Yankeees Head for Fourth Straight Pennant Ardmore Open Golf
Milwaukee, June 9. Tragedy marred the AA A race with Johnny McDowell killed during a qualifying run as his car spun out of control. The Ardmore Open winner was Dave Douglas with a 279 total after a 72-hole event amid generous prize money and added bonuses from oilman Waco Turner. Harrison finished second, Mangrum in pursuit, with several players earning expenses and special bounties for birdies and eagles.
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American Automobile Association
Johnny McDowell
Venice
Calif
McDowell
Douglas
Harrison
Waco Turner
al Besselink
Chicago
Jim Turnesa
Briarcliff
N. Y
Turner
Lloyd Mangrum
Jackie Burke Jr
Houston
Mangrum
Julius Boros
Mid-Pines
N. C
Besselink
Ted Kroll
New Hartford
Oberto de Vicenza
Argentina
Yankees win doubleheader as Kuzava and Raschi shine
United Press reports the Yankees split a doubleheader with St Louis, Casey Stengel optimistic about a fourth straight pennant. Kuzava pitched six solid innings in the first game after McDonald walked the first three, Raschi struck out 12 in the second, and both games boosted New York to second place behind Boston as other league actions unfolded.
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United Press
Casey Stengel
Yankees
Browns
Stengel
Bob Kuzava
Vic Raschi
Kuzava
Raschi
Jim McDonald
New York
Boston
Red Sox
Tigers
Cleveland
Philadelphia
White Sox
Washington
Senators
Waterloo Wins Over Quad City in One Three I League Game
Waterloo edged Quad City 5 to 4 in the only Three I League game Sunday leaving Evansville in front. Waterloo pounded 10 hits off two Quad City pitchers to win and had 5 to 3 victory Saturday. Evansville held a three game league lead over Cedar Rapids after a 16 to 7 win over Keokuk Saturday.
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Quad City
Evansville
Quincy
Cedar Rapids
Terre Haute
Burlington
Evansville-Keokuk
Waterloo Whitehawks
Whitehawks
Keokuk
Indiana
Davenport
German Fighter Is Banned From Rings
Cologne, Germany June 9. Peter Mueller a former German middleweight titleholder saw his boxing career end when he struck referee Max Pippen after being warned to stop talking during a bout with Hans Stretz. Stretz retained the title.
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Germany
Peter Mueller
Max Pippen
Hans Stretz
Mueller
Pippon
Stretz
Hogan to Enter Texas Hall of Fame Tonight
Dallas dispatch reports golf great Ben Hogan will be inducted into the Texas Hall of Fame at a dinner in Texas. The ceremony will draw a stellar lineup of sports celebrities from across the state. Posthumous tribute also planned for Joe Routt, famed Texas A and M football star and war hero.
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Ben Hogan
Texas Hall of Fame
Dallas
Texas
Joe Routt
Texas A. & M
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching
DiMaggio leads batting with 342 for Boston while Rosen of Cleveland hits .333 and 11 home runs. Avila and Rosen pace Cleveland in runs, with 36 and 33. Sauer leads Chicago with 66 hits and 14 doubles. Williams and Musial top in doubles with 13. Shantz of Philadelphia goes 10-1 with 0.909, while Roe of Brooklyn is 5-0 1.000 in pitching.
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DiMaggio
Boston
Rosen
Cleveland
Avila
Dropo
Detroit
Fox
Chicago
Simpson
Priddy
Kell
Vernon
Washington
Mullin
Delsing
St. Louis
Easter
Wertz
Rizzuto
New York
Shantz
Philadelphia
Paige
Marrero
Reynolds
A Sauer
Robin Brooklyn
Lockman
Williams
Sauer
Thomson
Musial
Miksis
Merson
Pittsburgh
Schoendienst
Tripleshomson
Ennis
Adcock
Cincinnati
Pafko
Brookyn
Reese
Brooklyn
Jethroe
Robinson
Brook
Roe
Brazie
Rush
Maglie
McDowell Crash Dims Field At Local Track Meet
Paul Russo of Cleveland took second place and one legged veteran Bill Schindler of Freeport finished third as about 26,090 fans watched McDowell crash on the track when his racer spun in the north turn. The race reduced a 30 entry list to 18 starters. Troy Ruttmann and Tony Bettenhausen failed to qualify.
