Logsdon Goes Distance as Kings Beat Paris 4-1
Mt. Vernon Kings win fifth straight at Paris 4-1 to move within half a game of first division. Clyde Logsdon earned the complete game victory with six hits, six walks, and six strikeouts as Mt. Vernon bats produced runs on timely hits by Votruba Solorzano Reaugh and Swenson.
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Davey Parisotto
Don Sechler
Clyde Logsdon
St. Louisan
Lakers
Clyde
Mattoon Verona Centralia Tie In Pan-District Action
Last night’s high school baseball results show Paducah and Mt. Vernon posting mixed scores. Vincennes edged Centralia 68 to 69 in a tense late innings clash while Paris Patino and Schubert led Swenson with 11 innings of play, and Springfield topped Vincennes.
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Centralia
Wee
Frankfort Sone
Paducah
Kings Edge Mt. Vernon In Ninth Inning Rally
Mt. Vernon pitcher Carl Swenson allowed five safeties and struck out ten but loose fielding aided the Kings. Key moments included Votruba scoring on an error, Solorzano doubling, Brand singling, and a crucial pickoff by Patino. Logsdon and Votruba walked to spark the final rallies, with Swenson yielding the decisive run in the ninth. Benny Meyers highlighted Logsdon’s mound work and Patino’s pickoff.
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Zano
Brand
Mr. Vernon
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Reough
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Benny Meyers
Milinkov
Tonight's schedule features six high school games
Vernon travels to Vincennes while W Frankfort visits Mattoon Paducah plays Springfield and Centralia hosts Paris This compact listing notes the matchups and locations for the evening with no extra details.
Thursday’s Schedule Highlighted Matchups
Mt. Vernon travels to Vincennes while W. Frankfort visits Mattoon. Paducah plays Springfield and Centralia meets Paris in a regional schedule roundup.
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Vincennes
W. Frankfort
Mattoon
Paducah
Springfield
Centralia
Paris
Outsiders Favored as Merion Open Opens
Gene Sarazen and Craig Wood predicted a surprise winner at Merion in the 50th National Open. The field of 165 includes past champions and a strong crop of young players. The opening rounds start at 6 a.m. CST with 18 holes today and Friday, slicing the field to the low 50 and ties after 36 more holes on Saturday.
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Sam Snead
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Merion
Gene Sarazen
Craig Wood
Fort Worth
Wood
Sarazen
Eleis tand to Start Opener at Vincennes Tonight
Solorzano's hitting and Vo truba's base running set the tone as Meyers names Chuck Eleis tand to work the mound in the opener at Vincennes tonight. The Kings return to Vets Park Friday night after two games at Vincennes with Chuck Hawley's pagee-setting Indians providing the opposition.
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Votruba
Meyers
Chuck Eleistand
Vincennes
Kings
Vets Park
Chuck Hawley
Indians
London bout halts Woodcock as Savold stops him
Lee Savold, 192 pounds from Englewood New Jersey, stopped Bruce Woodcock of Doncaster England in the fourth round to claim the British European world heavyweight title in a London bout.
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Lee Savold
Englewood
N. J
Bruce Woodcock
Doncaster
England
Kings Host Ladies Day and Orchid Day Versus Springfield Giants
Mt. Vernon announces a Ladies Day Orchid promotion for June 1 as the Kings face the Springfield Giants twice. An afternoon game at 2 p.m. offers 10 cent admission for ladies with the first 500 receiving a corsage set of two Hawaiian orchids. a night game follows at 7 45 p.m.
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Vernon
Springfield Giants
Springfield
Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon plans deals amid five game win streak
Mt Vernon managers Benny Meyers and George Votruba pursue two right handed pitchers from Davenport Three-I League as the club seeks to capitalize on a five game run. Davenport GM W L Purnhage says the players Williams and Boston could be optioned to Mt Vernon with shared salary costs to seal a mid season deal.
