Dodgers Survive Night of Darkness to Top Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers overcome an electrical power failure and delays to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to 4 in a game finished after 1:56 a.m. ECT. Clyde King earned the win as Jackie Robinson hit a ninth homer and Billy Cox added a two run single in a pivotal sixth inning. The victory keeps Brooklyn 6 2 games ahead of the New York Giants who beat the Cubs 9 to 6 on Willie Mays three run homer in the 10th.
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Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
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Willie Mays
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Hal Jeffcoat
Sal Maglie
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Allie Reynolds
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Senators
Athletics
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Gus Zernial
Harry Perkowski
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Ray Seminick
Eddie Waitkus
Granny Hamner
Big Frank Smith
Perkowski
Dodgers Stay Best Bet For National League Pennant
Brooklyn's Dodgers look like a shoo-in for the NL pennant as Chuck Dressen guides a winning club. Philadelphia Phillies could rival with relief pitching from Konstanty and strong hitting, while the New York Giants pose a bigger threat than last year.
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Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Giants
Phils
Jim Konstanty
Giants
Karl Nessler Wins State Junior Title
Karl Nessler of Indiana claimed the state junior championship at Purdue in Lafayette after defeating Scott Teal 8 and 6 in a 36 hole final. Nessler led from the second hole, built a large early lead, and closed out with a 25 foot birdie chip on the 28th hole. John Grubb beat Jack Nicol 5 and 3 in the president's flight finale.
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Ind
Rollins College of Florida
Indiana
Alice O'Neal Dye
Karl Nessler
Rollins
Scott Teal
Indianapolis
Nessler
Seymour
Teal
Indianapolis Tech
Purdue University
John Grubb
Marion
Jack Nicol
West Lafayette
Wimbledon Sets Dress Code Narrowly for Championships
London reports Wimbledon announces a strict dress code for the All England Championships. The rules ban bare midriffs and lace undergarments, urging players to wear proper attire to avoid disqualification.
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Wimbledon
Eddie Robinson Leads Vote Chase in American League
Chicago slugger Eddie Robinson holds the AL first base lead with 254,782 votes as Ferris Fain trails by 3,481 in the ongoing all star balloting. Other White Sox leaders include Nelson Fox at second and Chico Carrasquel at shortstop, with Stan Musial atop the National League.
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Eddie Robinson
Chicago White Sox
Ferris Fain
Philadelphia Athletics
Robinson
White Sox
Nelson Fox
Chico Carrasquel
Stan Musial
Cardinals
Fox
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadelphia
Luke Easter
Cleveland
Bobby Doerr
Boston
Gerry Coleman
New York
George Kell
Detroit
Vern Stephens
al Rosen
Phil Rizzuto
Eddie Joost
Billy Goodman
Vic Wertz
Ray Coleman
St. Louis
Dominic DiMaggio
Jim Busby
Johnny Groth
Orestes Minoso
Gus Zernial
Yogi Berra
Jim Hogan
Sherman Lollar
Local Baseball Scores and Postponements
Waterloo beat Terre Haute 10 to 6. Evansville at Quad Cities postponed. Quincy at Cedar Rapids postponed tonight. Terre Haute to play two games at Waterloo. Evansville hosts Quad Cities. Quincy meets Cedar Rapids.
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Terre Haute
Evansville
Quad Cities
Quincy
Cedar Rapids
Baseball scores and today’s probable pitchers
Scores: New York 6 Cleveland 0 Detroit 7 Washington 3 Boston 6 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 5 St Louis 2. Probable pitchers: Cleveland Lemon 7 6 at New York Overmire 1 6 Detroit Trout 3 8 at Washington Porterfield 0 0 St Louis Byrne 2 1 at Philadelphia Fowler 2 4 Chicago Judson 2 0 at Boston Scarborough 4 3.
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Washington
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
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Trout
Porterfield
Byrne
Fowler
Judson
Scarborough
Yesterday's Baseball Results Highlight Home Teams
Scores show Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2 and New York 9 Chicago 6 in 10 innings Brooklyn 8 Pittsburgh 4 and Boston 8 St Louis 7. Pairings list Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Cincinnati with pitchers noted, plus New York at Chicago and Boston at St Louis tonight amid Ladies' Golf League play.
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New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
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St. Louis
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Jansen
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Youngblood Wins Thriller After Four Restarts At Terre Haute
Owen Youngblood of Terre Haute wins the 20 lap feature despite 11 laps after four restarts due to wrecks. Bob Hunter of Indianapolis finishes second with Cowboy Jack Shanklin third. Dale Fox injures a leg and is hospitalized after a backstretch crash. Event hosted at Terre Haute Fastrack with seven more races scheduled Sunday night.
