Browns Rally Past Yankees in 11-6 Win in St. Louis
The St. Louis Browns exploded for five first-inning runs and cruised to an 11-6 victory over the New York Yankees. New York maintained a two game lead over the Indians as Philadelphia handed Cleveland a 6-4 loss. Key batters included Rizzuto Berra Mantle and Woodling while Miller took the loss for the Yankees. Major league stat lines show multiple players contributing across both clubs. A attendance of 5,420 was recorded.
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St. Louis Browns
New York Yankees
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
New York St. Louis
Noren
Ozarilla
Rizzuto
3Delsing
Brid'w'r
Omich'ls
Bauer, Rf
Oniemannf
Berra, c
Odyck, If
Silvera
Omoss
Mantle, Cf
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Ald
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Pillette
Martin
Madison
J Miller
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Sthmung
Schaeffer
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Bauer
Berra
Mantle
Woodling
Zarilla
Delsing
Michaels
Nieman
Dyck
Miller
German
So—Pillette
Gorman
Ho—Miller
Marion
Wild Pitch
LP Miller
U—Paparella
Duty
Rommel
Berry
Athletics Rally Past Indians 6–4 on Ninth Inning Homers
Philadelphia Athletics erase a 4–2 deficit with four runs in the ninth inning led by Allie Clark's pinch homer. Joost, Fain, Philley, Doby, and Glynn contributed RBI as Cleveland’s Byrd took the loss while Wynn started for the Indians.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Allie Clark
Philadelphia
Orosen
Vale
O Simpson
Kell
Gilynn
Suder
O'Boone
Murray
Hegan
sStruth
OeMitchell
Byrd
Tipton
Clark
Owynn
Kurab
Olemon
Hogan
R—Joost
Fain
Philley
Zerasal
Thomas
Dobey
Rosen
Simpson
E- Joost
RBI
Zernial
Glynn
Wynn
Yale
Doby
Lemon
White Sox top Senators 6 in Ladies Day victory
Eddie Robinson drove in four runs to pace Chicago as the White Sox beat the Washington Senators 6 to 1 before 14 439 fans. Robinson homered and doubled, with Rivera Jensen and Miranda contributing RBIs in a steady offensive showing. Stobbs took the loss, Moreno and Haynes pitched for Washington.
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Chicago
Eddie Robinson Rove
White Sox
Senators
Washington
Abhoa Abhoa Yost
O Fox
Busby
O Rivera
Jensen
Ominoso
Rapp
O Rob’son
Wood, If
Omele
Runnels
Lollar
Vernon
Okrsnich3ah
Hod
Haynes
aCampos
Johnson
Chicago Smeedawee Saeenenaee
Rivera
Minoso
Robinson
Miranda
E—Jansen
RBI
SO Stobbs
Hoderlein
Fox
Stobbs
Moreno
Ho— Moreno
Wp-Stubbs
A—Huriley
Soar
Froese
McGowan
DiMaggio Drives Red Sox Past Tigers With Grand Slam
Dom DiMaggio drove in five runs lifting Boston to a 10 5 win over Detroit. Dizzy Trout earned his eighth victory, Hal Newhouser took the loss as Boston pitchers held off Detroit. Ginsberg, Lipon, and White contributed for Boston in a high scoring thriller.
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Dom DiMaggio
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Dizzy Trout
Boston
Hal Newhouser
Pesky
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Ogroth
T ? Thrby
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White
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Newhouser
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KR Goodman
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Trout
Dropo
Hatrad
Drope
Deavitt
Benton
Knewhouser
Littlefield J. SQ
Benton &B
Brickner
Newhouser & In & Lutivefeld
Stevens
Summers
Mechanics
Alessa
Odessa Farm Loop All Stars Win 15 12
The Odessa Little League Farm Team All Stars defeated the Goldsmith All Stars 15 to 12 in a late Saturday game. Bobby Flanagan pitched a complete game allowing two hits while six errors by Goldsmith aided the Odessa win. Don Covington took the loss after eight hits and six Goldsmith errors. Richard Chamlin hit a two run homer for Odessa and Covington homered for Goldsmith with two runners on base.
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Goldsmith
Bobby Flanagan
Don Convington
Covington
Richard Chamlin
Coaching School Opens Today in Fort Worth
The world’s largest coaching school begins in Fort Worth with a week of lectures on football basketball baseball track and training by top coaches. About 1,500 coaches expected for sessions. North and South all star squads coached by Jim Tatum Vedal Peterson Dutch Meyer and Hank Iba with games Thursday and Friday at Will Rogers Coliseum and Amon G. Carter Stadium.
