Phillies Top Danville 5 2 In Sunday Baseball
In Terre Haute action at Memorial Stadium the Phillies beat the Dodgers 5 to 2 before 3 334 fans. Niles Jordan pitched a four hitter securing his 12th win while Danville’s Jake Jekielek and Ernie Woods produced early offense. Field Night festivities follow with seven events and merchandise prizes from local sponsors.
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Downtown
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Indiana Kentucky tie in Tri-State golf team event
Morey and David shot 65 to lead individual scoring but Indiana still tied Kentucky for the team title after 18 holes of alternate shot play. Kentucky's Kirkpatrick and Primrose led with 141 aggregate as Ohio trailed. Indiana's top pair were Shelby and Laflin at 142.
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Dale Morey
Martinsville
John David
Indianapolis
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Greenville
Johnny Primrose
Owensboro
Buddy Mahan
Winchester
Ohio
Willard Shelby
David Laflin
Shelbyville
Terre Haute Tops Danville in Baseball Action Tonight
Scores from today list Terre Haute 5 Danville 2 and Cedar Rapids 11 Quincy 5 with Evansville 2 over Decatur 5 and Waterloo 3 over Quad Cities 1. Tonight's games show Decatur at Evansville Quad Cities at Waterloo Quincy at Cedar Rapids Danville at Terre Haute. Yesterday New York 9 Cleveland 0 Detroit 4 Washington 0 St. Louis 10 Philadelphia 9 Chicago 2 5. Tonight no games scheduled. tomorrow's night games include Detroit at Chicago and Cleveland at St. Louis with several others listed.
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Bob Lemon
Chicago White Sox
Ellis Kinder
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Red Sox
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Dick Kokos
Owen Friend
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Browns
Cedar Rapids Tops Quincy in Slugfest and Leads Three-Eye Race
Cedar Rapids defeated Quincy 11 8 as Bob Prentice Bill Bruss and King homered. Danville pitcher Jake Schmidt allowed 10 hits in a complete game loss. Waterloo beat Quad Cities 3 1 while Evansville fell to Decatur 5 2 and Terre Haute led the Three Eye standings with a big win. Ed White hit a three run homer for Waterloo.
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Hesse
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Bill Bruss
King
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Quincy
Chuck Weiss
Gems
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Waterloo
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Dave Anderson
Ed White
Ole McCammon
Don Vines
Charles Pfizer
Saline City
Don Willard
Saline
Cottom
Pfizer
Sullivan
Indiana State
McCammon
Harden
Probable Pitchers for Tonight's Major League Schedule
Tonight's games feature Columbus at Kansas City with Crimion and Clark for Columbus and Shea and Schacht for Kansas City. Toledo visits Milwaukee with Sloat against Elliott. Minneapolis meets St Paul with Barnhill facing Van Dork. Louisville and Indianapolis are not scheduled.
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Minneapolis
Indianapolis
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St. Paul
Milwaukee
Toledo
Colambus
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Shea and Schacht
Sloat
Elliott
Barnhill
St.*Paul
van Dork
Compton Wins Terre Haute City Golf Crown
Herman Lefty Compton won the Terre Haute city golf championship, posting a 72 in the final round to finish with a 289 total, a new 72-hole record. Norm Dunlap Jr. tied for runner-up at 296 with George Kaperak and Bill Kipple, while Walter Artz won the first flight with 300. The playoff for second place will be held at Rea Park.
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Rea Park
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Dunlap
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Bill Peck
Peck
Bob Jones
Roy Williams
The
Herb Mace
Pete Moroz
Lou Waldron
Moroz
Local Baseball Results From M C V League
Yesterday's doubleheader results show Paducah West Frankfort Centralia Mt Vernon Mattoon Springfield Paris Vincennes games. Notable home runs credited to Dickhens Smith Hawes, with multiple runs and varied battery pairs by team.
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Deem
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Arkansas Travelers In City Golf Tourney
Arkansas golfers Dale Roberts and Wayne Gordon traveled from Benton to compete in the city men’s golf tournament. Roberts shot 39 34 74 for 307 to finish fourth in the first flight while Gordon was tenth with 315, after an 81 at the Elks. They will miss the banquet and ask for prize mailings.
