Albanys Dunn Leads G F League Bat Race With .380
J C Dunn of Albany climbs to the top of the Georgia-Florida League hitting race, batting .380 after adding 23 points in the week. Warren Wilson of Brunswick drops to second at .377 while other leaders include Ronald Wenson and George Morgan in hits and averages, with Dunn also leading in runs batted in and stolen bases.
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Albany
Dunn
Brunswick
Warren Wilson
Wilson
Ronald Wenson
Valdosta
George Morgan
Waycross
Wayne Davis
Pat Salerno
Thomasville
Davis
Earl Fackler
William Deal
Dick Lubinski
Cordele
Moultrie
Ken Polivka
Dave Scranton
Johnny Wartelle
Tifton
Australian Leads Great Neck Tourney With Plus 2 Tally
Australia’s Peter Thomson leads the Deepdale Round Robin at Great Neck with 22 points as Johnny Palmer Julius Boros and Souchak contend behind. Mike Souchak trails with 13 while Doug Ford sits third with 11 and Sam Snead follows with nine in the $15,000 event. Thomson’s rounds 69 67 66 pace the field on the 6 693-yard course as Middlecoff and Kroll chase behind.
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N.Y
Australia
Peter Thomson
Pacific
Melbourne
Vna
Deepdale
Mike Souchak
Thomson
Souchak
Julius Boros
Johnny Palmer
Cary Middlecoff
Ted Kroll
Doug Ford
Pilus
Sam Snead
Marty Furgol
Gene Littler
Middlecoff
Kroll
Braves acquire Del Rice from Cardinals
Milwaukee purchases catcher Del Rice from St. Louis to back up Del Carandall. Rice batted .252 in 46 games for the Cardinals before the deal.
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Milwaukee Braves
del Rice
St. Louis Cardinals
Braves
del Carandall
Braves and Yankees Prep Standings and Scores Across Leagues
Baseball and other league standings are listed with recent results. American League results include Chicago 3 New York 2 and Kansas City 4 Boston 3, plus Detroit 7 Baltimore 2. National League games featured Chicago 4 New York 1 and Milwaukee 4 Philadelphia 10 in ten innings. Southern League notes Atlanta 5 Birmingham 2. Memphis 6 Mobile 5. Little Rock 0 New Orleans 10. Schedule previews cover upcoming matchups across leagues, with brief notes on Florida Georgia League results for Brunswick Thomasville Cordele Valdosta Tifton Albany and Waycross Moultrie.
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Brunswick
Thomasville
Cordeley
Valdosta
Albany
Tifton
Waycross
Moultrie
Cordelo
Waycros
American League
Pet
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Boston
Kansas City
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Furgol and Berg Lead National Golf Day Event
Ed Furgol and Patty Berg tee off at noon as 250000 golfers nationwide join Life Magazine in National Golf Day at the Olympic Club. Proceeds split between the American Red Cross and the National Golf Fund. Berg replaces Babe Zaharias while the Lake Course hosts the U S Open later in June.
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Ed Furgol
Patty Berg
Olympic Country Club
Life Magazine
American Red Cross
National Golf Fund
Furgoe
Miss Berg
Olympic Club
Babe Zaharias
Sarna Regains Sally League Batting Lead at .360
Augusta third baseman Tom Sarna paces the Sally League with a .360 average through June 1, reclaiming the batting title. He shares the RBI lead at 34 with Dean Padgett and George Toepfer, while Toepfer tops hits with 60 and bases stolen with 13.
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Associated Press
Tom Sarna
Augusta
Howe
Sarna
RBI
Dean Padgett
Charlotte
George Toepfer
Montgomery
Toepfer
Padgett
al Spangler
Jacksonville
Tom Yewcic
Bob Hyatt
Columbus
Larry Osborne
Sam Drake
Macon
Swift
Vibert Clarke
Charles Rabe
Gerald Davis
Columbia
Davis
Lackey Earns 10th Win as Albany Beats Tifton 6-3
Will Lackey pitched eight innings to gain his 10th win as Albany topped Tifton 6-3 in the Georgia Florida League. Albany stayed a half game ahead of Brunswick, which won 2-1 at Thomasville. Waycross split with Moultrie, 4-2 and 5-2, and Cordele beat Valdosta 7-3. Albany collected 10 hits off two Tifton pitchers.
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Waycross Bears
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Jim Yarbrough
Cordele
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Texan Joe Conrad Leads In British Amateur Final
In a rain scarred 36 hole match at Royal Lytham and St Annes Joe Conrad of Texas leads Alan Slater of England by 4 holes after morning play. Conrad, 25, first Texan finalist, eliminated Bayliss and Scrutton earlier. Slater, 36, beat Joe Carr and Arthur Perowne to reach this stage.
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England
Joe Condrad
Alan Slater
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San Antonio
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Yorkshire
U.S. Air Force
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Phil Scrutton
Joe Carr
Ireland
Arthur Perowne
Mobile Defeats Memphis Chicks In Close 6-5 Showdown
Mobile Bears edged Memphis 6-5 in a day game before 4 371 paid fans, a season high at Mobile Park. Night contests saw Chattanooga beat Nashville 6-4 in 10 innings, Atlanta top Birmingham 5-2, and New Orleans defeat Little Rock 100. Bob Scannell, Notre Dame end from South Bend, is noted in local sports notes.
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Charlotte
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Associated Press
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Columbia Redlegs Edge Montgomery For Seventh Win
Columbia Redlegs earned their seventh straight win by 8 7 over Montgomery, rallying from a 7 1 deficit after Guy Morton grand slam for Montgomery. John Bebber got the win as Columbia moved within a half game of Jacksonville. Report notes Savannah, Columbus and Augusta results and Braves loss.
