Substitutes Spark Holiday Show Across Major League Wins
Substitutes led impressive showings as Speake Crowe Smalley Stephens Vale Simpson Delis and others filled in for stars. Cubs beat Cardinals twice in extras Speake homered twice Crowe delivered key hits for Braves Giants Phillies and Athletics while Noren Abrams and Campanella highlighted various wins in a busy day of baseball.
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George Crowe
Roy Smalley
Gene Stephens
Elmer Vale
Harry Simpson
Juan Delis
Major League Boxscores First Game
First game of a doubleheader shows New York and Washington with Berra and Robinson homering and Turley struggling. later games include strong offense by Baltimore and Boston, plus Cleveland beating Chicago and Kansas City outscoring Detroit in a multi-team boxscore summary. Orioles beat Red Sox 8 to 6 while Cleveland tops Chicago 9 to 5. Kansas City 8 Detroit 5.
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National League First Game Brooklyn and Pittsburgh clash
Brooklyn powers past Pittsburgh 8 4 in a high scoring NL opener. Campanella drives three RBIs with Long adding two while Gilliam Snider Hodges contribute. Purkey lasts 2 1 3 in 2 2 3 innings as Meyer secures win. Team totals show Brooklyn 8 Pittsburgh 4.
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E.fr’se
Shepard
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Chicago St Louis Basketball Box Score Summary
Chicago 100 000 2001 48 St. Louis 200 000 001 03 39 2 Davis Pollet Chiti L Jackson Smith 8 Tiefenauer 10 Rice W Pollet Tiefenauer
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Baker
Oschultz
Pollet
Chiti
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Schultz
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WVU and Wake Forest split District 3 series in NCAA baseball
West Virginia pitcher Jim Heise faced Wake Forest in the rubber game of a best of three District 3 semi final. An eight run ninth inning boosted WVU to a 9-7 win to even the series after a five run first inning by Wake Forest. Tommy Cook earned the win. Heise finished the ninth. WVU improved to 20 5, first 20 win season since 1921.
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Speake
Des Moines
Chicago
Cubs
Hank Sauer
Crowe
Joe Adcock
Hank Aaron
Braves
Morgantown
West Virginia
Jim Heise
Wake Forest
Buck Fitcher
Mountaineers
Lowell Davis
Heise
Davis
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Rollins
Vic Rabbits
Big West Virginia
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Rabbits
Tommy Cook
WVU
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O’haver
Frank McRae
Jack Bryant
Major League Standings and Schedule Update
The Associated Press reports American League standings with New York Cleveland Chicago Detroit Boston Washington Kansas City Baltimore and others. Today Baltimore visits Cleveland at 7 p.m. Feller faces Wilson in the lone game. Yesterday saw Chicago and Washington split a doubleheader, and Kansas City beat Detroit in extra innings.
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Washington
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Maglie
Jack Peck Wins Elks Tourney at Willow Wood Nine Hole
Logan amateur Jack Peck captured the 54 hole State Elks Golf Tournament with a seven under par 209 at Willow Wood Country Club. He led by 11 strokes and set a new winning total besting last year’s 212. Don Hinchman Charleston and Andy Brawley Charleston followed.
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Dick Foutche
Charleston
Foutche
Huntington
Don Hinchman
Andy Brawley
Scholastic Golf Tourney At Parkersburg Country Club
Ninety high school golfers from 15 schools are set to compete in the West Virginia High School Golf Tournament at Parkersburg Country Club. The 18-hole medal play event will crown winning and runner-up teams with prizes for the three low medalists. Teams include Scott High Madison and others such as Huntington, Huntington East, South Charleston, Morgantown, and Parkersburg among listed schools.
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Parkersburg Country Club
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Huntington East
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Morgantown
Chapmanville
Weirton
Triadelphia
Fairmont West
Sistersville
Summersville
Farmington
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Mullens Rotary To Meet Lions In Little League Action
Monday rainouts moved to 4 p.m. Wednesday as Mullens Rotary faces Lions. Opening ceremonies featured a parade led by the Mullens High band and a 11 relief win by the American Legion team over Moose. Line scores note Moose Legion Farle Shelton and Lacy. 101 025 992 300 80x 11 8 3 Runyon and Sizemore.
