Relief Pitchers Turn in Bright Performances in Major Leagues
Seven relief workers star as major league hurlers deliver standout work Tuesday. Brissie and Paige duel to a 19 inning Cleveland win over the Browns, Labine and Wilks key Dodgers and Pirates wins, Wilhelm aids the Giants, and Mizell and Raschi win for Cardinals and Yankees respectively as relief arms pace a busy night. Slaughter drives in five for St. Louis while Avila sets an infield record in the 19th inning marathon.
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Satchel Paige
Lou Brissie
Ted Wilks
Prissie
Fellers
Brissie
Paige
Cleveland
St. Louis Browns
Bob Feller
Ned Garver
Indians
Paige Eigh
Clem Labine
Brooklyn
Ralph Branca
Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Raschi
Yanks
Vic Raschie
Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Bobby Brown
Mickey Mantle
Boston
Dizzy Trout
Enos
Slaughter
Sixtit
Browns
Bobby Avila
al Rosen
Larry Doby
Hank Majeski
Rosen
Avila
Coach Praises Olympic Swim Team Aspirants
New York in Astoria pool Peppe hails the squad as the greatest. Three-meter trials crown Browning Clotworthy and Anderson as the top finishers with Browning scoring 1037.45 points to lead. Anderson second, Clotworthy third. Broeder of Iowa falters in preliminaries.
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New York
Mike Peppe
U. S
Astoria
David
Skippy) Browning
University of Texas
Bob Clotworthy
Ohio State
Miller Anderson
Ohio
Clotworthy
Anderson
Peppe
Browning
Otto Broeder
University of Iowa
Mathias Tops Decathlon Marks in 1952 Event
Tulare California and Stanford star Bob Mathias leads in the decathlon entering the final five events. He scored 4394 points Tuesday night, 160 more than his 1950 halfway record, with Milton Campbell of Plainfield New Jersey as his closest rival at 4192 points.
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Bob Mathias
Tulare
Calif
Milton Campbell
New Jersey
Billy Anderson
Stanford University
Mathias
Plainfield
N. J
Baseball clashes as teams on slate and results shown
Baseball schedule lists city pairings with pitchers and matchups. Tuesday results include Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 3 and New York 6 Boston 3 at night. Other scores: St Louis 8 Cincinnati 3 and Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 2. Thursday’s schedule covers multiple doubleheaders and times across parks.
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Brooklyn
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Meyer
Wade
van Cuyk
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Boston
Kennedy
Lanier
Spahn
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Dickson
Kline
Minner
Hacker
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Perkowski
Church
Presko
Hudson
Lopat
Washington
Porterfield
Shantz
Cleveland
Bearden
Garcia
Detroit
Pierce
Newhouser
el Chicago
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Russia's Sa sha Chudina Seen as Babe Didrickson of Moscow
The Soviet truck driver Alexandria Chudina, nicknamed Sasha, is hailed as Russia's Olympic hopeful in Helsinki. She holds Soviet records in high jump and broad jump, runs the 80 meter hurdles in 11.4 seconds, and stars in the 400 meter relay. She trained while working at a Moscow factory during World War II and later became a leading all around athlete with strong javelin and pentathlon credentials.
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Babe Didrikson
Soviet
Russia
Alexandria Chudina
Helsinki
Los Angeles
Fanny Blankerskoen
London
Alexandria
Sasha
Natalya Khaykina
Minsk
Evegenia Sechenova
Galina Turova
Miss Secherova
Miss Chudina
Huttig Defeats Guardsmen 12-0 Behind Beatty Two-Hit Tossing
In YMCA softball league action Tuesday the Huttigs crushed the National Guard 12-0 as Beatty limited guards to two hits. Mike Alexander and F Kurriger homered, while Benham's lost 7-4 at Illinois City with Harold Blake taking the mound for Benham's despite little support.
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Beatty
YMCA
Huttigs
National Guard
Mike Alexander
F. Kurriger
Benham’s
Illinois City
Harold Blake
McGinnis
Benham
Clair Henke
Schmal
Workman
Parchart
Iy Raist
K. Holliday
A Schmal
Workman Tb
Bowser
Eee McGinnis
Rhe Benham
AB. R. H E Greenwald
B. Kurriger
Soviet Sprinting Talent Profiles Highlight 1950s Prospects
The report notes Miss Secheneva as a West-renowned athlete who shone at Oslo European championships winning two events and a strong Brussels showing. Khinykina is a tall high schooler seen as a future threat in running and jumping. Turova, raised in sport by a mother who held Soviet records, is among the Soviet Union’s bright Olympic prospects.
Fige Named Master Golfer in Iowa Masters Record
Harold Figg of Muscatine is listed as the Master Golfer in the Iowa Masters records. The fifteenth annual tournament will be held July 19 and 20 at the Iowa State Course with Figg averaging 76 in his bid for the Masters title, alongside Muscatine peers Jack Anderson Bill Block and George Pulliam.
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Harold Figg
Muscatine
Iowa State
Figgs
Jack Anderson
Bill Block
George Pulliam
First European reference to Java traced to Marco Polo
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that the earliest definite reference to Java in European writings likely appears in accounts of Marco Polo from the 13th century. The claim places Java’s earliest documented mention in medieval travel literature.
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Marco Polo
Britannica
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