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Montgomery
Savannah
Macon
Columbus
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Panama City
Fort Walton Beach
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Marvin Williams
Keith Schmidt
Chico Alvarez
Guy Morton
Mat Sczesny
John Bebber
Gil Daley
Andy Anderson
Daley
Ed Donnelly
John Isaac
Hornets
Roger Frebel
Moose Williams
Walt Craddock
Bill Freese
al Lary
Lary
Dale Matthewson
Ernie Funk
Dick Thompson
Thompson
Dick Carmichael
Douglas Nine Earns 4th Straight Win Over Dublin 6-5
The Douglas Redlegs stay in the chase for a first division berth in the Georgia State League by beating Dublin 6-5 for their fourth consecutive win. Charley Dobberstein pitched five strong innings for Statesboro, while Bob Dobranski earned the win for Douglas. Bobby Driggers led Vidalia with two singles and two doubles as Vidalia and Hazlehurst split a two game series.
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Associated Press
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Dougley
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Sandersville
Bob Reider
Rudy Warren
Rocky Camberer
Bob Dobranski
Jim Hardeson
Chicken Gilbert
Vidalia
Duncan Lindon
Bobby Driggers
Crocker Leads Women's Eastern Open By Five Strokes
In Reading Pennsylvania at Berkshire Country Club Faye Crocker of Montevideo Uruguay holds a five stroke lead after firing par 71 to complement a 69 opening round for a 140 total in the $5,000 Women's Eastern Open. Louise Suggs Cincinnati is five behind after a 74 and 71. Marilynn Smith Wichita falls 73 -17 148 for third. Betsy Rawls Chicago and Gloria Armstrong Oakland tied for fourth at 150. Mary Lena Faulk of Thomasville Ga sits 20th at 160.
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Uruguay
Berkshire Country Club
Louise Suggs
Cincinnati
Miss Crocker
Marilynn Smith
Wichita
Gan
Betsy Rawls
Chicago
Gloria Armstrong
Oakland
Calif
Mary Lena Faulk
Thomasville
Harshman Sparks White Sox To 3-2 Victory Over Yanks
Harshman held the Yankees to nine hits and drove in two runs as the White Sox beat New York 3-2 at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle hit his 12th homer and Bill Skowronski added his sixth as Chicago moved within half a game of second place. McDermott earned his fourth win for Washington with a 3-1 victory over Cleveland. The Dodgers and Cubs won while Bruton provided the Braves with a 4-3 win over Philadelphia and Pittsburgh edged Cincinnati 7-6 aided by Harding Peterson’s ninth-inning hit.
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Gene Baker
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Harding Peterson
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Bill Skowrop
Mickey Mantle
McDermott
Mickey Vernon
Roy Sievers
Bob Lemon
Garver
Tigers
Cal Abrams
Harvey Kuenn
Detroit
Maineup
Cardinals
Dodgers
Tom Poholsky
Duke Snider
Roy Campanella
Snider
Stan Musial
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Don Mueller
Bruton
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Bums Rally To Top Dodgers In Ninth In Brunswick
Brunswick Pirates beat the Thomasville Dodgers 2-1 in the ninth inning to cap a two game series. McMullin homered for Thomasville but Jackson and Sisolak lifted Brunswick with a two run eighth or ninth inning rally. The loss leaves Thomasville four games behind Albany and Waycross in the Georgia Florida League standings.
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Brunswick Pirates
Thomasville Dodgers
Thomasville
Waycross
Dodgers
Albany
Pirates
Dodger
Pete Reiser
Harvey Mills
Bucs
Bob Spier
Bill Wells
Cy Ramsey
Mac McMullin
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Freddie Sisolak
Wella
Buck Jackson
Jackson
Wells
Harl Fackler
Thomanville
Ramsey
Patty Young Routs Billy McNeece In Madison Square Garden
New York boxer Paddy Young, a former track gambler turned middleweight hopeful, defeated Billy McNeece by unanimous decision after 10 rounds at Madison Square Garden. Judges favored Young 7-2-1, 7-8, and 6-8-1, with Young weighing 163 1/4 pounds to McNeece's 167 3/4.
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Paddy Young
Greenwich Village
Hik
Bobo Olson
Young
Billy McNeece
Madison Square Garden
France
Charles Humes
Eduardo Lausse
Willie Troy
Willia Pastrane
Harold Barnes
Joe Agnello
al Bert
McNeece
Ashenfelter Sets Two Mile American Record in California
Horace Ashenfelter of the New York Athletic Club clocked 8 49.6 for two miles at Compton inviting at the same meet Wes Santee chased a 4 minute mile pace. Santee ran 4 01 2 while UCLA’s Bob Seaman and Fred Dwyer posted 4 01 4 and 4 01 9.
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Ashenfelter
Fernando Ledesma
University of Southern California
Gunder Hagg
Gaston Reiff
Rookie Larry Jackson Plays In 1951 Little Rose Bowl
Cardinals rookie pitcher Larry Jackson also played football in the Little Rose Bowl in Pasadena California in 1951.
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Larry Jackson
Cardinals
Pasadena
Calif
Nuxhall Brothers Highlight Bunbury Pitcher
Bob Nuxhall won his first two decisions for Bunbury in the Class Piedmont League. He is the brother of Cincinnati pitching ace Joe Nuxhall.
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Bob Nuxhall
Bunbury
Cincinnati
Joe Nuxhall
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