Keller Wins Southern Illinois Amateur Golf Title
Cairo golfer Bob Keller, 21, captured the Southern Illinois amateur title at the Egyptian Country Club in Mounds with an 11 and 10 victory over Wally Spomer. Keller opened with a 69, led by 11 holes, and clinched the final by predominately steady play.
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Centralia
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Herrin
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Gorham Tops Ellis Grove 6 2 Behind Schimpf’s 11 K gem
Gorham aces Ellis Grove 6 2 as Bill Schimpf fires a five hit outing with 11 strikeouts none walked. McDonough loses for Ellis Grove while Worthen leads Gorham with three singles and Morgan adds a triple and a single. Campbell Hill visit set for next week.
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Du Quoin Edges Murphysboro In Trico Loop Bout
Du Quoin's Trico league teen club remained top after a 3-2 win over Murphysboro Junior Merchants. Baseball leaders noted: Triples Musial six, Jethroe five, Slaughter five. Home runs Kiner 18, Ennis 14, Snider 14, Campanella 14. Royal batting marks listed for National and American leagues.
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Detroit
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Gorham Prevails 1-0 Over Murphysboro Junior Legion
Excellent hurling defined the match as Gorham beat Murphysboro Junior American Legion 1-0 in an abbreviated game played yesterday at Gorham.
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MO Valley Race Tightens With Weekend Games
The Mississippi Ohio Valley league saw Vincennes sweep Cen tralia in a double header 10-2 and 7-5, while Mattoon won twice over Paducah 7-3 and 11-4 to gain on leaders. Paris swept Mt Vernon, and West Frankfort edged Springfield 12-10 as teams closed the weekend with top fluctuations.
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Pirates Triumph 16-11 Over Brooklyn Behind Kiner
Ralph Kiner powered the Pirates with two homers a triple a double and a single driving in eight runs in a 16 to 11 win over Brooklyn. Vern Bickford and the Braves shutout the St Louis Cardinals five hits and a 4 to 0 victory.
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Philadelphia
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Bob Rush
Ewell Blackwell
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Bunt fading as gopher ball era expands in baseball
Baseball fans see the bunt fade amid a power surge with 111 homers in four days. Ralph Kiner Hank Sauer Larry Doby and Eddie Joost homer twice. Tigers beat Yankees 6 3 to split doubleheader as DiMaggio Bauer and Lopat power the opener.
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Pittsburg Beats Carbondale Cubs in Sensing Swinging Finish
The Carbondale Cubs fell 8-6 to Pittsburg on Sunday after leading 6-4 entering the seventh. Cecil Johnson hit a homer and a double for Carbondale, while Meracle delivered a two run shot for Pittsburg. Burgess and Felts drew walks and later scored as Pittsburg pulled ahead.
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Marion Leads Ballot Race At Shortstop
Chicago June 26 AP Marty Marion St Louis shortstop leads the National League starting shortstop race in the annual poll for the 17th inter league game at Comiskey Park July 11. Marion has 334947 votes ahead of Pee Wee Reese.
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Brown Reigns As West Frankfort Athletics Director
Bill Brown, nine year West Frankfort coach, re signs as athletic director and football track coach at South Seven school while remaining a teacher. Ed Migelwicz, 28, named to replace Brown as football coach. Joe Morin remains basketball coach. Brown pursues a Doctorate via Evansville extension courses, balancing teaching duties and future studies.
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PGA tournament semis reach by Demaret Harper Williams and Picard
In Columbus Jimmy Demaret Chandler Harper Henry Williams Jr. and Henry Picard advanced to the PGA tournament semi finals. In Denver Babe Didrikson Zaharias won her fourth Western Open by defeating Peggy Kirk 4 and 3. In New Orleans Dale Morey beat Tommy Barnes 8 and 7 to take the Southern Amateur title. In College Park Dick Attlesey of the Los Angeles A C set a world record 13.6 in the 110 meter high hurdles as the San Francisco Olympic Club captured the team title.
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