Kell Tops American League Batting as Tigers Lead
George Kell of the Tigers leads the American League batting race at .372 with the most hits and doubles this season. He helped Detroit to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox, scoring the lone Tiger run until a late four-run rally in the eighth. Hal White earned his first win as Dizzy Trout finished. Exhibition games included the Yankees over the Giants 9-4 and the Phillies beating the Athletics 8-5, while Pete Castiglione hit a ninth inning homer for Pittsburgh in a 4-3 win over Boston.
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Kissack Accepts Roxana Coaching Position
Bob Kissack, 21, Southern Illinois graduate, will be Roxana grade school coach next year. A Hoopeston native, he started at Eastern and earned a basketball letter there, also lettering at Southern in junior and senior years. He led campus activities and chaired the 1950 spring carnival and served as Sigma Beta Mu president.
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Murphysboro Girls Club Edge Marion in Nine-Run Rally
The Murphysboro Stumble Inn Wonders, a newly formed Negro girls softball team, defeated the Marion Crickets 12 to 9 at Marion. Murphysboro trailed 9-8 in the seventh inning before taking the lead on Cooper's bases loaded home run.
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West Frankfort Tops Mattoon in League Action
West Frankfort defeated Mattoon 11 to 4 to move into second place in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley league. Centralia bounced back to beat the Lakers 6 to 2 and stay atop the standings. Gene Piszarski earned his seventh win, remaining undefeated.
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Unknowns Battle for National P.G.A. Title in 36-Hole Final
Walter Hagen comments as dark horses Chandley Harper and Hank Williams reach the 36-hole final at Scioto Country Club Columbus Ohio Williams and Harper emerge from a field featuring top money winners and former champions Williams rallies from 6 down to edge Henry Picard while Harper defeats Jimmy Demaret 3 up in the semifinal to set up the final.
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Fights Last Night by the Associated Press
Willie Pep won over Bobby Timpson in Hartford. Wray Carter defeated Jimmy Robinson in Chicago. Joe Kahut beat Grant Butcher in Portland.
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Baseball Trade Rumors Highlight Key Player Moves
The listing mentions Miller with the Phillies, Byrne to the Yankees, McDermott with the Red Sox, Gray to the Tigers, Sanford to the Yankees, Newcombe and a Dodge connection, outlining potential shifts across teams.
Methodists Blast Centenary 27-2 In Murphy Loop
In Murphysboro the First Methodists crushed Centenary 27 to 2 in a Junior league game on the Longfellow diamond. Gary Roberts starred for the winners with four hits in as many trips and scored multiple runs as the team racked up 5 in the first, 11 in the second, 4 in the third and 7 in the fourth. The Centenary squad managed only two runs, one in the third and one in the fifth.
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Hogan Centers Rally To Edge Aces 7 6 In Carbondale
The Hogan Centers erased deficits four times to defeat the Aces 7 6 in an A division softball game at Carbondale. Chuck Oyler homered and doubled for the Aces while R Nesbitt homered for Hogan Centers. The Attucks team won 12 3 in a B division game and the schedule added American Legion National Guard Hogans Moose and Coca Cola Brown Hardware games with DeMolay Attucks postponements.
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Murphysboro Dodgers Defeat Carbondale Team 4-1
The Murphysboro Dodgers beat Hogan Center club of Carbondale 4-1 at Wood's Park in Carbondale. Aldrick Butler pitched five hit ball with 15 strikeouts, earning the win. Turley and L. Thomas led the Carbondale offense with hurling honors.
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Dodgers Half Game Clear In Unfinished Brooklyn Game
Baseball standings are patched by an unfinished Brooklyn game last Saturday night when the Dodgers led 19 12 in the eighth before a New York law halted play after 11 59 p m. Robinson Snider and Campanella had multi hit nights as AP records show. The stumble affects AL standings only minorly as teams note veteran counts and coaching chatter continues.
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Murray to Host Third North-South All-Star Game
Murray Kentucky will stage its third annual North South high school all star game on June 16. Illinois coach Ray Eliot faces pressure this season as his post Zuppke record shows a mixed run outside the standout 1946 Rose Bowl year. Alumni financiers help fund early pro ambitions.
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Pafko's Fly Ball Stuns Inning Ending Out in Philadelphia
Andy Pafko of the Cubs hit a 450 foot fly in Philadelphia Sunday but was retired at home. It was the first of the ninth in the Cubs 11 8 victory, a wild start to the doubleheader.
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