Campanella Homers as Dodgers Win in Bobby Shines Return
Roy Campanella returns to the lineup after a bruised hand and belts two homers to power Brooklyn past Philadelphia 5 1. The win extends the Dodgers’ lead over the Giants. Ben Wade earned his third win while Sal Maglie notches his eighth for the Giants in a separate tilt. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and others post wins as AL action continues with Cleveland beating St Louis and Detroit routing Chicago.
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Associated Press
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Drews
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Giants
Boston Braves
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Max Sarkent
al Dark
Ken Raffensberger
Wally Post
Roy McMillan
Cleveland Indians
Browns
St. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Cedar Rapids Tightens Hold On First Place
The Cedar Rapids Indians beat Keokuk 6-2 to widen their Three I league lead as Evansville moved to second with a 5-3 win over Quad City. Horace Garner homered twice for Evansville, Waterloo beat Burlington 11-8, and Terre Haute topped Quincy 6-4 as several series swing into weekend rematches.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Indians
Keokuk Kernels
Keokuk
Evansville Braves
Cedar Rapids
Quad City Tigers
Rocco Colavito
Jim Finn
Ken Klopp
Horace Garner
Evansville
Quad Cities
Garner
Joe Della Monica
Ewell Utley
John Brandreth
Charlie Moore
Tigers
Waterloo
Burlington
Jim Brown
Terre Haute Phillies
Quincy Gems
Phillies
Terre Haute
Quincy
Wapello Teams Split Softball Games
The Grandview Oilers edged the Wapello Indees 14 to 13 while the Wapello Girls beat Morning Sun 9 to 4 at Community Field Wapello Friday night. Upcoming games include Wapello Western Auto vs Oakville Oilers Sunday at 8 p m and Grandview Oilers vs Toolesboro Monday at 8 p m.
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Grandview Oilers
Wapello Indees
Wapello Girls
Morning Sun Girls
Community Field
Wapello Western Auto
Oakville Oilers
Toolesboro
Muscatine sports notes hint at coaching vacancies
Two basketball coaching posts in Muscatine remain open as the town awaits announcements. Muscatine Junior College seeks a head coach to replace Walt Kochneff, while Catholic High faces difficulty filling the Musketeers job due to teaching requirements and lack of a gym.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Junior College
Walt Kochneff
Catholic High
Glen Bloom
The
Muskateers
Therr
Musketeers
Schroeder Team Captures Muscatine Intramural Softball Crown
Schroeder five led by Mike Schroeder went 4 0 to win the Muscatine High School intramural softball tourney. Five teams competed and four games were played with Dean Henke’s team taking runner-up. Other squads finished 1 3 including teams led by Bill Dickinson Maurice Ziegenhor Ron Eggenburg.
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Mike Schroeder
Muscatine High School
Team N
Dean Henke
Bill Dickinson
Maurice Ziegenhor
Ron Eggenburg
Loren Braun
Mel Chamberlin
Marion Cubbage
Bob James
Bob Littell
George Long
Lyndon Lord
Albert Meyer
Homer Finyder
Dick Ware
Five YMCA games highlight Friday league action
Five games were played in the YMCA league Friday with rained out matches made up. Illinois City held its home opener, beating State Improvement 17 to 11 as Moffitt hit a homer and Ken McGinnis allowed ten safeties. LeRue starred for Stanley's in an 11 to 6 win over Phil's City Service at Oregon field. Buick Garage opened with an 11 to 7 win over Benham's Grocery, and Huttig's stayed perfect with a 10 to 6 win over Henderson's at Weed Park while Henderson's rallied late.
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Buick
Moffitt
Illinois
Ken McGinnis
LeRue
Phil
Oregon Field
Stanley's
Phil’s
Oregon
Buick Garage
Benham's Grocery
Lewis
Huttigs
Henderson’s
Weed Park
Huttig
Henderson
Dipple
Sum Beatty
Kent
National Guard
Curtis
Iowa Conference Track Meet Opens at Indianola
The Iowa conference track championship opens in Indianola with Dubuque favored to defend its title. Luther and Simpson are named as Dubuque’s chief threats while last year’s double winners Bill Johannsen, Lowell Reed, and Vic Grot Haus are in attendance.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Luther
Simpson
Bill Johannsen
Lowell Reed
Vic Grothaus
Westmar
Morey Eby
Loras
North Central Association
Muskateers Rally to Edge BeeCees in Seventh Inning Thriller
Catholic High erased a two run Burlington lead with a two run bottom of the seventh. Kenny Lange started the rally with a single, Alexander doubled, Petersen tripled, and Petersen scored the winning run on an overthrow. Dick Petersen earned the win in relief as Muskateers beat Burlington Catholic 7 to 6.
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Burlington Catholic
Kenny Lange
Alexander
Petersen
BeeCee
Wright
Ales
Slattery
Dick Peterson
Dick Petersen
Muskateer
AleteiGer
Escreat
Burlington Gathetic
Wyrostek Rejoins Phillies In Trade For Church
Philadelphia brings back outfielder Johnny Wyrostek from Cincinnati in exchange for Emory Bubba Church. Kent Peterson goes to the Phillies on loan to a farm club likely Baltimore. The Reds acquire Wyrostek in exchange for shortstop Eddie Miller. rumors hint at a bigger Reds Dodgers deal involving Furillo or Pafko.
