Oilers fall 10 to 2 to Artesia Drillers in Tuesday loss
Evelie Ortega eyes his 22nd win as Artesia Drillers pound Odessa Oilers 10-2 in Artesia. Drillers build early lead with seven runs in first two innings and extend their streak to three straight victories.
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Artesia
Evelie Ortega
Mike Rodriguez
Artesia Drillers
Odessa Oilers
LaVere Herrmann
Texans
Drillers
Big Spring
Roswell
Rockets
Broncos
Odessa
Ben Quintana
Rudy Briner
Jim Ackers
Pete Pichan
Herrmann
Vince Sarubbi
Paul Halter
Halter
Evelio Ortega
Lefty Loyko
Pepper Martin
AB Dieppa
Ortega Ib Loyko
Martin
Cearley
Rf Weber
Sane
Fabian If
Castro ¢E
Bauman
Brinere
Dieppa
Al Cruz Stops Hector Rios in Third Round at Olympic Auditorium
Al Cruz, former National Golden Gloves champ from Los Angeles, floored Hector Rios with a right at the bell and earned a third round technical knockout in a 10 round featherweight bout. Cruz improved to 18 wins in 19 professional fights before about 2,000 spectators in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
al Cruz
Hector Rios
Olympic Auditorium
Cruz
Rios
Abe Roth
el Paso
Tex
Casey Not Scorer Who Gave No Hitter
New York Aug 26 Manager Casey Stengel of the Yankees said it was he and not the official scorer who gave Virgil Trucks the lift he needed to pitch a delayed action no hitter against the world champions. Trucks aged 33 achieved the masterpiece his second of the season and the first against the Yankees since Bob Feller’s no hitter April 30 1946 after scorer John Drebinger of the New York Times reversed a call crediting Phil Rizzuto with a hit in the third inning.
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New York
Casey Stengel
Yankees
Tigers
Virgil Trucks
Trucks
Bob Feller
John Drebinger
New York Times
Phil Rizzuto
Big Spring Tops Roswell Rockets 7 4 in playoff clincher
Big Spring Broncs beat Roswell Rockets 7 to 4 to clinch a Longhorn league playoff spot and extend their edge over Midland for second place. Oscar Reguera earned the win in relief after Bert Estrada faltered in the sixth, as Big Spring used three pitchers and stacked 13 hits to overcome a 3-0 deficit.
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BIG Spring
Quintana
Big Spring Broncs
Roswell Rockets
Broncs
Midland
Rockets
Bert Estrada
Oscar Reguera
Juan Vistuer
Les Palmer
Roswell
Alonso
Crawford
Estrada
Reguera
Corrales
Valdes
Colts Rally Past Braves 7-5 In See-Saw Sunset Ball Clash
San Angelo Colts outscored Sweetwater 7-5 behind 14 hits and starter J B May eight hits allowed. Key plays included Johnny Taypan double and Ronald Dacko single to break a 4-4 tie in the seventh, with George Hayes adding an eighth inning RBI and a late ninth inning run.
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Sweetwater
San Angelo
Kenny Hughes
Cotton Russell
Ken Kowalik
Hayes
Braves
Sliter
Hughes
Charley Buck
May
Dacko
Rodriguez
Finley
Midland Indians rout Vernon Dusters 15 to 0 behind Ten
Israel Ten pitched seven sharp innings for his 19th win as Midland racked up 20 hits. Scooter Hughes and Julio de la Torres hit homers with one on, and Hughes plus Glenn Selbo each had four hits to pace the attack. The two clubs meet again Wednesday with Eddie Jacome set to start for Midland against Jack Fox of Vernon.
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Midland
Midland Indians
Vernon Dusters
Israel
Vernon
Scooter Hughes
Julio de la Torres
Hughes
Glenn Selbo
Eddie Jacome
Indians
Jack Fox
The
Dusters
Sosa
Bakas
McLaughlin
Nieolson
Tanner
Lamesa Climbs To Third In WTNM League Standings
Lamesa beat Abilene 10 to 7 to move into third place in the West Texas New Mexico League. Amarillo fell 4 to 3 at Borger, dropping to fourth, one game ahead of Berger. Lubbock edged Pampa 9 to 8, while Clovis and Albuquerque split as the Dukes trailed the Pioneers by 17 1/2 games.
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Lamesa
Pioneers
Dukes
Albuquerque
Blood donors at Indiantown Gap top weekly quota
The blood donor center at Indiantown Gap reservation collected 291 pints of plasma in two days. The donors were Korean War veterans returning from duty, highlighting the reserve center as a teaching example of experience in blood donation.
