Braves To Emporia On Friday
OU track coach Bill Boucek reports the Braves, aided by new sprinter Bob McGhee, facing a Friday triangular with C. of E. and Bethel at Emporia. Injuries improving, stars Maack, Wilson, Barnes nearing return. freshmen show progress in weights and javelin. team trails CIC but leads KCAC in times.
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Power Puncher Bowdry Faces Hinnant In Chicago Bout
A 10 round light heavyweight bout pits Jesse Bowdry of St Louis seeking a 22nd pro win against Clarence Hinnant of Washington DC in Chicago. Bowdry aims to rebound after four straight knockouts and TV debut on ABC at 9 p.m. EST. Hinnant, 25, ranked by the NBA, has 29 knockouts in 25 victories along with 11 defeats and 1 draw.
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Ottawa University golfers crushed by Baker Wildcats in duel
Baker University Wildcats defeated Ottawa University 17 percent to percent in a dual golf match. Bob Jones led Baker as medalist with two over par 76. Barry Rohde topped OU duffers with 89. Steve Sheehan 90, Paul Girling 95, Stan Bettin 97, Bill Paul and Dick May 112 each.
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Friend Shines in Coliseum With Four-Hit Dodger Triumph
Robert Friend of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivered a superb four hit outing as the Dodgers were routed 7 1 at Memorial Coliseum. He noted Ebbets Field favors pitchers less than the Coliseum and cited two 420 foot drives that would have been homers elsewhere.
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Bowling Scores Summary From Local League Night
Knights of Columbus blanked 0 to 9 while Wassmer led with 182 and 567 series. Goodyear-4 posted 525 with J Wassmer 182 high and P Christie 208. Wright's Studio-4 featured Christie 208 and Jackson 567. Briscoe Drugs 4 recorded 830 in team tally with Briscoe 209. Moore Chevrolet 2 totaled 503 with Larkson 184. Sunrise Dairy 0 posted 191 as Nicholas led. Bundy Insurance 1 tallied 572 with Lewis 205. Reddick Grocery 3 finished 483 as Alexander 200. Dykstra 484 and Evenson 196 highlighted the night.
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Musial Leads Majors With .551 Average
Stan Musial tops the majors with a .551 batting average after three hits in four at bats against Cincinnati. He needs 16 more hits to reach 3,000 lifetime, and has not been retired in any of the Cardinals' 12 games so far this season.
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Martinez Plans A Tuneup Fight Before Akins Showdown
Vince Martinez aims for at least one tuneup before facing Virgil Akins for the welterweight title in St Louis on June 6. The 10 round bout against Armand Savoie of Montreal is set for Mechanics Building next Tuesday, following Martinez’s idle spell since beating Gil Turner. Savoie recently lost a split decision to Joe Devlin after a previous kayoed bid at lightweight.
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Shantz Posts Another Win Over Tigers in Yankee Victory
Shantz fired a six hit 6-1 win over Detroit, his 11th straight vs. the Tigers since 1950, helping the Yankees pull 1.5 games ahead. Skowron hit two homers, Bauer drove in three, and Berra added a homer as Bob Shaw held Detroit to no hits until the eighth.
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Lee Walls Hitting Hot With Bat in Chicago
Lee Walls has seven homers this season, one more than his 1957 total, including two real ones off Warren Spahn in Los Angeles Coliseum. The Cubs outfielder, 25, fumed at talk of the screen as a homer aid, insisting only hits in the box score count. Walls joined the Cubs from Pittsburgh on May 1 last year with Dale Long in the Fondy Baker trade.
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Baseball Scores and Tuesday Results
Wednesday games listed Detroit at New York Kansas City at Boston Cleveland at Washington Chicago at Baltimore Tuesday results show New York 6 Detroit 1 Milwaukee 8 Chicago 4 Philadelphia 7 San Francisco 4 Cincinnati 6 St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 7 Los Angeles 1 rain caused several games to be postponed.
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Bob Knight Named O Club President at Ottawa University
The Ottawa University O Club elected Bob Knight from Horton as president for the coming year replacing El don Aeschleiman. Officers include Marvin Wilson of Ottawa as vice president and Tom Herrill of Parsons as secretary treasurer.
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Purkey Leads Redlegs Power On A Win Night
Bob Purkey remains Cincinnati’s top starter a night when Gus Bell hit a three run homer in the eight inning to beat St Louis 5-2. Purkey allowed 10 hits with no walks and three strikeouts to keep his ERA at 1.04 over 26 innings. Bob Friend also won for Pittsburgh, four straight for the Pirates after a 7-1 win over Los Angeles. Milwaukee’s Spahn moved to 3-0 as the Braves beat the Cubs 8-4. San Francisco fell to second as Philadelphia topped them 7-4. Gino Cimoli hit his third homer for the Dodgers off Friend.
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Braves win fueled by Spahn doubles and Mathews homer
In a season recap line, Spahn led the Braves with three hits two of them for extra bases and three RBIs while Ed Mathews contributed his sixth homer driving in two. Carl Erskine pitched for the Dodgers suffering the setback.
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Detroit Tigers dodge definitive pledge on signing a Negro player
Detroit Tigers president Harvey Hansen said the Briggs Stadium Boycott Committee of Detroit demanded a firm commitment to sign a Negro to a major league contract. Hansen refused to commit while stressing the club aims to develop qualified players regardless of color and would add a Negro player when ready. Rev George Hill Jr leads the boycott group of about 40.
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