Musials Bat Lifts Cardinals Toward Fifth Place
Stan Musial resumes hot hitting for the St. Louis Cardinals fueling a 13 game revival as he lifts the team toward a five through seven place shift. He goes 3 for and adds three RBIs in a 5-4 win over Philadelphia while Cincinnati slips as Brooklyn dominates Pittsburgh. Musial adds a two run double and a late triple fueling the comeback.
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Golf Advice From 1954 U S Open Champion Ed Furgol
By Ed Furgol 1954 U S Open champion. Forget bad shots and focus on the next shot. Stay calm after missed putts or bad lies. moaning increases the chance of flubbing the next shot. Both pros and beginners must expect some poor shots each round.
Arrange Match Race Between Nashua and Swaps
The Chicago Tribune reports talks underway for a May match race between Nashua and Swaps, the Derby’s top two, possibly at Washington Park in August. William Woodward Jr owners Nashua hopes to regain earlier supremacy as Rex Elsworth owner Swaps plans to bring him to Chicago. Details unnamed. purse allegedly from 100 to 100000 dollars winner take all.
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Sox Trade 3 Players For Busby
Chicago general manager Frank Lane reacquires outfielder Jim Busby from Washington in exchange for Johnny Groth Clint Courtney and Bob Chakales Busby returns to a White Sox lineup that last played in 1951 while Groth Courtney and Chakales depart with varied batting histories and little major league balance of power noted in the trade details
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Junior Legion Opens 1955 Season with 6 3 Win
Jefferson Post 141 junior legion beat Centralia 6 to 3 in the opener. Mt. Vernon pitcher Pete Bauxsein allowed five hits with six strikeouts over the full game. Jeff Trout and Don Phelps had two hits each, Trout and Bob Jay hit the only extra base hits, and home games are set for the Mt. Vernon diamond.
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Effingham
M O Valleys Baseball Postponed by Rain Delays
M O Valley's baseball games were halted as rain caused postponements across the schedule. Dubuque and Mattoon were affected with early scoring, while Clinton at Decatur Paris at Kokomo and Hannibal at Lafayette all postponed due to rain.
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Arcaro Aims For 6th Belmont Victory At Nashua
New York jockey Eddie Arcaro seeks his sixth Belmont Stakes win aboard Nashua in the eight running of the classic. At 39 he would tie Jimmy McLaughlin for Belmont victories, while Ober Earl Sande is tied for modern era. Probables include Hilton A. Rabbit Dobson's Nance's Lad Sandy Lawrence's Jabneh How ard Weinstein's Mr A L and Flying Fury Cain Hoy Stable. field undetermined.
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Jabneh
Howard Weinstein
Mr. A. L
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Standings and schedules from a baseball week
Weekly schedule shows Baltimore at Chicago and New York at Detroit with evening starts. Results list Detroit 4 New York 3 in 12 innings, Boston 9 Cleveland 5, Washington 3-7, and games involving Kansas City and Baltimore at Chicago postponed by rain. Tuesday results Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 13 New York 4 St Louis 5 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 3.
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Three Fe League Scores Reported Across Several Cities
Evansville defeated by 11 to 4 in a three league tally with Quincy at 4, Keokuk at 5, Waterloo at 2, Cedar Rapids at 8, and Burlington at 5, reflecting a cluster of results across multiple teams in the Three Fe League.
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Keokuk
Waterloo
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Burlington
Six Directors Quit At Madison Square Garden
Bernard F. Gimbel and five other Madison Square Garden board members resigned claiming they are captives of boxing promoter Jim Norris. The Herald Tribune named Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Sydney J. Weinberg William M. Greve Jansen Noyes and Stanton Griffith as signatories. They cited Norris known to associate with underworld figure Frankie Carbo and Garden being used as a television studio with small crowds, plus Norris promotion of the Marciano Cockett bout in San Francisco.
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Major League Leaders in NL and AL Batting and Pitching
National League batting leaders include Ashburn Campanella and Kluszewski with marks around .335 and .354. Snider and Campanella lead in home runs with 17. pitching leaders include Newcombe and Jeffcoat at 9-0. American League highlights show Kaline leading with .378, Mantle 51 runs, 14 home runs for Zernial and Mantle, with Wynn and Ford at 7-1//5 decisions. Chicago and Richmond bouts appear with Triplett and Gaines crowds in midweek matches.
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Braves Roll But Cholly Ain't Jolly
New York reports the Milwaukee Braves, once strong pennant contenders, win five of six to move to third place as injuries plague the lineup. Manager Charley Grimm is unsettled amid rumors of his departure, but players rally with improved pitching and hitting.
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Andy Pafko
Bobby Thomson
Eddie Mathews
New York Giants
Garver Ends Yankees Jinx With 4-3 Win in 12 Innings
Detroit pitcher Ned Garver defies the so called jinx by beating the New York Yankees 4-3 in 12 innings. Fred Hatfield delivers the decisive homer as Garver improves to 3-16 lifetime against the Yankees and notes his past failures against the team.
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Chavez stops Castro in San Jose bout
Edwin Chavez of San Jose stops Ray Castro of Los Angeles in a brief bout in San Jose, delivering a clear victory as the fighters settled the match.
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Pennsylvania ends fight probe with no drugged culprit
The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission wrapped a seven hour session ending a four week probe into the Harold Johnson Julio Mederos fight. Johnson claimed an orange tasted bitter and may have caused illness. officials charged Johnson Moran and four others with a sham contest. Oral arguments set for June 24.
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Ez Charles Against Holman In TV Fight Tonight
Cincinnati reports a 10 round heavyweight bout between Ez Charles and Johnny Holman with national ABC TV telecast at 8 p.m. CST. Holman defeated Charles by technical knockout in the ninth round at Miami Beach on April 17, marking one of Charles rare stoppages in 135 years of ring history.
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Johnny Holman
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Vandalia Coach Resigns to Join St Bede Peru
Vandalia High School basketball coach Harold Gaffney resigns to join St Bede of Peru as head basketball coach and varsity football line coach. He previously coached Barrington high school to the 1953 54 state finals while Vandalia’s football team endured nine straight losses.
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1-0 Softball Victory after 20 Innings
In Aston Illinois a tournament softball game lasted 20 innings with no score until Busch's Jerseyville farm pitcher Bill Lorsbach hit a home run for a 1-0 victory over the Litchfield Moose. Lorsbach fanned 26 batters in the marathon contest.
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Two Boxers Fight Draw In Coast to Coast Match
In Miami Beach Chuck Speiser of Detroit defeated Andy Mayfield of Miami by knockout, while in Seattle Pat McMurry of Tacoma and Bob Albright of Los Angeles fought to a draw in a rough heavier weight bout that ended without a clear victor.
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Bob Albright
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From Decatur to the Majors Carlos Paula’s rise to the Senators
The 1932 debut of Cuban outfielder Charley Paula with the Decatur Commies in the MOWildley League, his rapid ascent from Class D to the Washington Senators, and his 1955 status as a solid major leaguer. The piece notes his birthplace Havana Cuba, birth date November 4 1928, rookie stats, and a chat with manager Julio Acosta.
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Charley) Paula
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Ain't Nobody Here But Us Jaybirds
Local readers defend Cubs enthusiasm while denying being Cardinal fans. A letter-writer recalls loyalties swinged between teams since 1926, noting a long history of anti Jaybird sentiment and Missouri ties in a colorful hometown exchange.
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San Antonio Bout Ends In Close Outpoint Decision
Chebho Her nandez of Juarez Mexico out pointed Norris Burse of Robstown Texas in a ten round feature in San Antonio.
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