Big Four Indians Face Overtime Strain In 1951 Season
Cleveland's pitching quartet of Bob Feller Bob Lemon Early Wynn and Mike Garcia has started all but one game and relieved four times this season. The group owns a 10-6 record with Wynn pitching in relief to beat Boston 4 2 in 10 innings, lifting Cleveland to within one game of the league lead after a late rally.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
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Bob Feller
Bob Lemon
Early Wynn
Mike Garcia
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Wynn
Garcia
Lemon
al Lopez
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al Rosen
Ray Boone
Mel Parnell
Red Sox
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Archie Wilson
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Shea
Wilson
Senators
Ned Garver
New York
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Monte Kennedy
Ralph Branca
Einieaedadpeae Ast Hodges
Pirates
Carrier Mills, Galatia boys post 191 points in one game
Carrier Mills defeated Galatia 100 to 91 in a regular season basketball game. Five players scored 20 or more points each, contributing to a rare 191 combined point tally for two high school teams in Illinois.
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Centralia
Illinois
Carrier Mills
Galatia
Juniors Lead Morgantown WV University Teams
In Morgantown West Virginia University officials indicate the regular baseball and track squads are mostly juniors with remaining eligibility. The baseball unit includes six juniors and the track squad shows nine juniors as the program builds for the future.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Necades Vieuiole
Geiger Fans Two Hit Shutout for Gorham Mustangs
Merle Geiger pitched a two hit shutout guiding Gorham Mustangs to a 9-0 win at Anna Wildcats. Gorham broke through in the sixth and added four runs in the seventh after two were out, aided by timely hits and defensive errors.
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Gorham Mustangs
Anna Wildcats
Gorham
Skobel
Mustangs
Crain
Morgan
Glidewell
Taylor
Anna
Merle Geiger
Changes Planned for Southern Illinois Track Meet at Carbondale
Bud Stotlar reports plan changes for the Southern Illinois district meet at McAnally Stadium Carbondale Friday. Field event preliminaries move to 3 p.m. and finals begin at 8 p.m. Admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults. Cairo wins grade meet at Carbondale scoring 66 to Attucks 28 and Mound City 23. Bob Smith’s Hurst-Bush takes Class B title with 39% points.
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Bud” Stotlar
University School
Southern Illinois
McAndrew Stadium
Carbondale
al Willis
I.H.S.A
Stotlar
Cairo
Attucks
Mound City
Copeland
Ivy
Robinson
Bob Smith
Hurst - Bush
Cape
Hurst Bush
Bethalto
Nashville
Lesser
O’ Fallon
Mascoutah
Highland
Troy
Sandoval
Island leader targets deer population of 10000
Premier J Walter Jones of Charlottetown claims Prince Edward Island could reach a deer population of ten thousand. He cites past importations of deer over the last two years with a dozen added last year.
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Charlottetown
Canada
J. Walter Jones
Prince Edward Island
Attendance Decline Marks Opening MLB Season
Opening games of the 1952 MLB season drew 172 322 fans, down 29 797 from 1951. The New York Giants led East interest with 43 112, while the Boston Braves drew 4 694 the fewest.
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New York
Giants
Braves
Boston
Possible lineup change hinted for June baseball trades
The speaker says another month remains to test the outfit and, if needed, more trades can occur before June 15. A new lineup could appear any day, with the possibility of being beaten but not with the same players.
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Veeck
Smith leads six bays with four scoring for Hummer team
Smith took six bays to the meet and four of them scored all the Hummer points. Holland won the low hurdles and the 100 yard dash and was third in the high jump. Fann won the 50 and was second in the 440 and third in the shot put. Seays was second in the low hurdles and fourth in the 50 yard dash. Rutherford was second in the high jump. The relay team also won the 880 yard relay.
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Smith
Holland
Fann
Seays
Rutherford
Browns recall pitcher Mahoney from San Antonio
The Browns bring back Bob Mahoney from San Antonio and send John Hetki Hal Hudson to Toronto and Vernon Taylor to San Antonio. Mahoney earned three outings with mixed results in games against Fort Worth Beaumont Houston. The club must trim to 26 by May 15 and may keep 26 if Dave Nadison is retained without counting toward the limit.
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Browns
Bob Mahoney
San Antonio
John Hetki
Hal Hudson
Toronto
Vernon Taylor
Mahoney
Fort Worth
Face
Beaumont
Hank Wyse
Cub
Houston
al Papai
Cardinal
Lea
and Sachiner
Dave Nadison
Absicise
Bob Fishel
Fishel
Bill Veeck
Brown
Grace Tops Coast Batting Lead With 11 Hits
Joe Grace collected 11 hits in 26 at bats last week to raise his batting average to .363 and lead the Pacific Coast leaders.
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Joe Grace
Pacific Coast
Joe Seeks First Homer After 28 Games
Mark notes Joe is still awaiting his first homer after 28 games, continuing a lengthy drought for the hitter.
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Mark
Joe
Ex Carbondale Man Leads Community Recreation Effort
Bret McGinnis son of Mrs Rolla King heads a Carbondale area recreation program praised by Missouri officials. The Neosho program offers activities in sports arts crafts dramatics and music on a 7200 annual budget from school and city funds.
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Bret McGinnis
Rolla King
East
Walnut Street
Carbondale
Neosho
McGinnis
Carbondale Community High
Vienna Chile Triumphs in Davis Cup One Round
Vienna Chile won the final two singles to clinch a 4 1 victory over Austria in the first round European zone Davis Cup tie.
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Vienna
Chile
Austria
Steeleville Fishermen Stranded by Fish Entangled Propeller
Steeleville fishermen Gib Prange and Everett Bierman learned a hard lesson on their return from a weekend trip. Their motor stalled after the boat propeller fouled on a sack of fish, leaving one catch nearly decapitated and forcing an unexpected stop.
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Steeleville
Gib Prange
Everett Bierman
Kentucky basketball under NCAA probe after judge's remark
National Collegiate Athletic Association launches investigation into the University of Kentucky following judge Saul Streit's comments that football and basketball at the school have become commercial enterprises. Three former Kentucky players Alex Groza Ralph Beard Dale Barnstable received probation amid bribery and cheating allegations.
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Los Angeles
National Collegiate Athletic Association
University of Kentucky
Newark
N.C.A.A
Hugh Willett
Kentucky
Saul Streit
Jnquiry
Alex Groza
Ralph Beard
Dale Barnstable
Streit
Adolph Rupp
Scotty Robb resigns as National League umpire
Cincinnati May 6 AP Scotty Robb a National League umpire since 1947 sent League President Warren Giles a terse note resigning as of now He cited no explanation but the St Louis incident with Hermis and Stanky led to fines and a public dispute Robb and Giles issued statements offering little clarity Robb upheld his silence while Stanky expressed regret over the resignation and noted lasting friendship with the umpire
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Scotty Robb
Warren Giles
Giles
Wrnp
Robb
Stanky
St. Louis
Sally Hemus
Cardinals
Crosley Field
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