Butte Legion Nine Rallies for 9 8 Victory Over Helena
In muddy Clark park, Butte American Legion nine won 9-8 over Helena Legion Juniors to clinch the series in straight games before 232 fans. Emmett Casey survived a rough stretch as Helena led 3-0, Butte answered with four in the third, and a wild seventh inning sealed the win. Janhunen and Casey starred, with Butte's late burst delivering the decisive margin.
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Clark Park
Helena Legion
Dick Boyer
Butte
Butte Legionnaires
Livingston
Helena
Bogers
Emmett Casey
Savold Knocks Out Woodcock In Four Rounds To Win Crown
Lee Savold of Englewood New Jersey defeated Bruce Woodcock of England in four rounds at White City stadium to claim the British and European versions of the world heavyweight title. A 50 000 crowd saw the bout halted as Woodcock could not continue after Savold opened a gash above his left eye. Savold weighed 192 pounds to Woodcock's 190 and earned rave reviews as the oldest man to win this version of the crown.
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London
Lee Savold
Englewood
N. J
Bruce Woodcock
England
White City Stadium
Woodcock
Savold
Tom Hurst
Hurst
Bruce
Andrew Smyth
New Jersey
National Boxing Association
United States
New York
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Charles
New York State
Joe Louis
Missoulian Names Grizzly Track Captain for 1951
William R. McChesney, a former Missoula Spartan distance runner, is elected captain of the Montana State University track and field squad for 1951. Lettermen include Richard Doyle John Badgley Robert Christensen Don Delaney Bob Cope Bob Ripke and McChesney all of Missoula with other members from Helena Livingston Moccasin Rapid City S C Glasgow Townsend.
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Missoula
William R. McChesney
S. C
Joe Luckman
Glasgow
Jeff Doggett
Townsend
Seabiscuit Owner Charles Howard Dies in San Francisco
Seabiscuit’s owner Charles S. Howard Sr., a millionaire auto dealer and famed race horse enthusiast, died Tuesday in San Francisco after years of failing health. Howard built Seabiscuit into one of the era’s greatest money winners, notably winning the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap. Noor was another of his horses.
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San Francisco
Charles S. Howard, Sr
Howard
Noor
East Side AC to Meet on Wednesday
The East Side Athletic club will meet at 9 o clock tonight in the club headquarters at 1101 East Galena street. Business matters of importance are scheduled and a large attendance of all members is urged.
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East Side Athletic Club
East Galena Street
Benefit Game Gathers Support For Tony Mihelich Fund
Community backing grows for a Copper league benefit at Clark Park pitting South Side against McQueen with Butte City Lines offering free rides. Game starts at 7 pm with buses from Park and Main at 6 15 and every 10 minutes until 6 50. Tickets cost 50 cents. volunteers including drivers umpires and sellers donate services for Tony Pee Wee Mihelich who has been ill for months.
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Pee Wee) Mihelich
Pete Oren
Butte City
Clark Park
Mihelich
Fist Fight Sparks Coast League Game in Oakland
In Oakland on June 6 a pregame altercation between Mel Duezabou of Oakland and Matt Surkont of Sacramento escalated into a brief fist fight during warmups. The feud dated from a prior meeting when Duezabou taunted Surkont. both teams intervened to separate the combatants.
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Oakland
Calif
Mel Duezabou
Matt Surkont
Sacramento
Surkont
Duezabou
Seattle Rainiers Defeat Seals 3-1 In PCL Clash
Seattle Rainiers beat the San Francisco Seals 3-1 before 3,194 fans Tuesday night in a Pacific Coast league game. Rainiers' offense and pitching held off Seals to secure the win in Seattle.
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Seattle
U.P
Seattle Rainiers
San Francisco Seals
Easter Paces Cleveland in 16 to 2 Route
Cleveland Indians explode for 16 runs on 22 hits to rout the New York Yankees 16-2 and seize first place in the standings along with a strong performance by Mike Garcia who wins his second decision of the season. Luke Easter leads with power including a triple, a double and two singles, while Joe Gordon and Jim Hegan add homers and Bob Kennedy collects four singles. The Yankees drop to second, a half game behind Detroit.
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Helena
West
Casey
L. Schneider
Anderson
Haslip
Fred
Butte
Evankovich
Girard
Hopper
Janhunen
Frankino
New York
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Yanks
Luke Easter
Cleveland
Joe Gordon
Jim Hegan
Bob Kennedy
Mike Garcia
Detroit
Cubs Edge Dodgers 7-6 in 10 Inning Thriller at Wrigley
Cubs beat Brooklyn 7-6 after 10 innings as Banta walked in the decisive run in the 10th. Serena hit two homers for Brooklyn and Vander Meer closed out the win for Chicago in a see-saw, homer-fueled game before 21,367 at Wrigley Field.
