Longfellow Diamond Opens Church Softball League
The Longfellow school diamond in Murphysboro hosts the annual Church Softball League with six Junior league teams and four Midget clubs. Opening night features First Methodist vs St Andrew's and First Methodist vs Christians on June 5 and 9 respectively, with a round robin through late July and games at 6:00 p.m. Managers set rules about grade levels and eligibility, and the program uses Longfellow diamonds 1 and 2 for scheduled games.
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Longfellow School
Murphysboro
Methodist
St. Andrew's
Longfellow
Twenty-First
Logan Streets
Twentieth
Longfellow Diamonds
First Methodist Church
Robert Muhlenbrock
First Christian Church
Hosea Elliott
Centenary Methodist Church
W. H. Etherton
First Baptist Church
Sam Nesbit
First Presbyterian Church
Russell Siefert
William Ward
St. Andrew's Church
Glenn Castleton
Logan
Wall Streets
Floating hotel proposed to house 1952 Helsinki Olympians
London travel officials consider a floating hotel for hundreds of Britons attending the Helsinki Games to ease housing shortages. Organizer Stanley Briault notes many want to go and a liner could solve housing and travel problems by letting travelers live aboard. He is in talks with major shipping firms.
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London
Helsinki
Finland
Stanley Briault
Indianapolis 500 Photo Shows Parson Leading At Speed
Improved cameras capture racing cars seeming stationary while racing at least 130 miles per hour at Indianapolis Speedway. The image shows Jimmy Parson on the left as the apparent winner in the abbreviated 500 mile race.
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Indianapolis Speedway
Jimmy Parson
Barbara Stanwyck
Johnny Parsons
Parsons
van Nuys
Calif
Twin Fahringers Face Off in Duluth Dukes Clash
Alvin Fahringer, 21, of the Duluth Dukes and Allen Fahringer of Superior meet as brothers and twins in a Class C Northern League game. Both answer to the nickname ai.
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AL Duluth
Min
Alvin Fahringer
Duluth Dukes
St. Louis Cardinal
Superior
Wis
Allen Fahringer
Wind Blows Mark State College Sprint Record Near Miss
Jim Gehrdes, holder of Penn State hurdle records, narrowly missed a sprint mark as a 9.5 second 100 yard dash against Navy was disallowed as a school record due to a six mile wind at his back.
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Jim Gehrdes
Penn State
Navy
Arthur Mann
Rickey
Vero Beach
Centralia Tops Mattoon in 12-6 Rout With Three Homers
Centralia powered past Mattoon 12-6 in the Mississippi Ohio Valley league last night as three Centralia homers and seven Mattoon errors doomed the Indians. Lewis Bezeka hit two homers and Roger Della Betta added another. Mattoon’s prior worst defeat was 10-6 to Centralia. Other scores: Vincennes 10 Paducah 4, Springfield 12 Mt. Vernon 7, West Frankfort 11 Paris 3. Centralia hosts Vincennes. Mattoon to Paducah. Paris to Mt. Vernon. Springfield to West Frankfort.
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Centralia
Mattoon
Sterlings
Indians
Lewis Bezeka
Roger Della Betta
Vincennes
Paducah
Springfield
Mt. Vernon
West Frangfort
Paris
West Frankfort
Campbell
Harvey
Defreitas
Spinks
Dickens
Hans
Killingsworth
Sechler
Patino
Mameron
Schaeffler
Miskell
Ortosky
Frankfort
Bone
Wilkes
Stark
Key
Werner
Swensen
Pet GB Mattoon
Major League Leaders And Yanks Note On Tittle
AP report lists top American and National League leaders in batting runs triples and home runs with Doby Lehner Williams Rosen and Kiner among leaders. A New York wire recalls Tugboat Toth escaping a car rollover and Y A Tittle’s 1947 Mississippi incident. MLB rule states players on the disabled list must stay inactive at least 30 days. two players on the list is the maximum per team.
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Doby
Cleveland
Lehner
Philadelphia
DiMaggio
Boston
Stephens
Henrich
New York
Mapes
Dillinger
Dropo
Williams
Rosen
Musial
St. Louis
Hopp
Pittsburgh
Glaviano
Zollie
Toth
LSU
Y. A. Tittle
Baltimore Colts
Tittle
Mississippi
Jethroe Aims to Prove Lemons Quote Was Off
Sam Jethroe, a Branch Rickey castoff from East St. Louis, debuts with the Boston Braves after a modest start in spring training. Despite questions on hitting and fielding his speed and early NL batting average spark praise from teammates and critics, with rival clubs weighing Rickey’s lemon label against his potential impact.
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AP News
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sam Jethroe
Boston Braves
Jethroe
Rickey
Montreal
Boston
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Buckeyes
Jackie Robinson
Kansas City Monarchs
St. Louis
Branch Rickey
Irv Noren
Washington
Alfonso Carrasquel
White Sox
Luke Appling
Carrasquel
Noren
Senators
Braves
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First Methodists
Christians
Presbyterian
Christian Church
Pete
Cardwell Motors
Maurie Rose
State College
England
Bob Stotlar
Lumber Yard
N. Park Ave
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Ecklund
Edgar
Hawlley
Marcello
Smith
Bekeza
Dalla Betta
Major League
The
Associated Press
American League
BY Frank Eck
Dodgers
Fla
Dodger
Mann
Sam
Barney Ewell
J Jethree
Cleveland Buckeyes
Roesemeier
E. A. Messer
S. Poplar
Carbondale
Inters
General Motors
Chevrolet
BUICK
Cadillac
DELCO
GMAC
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Pyramid Lumber CO
Illinois
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