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Texas High School Coaches Association
Austin
San Antonio
Jim Tatum
Maryland
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian
Hank Iba
Oklahoma A&m
Vedal Peterson
Utah
Alex Hooks
Southern
Jack Patterson
University of Houston
Elmer Brown
TCU
Amos Melton
Clyde Godd
George Lee
J. R. Watson
Texas A&m
Tatum
Peterson
Meyer
Iba
Jim Burney
Masonic
Ronnie Stephenson
Adelbert Bartek
Fort Hood
Carl Meier
Calvert
Will Rogers Coliseum
Amon G. Carter Stadium
U S Wins Olympic Team crown with dramatic comeback
In Helsinki on the final day U S basketball beat Russia 36 25 as Ford Konno set swimming records and Patricia McCormick swept the women’s high dive. Five U S boxers claimed titles lifting the U S to 610 553 1 2 in points and seven golds.
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Helsinki
United States
U. S
Russia
Ford Konno
Ohio State
Patricia McCormick
Long Beach
Calif
Uncle Sam
Nate Brooks
Cleveland
Charles Adkins
Gary
Ind
Floyd Patterson
Brooklyn
Norvel Lee
Washington
Eddie Sanders
Los Angeles
America
Bowen Stassforth
Iowa
Australia
John Davis
Evelyn Kawamo
Honolulu
Carolyn Green
Fort Laudersdale
Fla
Jim McClane
Yale
Charles Hough
Hollywood
Cal
John Wofford
Milford
Kans
Lonly Bill Hoagland
Yanks
Clyde Lovellette
Bob Kurland
Lovellette
Kurland
Konno
Shiro Hashizume
Japan
Hashizume
McLane
Miss McCormick
Paula Myers
la Verne
June Irwin
Evgenika Brigdanovskaya
Scoring Totals From United States Meet Worldwide List
A compiled score table lists nations and points from a global meet led by the United States at 610, followed by Russia 553 Hungary 298 Sweden 276 and Germany 165. Other nations include Italy 162 France 142 Czechoslovakia 113 Great Britain 105 and Switzerland 92 with varied placements.
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Russia
Hungary
Sweden
Germany
Italy
Finland
France
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Switzerland
Australia
Japan
South African
Denmark
Argentina
Norway
Holland
Iran
Jamaica
Belgium
Turkey
Romania
Poland
Brazil
Austria
Egypt
Yugoslavia
New Zealand
India
Luxembourg
Korea
Lebanon
Mexico
Portugal
Trinidad
Uruguay
Ireland
Spain
Chile
Philippines
Venezuela
Cuba
Pakistan
Bahamas
Greece
Singapore
Bulgaria
Browns Open 1952 Camp as Question Mark Team
Cleveland Browns begin training camp as a rebuilding unit after losses in 1951. Nine veterans from 1955 report, led by Otto Graham and Dante Lavelli, with key newcomers including George Ratterman and Sherman Howard joining a mix of familiar roles and younger players aiming to reestablish title contention.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Browns
Browns
Los Angeles Rams
Paul Brown
Brown
Otto Graham
Dante Lavelli
Mac Speedie
George Young
Marion Motley
Lin Houston
Bill Willis
Frank Gatski
Lou
Horace Gillom
Len Ford
John Kissell
Derrell Palmer
Abe Gibron
Tommy Thompson
Rex Bumgardner
Dub Jones
Tommy James
Emerson Cole
Warren Lahr
Odessa Gushers Defeat Midland Jaycees 87 in Midland
The Odessa Jaycee Gushers beat the Midland Jaycees 87 by an 87 to 0 score in Midland Friday night. Bobby Britt started and Bert Wallace finished eight innings on the mound. Chief Wilkin starred with all around play and Jim Chaney caught a runner and contributed at the plate with Jim Payne. The Gushers host the Midland Latin American team at Fly Field at 3 30 p m.
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Odessa Jaycee Gusher
Midland Jaycees
Midland
Odessa
Bobby Britt
Bert Wallace
Chief Wilkin
Gushers
Jim Chaney
Husky
Jim Payne
Fly Field
Clyde Littlefield Shows Marked Improvement Amid Illness
In Helsinki on August 2 Clyde Littlefield the longtime University of Texas coach and U S Olympic assistant coach was reported much improved after a bleeding stomach ulcer. He responded well to a sequence of blood transfusions as Dr Harry Mc Phee the U S Olympic team physician confirmed.
