Huts Battle Peoria in Shrine Game Tonight
Huts face Peoria Chiefs as Shrine Night at Memorial Stadium aims to spark a new winning run for Terre Haute. Shrine program starts 6 45 p m with Zorah Shrine Band. Fans from Hymera honor Mayor Ralph Tucker while Home Packing Co employees join a special section.
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Allis-Chalmers top Coca-Cola in league tilt 10 to 4
Allis-Chalmers surged with five runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to defeat Coca-Cola 10 to 4 in a Little League game. Bob Valle limited Coca-Cola to seven hits while adding three safeties. Paul Lorey and Gerry Bolk also homered as Allis-Chalmers totaled 13 hits. John Gedrick homered and singled for Coca-Cola. John Kovach added two singles.
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Coca- Cola
Bob Valle
Coca-Cola
Paul Lorey
Gerry Bolk
John Gedrick
John Kovach
Major League Leaders By The Associated Press
The AP list of leaders includes Ashburn of Philadelphia with 79 runs and 353 on base hits, Kaline and Kuenn among batting leaders, and Mantle and Snider leading home runs. Other top marks feature Mays, Fox, and Ennis across multiple clubs, with runners and RBIs highlighted for Dodgers, Indians, Giants, and Redlegs.
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Mueller
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Ee Redless
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Fox
W. Sox
Kuenn
Smith
Indians
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Snider
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Cama
Ennis
Phillies
Kinarewski
Redlegs
Jensen
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Mantle
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Tigers
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S Fox
White Sox
Aaron
Ching
Newcom Dodgers
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Arroyo
Cardinals
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Lees
Shrine Night at Memorial Stadium Opens Huts Series
Shrine Night at Memorial Stadium kicks off a new Huts series against Peoria Chiefs with Zorah Shrine bands and fans urged to arrive early for the program. The Huts aim to rebound after a 15 inning derby and a five game skid, with two more big nights ahead as Homera Night and Home Packing Co Night are slated.
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Peoria Chiefs
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Salem Auto Races Rescheduled for July 3 at Salem Speedway
The American Automobile Association set July 3 for the Salem Speedway big car races after rain canceled the June program. Star entrants include Bob Sweikert Jerry Hoyt Eddie Sachs and other top drivers. All tickets from the June rain date will be honored on July 3.
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American Automobile Association
Salem Speedway
A.A.A
Bob Sweikert
Salem Oval
Jerry Hoyt
Indianapolis
Eddie Sachs
Allentown
Gene Force
Elmer George
Jack Turner
Red Renner
Don Branson
Curly Boyd
Gordon Vanderlaan
Jim Hemming
Dodgers Worry Despite Lead Amid 1951 Memories
Brooklyn faces a wary mood as a 12 game lead looms over the Giants with a three game set at Ebbets Field. Walter O’Malley and Duke Snider stress caution recalling 1951, while Leo Durocher’s Giants seek to close the gap and improve a fragile situation.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Newcombe Tops NL Control Pitching In 1947
New York June 28 Don Newcombe of Brooklyn leads the National League in fewest bases on balls per inning replacing Robin Roberts of Philadelphia. AP figures show 16 walks in 115 innings for a 1.25 per game pace. Sandy Consuegra of Chicago leads the American League with 123 walks per 100 games in 73 innings. Eddie Lopat of New York trails Consuegra with 12 walks in 70 innings for a 1.54 pace.
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York
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Des Moines
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Don Newcombe
Robin Roberts
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Maxim Set to Test Pastrano in New Orleans Bout
Ex-champion Joey Maxim guaranteed fifteen thousand dollars fights Willie Pastrano in a ten round bout in New Orleans. Maxim weighs 182 pounds against Pastrano's 169 and hopes to use ring savvy to defeat the 19 year old local middleweight. Pastrano holds a 29 4 four record and gained prominence after a national TV win over Al Andrews in Chicago.
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Willie Troy
New Hampshire Coach Dale OConnell Ties Past to Rensselaer Note
Dale O Connell a New Hampshire high school coach and play study. O Connell has been varsity basketball coach since 1953 at Dover NH High School. He was basketball coach track coach and football line coach at Somersworth NH from 1947 to 1952 after four years in the Air Corps.
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Ind
Dale O'Connell
New Hampshire
O'Connell
Dover
N. H
Somersworth
Air Corps
Giants Prove Sluggers In Pre Game Contest
New York Giants win a pre game homer hitting contest against the Yankees as they suffer a 4 1 exhibition loss. Manager Leo Durocher laments the club at its lowest ebb with weak hitting defense and poor pitching aside from Sal Maglie. Whitey Lockman and Don Mueller are among the few hitters producing.
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New York Giants
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Sal Maglie
Whitey Lockman
Don Mueller
Baseball schedule with multiple night games and pitcher matchups
The page lists numerous night games and probable pitchers across leagues including Maglie vs Spooner in New York at Brooklyn and Jones vs Spahn in Chicago at Milwaukee. It also shows Detroit at Chicago Maas facing Donovan and Boston at Washington with Henry Sullivan versus Porterfield Pascual, plus various city standings and league results.