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Paul Russo
Cleveland
Ohio
Bill Schindler
Freeport
L. L
McDowell
Troy Ruttmann
Tony Bettenhausen
Texas Aims for Third Title in College World Series Tour
Texas, a two time national champion, travels to Omaha for the NCAA college world series at Municipal Stadium. The week long tournament opens Thursday with pairings Texas vs Penn State at 1 pm, Duke vs Oregon State at 3 30 pm, Western Michigan vs Holy Cross at 7 pm, and Missouri vs Colorado State at 9 30 pm Eastern.
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Omaha Cardinals
Penn State
Duke
Oregon State
Western Michigan
Holy Cross
E.S.T. Missouri
Colorado State
E.S.T
Gibault Nine Defeat Pimento Athletics 6 to 2 at South Side Diamond
Gibault defeated Pimento Athletics 6 to 2 on the South Side School diamond Sunday afternoon. Pimento had seven hits and two errors, while Gibault had tight hits and one error. Gibault seeks weekday games with open dates. Batteries Moore and Payne for Gibault. Swartz and Lenahan for Pimento.
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Pimento Athletics
South Side
Pimento
Gibault GB i
Moore and Payne
Swartz
Lenahan
Monday's Pitching Matchups Across Leagues
American League features Pierce 5-5 at Washington and Hudson 3-4 night in Chicago. Detroit sends Stuart 2-2 at Boston with Parnell 4-3. National League slate has Erskine 4-1 at St. Louis and Boyer 2-2 night in Brooklyn. Boston 6-3 visits Pittsburgh with Munger 0-4.
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Chicago
Pierce
Washington
Hudson
Detroit
Stuart
Boston
Parnell
Brooklyn
Erskine
St. Louis
Boyer
Pittsburgh
Munger
Eastern Open to Betsy Rawls
READING Pa June 9 Betsy Rawls women s National Open golf champion won her third tournament Sunday by capping the Eastern Open at the Berkshire op Club Her 54 hole total was The Austin Tex pro finished two strokes ahead of Louise Suggs of Carrolton Ga Third was Patty Berg of Minneapolis with 229.
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Reading
Betsy Rawls
Berkshire Op Club
Austin, Tex
Louise Suggs
Carrolton, Ga
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Protest over Yankees win sparks AL protest rules clash
New York June 9. President Bill Veeck to protest Yankees win over the Browns after a disputed fourth inning play. Umpire Art Passarella says American League rules require a club manager, not an owner, to file the protest before the next play. Browns manager Rogers Hornsby had not protested.
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New York
Bill Veeck
Yankees
Browns
Art Passarella
Veeck
St. Louis
George Weiss
Passarella
Rogers Hornsby
Gil McDougald
Pop
Tommy Byrne
Joe Paparella
Byrne
Chicago Race Parks Purse Dispute Sparks Standstill
NEW YORK June 9 Arlington Park and Washington Park faced a racing blackout unless terms set by the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association are met. The HPBA says $168,000 in purses from last year were not distributed and demands assurances against future cuts. Arlington Park opens June 16 and Washington Park on July 28. HPBA represents about 13,000 horsemen.
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Arlington Park
Washington
Chicago
Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association
H.P.B.A
Washington Park
Blanford C V s Rout Terre Haute Colored Athletics
Blanford Indiana June 9 Blanford C V s beat Terre Haute Colored Athletics 12 to 0 in an easy Sunday afternoon game Batteries Turner and Goade Skorich Fingers Enrietto and Weber contributed as Blanford dominated with strong pitching and defense in a one sided contest.
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Blanford
Ind
Blanford C-V’s
Terre Haute Colored Atheltics
R.H.E
Colored Athletics
Turner
Eddie Arcaro Wins Belmont Stakes With One Count
Jockey Eddie Arcaro edges long shot One Count past Blue Man in the Belmont Stakes to tie the modern record with five Belmont victories. Arcaro's pace management and steering, especially regarding Armageddon, sealed the two and a half length victory in the mile and a half race.
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United Press Sports
New York
Arcaro
Blue Man
Armagedon
Eddie
Oscar White
Earl Sande
Illini Triumph In C C C Meet
Milwaukee June 9 The University of Illinois teams won the Central Collegiate Championship for the second straight year scoring 70 points and taking seven individual titles and a share of eight. Iowa was second with 41, Notre Dame 19½, Marquette 16¼, and Drake 13½. Ted Wheeler of Iowa set the only meet record in the 880, 1 51.7, and helped his relay leg in 49 seconds. Joe McNulty of Illinois swept the 220 low hurdles and 120 high hurdles, with J Lewis Poppa Hall of Florida clearing 6 feet 7 1 16 inches to win the high jump.