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Owen Youngblood
Gillis
Kenny Wheeler
Bob Lennell
Jim White
Bill Henry
Bob Hunter
Jack Shanklin
Mickey Mallory
Bill Dowell
Stan Montgomery
Dale Fox
Joe Gilliam
Jimmy Evang
Gene Baxter
Dombroski
Bill Kehrt
Lee Griffin
Ray Wilson
Jimmy Shadow
John Brenton
Tom Gillum
Heafner And Palmer Keep Inverness Lead
In the Inverness best-ball event, Clayton Heafner and Johnny Palmer hold the lead after three rounds with a plus 9. Their 28 birdies and three scores of 62 62 61 pace the field as eight teams chase the $4,000 top prize in the $15,000 jackpot.
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Inverness
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Demaret-Burke
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Harrison-Furgol
Mangrum
Middlecoff
Fred Haas
Porky Oliver
al Brosch
Pete Cooper
M. C. V. League First Game Ends In Double Figures
Paris defeats Mount Vernon in a seven inning opener 21 to 16 after extra innings. Batteries Williams and Black with Cassidy and Bodell for Mount Vernon. Smith hits first home run. In a twelve inning clash Vincennes outlasts Centralia 75 to 85 with Mehringer and Hein guiding the effort and Bergman supplying late runs.
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Heiserer
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Hawley
Patino
Vincennes
Centralia
Mehringer
Hein
Haas
Gatto
Langenfeld
Burkenkanp
Tunnison
Kars
Berg And O'Sullivan Reach Western Open Final
Patty Berg of Minneapolis meets Pat O'Sullivan of Orange Conn in the 36 hole final of the Women's Western Open golf championship in Philadelphia. Berg, three time winner, trails early while O'Sullivan, an amateur, used a decisive 16th hole approach to topple Louise Suggs and reach the final.
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Patty Berg
Pat O'Sullivan
Patty
Minneapolis
Orange
Louise Suggs
Miss O'Sullivan
Miss Suggs
Miss Berg
Marjorie Lindsay
Decatur
Ill
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Miss Lindsay
Crimson Triumph Over Yale Ends Bolles Coaching Era
Harvard crew coach Tom Bolles exits after guiding the Crimson to a five and a half length victory over Yale in the 99th Thames regatta at New London. Bolles, 48, will become Harvard athletic director after the win.
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Women Golfers To Hold Tourney At Paris Links
Women golfers from Paris Charleston and Mattoon Country Clubs will compete in a second tournament at the Paris course on Tuesday June 26. In the first triangular meet at Charleston Martha Cline led 18 holes with 97 and Lucille Shoot 100 while Zeb Smith and Sally Tucker and Virginia Whisanand led the cross round with 65 and 70 respectively.
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Ill
Charleston
Mattoon
Martha Cline
Lucille Shoot
Low Cross
Zeb Smith
Sally Tucker
Virginia Whisanand
Western Amateur Golf Semi finals Set In Surprise Upsets
In South Bend Indiana three dark horses and Frank Stranahan reached the Western Amateur semifinals. Frank Stranahan faces Bob Olson while John M Hare Jr meets Jim Blair as 19-year-old Blair and others upset favorites in a rain-soaked setup at the South Bend Country Club.
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Missouri
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Dale Morey
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Munger
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Norm Dunlap, Jr
Terre Haute
Jim McHale
Philadelphia
McHale
Brewers beat Toledo as Wall claims ninth win
Milwaukee extended its American Association lead to two games with a 4-1 victory over Toledo. Murray Wall earned his ninth win, allowing eight hits and four strikeouts. George Crowe hit his tenth homer with two on, sealing the win in the third. Columbus topped Kansas City 2-1 behind Crimian and Mazar. Saint Paul beat Louisville 4-2 as Ozark and Marchio hit homers. Indianapolis vs Minneapolis was rained out.
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Andy Carey
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St. Paul
John Rutherford
Saints
Louisville
Boo Ferriss
Dan Ozark
Frank Marchio
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Cardinals Of 1926 At Reunion Today
Fifteen of the surviving twenty members of the 1926 pennant and world series Cardinal team meet today for a 25th anniversary reunion in St Louis. Owner Fred Saigh hosts a luncheon and the group will be introduced to fans at the Cardinal Boston game.
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Fred Saigh
Jess Haines
Flint Rhein
Bill Hallahan
Sylvester Johnson
Bill Sherdel
Bob O'Farrell
Ernie Vick
Jim Bottomly
Jake Flowers
Tommy Thevenow
Lester Bell
Ray Blades
Chick Hafey
Taylor Douthitt
Bill Killefer
Blades
Branch Rickey
Bill DeWitt
Clarence Lloyd
Shaw Joins Calgary Club as Cardinals React
The Chicago Cardinals consider action against the Calgary Stampeders over signing Bob Shaw as playing coach. Shaw will serve as line coach and playing end for Calgary after arriving Thursday night, while Cardinal president Ray Bennigsen notes Shaw signed a 1951 contract with Chicago on June 12.
