Charles Favorite To Defeat Jersey Joe In Philadelphia
Atlantic City reports big betting favorite Ezzard Charles to dethrone Jersey Joe Walcott in Philadelphia. Charles, 30, seeks the heavyweight crown as critics call it a pick em fight while Walcott, 38, vows a repeat kayo. Weighs shown around 194 pounds for both men with Charles aiming 190 to 192.
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Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
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Municipal Stadium
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Cincinnati
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Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Walcott
Chicago
Detroit
Kayo
Pittsburgh
Philly
Pennsylvania
Carter Hardware Tops Shell TXL In City League
Carter Hardware edged Shell TXL by one run in a 6 to 5 opener as Jack Everett struggled early and Mac Kirth allowed six hits. VFW defeated Phillips Well Service 7 to 3 behind Doyle Crain pitching and two home runs by Ike McKinney and James Bell.
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Carter Hardware
Shell Txl
VFW
Phillips
Carter
Jack Everett
Shell
Mac Kirth
Doyle Crain
Ike McKinney
James Bell
Little Leaguers Open American League Series
Kiwanis Club Tigers beat FCE Senators 7 4 in the first American League game. Jack Hamilton homered in the third inning. Darrell Wirt won for Cole Motor Browns 12 6 over Carter Hardware Yankees. Pony League games set for West County Park at 6:30 and 8:30. Senators had three hits off Mike Laird. Glast nicked for nine Tiger hits. Keown allowed 11 Browns hits as Yankees committed eight errors. Line scores follow.
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Jack Hamilton
Kiwanis Club
Tigers
FCE
Senators
Darrell Wirt
Cole Motor Browns
Carter Hardware Yankees
West County Park
Athletic Club
Paul Cole
John Perry
Tiger
Mike Laird
Larry Glast
Sammy Keown
Yankees
Browns
Texas schoolboy baseball final set between Crozier Tech and Reagan
Crozier Tech Dallas and John Reagan Houston clash tonight for the Texas schoolboy baseball title. Doyie Stout fanned 21 in round one against Amarillo, while Jack Schulten pitched a two hitter to beat Tyler. Tech edged Laredo 5 2 to reach the final as Melvan Price limited the opposition to five hits. Reagan advanced by defeating Waco 6 3 with John Walda yielding five hits and fending off a late Waco rally with bases loaded.
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Austin
Tex
Melvan Price
John Reagan
Waco
Reagan
John Walda
Team Eight Tops Three Games In Monday Mixed League
In the Monday night Mixed Bowling League at Odessa Roller Rink Team Eight swept three games defeating Lee's Drive-In. Brown's Construction beat Team Two two games, Team Eight edged Sears Food two games, and Team Six won two from Team Seven. Team Six posted the high team series 2126 with George Hoover topping both high series 503 and high game 179. Ellen Freeman led women with high game 169 and Peg Headrick with high series 406.
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Brown
Team Eight
Sears Food
Team Six
Team Seven
George Hoover
Ellen Freeman
Peg Headrick
Longhorn Leo
Pet
Midland
San Angelo
Roswell
Artesia
Ae Sweetwater
ATS
Big Spring
Vernon
Sweetwater
Vernon San Angelo
Fae Ae
Temple
Oll Eeee Eee
Longview
Martin P. Hatfield
Aris
L. Hatfield
Waco
Barnes Stn Ee
McPherson Ee Ae
Tyler
Eee
Austin
Paris
Texarkana
Hoover
Wichita Falls
Barbee
Werrington
Crockett
Osborn
Tucker
Glenn Ragland
Laredo
Port Arthur
Harlingen
BAM
Brownsville
Freeman Ence
Galveston
Texas City
Freeman Headrick
Aeee
Lake Charles
Corpus Christi
Chandler Enenee
Hoffnagle Berry
Eeese
Berry
Scowden
Harris
Landrum Brown
Landrum
W. Landrum
O. Landrum
Burnett
Saxton Favored In 10 Round Title Bout At Chicago Stadium
New York's Johnny Saxton, weighing about 147 pounds and riding a 28 fight undefeated streak, is the favorite to defeat Luther Rawlings of Chicago in a 10 round bout at Chicago Stadium. Rawlings, a top lightweight contender at 137 pounds, stands three inches taller. The match airs nationally at 9 p.m.