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University of Illinois
Illini
Big Ten
C.C.C
Iowa
Notre Dame
Marquette
Drake
Ted Wheeler
Wheeler
John P. Nicholson
J. Lewis Poppa Hall
Florida
Joe McNulty
Kansas City Drives Race With double wins and Milwaukee loss
Kansas City edged Louisville 14 to 12 and 3 to 1 in a doubleheader, cutting the gap to half a game behind Milwaukee. Eddie Erautt earned win No. 10 in seven innings, with Don Bollweg homering twice. Indianapolis stopped Milwaukee’s eight-game streak by sweeping 10–9 and 2–1, as Harry Malmberg’s ninth inning hit sealed the opener. Toledo beat Minneapolis 5–4 after a 7–5 loss, while Columbus split with St Paul 7–12 and 15–7.
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Milwaukee
American Association
Brewers
Louisville
Bill Renna
Eddie Erautt
Don Bollweg
Indianapolis Indians
Harry Malmberg
Tribe
Lloyd Dickey
Murray Wall
Toledo
Minneapolis Millers
Millers
Columbus Red Birds
St. Paul
Columbus
Minneapolis
Pet.g.b
Milwaukee Kansas City
Kuenn Signs With Detroit Tigers
Harvey Kuenn, Wisconsin shortstop who batted .444, signed by the Detroit Tigers for a 55,000 bonus over three years, the second largest in club history. He will report to Briggs Stadium next Sunday for workouts before being optioned to a farm club for experience.
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Mich
Harvey Kuenn
University of Wisconsin
Detroit Tigers
Frank House
Tigers
Dick Wakefield
Kuenn
Briggs Stadium
Tiger Farm
Brazil Arketex Nine Defeats U S Prison in Big Inning Rally
Brazil Arketex nine trailed 3 2 before roaring to a 14 3 Western Indiana League victory over United States Prison Sunday. Payne sparked the attack with a bases loaded homer, Stearley added a homer with a runner aboard, Carpenter had two hits, and Brazil pulled away in the eighth inning with six runs. Brandy and Mimmitt homered for the Prison club, which also got three runs on two homers by Mimmitt and Brandy.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Dodgers
New York
Pittsburgh
Cardinals
Phillies
Cubs
Braves
Boston
Detroit
Mickey McDermott
Dizzy Trout
George Kell
Vern Stephens
Jim Piersall
Chuck Stobbs
Jackie Jensen
Washington
Stobbs
Chicago
Jensen
Bud Sheely
Hank Sauer
Dee Fondy
Brazil
Arketex
United States
Payne
Stearley
Carpenter
Mimmitt
Brandy
R. HE
Baseball schedule notes from regional games
Postponements mark a busy period with Terre Haute versus Burlington and Evansville versus Keokuk both delayed. Rescheduled matchups include Quincy against Cedar Rapids and Waterloo versus Quad Cities with multiple games listed across Keokuk Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Burlington.
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Burlington
Evansville
Keokuk
Quincy
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Quad Cities
Davenport
Casey Merchants Win Over Oblong 12 to 5
Casey Merchants defeated Oblong 12 to 5 on Sunday afternoon in Casey Illinois. Jack Spraggins had three hits and Bob Simpson two to pace the offense. Casey seeks Thursday night games and Sunday bookings after July 4 with interested teams asked to contact Lee Hickox.
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Ill
Casey Merchants
Oblong
Jack Spraggins
Bob Simpson
Lee Hickox
R.H.E Oblong
Highsmith, Kinter and
Lorance
Callahan
Simpson
Mitchell
Baseball scores and night games listed
New York 5 3 St Louis 2 0 Boston 5 5 Detroit 2 2 Philadelphia 12 11 Cleveland Chicago 6 Washington 3 Cleveland at Washington night Chicago at Philadelphia night Detroit at New York night St Louis at Boston night
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Detroit
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New York Ee
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Teee
St. Louis Osceteee
Young Men's Club Edges Pfizer Chemicals 12 11 in 10th
In a Western Indiana League game at West Terre Haute the Young Men's Club scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth to beat Pfizer Chemicals 12 to 11 Sunday. Don Turner with two triples and a double and Len Foss with a homer and two singles led the winners. Shacklett and Pfizer’s Shacklett were the top hitters for Pfizer with two singles each. Batteries were Shacklett Herndon and Watkins for Pfizer and Milligan for the Young Men’s Club.