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Benny Meyers
George Votruba
Davenport
Harry
Pete’ Lough
Williams
Boston
Kings
W. L. Purnhage
Union City
Tenn
Arnold to Join Kings After Road Trip Return
Lyndell Arnold Mt. Vernon outfielder will begin workouts with the Mt. Vernon club upon return from the road trip Friday. Though a rookie in organized ball, he has played for Mt. Vernon and Centralia in the M O Valley league and is noted as a strong fielder who has struggled to produce hits. He joins the Kings at Benny Meyers invitation.
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Mt. Vernon
Arnold
Centralia
Kings
Benny Meyers
Wakefield Homer Sparks Oaks in 6–2 Win over Sacramento
Dick Wakefield, former Yankee, slammed a solo homer with a man aboard in the eighth to spark Oakland to a 6–2 victory over Sacramento. It was Wakefield’s first complete game activity with the Oaks as he also moved into left field.
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New York Yankee
Oakland
Sacramento
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Kazak Leads Cardinals Past Phillies for 5-4 Win
Eddie Kazak filled in at third for the injured Glavine with a homer and two singles as St. Louis beat Philadelphia 5-4 at Sportsman's Park. Marty Marion slugged his fourth homer in four games at short. The win pulled the Cards into a first place tie with Brooklyn as Curt Simmons took the loss.
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Red Sox
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Harry Walker
Diering Is Out With Fractured Elbow for Cards
St Louis news: Chuck Diering, fleet center fielder, fractures his right elbow after colliding with the wall chasing a fly ball against Philadelphia at Sportsman’s Park. He left after four more innings. Cardinal injuries also include Tommy Glaviano with a sprained ankle, Joe Garagiola with a shoulder separation, plus Ted Wilks and Nippy Jones on the disabled list.
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Ted Wilks
Nippy Jones
Auto-Lites Snap Moose Victory in Softball Thriller
Auto-Lite Falcons topple the Moose 3-2 to end their six-game win streak and tie for first place. Art Webb started the scoring, Norman Murphy and Earl Yates added, Rusty Hilliard homered for Moose, and Don Glover and Chuck Sinks delivered the decisive two runs in the sixth. The Shoe Co. forfeited to the VFW, with a separate 6-4 exhibition win for Shoe Co.
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Fairmount Park Jockey Suspended for Betting Violations
Allen Shelton dominant jockey at Fairmount Park, eight wins, suspended for the balance of the meeting by Illinois Racing Commission for betting or accepting gifts. Trainers J Meier and Lee Hilton and groom Everett Noel also suspended after Kay Damion’s urine test showed procaine. the Kay Damion purse forfeited. Rulings promise immediate, severe action for violations at Fairmount Park.
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Allen Shelton
Fairmount Park
Illinois Racing Commission
Evansville
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Steward R. P. McAuliffe
State Commission
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St. Louis
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Everett Noel
Brookfield
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Lee Hilton
Lee Savold Wins British European World Heavyweight Title
London Lee Savold of Englewood New Jersey defeated Bruce Woodcock of England in four rounds to claim the British and European versions of the world heavyweight title. Torr wins Great Dykes purse at Delaware Park by Torr. Dauntedid captures Suffolk Downs main at Boston by a half length with 15.40 payout. Happy C leads Colonel the favorite by a length in Washington Park feature race.
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Lee Savold
Englewood
N. J
Bruce Woodcock
England
Stanton
Del
Torr
Delaware Park
Boston
Riley wins medal honors in Trans-Mississippi golf event
Poilly Riley of Fort Worth captured medal honors in the Women’s Trans Mississipp i Golf Tournament with a one over par 74 finishing ahead of rivals.
