Sports Miscellany of Jockeys and Players in Play
Johnny Longden stands as a top jockey at 46 while Willie Obert remains ahead at 72 after retirement. Ted Williams was once pictured in a potential trade to the White Sox in 1940. Dodgers prefer Rube Walker behind the plate while Roy Campanella’s bat dominates. Doris Hart tours clinics before Miami pro duties. Baseball’s minors label remains common though Trautman’s office is nicknamed Base ball. Bob Carpenter asks Frank Lane about selling donkeys, revealing Busch’s interest in some Sicilian donkeys. Golf editors note yardage inconsistencies in Golf Digest urging standard measurements and proper card details. Merv Lincoln aims for a 3 50 mile to win Rome Olympics. Edwin Binder tops Duquesne strikeouts as seven MLB scouts pursue him. Bob Cousy brings a team to Puerto Rico before New Hampshire camp. The island shows strong interest in baseball racing and fishing.
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Red Sox
Ted Williams
White Sox
Taft Wright
Johnny Rigney
Dodgers
Rube Walker
Roy Campanella
Eddie Arcaro
Doris Hart
Miami
National Association of Professional Baseball
George Trautman
Gill
Merv Lincoln
Rome
Edwin Binder
Duquesne University
Bob Cousy
Puerto Rico
Sam Snead Tops 142 Qualifiers in U S Open Run
Sam Snead the 45 year old from White Sulphur Springs W Va led or tied the leaders in regional trials with 69 72 141 at White Plains N Y to earn a debut start at Inverness Club in Toledo June 13 Snead joins 19 exempt players including Cary Middlecoff Jackie Burke Peter Thomson while Gay Brewer led the day nationally with 67 66 133 at Cincinnati and other notables qualified across the country including Demaret Felch Mike Fet cc Sarazen Hawkins Burkemo Stranahan Harbert and de Vicenza
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Gay Brewer
Cincinnati
Samuel Jackson Sneed
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Brewer
Snead
Dick Mayer
St. Petersburg
Fla
White Plains
N. Y
Toledo
Inverness Club
Cary Middlecoff
P.G.A
Jackie Burke
Peter Thomson
Inverness
Ted Makalena
Honolulu
Gerry Kesselring
Toronto
Ont
Buffalo
Pat Schwab
Dayton
George Fazio
Clementon
N. J
Philadelphia
Don Fairfield
Casey
Ill
Cleveland
Four A.M. Fishing Class Draws Students From Ten States
North Carolina State College at Raleigh offers a 4 a.m. short course in sports fishing on an outer Banks campus from Kitty Hawk to Hatteras drawing applicants from Illinois Virginia Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Florida West Virginia New York Maryland and North Carolina. The program pairs lectures with field trips on Gulf Stream waters and deep-sea fishing off Cape Hatteras.
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Yankees Fined Record Amount in Major League Docking
Cleveland June 4 The New York Yankees paid a total of 5500 in fines the largest total docking by a major league club. Individual penalties included 1000 each for Mickey Mantle Hank Bauer Billy Martin Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford and 500 for Johnny Bucks. The fines surpass Babe Ruth 1925 and Ted Williams 1956 but do not exceed Landis 1921 penalties.
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Mickey Mantle
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Whitey Ford
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Babe Ruth
Miller Huggins
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Yankees
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Bill Piercey
Landis
Joe Campbell Receives Big Ten Medal for Scholarship and Athletics
Lafayette report that Joe Campbell of Anderson Purdue star in golf and basketball earned the Big Ten medal for combined proficiency in scholarship and sports on Sunday.
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Lafayette
Joe Campbell
Anderson
Purdue
Dedicate to carry top weight in Metropolitan Handicap
New York June 4 Mrs Jan Burke's Dedicate has been assigned top weight of 126 pounds for Saturdays running of the 50 000 added Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park.
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New York
Jan Burke
Belmont Park
Bears Sign Ronnie Knox To Chicago Array
Ronnie Knox former UCLA quarterback who played for Hamilton in Canada’s Big Four league last year signed Monday with the Chicago Bears. The move cements Knox as a new QB addition for Chicago in the 1950 season.
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Chicago
Ronnie Knox
U.C.L.A
Hamilton
Canada
Chicago Bears
Heidelberg Star Walter Livingston Signs with Colts
Baltimore June 4 Walter Livingston a 180 pound halfback who amassed 3711 rushing yards and 58 touchdowns over four seasons at Heidelberg College Tiffin Ohio signed today with the Baltimore Colts.
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Walter Livingston
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Ohio
Baltimore Colts
Podres Proves Real Stopper As Dodgers Blank Phillies
Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres silenced the Phillies with a 4 0 shutout aided by nine strikeouts and his fourth blanking of the season. Gil Hodges homered and Don Zimmer drove in a run as Brooklyn moved into a third place tie in the NL behind Cincinnati. In another NL game Hank Foiles drove in two for the Pirates in a 6 5 win over the Giants.
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Brooklyn
Johnny Podres
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankees
Cincinnati
Don Zimmer
Dodgers
Philadelphia
Jim Hearn
Don Cardwell
Hearn
Cardwell
Hank Foiles
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Pirates
Dodgers Triumph as Podres Shuts Out Phillies. Hodges Homers Twice
Pitcher Johnny Podres limited Philadelphia to three hits and struck out nine for his fourth shutout of the season. Gil Hodges powered the Dodgers with two hits including his sixth homer in three at bats and three runs scored in a 4 0 win over the Phillies.
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Dodgers
Brooklyn
Phillies
Gil Hodges
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