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Indiantown Gap
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Carlsbad Buys Vernon Team II Franchise
Carlsbad syndicate buys Vernon franchise in the Longhorn League for $10,000. Hal Sayles announces the sale with league director approval pending. Carlsbad group led by C. F. Montgomery plans to take Vernon assets after the season and build a new park with a newly organized stock company.
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Carlsbad
Vernon Team II
Abilene
Vernon
Hal Sayles
C. F. Montgomery
Texarkana Bears Move to Fourth with 16 3 Win
The Texarkana Bears beat the Temple Eagles 16 to 3 to climb into fourth place in the Big State League. Texarkana had 21 hits off two Temple pitchers in eight innings as Floyd Speer pitched the distance. Moe Santamauro belted a seventh inning homer with two on, and Temple’s Bob Moyer homered in the fourth. In other games Longview edged Austin 2 1, Wichita Falls lost to Waco 5 3, and Tyler beat Paris 8 6.
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Texarkana Bears
Temple Eagles
Bears
Eagle
Austin Pioneers
Floyd Speer
Texarkana
Moe Santamauro
Bob Moyer
Texas Diver Eyes All Major Titles
Skip Browning of Texas University leads the three meter diving qualifiers at the National AAU swimming championships with 267.50 points. Mexico's Joaquin Capilla and Ohio State's Bobby Clotworthy push Browning toward the top as Ford Konno is favored in the one mile event.
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Newark
N. J
Skippy Browning
Texas University
Browning
Mexico
Joaquin Capilla
Bobby Clotworthy
Ohio State
Capilla
Ford Konno
Boros to Meet Locke in Hopkins World Championship Match
U S Open champ Julius Boros faces Bobby Locke in a 36 hole singles match at Beaconsfield Golf Club to close the Hopkins International tournament. The United States leads 7.5 to 11.5 after Tuesday foursomes as Boros and Ford helped secure key wins.
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Montreal
Julius Boros
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
United States
U. S
Theema
Beaconsfield
Dorothy Kirby Opens Defense in Portland Women’s Amateur
Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta leads the qualifiers with a 76 in the opening round of the women’s national amateur golf championship at Waverley Country Club Portland. The 64-player field includes former champions Mae Romack and Pat Lesser with strong sectional contenders from Cleveland Longview Portland and Seattle.
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Portland
Ore
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Georgia
Miss Kirby
Tulsa
Waverley Country Club
Beatrice Barrett
Barbara Romeck
California
Carol Diringer
Ohio
Frank Fisk
Claire Doran
Cleveland
Dorothy
St. Paul
Frances Ogles
Bee McWane
Alabama
Birmingham
Lyle Bowman
Richmond
Calif
Trans-Mississippi
Oregon
Polly Riley
Fort Worth
Pat Lesser
Seattle
Washington
Kentucky
Betty Rowland
Lexington
Mary Lena Faulk
Thomasville
Marjorie Lindsay
Decatur
Baltimore Star
Mary Ann Downey
Culver City
Miss Downey
Harry Winters
Inglewood
Curtis Cupper
Mae Murray
Rutland
Helen Siegel
Philadelphia
Miss Murray
Jacqueline Yates
Hawaii
Miss Siegel
Pat Devaney
Grosse de
Mich
Texas
Pat Garner
Midland
Pat
Harlan Riedel
Dallas
Drunk At Reins Ends With Fines In Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama James S Rodgers aged 49 was fined twenty five dollars plus costs after being cited for driving a horse while intoxicated. The incident recalls older cases where animal drawn transport met legal limits.
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Birmingham
Ala
James S. Rodgers
Phillips Nine Caps Seminole Loop Title
Phillips defeats Amerada 7 to 2 to win the Seminole City Softball Playoff title for the second straight year. Burt Thomas pitched a two hitter for Phillips, Ray Pierce took the loss for Amerada, Tommy Young hit a fifth inning homer, and the trophy was handed to Mrs. Benny Maher after the game.
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Seminole
Seminole City
Amerada
Ray Pierce
Burt Thomas
Tommy Young
Benny Maher
Pierce
Doscher
Thomas
Jones
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Loyko
Eastham
Ae Martin
Weber
Ortiz
Fabian
Castro
Q'ntana
Parker
Perez
Villarreal
Campver
Parker Villarreal
Casey
Midland Gamers
United Press
and Nelson
Mobil Service
N. Grant
Boros
Locke
Hopkins
Doug Ford
Harrison
N. Y
Stan Leonard
Vancouver
Dave Douglas
Del
Stan Horne
Ted Kroll
New Hartford
Gordon Brydson
Toronto
Jackie Burke
Houston
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Bill Kerr
Ford
Huot
Kroll
Douglas
Fletcher
Leonard
Middlecoff
Burke
Horne
Brydson
Hazel Bishop
North Grant
Ei Ae
White
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