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Tex
Poilly Riley
Fort Worth
Bob Cousy Signs With Tri City Blackhawks
Buffalo New York June 7 Bob Cousy Holy Cross All American basketball player has signed a one year contract with the Tri City Blackhawks of the NBA He was the No 1 draft choice and initially said he would not play for the Moline Illinois club preferring to stay in the East After conferences he agreed to join Tri Cities executive director Ben Kerner announced the deal New Bedford Massachusetts Ted Lowry stopped Augustine Guedes in a boxing exchange in Palmerton Pennsylvania
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Savold Receives Major Bids for Next Bout
New York June 7 Lee Savold the newly crowned world heavyweight boxing champion of Britain and Europe has received glittering offers to fight Joe Louis Ezzard Charles or Jersey Joe Walcott. Abe Green commissioner of the National Boxing Association made public the bids from an unidentified promoter today I am empowered to speak for persons who will guarantee a bout and a purse fitting the champion’s status
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New York
Lee Savold
Britain
Europe
Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Abe Greene
National Boxing Association
Woodcock suffers decisive defeat at White City Stadium
British champion Bruce Woodcock is knocked out in four rounds by Lee Savold in a sold out White City Stadium bout for the British and European heavyweight title. Savold dominates with powerful left jabs and right hooks as Woodcock bleeds from a deep cut.
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Yorkshire
Lee Savveld
United States
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Jack Solomons
Savold Louis bout eyed as $350000 purse plan
Greene outlined a potential Savold Louis clash with a $350000 prize fund. Also discussed were Savold Charles at $175000 and Savold Walcott at $150000 with fighters deciding their own splits. Louis tours Canada for exhibitions while Charles is NBA world champion pending August medicals. Walcott fights Donny Rux in Cologne July 9. Walcott recently beat Hein Ten Hoff in Germany.
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Yesterday's Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
Yesterday results show New York 10 Pittsburgh 4 and Boston 8 Cincinnati 3 in the National League while Chicago 7 Brooklyn 6 went 10 innings. St Louis 5 Philadelphia 4 at night. Cleveland routed New York 16 2 and Chicago beat Boston 8 4 with St Louis 6 Philadelphia 5 as Detroit defeated Washington 11 8.
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Today’s MLB Schedule With Probable Pitchers
National and American League matchups list today’s games with probable starters. Brooklyn visits Pittsburgh with Newcombe against MacDonald, Koslo vs Rush in New York at Chicago, and several other 6:30 or noon afternoon contests featuring Wynn, Raschi, Spahn, Scarborough and more across eight leagues.
Tomorrow's Major League Baseball Schedule Highlights
Brooklyn faces Pittsburgh at 5 30 p m and Philadelphia meets Cincinnati at 7 30 p m Boston plays St Louis at 7 30 p m New York visits Chicago at 12 30 p m In Chicago Philadelphia game starts 6 00 p m Detroit travels to New York at 6 30 p m St Louis meets Boston at noon
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Lipon the Tigers shortstop makes the pennant push
Lipon has emerged as the key Tigers player in the AL pennant race. The 27-year-old Detroit native hits .335, contributes solid defense and turns double plays, helping Detroit seize first place before a three game set with the Yankees. Kell Evers and Wertz bolster a hot lineup as Detroit edges ahead in a tight standings race.
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Three Major Changes Among Prep Coaches
Chicago dispatch reports three Illinois prep coaching changes for the 1950-51 season. Elgin replaces John A. Krafft with William R. Chebrough, former Syracuse star, after Krafft 22-year tenure. DeKalb Township hires Rudy Novak to succeed Nello Pacetti, who moves to Wisconsin. Wetherfield High at Kewanee names Ed Tunnicliff as head coach replacing Fred Mursener. Tunnicliff is a Northwestern alumnus.
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Wetherfield High
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Kewanee High
Thomson Stars as Giants Top Pirates 10-4 in Batting Show
Bobby Thomson powered the Giants to a 10-4 victory over Pittsburgh with two home runs a triple and six RBIs. Ken Holcombe won for the White Sox 8-4 as he limited the Red Sox to seven hits.
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