Burger and Ellis Clash For BK Spring Laurels
Defending champion Burger and Harry Ellis won semifinals at Black Knight Country Club and will meet at 3 p.m. to decide the 17th annual Spring Tournament title. Burger shot 76 to beat Ray Carper 3 and 2, while Ellis defeated Dana Sebert 5 and 4.
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Black Knight
C. B. Sweet
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Fourteen Americans Enter British Amateur Golf Second Round
MUIRFIELD Scotland fourteen Americans began second-round bids in the British Amateur Golf Tournament. Frank Strafaci Garden City N Y defeated A R Timms New Zealand 4 and 3 to advance as did Capt Malcom Stokes Garden City Tulsa OKla over George Hendry Scotland. Master Sgt Harold Ridgley Havertown Pa beat J R Cater Scotland 6 and 5.
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Garden City
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New Zealand
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Tulsa
Okla
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Uncle Sam
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Toledo
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Huntington
W. Va
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New York
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Tony Duncan
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Dr. C. R. Duncan
Larry Carpenter
Springfield
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Roddy MacKenzie
Calif
Wallace McCarthir
Stranahan
Campbell
Hoad Rosewall Not Upsets In Paris Davis Cup Team Puzzled
Paris Henry Hopman said he was puzzled by the early exits of Hoad and Rosewall at the French International Championships. The 19 year olds who beat the United States in the Davis Cup Challenge Round last December were eliminated before the quarterfinals. Mulloy and Davidson defeated Rosewall as five Americans and two international players advanced to the quarterfinals.
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Lewis Hoad
Ken Rosewall
United States
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Sven Davidson
Sweden
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Hoad
Mulloy
Tony Trabert
Vic Seixas
Art Larsen
Budge Patty
Davidson
Australia
Mervyn Rose
Argentina
Enrique Morea
Bare-Handed Catch: Slim Lancet Fish by Airman Baker
PORTLAND Ore Tom Baker twenty a Columbus Ohio airman third class stationed at Portland caught a four and a half foot lancet family fish with his bare hands in four feet of surf at Cannon Beach. He grabbed near the tail dodged teeth and towed it shoreward. A State Game Commission expert said such scaleless muscular fish is rarely found near shore.
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State Game Commission
Beep Beep Boo Boo and Golf Open Odds
A light note on Kluszewski prank involving fellow Redleg Harry Perkowski, followed by Golf Digest comments on Sam Snead and Open odds with Cary Middlecoff and Ben Hogan among top choices. Includes odds figures and other golf notes.
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Ben Hogan
Hogan
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Dutch Harrison
Snead
Ed Oliver
Shelley Mayfield
Lloyd Mangrum
Dave Douglas
Chandler Harper
Ted Kroll
Doug Ford
Tommy Bolt
Peter Thomson
Jack Burke
Jimmy Demaret
Bob Toski
Bobby Locke
Julius Boros
Major league batting and pitching leaders list
Major league leaders include Avila of Cleveland and Minoso of Chicago with high batting averages and hits. Avila also leads runs while Rosen of Cleveland collects 44 RBIs. McDougald and Jablonski top in doubles and hits for New York and St Louis respectively. Raschi of St Louis leads pitching with 5 0 record and Haddix has 48 strikeouts.
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Chicago
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Turley
Baltimore
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St. Louis
Musial
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Bruton
Milwaukee
Raschi
Haddix
St.Louis
McKown Leads WVU Hitters In 13-20 Season
WVU sophomore outfielder Charley McKown from Wayne led the Mountaineers with a .388 batting average, hitting in 18 of 19 games, collecting 26 hits in 67 at bats. He paced the team in extra base hits and drove in 13 runs, just behind Jack Rabbits for the team lead. web of teammates Bakker Wyant Sweeney also posted strong marks over .300.
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Charley McKown
West Virginia University
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Jack Rabbits
WVU
John Bakker
Freddy Wyant
Weston
Rabbits
Harry Sweeney
Wheeling
Pinecrest Bees and Jewelrymen Cup Softball Results
Pinecrest Bees edged Beaver 1 0 while Eric's blanked Appalachian 7 1 in Inter city Softball at Ballard Stadium Beavers fall short with three hits against Pinecrest pitcher Lewis McManus Bees win on Bill Scott RBI double Beaver pitchers Richmond and Farmer duel before late runs Shanks fans six for Eric's balanced attack totals show 27 64 7 for Pinecrest Beaver 000 000 00 Pinecrest B 000 000 01 RBI Daniels Shanks Stover Tanner 2B Stover 2B Farmer Scott 2B etc
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Local Baseball League Notes
Baseball calendar lists Babe Ruth slate with teams Harry's Silver Brand King Black Knight from May 31 to July 30, including second round June 28 29 and playoffs. Also notes practices, uniform issues at Beckley and Mullens leagues, and a call for an official scorer.
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Black Knight
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Modern
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Calfee's
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Caffee's
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Beckley
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Babe Ruth League Opens Rosters and Schedule in Beckley
The Babe Ruth Baseball League of Beckley finalized team rosters at the Moose Club meeting and announced opening games Monday May 31 at Woodrow Wilson High School. Harry’s tangles with Silver Brand in the 5 30 p m opener and Kings versus Black Knight in the nightcap highlight the first night.
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Record 1 950 In U S Open Field
In New York the United States Golf Association reported 1950 entry forms for the U S Open, surpassing the prior record of 1688. Entries close and qualifying will occur June 17 18 19 at Baltusrol in Springfield N J. The field starts 16, with 33 exempt, leaving 1917 vying for spots.
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Joe Dey
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Gonzales Upsets Jones In Close Madison Square Garden Bout
Pedro Gonzales a 3 to 1 underdog edged Ralph Tiger Jones at St. Nicholas Arena by a split decision after a bruising scrap, taking the last two rounds to pull the close victory. Judges scored Gonzales ahead 6-4, 5-4-1, while the referee and AP card differed. Promoter Tex Sullivan plans a June 14 return for Gonzales with an opponent pending.
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Tiger) Jones
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Jacques Royer
Madison Square Garden
Rankin
St. Nicholas Arena
Gonzales
Bert Grant
Jerry Carnegie
Mark Conn
Tex Sullivan
Pedro
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Tech Wins Berth In NCAA Playoff
Virginia Tech swept Clemson College to win the District 3 baseball title and earn a spot against Rollins College for the NCAA Tournament berth. The Gobblers, Southern Conference champions, won 10-9 in the opener and 7-1 in the clincher in Blacksburg with Jim Beard earning the win. The playoff begins June 5 in Winter Park Fla, Rollins home.
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Roger Gaines
Joe Brown
Leonard Humphreys
Beard
Howie Wright
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