Pierce Leads White Sox To Double Holiday Win
Pierce, a 20 year old southpaw, dominates with a three hit nine strikeout win and an RBI single as the White Sox sweep a Memorial Day doubleheader. He leads the AL in victories, improving Chicago’s standings while Yankees, Senators, and Indians shuffle behind.
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Cleveland
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Wynn
Garcia
Yankees
Reynolds
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Lopat
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RBI
Standings and doubleheader notes from Kansas City vs Detroit
In a baseball twin bill, Kansas City and Detroit split games with high offense and errors noted. Zernial McDermott Kuenn Sleater homered. Lloyd Morgan led Detroit. Buckle details include two runs in game one and two in game two, with Bolling Kaline and Noren contributing. Attendance about 35,000.
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McDermott
Burnetin
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Rome
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Power
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Zernial
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Noren
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Boyer
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Skizas
Smal
Thompson
Tuttle
Dm'stri
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Matt
Foytack
Portoora
Trucks
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Rei—Hunter
Kaline
Skiras
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Portocarrero
Kuenn
Torgeson
Torgegon
Fportocarrero
Hoocarrero
Ind
R—Portocarrero
Katine
W—Fortack
L— Portocarrero
U—Rice
Rommel
Elevena
Union Made Caskets Urged by Portland Labor Leader
Portland upholsterer Al Fred Beecher tells the Central Labor Council that many union men buy nonunion goods and are buried in nonunion caskets. He says any good union man would be ashamed to be laid away in a nonunion casket.
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Portland
Alfred Beecher
Beecher
Portland Central Labor Council
Count 50 Runs In Twin Bill On Memorial Day Card
Topeka beat Lincoln 2-0 and 12-0 to extend its league lead to four games. Des Moines defeated Sioux City 20-15 after slugging. Puebla swept Ben Springs 6-5 and 8-2 while Albuquerque’s doubleheader at Amarillo was rained out. Jim Stuart earned Topeka’s first shutout of Lincoln. Jim Pokel and Preacher Williams hit grand slams in the 12-0 finale.
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Longue Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Sioux City
Topeka
Lincoln
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Deg Moines
Puebla
Ben Springs
Jim Stuart
Jim Pokel
Preacher Williams
Pueblo
League Leaders Will Tangle In Wichita Series
The American Association schedule features top teams Wichita and St Paul clashing in Wichita tonight. Minneapolis, after dropping both ends of Thursday’s doubleheader with the Saints, heads to Indianapolis. Louisville’s Colonels upset Indianapolis with two wins Thursday, while Denver’s Bears surged early but lost the nightcap 11-9 after a 5-0 opener by Jack Urban. Other results include Wichita defeating Charleston 4-2 and 4-0 with Vic Rehm’s first shutout, and St Paul beating Minneapolis 5-0 while the latter barely lost the second game 10-9. Today’s slate lists Denver at Louisville, St Paul at Wichita, Omaha at Charleston, and Minneapolis at Indianapolis.
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Minneapolis
Saints
Indianapolis
Louisville
Colonels
Omaha
Denver
Bears
Jack Urban
Senators
Pet Vosey
Young Vic Rehm
Bob Milliken
Charleston
Ottawa Legion May Play Doubleheader
The Ottawa American Legion baseball team may play two games this Sunday, traveling to Garnett for a 2 p.m. league game leaving Ottawa High School at 12:30. Coach Marshall Allen said a possible night game at home against Humboldt could make up a rainout, with Glenn Davis set to pitch Garnett and Jim Ferguson likely to pitch Humboldt if the teams meet.
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Ottawa American Legion
Garnett
Ottawa High School
Marshall Allen
Humboldt
Glenn Davis
Jim Ferguson
Marvin Wilson to Coast Meet for Kansas at NAIA
Ottawa University star Marvin Wilson, a broad jumper, will represent Kansas at the NAIA track and field meet in San Diego June 7 and 8. He aims for 24 feet or better after a best of 23 feet 11 inches set at the Missouri Valley AAU meet in Kansas City last week. Wilson also ran the 220 and 440 yards and high jumped for OU this season, but has lately concentrated on the broad jump.
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Marvin Wilson
Ottawa University
Kansas
San Diego
Ottawa
California
Kansas City
Wilson
Small Plane Crashes Near Nortonville Kansas
A 40-year-old Phoenix businessman and his family escaped with only minor injuries when their small plane crash landed in a field near Nortonville, Kansas. The piston broke loose, tearing a hole in the engine, forcing the forced landing. He and his two sons, James 8 and Richard 5, suffered black eyes while his wife Bette Gene, 47, was unhurt.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ina Field
Nortonville
Ted Adams
Arizona Distributing Co
Civil Aeronautics Administra
St. Joseph
Adams
James
Richard
Jeach
Bette Gene
Of Mice And Mailmen in Miami Mailbox Incident
An annual accident report records fifty three dogs and one mouse biting Miami messengers last year. A mailman stuck his hand into a mailbox felt pain, pulled out a bleeding finger, then looked inside where a mother mouse and her litter had taken up housekeeping in the box.
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Miami
Fla
Heavyweights To Fight Tonight
Harold Johnson, a comeback veteran, faces rising slugger Clarence Finnant in a 10 round heavyweight bout at St Nick’s Arena. The NBC Friday night show starts 8 p m CST, moved from Madison Square Garden due to Billy Graham revival, with New York State Athletic Commission approval and Teddy Brenner’s promo backing the IB C switch.
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New York
Harold Johnson
Clarence Finnant
St. Nicholas Arena
Billy Graham
Madison Square, Garden
St. Nick's
New York State Athletic Commission
Teddy Brenner
International Boxing Club
Pacific Coast League demands compensation over NL move
The Pacific Coast League says it will seek compensation from the National League over plans to relocate NL teams to San Francisco and Los Angeles. PCL president Leslie O Connor criticized local politicians including San Francisco Mayor George Christopher and NL officials, citing public funds used to pressure the move. The piece notes a 1955 boxing incident involving Johnson and Burd, and references a separate NL vote on moving Brooklyn to LA and the Giants to SF, amid an ongoing investigation of the case.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles
Leslie O'Connor
National League
PCL
Julio Mederos
Mederos
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Bowling Scores In Early KeCracken Electric League
Scores show teams including Royal Cafe, Safeway, Pontiac Cadillac, and Durbin Plumbing. Individual high games list bowlers Yingling, Roecker, Peffly, Plett, Jenking, Wightman, Beiter, Chitt, Cearfoss, Hoffman with totals and series figures across the 10 and 30 frames.
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Sooster League
KeCracken Electric
Meyer
Royal Cafe
Yingling
True
Phillips
Roecker
Independentr
Peffly
Safeway
Plett
Flying Service
Jenking
Wightman
Pontiac-Cadilac
Mendor
Beiter
Troutman Furniut
Chitt
Smith
the Barbers
Cearfoss
Durbin Plumbing
Wichmann
Hoffman
Girls Softball Game Tonight in Forest Park
The Ottawa girls softball team hosts the Solas Ga at 8 p m in Forest Park as the NEA league debut nears. Ottawa will open the Northeast Kansas Girls Softball League season Tuesday against Clinton, with a doubleheader pairing Ottawa Phillips 66 men. The league includes Lawrence Melvern Big Springs Clinton and Ottawa.
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Thesola Girls
Forest Park
Ottawa Girls
Clinton
Ottawa Phillips 66
NEA
Lawrence
Melvern
Big Springs
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