Yanks Win Two as Tribe Keeps Pace in Tight Race
New York Yankees stretched their margin over Cleveland to four percent with a doubleheader sweep of Washington 7-5 and 2-0. Indians beat St. Louis 4-3, dropping the Red Sox further from first. Sal Maglie earned a 20-game win as the Giants beat Brooklyn 2-1 to stay within reach of the NL leaders.
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Lovettsville Wins High-Scoring Playoff Opener
In the Tri County Baseball League semi finals Lovettsville defeats Creagerstown 10 to 9 after a late surge in the seventh inning. Middletown downs Buckeystown 8 to 4 as Snyder exits in the fourth and Crone homers twice.
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Baseball scores from NL Sunday and Saturday results
National League results show St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 7 1 4 Boston 5 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 7 0 Cincinnati 3 7 New York 2 Brooklyn 1 on Sunday. Saturday games include Brooklyn 9 New York 0 Boston 5 Philadelphia 6 St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 4 Chicago 3. Mosquitoes used as guinea pigs to gauge toxic spray residues on fruit and vegetables.
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Tjamsville Winner In Benefit Affair
Tjamsville earns win 6 to 1 over Point of Rocks in a benefit game. Kolb took the loss while Murray pitched the win. Key hitters included Martz Groff and Hanes with Lyerly and V Shores stealing bases as Shook officiated. Time two and a half hours. Scorers Moylan and Trout.
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Turpin Robinson Title Fight Set with 50000 Expected Crowd
Middleweight champion Randy Turpin meets Sugar Ray Robinson in a planned 15 round title bout at the Polo Grounds on Wednesday night. A sellout crowd near 50,000 is anticipated with purses and receipts potentially reaching half a million dollars. Turpin, 23, won the crown from Robinson in London on July 10 in a major upset.
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Baseball Scores and Affected Games Summary
The American League results show Chicago 4 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 11 Boston 3, New York 7 Washington 0, Cleveland 4 St Louis 3. Second game halted by darkness after 5144 innings. New York 4 Washington 0, Boston 6 Philadelphia 1, Chicago 3 Detroit 2, Cleveland 6 St Louis 2.
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Union Bridge 2 Middletown 5 in 8 innings summary
Union Bridge scored two runs while Middletown posted five runs in eight innings. Key plays include Lutz homering and P Stroup plus Repp adding two base hits. Beard allowed five hits in eight innings while Shank gave up one run in one inning. Umpires were Smith and Fraser.
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LeGore, Adamstown Split Double Bill in Softball
In a County Softball League doubleheader at Adamstown, LeGore won the opener 8-5 while Adamstown captured the nightcap 10-6. Adamstown rallied in the sixth inning of the second game with Ausherman driving in the decisive runs and the winning surge featured four hits by the Ausherman brothers and Crawford. The tunnel note follows about Ben Nevis Scotland claiming the world’s longest tunnel at 15 miles for an electrical pipeline.
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Day Eliminated As Hamsville Methodists Reach Semis
Day knocked out of the Heart of Maryland League semi finals after a 9 8 10 inning loss to the Methodists. Myersville forced a rubber game by beating Bolivar 11 7 with a late rally and clean defense aided by Hiltner’s catches.
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Walkersville Wins 1951 Little League Clash
Walkersville's 1951 Little League team defeated Frederick Little Lions 6 to 3 on the Glade diamond. Ed Zimmerman delivered a bases loaded double and Earl Duncan hit a home run and two bagger as Walkersville, featuring Latle League graduates, rode strong pitching to the victory. Duncan, 13, had 18 homers last season for the Gladesters.
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