Belleville Clinches Fourth State Baseball Title
Belleville wins its fourth Illinois prep baseball crown after a 7-0 championship win over Chicago Bowen. Rockey Wagner pitched a no hitter in the final, fanning seven as Belleville advances behind strong pitching by Wagner and Ron Rujowitz. The Maroons scored in the second, fourth, and sixth innings to seal the title.
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Illinois
Maroons
Rockey Wagner
Chicago Bowen
Wagner
Ron Rujowitz
Rujowitz
Peoria Manual
Charles Schiele
Ernie Cale
Wayne McGee
Bowen
Olympic Boxers Patterson Versus Maxim In Brooklyn Bout
Floyd Patterson, 19, fights Joey Maxim for eight rounds at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway while Archie Moore meets Bert Whitehurst at St Nicholas Arena. Patterson weighs about 10 pounds less and is an underdog at 7 to 5. ABC-TV airs from 9 p.m. CDT as part of a Monday night boxing telecast.
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Floyd Patterson
Joey Maxim
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway
Maxim
Archie Moore
Miami
Patterson
New York
Abc-Tv
Bert Whitehurst
Baltimore
St. Nicholas Arena
DuMont
St. Nick’s
Parkway
Whitehurst
Moore
Patty Berg's Putting Wins Title in Tourney
Patty Berg wins the Triangle Round Robin Invitational in Hot Springs Virginia with a plus 73 over 90 holes. Runner up Betty Jameson trails by 51 and several Betys and Mildred Zaharias follow in the field.
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Patty Berg
Hot Springs
Miss Berg
St. Andrews
Ill
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Tilden Khoury League Teams Win Two Tilts
The Tilden Midgets defeated Sparta 9-4 on Wednesday and the Tilden Bantams beat Sparta 6-2 on Thursday. Both squads are sponsored by the Tilden Lions Clubs.
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Tilden Khoury League
Tilden Midgets
Tilden Bantams
Khoury Baseball League
Sparta
Bantams
Tilden Lions Clubs
Unclear fragment hints at local item involving New York figures
A fragmented OCR item mentions several names including New York related persons amid scattered phrases. Details are unreadable. no clear event or outcome can be established from the text.
Stevenson Wins Also-Ran of 500 Beats Field in Milwaukee
Chuck Stevenson of Garden Grove California won the Rex Mays Memorial 100 mile race at Milwaukee on the newly paved one mile track. He finished two seconds ahead of Manuel Ayulo and set a track record of 1 hour 1 minute 31.29 seconds averaging 97.5 mph. J C Agajanian owned the car and Stevenson picked up 6390 dollars and 200 championship points. Bill Vukovich leads the season with 1000 points.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Rex Mays
Indianapolis
Bill Vukovich
Stevenson
J. C. Agajanian
Vukovich
Manuel Ayulo
Burbank
Chuck
State Fair Park
Jack McGrath
South Pasadena
Jimmy Reese
Oklahoma City
Okla
Minoso Drives White Sox Past Senators in Two Wins
Minnie Minoso powered the White Sox to a 5-3 win with a homer and three singles while Jim Wilson echoed Braves form by tossing a four hitter in a 4-0 first game victory over Pittsburgh, though the Pirates rallied for a 6-4 second game win in the doubleheader.
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Minnie Minoso
White Sox
Washington Senators
Jim Wilson
Braves
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Dykes Seeks Hitting Fix With Baltimore Lineup
Jimmy Dykes criticized Baltimore's anemic hitting while managing the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. He shuffled the batting order, praising pitcher Turley and lauding his crew's pitching despite weak run production. He singled out a nameless hitter who consistently produced runners on base.
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Jimmy Dykes
Casey Stengel
Yankee Stadium
Baltimore Orions
Turley
Browns
Tial Olin
Chicago boxing results show Persley and Nar dice wins
Chicago fights list Persley stopped Maddox in 8 rounds while Nar dice knocked out Jones in 3 rounds. Salt Lake City Fuller stopped Rice in 1 round. Hollywood Cadilli and Smith drew in a 10 round bout with weight notes listed.
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Salt Lake City
Gene Fuller
West Jordan
Utah
Kid Rice
Denver
Hollywood
Calif
Gil Cadilli
Los Angeles
Reuben Smith
Drew
Darling sets league scoring mark in Natl Industrial league
Chuck Darling of the Phillips Oilers averaged 17.1 points per game over two seasons in the National Industrial Basketball League. His 19.4 points per game in the 1953-54 season established a new league record.
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Chuck Darling
Phillips Oilers
Major League Leaders League Batting and Pitching Summary
Avila of Cleveland leads AL batting with .381 while Rosen of Cleveland hits .346. Minoso of Chicago tops runs with 46 tied by Fox and Avila. Avila drives in 72, with Rosen 49, and Minoso 64. Rosen leads with 13 homers. Branca of Detroit, Morgan of New York, and Stone of Washington each 3-0 in pitching.
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Cleveland
Rosen
Mminoso
Chicago
Fox
Minoso
Zernial
Philadelphia
Branca
Detroit
Morgan
New York
Stone
Washington
Robinson Leads Brooklyn in National League Batting
In batting standings Robinson of Brooklyn tops with a 3.88 average while Musial of St Louis leads in runs with 50 and 61 RBIs driven by Jablonski and Sauer. Musial also hits 78 with Musial tied for home runs at 18 alongside Sauer.
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Robinson
Brooklyn
Musial
St. Louis
Moon
Jablonski
Sauer
Chicago
Coaching Clinic Brings ILL State, Western Hosts
A two day coaching clinic in Macomb will be jointly sponsored by Western Illinois State College and Illinois State Normal University. Lecturers include Forrest Evashevski from Iowa, Joe Hut ton of Hamline, and Mount Vernon high school coaches Stanley Changnon and Harold Hutchins.
Mangrum Wins Western Open in Playoff at Sixth
Lloyd Mangrum of Niles Illinois captured the Western Open after a sudden death playoff with Ted Kroll. Mangrum shot 66 in the final round to finish 277, tying Kroll who led at the start of the final round. De Vicenzo and Rosburg finished strong for runner-up money. Kroll earned 1800 and Mangrum 2400.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Niles
Ill
Ted Kroll
New Hartford
N. Y
Mangrum
Hind
Roberto de Vicenzo
Buenos Aires
Bob Rosburg
San Francisco
Chicago
Jack Burke
Kiamesha Lake
Kroll
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