Baseball notes from the majors and minors wrap week’s action
Joe Grace posted 11 hits in 22 plays for a .302 average with San Francisco before a hand injury sent him to the bench. The piece surveys 10 homer leaders in both leagues, catchers on the move, trades affecting the Cardinals and Pirates, and notable performances including Nelson, Howerton, and Garagiola, plus a Whitey Rouviere college transfer tease and local coaching hire in Carmi.
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Joe Grace
San Francisco
Henry Justice
DuQuoin
Santa Barbara
Francis ‘‘Whitey
Rouviere
Christopher
Benton
Les Pinkham
Christopher Star
West Frankfort
Rice
Cards
Berra
Yanks
Campanella
Dodgers
Seminick
Phils
Westrum
Giants
Cooper
Mueller
Garagiola
Moss
Lollar
Tebbetts
Kluttz
Murray
Guerra
Edwards
McCullough
Scheffing
Mass
Niarhos
Swift
A. Robinson
Wilber
Walker
Carmi
Millikin
Pollet
Howerton
Cole
Wilks
Pirates
Westlake
Chambers
Nelson
Reds
Harry Truman
Baseball Box Score and Replayed Nine-Game Summary
Box score details a Chicago and St Louis game tied 6-6 after nine, with Hermanski homering for Chicago and a list of RBI, hits, and walks. Notes indicate the game will be replayed later, plus unrelated standings and performances across the league, including Raschi and DiMaggio, Lemon and a Cleveland win, and a New England tennis association stat.
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Cincinnati
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis
Browns
Brownies
Yanks
Red Sox
White Sox
Howie Judson
Vic Raschi
New York
Chicago
Boston
Joe DiMaggio
Raschi
Ted Williams
Maury McDermott
Hank Bauer
Gil McDougald
Paris Regain Lead With Double Victory Over Danville
Paris earned a double win over Danville to seize a slim edge over Centralia in the Mississippi Ohio Valley league. The Lakers won 8-1 in seven innings and 7-4 with 14 hits including three homers, while Centralia shaded Mt. Vernon 6-0 behind Bob Sisk. Mt. Vernon’s Lee Tunnison homered as he returned to the lineup.
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Paris
Danville
Centralia
Lakers
Bob Sisk
Mt. Vernon
Lee Tunnison
Skordian
Mattoon
Vincennes
Major League Leaders AP American League and National League
The AP lists top hitters and run producers by league. In the American League Ichiro Minoso leads batting with .367 while Williams tops RBIs with 70. In the National League Musial hits .370 and Hodges 24 home runs. Robinson and Dark pace RBIs and runs respectively.
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Minoso
Chicago
Fain
Philadelphia
Williams
Boston
Robinson
DiMaggio
Fox
Zernial
Musial
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Hodges
Dark
New York
Ashburn
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Westlake
Wimbledon and NCAA tennis advances noted in briefs
American Artersen of San Leandro Calif reached the Wimbledon quarter finals. Tony Trabert and Buddy Igel of Cincinnati advanced to the NCAA tournament semi finals. Roy of Circle A Stable won the six furlong Suffolk Downs feature at six dollars sixty cents.
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Wimbledon
England
Artersen
San Leandro
Calif
Evanston, Ill
Tony Trabert
Buddy Igel
Cincinnati
N.C.A.A
Boston
Circle A. Stable
Roy
Suffolk Downs
Phillies Edge Dodgers as Jones Drives Run in Ninth
Yesterday's Stars Batting Ralph Caballero, Willie Jones tripled home in the ninth to lift Philadelphia in a 2-1 win over Brooklyn. Vic Raschi pitched the Yankees to a 2-1 three hit victory over Boston for his 12th win.
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Ralph Caballero
Phillies
Willie Jones
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Vic Raschi
Yankees
New York
Boston
Reinsman Leo Palin Sets Two Minute Mile Record
New York AP Leo Palin veteran horseman has driven 64 two minute miles the most by any reinsman. Palin tallied 24 of those rides with Greyhound the world’s champion trotter in his career chatty profile of a leading trainer and driver.
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New York
Leo Palin
Palin
Greyhound
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