Braves, Bums, Redlegs Battle For First Place
The National League leaders Milwaukee Braves Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Redlegs surge as the three vie for first. Andy Falko's two homers pace the Braves 3-1 over the Giants as Duke Snider returns for Brooklyn in a doubleheader sweep. Cincinnati tops Philadelphia 7-2 while St Louis slips. Phillies slump with four straight losses. In the American League New York Yankees widen their lead by beating Cleveland 9-1 as White Sox fall to Boston 5-2.
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Duke Snider
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Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis’ Cardinals
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Cubs
Dodgers
Pittsburgh
von McDaniel
Phils
Jack Sanford
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Boston
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Washington
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Boo Victory By Calhoun Boo Victory By Calhoun
SYRACUSE NY UW Rory Calhoun won the decision but Germinal Ballarin won the crowd. The 1 447 fans paid 5 029 to see a bitter 10 round nationally televised fight last night. Officials ruled Calhoun winner all three cards 5-4 1-2 6-3 1. Ballarin cut on cheekbone left eye and Calhoun weighed 160 Ballarin 789.
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Rory Calhoun
Germinal Ballarin
Calhoun
Rory
White Plains
N. Y
Ballarin
Major League Standings and Friday Results Snapshot
Overview of Saturday matchups across leagues with teams Chicago Brooklyn Milwaukee New York Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis Pittsburgh and others. Friday results include Milwaukee 3 New York 1 Brooklyn 6 Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 2 and other scores from Boston Chicago and more.
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Hillman
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New York
Spahn
Trowbridge
Gomez
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Philadelphia
Jeffcoat
Hearn
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Dickson
Wehmeier
Friend
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Baltimore
Kansas City
Two Sunday Games For Ottawa Legion
The Ottawa American Legion team schedules two Sunday games, an afternoon league game at Humboldt and an evening matchup at Forest Park against the Benson Cardinals. Players depart Ottawa High School at 11:15 a.m. for Humboldt, with Glen Davis as starter and Homer Collins set to pitch at Ottawa in the night game.
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Humboldt
Forest Park
Ottawa High School
Marshall Allen
Glen Davis
Ottawa
Benson Cardinals
Homer Collins
Pueblo Tops Colorado Springs In Western League Thriller
One game in the Western League last night shifted standings. Pueblo beat Colorado Springs 7-6 to climb out of last place while Des Moines fell back to seventh. Colorado Springs blew leads twice and stranded 14 runners. Jim Stanek secured the victory by striking out Ron Cooper with two on in the seventh.
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Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Jim Stanek
Ron Cooper
Charlie Ready
Midget Tigers Top Yankees In Close Youth Baseball Battle
The Midget Tigers edged the Yankees 10 to 9 in Ottawa league play. Jim Baldwin pitched for the Tigers while Jeeper Deputy and Larry Crane split mound duty for the Yankees. Junior division saw Bob Lewis win 9-3 for the Yankees over the Dodgers with Jerry Smith the loser. Craig Davis hurled the Pee Wee Dodgers to an 11-5 victory over the White Sox with Grif Dorkin pitching for the Sox. Next week’s schedule lists several matchups across divisions including Yankees, Dodgers, Braves, and Tigers contests.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
Rotary Baseball League
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Jeeper Deputy
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Chere
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Dodgers
Jerry Smith
Craig Davis
Pee Wee Dodgers
White Sox
Grif Dorkin
Sox
Redlegs
Athletics
Pomona Lions
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Indians
Cardinals
Wichita Lead To Nine Games
The Wichita Braves swept a three game series with Louisville and now own a nine game winning streak as they push deeper into the season.
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Wichita
Wichita Braves
Louisville
Yorkshire Runner Breaks Mile Mark
London reports Derek Ibbotson, 24, Britain, shatters John Landy’s 1954 mile world best with 3:57.2 at White City Stadium. Ron Delany of Ireland finished second as a wild race featured a pacesetting Michael Blagrove and multiple sub four minute times. Stanislav Jungwirth and Ken Wood also posted strong times as Stockholm’s Dan Waern cautioned of future potential.
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White City
Ron Delany
Ireland
Stanislav Jungwirth
Ken Wood
Poland
Stefan Lewandowski
Stockholm
Dan Waern
Sweden
Abbotson
Delany
Ibbotson
Michael Blagrove
Jungwirth
Ottawa Girls Lose 8 to 3 at Forest Park
Ottawa Girls fall 8 to 3 to Pyramid Life Insurance of Kansas City in Forest Park. Early exchanges kept it close until Pyramid's five-run fifth capped by Hamilton triple. Ottawa added one more in bottom seventh but could not catch up. Next, Peck's Good Girls visit as coach Ralph Emerson plans to try crew Sands on the mound.
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Pyramid Life Insurance
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Forest Park
Pyramid
Hamilton
Peck
Good Girls
Kas
Ralph Emerson
Crew Sands
Pyramid Life Ins
Rae P. Jones
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H'bind
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Crowe
Ortez
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Johnson
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Vintage Used Cars Ad Blasts Hot Road Tasteful Deals
A lively classified-style ad from 1950s car listings touts a 1956 Ford V8 Victoria with automatic transmission, two-tone paint and whitewalls. It promotes a 1956 Fordor with R and H, new tires, and a two-tone look. Also featured are a 1952 Mercury Sports Sedan with optional extras and several 1940s models praised for value and performance.
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