Cards Fall Before Southpaw Pitching For Fifteenth Time
Dodgers manager Burt Shotton uses 81 pitchers in 28 games, a 2.89 per game pace, as Brooklyn beats the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 in 10 innings with Joe Hatten and Hugh Casey listings. Cards slide to 15th, seven and a half games back.
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Louis to Box Exhibition in Spokane and Seattle Midsummer
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis will box a three round exhibition on June 13 in Spokane, Washington for promoter Orion W. Gross to stay in trim and earn some money. He may also fight June 16 in Seattle. Tiger Jack Fox is set to face Louis in Spokane, with Seattle opponent undecided. This marks Louis first exhibition since a tour of Mexico and Latin America.
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Major League IV National and American League batting and pitching leaders
National League leaders include Walker of Philadelphia with 404 runs, Mize of New York with 32 runs, and Mize also with 10 home runs. Ennis of Philadelphia tops doubles with 12 and Baumholtz of Cincinnati leads hits with 39. Pitchers Spahn and Rowe combine for 6 wins. American League leaders feature Williams of Boston with 27 runs and 25 RBIs, Dillinger of St. Louis with 42 hits, and Mele among leaders in triples for several teams. Dietrich of Philadelphia and Stephens of Cleveland combine for 20 wins and 1.600 ERA.
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Major League Box Scores Detroit vs New York
Detroit and New York battled in a multi-game box score showing Stirnweiss DiMaggio and Keller keying New York offense while Detroit pitchers struggled. The final lines include runs, hits, errors, and notable performances across the nine innings and late innings.
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Baseball and standings from American and National Leagues
Results show New Work 5 Detroit 0 and Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2 in the American League with Washington 7 St Louis 3 and Cleveland–Boston rained. NL scores Brooklyn 4 St Louis 3 extra innings and Chicago 2 Philadelphia 1, with Pittsburgh at St Louis tonight. Standings list led by Detroit and Chicago with Boston close behind.
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College Confab Reelects Officers
The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference reelected officers at its spring meeting in Charleston. Fairmont State College earned the 1947 basketball championship, and Buckhannon was chosen for next year's tournament dates March 8-10. The conference set September 1 as the earliest practice date for 1948 and renewed its statistician contract with George Springer.
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Miami Awarded 1947 Minor League Convention Dates
The Associated Press reports Miami Florida won the 1947 minor league convention to be held December 3 4 and 5. Minneapolis will host the 1948 meeting on dates to be announced. A major league meeting was set for December 10 11 and 12 in New York.
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ASPAR Drivers Balk Over 500 Mile Classic
Indianapolis motorists heads clash as ASPAR drivers reject entry talks for the Memorial Day 500 mile race. Speedway Chief Keen says the $75 000 purse stands and negotiations will be individual not group led while ASPAR seeks up to $150 000 prize money and added gate incentives.
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Baseball Yesterday Stars: Musial Robinson Vernon
Stan Musial and Jackie Robinson posted limited hits as Brooklyn edged St Louis 4 to 3 in ten innings. Mickey Vernon collected two singles and two walks with two RBIs to spark Washington past St Louis 7 to 3, snapping a four game skid.
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Glass backstop introduced at Seals park in trial
San Francisco Seals lose 4 3 to Oakland Acorns as a new 12 inch tempered glass backstop 100 foot long and twelve feet high debuts. The barrier comprises forty two seven by four foot sections curved like a wire screen with gaps for sound.
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Boxing Notes From New York Jamaica Arena Bout
Gino Buonvino age 194 from Rome defeated Irishman Jimmy Lake at Jamaica Arena Montreal and Providence details show weight classes and judges. Lucid results include Jackie Lov att from Providence and T K O O Hanley in Montreal listings.
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Apostoli Wins Comeback Bout In Oakland
Fred Apostoli former middleweight champion 33 defeats Earl Turner Richmond California in a 10 round decision at Oakland ball park under lights as he forges a return to big time boxing. The bout headlines a large pre war event with a $120000000 tourist base in 1947.
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Chapman Predicts Cards Cubs Duel In NL Race
In Philadelphia Ben Chapman asserts the St Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs will top the NL as the season opens. He says the Cards are the class of the league and forecasts a Cards Cubs one two finish. He also praises Charley Grimm and notes Brooklyn’s decline from Lippy Durocher. In a Pimlico update Seabiscuit is dead. War Admiral and jockeys mentioned.
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Roundup notes on college, boxing, golf and track
A sports page roundup cites various athletes and events including Gene Mauch in his career shift from St Paul to Pittsburgh under Roy Hamey, Nebraska seeking a mile dominance at the AAU championships, Ben Agajanian joining the Dodgers and other notes. It mentions Navy games, Frank Zivic, boxing shows, and Yosemite Falls as top world falls.
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