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Pfizer Chemicals
Don Turner
Len Foss
Shacklett
Pfizer
R. HE. Pfizer
Young Men's Club
Shacklett, Herndon and Watkins
Milligan
Rollins, Coveleskie
Paddock
Baseball Standings and Schedules from Brooklyn to Philadelphia
Brooklyn leads with 11 10 record while Cincinnati sits 7 4 and Chicago 7 6 Boston 5 7 New York 9 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 5 Philadelphia 3. Night games feature Boston at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at St Louis and Philadelphia at Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati Weere
Ashboro Ace High Defeats Terre Haute Eagles 7 3
The Ashboro Ace High nine beat the Terre Haute Eagles 7 to 3 in a Western Indiana League game Sunday. Jim Wilson homered with a runner aboard and Dick Motz added a triple for Ace High. Max Miller collected two of Terre Haute eight hits.
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Terre Haute Eagles
Jim Wilson
Dick Motz
Ace High
Max Miller
Eagles
AHE Asboro
T. H. Eagies
Haniley
Holt
Brown
Gummere
Taylor
Shanklin Wins Terre Haute Feature in No 24 Racecar
Indianapolis veteran Jack Shanklin captured the 25-lap feature at Terre Haute Speedway driving car 24. He led Sam Cash and Dick Norris after earlier semifinals that saw Kenny Toole injured in a collision with Roy Wilson.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Dick Norris
Kenny Wheeler
Bob Leawell
Dale Fox
Dave Tull
Darrell Daringer
Gene Baxter
Chuck Adkins
Shanklin
Norris
Mickey Mallory
Cash
George Wilson
Charley Knoebel
Earl Griffin
Hal Flora
Cubs Hank Sauer Tops All Star Poll in First Returns
Chicago Cubs star Hank Sauer the NL batting leader topped the All Star ballot in initial returns. Fans vote for starting lineups for Philadelphia on July 8 with balloting through June 27 and an expected four million votes. Sauer has 3,958 ballots. Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals is second with 3,702.
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Chicago Cubs
Hank Sauer
Philadelphia
Sauer
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Cubs
Bobby Grim Sets 3 Dirt Track Records
Bobby Grim of Indianapolis won the feature 25 mile dirt track race at the State Fairground oval in Des Moines on Sunday. He set new records for 15 miles 13 18.42, for 20 miles 17 45.82, and for 25 miles 22 13.89, beating Bill Holland and Bob Slater as Emory Collins’ 1936 marks were surpassed on the same track.
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Des Moines
Bobby Grim
Indianapolis
State Fairground
Grim
Bill Holland
Reading
Emory Collins
le Mars
Iowa
Bob Slater
Kansas City
Collins
Terre Haute Juniors edge Rosedale twice in Legion baseball
The Terre Haute Junior American Legion team beat the Rosedale A C twice by 4 to 3 and 8 to 1. Rosedale seeks junior-team games and asks managers to write to Harrel Hays. Batteries include Decker Geckler Cass Chaney Stith for Terre Haute and Smith Rogers McQuade Collier Saylor for Rosedale.
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Ind
Terre Haute
R. LE. T. H. Legion
A. C
Smith, Rogers and McQuade
Collier and Saylor
Nor'way nine tops Brazil Colts in Western Indiana League game
Commercial Solvents' Nor'way defeated the Brazil Colts 7 to 4 Sunday afternoon at the winners' diamond. Chick Deardorf and Tex Mertez each had two hits for Nor'way as Yockey Sanderson Bussing W Pugh Taylor and Deardorf joined the lineup in driving the victory.
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Commercial Solvents
Nor'way
Brazil Colts
Chick Deardorf
Tex Mertez
Nor’way
R.H.E. Brazil Colts
Commercial Solventsee
Yockey
Sanderson
Bussing
W. Pugh
Taylor
Close Duels In Rea Park Event
First annual city four ball golf at Rea Park features tight matches and near par rounds. Burland and Kelley win 3 and 2 over Holloway and Blakely while Verostko Wolfe edge Dunlap and Compton 2 and 1, with Adamson and Kaperak also posting 75s to reach semifinals and Connelly’s team advancing on 76s.
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Rea
Jim Burland
Hank Kelley
Bill Holloway
Art Blakely
Gene Verostko
Jim Wolfe
Norm Dunlap, Jr
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Compton
Verostko
Herm
Norm
Wolfe
George Kaperak
Bob Adamson
Bob Westrup
Rupe Robinson
Westrup-Robinson
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Kaperak
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Bob Connelly
Bill Kipple
Lloyd Adamson
Allbright
Connelly
Kipple
Burland
Kelley
Kellowa
Blakely
Dick Smith
Jones
Jim Baker
Dick Adamson
Terre Haute Sand and Gravel Company
Dunlap
B. Adamson
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Westrup
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Goss
Taylor
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Lamb
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Lloyd
Riley
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Mayden
Dietech
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Mead
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