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Helsinki
Clyde Littlefield
University of Texas
U. S
Harry McPhee
Glen Garden Golf Meet Finals Set
A dancing instructor from Oklahoma and a recently married Dallas teen advanced to the 36 hole final of the 22nd Glen Garden Invitational in Fort Worth. Chris Gers, 24, defeated Ernie Vossler 2-1, then Derald Lehman 4-3. Jimmy Powell, 17, beat Bobby Malone 3-2, then Buddy Sprague 3-2 to reach the final.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Dallas
Chris Gers
Oklahoma City
Jimmy Powell
Texas
Gers
Ernie Vossler
Powell
Bobby Malone
Derald Lehman
Buddy Sprague
Alexandria
Der
Oilers Triumph 9-1 Over Braves Behind Quintana
The Oilers defeated the Sweetwater Braves 9-1 in a dull contest despite being outhit 11-6. Ben Quintana earned his sixth straight win, pitching the full distance with eight strikeouts and three walks, backed by flawless Oilers defense and three double plays.
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Spec Gammon
Oilers
Sweetwater Braves
Ben Quintana
No Toron
Quintana
Oilers Rally Past Braves Behind Platoon Substitutions
In Sweetwater the Oilers built nine runs by the eighth inning as Bob Martin used a platoon system. Odessa capitalized on two early Braves errors and key hits from Dieppa Loyko Eastham and Morris. Merritt and Rodriguez pitching combos allowed nine Oilers runs with late game drills, final score 9 to 1.
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Oilers
Mgr
Bob (Pepiper) Martin
Odessa
Raul Dieppa
Johnny Morris
Martin
Don Morgan
Ee Eastham
Eastham
Traspuesta
Ernie Cortez
Dieppa
Bernal
Morris
Charlie Weber
Marion Tredaway
Castro
Evelio Ortega
Fabian
Curt Schmidt
Carlos Perez
Sweetwater
San Angelo
Cortez
Morgan
Buck
Sliter
iCearley
Exathans
Morris, Ss
Loyko
Traspuesto
Weber Es
Hughes, Ar
Schmidt
Merritt
Ortiz
Miller
Rodriguez
Batson
Lopez
Odessa AB Rbh PO
Perez
Raiz
Loyke
Tredaway
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Guerrero
Ortega
Parker
Cearley
Crocker
Weber
Lsaqua
Sam Larroz
Tras- Quintana
Puesto
RBI
Dearley
Wehunt
Morris &Ortega
Hughes
Web- Perez
Or- Ortiz
Szitega
Quin- Hayes
Ojtana
Villarreal
Quintana
Fuqua
Galende
Helkie
Saiguis
Dowski
Tom Bolt Grips lead at Tam O'Shanter Open
Tommy Bolt cigars to a four under 68 to surge six strokes clear of Sam Snead at the All American Open with 18 holes left. Snead slipped to 74 after a rough finish while Bolt held a 137 after two rounds, eyeing the $25 000 purse as Iverson Martin and Cary Middlecoff trailed. Louise Suggs led the women with 222 after a 72.
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Tommy
Thunder) Bolt
Durham
N. C
Sam Snead
Bolt
Tom O’shanter
Snead
Sam
Skee Riegel
Tulsa
Riegel
S. Snead
Iverson Martin
Maplewood
N.J
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Middlecoff
Johnny Bulla
Verona
Henry Ransom
Louise Suggs
Atlanta
Pacer
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Betty Bush
Miss Suggs
Betsy Rawls
Austin
Tex
Odessa Juniors Name Olympic Swimming Qualifiers
Odessa announced its pre Olympic qualifying list for the Odessa Junior Olympics swimming and diving meet. In diving and swimming across 10 and under to 13 year old divisions, multiple boys and girls earned spots including Ken Slaughter Joe Cochran Jerry Green Zanna Alvey and many others. A bathing beauty contest yielded further qualifiers with Janie Harris June Eddins and Moselle Alden earning spots in their age groups.
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Odessa
Ken Slaughter
Joe Cochran
Jerry Green
Zanna Alvey
Martin McCarroll
Douglas Wood
Ronnie Newman
Jerry Sizemore
Dwane Newman
Don Parmelly
Lynn Albright
Ronnie McClesky
Ernest Swanson
Zanna_ Alvey
Charlotte Whitehead
Phyllis Thurber
Ginger Anderson
Margie Olsen
Dean Dunning
Jimmy Newton
Gary Watson
Dave Harris
Coaches Association Opens Membership for Private School Mentors
Fort Worth Texas August 2 The Texas High School Coaches Association voted to admit mentors from private and parochial schools on a limited basis at a business meeting before the coaching school opens. The change is expected to add about 45 coaches to the current 2404 members from roughly 30 schools.
