Army 9 Added To City League Amid Uncertainty
Three teams joined the City Softball League, Pinecrest Princes of Syracuse and the 1428th Bridge Building Engineers of the U S Army. Bemeco may enter as eighth member. if not the circuit may stay at seven with May play pending final word by Wednesday.
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Pinecrest
Princes of
Syracuse
1428Th
Bridge Building Engineers
U. S. Army
McCreery
Sports Center
Princes of Syracuse
Appalachian
Harry's
Beckley College
Remeco
ARMY
Miller
Ft. Belvier
Bob Kent
Miles
Larsen Flam Lead River Oaks Tennis Showdown
National champion Art Larsen of San Francisco and intercollegiate winner Herbie Flam of Los Angeles, seeded one and two, open River Oaks Country Club Tournament with Larsen facing Dixie Osborne and Flam meeting Ed Braswell. Earlier, seeds Vincent Mulloy Talbert Richardson won their matches.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Art Larsen
San Francisco
Herbie Flam
Los Angeles
River Oaks
Tony Vincent
New York City
Ken Crawford
Dallas
Gardnar Mulloy
River Aks
Sam Moss
Houton
Billy Talbert
Leo LaBorde
Baytown
Hamilton Richardson
Baton Rouge
Roger Young
Humphreys and Clark Score Knockout Wins in Huntington
Noel Humphreys, Charleston lightweight, defeated Tommy Edwards of Dunbar by sixth round technical knockout at Radio Center. Edwards weighed 126 pounds, Humphreys 131, triggering potential title implications as the lightweight crown holder Jess Underwood is away in California. Preliminary results also saw Don Smith, Wild Bill Clark, and Don Keeling win by knockouts in Huntington and Dayton.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Charleston
Noel ‘Humphreys
Golden Gloves
Tommy Edwards
Dunbar
Radio Center
West Virginia
Humphreys
State Boxing Commission
W. West
Commission
Jess Underwood
Underwood
California
Dr. West
Edwards
Don Smith
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Spider) Brown
Dayton
Wild Bill Clark
Beckley
Oliver Dobbins
Don Keeling
Petie
Moore
Campbell Shoots 75 Faces Cooney In First Round
Campbell shoots 75 in North and South Amateur qualifiers at Pinehurst. Dale Morey and Howard Everitt lead as top performers, with Morey posting three under par 69 and Everitt 70. Cooney, Chapman, McHale, Ward and others vie in the main draw as 148 players start the match-play phase.
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Associated Press
Pinehurst
N. C
Dale Morey
Dallas
Tex
Howard Everitt
Atlantic City
N. J
Morey
Ounty
Everitt
Pennsylvania
Harvie Ward
Southern Pines
Jack Coyle
Springfield
Ward
Georgia
William
Dynamite) Goodlok
Jimmy McHale
Overbrook
Dick Chapman
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ohio
Harold Paddock
Cleveland Heights
Bill Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Britain
Campbell
Tom Strange
Cincinnati
Robert Cooney
Ponte Vedra
Fla
Chapman
Bill Cozart
Durham
McHale
R. B. Prescott, Jr
Keeseville
Today's Baseball doubleheaders and pitching matchups
Major league games list today includes Boston at New York with Raschi facing Wight at 2:30 PM for 55 000 fans, Washington at Philadelphia Kuzava vs Shantz at 8 PM, Cleveland at Detroit Lemon against Newhouser at 9:30 PM, Chicago at St Louis Pierce vs Garver at 2:30 PM, National League Philadelphia at Brooklyn Roberts versus Erskine at 1:30 PM, New York at Boston Jansen vs Bickford at 2:08 PM, St Louis at Pittsburgh Podolski against Dickson at 1:36 PM in front of about 30 000 spectators.
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New York
Wight
Raschi
Washington
Philadelphia
Kuzava
Shantz
Cleveland
Detroit-Lemon
W Newhouser
Chicago
St. Louis
Pierce
Garver
National League
Brooklyn
Roberts
Erskine
Jansen
Bickford
Pittsburgh
Podolsky
Dickson
Local Boy Aids WWU Rifle Team in Record Run
Randolph Smiley James Borden and Warren Hynes from Beckley and Bluefield join WVU rifle squad coached by Major John Nicholas. Team undefeated, wins sectional Ohio State meet with 1395 of 2111, places first over Indiana, ranks 11th nationally. claims Greater Pittsburgh Rifle championship with 7626 of 8000 in Second Army area competition.
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George Williams Jr
William Randolph Morgantown
Nec
Duquesse University
Ohio
Duquense
University Rifle
Mountaineers
Ohio State University
WVU
Beckley Area
Randolph Smiley
Beckley
James Borden
Warren Hynes
Bluefield
Smiley
R. R. Smiley
Washington and Jefferson College
Viale Lok
Ohio State
Indiana
University
John Nicholas
Hubert Jones
Parkersburg
Gantai
Greater Pittsburgh
Second Army Area
District of Columbia
Hogan Not Interested in Golf Commissioner Role
Ben Hogan the Hershey Country Club pro says he is not interested in becoming golf commissioner and prefers playing tournament golf. He calls the potential job a headache he does not want.
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Hogan
Golf Commissionership
Associated Press
Hershey
Ben Hogan
Hershey Country Club
Rindone Wins On Foul Call Over Murphy In Boston Bout
In a surprise decision by foul under Massachusetts rules, Joe Rindone, 165 1 2, of Boston defeated Irish Bob Murphy, 172, of San Diego, in a 10 round main event before 13,626 at a Boston arena. Murphy floored Rindone with a low left early. Rindone finished the sixth round disabled and declared unfit to continue, while crowd boos faded into quiet acceptance of the ruling. Murphy suffers his fifth defeat in 63 pro starts as he contends the blow was accidental. Fights also reported from Birmingham, Turpin stopping Billy Brown in Hartford (2).
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts Boxing Commission
Joe Rindone
Bob Murphy
San Diego
Murphy
Rindone
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Cohen Drug CO
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India
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Troy
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Salisbury
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Newark
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