Pirates Win Big In Doubleheader To Tighten NL Race
In a two game surge the Pirates beat the Dodgers 10 to 7 and 5 to 4 to climb from last place while the Giants trimmed the Cubs and cut Brooklyn’s lead to six games. Hodges hit three homers to pace the league leading total, two behind Babe Ruth's 1927 pace.
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Eddie Robinson
Dom
Stranahan Captures Western Amateur Crown
South Bend Ind June 25 Frank Stranahan won his third Western Amateur title cruising past Jim Blair 7 and 6 to extend his lead as one of golf's top amateurs He plans to travel to Britain for the Open and will play an exhibition with Henry Cotton before North Ireland practice Blair Oklahoma A&M sophomore and young finalist enters the National Collegiate Championship in Columbus Ohio today as the youngest finalist in 49 Western events since 1909.
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Frank Stranahan
Britain
Henry Cotton
North Ireland
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Fred Daley
Stranahan
Jim Blair
Jefferson City
Blair
Oklahoma A.&m
Columbus
Ohio
Chick Evans
Collegiate Golfers In N C A A Meet Today
Nearly 200 top college golfers from 55 schools tee off at Ohio State University in Columbus to chase the National Collegiate Golf Association title. The field plays 36 holes over two days with the low 64 advancing to match play, while talk centers on Billy Maxwell of North Texas State and Ohio State as threats on their home course.
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National Collegiate Golf Association
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North Texas State College
Texans
Billy Maxwell
Byron Nelson
Ohio State
Michigan
Purdue
Joe Conrad
North Texas State
Bo Falkenburg
Oklahoma
Sam Koscis
Detroit
Dan Laslin
Gene Coulter
Don Finsterwald
Ohio University
Dick McElyes
Stanford
Don Addington
Southern Methodist
Tonny Weech
Notre Dame
Bob Black
North Carolina
Dick York
Oregon State
Jack Kanasher
Indiana Athletes Named to A A U Team for Foreign Tours
Berkeley Calif June 25 Two former Indiana athletes Jim Ford of Drake University and Fort Wayne will run the 100 and 200 meters on a tour to England Iceland. Fred Wilt former Indiana University distance man now with the New York FBI will run the 1590 and 5000 meters on a Swiss tour.
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A.A.U
Jim Ford
Drake University
Fort Wayne
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New York
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Indiana University
Switzerland
Bettys Top Clinton 9–0 Behind Laughlin’s Arm
Little Betty defeated Clinton A. C. 9 to 0 Sunday afternoon in Dugger. Dexter Laughlin pitched three hits for the win while Everett Marlow collected three safeties and drove in four runs. Batteries: Clinton 034 Little Betty 9131.
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Little Betty
Clinton A. C
Dexter Laughlin
Everett Marlow
R. H E. Clinton
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Cornelius
Phillies Down Waterloo 7 To 3 in Iowa League Play
Terre Haute pitcher Dan Ramer earned his sixth win against two losses as the Phillies beat Waterloo 7 to 3 in Waterloo Iowa. Key hits included Porter's double and Kazanski two doubles contributing to scoring while Waterloo pushed runs in the eighth and ninth innings.
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Rosedale A C Noses Out Legion Post Nine
In a Sunday afternoon game at Rosedale Indiana the A C nine edged American Legion Post No 40 7 to 6 Marley the Rosedale shortstop collected three of the team four hits and drove in four runs Steries Gummere Berry and
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Dodgers manager disputes Sadier Chicago deal rumor
Pittsburgh June 25. Rumor Brooklyn would trade outfielder Duke Sadier to the Chicago Cubs for $200,000 at season's end drew comments from Dodgers manager Charlie Dressen. Dressen said Duke's name was never mentioned in any deal and called the price too light.
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Evansville and Quad Cities share third in Three-Eye League
Terre Haute leads by five games as Evansville falls to Quad Cities 3-0 and 3-1. Quincy splits at Cedar Rapids 24 and 11-1 to grab the runner up spot. Quad Cities ties Evansville at .500 with 28-28. Quincy holds 28-27. Keyoth limited Evansville to three hits in seven innings. Coppage blanks the Braves in the final inning after Cedar Rapids games. Line scores show Quincy 2 Cedar Rapids 4 in first game and 11-1 in the second with diverse batting marks.
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Red Sox Players Lead Vote Poll for All Star Lineup
Four Boston Red Sox players top early balloting for the American League starting lineup in the Detroit All Star game on July 10. Vern Stephens leads at third after overtaking Kell as votes rise to 1,366,538 cast since June 10 with Williams, DiMaggio, Goodman also among AL leaders.
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Trout Leads Arketex To Beat Prison Nine
In a Western Indiana League game Sunday, Brazil Arketex defeated United States Prison 9 to 5. Buck Trout pitched seven innings of one hit ball for Arketex, Dee Williams had three safeties, Payne hit a home run, and Mimmit drove in three runs with a round tripper.
