Kings Split With Mattoon In Twin Bill Here Tonight
Mt Vernon Kings host rebuilt Belleville Stags after a four game road swing with one win and three losses. Shreve and Veal named to pose the revamped Stags as Victor starts for the Kings in the 6:30 p m opener.
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Indians
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Boyd Veal
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Weekend Scores From Centralia to Paducah
Weekend results show Centralia and W Frankfort clashing as Paducah edged Belleville in 10 innings. Mt Vernon beat Mattoon 4 3 while Frankfort took a win over Belleville and Mt Vernon beat Mattoon with Santulli and Savick contributing. Tonight Belleville at Mt Vernon and Centralia at Paducah.
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Paducah
Mattoon
Mt. Vernon
Belleville
Associated Press
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Gamble
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Fabris
Deem
Geisinger
Gatts
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Herron
Mattis
Hill
Cabrino
Mattoon Occ
Santulli
Savick
Hawley
Frankfort
Black Sox Fall 4 3 at Orient Ill In Night Game
The Mt. Vernon Black Sox lost 4-3 to an Orient Illinois team yesterday. They will play Flora next Sunday. A special meeting of Black Sox players is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 537 Grand Avenue.
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Black Sox
Orient, Ill
Sox
Flora
Grand Avenue
Daily Baseball Leaders Highlight American League and National League
Kell and Williams headlined AL batting with .333 and Williams at 66 RBIs while Joost led in runs with 61. Majeski paced hits with 72 and Raschi led AL wins at 11 while Trucks topped strikeouts. In the NL Robinson led batting at .347 with 83 hits and Hodges 46 RBIs. Kiner and Musial led home runs with 14 and 13 respectively.
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Detroit
Dimaggio
Boston
Joost
Philadelphia
Williams
Stephens
Majeski
Zernial
Chicago
Mitchell
Cleveland
Yale
Dillinger
St. Louis
Raschi
New York
Reynolds
tTrucks
Newhouser
Robinson
Brooklyn
Schoendienst
Reese
Gordon
Hodges
Ennis
Thomson
Jones
Furillo
Smalley
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Musial
Sewell
Branca
Spahn
Can Charles Hit Harder Than Walcott
June 20 at Chicago Comiskey Park features a world heavyweight title bout with Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott. promoter and trainer praise highlights Charles’s body punching power and Charles sparring partner Gene Jones claims Charles hits harder. Mile, manager of Louis, notes body punching slowed Walcott, but winner remains unsure as Walcott trains despite a year out and age 35.
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Marshall Miles
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Railbirds
Mt Vernon Champs Take $1000 Elks Gift Gypsy Tour
The Mt Vernon high school basketball champions and coaches depart on a $1000 gift tour approved by Al Willis of the Illinois High School Association. The trip includes a Chicago Cubs guest day and a Chicago-Boston game with 15 Cubs-Braves passes arranged by James Gallagher.
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Bobby Lee
James Gallagher
Cubs
AMVETS Win 3-0 as Dulaney Fans Third No-Hitter
Mt. Vernon AMVETS defeated Granite City 3-0 behind Allen Dulaney who pitched all nine innings for his third consecutive no-hitter. Bill Thompson homered in the fifth to give the Vets a 1-0 edge, with Knowles and John Dulaney later scoring on Ernie Green’s third hit in the eighth to seal the win.
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Bill Thompson
Vets
Knowles
John Dulaney
Ernie Green
Mt Vernon Pointer Wins Salem Show
Breeze's 13 month old pointer owned by H E Breeze of 310 S 17th St won in his class. He was judged best of breed and then named best of show at the Salem dog show yesterday.
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Pat
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S. 17Th Street
Salem
Batting and Pitching Stars in Indians and Tigers Wins
Mickey Vernon belted a home run with a runner aboard in the 11th to lift the Indians to a 4-2 win over the Yankees. Virgil Trucks and Fred Hutchinson pitched the Tigers to twin shutouts, 9-0 and 7-0, allowing four and eight hits respectively.
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Fred Hutchinson
Tigers
Washington Senators
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Hutchinson
Golf pros split Motor City Open in sudden death
Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum shared the Motor City Open title after finishing regulation at 273 and halting their 11 hole sudden death playoff by mutual agreement. Each earned $2,250 totals. Middlecoff shot 69 final round to reach 273. Mangrum started 54 holes at 204.
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Cary Middlecoff
Lloyd Mangrum
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E. J. Dutch Harrison
Hogan
Middlecoff
Memphis
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Chicago
Niles
Ill
Mt. Vernon VFW pounds Buckner 14 to 7 in baseball
Mt. Vernon VFW rattled Buckner Merchant 14 to 7 as Levin led with four hits and Scott Glover and Williams added three each. The club totaled 23 hits off Yak arinis with Rapp starting and Brookman finishing the seventh. Buckner had 13 hits and three errors. Mt. Vernon also collected 20 singles two doubles and a triple.
