Dropo Sparks Red Sox Comeback with Big Hitting Bid
Walt Dropo, boosted by a full year of development, hits 17 for 39 with three home runs and a triple as he drives Boston to a 3-1 win over Rae Scarborough and Washington. The victory nudges Boston within a half game of Detroit atop the standings while New York also wins.
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Bob Rush
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Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Cardinal Box Score: Reds vs. Cardinals
Cincinnati falls 3 to 1 to St. Louis as Blackwell outduels Brecheen in a pitcher’s duel. Musial and Kluszewski star with RBI hits for the Cardinals, while Wyrostek and Ryan drive Cincinnati’s lone runs. Brecheen lasts four, Bra zele departs after five.
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Baseball leaders and top stats from the season
Major League Leaders: American League batting dropo Boston 436 Lehner Philadelphia .377. Runs Pesky Boston 24 DiMaggio Boston 2 Hits DiMaggio and Stephens Boston 31 Triples Doerr Boston and Henrich New York 4 Home runs Williams Boston 8 Rosen Cleveland 7 National League Batting Musial St Louis .462 Pafke Chicago .423 Runs Jethroe Boston 22 Jones Philadelphia 0 Hits Jethroe Boston 32 Musial St Louis and Ennis Philadelphia 30 Triples Jethroe and Kerr Boston 3 Home runs Gordon Boston Kin er Pittsburgh and Jones Philadelphia 7
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Pepsi Cola Wins City Commercial Bowling Championship
Pepsi Cola, sponsored by Harry L. Crisp of Marion, captured the City Commercial Bowling League title at Marion Bowl. The lineup led by captain John Brown posted a 2,529 three game team series and 35 straight weeks in first place, with Wein posting a 592 set to pace the win over Herrin VFW.
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Illinois Falls 4-3 to Ohio State in Big 10 clash
Ohio State beat Illinois 4-3 as Pete Perini pitched the win. Michigan and Wisconsin jockeyed for position with Purdue and Iowa winning earlier, shaping the title race as Michigan hosts Wisconsin next weekend. Indiana beat Northwestern 4-2 in another conference game.
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Southern at Washington in various sports schedule
May 13 events include baseball tennis and track at Washington for Southern. District golf at Mt. Vernon. May 16 University school visits Elkville for baseball and May 17 Washington travels to Southern for tennis. May 19 Carterville visits University school for baseball. State Track Finals May 20 Illinois Tech hosts Southern in baseball and Southern plays St. Louis in tennis. May 22 Southern competes at Evansville in golf and tennis.
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Yankees Triumph as Coleman Hits Three-Run Homer
Yesterday's stars include Jerry Coleman of the Yankees belted a three run homer to lift New York to a 3 2 win over Philadelphia. Ewell Blackwell beat the Cardinals 3 1 for the Reds and Maurice McDermott beat the Red Sox 3 1 for Washington while both held five hitters.
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Yanks
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Ewell Blackwell
Reds
Maurice McDermott
Red Sox
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Cards
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Washington
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