Trade Deadline Near In Majors
Boone and Jim Hegan spurred the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. Bob Lemon earned his seventh victory. Rain washed out several games, including Browns at Yanks and Tigers at Red Sox. Hodges homered late for the Dodgers to beat the Cardinals in St. Louis, while the Giants beat the Reds 11-6. Meyer and Dickson led easy wins for Phils and Pirates, respectively.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Bob Lemon
St. Louis Browns
Yanks
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Boston Red Sox
Hodges
Gil Hodges
Dodgers
St. Louis
Dodger
Roy Campanella
Joe Garagiola
Garagiola
Stan Musial
Campanella
Joe Presko
Duke Snider
Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Larry Jansen
Hank Thompson
Willie Mays
Russ Meyer
Philadelphia Phils
Murray Dickson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Meyer
Chicago Cubs
Dickson
Boston Braves
Phils
Ed Waitkus
Richie Ashburn
Wally Westlake
Boston
Pittsburgh
Bickford
Chipman
Cole
Schacht
Cooper
McCullough
Gordon
Westlake
Olga Tournament Winners Announced at Terre Haute Country Club
Mrs. Robert Laverty of Frankfort and Mrs. Robert Noe of Terre Haute shared top honors in the Olga golf tournament by the Indiana Women's Senior Golf Association at Terre Haute Country Club. Winners included low gross and low net categories with multiple Frankfort and Indianapolis players posting scores. The piece notes past winners and lists scores for the prize divisions. Additionally, a historical line mentions the National League VP creation in 1929 with Barney Dreyfus as first VP.
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Robert Laverty
Frankfort
Robert Noe
Terre Haute
Indiana Women’s Senior Golf Association
Country Club
Laverty
Frankfort Country Club
Mary Herrick
Lacey Shuler
Indianapolis
Rick Herrick
Don Kennedy
Martinsville
Noe
Victor Miller
City
Frank Ramsey
Robert Leverty
Leroy Shuler
Mary Owings
Meridian Hills
Shannon Buntin
Terre Haute Country Club
Harry Louderbank
Rochester
N. S. McBride
F. M. Crawford
Elise Smith
Crawfordsville
Alex Metzger
Woodstock
Orland Church
Phil Templeton
White Sox, Phillies rise noted in Nesbit column
Nesbit reports Hank Gilmour on vacation missing Chalk Van Cleave while bass fishing opens at midnight. White Sox rebound with a double win over the Senators. Brooklyn beats the Cards and Harry Caray sheds tears. Phillies tie for third as U.S. Open radio coverage airs 3:15 to 3:30 Saturday.
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White Sox
Senators
Brooklyn
Harry Caray
WTHI
Louis Savold Bout Moved Inside Madison Square Garden
The long awaited 15 round bout between Joe Louis and Lee Savold is moved indoors to Madison Square Garden after rain ruined plans for an outdoor Polo Grounds fight. The boxing show airs on closed circuit to six cities with no public television, as Yankees vs Tigers games draw crowds.
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Madison Square Garden
Joe Louis
Lee Savold
Garden
Polo Grounds
International Boxing Club
Ball Club
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh
Washington
Baltimore
Chicago
Cleveland
Albany
N.Y
Betty Rowland Faces Three Young Golf Rivals
Betty Rowland, 21, Rollins senior from Lexington, Ky, defends her national college title against three 18-year-olds in the semi finals of the seventh annual tourney at Ohio State. She meets Kathy McKinnon of Florida Southern in the 18 hole semifinal while Mary Ann Villegas and Barbara Bruning contest the other semi.
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Columbus
Betty Rowland
Rollins
Lexington
Ohio State
Miss Rowland
Grace Lenczyk
Kathy McKinnon
Lake Worth
Miss McKinnon
Betty Kerby
Barry Sen.or
Tommy Tiley
Illinois
Mary Ann Villegas
New Orleans
St. Mary's Dominican
Barbara Bruning
White Plains
N. Y
Wellesly
Billy Joe Moans After Poor Start
Davenport Iowa June 15 Billy Joe Davidson the Indians 120000 bonus youngster from Cedar Rapids struggled in his first pro appearance giving Quad City Tigers three runs on four walks a wild pitch and a single in one inning of relief as the Tigers won 7-2. Manager Kirby Farrell backed him saying the youngster has a great fast ball and a super curve and could make the majors.
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Billy Joe Davidson
Cleveland Indians
Cedar Rapids
Tigers
Marion
N. C
Billy Joe
Billy
Kirby Farrell
Farrell
Davidson
Bob Feller
Urban
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George Noga
Tom Kelly
Ed Barbarito
Hal Smith
Ramer
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Smith
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Renna
Heyman
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Command
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Jim Watson
Watson
Robbins
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Deery
Tretiak
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Podoley
Tom
Ptak
Paul Tretiak
Roller
Ed Beach
Bowers
Barbarito
Scottish Pence and Good Time Vie in Feature Pace
Westbury New York June 15 Scott Pence and Good Time clash in the final dash of the mile and one half Benjamin Downing Memorial pace at Roosevelt Raceway. Good Time from Bills Cane stable and Scottish Pence from Castleton Farm won Downing qualifying heats last week. Other contenders include Highland Ellen Hayes Hanover Direct Wyn Indian Land Thomas B Scott Dr Stanton and Red OBrien. Frankie Fritsch noted for long baseball career.
