Paducah Chiefs blank Mt Vernon Kings 7 to 0 in baseball
Jim Rudolph of Paducah notches his fifth win by shutting out Mt Vernon on five hits. Don Left Grove starts for Mt Vernon and suffers his third loss. Cliff Victor works 6 2 3 innings in relief as Paducah gains series advantage. Centralia Cubs loom next night.
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Mt. Vernon
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Grove
Husky Kings
Bob Shreve
Boyd Veal
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Victor
Rudolph
Don Harmon
Belleville
Paul Keeling
Loop Last Night's Results Across Area
West Frankfort defeated Belleville 58 to 43 with Reid Westhoff Owen O Connor Davis Eaves Muendlein contributing for the winners. Mattoon, Centralia, Mount Vernon, and Paducah also posted scores as Grove Victor Savick Rudolph Wilkes led their teams in regional play.
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Reid
Westhoff
Owen
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Eaves
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Vernon
Grove
Victor and Savick
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Wilkes
Shreve Third in M O V League Batters Standings
Blytheville Arkansas report shows Carl Hrovath Paducah leading M O V League batting with .375 average for the period ending June 7. Mt Vernon manager Carl Hrovath and Jim Taylor of Belleville top a list including Jesse Nelms Don Wagner of Kings, pace looping two baggers.
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Don Wagner
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Major It Leaders Highlights From Baseball Standings
National League leaders include Robinson of Brooklyn batting .341 with 69 hits and 47 RBIs, plus 41 runs scored. In pitching Branca of Brooklyn leads with 8-1 and .889. American League leaders show Joost of Philadelphia batting .355 with 65 hits and 55 runs, Williams of Boston 14 home runs, and Raschi of New York a .900, regaining top pitching marks.
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Tonight's schedule features four road games
Mt. Vernon travels to Paducah while Belleville visits West Frankfort and Mattoon goes to Centralia. The compact slate outlines matchups and venues for the evening rounds.
Sunday Schedule Highlights for Indiana Area Teams
Centralia visits Mt. Vernon at 8 p.m. Sunday. Belleville plays Mattoon. Paducah travels to West Frankfort for a regional clash.
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50 000 To See Belmont Stakes
Eight 3 year olds race for the 1949 Belmont Stakes worth 91 500 with a field headed by Palestinian Ponder Saint Nicholas Engel Man Old Rockport Hall Capot and Sun Bahram all carrying 126 pounds. The winner takes 60 900. Crowd projected around 50 000 for the mile and a half classic.
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Buckner to Play VFW Here Sunday
The Buckner Miners, 5–1, host Mt. Vernon VFW at city park diamond Sunday at 2:30. Lefty Brookman starts for Mt. Vernon as Buckner seeks to push above .500. VFW also stands 3–3. Bill Smithpeters to first, Don Glover to short, Earl Yates catching for the locals.
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Lombardo Seeks Speed Record On Lake Placid Run
Guy Lombardo aims to break the world speedboat record driving Henry Kaiser’s Aluminum First over a one mile course on Lake Placid. The target is 141.74 mph, set a decade ago by Sir Malcolm Campbell in Blue Bird II. The 32-ft craft weighs 9,000 pounds, with sheet aluminum skin and a 24-cylinder, 3,000 horsepower Allison engine.
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Open Golf Lead By Al Brosch At National Open
Al Brosch, an underdog from Garden City New York, holds a one stroke lead at the halfway point of the 49th National Open after a 141 total through 36 holes at Medinah No 3. Cary Middlecoff and Buck White among challengers tied at 143 as Bobby Locke Ellsworth Vines and 20 year old Bob Harris stay within reach.
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Call Off Softy Games Tonight at Mt Vernon Park
Wet grounds force cancellation of the soft ball games scheduled tonight at Mt Vernon city park. In other notes, four decisions were registered with two losses. Lee Reid of West Frankfort and Charles Hawley of Mattoon each stand 3-1. Hawley pitched a two-hit shutout in his last outing. Rudolph leads strikeouts with 50. Doug Campbell of Paducah leads in wins with five, reversed only twice. Mattoon holds first place in both club hitting and fielding, Indians batting .285 and fielding .955.
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Mattoon
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Belleville
Don Wagner
Mt. Vernon
Jesse
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West Frankfort
Everette Joyner
Bridenbach
Bill Green
Centralia
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Mt. Vernon City Park
Lee Reid
Charles Hawley
Hawley
Rudolph
Doug Campbell
Paducah
Indians
San Francisco Bout Ends With Tri Go Victory
Mario Tri go of San Francisco defeats Zeke Lucero of San Francisco by points 137 to 135 in a Monterrey Mexico mixed weight boxing match brief.
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Mexico
Zeke Lucero
Jolly Cholly Grimm Steps Down To Be Vice-President
Char lie Grimm will leave the dugout to run baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs as vice president in charge. Frankie Frisch will become field manager, with Jimmy Gallagher moving to business chief. the moves aim to restore winning continuity and end a slide in the standings.
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8 Homer Hitters To Stage Slugfest
Eight of the major leagues top home run hitters will compete at Yankee Stadium on July 11 the night before the All Star game. National League stars Stan Musial Ralph Kiner Johnny Mize Sid Gordon face American leaguers Ted Williams Vern Stephens Eddie Joost and Tommy Henrich in The Night of Champions round robin with the Giants Yankees and Dodgers. Proceeds go to the New York Heart Fund the Babe Ruth Foundation and the Lou Gehrig Memorial Fund.
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Dark Horse Phils Stop Cardinals Streak 3 to 2
Eddie Sawyer’s Phils win their fourth in a row to move into the first division, three games back of Brooklyn. Kenny Heintzelman’s 3-2 win over the Cardinals caps a run of 12 one-run victories in 21 games as Philadelphia strengths rise. Carl Furillo joins the Dodgers’ surge with a six-run seventh, while Spahn and Werle provide bumps for their teams in tight midseason pennant pursuit.
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Yesterday's baseball scores cross league lines
Yesterday results list several games with Chicago beating Boston 4 to 2 and New York 3 to 2 over Cleveland. Philadelphia played St. Louis in rain as Pittsburgh defeated New York 6 to 1. Boston topped Chicago 6 to 2, Philadelphia edged St. Louis 3 to 2, Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 10 to 5.
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Today’s MLB Schedule Across The League
Philadelphia visits St. Louis at 7 30 p m. Washington plays Detroit at 2 p m. New York travels to Cleveland at noon. Cincinnati at Brooklyn at 11 30 a m. Pittsburgh at New York at 12 30 p m. St Louis at Philadelphia at noon. Chicago at Boston at noon.
Tomorrow's Schedule in American League Highlights
Tomorrow's baseball schedule lists Boston at Chicago and Chicago at Boston in two early games, Philadelphia facing St Louis, Washington at Detroit, New York at Cleveland, Cincinnati at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, and St Louis at Philadelphia with start times around 11:30 to 12:30 p.m.
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Red Sox Fall to Cubs 4 2 in Sloppy Game
Boston blew another game 4 2 to Chicago after three straight losses at St Louis. A scurrilous third inning with two singles a walk a hit batsman and Billy Goodman error produced the runs against Earl Johnson. Randy Gumpert allowed nine Boston hits for his fifth win while Ted Williams boosted his RBI total to 52 with a single and double.
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