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Glover
Williams
Buckner
Yakarinis
Barney Rapp
Frank ‘Lefty’ Brookman
Pursie Pipes Finishes Qualifying at SI Association Tourney
Ninety seven golfers qualified Sunday for the 28th annual Southern Illinois Association Tournament opening Thursday at Murphysboro Illinois. Pursie Pipes fired 75 to lead or highlight the day as the field narrowed for the event.
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Southern Illinois Association
Diering Hero As Cardinals Nip Phils 6-5
The St. Louis Cardinals rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 at Sportsman's Park. Chuck Diering delivered a fifth inning homer and a ninth inning run batted in after Stan Musial homered twice to stake a late lead, but Philadelphia tied it again before Diering’s single with Lou Klein scoring the winning run.
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Dobrino
Mattis
Fiori
Sulivan
Murphy
Monteil
Merman
Scott
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Savick
Shreve
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Mattoon
Herron
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Bob Blattner
Richie Ashburn
Joe Strowski
Mackmen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Robin Roberts
Ted Wilks
Johnny Schmitz
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Cub
Frank Frisch
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Bob Elliott
Warren Spahn
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Bob Chesnes
Feller Fires Back to Beat Yanks in 11 Frames
Major league action reports Bob Feller, 30, overcame doubt from critics with an 11 inning complete game as the Indians beat the Yankees 4 2 securing a series win and closing in on top teams. Mickey Vernon homered in the 11th to seal it. Williams, Dimaggio lifted Red Sox over White Sox 9 2.
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Joe Reichler
Prensa Sporta
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Indians
New York Yankees
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van Meter
Yankees
Bob
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Boston
Philadelphia Athletics
Mickey Vernon
Joe Pare
Allie Reynolds
Tommy Henrich
Yankee
Ted Williams
Dom Dimaggio
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Chuck Stubbles
Detroit Tigers
Virgil Trucks
Fred Hutchison
Washington Senators
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Athletics
Browns
Alex Kellner
A's
Stove Co. Extends Win Streak In City Softball Play
The league leading Stove Company seeks its eighth straight win tonight at city park as Stove Co faces Shoe Co in the second game after Woodlawn and Christian Juniors open the program. Previous games Saturday saw Mt Vernon teams defeat outsiders, with Stove Co rallying to beat Herrin Texacos 10-8 and Elks edging Carmi Flyers 6-5.
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Stove Company
Stovemakers
Shoe Company
Woodlawn
Christian Juniors
Herrin Texacos
Elks
The
Saturday Baseball Results and Delays Across Cities
Result scores from multiple games include St. Louis 4 Philadelphia 3 in a rain delayed schedule, Brooklyn 2 Chicago 0, New York 5 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 6 Boston 2, New York 6 Cleveland 3, Boston 9 Chicago 2, Detroit at Washington postponed due to rain, St. Louis at Philadelphia postponed for rain. Multiple day results show Boston 5-3 Cincinnati 2-2 and others earlier in the schedule.
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Boston at Chicago and three other games scheduled
Boston visits Chicago at 12 30 p m with Bickford 8 3 facing Rush 4 8 New York plays St Louis at 7 30 p m Kennedy 5 4 versus Staley 4 3 Philadelphia meets Pittsburgh at 6 30 p m Meyer 5 4 against Werle 4 3 Only games scheduled
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Werle
Detroit at Boston and More Nba Matchups Tonight
Detroit visits Boston at 6 30 p m with Hfoutteman 3 1 opposed by Masterson 3 4 Cleveland plays Philadelphia at 6 45 p m Bearden 5 5 faces Fowler 5 3 Chicago travels to Washington at 6 30 p m Kuzava 2 1 vs Scarborough 6 3 St Louis hosts New York at 6 30 p m Kennedy 0 3 against Sanford 2 1
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Masterson
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Bearden
Fowler
Chicago
Washington
Kuzava
Scarborough
St. Louis
New York
Kennedy
Sanford
Brooklyn Hosts Cincinnati and New York Plays St Louis
Evening basketball schedule lists Brooklyn at Cincinnati at 7 30 p m New York at St Louis at 7 45 p m Local teams and times shown for the night program with two featured games on the slate.
Chicago at Washington and Detroit at Boston Showdown
Compact schedule note lists Chicago at Washington at 6 30 p m Cleveland at Philadelphia at 6 43 p m Detroit at Boston at 12 00 noon with game times in local reference.
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Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Detroit
Boston
Hot Rod Driver Killed in DeKalb Race Crash
Roger Frank a 20 year old hot rod racer from Elgin Illinois was killed at Prathers Field during a race. His car reportedly lost control and crashed. Frank had competed in hot rod events across Elgin Rockford Chicago and other Illinois cities.
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Roger Frank
Elgin
Ill
Prather's Field
Frank
Rockford
Chicago
Illinois
Larry Jansen Loses As Team Suffers Fourth Win
In a tough pitching duel Larry Jansen was tagged with the loss as his team suffered their fourth win of the season. The defeat balanced a promising start with a late rally that sealed the result.
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