Yankees Ride Home Runs to Split With White Sox in See-Saw Standings
The New York Yankees moved to the top of the AL with 7-1 and 5-2 wins over the Chicago White Sox, Elston Howard and Bill Skowron homering in the opener while Mickey Mantle and Gil McDougald connected in the nightcap. Ted Williams homered twice as Boston beat Cleveland. Brooklyn Dodgers beat St. Louis 7-4 as Cubs split with Phillies. Pirates and Redlegs also split. Milwaukee climbed to third by edging the Giants. Dale Long hit two homers for Pittsburgh in the opener.
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Duke Snider Leads Centerfield Ballot
Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers moved into first place among National League center fielders in the All Star ballot. Roy Campanella remained the top overall vote getter with 79,204 votes, while Al Kaline led the American League with 76,133. The July 12 game in Milwaukee will set the starting lineups.
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Major League Standings And Schedule Highlights
Standings show Philadelphia 1-7 and Chicago 0-8 with long first game at 45 innings and second game cut after 6 percent innings. Brooklyn leads St Louis 7-4 while Milwaukee tops New York 8-7 and Pittsburgh 5-0. Cincinnati 2-4. Tomorrow Brooklyn at Chicago and other league matchups listed with rain delays. New York 7-5 and Chicago 1-2 yesterday. No games scheduled today except Chicago at Washington and Cleveland at Baltimore N and Kansas City at New York N.
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Major League Stars Lead Double Bill in MLB Action
Ted Williams hit two homers driving in three as Boston beat Cleveland 11 to 7. Joe Nuxhall held Pittsburgh to six hits and Cincinnati shut out the Pirates 4 to 0 after the opener 5 to 2.
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Richardson to Play Europas No 1 Netter
Wimbledon opens with Hamilton Richardson, 22, from Baton Rouge Louisiana, facing Sweden’s Sven Davidson in the men’s singles first round. Richardson is the third ranked American and a Davis Cup player.
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Mergard Wins Fourth Crow Hunting Championship
Eddie Mergard of Dallas bagged 27 crows to win his fourth grand crow hunting championship in five years at the American Crow Hunt Association shoot in Vandalia. Vern Raines and Ira Lewis won the double shoot and Walter Maynald led the crew calling contest. J R Cleary and John Phillips Jr earned runner up and novice titles. Cleary elected president, Skinner named secretary-treasurer, and Crouch named vice president.
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Fight Results Hollywood Bernabe Vasquez Stops Brooks
Hollywood Bernabe Vasquez of Mexico City stops Paulie Brooks of Cleve in the 6th round at 134 pounds. The event featured a lightweight bout with Vasquez securing the victory on stoppage.
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Baby) Vasquez
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Dempsey Early Loss Then Rematch Knockout
Early in his career Jack Dempsey was knocked out in the first round by Jim Flynn. A year and a day later Dempsey knocked out Flynn in the first round. Ten winning horses in the United States paid off at better than 100 to 1 odds during 1954.
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