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Chicago Football Cardinals
Calgary Stampeders
Western Canada Football Conference
Bob Shaw
Shaw
Calgary
Stampeders
Ray Bennigsen
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Bennigsen
Dozen Nominated for $25,000 Equipoise Mile at Arlington Park
A field of twelve horses includes Hasty House Farm quartet Inseparable Seward Roman Bath and Wine List as favorites at 8-5. Other contenders are Cutty Hunk Volcanic Canada Gift Johns Joy Curandero Miche Prop and Mister Morgan. Total stakes amount to 28750 with 19735 to the winner. Equipoise previously held the world mile record until 1949.
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Hasty House Farm
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J. A. Kinard
King Ranch
John P. Adams
Miche
Eugene Constantin, Jr
J. A. Chambers
Equipose
Star Reward
Equipoise
Coaltown
Washington Park
Illness grips Mrs Tongay amid Channel swim deportation row
Mrs Russell Tongay, mother of the Miami swimming kids, is said to be very ill as her family faces British deportation orders after the Home Office banned 5 year old Bubba and 4 year old Kathy from entering England to train for the Channel swim. The family stayed under custody near London Airport and planned a New York return today after Parliament controversy over the children’s swim.
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U.P
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Miami
Tongay
England
Bubba
Kathy
English Channel
New York
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Home Office
Payne to Coach Kirklin High School Football
Township Trustee John Stevenson announced Paul Payne as head football coach at Kirklin High School succeeding Morrie Etter who moved to a junior high physical education post at Lafayette. Payne might also be named athletic director. Earlier reports wrongly said Tom Downey would replace Etter. Downey declined the offer.
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Ind
U.P
John Stevenson
Paul Payne
Kirklin High School
Morrie Etter
Lafayette
Stevenson
Payne
Tom Downey
Greensburg High School
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Downey
M I T Wins Intercollegiate Yacht Championship
MIT sailors clinched the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association of North America title on the Charles River finishing with 182 points. Harvard 163, California 161, Princeton 135, Kings Point 124, Ohio State 107, Purdue 102.
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Mass
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Princeton Boy Beaten in National Marble Tourney
Thirteen-year-old Bobby Legg of Princeton Indiana lost in the second round to Gordon Rouse a twelve year old from Ogden Utah by scores 7 9 and 7 3 He drops to the losers division where a winner will face the top boy in the winners division for the schoolboy crown with a chance at the title remaining.
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Ind
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Utah
McCormick Named Phillies Scout in Metro Area
Former major league first baseman Frank McCormick was named a Phillies scout for the New York metropolitan area. He will relinquish Bradford Pony League managing duties to John Davenport of Elizabethtown Tennessee.
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Frank McCormick
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Tenn
Junior games sought by Teutopolis youth team
Teutopolis Illinois invites junior baseball teams ages 12 to 16 from Terre Haute and nearby to arrange home and home games. Interested parties should contact Ford Weis by mail at Teutopolis, Illinois.
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Ill
Terre Haute
Ford Weis
Til
Waterloo Wins In Big Seventh
Waterloo defeats Terre Haute 10 to 6 to take the series opener as six runs in the seventh turn the game. Lefty George New loses after Floyd Penfold and Chet Malanoski work. Paul Pawli hits a two run homer and adds another hit in the seventh to seal the win.
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Floyd Penfold
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Paul Pawli
Buddy Parker
Red Robbins
Ted Kazanski
Bill Loos
H.B
Joe Podoley
Thinclads Fight for A A U Track Titles in Berkeley
Berkeley Calif June 23 America's top athletes and foreign stars compete in the 63rd senior A A U track and field championships. World records are under threat in the 400 meter dash and 110 meter high hurdles with sunny skies and fast tracks forecast. George Rhoden Herb McKenley and Mal Whitfield headline the 400 meter race while Curtis Stone leads New York A C in the senior 10 000 meter as NYAC gains early senior team points with a 32 30 7 winning time.
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Northwestern hosts 67th National College Tennis Meet
The 67th annual NCAA tennis championship opens at Northwestern with UCLA defending team title as Stanford California and Southern California enter full squads. Earl Cochell of USC and Tony Trabert of Cincinnati vie for last year's singles crown as nearly 100 players from 35 schools compete.
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Herb Flam
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Paris Lakers Threaten Leaders In M O V Loop
Paris Illinois June 23 The Paris Lakers won their eleventh game 10 to 6 against Mt Vernon in twelve innings to move within 1 1/2 games of the Centralia Zeros who still lead the league Centralia split a doubleheader with Vincennes the same night boosting Paris one game closer Manager Hillman Lyons hopes to unseat the Zeros with two upcoming doubleheaders against the Mattoon Indians at Laker Stadium Monday and Tuesday of next week
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