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Jack Banta
Brooklyn
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Dodgers
Wrigley Field
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Bill Serena
Bob Borkowski
Bruin
Banta
Emil Verban
Borkowski
Verban
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Tom Brown
Frisch
Frankie
Lee Ballanfant
Dubiel
Ramazotti
Vand Meer
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tNone
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Walker
Vander Meer
Serena
Smalley
RBI
Hermanski
Furillo
Campanella
Cavarretta
Hodges
Brown
Morgan
Parko
Terwilliger
Robinson
Oakland Paces Hit Parade in Coast Race
In the Pacific Coast league race Oakland leads with a .287 team batting average and 411 runs, while on base in runs batted in 380. San Diego trails in several categories including triples and strikeouts as Frank Baumholtz tops batting with .415 and Artie Wilson leads hits for Oakland with 101. Portland’s Joe Brovia has 16 homers.
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PCL
Clarence Rowland
Oaks
San Diego
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Seattle
Sacramento
San Francisco
Portland
Artie Wilson
Frank Baumholtz
Joe Brovia
Probable MLB Rd Wed Billings Excerpt
Probable pitchers for Wednesday's major league games across the National and American Leagues include New York at Chicago Koslo against Rush, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh with Newcombe facing MacDonald, Philadelphia at Cincinnati with Miller or Johnson against Ramsdell, and Boston and St Louis matchups featuring Spahn, Staley, and others. Also Detroit at New York with Nile Raschi and Cleveland at Washington with Wynn against Hudson.
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Pet
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Rush
Newcombe
MacDonald
Miller
Johnson
Ramsdell
Spahn
Staley
Newhouser
Raschi
Wynn
Hudson
Dorish
Dobson
Scarborough
Kellner
Weather Delays Hit Mountain Region Baseball Schedule
Pocatello at Boise, Billings at Salt Lake, and Idaho Falls at Twin Falls all postponed due to rain wind and dust respectively. In the International League Buffalo defeated Syracuse 3 0 Rochester beat Springfield 4 1 and Jersey City edged Toronto 7 6.
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Billings
Salt Lake
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Syracuse
Rochester
Jersey City
Toronto
Rainbow Eggs From Georgetown Station Yield 1.25 Million
Helena June 6 Montana fish and game department reports spawning stations at Georgetown lake produced 1,250,000 rainbow trout eggs. At the lake west of Anaconda were 250,000 native trout eggs and 149,000 grayling eggs. Rainbow eggs go to Big Timber hatchery native and grayling eggs to Anaconda. The grayling run is the best since 1937 per Superintendent Fred Beal. Montana is the only state with grayling.
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Georgetown Lake
Montana Fish and Game Department
Anaconda
Big Timber
Fred Beal
Montana
Rain Cancels Missoula Anaconda Legion Game
Rain caused the postponement of the second Missoula Anaconda Legion game to a later date, likely in July, with showers cited as the reason for the delay.
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Missoula
Wednesday Slab Rivalry Sparks Copper League Battle
Van Vliet and Del Satterfield lead Butte Copper League action at Clark Park on Wednesday night after a two day lapse. Miners Union and South Side clubs duel for league basement position as several roster moves and new signings loom. Sun Valley? No.
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Clark Park
Butte
American Legion
Helena
Miners Union
South Side
Fred
Sonny) Hicks
South Siders
van Vliet
del Satterfield
Mudro
Tuneup Shoot Slated at Butte Trap and Skeet Club
A tuneup shoot is scheduled Wednesday night at the Butte Trap and Skeet Club. Tom McMahon announced that Sunday the club championship and city championship shoots would be held at the range south of the city. City title event limited to gunners within the city. club championship open to all.
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Butte
Tom McMahon
Anaconda Selectric Game Postponed to August 17
Anaconda All-Stars versus Great Falls Selectrics in the Pioneer league, set for Wednesday night in Smelter city, postponed to August 17. The delay arises because the Great Falls team has endured multiple rainouts and must play a postponed league game tonight.
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Anaconda
Anaconda All-Stars
Great Falls
Sox Release Keltner
Boston's Red Sox freed utility infielder Ken Keltner from his contract after obtaining waivers on the former All-Star third baseman. Keltner joined the Sox at the season start following his release by the Cleveland Indians.
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Red Sox Today
Ken Keltner
Keltner
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Sox
Cleveland Indians
Snead Reads Open Course Fate At Merion Philadelphia
Sammy Snead prepares for the U S Open at Merion Golf Club Philadelphia reflecting on the 1939 miscue at Spring Mill and the four times he missed capturing the Open title. Fans and experts note Merion’s tight fairways and fast greens as potential record challenges.
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Sammy Snead
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Spring Mill
Sam
West Virginia
Perion
Merion
Olin Dutra
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