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Chicago
New York
Johnny Saxton
Luther Rawlings
Saxton
Rawlings
Chicago Stadium
Winners of Kermit Pin Tourney Listed
Howie Ringham of Odessa and Dorothy Davis of Mentone took first prize in the Kermit Bowling Center Mixed Doubles Sweepstakes. The winning doubles total was 1332 pins, with Lou Rene Mc Donald and Clint Benefield finishing second at 1320 pins.
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Howie Ringham
Odessa
Dorothy Davis
Mentone
Kermit Bowling Center
Davis
Ringham
Lou Rene McDonald
Clint Benefield
Blue Man Is Rated Belmont Favorite
A field of about nine three year olds was checked for the 100000-added Belmont Stakes with Blue Man as the favorite. Armageddon Sub Fleet and King Jolie are among rivals expected to challenge the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner on the mile and a half track. Others include One Count Golden Gloves Master Fiddle Cold Command and Olympic all at 126 pounds.
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Blue Man
Arthur Abbott
White Oak Stable
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Sub Fleet
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Dixiana
Hill Gail
Fleet
Jamaica
King Jolie
Isidor Bieber
Clever Hirsch Jacobs
Walter M. Jeffords
Belair Stud
Mydelyn Stable
C. V. Whitney
Cold Command
Fred W. Hooper
Olympic
England
Two Clubs Tie For Big State Lead In Tight Race
Wichita Falls and Austin remain tied atop the Big State League standings. Austin defeated Waco 8-2, Wichita Falls beat Longview 8-3, Texarkana rallied with four 11th inning runs to edge Paris 11-7, and Tyler downed Temple 13-2 keeping the race close with Tyler one game back.
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Austin
Tyler
Waco
Longview
Texarkana
Paris
Indians
Temple
Clovis Tops Pampa In WT-NM League Showdown
Clovis extended its half game lead in the West Texas New Mexico League by defeating Pampa 7 to 4 Tuesday night. Weather interrupted two other games while Berger closed out Abilene 10 to 6, lifting the Rockets to sixth place as rain halted Lamesa at Amarillo and Lubbock at Albuquerque.
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Lubbock
Pampa
Albuquerque
Borger
Amarillo
Abilene
Clovis
Berger
Rockets
Lamesa
Texas League Nears Closest Race in Years
Oklahoma City Beaumont Houston and Dallas chase a virtual first place tie as Tulsa wins to cut the gap. Oklahoma City climbs from last to lead after a 7-5 win over Beaumont while Dallas splits with Houston 4-3 and Fort Worth earns a 5-3 victory.
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Cleveland
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Cincinnati
Eebie
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Texas League
Sooner State Indians
San Antono
Pat Garner Featured in Texas Women's Golf Round Two
Texarkana June 4 Pat Garner of Midland faced Mrs. M B Killian of San Antonio and Mrs. H C Riedel of Dallas in the second round feature matches of the Texas Women's Golf Tournament. Miss Garner defeated Hilda Urbantke of Austin 3 and 2. Mrs. Riedel beat Joy Key 5 and 4. Mrs. Killiam beat Mrs. M T Halbeuty 6 and 4. Mrs. Simmons advanced by default as Mrs. Ko Weisbacher left due to her mother’s death in Paris.
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Texarkana
Pat Garner
Midland
M B. Killian
San Antonio
H. C. Riedel
Dallas
W. B. Simmons
Warner
Riedel
Miss Garner
Hilda Urbantke
Austin
Joy Key
Killiam
M. T. Halbeuty
Houston
Simmons
Ko Weisbacher
Paris
Port Arthur Tops Lakers In Gulf Coast League Thriller
Port Arthur edged the Lake Charles Lakers 6-5 with relief pitcher Les Kash earning the win. Irv Liberton pitched eight effective innings as Port Arthur’s Charro mates beat Laredo 12-7, narrowing the gap to one game atop the standings. Harlingen won 4-3 at Corpus Christi before a crowd of 442, and Galveston beat Texas City 7-5.
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Port Arthur
Les Kash
Kash
Laredo
Lake Charles Lakers
Brownsville
Irv Liberton
Charro
Harlingen
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Texas City
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