Hurlers Given Mean Treatment By Joe Reichler
Baseball's lively ball era brings a power surge with 111 homers in four days. Ralph Kiner Hank Sauer Larry Doby and Eddie Joost homered twice as sluggers pace a scoring spree across multiple games. Tigers beat Yankees 6 3 to split doubleheader. DiMaggio and Bauer power Yankees in 8 2 opener.
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Make Up Games W I L Featuring Make Up Action
Sunday Western Indiana League play featured five make up games postponed by rain. Hymera and Pfizer led wins. U S Prison nine and West Terre Haute Young Men’s Club also triumphed. Eagles, Holscher Motors, Ranes O Daniel, Moose, New Goshen fell. Ralph Conn led Eagles with two singles. Page fanned nine over five innings. McIntosh homered and doubled. Mimmitt hit a homer and triple. Smith added a four base hit. Hymera Lyon won 5 1 at Holscher Motors as Shipman allowed five hits. Norway defeated Terre Haute Moose 6 4 with Carl Leslie delivering a two run pinch hit. Moose also had six safeties off Jukes and Cundiff. Page 9 column 7.
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Phillies Depart For Long Stand Inning Filled Road Trip Start
The Phillies beat Cedar Rapids 14 5 to extend their lead as they head to Quincys Gems game Tuesday. Lefty Niles Jordan earned his sixth win before relief by George New and John Lopeman. Jim Turner led the offense with four hits and three RBIs, Ernie Woods added three hits, and Cedar Rapids used three pitchers in a 14 5 loss witnessed by 2312 fans.
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Negro sprinters star at nationals but miss South Africa tour
Morgan State notables Arthur Bragg Bob Tyler George Rhoden and Mal Whitfield lead a dominant Negro showing at the national championships sealing multiple titles. Despite top performances Morgan State athletes win relay crowns while white runners are chosen for overseas trips to Norway Sweden Finland and South Africa.
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Maier Wins Singles and All-Events in Blind Bowling Tourney
John Maier of the New York Association for the Blind took the singles with 564 and the all-events title with 1616 across nine games at the Third International Blind Bowling Tourney in Philadelphia. Over 200 blind bowlers from U.S. and Canada competed. Philadelphians R Bonavita and T Reage won doubles with 1008, and George Bydes of Wilkes-Barre rolled 188 in one game.
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Fleming to Tour Europe With U S Track Stars
Notre Dame star Bill Fleming will depart July 29 with a U S team to tour England Ireland and Scotland following selections based on performances at the AAU championships Fleming won the 200 meter hurdles in 23 6 seconds and placed high in other events Peters of Indiana also earned a sprint slot on the touring squad Attlesey of Los Angeles set a world record in the 110 meter hurdles as Fleming contributed 16 points to Notre Dame's 12th place finish in the team standings Indiana scored one point near the bottom of the field
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Indians Maintain Lead in American Association
The Indianapolis Indians held first place after a split with Toledo, with Toledo winning 2 0 in 16 innings in the opener and the Indians taking the nightcap 2 1. Louisville climbed to second after two wins over Columbus, while Milwaukee dropped to last after a twin bill loss to Kansas City. St Paul rallied for nine in the ninth to defeat Minneapolis 12 5.
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Baseball scores and schedule from today and yesterday
Terre Haute 14 Cedar Rapids 5. Quad Cities 4 Danville 1. Decatur 24 Quincy 2. Evansville 6 4 Waterloo 9 9. Yesterday Cincinnati 6 6 New York 3 4. Pittsburgh 16 Brooklyn 11. Boston 4 St Louis 6. Chicago 11 1 Philadelphia 8 2. Tonight Philadelphia at Boston 6 30 pm New York at Brooklyn 6 30 pm Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 6 39 pm St Louis at Chicago 12 30 and 2 30 pm
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Baseball Scores and Schedule From a Defunct Standings List
Standings show New York 8-3 Detroit 2-6 Boston 11-8 St. Louis 5-2 Cleveland 7-3 Washington 6-5 Chicago 7-4 Philadelphia 6-13. Probable pitchers Pierce 5-5 against Trucks 3-1. Only game scheduled.
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Monday Night Games Highlight Edge Shots and Standings
Kansas City leads 6-3 over Milwaukee and 24 points. Louisville 7-7 hosts Columbus 1-2 while Toledo 2-1 visits Indianapolis 0-2. St Paul 12, Minneapolis 5. Matchups feature Herbert vs Muir Columbus Deal vs Nixon Milwaukee Studener-Martin at St Paul Chandler-Taylor and Kansas City Ford-Shea at Minneapolis Zabala-Wilhelm in two games.
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N T H Rockets Conquer Colored A s Twice
The North Terre Haute Rockets won a double header at Spencer Field defeating Fontanet A C 17 to 3 and Terre Haute Colored Athletics 10 to 7 on Sunday. Jones topped the first game with a triple and both games featured E Sturm's two extra base hits. Next Sunday the Rockets play Midland.
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Oakmont to Host 1951 PGA Championship
Historic Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh was chosen to host the 1951 PGA Championship. The Dapper Dan Club of Pittsburgh will sponsor the event from June 28 to July 4 with a $45,000 prize list, while Scioto Country Club earlier announced a $40,000 purse as the largest yet.
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Three-Eye League Scores Shake Up Standings
Terre Haute led Cedar Rapids 14-5 after a rough home stand as Danville fell to Quad Cities 4-1. Decatur erupted for 16 runs in the fourth in a 24-2 rout of Quincy, with 20 batters hitting and five Quincy pitchers used. The Quad Cities win came as Dick Hoeksema beat Kenneth Fustin in a mound duel. Evansville split a twin bill with Waterloo, taking the opener 6-0 behind Ralph Albers four hits, then falling 9-4 in the nightcap with Bill Best winning for Danville.
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No Youngsters Left In P. G. A. Golf Meet
Columbus June 26. The $40 000 National P G A Golf Tournament at Scioto Country Club features older veterans in the semi finals with Henry Picard Henry Williams Jr Chandler Harper and Jimmy Demaret among the leaders. Demaret 38 40 contest and Picard who won the 1938 Masters faces Harper as Williams plays Douglas in 36 hole action.
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Cleveland Paces Home Run Parade
New York area report shows the Cleveland Indians powering the American League with 16 homers and the New York Giants leading the National League with 12 during a 37 game weekend. Totals across leagues: AL 57, NL 54. Cleveland 16 and New York 12 top the lists with other teams following.
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Phillies Cardinals ducat sale opens for July 15 game
Tickets go on sale at McMillan’s Athletic Goods starting noon Monday and end at 5 PM Tuesday. Terre Haute Fans Association bought 100 ducats for the National League clash as 180 players from 12 teams under the Fraternal and Civic Association head to St Louis.
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Holloway fires four under par 68 at Rea Park
Bill Holloway, a pace maker in last year's city men's golf championship, shot a best 18 at Rea Park, carding a four under par 68. He played with Jim Stoner, Dale Roberts and George Kaperak, going out in 32 and finishing 36 for even par, despite a bogey on the eighth.
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