Score May Join Tribe On July 15
Herb Score expected to resume workouts by July 15 as his eye heals after a May 7 shelling by Gil McDougald. Doctor Charles I Thomas reports marked improvement and predicts a gradual return to strength with limited activity over four weeks while Score plans to rejoin the Cleveland Indians in July.
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Musial Ties NL Record With 822nd Straight Game
Stan Musial tied the National League consecutive games streak at 822 as the St. Louis Cardinals star extended his durability to 2,192 of the club’s 2,229 games over 14 seasons. He credited luck and fortune for staying healthy, matching Gus Suhr’s mark set in 1931–37 and ranking behind Lou Gehrig’s 2,130.
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Farly Start Lubbock Baseball Feud Causes Ejection
In early May 1951 Lubbock's Northeast Little League faced a baseball controversy after pitcher Steve Hill was ejected for throwing a spitball during a game amid a flu outbreak. The piece notes a prior 1944 knee injury from a collision with Deb Garris and a 1950 reinjury. Musial stands fifth among players with 500 or more consecutive games.
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Braves Dump Bums To Fourth Cleveland Moves To Third
By ED WILKS The Associated Press manager Birdie Tebbetts of Cincinnati's Redlegs says a tight race is ahead with several teams capable of winning. He notes any team can beat another as the pennant chase tightens.
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Yankees and Pirates Rally Amid Stengel Woes and NL Tightens
Casey Stengel frets over a struggling Yankee pitching staff despite a 3-2 win over the White Sox as Bobby Shantz earns his seventh victory. Meanwhile the Pirates trip Cincinnati 8-1, Braves beat Dodgers to move up, and St Louis gains on Philadelphia. Mantle homers in Chicago as the majors see several key shifts in the standings.
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Bob Grim
Oklahoma City Wins and Wednesday Schedules
A garbled recap lists cities including Oklahoma City Dallas Fort Worth Shreveport Tulsa Houston Austin San Antonio with a note of Wednesday games. The fragment mentions matchups Dallas at Houston Fort Worth at Shreveport Oklahoma City at San Antonio Tulsa at Austin.
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Major League Leaders in American League Batting and Runs Batted In
Major League leaders show Williams of Boston at .386 and Mantle of New York with 16 homers. Cerv of Kansas City hits .342, and Sievers of Washington leads RBIs with 46. Five players tie with 12 home runs including Aaron.
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Don Carter Stars In Phillips Win
Don Carter pitched a two hit game and batted in Phillips to a 3-2 City League softball win over Midland National at East County Park. He allowed an unearned run in the third and fifth innings, while Phillips collected four hits for three runs in the fifth inning. EL Stephens struck out 13 in a no hit bid except for the fifth. Pan American defeated Otto's Ice Cream in the other game.
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Baseball Film On Tap Tonight at American Legion
An hour long color and sound movie Training With Cardinals will be shown to baseball fans at the American Legion building tonight at 7 p.m. The film demonstrates training methods used by the St. Louis club and is free to the public.
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