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West Virginian Loses 2 and 1 in British Tourney
Huntington W V captain Bill Campbell fell to Reg Pattinson 2 and 1 in the first round of the British Amateur in St. Ames Scotland. Campbell’s back nine lapse after the turn let Pattinson move ahead, despite Campbell's earlier even match. Other Americans, Dale Morey Bruce Cudd Billy Joe Patton, won opening matches while Jim Jackson and Joe Conrad reached the second round after opponents scratched.
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Bill Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
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Reg Pattinson
England
Dale Morey
Bruce Cudd
Billy Joe Patton
Jim Jackson
Joe Conrad
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Mineola
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Chick) Evans
Eddie Lowery
San Francisco
Francis Ouimet
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Cedric Griffith
Evans
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Gurnsey
Newk Turns Slugger Against Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field
Brooklyn star Don Newcombe homered in two of three at bats and drove in three runs as his team beat Pittsburgh 8-8 in the second game at Ebbets Field. He credited not batting practice for his late improvement while manager Walter Alston noted his scheduled pitching. Pee Wee Reese praised his regained confidence from 1951. The piece also mentions a new Senate Office Building plan for a 500 seat auditorium with booths for radio and TV broadcasts of hearings.
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Major League Baseball Leaders and Highlights
Batting leaders include Kuenn Detroit .379 and Ashburn Philadelphia .383 with Mueller New York 62 hits. Mantle New York 43 RBIs and 43 runs, Zermal Kansas City 12 home runs. Pitching leaders Aber Detroit 30 wins and Newcombe Brooklyn 80 strikeouts. 1,000 strikeouts Jones Chicago 62. River a and Minoso Chicago 6 stolen bases.
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New York
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Boston
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Finigan
Kansas City
Zermal
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Minoso
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Aber
Turley
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Philadelphia
Snider
Brooklyn
Campanella
Mueller
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Clemente
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Repulski
St. Louis
Kluszewski
Cincinnati
Gilliam
Bok
Memorial Day 500 Ends In Fatal Wreck For Vukovich
Indianapolis race turns tragic as Bill Vukovich dies in a flaming crash while leading the 500 mile Memorial Day classic. Bob Sweikert wins after a pileup kills seven cars, with Vukovich’s widow slated to receive at least 7500 dollars. Seven cars wreck in the collision, wreck age halts to 128.209 mph from Vukovich’s 130.84 pace. The crash also involves Rodger Ward Johnny Boyd and Al Keller as Vukovich’s car tumbles and bursts into flames.
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Walt Faulkner
Long Beach
Rodger Ward
Los Angeles
Johnny Boyd
al Keller
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Favored Scholastic Teams Are Winners
Weirton and Monongah meet for the upper-bracket berth in the state high school baseball tournament semis as both teams hold 15-1 records. St Marys faces Fast Bank in the other half as Monongah and Weirton won shutouts in the opening round and DeMoss extended his win streak to 11 with 17 strikeouts.
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Monongah
St. Marys
Fast Bank
Gauley Bridge
Chuck Otey
Frank DeMoss
Bluefield
Martinsburg
Berkeley
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DeMoss
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Martinsburg’s
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Perez Defends Flyweight Title with Shirai Ko knockdown
Pascual Perez, 29, retained his world flyweight crown by a fifth round KO of Yoshio Shirai in Tokyo. He plans to decide his next opponent, potentially Welchman Dai Dower in London, after returning to Buenos Aires on Japan Air Lines. The article notes Congress funding affects budget control once funds are set.
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Perez
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By-Laws Committee Forming for West Virginia Activities Commission
Parkerburg reports the West Virginia Activities Commission prepares a constitution and by-laws to govern a new body that will oversee high school athletics and other student activities. A planning meeting included the board of control and representatives from music, journalism, speech, drama and student councils. Dan Perdue of Fayetteville will chair the committee. An orientation meeting is planned for the fall term as practices used by six other states are reviewed.
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