains Fabian Loew's RKO and United Paramount plan to televise next Wednesday's Joe Louis versus Lee Savold bout from the Polo Grounds via coaxial cable to large screens in cities including Washington Baltimore Albany Cleveland and Chicago. Admission expected around $1.50 with up to 2,000 seats per venue. The venture aims to create a new revenue stream without hurting gate sales and signals a potential future expansion to hundreds of theatres nationwide.
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Twentieth Century Sporting Club
ONeill questions Chisox batting pace in Sox surge
Chicago June 6 manager Steve ONeill of the Red Sox doubted Chicago's batting pace after the White Sox swept four games, belting 49 hits and 29 runs. He credited their rise as good for baseball while warning Boston may not sustain the pace. Busby Minoso Fox Robinson Carasquel figures cited. Sox open series in Detroit.
Hays Hurls No-Hitter as Woodlawn and VFW Win
Billy Joe Hays pitched a near perfect no hitter as Woodlawn Roth Dairys blanked Bethel 10 to 1 in a junior league softball game at the city park. The VFW edged the Legion 8 to 6 in a senior tilt with Gene Henry tossing eight innings and Johnny Avant pacing Legion with a 3-for-4 day including a homer. The VFW trailed 4-0 before tying in the fourth and pulling away in the sixth with four runs on one hit, three walks and an error. Johnny Avant collected a single, triple, and homer in four plate appearances for Legion. Ernie Greene had three singles for VFW.
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British Ring Champions Fail to Shine at White City
At White City Stadium a 50,000 crowd saw Cesar Brion outpoint Jack Gardner in a wild 10 rounder while Randy Turpin needed seven rounds to stop Jackie Keough. Don Cockell scored the night’s best win by KO Nick Barone in the sixth, eyeing a world title shot as Maxim-era chatter swirled.
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White City Stadium
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Randy Turpin
Ray Robinson
Jackie Keough
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Gardner
Turpin
Keough
Tommy Little
Don Cockell
Nick Barone
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Cockell
Joey Maxim
Maxim
Ezzard Charles
Charles
Louis Regards Savold Bout as Comeback Step
Louis, at 37, treats next Wednesday's clash with Lee Savold as a step toward reclaiming the heavyweight title. A second Louis Charles bout is eyed for Detroit on September 12, with Jim Norris confirming. Louis vows a more aggressive style, predicting a short fight of five to six rounds.
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N. J
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Lee Savold
Ezzard Charles-Louis
Detroit
Jim Norris
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Charles
Savold
Joe
Robinson Signs For London Bout
Ray Sugar Robinson will defend his world middleweight title against Britain s Randolph Turpin in London on July 10 Promoter Jack Solomons announced Before meeting Turpin Robinson will fight Jan De Bruin of Holland in Antwerp on Sunday Jean Wal zach of France in Paris June 16 Henry Hecht in Berlin June 24 and Cyrille Delannoit of Belgium in Turin June 30
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Jack Solomons
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Ray
Jan de Bruin
Holland
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Jean Walzach
France
Henry Hecht
Berlin
Cyrille Delannoit
Belgium
Turin
White Sox Sweep Red Sox 4 Straight In Series
The Chicago White Sox defeated Boston 10-2 to complete a four game sweep, extending their season lead over the Yankees to 3.5 games. Boston had won 11 of 12 earlier but could not weather Chicago’s attack as Tim Redding and Andy Rutledge powered the offense while White Sox defense limited Red Sox scoring. The day also featured Ned Garver’s four hitter for the Browns and Gene Bearden’s shutout over Washington. The Dodgers and Giants also posted wins as standings tightened across the league.
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching
Batting leaders include Robinson of Brooklyn at .395 with 41 runs and 36 RBIs as Musial of St. Louis .377 with 38 RBIs. Hits by Ashburn of Philadelphia 68. Robinson 64. Doubles tied 13 by Metkovich and Kluszewski. triples led by Musial 5 with Baumholtz Dark Hamner at 4. Home runs Hodges 18. Westlake 14. Stolen bases Jethroe 8. Robinson 7. Pitching leaders show Maglie of the Mets at 92,818 decisions. Newcombe 70. Roe 50. Spahn 49.
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St. Louis
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Snider
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Metknevich
Pittsburgh
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Cincinnati
Baumholtz
Chicago
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New York
Hamner
Westlake
Jethroe
Boston
de Maglie
Newcombe
Cisions
Roe
Spahn
Baseball Leaders Show Chicago Boston Tie On Stars
Major stats from the season highlight Fox and Minoso of Chicago and Boston’s DiMaggio Williams and Robinson. Williams leads homers with 11 while DiMaggio adds 70 hits and Fox 59. Busby and Minoso pace steals and runs, with Lopat and Raschi atop pitching and strikeouts.
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Fain
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Noren
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Doan
Robinson
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Gumpert
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Gossett Signs with Tri City Blackhawks
Moline June 6 Bill Gossett a 6 foot 7 inch center from Colorado A and M has signed with the Tri City Blackhawks of the NBA He was the Hawks No 2 draft choice.
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Bill Gossett
Colorado A & M
Tri City Blackhawks
National Basketball Association
Hawk
Pirates rally, Westrum and Mays drive in runs in win
Maglie scored the decisive run in the eighth as Pittsburgh backed LaPalme with a 21 hit attack against Sain and three Boston relievers. The Pirates left 18 on base, tying a major league record set by the 1905 Pirates and later matched by others. The Cubs scored all runs in the fourth against Konstanty, with Fondy, Burgess, Sauer, and Parker producing the scoring punches.
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Boston
Pirates
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