Beckley Babe Ruth Pitchers Set Pace In Duel
Beckley Babe Ruth game tallies show Hill and Hughes driving runs with Graham and Mahoney adding power. Graham and Hill each homer, RBI leaders include Graham James Walker and Robinette, while Wells takes the loss and James earns the win in a 6-4 affair.
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Shrewsbury Rolls Past Cas ity in 4-0 Pitching Victory
Easley earns the win with 4-0 team record while Hash and Arnold contribute with hits and runs. Shrewsbury bats muster multiple RBIs led by Travison and Redd. Leach and Mollish chip in on offense as Shrewsbury outplays Cas ity.
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Baseball games delayed by rain across cities
The American Association schedule shows Charleston at St Paul postponed due to rain. Omaha beat Wichita 3 to 0 while Indianapolis led Denver in a rain delay and Louisville at Minneapolis was also affected by rain.
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Parsons Hurls Third Softball No Hit Game
Fayetteville pitcher Sonny Parsons hurled the Intercity Softball League third no hit game as Pinecrest A fell 2 to 0. Prosperity lost a chance to catch the two team race by dropping a 2 to 1 in 12 innings to Frank's Nips with Lares delivering the leadoff homer. Parsons allowed one baserunner, striking out none but walking Pittman. Lares homered in the 12th to seal Frank's win.
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Gibson his Obstacle In Broughs Bid For Wimbledon Title
Louise Brough starts her bid for a fifth Wimbledon singles crown with Althea Gibson as the main obstacle. Gibson seeded fourth, seeks to become the first Black player to win the premier tennis title, after beating top seed Brough earlier this season.
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Manchester
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Jean Knight
Dodgers Boss Sees Pitching Woes After Cubs Win
Brooklyn manager Walt Alston lamented the club’s pitching and lack of reliable hitters. He noted no starter has finished a game in 18 starts and singled out need for a left handed ace as Sandy Koufax struggles and Arm soreness lingers. The Dodgers edged the Cubs 3 2 behind a late Junior Gilliam triple as Carl Erskine lasted eight innings.
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Beckley Archers Win Medals in Ashford Tournament
Two Beckley archers won medals in a Sunday tournament held by the Daniel Boone Archery Club in Ashford West Virginia. Harry L Headley took third in Expert A men’s division and Mrs Russell Boggs placed third in women’s division. Both are instinctive archers. Other Beckley Archery Club attendees were N F White Harold Johnson Ed C Lilly Walter J Gilmore Tom Lilly and George Snarks.
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Russell Boggs
Beckley Archery Club
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Ed. C. Lilly
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Tom Lilly
George Snarks
Local boxing card reports Ludwick Lightburn outpoints Josato
Associated Press notes New York fighter Ludwick Lightburn defeated Jake Josato by outpointing him in a Philadelphia bout. Lightburn, listed with an England of British Honduras origin, secured the victory in a ten-round decision.
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Associated Press
New York
Ludwig Lightburn
British Honduras
Jake Josato
Philadelphia
Burdette Zuverink Post Best ERA Marks
New York Baltimore’s George Zuverink leads the American League with a 2.41 ERA through 56 innings in 31 relief appearances. Whitey Ford and Herb Score are near the top in the NL and AL respectively, while Burdette, Crone, and Friend chase ERA leaders amid a tied race for best earned run average.
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Tigers
Hoyt Wilhelm
New York Giants
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
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Burdette
Hogan Snead Canada Cup dreams fade at Wentworth
In Virginia Water England Ben Hogan and Sam Snead struggle as a dream team in the Canada Cup. Hogan shoots solid rounds while Snead battles a sore right hand and misjudges clubs. Canada leads the US by three strokes with two rounds left as fans pack Wentworth. Snead vows to skip Hoylake if not playing well.
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Moore Parker bout title confirms vacant world title claim
Charley Johnston, manager of Archie Moore, says Moore will sign for a July 25, 15 round bout with James J. Parker that he insists will be for the vacant world heavyweight title. Johnston calls Parker the only adequate challenger and dismisses Floyd Patterson as unworthy. He notes Patterson’s broken right hand and questions state recognition of the Moore Parker winner as world champion.
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Patterson
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Hurricane) Jackson
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Canadian Boxing Federation
Sens Rained Out and Schedule Doubleheader Tonight
The Charleston Senators, on a four game win streak, were rained out in their attempt to extend it against the St. Paul Saints. They will play a doubleheader tonight with Bud Black and Joe Presko starting, seeking to improve a 10-19 road record. Granny Gladstone hit the lone prior homer.
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Mid-Atlantic winner credits swing change in golf
Stuart Wallace of Richmond credited a swing change as the key to winning the 4th Middle Atlantic Amateur Golf Championship. The 20 year old beat Wayne Jackson of Hampton 1 up after a dramatic 36th hole finish at Hermitage Country Club in Richmond. Wallace plans to play in the Virginia State Amateur at Hot Springs this week.
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Hoosiers Beat Kentucky 102 77 in All Stars game
Indiana All-Stars routed Kentucky 102 to 77 in Louisville as Kelly Coleman of Wayland managed only four points while Oscar Robertson starred with 41 for the winning side. Coleman heads to West Virginia, Smallwood led Kentucky with 29 in the 17 game series record.
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West Virginia University
Oscar Robertson
Indianapolis
University of Cincinnati
Ed Smallwood
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