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Baseball Scores and Tonight's Matches Across Iowa Region
Terre Haute defeated Waterloo 7 to 3 while Cedar Rapids won 4 to 1 and Quincy lost 11 to 2. Quad Cities was 3 to 3 with Evansville at 0 to 1. Tonight Terre Haute hosts Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities visits Waterloo, Evansville plays Quincy.
Boxing and Baseball Scorecard Highlights for TLC Week
Standings show Pittsburgh 10 5 Brooklyn 7 4 New York 10 Chicago 7 Cincinnati 3 2 Philadelphia 1 4 St Louis 6 Boston 5 14 in winnael TLC Tuesday schedule roars at New York Boston at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Chicago at St Louis No games Sunday results New York 5 Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 8 7 St Louis 3 1 Detroit 10 Washington 5 Chicago 6 6 Boston 5 8 Detroit at Chicago St Louis at Cleveland New York at Washington Senaiphia at Boston
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Detroit
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G.B
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Ace High Beats Young Men's Club 6 3 in West Terre Haute
Ace High defeated the Young Men's Club of West Terre Haute 6 to 3 on the West Terre Haute diamond. Don Galloway allowed six hits and was the standout pitcher, while Alvin Mahan and Joe Dowell each had three hits for Ace High. YMC catcher Paul Schwartz left after being hit by a pitch and was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital with non serious injuries.
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Don Galloway
Paul Schwartz
Y.M.C
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Alvin Mahan
Joe Dowell
M C V League Sunday results in Mississippi Ohio League
Sunday action in the M C V League features ten innings with Paris defeating Mt. Vernon 4 9 9 0 1 9 0 3 4? and Vincennes sweeping Mt. Vernon 9 12 1 by margins. Second game Vincennes toppled Mt. Vernon 16 2 while Danville edged Centralia 9 14 2 with a protest noted.
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Steinberg
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Rielly
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Karg
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Running Water Guards Family Health
The health of your family and community depends on clear on tap water for cooking bathing laundering and modern facilities. This paragraph emphasizes safe water as the key step to protect health.
City matchups and results headline
Indianapolis leads 6-0 over St. Paul after a 6-0 score. Louisville falls 4-8 to Minneapolis, 1-5. Kansas City defeats Columbus 6-3 to 2-0. Toledo beats Milwaukee 5-3 to 1-2. Games today include Toledo at Minneapolis, Columbus at St. Paul, Indianapolis at Milwaukee, Louisville at Kansas City.
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St. Paul
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Milwaukee
Louisville
Kansas City
Brewers Blues In Lead Race After Twin Bills
Milwaukee and Kansas City battled in a tight American Association race as the Blues swept Columbus 6-2 and 3-0 while the Brewers dropped both ends to Toledo 5-1 and 3-2. St Paul saw a 12 game win streak end and Louisville hit four home runs in a double victory over Minneapolis.
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World Tennis Classic Opens With 128 Men In London
Wimbledon begins with 128 entrants including Budge Patty defending his title despite an ankle injury and seeded fourth. Jaroslav Drobny, now in Egypt, is favored to shine as seed two faces Gottfried Von Cramm in a first round clash. Patty opens against David Lurie as London's pro tournament gets underway.
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Budge Patty
Debonair Boulevardier
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California
David Lurie
Patty
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Jaroslav Drobny
Egypt
Drobny
Gottfried von Cramm
Flyweight Champion Dedo Marino Defeats Horiguchi in Tokyo
World flyweight champion Dado Marino defeated Hiroshi Horiguchi by technical knockout in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round fight in Tokyo.
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Dado Marino
Hiroshi Horiguchi
Sugar Ray Robinson Cleared After Berlin Knock Incident
Sugar Ray Robinson was cleared by the Berlin Boxing Commission hours after a disqualification in a non-title bout with Gerhard Hecht. The fight was ruled no decision, prompting a stormy session that saw the commission's member Dr. Hans Aumann resign. Hecht, knocked down twice, was declared winner on a kidney punch ruling by officials, while Robinson defended the legality of his punches amid crowd chaos.
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Sugar Ray Robinson
Berlin Boxing Commission
Gerhard Hecht
Fred Kirsch
Kirsch
Hans Aumann
Hecht
Sugar Ray
Robinson
Germany
Otto Nispel
Nispel
National Boxing Association
United States
Nor'way Shuts Out Pfizer in Pitchers Duel
Nor'way blanked Pfizer 2 to 0 in a six inning pitchers duel at Commercial Solvents. Tom Osborne and Chick Deardorf drove in the runs for Nor'way while Cooley kept Pfizer hitless until the seventh. Jukes pitched the seventh and Don Heramb added an eighth inning run with a double after an error. Shorty Thomas covered second base for Pfizer.
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Pfizer
Cooley
Jukes
Nor’way
Norway
Tom Osborne
Chick Deardorf
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