Memorial Day Athletics Highlight Local Area Events
Amateur events fill Memorial Day with baseball, softball, diving and swimming in Braddock Heights Frederick City Gaithersburg and surrounding towns. The Frederick Dodgers host a night baseball doubleheader at McCurdy Field while Baker Park hosts a softball classic. Gaithersburg features a double header on the county league diamond with Ballenger and Reserve Corps tied for first. Ballenger led by Lakin faces the Reserves with pitching from Virts and Masser. Colesville battles Gaithersburg in the opener followed by Germantown versus Beallsville. Each club sits at three wins and one loss.
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Braddock Heights
Frederick City
Baker Park
McCurdy Field
Frederick Dodgers
Gaithersburg
Agriculture Centre
Montgomery
Bill Blank
Henry Lakin
R. Easterday
Ballenger
Virts
Masser
Lakin
County League Nine
Jefferson
Colesville
Nightcap
Germantown
Beallsville
Giants Infield Fastest Pace Seen By Branch Rickey
Giants infield hailed as the fastest Rickey has seen in 50 years with Whitey Lockman at first and Bobby Thomson at short. Williams at second and Dark at shortstop bring speed, agility, and strong glovework, while Thomson adds hitting depth as the team pursues pennants.
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Harry Grays
NEA
NEW York
Branch Rickey
Giants
Mahatma
Whitey Lockman
Davey Williams
Bobby Thomson
Lockman
Pop
Williams
Dark
Braves
Louisiana State
New York Nationals
Pee Wee Reese
Dodgers
Boston
Stanky
Polo Grounds
Sid Gordon
Marshall
Kerr
Sam Webb
Horace Stoneham
Beantowners
Thomson
Hans Lobert
Paparly
Monte Irvin
Thompson
Westrum
Walkersville High Closes With Victory
Walkersville High closes its home varsity baseball schedule with a 2-1 win over Poolesville. Kenny Schildt, a tenth grader, earned the start in a tight pitching duel, delivering the deciding run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
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Walkersville High School
Poolesville
Glade
Kenny Schildt
Trundle
Griffith
Lee
F. Whitman
Goodwin
Ward
Thomas
Atkinson
Walkersville AB
D. Clem
Walkersville
Bell
Trimmer
Lenhart
R. Flanigan
F. Whisman
Schildt
Whisman
Smith
Dottie Stine
Municipal Softball League results and standings
The Municipal Softball League reports results from Wednesday with C. & P. defeating Independents 22 to 7 and several other scores. Standings show Reserve Corps at 1.000, Juniors at .667, and Caer at .400, with Uniteds at .333 and New York leading Brooklyn 6 to 2. Other games include Chicago 7 over St. Louis 2 and Cincinnati 5 over Pittsburgh 9. Only games scheduled.
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New York
Philadelphia
Jansen
Crews
Boston
Brooklyn
Surkent
van Cuyk
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Perkowski
We LaPalme
Munger
Brooklin
Chicago
St. Louis
National League Blasts Independent Batters For 22-7 Victory
C. & P. Phonemen rolled to a 22-7 Municipal Softball League win over the Firemen at Baker Park. In a big third inning they collected seven hits, drew a walk and committed three errors while C. & P. tallied 11 runs. Best homered and tripled, Moss doubled and tripled, with Moberly blasting a homer and adding a two-on triple. Moss and Best went 4-for-5 for the Phonemen.
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M. J. Grove Lime Co
Shell Oil
Groves
Pony League
Moss
Shell Oi
Lime Company Club
M. J. Grove Co
Shell
Weddle
Rudy
Reeder and
Garrett
Baker Park
C. of
Best
Moberly
Bartonsville
Tee Carty
Frederick
R. J. Frederick
H. Lake
KR. Lake
Tyergar
Drummitt
Baseball scores and scheduling across American League and National League
Summary of yesterday results including Detroit 6 Cleveland 2 and St Louis 3 Chicago of the American League plus list of today’s probable pitchers for multiple matchups. Also notes a South End Civic Association girls softball victory 11 5 over Creagerstown with a late comeback and a Washington Army decision that Don Newcombe must remain in service for two years.