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Emory
Bubba) Church
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Kent Peterson
Phillies
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Cincinnati Reds
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Bob Carpenter
Eddie Sawyer
Reds
Gabe Paul
Carpenter
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ewell Blackwell
Brooklyn
Carl Furillo
Andy Pafko
Baseball standings and daily schedule highlights
National League standings show Brooklyn New York Chicago Philadelphia and others with varied win percentages and games back. Saturday schedule lists Boston at New York Brooklyn at Philadelphia Chicago at Pittsburgh St Louis at Cincinnati and several other matchups with probable pitchers. Detroit and Cleveland results from Friday are noted with upcoming games.
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Hearn
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Meyer
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Perkowski
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Dobson
Cleveland
Feller
Pillette
Washington
Pet
G.B . Cleveland
Iowa Beats Ohio State 5 1 In Big Ten Baseball
Iowa Hawkeyesます win 5 1 over Ohio State as Al Lenski hurls four hits and Duane Brandt delivers a two run triple in the eighth to break a 1 1 tie and seal the victory. Iowa improves to 4 7 while OSU stands 5 7 ahead of a doubleheader with Illinois.
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Duane Brandt
Iowa Hawkeyes
Ohio State
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Iowa
OSU
Illinois
Minnesota
Champaign
Lenski
Vana
Bohuslav
Bechel
Gannon
Bobby Kinnan Named Bank Vice President
Robert M. Kinnan former Muscatine high school basketball coach has been named an assistant vice president of Capital National Bank in Austin Texas. Walter Bremond Jr bank president announced the appointment and Kinnan has assumed his duties.
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Robert M. Kinnan
Muscatine
Capital National Bank
Austin
Tex
Walter Bremond, Jr
Mr. Kinnan
New York and Midwest Horses Win Spring Races
New York horse Recover won the featured six furlong spring race at Belmont Park. Chicago horse Best Doings captured the Espine Gold purse at Lincoln Fields. Detroit entrant Dixie Fiver took the inaugural purse at the Michigan Racing Association track.
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Belmont Park
Chicago
Best Doings
Lincoln Fields
Detroit
Dixie
Michigan Racing Association
Hogan Faces Tough Test of Golf on National Golf Day
Ben Hogan tees off May 31 at Northwood Club Dallas in the National Golf Day event. Some 300 000 players compete across 4970 courses for a bronze medal inscribed I beat Ben Hogan while funds go to USC and a National Golf fund. Hogan faces a revamped 6779 yard layout with tough holes and crosswinds as he eyes the 1952 Open.
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Ben Hogan
Dallas
Northwood Club
Hogan
Northwood
Life Magazine
PGA
USC
United Defense Fund
National Golf Fund
Raymond Gafford
St. Louis Country Club
Los Angeles’ Riviera
Merion Club
Ardmore
Illinois
Medinah Club
No. 16
Grand Canyon
Texas
No. 6
Bratton Wins Split Decision Over Flanagan at Garden
New York Bratton defeated Del Flanagan by split decision at Madison Square Garden on Friday. Bratton will meet Rocky Castellani in a June 18 Chicago bout after Hymie Wallman announced the date. Castellani had upset Bratton on March 28. Bratton weighed 147, Flanagan 1451.
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Rocky Castellani
Chicago
Hymie Wallman
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Madison Square Garden
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the Garden
al Berle
Willie Pep
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Giants
Polo Grounds
Muscatine High Announces Intramural Track Winners
Earl Gantenbein lists winners from Muscatine High intramural track events. Winners include Jim Weber in football throw and shot put, Bert Hartman in broad jump, Jim Weber in high jump, and Denny Howard in the freshman sophomore races. Other top finishers include Tom Korte, Dan Mercer, Gary Tompkins, Bob Olson, Andy Foster, Everett Keller, and Loren Braun across events and divisions.
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Muscatine High School
Earl Gantenbein
Jim Weber
Don Day
Mike Schroeder
Jim Steckman
Roger Knott
Gary Tompkins
Bert Hartman
Ken Anderson
Tom Korte
Dan Mercer
Harvey Allbee
Lynne Chamberlin
Gene Dodson
Bill Diesch
Bob Olson
John Baker
Mike Collier
Ron Grossklaus
Gary Jackson
Bob Bierman
Bob Bishop
Denny Howard
Earl Rohde
Jim Hoopes
Doug Coder
Loren Braun
Andy Foster
Charles Morse
Roy Yeater
Denis Howard
Ron King
Jim Baars
Leroy Battenhagen
Richard Strong
Jack Carter
Races Resume At Speedway Near Moline
Rex Untiecht of Davenport seeks a win to fuel his new baby as Quad City Speedway near Moline resumes with time trials at 5 p.m and heats at 7 15 p.m. Bud Benner leads the No 2 entry after a win and a close finish in recent races while Roy Dickinson and other drivers vie for headlines as Friday Memorial Day races loom.
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Rex
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Quad- City Speedway
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Devil Drivers
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Speedway
Wier Named Head Coach At Waterloo East
Waterloo East High School appoints Murray Wier former All-American from Iowa and Muscatine as head basketball coach after he guided the East sophomores last season. The board also names Lou Breitbach as head football coach returning after a two year break and previously coaching at Waterloo West.
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Murray Wier
Iowa
Muscatine
East High School
Board of Education
Lou Breitbach
East
Breitbach
Waterloo West
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