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Wayne Gordon
Benton
Ark
Arkansas City
Roberts
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the Elks
Bears Bring Villanova Star Stenn to Memorial Stadium
Bears big tackle Stenn, a 242 pound Villanova product in his third NFL season, will star in an intra squad battle at Memorial Stadium Wednesday night. Teammate George Connor calls him one of the league top blockers. he earned all league second team honors with Chicago last season and played for Villanova before joining the Bears in 1948 after stints with the Giants Redskins and Steelers.
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National Football League
George Connor
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Pittsburgh Steelers
Texas Cowboy Wins Fastrack Feature at Terre Haute
Jack Shanklin of El Paso led from the third lap to win the Fastrack stock car feature in Terre Haute. Charley Richard of South Bend finished second and Bill Dell of Indianapolis third as 36 cars entered. Bud Dombroskie overturned on lap nine while near the front.
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el Paso
Tex
Terre Haute
Shanklin
Blackie Hall
Naptown C
Bob Hunter
Detroit
Hunter
Tom Harrison
Chicago
Bud Dombroski
Toledo
Charley Knoebel
Indianapolis
Eddy Greer
Dale Fox
Muncie
Charley Richards
South Bend
Bob Holland
Jim Gruff
Anderson
Leon Dyke
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bill Dell
Kleuh Meets Petty In City Tennis Tourney Showdown
Weekend matches narrow the singles field to five contenders at Collet Park as Kleuh Petty Walker Wallenbrock and Nichols advance. Kleuh and Petty set to clash for semifinal positioning ahead of next Saturday's matches and Sunday doubles final.
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Clarence Walker
Duane Kleuh
Joe Petty
Dale Wallenbrock
Jim Nichols
Kleuh
Indianapolis swimmer wins national junior breaststroke title
Adrian Mail of the Indianapolis Athletic Club seized the national Women’s Junior 100 yard breast stroke championship with a time of 1 26.8 at the AAU sanctioned event. The race occurred during the 1950 Ohio swimming and diving championships in Cincinnati on Saturday night.
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Adrian Mail
Indianapolis Athletic Club
A.A.U
Col :ons Lead in Association Standings After Twin Bill Wins
Louisville swept S Paul 11 4 and 6 4 to widen its American Association lead to three games. Indianapolis split with Minneapolis 12 7 and 16 7. O'Brien and Richter homered for Louisville in game one. Godin earned the win in the opener with Flowers getting the second win. The two games combined produced 14 homers.
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Giants Rally Powering NL Pennant Chase With Winners
Giants win 5-0 and 3-0 as Jansen and Maglie lead from mound. Irvin Lockman homers as Cards sweep, Braves win 5-2 while Cubs fall 9-1. Yankees take 9-0 clamp on Indians. Red Sox sweep Sox and Dobson earns 12th win. Browns top A’s 10-3. Pirates 8-7 over Mets.
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Bears Shine In Sharp Scrimmage Before Terre Haute Game
Chicago Bears held a two hour scrimmage at St Josephs College in Rensselaer Indiana as final prep for the Memorial Stadium intra squad game Wednesday night at 8 45. Captains Johnny Lujack and Sid Luckman led the Orange and Blue. Blanda threw a 60 yard TD pass to Ed Sprinkles and Campana emerged as a standout rookie at 6 0 and 195 pounds from Youngstown Ohio.
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Missouri
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Surprise Ace Middleton Shines For Ace High In Sun Day Victory
Johnny Middleton the imported hurler from Casey Illinois started for the Ace High Octanes and held West Terre Haute YMC to four hits as they beat the YMC 2 to 1 in Sunday action. Wade paced the Octanes with a one hit, two extra base night.
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Eagles Prevail In Final Round At Terre Haute Carnival
In the Terre Haute amateur links carnival at Elks Country Club three players earned eagles. Max McGaughy aced the par 4 second hole with a 328-yard hole out eight feet past the flag. Don Weerich, at 50 feet in two on the par 5 sixteenth, followed with a birdie. Lou Waldr on added a three by a six inch putt at the same hole.
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