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N. Y
Benjamin Downing
Roosevelt Raceway
Little Stepper
Bill Cane
Castleton Farm
Downing
Highland Ellen
Hayes Hanover
Direct Wyn
Indian Land
Thomas B. Scott
Dr. Stanton
Red O’brien
Kazanski Stars In Debut Party
Kazanski led Terre Haute with a homer and four RBIs in a Phillies nightcap, driving in runs in the opening inning and later key hits as the Phils and Gems exchanged leads. Urban struggled on the mound for the Gems, while Crowder and Loos provided late rally potential for Philadelphia.
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Terre Haute
Heyman
Hodges Edges Kiner In National League All Star Vote
Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers passed Ralph Kiner of the Pirates in the latest fan tally for the NL first base spot in the Detroit all star game on July 10. Hodges leads with 18 103 votes, narrowing Kiner to trailing by 741 while Nellie Fox remains the top vote getter with 28 466. Stan Musial rises to second with 26 692 and Jackie Robinson falls to third with 25 827.
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Chicago
Gil Hodges
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Ralph Kiner
Detroit
Hodges
Pirates
Nellie Fox
Chicago White Sox
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Jackie Robinson
Dodger
Baseball Scores and Schedule From Major League and Minor Leagues
Today's results include Cedar Rapids 16 innings Cedar Rapids 2 over Quincy 6-6 tie Waterloo 2 beat Quad Cities 3 over Waterloo at 8 p m Quad Cities at Evansville and Cedar Rapids at Quincy on slate Brooklyn beat St Louis 2 1 New York 11 Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 9 Boston 4 Philadelphia 11 Chicago 3 Saturdays marquee games list New York at Pittsburgh 11 30 a m Boston at Cincinnati 1 p m
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St. Louis
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Cincinnati
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Boston
Philadelphia
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Quincy Evansville
Pet G.B
New York Sree
Baseball and schedule notes from tonight’s games
Detroit at New York in evening action with Wynn Raschi matchups and a rain delay. St Louis at Boston and other games listed with pitchers and records. Night and twi night time slots noted for multiple matchups with postponed rain effects and follow up noon and 12:30 p.m. showings.
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Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Boston
Pro Am Golf Event at Rea Park Links This Sunday
A Pro Am golf tournament is set for Sunday afternoon at Rea Park Links. Firing starts at 12 30 and Pro Mike Kape rak asks all players to arrive early for the drawing.
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Rea Park Links
Mike Kaperak
Sam Snead Leads Open After First Round at Oakland Hills
Sam Snead tops the U S Open standings after a 34 37 71 at Oakland Hills with roughs and squeezed fairways challenging rivals Harrison Palmer and Besselink. Notables include Locke Byrd Runyan and Shute as contenders in a field that will see a 36 hole Saturday showdown.
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Palmer
Snead
Oakland Hills
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
al Besselink
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Clayton Hzefner
Charlotte
N. C
A Brosch
Garden City
N. Y
Sam Byrd
Detroit
Charles Klein
San Antonio
Tex
Johnny Palmer
Badin
Bobby Locke
Johannesburg
South Africa
Smiley Quick
Los Angeles
Denny Shute
Akron
Paul Runyan
Pasadena
Calif
E. Jam Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Sam Bernardi
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Indiana Entrants Score at U S Open Golf Championship
Scores of Indiana entrants in the U S Open golf championship list players and rounds. Bob Hamilton Evansville 35 39 74 Dale Morey Martinsville 37 39 76 Don Fischesser Connersville 39 41 80 Fred Wampler Great Neck NY formerly of Indianapolis 38 45 83 Van Harter Logansport 45 with Trew.
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Evansville
Dale Morey
Martinsville
Don Fischesser
Connersville
Fred Wampler
Great Neck
N. Y
Indianapolis
van Harter
Logansport
Trew
Second Round Softball Draws Set at Casey Park
Casey Illinois June 15 The second round draw in Casey s Softball League is completed and games will be played Friday at the Fairview Park diamond. Casey All Stars host an exhibition with Toledo Illinois at 8 o clock Sunday night. Contact park director M R Tedrick for Sunday exhibitions. First half schedule lists games from June 15 to July 10 including Central Drugs Chevrolet V F W I H.
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Casey All-Stars
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Central Drugs
Roberts Chevrolet
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Central Real
Konno sets long course 200m freestyle record
Honolulu reports 18 year old Ford Konno lowered the American long course 200 meter freestyle record by eight tenths of a second to 2 02.2 last night. The previous mark stood at 2 10 set by Yale's Jim McLane in 1948. Also noted is Sam Leslie of the New York Giants with 22 pinch hits in the 1932 season.
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Honolulu
Ford Konno
Jim McLane
Yale
Sam Leslie
New York Giants
Leslie
Hooker to Get Master’s
Ralph Hooker, Tiger cager on the Paris High School team of 1938-39 and later a successful coach at Flora Illinois, will receive his master's degree this summer from Indiana State Teachers College Terre Haute. He has signed at Benton Illinois for next season and will begin his sixth year of coaching.
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Ralph Hooker
Flora, Ill
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Hooker
Benton
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