Half Near End In Softball Loop By Bob Wills
City Softball League nears end of first half with three teams in contention. Moose, Beckley Hardware, and the Elks lead tied atop the standings as two games remain for the leaders and one for Moose and Hardware. Protests and postponed games cloud the race as jury duty delays rulings and a league meeting is planned next week to set second half plans.
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Opening Night Fishing Contest At Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Red and Gun Club hosts a season opening contest for bass pike and other fish with prizes for top catches. Local anglers face poor conditions but pursue big hauls as two West Virginia youths Tony Trovato and Rob McNish travel to Virginia to join an East West All American Boys game selection event in Richmond.
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Sophia High
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Charlottesville
Virginia
NCAA Tennis Semifinals Feature Falkenburg and Larned
Evanston Illinois hosts the NCAA tennis semifinals with top seed Bob Falkenburg of Southern California meeting Sam Match of Rice Institute. Gardner Larned of William and Mary faces Harry Likas of San Francisco University. doubles pits Larned with Bartzen against Mabry with Chew as the Falkenburg brothers team meets Match and Ken McCarthy. Southern Cal leads team standings with five points.
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Calfornia
Sam Match
Rice Institute
Gardner Larned
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Harry Likas
San Francisco University
Tom Falkenberg
Larned
Bernard Bartzen
Clarence Mabry
Ed Chew
Texas
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Match
Ken McCarthy
Rice
Philippe Neff
Georgetown
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Mark Brown
Miami University
Southern California
World Marks May Fall In A A U Meet
Fitch and McKenley head a star studded field for the 58th National AAU track championships in San Antonio. The meet opens tonight with 21 junior events and 19 seniors slated for tomorrow. Records and world standards loom as Harrison Dillard Bill Marineson Melvin O Patton and Lennart Strand are among the top contenders.
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Associated Press
Patrick San Antonio
Tex—America
A. A
Harrison Dillard
Baldwin-Wallace College
Cleveland
Ohio
Bill Marfineson
Baylor
Melvin O 'Patton
Los Angeles A. C
Bob Fitch
Minnesota
Herb McKenley
Ilinois
Lennart Strand
Sweden
Los Angeles
Women may helm Bermuda race ships after eight year gap
The Cruising Club of America's 635 mile Bermuda race starts tomorrow with 34 entries and an eight year wartime interruption. For the first time women may pilot the ships as cooks with support from crewmen while Canada and England show heft in boat sizes. The 40th anniversary voyage divides entries into classes A and B and honors Ida Lewis, the lighthouse heroine.
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Associated Press
Newport
R. 1
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Bermuda
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England
U. S
Eli Swimmers Lead In Cuban Dual Meet
Yale swimming holds a 10 point edge in the Cuban dual meet at the Sports Palace pool after leading with four of six events. Allen Stack Ed Weiss and Ed Hueber anchored the 3 x 50 medley relay in 1:30.3, 3.4 seconds under the U S mark from 1938.
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Sports Palace
Elis
United States
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Ed Weiss
Ed Hueber
U. S
Rain Postpones All-Star Game Between Saints and League
The Ok Hill Saints vs City Softball League All-Stars game was washed out and postponed beyond the Fourth of July. Both leagues finish their first half schedules next week, delaying second half play until a first half champion is decided. Schedule details and start date for the second half will be announced at week’s end.
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City Softball League All-Stars
Oak Hill City League
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Major League Leaders Across National and American Leagues
National League leaders include Walker of Brooklyn with 378 batting average and 47 runs, plus Musial of St Louis with 990 hits and 21 doubles. Mize of New York leads home runs with 13. Reiser of Brooklyn steals 17. Higbee of Brooklyn 70 strikeouts and 1.000 era. American League leaders include Vernon of Washington 363 batting, Williams of Boston 64 runs and 60 RBI, and Williams tied for home runs at 15 with Greenberg of Detroit. Case of Cleveland 14 steals. Tomorrow’s schedule lists NL games Boston at Brooklyn and New York at Philadelphia, plus AL Cleveland at Chicago and Philadelphia at New York.
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Brooklyn
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New York
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Detroit
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Cubs Top Pirates 6-3 Behind Nicholson Ninth Inning
Bill Nicholson delivered a go ahead and winning RBI single in the ninth as the Cubs beat the Pirates 6-3. Hank Behrman pitched four and one third innings of relief allowing one hit to earn the Brooklyn Dodgers a 3-1 win over Boston.
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Bill Nicholson
Cubs
Pirates
Hank Behrman
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Boston
Two Softball Tilts On Tap In City League
Beaver faces Universal Supply in the first game at 7 as Elks and Beckley Hardware meet in the nightcap under WWHL lights. Hardware tied for the league lead with Moose, one-half game ahead of the Elks. a Hardware win would seal at least a first-half tie and drop the Elks from the top spot.
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Hardware
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Elks Diamondeers
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Remeco
Beaver
Universal Supply
Appalachian League Scores Snapshot
Elizabethton defeated Welch 10 to 5 while Pulaski split a 7 to 9 result, Johnson City went 6 to 2, Kingsport routed Bluefield 16 to 7, and Bristol beat New River 10 to 7.
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Welch
Pulaski
Johnson City
Kingsport
Bluefield
Bristol
New River
Bobcat Bob Meets Stolz in Lightweight Title Defense
New York and Pennsylvania 135 pound champion Bob Montgomery defends against Allie Stolz in a 15 round postwar title bout at a crossroads moment. Montgomery is a 1 to 2 favorite but doubts linger on his prewar form after army duty. If victorious he shares ownership of the throne with Ike Williams who holds the NBA half.
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New York
Bob Montgomé
Allie Stolz
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Bobcat
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Stolz
Newark
Bobcast
Bob
Ike Williams
Trenton
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