Miners Rally Edges East Helena In Sloppy Park Clash
Jim Sweeney pitched six innings and delivered a decisive ninth inning, driving in the tying and winning runs as the Parete Miners defeated East Helena 6 to 5 in Copper League play. Sweeney finished with his third hit, while East Helena led late but mud and snow slowed the game. Box score notes reveal key plays by Lit tle, Dowling, Sautter, and Haslip amid a windy, frigid afternoon.
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Jim Sweeney
Miners
East Helena
Stan Sykolwski
Clark Park
Smelterites
Joe Serenar
Dan Bosch
Bill Dowling
Bosch
Dowling
John Little
Sweeney
Little
George Snyder
Steve Matule
Jerry Haslip
Syskowski
Petek
Lyskowski
Serenar
Sautter
Snyder
Jim Lee
Jim Hanley
Jim
Hanley
Art Kolokowski
Rob Leidle
East Helens Ab
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B. Sautter
Kovich
Jer. Haslip
Se Weggeman
A Thronson
Kolakowski
Matule
Cas Sa
Vucurovich
Beeen
Moriop
Cncncanse
McCollum
EO Sweeney
Weggeman
Leidle
Lee
Cullen Posts Schedules for Week of Junior Leagues
Bill Cullen directs home youth baseball round no 11 with three leagues starting tomorrow. Intermediates play evenings at Cinders and Hebgen Park. Southern League Juniors at Clark Park mornings. Western League Juniors at Cinders afternoons. Schedule lists matchups and venues for Tuesday through Friday.
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American Legion
Bill Cullen
Mines League
Cinders
Hebgen Park
Southern League
Clark Park
Western League
Cullen
Bobcats
North Side
Pixies
Miners Union
Hebgen
Boomers
McQueen
Centerville
Buzzards
DeMolay
West Side
Miners
Sacred Heart
Blaine
Lincoln
St. Mary
St. Patrick
Immaculate Conception
Western Open Won by Mangrum in Sudden-Death Finish
Lloyd Mangrum, 39, of Niles Illinois wins the Western Open at Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati after a playoff with Ted Kroll of New Hartford New York. Both finished 72 holes tied at seven under par 277. Mangrum drained an eight foot birdie on the first extra hole while Kroll made par after a wayward tee. Mangrum’s victory is his first of the year. Kroll also rallied from deep in the field.
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Cincinnati
Lloyd Mangrum
Niles
Ill
Ted Kroll
New Hartford
N. Y
Mangrum
Kroll
Kenwood Country Club
Roberto de Vicenzo
Robert Rosburg
San Francisco
Chicago
Yanks Patty Mulloy in Berlin Net Finals
Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Gardnar Mulloy of Miami won their Berlin International Tennis singles semifinals to reach the final. Patty beat Helmut Kaempfel 6-4 6-3 6-4, while Mulloy defeated Stefan Lasso 6-2 7-5 6-0.
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Yanks Patty
Mulloy
Berlin
U.P
Budge Patty
Los Angeles
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Patty
Helmut Kaempfel
Germany
Stefan Lasso
Yugoslavia
Baba Madden Lewis
Newtonville
Mass
Silvana Lazzarino
Italy
Elevna Lehman
Argentina
Totta Zehden
Stevenson Breaks Big Car Mark With 97.5 MPH Run
Chuck Stevenson former Milwaukeean won the 100 mile AAA national championship big car race in Milwaukee on a newly asphalted one mile track. He finished in 1 hour 1 minute 31.297 seconds at 97.5 mph, a new track record surpassing the dirt track mark by about three minutes. Manuel Ayulo finished second, Jim Reese third, Jack McGrath fourth, with 31,725 spectators enjoying a $25,550 purse and Stevenson earning $6,387.50. Stevenson, who now resides in Garden Grove, California, led most of the race after overtaking Larry Crockett early and holding the lead from lap 50 to the finish.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Chuck Stevenson
Stevenson
Jack McGrath
Manuel Ayulo
Burbank
Calif
Jim Reese
Oklahoma City
McGrath
South Pasadena
Pat O’connor
North Vernon
Ind
Gene Hartley
Roanoke
Larry Crockett
Salem
Andy Linden
Los Angeles
Crockett
Bill Vukovich
Indianapolis
Vukovich
Garden Grove
Canadian Wins Net Finals in Belgium
Lorne Main of Vancouver won the men’s singles final at the International Whitsun Tide Tennis Tournament in Brussels Leopold Club defeating Irving Dorfman of New York 6-1 2-6 6-3 6-4. Dorothy Levine beat M Mercelis 11-9 3-6 6-4 and Melita Ramirez defeated Mrs Van Cutsem 6-3 7-9 8-6 in women’s semifinals. Nath Kumar of India beat Vladislav Skonecki and De Borman of Holland 6-1 7-5 in men’s doubles semifinals.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.P
Lorne Main
Vancouver
B. C
Brussels Leopold Club
Irving Dorfman
New York
Dorothy Levine
Chicago
Miss M. Mercelis
Melita Ramirez
Mexico
Mrs. van Cutsem
Nath Kumar
India
Vladislav Skonecki
de Borman
Holland
Seventeen AL Players Have Over 500 Career Runs Scored
Seventeen players in the American League have cumulative major league runs above five hundred. The fact highlights a cohort of hitters with long hitting careers across AL franchises.
