Giants Slump Grows With Willie Mays Army Duty
The New York Giants lose eight of ten after Willie Mays joins the army, slipping from a 22 game lead to four behind the Dodgers in the pennant race. Murtry Dickson beats Sal Maglie 8-1 in Pittsburgh as Brooklyn, St Louis, and Chicago win in NL action. Cleveland widens AL lead with 11-4 over Philadelphia. Detroit beats Boston 4-2 in the key two‑team trade aftermath. Dodgers, Cubs, Cardinals, and White Sox post several wins while Red Sox slide further in standings.
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al Rosen
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Bill Henry
Ed Stewart
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Paris Defending Champion Leads French Championship Third Round
Golf action features Bobby Knowles Billy Maxwell and Dick Chapman among ten Americans advancing to the third round of the French championship. In Ardmore Boros Mayfield Blomquist and Bolt share lead at 137 in the Ardmore open midway.
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Dick Chapman
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NAIA meets ends today in Abilene Texas
Abilene Texas June 7 AP the first annual NAIA track golf and tennis meet winds up tonight with championships to be distributed among 55 schools sending 300 plus athletes here golf and tennis finish today with track finals tonight North Texas State Western Montana Abilene Christian College San Diego State Illinois Normal and Howard Payne vie for team title after advancing most finals spots in prelims Western Illinois State Carl Wilson meets Jim Flynn in tennis singles semis Henderson Purdy and Nunn Miller in doubles semis
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University of Portland
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Fred Garner
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Herrin Softball Leagues Meet Monday in Herrin Lighted Park
All girls registered in the Herrin Township Softball league are asked to meet Monday at 6 30 pm at the Lighted Park in Herrin. Assignments of players to girls major and minor league teams are announced. 37 teams formed. practice games scheduled with Hudgens major league girls versus J H McKinney's girls and Charles Pike's minor league boys facing Joe Pollack's team.
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Urbana Man Stands 30 N Pantathlon Trials
West Point New York June 7 AP United States modern pentathlon candidates move to the horses for the final equestrian test in the national championships and Olympic trials A four man team will go to Helsinki Thad MacArthur from Seattle Wash leads with 16 points after winning the 4000 meter cross country Capt Guy Troy of St Petersburg Fla follows by one point Urbana Ill Harlen Johnson sits third with 21 points after a 10th place finish The title is decided on fewest points
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Florida Adds Stetson Clemson and Tennessee to Schedule
The University of Florida football schedule gains three newcomers, Stetson, Clemson and Tennessee, all of which were bowl teams last season.
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Clemson
Tennessee
Fanfare Week Schedule Highlights Local Matchups
Monday features Woodmen against Good Luck and Aces versus Moose. Tuesday brings Syndicate against Attucks and Coca-Cola against New Era. Wednesday has Aces versus Hudgens Buick and Stars versus Moose. Thursday schedules Red Wings against Pleasant Grove 4-H and Moose against Highway. Friday caps with Stars versus Aces and Hudgens Buick versus Highway.
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Highway
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Lofty Murphysboro church softball schedule shifts
Schedules for the first week of the Murphysboro Church Softball program were updated as a team moved from Junior to Midget league. The revised card lists five Junior teams and seven in the Midget loop with specific June matchups involving First Baptists Christians Elm St. Baptists St. Andrew's and other congregations.
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New York Carlson Olson Tops Opponent in Local Bout
New York Carl Bobeo Olson from New York City defeated Jim my Beau by 161 percent points in Honolulu. In Phoenix California based Petty Servin beat Los Angeles rival Wil lie Vaughn by 160 percent in Los Angeles.
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Racing New York Combat Boots wins at Belmont
Racing New York Combat Boots captured the Water Color handicap at Belmont Park, finishing the mile and an eighth in 1:51 2 5. Wilmington Delaware General Staff tied the Delaware Park record for six furlongs in the Middleton purse, clocking 1:10 1 5.
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Local names listed for team members and collaborators
Barbara Craft Joyce Walker Judith Petty Luanne Plate Loretta Murphy Evelyn Longman Shirley Crouch Sharon Tripp. Team 4 Loretta Pippin Doris Ellington Pat Magnetti Ethel Jennings Shirley Ogden Connie George Carol Hatfield Terry Haub Diane Alegnani Bonnie Gentry Judy Beltz Florence Fox Adelia Marlow Cecelia Marlow.
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Sharon Rushing
Linda Connell
Madaline Garaggio
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June Ward
Juanita Jeffrey
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Shelby J.travis
Bobbie Jean Travis
Maris Gale Long
Arlene Ludenberg
Elaine Snyder
Valda Quillman
Marie Ogden
Nevelyn Childers
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Joyce Fronst
Ginger Gregory
Shirley Wyatt
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Doris Marie Shadowens
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Carmen Horn
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Judith Mollo
Virginia Duncan
Ruth Mckinney
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Dolores Reams
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Antonette Aloffo
Jean Alice King
Peggy McSpadden
Anetta Hammontree
Peggy Colp
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Jackie Goins
Lois Travis
Mona Murphy
Carolyn Emery
Delores Newlin
Barbara K. Craft
Joyce Marie Walker
Judith Marie Petty
Luanne Plate
Loretta Murphy
Evelyn Longman
Shirley Ann Crouch
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Loretta Pippin
Doris Ellington
Pat Magnetti
Ethel Jennings
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Connie George Carol Sue Hatfield
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Rev Robert Richards wins decathlon meet
Pasadena California June 7 The Rev Robert Richards of La Verne college Calif a professor broke a 21 year old meet record to win the Southern Pacific AAU decathlon at Muir College Field with a 6713 point two day total beating the 6550 point 1931 mark set by Jess Mortensen now USC coach Mortensen formerly at UC.
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Calif
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la Verne College
Southern Pacific A.A.U
Muir College Field
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Jess Mortensen
University of Southern California
Zeigler coach Bauer resigns for St Louis Catholic job
Zeigler coach George Bauer resigns to take a basketball coaching post at McBride High in St. Louis. He led Zeigler in football basketball and track, with two conference titles shared in basketball and high placements in football and track, leaving two coaching vacancies as Paul Beatty had entered service this year.
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St. Louis
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Man Battles Tarpon On 18 Hour Florida Coast
Harold LeMaster, 37, president of a fishing tackle firm with plants in Clearwater and Bradley, battled a tarpon off Clearwater for about 18 hours starting Friday morning. Using a 20-pound line from a 16-foot boat, he neared landing at 1 a.m. before the fish leaped free. The feat beat the prior 14-hour record for a man-tarpon fight, drawing thousands of onlookers as coast guards and fire crews supported him.
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Hank Sauer Aims For Personal Best In 1950 Season
Hank Sauer, star outfielder for the Reds and Cubs, has hit 30 or more homers in each of his four big league seasons. This year he may finally break his personal batting peak as he seeks to raise his average and power totals beyond his prior marks.
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Western Michigan eliminates Illinois in 1-0 NCAA playoff win
Western Michigan shutout Illinois 1-0 on Thursday to advance in the NCAA baseball playoffs. The Broncos held the Illini to a single run while securing the decisive run late, sealing the upset victory.
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Ben Taylor Moves Again From Browns
Ben Taylor, Metropolis’s first baseman who played for the Browns last season, is on the move again.
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