Union Bridge community notices and local updates
Local Union Bridge obituary and church notes list sick and shut ins: Mrs Annie Caylor Mrs Leslie Lovell John Snyder Claude Billmyer and Mrs Alice Clemson. Memorial service speaker Rev L P Chastain at Hereford Methodist church. Mr and Mrs Paul Crouse and son Pfc Byron E Crouse stationed in Korea with Seventh Motor Transport Battalion USMC. Mrs Eleanor Miller wife of the late Rev Richard H Miller to visit Union Bridge in June. Also a report on a Maryland labor federation resolution opposing changes to the Walsh Healey Public Contracts Act.
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Union Shuvue
Annie Caylor
Leslie Lovell
John Snyder
Claude Billmyer
Alice Clemson
L. P. Chastain
Hereford Methodist Church
Paul Crouse
Union
Byron E. Crouse
Korea
Seventh Motor Transport Battalion
USMC
Eleanor Miller
Richard H. Miller
Union Bridge Lutheran Parish
Daniel
George’ Cotton
Volga
South Dakota
Union Bridge
Giants Rally To Beat Dodgers In Six Two Win
New York Giants defeat Brooklyn Dodgers 6-2 to extend first place lead to 2. The Giants hit eight times off Loes and Williams homered twice with Lockman a triple, Mueller a second homer. Hearn pitched five hitless innings until sixth, fanning five with two days rest. Dodgers Rue Walker opened the sixth with a single for their first hit.
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New York
New York Giants
Big Jim Hearn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Tolay
Hearn
Billy Lees
Brooklyn
Giants
Dave Williams
Whiley Lockman
Don Mueller
Heern
Dodgers
Rue Walker
Loes
Williams
Lockman
Bob Thomson
Raffens_berger
Bobby Adams
Roy McMillan
Bob Borkowski
Pittsburgh
Jack Merson
Cincinnati
Raffensberger
Seminick
Munger
LaPalme
McCullough
Cleveland
Teddy Gray
Detroit
St. Louis
Stubbs
Judson
Lollar
Cain
Paige
Courtney
Gilo Garcia
Harris
Hegan
Gray
Ginsberg
Daily Radio and TV Schedule Snippet
A dense OCR listing radio and television time slots across networks such as nbe abc mbs cbs and nbc. Includes program titles like Dragnet The Lone Ranger Hit Parade Amos and Andy and window times with notes on daylight saving adjustments.
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Nbe
Ebs
Slient
Abc-Mbs-Eaat
Cbs
Nbe News & Comment
Che
Nbe Beulah
Cbs News & Commentary
Jack Ebmith
Cbe
Abe
Mbs
Sliver Eagle
Abe Newa
One Man's Family
Cbs Evening Newsreel
Peace & Warechp
Marlene Dietrich
Abe Modern Casanova
Playhouse
Abe Hardy
Nta
Chameleon
Cba
Abc News
Rod & Gun
Abc
Abc the Waxworks
Music Box
Nbc
Abc Orchestra
All Nets
Groucho Marx
DuMont
Amos-Andy
Chance of Lifetime
Abe Bill Slater
Crima
Dhs
Twilight Golf League triumphs as Chippers sweep Putters
Twilight Golf League played at VFW Country Club with Beaulta Chippers captained by Charley May sweeping three points from the Putters in a Wednesday match. The intraclub league runs weekdays, with first half set to end July 4 after all foursomes compete.
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VFW
Chippers
Charley May
Putters
Chippers—May
Bob Hane
Paul Johnson
Dick Bowlus
Tommy Michael
Sam Maples
Bill Talley
Jim Garber
Tulyar wins 173rd English Derby at Epsom Downs
Aga Khan's Tulyar, long shot mudlark to fast track, wins the 173rd Derby at Epsom. Charlie Smirke rides the three year old to a record purse of 20,587 pounds. Gay Time is second with Faubourg II third as 33 start in the international sweepstakes. Americans fail to win since 1914. A separate note: Gene Hairston to meet Laurent Dauthille in Paris June 16 for a 10 round bout.
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Aga Khan
Tulyar
Charlie Smirke
Gay Time
Faubourg WU
Faubourg II
H. Duryea
Robert S. Clark
Fiery Torch
Ralph B. Strassburger
Worden IL
L. L. Lordy Lawrence
Ararat
New York
Gene Hairston
Laurent Dauthille
Palais de Sports
France
Lew Burston
International Boxing Club
Mays Bids Giants Farewell Before Military Service
Willie Mays, 21, the Giants’ breakout outfielder from Fairfield Alabama, played his farewell major league game before entering the armed forces. He hopes for a camp with a ball club and recalls his first big league hit, a homer at the Polo Grounds off Warren Spahn, plus a memorable throw to nail a runner at the plate. Teammates gift him a portable radio and Manager Leo Durocher a gold Giants emblem tie clasp.