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Spooner
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Spahn
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Babe Zaharias Plans Return To Golf After Surgery
Galveston Texas reports Babe Zaharias, 42, recovering from a second operation in two years. Doctors expect about three months for a comeback, but Zaharias vows not to retire until she encounters someone better. She previously returned from cancer surgery in 1953 and won.
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Tex
Babe Zaharias
Ennis Regains Lead In All-Star Vote
Ennis of the Philadelphia Phillies regained the NL left field lead with 694 728 votes to Whitey Lockman 683 404 in the balloting opening June 10. Campanella topped individual voters with a 2299 vote edge over Al Kaline while Yogi Berra slipped to third as ballots pass 2 500 000. Balloting closes at midnight Friday.
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Im — del Ennis
Philadelphia Phillies
Ennis
Whitey Lockman
New York Giants
Lockman
Roy Campanella
Brooklyn Dodgers
Campanella
al Kali
Rafer Johnson Withdraws From National Decathlon
Rafer Johnson the 19 year old UCLA freshman and world record holder withdrew from the national decathlon at Wabash College. He said he is completely tired after an extended spring training and his absence leaves Bob Richards as the favorite entering the Friday and Saturday events.
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Ind
Rafer Johnson
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Mexico City
Bob Richards
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Richards
Bowling Masters Tour inaugurates in Chicago in 1956
Plan Tenpin Classic opens with a $50,000 Bowling Masters Tourna ment for bowlers who shoot a 300 in sanctioned 1955 56 season. The winner receives 7500 prize money, a Europe trip for four, a new car and a gold cup.
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Chicago
Europe
Five American Girls In Running At Wimbledon
Five American women with crisp tennis shots advance to Wimbledon quarter finals aiming for another all American semi. Doris Hart faces Dorothy Head Knode in a top seed clash while Beverly Fleitz meets Angela Buxton as American hopes ride on past performances. In men's singles Tony Trabert defeats Jaroslav Drobny and Budge Patty upsets Lewis Hoad.
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Coral Gables
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Santa Monica
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Jaroslav Drobny
Egypt
Budge Patty
Los Angeles
Australia
Lewis Hoad
New York boxing managers suspended in Helfand inquiry
New York boxing investigation by Julius Helfand suspends six managers indefinitely after questions about Guild of New York affiliation. Several managers refuse to answer citing Guild advice. The inquiry, joined by Irvin Galt, probes possible rule violations and Guild influence in boxing.
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Tiger) Jones
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Chris Christensen
Bill Daly
Vince Martinez
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Tex Pelte
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Milwaukee Braves Sign Two Southpaws for Farm Assignment
Southpaws Harold de Mars of Terryville Connecticut and Charles Patterson Jr of Stoneham Massachusetts signed contracts today with the Milwaukee Braves and were assigned to farm teams.
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Milwaukee Braves
Compton Keeps Winning Run With 12 6 Victory
Art Comptons defeated the Optimist Club 12 to 6 at Woodrow Wilson field in six innings due to darkness. Co managers Higginbotham and Roshel guided five hits and 14 walks for twelve runs while Charley Hall kept the Opts to three innings with seven strikeouts but control woes. Don Lacey shined in defense and Bob Kehrt led Compton with three hits and a shoestring catch.
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Denver Rallies To Upset Louisville
Denver erased an 8-4 deficit to 12-8 win over Louisville in a high scoring American Association game. A late Bears rally in the eighth produced four runs capping a dramatic comeback after Louisville carried a season-long jinx into the matchup.
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Don Larsen
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Toledo
Minneapolis
Charleston
Omaha
Indianapolis
Bears
Dick Tomanek
Frank Carswell
Tom Alston
Dan Schell
Bobby Gene Tiefenauer
Campbell Leads Juniors in Indiana Golf Qualifying Match Play
Anderson’s Joe Campbell tops 64 players in the Indiana Junior golf tournament qualifier at Purdue South Course with a 6 under par 65, five strokes ahead of the field and two from Freddy Wampler’s amateur course record. Joe Leslie, Joe Stewart and Grandview of Anderson figure in the top standings as COM.
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Ind
Joe Campbell
Anderson
Purdue
Indiana
Freddy Wampler
Knoxville
Tenn
Campbell
Joe Leslie
Hammond
Notre Dame
Joe Stewart
Tipton
Jim Nelson
South Bend
Grandview
Gene Wolfe
Ted Boots
Don Granger
Wayne Newton Legion Nine to Enter State Tourney
Wayne Newton American Legion nine will enter the state junior legion tournament on Thursday to battle Rockville at 5 p.m. at Spencer F. Ball field. Manager Will Welch sends the club to Brazil for an exhibition tilt this evening with a Bloomingdale clash at Wilson School Diamond tomorrow at 1 30 o'clock.
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Spencer F. Ball Field
Will Welch
Brazil
Bloomingto
Wilson School
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