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Fort Worth
Texas High School Coaches Association
Cats Tulsa Split In Texas League Doubleheader
In Fort Worth the Fort Worth Cats and Tulsa Oilers split a Texas League doubleheader. Tulsa won 1 0 in the opener as Niles Jordan earned his eighth win on a three hitter. The Cats came back to win the nightcap 8 1 behind Dick McCoy six hit pitching and a 14 hit attack.
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Fort Worth Cats
Tulsa Oilers
Tulsa
Cats
Niles Jordan
Oilers
Jim Melton
Tom Reis
Jim Curley
Dick McCoy
Colts Rally To Bury Vernon Dusters 10 6 In Front Of 629
San Angelo Colts overturn a Friday defeat to beat Vernon Dusters 10 to 6 before 629 fans. J B May earned the win with help from Clarence Tinkler and Thomas as Vernon’s offense was quelled by Lagomarsino and Wallis who worked later to close out the game. Wal lis fanned six in relief, while Sosa took the loss for Vernon. Burns Guerrero and Kowalik sparked San Angelo with key RBIs and defensive plays.
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Wallis
Glen Burns
Tony Guerrero
Colts
Jake McClain
Burn
Guerrero
Burns
Ken Kowalik
Matt Dooley
McClain
San Angelo
Vernon
May
Tinkler
Thomas
Dacko
Sosa
Lagomarsino
Niedson
Artesia Drillers Rally Past Big Spring 10-5
Artesia Drillers defeat Big Spring Broncs 10 to 5 with Rooster Mills holding the mound in relief after the fifth. Artesia totaled 21 hits led by Paul Halter five, Johnny Alonso four, and Bill Haley four. Big Spring had ten hits with Rick Gonzales collecting three.
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Rooster Mills
Artesia Drillers
Big Spring Broncs
Bertie Baez
Rick Gonzales
Big Spring
Artesia
Rungle
Mills
Briner
Corrales
Baez
Valdes
Giants Edge Pirates in Rain-Shortened Exhibition
The New York Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 43 in a rain halted game. Dusty Rhodes homered with one on as New York moved within 4 and a half games of the Dodgers.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Dusty) Rhodes
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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Great
Daerk
Bell
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Kiner
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Merson
Rhodes
O Mueller
D'Greco
Bart'me
Westrum
Dickson
Ollansen
Groat
Williams
Dark
RBI
McCullough
Lockman
Thompson
Rhodea
Lockeman
Bartirome
Reds Bump Braves 8 3 in Hornsby Era Welcome
Cincinnati Reds overpower Boston Braves 8 to 3 to tighten their chase for home base under new manager Rogers Hornsby. Key hits from Kluszewski Burris Adams and Marshall spark the offense as Wilson suffers the setback for Boston. The game lasts 2 hours 20 minutes with 1,567 in attendance.
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Cincinnati Reds
Rogers Hornsby
Boston Braves
Cincinnati
Bork’ski
Adams
Logan
Marsh
Klus’ski
Gordon
Westi’ke
O Thorpe
Edwards
O Crowe
Adcock
Fog Jones
Sncsccec
R—Sorkowski
Marshall
Westelake
Rossi
McMillan
Perkowski
Jethroe
Crowe
Burris
E—Seminick
RBI
Kluszewski
Wilson
S—Mathews
Dittemer
Burdette
Pellagrini
Ossi
So—Burdette
Ho—Wilson
Jones
Johnson
U—Gage
Conlan
Stewart
Guglielmo
Rain Halts Cubs Dodgers Game After Cubs Lead
Chicago Cubs led Brooklyn Dodgers 4 0 when rain stopped play in the fifth inning. Hank Sauer’s 27th homer and a four run third inning were wiped out by rain as the game was called.
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Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cubs
Hank Sauer
Phillies Rally With Grand Slam to Top Cardinals
Connie Ryan hit a grand slam as the Philadelphia Phillies, in fourth place, rallied for five eighth inning runs to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6 2 at Shibe Park before 12 889. Ryan slugged his eighth homer of the year and third career slam on a 3 2 pitch off Al Brazle to break a 1 1 tie.
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Connie Rya
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Shibe Park
Ryan
al Brazel
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