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Brooklyn
Willie Mays
New York Giants
Armed Forces
Mays
Army
Navy
Marines
Willie
Fairfield
Polo Grounds
Warren Spahn
Braves
Carl Furillo
Billy Cox
Dodgers
Leo Durocher
Giants
Greek Women Win Right to Vote
In Athens on May 28, Parliament unanimously granted Greek women the right to vote in national elections, marking a historic expansion of suffrage. The vote ended years of advocacy by women’s groups and reshapes civic participation nationwide.
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Athens
Greece
Seven Americans In Prestwick Matches
Vicious winds and home resistance failed to scare seven U S amateurs in the fifth round of the British Amateur Championship at Prestwick Scotland. Survivors include Dick Chapman Billy Maxwell Frank Stranahan Harvie Ward Frank Strafaci Jim McHale and others as two rounds Saturday and two more Friday narrow the field toward an all American final.
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Prestwick
Scotland
America
United States
Dick Chapman
Pinehurst
Atlantic
Chapman
U. S
Billy Maxwell
Odessa
Tex
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ohio
Harvie Ward
Tarboro
N. C
North Carolina
Frank Strafaci
Garden City
N. Y
Jim McHale
Philadelphia
Outstanding threat profiles in 1950s racing field at Hagerstown
The article lists top competitors like Jack Penrose from Miami Beach and Bobby Knowles from Boston as outstanding threats, with Hobart Manley of Savannah and Charles Chick Evans of Chicago noted as prominent veterans. It notes Wild Bill Gross from Washington as a familiar name in stock car racing, set to race at Hagerstown Speedway Sunday under new operator Ed Dito.
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Bobby Knowles
Boston
Hobart Manley
Savannah
Charles Chick Evans
Chicago
Brunswick vs Lovettsville Memorial Day Baseball Game
Brunswick of the Maryland State League and Lovettsville of the Tri-County League schedule a Memorial Day baseball game at E. W. Scheer stadium in Brunswick. Start time is 2 30 p m est.
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Brunswick
Lovettsville
E. W. Scheer
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Indianapolis
Freddy Agabashian
Albany
Calif
Emmay
L. J. Fagen
Kent
American Automobile Association Contest Board
Penmains
London
Roger Bannister
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Hotspur Park
Walkersville High
M. J. Grove
Rainout
Tnesarian Pet
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Rotary
Municipal Softball League
Seca
Feller
Houdeman
Washington
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Shea
Wa McDermott
Shantz
Keitner
Raschi
South End Civic Association
Creagerstown
Seca Lassies
Creagersioan
E Plunkard
B. Wachter
Miller
Blower
Smalio
Theaera Pei
St Boston
Detroit Phiadelphia
Ocean City
Maryland
Cumberland
John J. Long
Liamsville
Tony Wagner
Siamsville Club
Detrick Athletic Field
Akron
Lees
Laitiné
Walker
Brecheen
Bokelmann
Wards
Rice
Fusselman
Hatten
Radio Progam MB
CBB
Shay
Tru-Ade Bottling CO
E. Patrick St
Twilight Golf League
Beaulta
Brawsies Vs
Mashies
Marylang WU
New Hampshires
Marke Street
Betterton
BAY Belle Wilson Line
Beidway
Battimere
Tee
Nwvge Modern Pharmacy
Pearee’s
Olga
Clinker
Markell & Ford
Carroll
Braddock Drive-In
Pennsylvania Ave
Hagerstown
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Benet Fey
Rene
Billy Brow
Hotebol Empire
A. More
Frederick Frederick
Jack Penrose
Dark Horse
Miami Beach
Fla
Racing
AY Bel Air
Meera
Abnish
Gartera
Fey
Hershey Park
Park
D.S.T
Reg Kehoe
Bay
Monroe
Spactaters
Hershey Museum
Panna
Pottstown
Park Theater
Judy and Jeannette
BOB Cimes Co
Europe
Mammoth
Phil Yeung
Pallastown Boys
Pat
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