Santee Defeats Whitfield in Muddy 880 at Stockton
Wes Santee, the long legged miler, beat world record holder Mal Whitfield by over six yards in the 880 yard run at the Pacific AAU Track and Field Championships in Stockton. Santee clocked 1:50 on a soft track after a heavy pre meet shower, passing Whitfield in the home stretch to win decisively. Whitfield, aiming for Olympic success in 1956, plans to focus on the half mile and hopes to defend his title.
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Stockton
Calif
Wes Santee
Mal Whitfield
Santee
Whitfield
Ray Carlin
University of Wyoming
Turku
Finland
Sant
Los Angeles A.C
Wes
Flight to Flathead or West Yellowstone Fishing Trips
Scenic one hour flight to Flathead Lake then a full day of fishing in West Yellowstone or Gardiner. Return the same day. Bert Airport Butte offers Mooney aircraft with sales and service. Contact Mooney, President at 7409 or after 7 PM at 2-2947.
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Flathead Lake
West Yellowstone
Gardiner
Butte Aero Sales and Service, Inc
Mooney
Jackie Robinson Denies Bat Throw Incident
CHICAGO reports Jackie Robinson denied throwing his bat again after a Brooklyn loss to the Cubs. He said he merely tossed the bat like other players and blamed no disgust on the strikeout. He recalled a previous bat toss in Milwaukee that hit fans and apologized.
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Chicago
U.P
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Robinson
Milwaukee
Dodgers
Cleveland All-Star Game Mail Order Sale Details
Cleveland Baseball Co opens mail orders for the All-Star Game to be held at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday July 13. Applications must be sent to All-Star Game Office Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Ohio with a self addressed stamped envelope and postmark by June 12. Limit two tickets per order with four dollar reserve seats and six dollar box seats.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Baseball Co
Ing
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland 14
Ohio
Mustangs pace Pioneer League with doubleheader sweep
Billings moved into the Pioneer League lead with a 4-1 win and followed by a 3-2 victory as Magic Valley split the doubleheader on Sunday.
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Mustangs Pacing Pioneer League
Billings
U.P
Magic Valley
Flag Found in Martinsville Hotel Identifies Civil War Flag
In Martinsville Virginia a long hanging flag in a hotel puzzled visitors. A reporter checked dictionaries and found it was the first Confederate flag used before the Stars and Bars. The article notes the curious discovery of a historic emblem in a local setting.
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Martinsville
Keene Town Claims World’s Widest Main Street
The town of Keene New Hampshire asserts its main street stretches 175 feet from curb to curb and may be the widest main thoroughfare in the world.
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Keene, N. H
Moore and Maxim Feature Rival Fight Cards in Gotham Tonight
Floyd Patterson the 19 year old former Olympic champion meets Joey Maxim of Cleveland in Brooklyn on Monday night at Eastern Parkway in an eight round bout. Patterson is a 7 to 5 favorite while Maxim seeks his 105th pro fight. Moore returns to action against Bert Whitehurst in New York at St. Nicholas Arena with no title at stake.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway
Joey Maxim
Cleveland
Patterson
Maxim
Jesse Turner
Archie Moore
Miami
Danny Nardico
Moore
Bert Whitehurst
Baltimore
St. Nicholas Arena
Bobby Jones
Joey Giardello
Giardello
Madison Square Garden
Cisco Andrade
Compton
Calif
Abilene Christian Dominates NAIA Track Meet
Abilene Christian won the NAIA track meet with 41 points reclaiming the title from 1952. Ron Chadwick of Eastern Washington led with wins in two hurdles events and a high jump placing, while Ralph Aldredge of Texas Southern set sprint records. Texas Southern was second with 33 points and North Texas State finished third with 30.
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Abilene
Tex
Abilene Christian
Ron Chadwick
Washington
Ralph Aldredge
Texas Southern
Aldredge
North Texas State
Texas
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